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1. A New Chapter for Mainland: Gaeta 1 Transition & Zindra Expansion - Discussion

   I go holiday and all this excitement happens. I remember commenting in a thread nearly a year ago about why some continents look unfinished and I said that Gaeta 1 was so obviously abandoned mid-project that on the world map it made SL look like a beta release. Someone replied that the Old Linden Homes continent had the same unfinished look. is it co-incidence that those 2 continents have been or are planned to be demolished? With all the eulogies from Gaeta 1 residents about the amount of coastline I wonder if LL concluded that the only way to get rid of the Gaeta 1 blight on the map was to close it down. Would Gaeta 1 residents on the unfinished eastern side accept losing their coastlines in the way that Bellisseria residents regularly do? PS, Qie posted his similar comment while I was writing, but I'm submitting anyway as my opening paragraph is a different point.

2. A New Chapter for Mainland: Gaeta 1 Transition & Zindra Expansion - Discussion

   This is difficult. Back when the Mainland was apt to expand at any moment (I know, hard to imagine now), everybody knew better than to expect a void-adjacent parcel to remain void-adjacent any length of time. Those who came later (or forgot) would see that edge as very unlikely to change: It was completely obvious that the Gaeta I continent would never expand to fill that void, long before Belli began sucking the lifeblood from Mainland. So buying those void-adjacent, grid-edge parcels with expectation they'd stay void-adjacent wasn't unreasonable in this case. On the other hand, this fate of the whole tattered continent evaporating should never have been a surprise to anybody who opened the Map. I think it's reasonable to say the Lab owes landowners of void-adjacent parcels equivalent or better somewhere. And practically speaking, it'll be hard to find that amount of available void-adjacent Mainland anymore (other than Bay City, which is all double-prim and never abandoned for more than a month), so maybe the current owners will need to choose between landlocked or New Zindra coastline, at least as an initial like-for-like. It's all a valid question for the Lindens, to see what they have in mind for this particular situation. (But we have no detail on any of the planned land-migration process yet. I'm tempted to hunt the old instructions for the Zindra migration, but I doubt the Wayback Machine can take the load.)

3. What is peeving you now, while logged into Second Life

   Probably because they only need to fool one or two people to hit payday. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

4. "SKILL GAMING"

   A few sims are using bots, and regular players don’t stand a chance to win. I strongly believe some sim owners are manipulating the skill games—people will do anything for money. Lindens have real value, so it’s not surprising that some might cheat. I’ve won some and lost some, but there are clearly sims where random players never win—only the bots do. Its not a skill game if you not getting the numbers you not getting the numbers and i won't call the game an addiction

5. If land is set for sale to me, can I buy it for a group?

   You absolutely can, right from the About Land window, just be sure to have the correct group active when you do it. This Knowledge Base article has instructions: