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1. What if Linden Lab added harvesting and crafting to Second Life?

   The Lindens did this back in 2004-2005. They would hold contests and award entire sims to groups that came up with great ideas for activities. The hitch was that after you got that free sim (island) i.e. with no set-up fees as usual (which were higher then), you had to pay the tier. So they had few takers and what would happen is that basically anybody who applied to the contest got in. Had they given a free sim AND free tier, they'd obviously have way more applicants. But oh, they do that, it's called SLEA. So back then, one group build the original version of what is now the Confederation of Democratic Simulators. Another guy actually built a game that involved IIRC self-replicating prims. He ended up getting mad at the Lindens. Of course, the Lindens had to end this and put up "grey goo fences" because of griefing with this function. This ostensibly "killed" Starax' famous magic wand as well, although even I've made little things that produce temp-rez items in various ways that haven't been "killed" by the Linden's software -- unless I try to do a lot of them, fast. It doesn't matter if those games seem "predatory" -- their makers have real costs, and they get them paid, and a lot of people play them (I don't, except I do have quite a few KittyCats but I rarely sell them and don't follow the whole "rares" thing.) My sense is that SL is not the user base you want to try to try your "cool mech combat arena" game on, but why not try? The point is, lots of people have done this over the years, with varying success, and the Lindens in the early days actively sustained it but then ceased because the concept did not work to build subscriptions and retention. PS they used to have a "dwell" system that awarded people points that could be cashed out as Lindens for the traffic on your event or venue. This was gamed, and eventually stopped.

2. Staying put

   I didn’t bother looking for waterfalls, I rezzed my own 🙈

3. forum meetups in sl

   I agree with Scylla on this one. For some events, like the naked bike ride that was discussed last Fall, an explicit announcement would not only be appropriate but required. Unless an event is being held on a General-rated region, though, a loosely-knit group like the forum cartel -- which isn't even a group -- can't predict who's likely to show up and can't offer any guarantee that there won't be nudity. LL's rule for Moderate regions just says that you can't "host publicly promoted adult activities". A forum meetup announcement might include a wussy line like "This isn't a General region, so nudity might happen," but that might actually be interpreted by some people as an invitation to come naked. ETA: It occurs to me that I haven't actually been to a forum meetup in ages, so my opinion is sort of academic. 🤔

4. Staying put

   You saw how fast I disappeared. I had actually logged into my last destination. That was my first one, too. I have this thing about waterfalls and tikis, so I wanted to keep rolling. I’m either the first or last to realize that new regions have been released. This time I was one of the first. I scouted some other regions for a waterfall and requested one. I’m surprised that I was able to get it during the release. 😊

5. Blast from The Past - Second Life 2006 Podcast (Happy New Year 2026!)

   Hey Luna, from one creative soul to another, I miss you and Second Life. After Paul died (Script Shark), I felt alone there. It was just very painful 💔 But I want to come back at some point. A lot of my music has been inspired by Second Life from poetry written 20 years ago. Getting old! Never! At least not in SL.