New column for SL residents

A day of a newbie's life

Hi all first of all I want to introduce myself,

I'm Shackle Simsider, and as it will say above I'm a newbie.

And I want to share my experiences with other people.

So here I ended up writing an article in the newspaper

One of the first things I stumbled on was money:

If you are new to this game and don't know what to expect i can imagine people don't want to spend real money,so I tried to find ways to make money in game

And there it is a Money tree:-

You can pick dollars off it by left clicking them (don't fill in any forms or login in a browser window if it opens, it might be a trick to get your password)

a linden dollar looks like this:-

There can also be fruit in it, bannana's oranges or apples depending on the owner of the tree they will be worth more than 1 linden.

There are a few useful things around the tree; the signs will tell you if the 'balance' of the tree is more than 0 linden so in other words "if it is able to spawn dollars on it"

another is 'money in tree', this indicates that there is or isn't any money in the tree (occasionally this will say there is when in fact the tree is empty this can be due to sim lag) the best way to find the money is to go to world than envoirment options and put it on midnight this is becouse the notes are full bright and easier to spot another cool tool is the alt look;

if you want to use this press and hold left alt then left click and hold your mouse now move the mouse forward and left and right

it makes looking in trees and shops a lot easier

I think this is one of the best things to know of as a newbie, not only becouse it gets you your first few linden dollars but its a good way to explore the world, I saw loads of nice places when I was picking money off tree's and lots of freebies near the trees

This is a nice place to start your quest on finding money tree's

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Silla/128/36/75

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A Former SL Mentor Speaks Out

With the official Second Life Mentor Volunteer group no more, where can a newbie go for help and whom can older residents recommend? Is good help hard to find? Former Mentor Xymbers Slade has a few thoughts in Community.

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Disappearing Lifesaver

It seems that there is a move by the lindens to do away with camping in sl.
Perhaps not deliberately but as an offshoot of the traffic issue and bots.
Now, you know I love freebies and you have to figure that I love camping.
I started camping as a newbie 2 years ago. I thought it was great to be getting some lindens for sitting, or even better for dancing.
There was one place I loved. It was in a New York sim with a camp master where you could just sit at a lovely pond quietly in the midnight mode and earn lindens for that enjoyment and sleep at the same time..
To my favorite I make a daily visit, of course, I will not mention the name but I feel as if I have a job there. The owner is so pleasant and caring to inform us of changes occurring.
It is not like that everywhere. Some owners just use the avatars for gain and pay very little for our presence. I have found one that charges to join the group.
They do not know us and we do not know them.
I have lived with both. Actually I do not need to camp. I am addicted to the idea so I still do it. I have that feeling that it is great to get lindens for so little, But I use the money I earn for good. Much of it is for someone else who needs it. Some goes to help newbies, some to charities, some for shopping, ( but not that much since I love those freebies too) and a lot for tips.
I am not clear on what the problem is with traffic being “bloated”.
It puts some sims in the top of search and I guess there must be money involved somehow.
I wonder what the newbies will do for money.
Of course I have met those owners who have no love for the camps. It just causes trouble they say.
I know I will miss it if it disappears but I will be fine.
Some of my friends will not and that is a worry.
One newbie told me of two really good camps that have gone down in the past week. They are scrambling to find new ones. Well, we can only hope.
Gemma Cleanslate

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Begging in Second Life, is there a solution?

Imagine: you are a scripter or a builder, you are concentrating hard on an algorithm or trying to get a texture right and, while you are working away in Real Life, maybe on an important project in Second Life, the blue bar flashes on the bottom of your screen. Your concentration is broken. It could be important. That is why you left yourself logged in, isn’t it? So you open up Second Life.

Somebody, possibly only a day old in Second life, is asking to borrow L$1. What! You have been through this so many times before and so have your friends. No matter what the group is you belong to; SL Help Desk, blues appreciation or even one dedicated to philosophy, someone is begging. Not all the time but it feels like it.

Oh, yes, they say, “borrow”, “I’ll pay you back soon”, “It’s for a friend”. Do they have no idea what ONE Linden Dollar is worth in the Real World? There is no comparison. But they still do it. Recently, one asked for L$930. Well that, at least, is worth begging for! But they still got the same short shrift as all the others!

Some respondents on the group chat window get very angry; some just mute the beggar and close down the window. Others will lecture them on the morals of begging, still others quote the TOS. The responses are varied but follow a pattern...................

Continued reading Kims article in the PEOPLE section

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New reporters and new blood?

Yesterday I introduced you to Lizzy whose first story you can find in the people section, today I would like to introduce 2 more new members of the SLN crew:
Christina can be found in the PEOPLE section and she will be helping newbies to find their way in the complicated world of SL as well as exploring the grid herself:-

First Day
There have been so many things written about Newbie's, and there are so many help tips out there to help make things easier for your Second life. I don't want to do a repeat of what has already been done, but I will probably repeat some of the advice that experienced avatars have given you or will give you. I suppose I will start with giving some personal experience with my first days in this virtual world of Second Life and then I hope to give a weekly update as to what you can do as a newbie..............

Continued in the PEOPLE section

Next Joan introduces herself:

If You Build It?
If there is one thing I've learned in my period in Second Life, it's that the saying "If you build it, they will come." is not always as true as it should be.
I'm sure most readers who enjoy exploration will have at some point stumbled across an awesome sim or location, only to find it completely f****** deserted, without even a tumbleweed to grace it's empty streets. (And for those readers who find the word f*** offensive. I would suggest you are perhaps reading the wrong section.) It was at one of these places my first adventure into the world of reporting began, at the Vampire Succubus Club.
But by now your asking yourself, "Who the hell are you? I came for Penance Sautereau's special brand of hotness. Why am I reading you instead? Has a band of ingenious hackers seized SL-NEWSPAPER.com? Has the very fabric or reality itself been torn asunder?" .......................

Continued in the REDLIGHT section

Welcome to all our new Crew members
Dana

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Inventory issues - and some quick fixes

After yesterdays problems with the grid I wasn't too surprised to find I had quite a lot missing from my inventory (I actually had about 10k items missing) and do you know I had forgotten how to clear my cache which is the first thing anyone will tell you to do if you are having issues with SL and especially invent.

So I thought I would post a reminder for anyone else who is also having difficulties this weekend:

(click the image to open it in a new window full size)

Firstly locate the edit button on your top menu bar, go down to the very bottom and click on preferences. This will open the preferences menu. The 3rd tab down should be 'Network' there you can see a button that says 'Clear Cache' click on that.
AFTER you have done this you MUST relog, it won't work until you do and you can expect it to take a little while to reload and also for the objects to appear back in your inventory.
Another fix is also to clear your browsers history.
If these fixes still don't work go to the support portal and file a ticket or ask for live help - I will wish you luck on that one!
Hope this helps some
Dana
sources: WIKI

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Cartoon of the day

By Bixyl Shuftan

Click to see full size

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Remembering your newbie days

Try as hard as you can you cannot escape the good olde newbie days! Getting lost, being confused and most importantly putting boxes on the wrong place! Check out the first part of a 2 part piece about being new in sl here now.

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