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Lyra Blackthorne

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  1. With the merged grid and the fact that the new Premium Sandboxes are G rated only, makes me think they are going to make a push in the youth market.

    LL likes virtual good sales, but they do not support their creators/merchants; rather appear to work at alienating them which seems at cross purposes

    The one industry that generates the most revenues in RL and SL/today and historically, is sex.  But, LL does not like to talk about SL and sex.  Gambling was huge in its day but understand when that had to go...though seems might have just been more profitable to relocate the company to another country and maintain that cash flow.

  2. It is likely the attachment points you are using.

    Make your cuff then attach to lower arm or forearm (cant remember which is says) but you need the cuff attached near the wrist  unless it is a rolled up sleeve and then you would want uppper arm.  Once you have the cuff attached, you will need to position it correctly.  Collars usually attach to spine

  3. I do not know of a way you can do this without spending a pretty large sum of money as you will need to purchase:

    - Child avatar, unless you can make your own

    - Child skin

    - Child hairstyle

    - Child animations for your AO; might need custom animations as have never seen a toddler in SL so they might not exist

    - Toddler clothing and shoes

  4. For inventory I also use subfolders for everything...Shoes/Heels, Flats,Boots etc.  It is just like a closet once you make up the folders.  As you try on your outfits you might also want to relabel the content folder to descibe it better. For wearables I usually use the color as first word then what it is and last creator name as part of my description...Pink denim mini skirt by ABC Shop or Black long slv sweater by XYZ.  Then put it in the right folder like Tops/Sweaters.

    But, with so many wonderful things in SL do not be fearful of deleting items...you will get more and more as you are inwolrd!  As you look at items toss out anything that does not suit your personal style, is less well made or dated or you just don't love it.  If you do not get rid of things you will find yourself wearing items that you like less than others or having a inventory of stuff you never wear but takes up space...and the more in your inventory the slower you load after a point.

    Boxes can be helpful too.  My home is now set up as I like it and unless I move or decide to remodel I do not need to access many items.  I rezed boxes and named them landscaping, furniture, home accessories.  Ffilled them up with inventory items and then took the filled boxes back into my inventory;  you could also just stack them up on a shelf at home.  This took 100's of individual items out and turned them to just 3 boxes.  I have done the same with holiday items; have boxes for Christmas etc that I rezz annually and then return to a box after the holiday has passed.

    You can make cleaning inventory more fun by inviting a friend or two over who needs to do the same cleaning.  Listen to music, chat and oh/ahh over your inventory discoveries together.

    Happy sorting!

  5. You can find a nice combat helmet at Tonktastic

    For hair, you will need to find a short or updo style with the bang you like then mod the heck out of the hair prim by prim.  Using edit linked parts click on each prim and stretch to make short and /or push around inside the helmet any hair that hangs down or pokes out of the helmet.  Make sure you save the original so if mess up can start over.

  6. Not sure what you are looking at but a 512 is tier free if you are premium.  I am a premium member, have a 512 plot and have never paid $5.  I could choose to have a Linden Home instead of my land but, prefer not to live in a colony

    In addition to the land, I also receive:

    • Weekly stipend of linden (like a allowance from your parents)
    • You receive 1000L bonus 45 days after you become Premium
    • I can own mainland property if I choose..non premium members can only rent from private estate owners
    • I get extend support and the ability to use Live Chat for instant help.  There is little to no help for non Premium
    • Recently they also made available Premium member only Sandboxes

    I get most of what I spend in dollars back in the form of Lindens and the extra benefits like service make Premium membership a good value to me

    • I flew around and picked money off of the Trees
    • Camped
    • Joined a lucky chairs group to get free clothes
    • Teleported my Lucky Chairs friends to party at the good Mob Vend locations
    • Waited on release dates for FirstLand and then tried to click faster than 50 other newbies to buy it first
    • Took tons of newcomer and free building classes

    The now departed Diversity Hair shop gave noobs a free hair.  I tried to raise it on my head a bit and it ended up 2 feet from my body and could not figure out how to get it back.  The wonderful owner Alerie Darks took pity on me and gave me another set...I still remember her kindness

    Very little was free so I saved my money for a very long time to get a skin - was a noob with horrid skin for months. It took me weeks to figure out what skin I wanted and hours to pick out the makeup.  The cost of skin was a vast sum and so a hugely important decision!

    I would not pay 1L for a demo it seemed a lot of money.  I once tipped a person 5L thinking it was a huge sum

     

  7. You can : )

    A special note:  Make sure that you try a demo on BEFORE buying.  If the shape does not come with a styling card so you know what skin it was made with, you might find the result unsatisfactory with your skins and not know what to buy to achieve the look on the box.  Not all shapes and skins match up well.  It is totally possible to have a great skin and a great shape and still look perfectly horrid if the marriage of the two is off.

  8. Maybe you are trying to drive vehicles that are not owned by you? If you do not own it in most cases you can not use it.

    If you bought a vehicle and cannot drive it, send a im to the creator and they should be abe to help.

  9. Maybe because I have been here awhile and I have my own land I do not care about free gifts nor premium sandboxes. Gifts in general do not work well, even in RL...any gift you can think of will only appeal to a small percentage of recipients others wont need it, wont like it or both. Also "free" rarely generates any long term loyalty.  I would rather have some cost savings like tier reduction, reduced advertising costs for Premium member merchants or some such

    But even more I would be happiest if they upgraded the support staff with people who are SL experienced so our service is better/broader and then spent their time and money fixing what is broken in the world like inworld search and the Marketplace

  10. Go to the Linden Exchange area found on the left side of your dashboard.  Click on manage then select sell.  I use the second sell option ---gives choice of exchange rate, usually around 250L to USD is quick. Once the sell order is filled by LL you will be notified.  Then you need to go back to the Linden Exchange/Manage and select Process Credit to actually get the proceeds sent to you.  It is there you will find the option for using PayPal.  Having funds recieved from LL to my PayPal account takes as little as 24 hours or up to one week...but usually 4-5 days
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