{"id":4348,"date":"2014-11-03T22:39:10","date_gmt":"2014-11-03T22:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/?p=4348"},"modified":"2014-11-03T22:39:10","modified_gmt":"2014-11-03T22:39:10","slug":"the-meauxle-bureaux-home-of-the-moles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/?p=4348","title":{"rendered":"The Meauxle Bureaux – Home Of The Moles"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Michael<\/a><\/p>\n

In her regular update on the number of sims on the grid<\/a>, Tyche Shepherd pointed out that Linden Lab had added a couple of sims this week, one of which is named Meauxle Bureaux, home of the Moles, the busy bees of the Linden Department Of Public Works<\/a>. Now if you’re wondering who the Moles are or what the LDPW is, let’s just take a quote from the wiki page :<\/p>\n

The Linden Department of Public Works (LDPW) is a program focused on improvements related to the experience of living on, or visiting the Linden Mainland. The LDPW will organize teams of Resident builders, artists, and scripters (the Moles!) to create new content on Linden Lab’s behalf and to the benefit of all. Rather than divert company resources from areas of development that contribute to important issues like stability and usability, Linden Lab is choosing to go to the experts…<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The experts being residents. So I set off to explore this brave new world and found it’s an oldie but a goodie.<\/p>\n

\"Naughty<\/a><\/p>\n

The sim may look familiar, indeed it will look very familiar to anyone who roamed the Lumenaria sim at Fantasy Faire 2013 because that’s where most of the build is from. However that was an impressive build and I’m pleased to see it given a second life by the Moles… second life, get it? Haha ok ok I’ll stop.<\/p>\n

\"Meauxles<\/a><\/p>\n

On the sim itself you will find buildings with a sign indicating which mole occupies the building. They may be moles, but they don’t seem to live in holes. Michael Linden also has a place there as well as a central building which has posters for attractions in Second Life such as portal park.<\/p>\n

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\"Mainland<\/a><\/p>\n

However this build is also a place with some gentle ribbing and fun. The above post has good neighbour commandments for Second Life mainland. There are different commandments on each side of the post, for example the above side reads :<\/p>\n

Thou Shalt Not Block Roads Or Sea Lanes With Thy Objects, Nor Shall Ye Set Ban Lines, For They Are The Suck<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Alas that commandment gets broken all too often!<\/p>\n

\"Bar\"<\/a><\/p>\n

There are also social places on the sim, for example the bar, which was fortunately open. This is where the Moles gather, get merry and sing little ditties whilst planning their next build to delight fellow residents.<\/p>\n

\"Meauxle<\/a><\/p>\n

There are also nice open spaces on the sim, where one can reflect on a hard day’s night and enjoy the view. Obviously this sim could probably do with an influx of Orcs at some point, but for now the Moles are very much enjoying themselves and I saw many a visitor whilst there.<\/p>\n

\"Air<\/a><\/p>\n

If you get tired you can always take to the air and jump on the air ship. Alas unlike Fantasy Faire, there’s no live entertainment onboard at this present moment in time.<\/p>\n

\"Meauxle<\/a><\/p>\n

Returning to the ground you have the choice of apples, ice cream and if you get really lucky …<\/p>\n

\"Strawberry<\/a><\/p>\n

Strawberry Singh<\/a> will come along and buy you coffee, rumours that she did this to shut me up are probably not far from the truth. Hot chocolate is available too if that’s your drink of choice.<\/p>\n

I fell in love with this build when I saw it at Fantasy Faire 2013 and I still love it to bits over a year later. The Moles have added their own individual features to keep the build lively and relevant and there are some nice touches, such as a humourous security system. This is a place well worth visiting if you have the time and if you get the chance to say hi to a Mole and thank them for their work, that would be nice too.<\/p>\n

SLURL to Meauxle Bureaux :\u00a0maps.secondlife.com\/secondlife\/Meauxle%20Bureaux\/100\/126\/25<\/a><\/p>\n

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