Polenth Yue

You've basically stated the problem with your own idea. Most people don't use Second Life to meet people who live locally, so private regions set up on that basis find it difficult to get the people, and existing dating apps will work better. This doesn't create much incentive to develop a first life dating app system for Second Life that's built into the viewer. There is a big market for sex/romance stuff in Second Life, but the majority of it is entirely virtual, with most people involved not wanting to change that. For the few that do end up marrying someone in first life, it's rare for them to be people who already lived in the same town. So they were not the target audience for apps to find someone living locally. I suspect because they weren't really here to find a not-virtual partner... it just happened unexpectedly. You're left with it being something that a few people want. Enough for a resident to set something up, but no signs that it'd be something that the Lindens would want to spend development time on.

Plus seems more geared to people who want to start shops. It's a way of getting some starting land that can be commercial and is not going to disappear tomorrow, but without having to make the full jump to premium or premium plus. As far as the old houses go, we were told the system is old and can't be updated the way the new system can be. So keeping them around wouldn't be sustainable. Even if that wasn't the case, they're not a good advert for Second Life. I've seen people selecting them by mistake and being disappointed, because it wasn't all the things that were promised for the premium homes. The best case scenario is they say something and can be directed to the newer homes, but I wouldn't be surprised if some just quietly dropped their premium because their house wasn't as nice as the ones at the demo.

Linden Lab won't get involved in this. However, in a case where the person hired to do customer work isn't doing it, I'd send the notecard to the store owner (explaining that trying to follow the system as intended resulted in no response).

I don't have that event experience because I do a small number of once-a-year events and sometimes the shop and hop. The biggest event for me is Fantasy Faire, which doesn't look like slowing down anytime soon. Sales were up this year there. Shop and hop comes in next. Sales and gift handouts were about the same this year, but at good levels, so nothing to worry about. For hunts, I do ones connected to those once-a-year events or Twisted (though that's been taking a break). The issue with monthly events and hunts is everyone is trying to get in on the act, so there are far more events than people to visit. Merchants burn out. Customers become much more selective. Everyone ends up spread out very thinly.

I'm not a fan of having the house styles on multiple tiny pages as people are more likely to miss them than if they have to scroll. We already have this issue with the current page where people don't know they have to click to see more styles. The main reason a lot of content sites went over to the endless tiny pages was to sell more advert space, which isn't something they need to worry about with the home selection page. It's more important to see all the house styles in one list on one page, so people can easily consider which one they want without having to remember if it was on page two and which ones were on page one again. I'd hope the old styles will be removed soon, because mixing them in like this is just going to encourage people to pick them and be confused. If nothing else, push them to the end of the list.

Here are the two ghost graves in Belli. http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Phinney/232/81/25 http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Residentia/53/74/23

I would like to visit the sock dimension! This is my kind of realism.

I'm not big on realism, but I think sock goblins that eat only one sock of each pair is a must. Also gives me someone to blame when holes appear in the curtains. I noted when Fantasy Faire had a toilet that one time that normally they didn't. Probably not a good idea to encourage people to go by the waffle trees. Health and safety and all that. But technically, as long as you're okay to hold on for a few more years, there will probably be a toilet again.

Regular scripted vendors need the permissions so that the vendor can refund money. The customer might pay the wrong amount or the vendor will be unable to deliver and cancel the purchase. Charity vendors need it so the funds can be sent on to the charity avatar. If the big systems/events were prone to stealing money using this feature, you wouldn't hear the end of it on the forums. You don't hear about it because it's not happening. The theft is from smaller stuff, like random tip jar makers and scammers handing out fake giftcards. That said, setting boxes for sale is how I sell things. I know other shops that do too. Using that method over scripted vendors does not stop someone having an inworld store or doing events. The marketplace can cover gifting and anyone wanting to be sure they can get a redelivery. Everyone else just buys the box.

I can see why this would get careful responses. I'm a Pagan Christian. It's not a secret. But it's not something I'd usually expect people to contact me about and have it end well. I don't enjoy people dropping into my DMs for religious/political debates. I'm not looking to do religious projects or join a church in Second Life. I'm not exactly accepted by all Christian groups, which makes me cautious about stuff that isn't multifaith. So without knowing what project you're hoping to network about, you're unlikely to get many takers. The last church I knew about seems to be taking a break, but there are likely to be others around. Looks like there are a few groups, including a general events group, so you could meet people that way.

Breedable mesh bodies and clothes could be hilarious though. Your body births a new body with the three arms mutation. Your clothes have evolved and are all glowing purple now. Unfortunately, your hats all died because you forgot to feed them, but you can buy the get well potion to revive them in time for the party. But seriously, even breedables aren't as harsh as the suggested system. You can permapet them and then never need to buy anything again. Things I know my business would lose is all the customers who see really old items somewhere and find the shop and the customers who collect certain items (they're not going to buy every colour if they have to pay a subscription). Plus the general thing of people avoiding the business on principle. Going back to the original thing about demos, nobody needs anything in Second Life. It's all for fun. So anything that gets in the way of a customer buying is likely to make them wander off and buy something else.

I decorate my house and usually have a gift out for trick-or-treaters. Going for a blood theme this year (and it'll blend Hallowe'en and Christmas like last year, with some changes outside as the seasons change). Outside of that, wandering around to see people's decorations.

Other themes have had new style love, so it wouldn't surprise me! Little cottages would be fun for Hallowe'en. Nice big oven inside. Candy trail. Does seem like they're working on a bunch of different things, as pretty much everyone is gone from the public areas. Forcing us to map spy on the dots instead. No test cars to try stealing. Tough times.

Things like a new hub would be more likely, but they could also be making us an awesome island for autumn with Hallowe'en just around the corner!

If this was because the wanted ban list wasn't on the biggest parcel, you could trick it by splitting up the others into smaller parcels.

There's also the issue of fan work. The rights holder can get it taken down anytime, regardless of whether it's free or not. This happened with a notable science fiction franchise. However, fan pressure meant they backed off from the free content and agreed this was fair use. There's always a risk, but this highlights why free fan content is usually left alone by rights holders. They don't want to be seen as stomping on fans or fair use. The moment you charge for it though, you're in dangerous waters. Personally, I would avoid making free stuff too, because it could be seen as me making free stuff to direct people to my paid stuff. It's safer not to go there.

It's normal for forums to allow information for finding out more about a poster. Usually in the profile and/or signature. For most forums, that'd mean letting people link to things like websites and social media. For this forum, it means linking to things in Second Life. The nature of Second Life means some of those will be commercial or the line will be tricky to define (a lot of places sell something or have donation jars, even if they're not so obviously a shop). The most obvious reason for allowing it is because people often do want to know more about posters they like. But if you're bah humbug on people, you still get the benefit of not having to see endless conversations where people ask for that information. Putting it in profiles/signatures means it can be both easily ignored and easily found.

Doesn't matter where you create a new setting. They're items in your inventory, so you can move them around, take copies, and all the usual things you can do with things in your inventory.

You need to create a new day cycle, rather than a new sky. When you right click an inventory folder, go to new setting, and then new day cycle. Then right click and open the day cycle it creates to get the edit window. You'll see it has a timeline for the day set up. You can add and remove points, change the values for each point, or import a sky to a point. So if there are library skies you like, you can add those where needed. You can have whatever colours you want. It just takes some fiddling.

Swaginator hunts are much easier than resident hunts, so they're not a bad place for newbies to start. The issue is lack of an instructions notecard and picture of the hunt item to go with the hud. But once someone knows what they're looking for, the hunt items are large and obvious.

I only knew it was happening because of this thread as I hadn't checked the blog today. Could have done with a few days notice as it was a timed competition. There are still the regular gifts for the rest of us though. The clues are given in local as well as on the hud, though you might need to scroll back because of all the gift delivery messages. The main hud giver is a sign in the car park with the stage. The items to find are large flat records on the floor. Remember that you can go into buildings.

You can often force a reload by pointing your camera down at the ground and then zooming right out until the land disappears. Then zoom back in.

Penitence is where they'll send anyone who puts out too many breedables.

The item number has been correct in my store for several days now. Time will tell if it's fixed for good, but it's looking hopeful.

Yes, let's create more chaos!