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Second Life: Business & Drama

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Second Life™ is so much like real life. All the same problems, challenges, and drama present in RL are seen in SL too. Now we have the Maitreya Monopoly… First the drama story then the tech that makes this all so silly.

One Reason
One Reason

It seems blogger Sophee Mojo is unhappy with Maitreya or more accurately Onyx LeShelle the creator of Maitreya. The unhappiness has its root in the limited selection of clothes currently available for the Maitreya Mesh body or more accurately the limited set of designers. Sophee points to the developer’s kit for Maitreya that lacks ‘weighting’ information as a deliberate move on Maitreya’s part to control the clothes market. So, the unhappiness is expressed as complaints and accusations.

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Second Life Halloween Snapshot Contest

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There is a contest: 2015 Faboolous Second Life Halloween Snapshot Contest Rules. It starts 10:00am PDT October 15, 2015 and ends on 5:00pm PST November 12, 2015. Grand Prize – 10,000 Linden Dollars (estimated value at US$40.00). First Prize – 5,000 Linden Dollars (estimated value at US$20.00). Second Prize – 3,000 Linden Dollars (estimated value at … Read more

Second Life’s Jelly Babies – BUG?

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The coming Quick Graphics Viewer now in RC has some odd behaviors. Well, it is an RC version, so no surprise. One of the ideas with this viewer is to reduce render lag by telling the viewer to avoid rendering complex avatars. These are avatars with lots of high polygon count attachments and large textures that require lots of computer power to render.

The Candy Princess - by Bewitched Difference @ Flickr
The Candy Princess – by
Bewitched Difference @ Flickr

There is a setting in Preferences* that lets you set a personal limit for what you want your viewer to render. Any avatar over that limit will render as a jelly baby. But, if you change the setting to NO LIMIT you’ll find there are still avatars that render as jelly babies. What’s up with that? 

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