A couple of weeks ago, the legendary Tyche “Statto” Shepherd reported that the grid had shrunk by seventy two regions, although more concerning was that the grid had lost seventy four private regions, two Linden owned new regions had saved the day!
This was picked up as a sign that Linden Lab needed to do something, losing seventy two regions isn’t good. However if you follow Tyche’s stats (and they are awesome) then you’ll see that this has been a trend in recent months, with private regions being shed from the grid, but there are also weeks when private regions increase, so it’s not all doom and gloom.
SL Advertising Beta has ended, it officially ends on May 31st, but if you go to http://advertise.secondlife.com/ you’ll see the following message:
“Thank you for your interest in the Second Life Advertising Beta program. Based on our evaluation of the SL Advertising Beta during the last six months, we have decided to discontinue the program on May 31, 2011.
Thanks to all of the Merchants who have helped us test this display advertising beta and for all of your helpful feedback. Your participation and insights will help us drive our ongoing efforts to help you promote your products and services to Second Life shoppers. We look forward to partnering with you on future promotional endeavors.”
Part of the problem as far as I’m concerned is that Linden Lab didn’t promote this very well.
I may well be about to embark on a blog frenzy! I have quite a few issues to address! However I may get bored, or want to go fishing in WoW or shoot things in Eve-Online! Where was I? Oh yes direct delivery, the new, and rather worrisome delivery method for the Second Life Marketplace.
Basically how it works now is that you load a boxed object into a magic box inworld, go to the markeptlace website and then link the item so it can be sold. Users then have to accept delivery of the item inworld, this part has always been potentially troublemsome and on the old XStreet people were warned that they shouldn’t be afk when purchasing.
The new system will do away with the latter problem, it’s likely to introduce new problems but they should be able to be ironed out if all works well. Basically it seems, we’re going to have an incoming and outgoing folder for the marketplace, if you have questions Brooke has started a thread on the official forums, here. However it’s well worth reading the direct delivery FAQ! Really, if you’re a merchant, read that.
If you’ve never been to the Zindra user group meeting, you won’t quite understand the issues of the people who do attend. They have issues with lack of visibility, lack of promotion, Linden Lab’s apparent fear of adult content, which is odd as Zindra is no holds barred adult, but Amanda seemed panic struck when residents asked for an adult discussion forum at the resident tools user group meetings, and we know from articles like this over at Massively, that plenty of people find the whole adult issue to be unseemly.
Yet every Monday, regulars come to try and make things happen, to me it’s like Groundhog Day there, I went months without attending these meetings but when I started to go again it was still all about a Zexpo, or an event, or who had control of a group, but to be fair to the guys who attend, they keep trying to make headway, they of course all come to see Blondin:
Relay For Life® of Second Life® is thrilled to announce that KittyCatS! has created a special RFL of SL ‘Seasons of Hope’ breedable KittyCatS! collection to benefit the American Cancer Society.
Looking adorable and cute, the special ‘Seasons of Hope’ themed kitties were presented at the Home Expo on Saturday May 14. They will be on sale right through to Relay weekend in July.
Callie Cline and Equinox Pinion of KittyCatS presented the new kitties on the Home Expo’s Main Stage at 12:30pm SLT on Saturday May 14, followed by a live music concert with Mankind Tracer.
This marks the first time that RFL of SL has joined in a partnership of this type and the RFL of SL committee looks forward to the KittyCatS’ presence at Relay team events, at the Home Expo, and at Relay weekend, right alongside the Linden Bears.
‘We’re really honored to have been asked to partner with RFL and to be a sponsor at the Home Expo’ says Callie Cline. ‘It’s very exciting for the pet and breedables community as a whole, as well.
‘Creating these cats was a really touching experience for me as I have had a lot of people in my life die from cancer and in making these cats I thought of them and how they had impacted my life. So in each of these cats is a bit of some pretty amazing people who truly were with me during many seasons of my life and given me a lot of hope.’
‘People love animals and they bring so much joy into the world. We hope our contribution will provide meaning and help RFL of SL with its goals’ says Equinox Pinion.
Home Expo coordinator, Nikki Mathieson said: ‘It’s exciting when talented, creative people come together to put their very best work out there for others to enjoy, while benefiting such an
KittyCatS Seasons of Hope Dispenser
important cause.
‘KittyCatS! have grown quickly in popularity since their launch in February. I’m confident that the RFL of SL KittyCat will bring a diverse and new group of visitors to the Expo and help us to expand its reach to a larger variety of Second Lifers.’
Relay For Life of Second Life Event Chair MamaP Beerbaum added: ‘I cannot wait to get mine! Thank you so much Callie, Equinox and Dennis for partnering with us. I am so grateful to you for supporting our efforts in SL with such enthusiasm and generosity!’
This year marks the fourth anniversary of the Home Garden & Patio Expo benefiting Relay For Life of Second Life. The 2011 Expo opened on Friday, May 13 at noon and will remain open 24 hours each day until it closes on May 22 at 10pm SLT . This year’s Expo spans TEN Second Life sims, with over 100 exhibits, more entertainment and more ways to benefit Relay For Life, too!
For more information about KittyCatS! visit KittyCatS.biz
