Well that's great news Nosty! Shame I couldn't get there tonight. Was tied up doing other things. Still maybe they'll run it again! Was it fun?
Best wishes, Simon.
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Ermmm I am the Zebra with only two legs! Weird night last night!
Hi All,
I was watching SL tutorials on you tube earlier and found this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrAHBk4ZAeQ
Very funny.....:D.
Kind regards,
Michaela.
Lottie2005Anthony
Hi Simon,
I have been studying tiny prims,with regards to making small items to sell.So useful for making jewellry etc.
I have found an excellent tutorial which is so simple to understand and follow.Even i understand it....LOL.:D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6XqQM9hgB0
I will practise it soon,I am looking forward to being creative.
I will try to get to a sand box today although real life is stacking up and too many SL late nights.
Kind regards,
Michaela.
Hi Michaela,
Many thanks for the 'head's up' on the tutorials. Will definitely give them all a good look a little later. Yes, if you could make virtual jewellry you could sell that in your SL Store in the Mall.
I'm also going to try and get to the SB a little later, and try and get a bit done and worked out.
Now off to work the Sploders, see if I can get any more L$ for the project.
All the best, Simon.
"The SL Project is not linked to eBid Ltd. in anyway. It is run and funded independently from eBid Ltd., and is a venture undertaken by, and on behalf of members of the eBid Community."
Hi Michaela,
Many thanks for the tutorials! Great stuff! I've read those, and some others too, very helpful indeed. I'd recommend these to anyone interested in building. (Just search Youtube for Second Life Tutorials.
(Also loved the Third Life thing too, - hilarious!)
All the best, Simon.
Hi Simon,
Yes the tutorials are great arent they.
Going to try and get onto SL and into a sand box later, so may see you if you are not busy.
Must do some listing first.:D
Kind regards,
Michaela
Has anyone just seen the programme on BBC2 about second life!!
Oh no Ken! :(
I didn't know anything about it. Was it interesting? And, more importantly, did any of us get a mention :cool: . (I'm thinking Nosty would be the most likely candidate, followed a close second by Tess, maybe?) ;)
Seriously, I wish I'd known, and seen it.
Best wishes, Simon.
Come on Ken reveal ALL was it the one about the 37 year old woman who spent 18 hours aday on second life with her Lover ? (in second life) Get Real! You have to have self control and realize its not real girl!!
Thats the problem with second life it gets in the way of real life. You live your fantasy!
Well that's its. Its no good,I'm having too much fun on second life but of course I forgot this goverement does not like you having fun so pull the lever!! (Join the quewe!!)
:D
PS why dont we Have a photo comp in the forums? let other people vote on it for fun!
Hi Ken,
I did not see it either, i was in SL at the time not RL .
I have found the link though....lordy..... lordy..... LOL.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nC2dx...026A46&index=3
Kind regards,
Michaela
Hi Simon,
Quote...
Oh no Ken!
I didn't know anything about it. Was it interesting? And, more importantly, did any of us get a mention ....
Unquote
I am sure you will wish you had not said that when you see the clip...LOL....;)
Kind Regards,
Michaela.
No if you want it for free, you buy it on Ebay with Paypal, then when it arrives do a chargeback get your money keep the coat, and as a bonus the seller can't Neg you :D
The second life programme was about a woman that really got second life and her real life mixed up and ended up leaving her husband with the kids in the US coming to the UK to meet her virtual lover. Some mixed up lady! I can see the dangers where people get totally immersed in it.
OMG Michaela! Yes I do :o. Thanks for the clip. Not having seen it, I had no idea what it was about, but Nosty especially came to mind because of all the scrapes he gets into (losing head in guillotine, getting bitten by vampires, getting his gun out like that (in a 'no weapons' area), and the Zebra thing etc. etc.). Nosty's SL adventures would've made for a great SL TV prog. hey? LOL (Sorry for any embarrassment caused, sincerely). Also I was thinking of Tess and her various avatar predicaments, and non-rezzing etc.LOL.
That's the trouble Nosty, you REALLY do get spoilt on SL with so many sets of clothes and things completely free. That Egyptian Tomb full of freebies was excellent! Picked up loads there, - so thanks for telling me about it. (Lots of handy items for the building project too)
Thanks Ken. Oh I was hoping it was about Building in SL, or Businesses and things LOL. Yes, you have to realise that SL is NOT RL LOL. You have to contantly remind yourself that the 'beautiful girl' you are talking to, may well be a 48-year old trucker from Manchester, called Steve! LOL. (The ones I know, aren't though Ken LOL! I'd never chat up 48-year old truckers from Manchester, called Steve in my spare time in SL). LOL
Thanks again, Simon
"The SL Project is not linked to eBid Ltd. in anyway. It is run and funded independently from eBid Ltd., and is a venture undertaken by, and on behalf of members of the eBid Community."
ONLY 18 hours a day in SL Nosty? Hmmmm not as dedicated as us lot then is she? LOL
Yes, a photo comp would be a great Idea. Lots of fun, and keep the thread nice and bright. OK SLer's let's see some interesting photos on here then. (none that may incriminate though, or lawsuits WILL be issued! :D LOL).
Best wishes, Simon.
Think a new thread in the KT might be better idea for the Photo comp?
By the way I'm getting Better and Better Real life sales! I can't attribute this increase to anything in particular Second life is just one part of Pushing my sales! I give out free Pens. chocys and tape measures with every sale in Ebay. What makes it frustrating is I dont know whats working and whats not! Probally a combo of them all.
Watch out for the Rednosty Campaign on Billboards!!! LOL
Hi All,
Rednosty,
Thankyou for showing me around the haunted castle,such fun,excellent graphics.I have landmarked it.I hung around a while after you left,taking photos.
Simon,
I actually went to sleep by midnight last night not 4 am as usual,can you believe it !!!!!.
I think Nosty is a better influence on me than you......LOL.:D
Photo taken at Nostys castle.
Real life calling see you later.
Kind regards,
Michaela.
Erm intersting as all these 'Second Life Photos' are do we need to continually post them consuming bandwidth ;)
I'll just stop reading the thread then, I had previouslly wanted to help with this as far as I could, so in the future I won't know how to.
Hi everyone,
Well to be honest I think Ken has a point. (I've always felt a bit guilty about posting pics on here)
I love all the SL photos, and think it's nice to let those not on SL, know what goes on, and also makes the thread much more interesting.
However, bearing in mind that we are only allowed one Pimp thread each, we obviously need to watch bandwidth carefully.
Just my thoughts. (Runs for flameproof jacket!)
All the best, Simon.
"The SL Project is not linked to eBid Ltd. in anyway. It is run and funded independently from eBid Ltd., and is a venture undertaken by, and on behalf of members of the eBid Community."
Hi All,
I am trying to put a RL photo on my SL profile.My photos are on photo bucket.
How do i transfer a photobucket picture into my SL photos in my inventory.
Any ideas...
Kind regards,
Michaela.
Hi Michaela!
Sorry I missed you last night after the Club. ! I had every concievable SL glitch many times last night (Crashes, lag, non-rezzing, the 'male-becomes-female' avatar glitch, everything).
Don't quote me on this, but I believe you use the Upload Image bit (is that's what its called? Something like that anyway) on the top left menu of SL. You are charged L$10 for doing it, and I'm not sure which sizes and formats it accepts. Z said she just used a straigh camera pic. (Only two I know that have done it are Zarin, and Hiya! so maybe one of them can help more than I can. LOL). Reminds me, I really will have to change my awful SL Avatar Profile Pic!
Just working my way through loads of messages, IMs and emails. Should be able to get on soon all being well. LOL
All the best, Simon.
Hello Peggy,
I am so sorry I have not caught up with you over the weekend.I hope you are well.You words of comfort and your prayers have been a great help to me.You are a greatly valued friend to Wendy,Simon and myself.
I think we three could do with getting together for a group meeting sometime soon.
Hi all Ebid SLers,
Given the state of the camping spots at the present time.I am going to trawl the listings for camping again and check out the note card Simon gave me.I will landmark anything decent and note card them.
The Ebid group is becoming popular and we are welcoming new members.SLers have been showing a great intrest in Ebid,which can only be good for us all.
Kind regards,
Michaela.
Ebid SLer Lottie2005 Anthony.:)
Hi Michaela,
Thanks for all and I am doing great. I will try to get on later today and look you up -- it will be a while yet as today is beautiful and I am going to town.
Regards,
Peggy
Hi Simickeyp, :D
If you'd like, please let me have the links to your eBid Store/s, and I'll add them to the eBid SL Group Notecard we all hand out to residents on SL. That will help get you some exposure. (Also let me have your SL Av Name, and I'll add you to the group. No comitments).
OK Graphics cards. Well I've only got a NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440SE with AGP8X 64 MB, and that works LOL. I've never needed anything more, for just doing letters and things LOL. There are lots of things you can do in the PREFERENCES section of the SL Client Prog. Go through the GRAPHICS Tabs, and set some of the options lower. Takes a bit of time to sort sometimes, as there are lots of options to try. Even at a very slow frame-rate though, SL can work quite well. There are some graphics cards listed on the SL web-site, that will not work, - I can't remeber which they are off hand. To be honest, so many of us had problems getting on SL in the first place, but we all got there in the end. LOL.
The ways in which Group members can help, is that some of us are earning L$ for the Group, as we wil soon be buying land for a virtual Mall, to promote our Stores, and also, when advertising is available, to support the project by advertising with us. I will let everyone know, when we are ready to offer this. (Oh and remember anyone who clicks the link at the bottom of my posting, and fills out the quick survey, (only takes a few minutes), will earn L$100 for the project!)
If you have any further questions, please let either myself, or Lottie or Ropegg know, and one of us will be pleased to answer.
All the best, Simon.
"The SL Project is not linked to eBid Ltd. in anyway. It is run and funded independently from eBid Ltd., and is a venture undertaken by, and on behalf of members of the eBid Community."
Hi re camping Spots I have found a great spot Hardly anyone knows about!
Rate of 2L$ per 5 mins (Not sure about how long I can leave it without returning to the computer as yet as It seems to vary Or I keep touching the wrong Keys on the keyboard!) Only drawback is you can get killed in the area its in! (Well you just get transported back to your Home location!. Camped here for about an hour and not seen anyone at ALL! Will pass the notecard around later PSSSSSSSSt Keep it quiet!
Hi Nosty!
OK, sounds interesting! Thanks for that.
ONLY drawback is you can get killed! :eek: LOL (You sure do live Second-Life in the fast lane!)
Will be back to the Sploders a little later! So may not be about much to talk.
All the best for now, Simon.
Hi Sinickeyp.
When I put the picture in my signature I then highlighted the ID of the picture, right clicked and pasted my buddy link URL in the pop up.
Your Buddy Link can be found in your "My Buddy Points" under the My Account section.
Good luck and I hope this helps.
Welcome to eBid.
Hi All,
Sinickeyp,
Welcome to Ebid.Have you given Simon your store and or auction links yet?If not please do as it is extra free promotion for you,with no strings attached.Everytime someone in SL sees our EBid group tag above our heads that is someone else who has been made aware of Ebids existance and the links on the Ebid notecards are invaluable.My sales have increased since been in the Ebid SL group.
Peggy,Simon and Nosty,
With regards to the lag surrounding the splodders.Last night i flew around the venues and did not land.I played the splodders from the air,had no lag and did not crash once.The night before my lag was appalling and i was continually crashing.
Also something strange happened overnight.I finished flying and splodding at 10.30 pm.I went to sleep straight away,forgetting to log off SL.I woke up and realised i had left my lap top on at 3.45 am.Went to switch it off and realised i had not frozen,drooped nor been automatically logged out of SL for inactivity.Which is usual for me.I will try it again tonight at the same place and try and get paid for domestic cleaning the pyramid overnight.Worth a try for nothing i think.
Only strange thing was my friends list had gone weird.It showed everyone,who had been on in the evening,as on line.Which i did not believe,apart from Peggy of course,due to the time difference and Simon.
Ken,
I watched that BBC 2 SL programme on BBCiPlayer.The american woman certainly had issues,which SL would not help.Her poor husband.The part that made me laugh was the lady with the beautiful avatar who was getting married.She was so not like her Avatar.LOL.
Many of us try to reflect what we look like in RL,with our avatars,facial features,hair and build etc.There is a member of the Ebid group who will remain nameless,to spare their blushes,who has a very realistic avatar.
Simon,
PLEASE PLEASE try and get more rest.I know the group project is important BUT it is not worth risking your health.I do not want to have to visit my SL best friend in a RL hospital !!!. Anyway it is unfair to expect Peggy to have to travel so far to visit you in hospital....LOL:D.You are after all,always telling me to get more sleep.
Apologies for the long post.
Kind regards,
Michaela.
SLer Lottie2005Anthony.
Hi Simon,
I have been thinking about your recent griefer attack.After a little research.I have a theory of what caused it.
Generally griefers work in one of two ways.
Firstly they work in groups or communities.
At their worst they attack by flight.Immobilising an avatars flight and walk by the use of scripts.So the only option is for an avatar to port.They cause chaos and then leave.Griefers can do this from an adjoining parcel if they have been banned from the land you are on.
There are a number of things that can be done to prevent griefers which will be more relevant when the land is purchased.For example when holding an event or meeting do it by invitation only.Then click on the land boundry and set the guest list.The other thing you can do if griefers approach is to quickly ban them and they will then disappear.
Obviously reporting them to Lindens.When you report someone an instant image of the event is captured and sent to Lindens.So to back up your claim it is best to get everyone around you to take a photograph as well.
It seems the general opinion is to ignore griefers,as they then do not get the attention they crave,so they then leave you alone.
The other way griefers work is by leaving items with bad scripts as freebies so people pick them up.This can be much more damaging.Once in your inventory it can explode causing you to lose everything.It is really important after a griefer attack of this nature to delete said item.Lindens cannot get rid of the bad scripts as they would have to get rid of all the good ones as well.This is what i think has happened to you Simon and i have an idea of what item caused it.
Intrestingly,all the items you create although made by you ultimatley belong to Lindens as this gives them the right to delete items which cause harm to others from people inventories.
Sorry about the long post.
See you later.
Kind regards,
Michaela
Hi Michaela,
Many thanks for that! Lots of helpful information there for all who've suffered from griefers.
Yes, we will have to be careful once the land is obtained! You make some very interesting points.
Will 'think' a lot :D, and get back on later!
All the best for now, Simon.
"griefers" I assume are second life versions of Trolls
Hi Ken,
Great to see you on the thread again :)!
Essentially yes, griefer attacks come in many forms, but the most usual is being suddenly transported to another area (sometimes in a cage). If you can make your avatar sit down quickly enough, apparently the cage/transport thing wont happen. Griefers can also make your avatar say and do things that you're not saying, or doing. Lots of variations really, including making you float in the air, and not being able to return to earth. Self-replicating boxes are another, and will soon fill an empty area.
All the best, Simon.
So someone has invented a sort of hacking tool to disrupt things then. :(
Yes, but Griefer attacks don't happen very often. I suppose I've had about four in the last three months. (A couple of flying/transportation ones, a remote access one, and a implanted speech one). Just adds to the excitement really LOL. They're done by 'scripts', the little programs that control items in SL, and don't really cause much harm, just minor annoyance.
I mean you can get abuse sometimes, but you can 'mute' residents that are trouble, and report them too. Most residents are OK really. Many are friendly and helpful.
All the best, Simon.
Hi Ken,
Griefers are merely minor irritants of SL,best ignored.They have existed since the advent of online gaming.
Very much like the sad,pathetic members of real life who shout obscenities in the street,get drunk in public places or throw eggs at your window.
I have spent many hours in SL,more than i care to remember and have never been subjected to a griefer attack.
Kind regards,
Michaela.
Rupert! Theres one thing really worring me about the Master plan! You idea is to set up a Mall and rent the spaces to fellow ebid sellers? Correct? With direct links to there ebid Stores etc. Ermmmmmm Whats to stop anyone copying it? OK you call your the Ebid Mall someone else with Money and the know how can set up a mall within days and call it Ebid Auction House.! AMybe charging cheaper rent (if any!) therefore destroying all your hard work in Minutes. I hate to put a downer on things as I love SL. Just wondered if there is anything you can do to stop this happenning by the way I have just over 4k for the pot!