Blush Bravin

I sure wish there was a way for friends to sign up for homes located in the same little area. It sure would help with the feeling of community.

I rented an full homestead many moons ago and shared it with two of my friends. I thoroughly enjoyed having estate rights and the freedom to be godlike in applying textures to the terrain and terraforming to my heart's content. If the monthly costs aren't an issue, I think you will enjoy the experience.

You have to make a complete listing for the demo. After you get the demo set up with its own listing you can then select the add a demo when creating the listing for the regular item.

This is very true. Any shoes rigged for a specific body cannot be moved or resized. But before creators started rigging shoes for bodies, it wasn't common but it wasn't impossible to find heels that fit the Slink feet. If the shoe does not go up past the ankle bones and if they are unrigged and mod then it's somewhat possible to make them fit rigged feet. IMO, it's not worth the effort involved specially since there are tons and tons of rigged shoes that fit perfectly and can be found very inexpensively or even free in some cases. IMO the best thing to do is just delete all those old unrigged shoes.

Maitreya also sells a set of mesh feet that work with the classic body. There are tons and tons of Maitreya sized shoes available. Just an fyi if you are thinking of going with mesh feet and not a mesh body. Another source of very helpful information is Strawberry Singh's YouTube channel. She has a specific playlist of video tutorials for both mesh bodies and mesh heads. Look about half way down the page for the sub-heading, Second Life Content, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCE6xvjkOu6wE-wJ-7-1x5bw. Welcome back! I know mesh can be a bit overwhelming but there's lots of help out there. If you do decide to buy a mesh body, I suggest you join the group of whichever body you go with, as those groups offer invaluable help learning how to use the mesh. Good luck!

I would love a retail area! Specially one with a great grocery store.. I'm a foodie after all!

interesting development

My memory totally sucks these days, but I was thinking that we started with 10 groups in the way back.

I'm sorry, I see now that it wasn't you, Ceka, who suggested the 200 limit but Ayela. So I stand corrected.

This is a known issue and unfortunately it happens more than it should. I personally know of an issue where a club bought a small parcel, only 2048 sqm, and opened a very popular adult themed business. Neighbors were having a very difficult time getting to their homes in the region. So the neighbors got together and made a plan. They called all their friends to start coming to their homes when possible and camping there so to take up slots so those trying to tp to the club couldn't get in. It took a couple of weeks of this going on before the club realized that it was in their best interest to move to a private region. In this case the solution worked and the neighbors got their homes back.

It's true that before the increase there were issues, but having been in SL for 15 years, I can tell you from personal experience that the problems have increased with the addition of more group slots. I honestly, can't think of one good reason to increase group slots even for premium members. Gosh people learn to budget your resources.

I totally get why he's saying it that way. I know when I buy land I look at it based on prims not on sqm. I figure I'm buying the right to use a certain number of prims. That's why I only own double prim land. So I totally get what he's saying in that regard.

When you use the LI allotted to your land you are basically spending LI .. so I see what he means when he says he's charged for the LI. But that charge or fee is fair IMO.

I use my group slots for two things. Shopping and live music groups. I'm picky about which groups I keep. I'm not going to keep a shopping group just because I want gifts. The group has to have a good discussion group going as well. I find the information I get from those groups invaluable. I'm premium on both of my accounts and have never come close to using all my group slots on either account. As for thinking that premium isn't worth the money to get it, that's your right, but don't come in here complaining about not having enough group slots if you're not willing to pay for the convenience of having those extra slots. LL is far nicer to those having a free account than I would be. I'd be knocking the number down rather than up for free accounts.

How about using quote properly and put your comment below my quoted content? I still say what you are asking for if granted would be abusing the system.

As a consumer of animesh, (I'm a creator, but I don't go near anything having to do with animesh or animations) I don't have any issue with the LI being higher to accommodate the extra load on the servers for running animesh. In fact, it seems perfectly reasonable. As a consumer I have to budget my LI all the time. I decide if I want to use something based on it's LI. Some things are worth it and some aren't. So, your customers will decide if your product is worth spending the LI on it or not. LL should not cave to those like you wishing to abuse the process, IMO.

I adore Roost homes. If you like modern, well built mesh homes that are perhaps on the larger size with lots of rooms then Roost http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Roost/158/130/28 is awesome. If you like something out of the ordinary, perhaps even a bit quirky then Scarlet Creative http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Scarlet Creative/111/200/48 is great, if you want something that looks like an aged cottage you would have found in an old Hollywood hills setting then take a look at L2Studio http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/LHOOQ/214/37/34. I could go on and on but these are at the top of my list.

The last decade of teaching before I retired, I taught 6th graders (11-12 yrs). I taught in a title one school district, so the vast majority of my students came from low income families. But they had smartphones. They all had smartphones. They had to be turned off unless the teacher had given permission for them to be used for class activities. I tended to let my students listen to music with earbuds while they were completing their art assignments. I also let them use them for research when we had art appreciation topics and art history. I tend to agree with chibiusa, that smart phone usage by the young is inevitable. I also agree that we are paying a price for it's usage. Social skills are indeed down. But that doesn't mean it has to be that way. Teaching your kids how to use them responsibly and to not neglect real face to face interaction is a must.

I'm noticing some weird behavior when trying to edit posts today. I keep getting an error message, but when I reload the page I can then edit. So, it's possible in this case there's some glitchiness going on.

As an example about how hard it is to identify a mesh head based on a picture, here is the exact same head with different shapes and skins. I agree with those who posted before. We could all guess but it's not likely to be an accurate guess. Better to wait on the person who posted the pic to respond to your message.

If a demo is available and the buyer simply doesn't have the time or whatever to try the demo then they should be reviewing their shopping habits and not the creator. The creator has gone through the work of providing a demo so the customer has no business writing a negative review IMO.

If there is a demo available for your furniture where the animations can be seen before purchasing, then I would agree that the review is inappropriate and should be removed; however, if there is no demo then yes, the review should stand. I agree with Syn about the importance of the animations in the furniture; however, I don't think it's 50% of the worth, I think it's closer to 80%. In this day and age of SL, good looking furniture is a dime a dozen what makes furniture stand out to me is the quality of the animations.

What a sad state of affairs if this is indeed true. I hope not.

Considering that this person is sharing this estate with his RL family members, wife and adult children, who are scattered geographically and can't be together, as a way for his family to spend quality time together, your response is rather callous if not disturbing. I hope you didn't actually read the thread and made the commit unwittingly.

Sansar has always been designed to be used with both, VR and desktop, much to the annoyance of a few who wish LL would focus solely on VR. I've taken a break from Sansar but in the two years prior to my break, I always used desktop. I never really seriously considered buying a VR setup because I know I'd end up green in the face cause I can't even do RL 3d movies. I never felt as though I was missing out on anything in Sansar using desktop. As Chic mentioned there are tons and tons of free products in the Sansar store. Plus the fact that you don't really have to spend any money to use Sansar or to create your own experiences unless you want to. I've yet to spend $1.00 in Sansar, and yet I have made money and cashed out to RL. If you have any desire to learn 3D modeling Sansar is the perfect platform because you can upload all day long and it won't cost you a penny.