Comments on: Updating Virtually Blind and Virtual World Presence

By: Doubledown Tandino

Doubledown Tandino — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 02:58:53 +0000

In my honest opinion, is to rent (obviously from someone you trust). If you don’t own land do you need the premium membership?

When I started I went to premium, got my first land and started that way. Then I was offered the deal of
$200L a week per 117prims… I stuck with my landlord for close to 2 years, and I continually expanded each moth as the business grew.

So, just my opinion… drop to basic account and rent land.

… one more thing.. look for the “Monty Python Briefcase” inworld. It’s something every inworld lawyer should carry.

By: Benjamin Duranske

Benjamin Duranske — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:23:10 +0000

Thanks, Soph. I’ll check out the AO options you mention, and Extropia is definitely on my list. Right at the top of the non-mainland part. Part of me really wants to stick with the mainland for nostalgic reasons, but I absolutely love the clean, optimistic-tomorrowland architecture at Extropia and I could easily see myself enjoying the view from an office there, and the opportunity to regularly run into some of the most interesting people I’ve met in-world. The only issue is that I do have a paid account that I get 512m worth of tier with already, and I last paid in February. So I’ve got 9 months or so on that left still that, if my understanding is right, I’d be sacrificing by going to a private sim. Not a huge deal, but it adds to my motivation to stick with the mainland.

By: Sophrosyne Stenvaag

Sophrosyne Stenvaag — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:09:05 +0000

Ben, welcome back! I hope you’re getting *some* sleep along the way!

I’d like to put in a plug for Extropia: we’re putting in a new ground-level building of storefront-style professional offices, and we’d love to have you. Can’t beat the views!

For AOs, when we’ve set up male av’s for clients, we usually use the $100L ones from the Bare Rose samurai combat facility (not the main store). It sounds odd, but they have one that’s good for younger men, and one that works fine for professional use.

If you want something better than that, most of my animations are from Reel Movement. They have a wide range of individual animations that can be assembled into a HUD (I strongly prefer the ZHAO, having tried most of them). I’ve also heard good things about the animations at Maitreya, but in both cases, I can’t speak to the men’s animations.

I’d be happy to take you around and help you get set up, if you’d like – the knowledge could come in handy!

By: Benjamin Duranske

Benjamin Duranske — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 02:05:54 +0000

Thanks, Cat. I’ll check it out.

By: Cat Galileo

Cat Galileo — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 01:55:34 +0000

have you tried the Breeze AO? I use the female version and think it’s pretty decent. (Most of the female ones look like you make your living on the streets… not that there’s anything wrong with that ™