whatcha do-in in SL ?

Robert Jung

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In another thread. it''s been suggested that VVO users are in world less than we were in SLU days. I have a theory that fplks might still be logging in but for some reason not posting as much as we used to. So I hope to encourage everyone to post what you've been doing * even if it's short and ^ even if it's unimportant or Boring!

Tell us whatyou are doing, even if it's just "logged in and cleaned up my inventory " ;)
 

Robert Jung

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So I'll start :

My old desk top computer started running real slow about 2 years ago and I've been just using a tablet since then, so it's been almost 2 years since I've been active, however I've got a little lap top so I ' rezzed in world a few times to look around a bit. The little laptop was not designed with SL in mind so I've mostly I've just been trying to see what I can and cannot do.

The laptop can rez buildings and landscapes acceptably well, although the laptops cache does fill up quickly.

I've discovered this laptop can (very) slowly rez 1 or 2 or maybe 3 mesh avatars but that's about it. I attempted to go to a club and dance but that's not gonna happen ;)

I rezzed at home at my beach and discovered that my houseboat is broken and missing several walls, ss I pulled it up to my skybox building area and eventually will put i back together.

So that's what I've been doing: nothing exciting but I have been in SL!

So what have you been doing? Post something even if it's as boring as this post ;)
 

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I am willing to bet I'm one of the most frequent users of SL on here... I'm usually at least checking in once a day at minimum. I also do role plays of various sorts a few times a week in sims and on my own land. I'd say it's a big part of my social life...

I should mention that my new gaming PC handles SL well on high settings :)
 

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I've been looking at RPs myself. I used to be in the New Gallifrey (Divorce Who universe) RP, but that's no more (there's an offshoot group, but I don't know what's happening with it).
I picked up a bunch of LMs and NCs between the Faire and We <3 Roleplay.
Looking at the high fantasy is, I think, but I've never done tabletop gaming or combat RP so when I see all the rules and dice and HUDs my eyes glaze over.
 

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Participate in Bellisseria events, shop, explore, go to live music events (which is where I am at moment while posting) and rarely spot people I know (spotted Cris today, but didn't wave as I as on an alt, and I figured it'd be odd if some random unknown person waved at him). In terms of music people, I mostly followed Samm Qendra around until I noticed several of the people I used to follow were still around, so started following Samm and these other people as well.
 

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I start building, don't like it enough, tear it down, start with a new idea..... rinse and repeat.
Sometimes I like it until it is finished, then I make meshes out of the parts and I even might put it on the market place.

It's a small potato shop compared to the ones I had in the past.
But hey, I made the tier for my private sandbox with my marketplace sales last week for the first time with this shop!

An inworld shop is planned somewhere around 2025-2030, considering the pace in which my new products hit the market. :)

I have a Bellisserian home as well, but at least once a week a new one on another spot, because I try to make some add-ons for them too, and that brings me to the first line of my story again.
 

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I've taken a break since January to learn C#, but when I was in I was mostly involved in building 'toys' and socializing in femdom groups. A lot of my toys were pretty much PG-rated ice breakers with hidden poses and RLV functionality to make it easier to introduce myself to and talk with women, and were cute silly things that made people laugh. Giant balloons that trap people, wind up keys that wind down and need to be wound, spinning circus balls that I balance on my nose while in a "Sparky the Seal" pose, or giant hour glasses with poses in them, and stuff like that while trying to avoid anything cliche or overdone. I used light maps and sometimes shadows to make the toys look all bright and shiny, which was kind of my "signature look" - a special texturing trick to make the "being part of a toy" experience all the more immersive.

I also like building houses, but that requires lots and lots of space so not so much anymore.

I'm getting older so less manic in-world than I used to be. I'm becoming a lot more laid back and "go with the flow", and spend much of my time in VVOne re-editing run-on sentences.
 
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Knutz Scorpio

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Been heavily into The Sims since January so been logging in only about once a month to pay rent for a partition on one of the Chung estates. Guess I'm at the far "barely there" end of the spectrum.
 

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I got a new gaming pc about 3 years ago and finally was able to start playing SL again, and was on quite a bit every day. This past year I started playing Ark Evolved, so my SL time dropped significantly. Now that is starting to wane a little bit, so I'm back in SL every day, usually at least a couple hours. I mostly talk to friends and go to live music shows.

Since my daughter is now grown, and I live alone again, I'm seriously considering learning how to make mesh men's clothing, if for no other reason than my own wardrobe will improve.
 

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I've been trying to learn how to do mesh I'm but not so successful at it yet. I've also been creating a Florida Homestead on my land, complete with gators, possum, deer, bear and farm animals. I've added a moonshine still, fishing shacks, a small fish market on my dock and various other things. I've created a few new trees, just because they were pretty even if they weren't mesh. I'm also visiting other sims, like the "Summer of 42" sim which I found charming and really enjoyed. It was one of my favorite movies and I felt like I was walking in the movie with the characters. I also really enjoyed visiting El Pueblito@LeLoo's world. So basically I'm just messing around and visiting interesting places but I'm having fun with it
 

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I won't be logging in again until I can get one of my two desktops running again. No clue when that will be. Not sure if the one I can get up and running the quickest will even handle SL. Probably but I don't remember the specs. Maybe I can get that one going this weekend but I don't really have any incentive since LL has literally priced me out of SL. I had hopes of finally getting an MP store opened this summer. Not any more. So I'll just be building for myself and the region I live on when I finally do get back in.

As for the forums, whatever you do, be very, very careful of what you say. Someone didn't like it when I told them how the cow bit the cabbage and I now have a target painted on my back. This last suspension (7 days), I didn't argue with anyone, didn't call any names, didn't flame anyone, didn't troll anyone and I certainly didn't spam the forum. That's the excuse that is used every time. Innula was posting in the same thread and said things, IMO, that shouldn't have been said but didn't get suspended. So did a few others. None of them were suspended. Only me.

My tiny world is steadily shrinking and I don't understand why. What have I done to anyone that was so horrible to deserve this?
 

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Usually? Either at a club (The Ark) or at a friend's region (Aerie Isle). The former for some music, socialization and fun, the latter to just chill out. On somewhat rare occasions I will go and poke at a region that has caught my eye, same with an event or two.
 

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I log in every day for anywhere from 10 minutes to 90 minutes, depending on what I find to do in my inventory (recent shopping), on my land, or in the events (Live Music). Most common of that trio is to go to a live event, dance (it's a chronic game for me: to select the best dance from my inventory for the music being performed), and chat (only a little; I've become less garrulous in chat in my old SL age). When none of my trio comes up winners, I look for a place to visit to see the sights. Then there's the constant and reliable drumbeat of shopping, which I do both in SL and in the Marketplace.

Avatar-wise, I've been having a ball investigating my inventory, to which Mesh BoM has given a new life. Just this year, I tried really hard to use it, made a wide variety of failed attempts before I discovered how truly simple it is. The only disappointment is that a "Loose blouse" using system avatar textures becomes skin-tight with Mesh BoM.

I built a new AMD based computer system on January 6 while listening to and watching the disaster that Trump created in his failed coup. Because the GPU and CPU shortages were only ramping up to their current choked conditions, I had been forced to buy a better CPU and less good GPU than I'd planned (no shortage premiums, though), but it all works nicely (frame rates in the teens in a location full of (40+) avatars with Ultra settings).
 

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Between SL and Opensim I log in like once or twice a week to either do some building, re-arrange things on my personal grid or go to some event or another.

I have an asylum build (modelled after where I went to Job Corps) I've been puttering with on my grid since 2015 that I've pulled out of mothballs and I'm trying to recreate my measurements again since I lost my original notes and references. :|
 

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I am usually on (an alt) at least once a day doing one of the Builders Brewery classes.

The main one is the Blender for SL class, which is pretty good so far. I also have started making random script based projects to get better at scripting, which I have gotten pretty decent at.

Outside of SL I have been doing a lot of Black Desert Online.
 

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I generally log in a few times a week for a couple of hours at at time. As for what I do, I socialize and yes....shop. Shoppity shoppyness. I sometimes take pics, but often don't get around to uploading them because I'm busy socializing. I'm generally keeping an eye on various group chats as well. Fashion related ones for more shopping justification, Bellisseria ones to hang out with the other Bellisserian girly girls/hamsters, various Caledon group chats.

A friend of mine started a new Sapphic venue where I basically hang out with the "popular and chatty girls" of a different Sapphic venue. I tend to wander so if there's an interesting event in some place like Bay City or Babbage or something, you might see me there. I look forward to opportunities to hang out with Marianne McCann. :) You'll probably see me at SL18B and RFL.