Storm Clarence Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 Please post any facts about SL. (SL Trivia)I also hope some will ask those burning questions about SL, e.g., Who created the first prim? What are the color sims? What is mud? Who is Ruth?This is an open invitation to all SL Historians. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm Clarence Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 Governor Linden's Mansion is located on the Clementina sim on the Sansara Continent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claireschen Hesten Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 don't know how true this is but i read somewhere in an early version of SL you could set fire to the trees and i think Av's too lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm Clarence Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 Yay Claire, that's exactly the kind of contribution I am looking for. Thank you for this great post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea Malibu Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 Who created the first pose ball? What was the name of SL before it was SL? When I first joined (yes this is my second alt) we had 300,000 residents and rarely ran over 5,000 concurrents. Oh how things have changed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keli Kyrie Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 FACT: The oldest existing object in Second Life is a Beach Ball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six Igaly Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 I once was told that first year avatars (really from the beginning, maybe even beta testers alone) were offered to settle down on thier own sims (old peoples places?) for grandfathered prices and free membership for life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm Clarence Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 Perfect Keli. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claireschen Hesten Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 if you want another fact i remember reading on an NC at Isabel info hub that non-premium members get a weekly stipend of L$50/wk that certainly isn't the case now and definitely wasn't when i joined back in '08 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qwalyphi Korpov Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 The resident who provided the previous content, if any, has replaced it with this generic statement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm Clarence Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 Qwal please explain what the cornfield is. Facts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venus Petrov Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 Q: There are two artifacts in the toilet located in Governor Linden's Mansion. What are they and who made them? A: They are unflushed feces and they were created by Steller Sunshine (rez 13 Mar 2002!) -- Steller is also the first resident! Q: When did SL become 'voice-enabled'? A: Summer 2007. Q: What is the smoking object on Harry's Island in Mohrr's sim? A: It is the smoking hulk of Harry 'Astrohog' Linden's spacecraft and he has not been seen since! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesica Dragovar Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 the most expensive item in the Marketplace costs L$6,000,000 ($25,532.22 USD) it's a giant sized sculpty skeleton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dresden Ceriano Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 Claireschen Hesten wrote: don't know how true this is but i read somewhere in an early version of SL you could set fire to the trees and i think Av's too lol Pretty much, you could shoot trees and set them on fire... don't know about setting them on fire but you could actually edit other people's avatars. There were birds and these little creatures that you could hunt and kill. There was no "ownership" of land or things, anyone could build anywhere and edit anyone else's stuff. Here's an interesting video from 2001 when it was still called Linden World... ...Dres Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm Clarence Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 Cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qwalyphi Korpov Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 The resident who provided the previous content, if any, has replaced it with this generic statement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canoro Philipp Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 Philip Linden (the creator of Second Life) made his iconic avatar in a contest with other developers of who could make the coolest avatar. in 2010, his avatar mas remade in a contest between the users of Second Life of who could make the coolest avatar for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venus Petrov Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 FACT: To restrict simulator usage in early days, residents were taxed weekly based upon the numbers of prims they rezzed inworld. It was easy to get around by piling all objects into one's inventory on payment day and rezzing them again one day later. FACT: To teleport from one 'landing point' to another, residents paid telehubs for the service in 2003. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesica Dragovar Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 specificly the Cornfield is a reference to the Twilight Zone episode It's A Good Life "The adults tiptoe nervously around [Anthony], constantly telling him how everything he does is "good", since displeasing him can get them wished away into a mystical cornfield, from which there is no return. At one point, a dog is heard barking angrily. Anthony thinks the dog is "bad" and "doesn't like [him] at all," and wishes it into the cornfield. His father and mother are horrified, but they dare not show it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm Clarence Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 I love this thread already! Great replies everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea Malibu Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 Actually, how it worked as explained to me by Bacarra Rhodes who joined during the beta was that you actually got free land and where paid for your visitor count. Not sure what the actually commitment for free memberships would be but I'd can check with her or Stroker to find out more. I remember what it was like before prim attachments and also when Chip Midnight first introduced Photo Real Skins. BTW, Stroker Serpentine made the fist pose ball and of course, it was a sex animation. Q: The first Sim ever sold on E-Bay was also the highest every paid for a pre-built sim. What was the sim and how much did it sell for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venus Petrov Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 An early promotional trailer for Second Life from 2003: Those avatars were 'state of the art' then! Recognize some of the gestures from the gesture folder you get as a newbie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea Malibu Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 OMG, I remember that video. Where on earth did you find that Venus? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm Clarence Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 "Ruth" was the codename for the default loading avatar, a woman with a mullet who terrified manyResidents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venus Petrov Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 @Chelsea: Youtube! I just did a search on Second Life promo and it came up with a number of hits..that being one of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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