Any special people help you out when you were a newbie?

I noticed Loki Pico was mentioned.

Great person, first class all the way. SL is lucky to have someone like this helping out.

Cristiano Midnight is responsible for bringing me to SL (over and over) until I finally got an av who looked human and decided to stay I'll never forget my first moments as a newb, trying to walk, click on stuff and mostly, earn Linden's. I get an IM from Cristiano telling me to forget about the orientation island crap and get my ass over to where he was! Then, he had to come out and find me to help me fly to his apartment! Cristiano continues to be one of my most cherished friends in SL, even though he takes such pleasure in tormenting me over my choices in skins (he calls one of my looks "The Undead". There are so many memories of my first days in SL, but one that stands out is the limo ride, where Cristiano took us out in his "limo" and we kept crashing into obstacles and finally ended up dancing on the limo in the middle of nowhere! Then there was the time Capt. Midnight took us out on his new boat and somehow got logged out in the middle of our cruise. We passengers were left to fend for ourselves as we were flung out of the boat and into the cold cruel water off the coast of Mavericks!

After Cristiano, one of the first people I met and befriended was Launa Fauna, who gave me some lovely eye textures and took a beautiful picture of my av for my profile. Launa continues to be one of my favorite designers in SL.

Taeja Diaz helped turn my av into the fashion plate she is today. I was dazzled everyday by the beautiful outfits I'd see her in and I vowed to look as good someday! She's also a generous, fun loving friend and I always look forward to seeing her in SL.

Tya Fallingbridge....back when she had The 80's Room....she took on a gaggle of us newbies all at the same time. She was marvelous then and is even more marvelous now

Albert Fool and Ziolla Magpie.

Far too many to mention. Many many worthy adversaries in building contests and show n tells

Some of the memorable:

First and foremost:
Viola Bach - the first person I met in SL.

And in no particular order - though all were important:

Malachi Petunia
Saaz Roentgen
Ironchef Cook
Lynn Lippmann
Nolan Nash
Reve Monde
Candy Apple
Garth and Pituca
Crowcatcher Valen

And if newbs helping newbs like the blind leading the blind counts

Cyrus Apollo
Juro Kothari
Jai Nomad
Nicola Escher

Aimee, Brace, Simone and Palomma!

Marilyn Murphy, Fleabite Beach, fenix Stone, Chip Midnight are the first names that come to mind first. I'm sure Ferran would have more if she was awake and reading the forums. Oh crap, I just realized that we both passed our 2nd Rezday anniversaries this week.. where has the time gone.

i know this is going to sound truly bizarre. totally lost newbie. stumbling around, decides to buy some land, and build a tribute to the book tobbacco road. (i had just read it.) so i buy some land and these two guys standing close enuff to hear, start complaining about how im going to do something stupid with it. at this point in time i could not rez a plywood box mind you. *readers note: i have since mastered the plywood box and am now aiming for the round plywood thingy.

i think i moaned and screamed about how lost i was and how i hated all of this and was so clueless these two guys took pity on me and ended up making me a shack and my road. so for a couple of weeks when i first started my sl revolved around the immaculate sim and nolan nash and reve monde. (yes i remember dreamcatcher) there was a group we made called immaculate conception that appealed to the rebel in me. later, circumstances changed and i had a different motivation for staying.

so. nolan nash and reve monde. yes, its all your fault.

Blueman Steele.

My first night in SL, I ran into 2 old ActiveWorlds buddies, who helped me out a ton:

Eep Quirk
Lightwave Valkyrie

I also recieved some building tips from Psyra Extrodinare.

I think that the one resident who has helped me out more than any one other resident though, whom I deeply respect, is Desmond Shang.

Oh, and these forums have provided me with a ton of help as well... never forget the power of the Search Box.

My friends have provided me with some very fun times, and they know who they are =)

I would also like to thank the griefers, who have given me the patience to deal with their ilk, and not to whip out a push gun and blow them to kingdom come.

Support for my continued use of SL provided by:
Capn' Crunch
The Letter "A"
And Viewers Like You

Darwin Appleby, for showing me how totally sweet SL was.

Ezhar Fairlight for giving me strict building tutelage in Slate.

Kenzington Fairlight for being the neighbor in the castle across the river.

Beryl Greenacre for being my first build customer.

Spider Mandala helped get me better aquainted with the building tools and showed me the tricks to building irregular objects. Most of what I build today is still heavily influenced by his tutorial.

Ryan Dayton was a neighbor early on and he helped me with a lot of scripting projects. He's since been deported to the Teen Grid, where I am certain he made a killing in the gadgets market.

Starax Statosky was the first person that made a real impression on me that I can remember.

Starax taught me how to slide through walls.

Hey Starax hope you are doing well.

Brian Engel. He answered lots of stupid noob questins, pointed me toward a veteran shopaholic when most of my questions turned to clothing and design, and he didn't even make a pass at me! ;D

Adia Peel, who taught me how to fly, shop, teleport, dress, attach hair and jewelry, dance, and how to take a photo.

Jillian Coral, who filled my inventory with TONS of freebies and toys and clothes and cars and... (I saved a few things!)

Siouxsie Psaltery, who taught me how to take stuff out of a box.

Brace Coral, who taught me how to build a box, and then put stuff into it. ;D

Karl Greenstein, who taught me how to siddown.

Krysss Galatea.
Constantly helping new people, never asking for anything in return.
He's an Angel, a real one ! And I couldn't thank him enough if I tried.

All my friends help/helps me.. forum help/helps me.. close to all the ones I have asked have helped me..


I love SL with all people that always are so helpfull.... we keep it that way dont we? Pls let us!


Sadly... of course there have been a few ones that completly ignore you.. and some are completly bastards - but they are so few that.. I close to dont care...

Loki Pico
Fallingwater
Crissy Cross
Bel Muse
and others I'm not remembering at the moment...

What a wonderful idea for a thread!

April Firefly, KittyKatt Kerensky, and Konigmann Lippmann. April was the first person that really took the time to speak with me in Second Life. She helped me a lot in those first few weeks and has continued to be a great friend, always so encouraging and cheerful. Kitty is a sweet and dear friend. She taught me a lot - in particular that Second Life is not a game. And master builder Koni taught me much of what I know about building and scripting. He was always patient while I learned new things, and he blatently lied to me about the quality of my work to keep me encouraged.

Thank you to all of my friends. You have been an inspiration. Without you I would not have stayed in this place so long, and evolved so far. You are awesome!

Seconded!!

fenix Stone
Kenneth Cooper (sort of the dirty-old-man of SL )
Sulla Milk (brought me to see my first Flaming Moe and Astrin Few concerts)
Mae Best
Kim Anubis (she made my wings )
Rhiannon Chatnoir
Vade Darkholm (invited me to join my first group "Badger Dancers" and gave me an anim)
pandastrong Fairplay (*sniff*)


So many people helped me out when I first started. Thank you to all of the kind and giving folks--you make a tremendous difference!!

My first days in the Morris sandbox.....memories....

Enabran Templar for his constant encouragement. Truly a decent human being. Cool bots too.

DJ Under for his support and encouragement. Again just a real nice guy.


There are many others who I would never remember having met so many great people here but my thanks to all of them for the kind words and support.

I got a mention! I'm stunned, Khashai. Really though, with all my business talk you should have nominated me for 'special people who bored me to tears as a newbie' - but I'm glad you think so anyway. Especially since you have a lot of dirt on me, and would be as dangerous as a rattlesnake if you thought otherwise... *small tear*

*male bonding moment, but not so much as to approach slash fiction*

I would say, of all people who got me started: Garnet Psaltery. Without her belief in young Desmond, I never would have escaped my room under the stairs and begun my first year... ah... rather, got my business off the ground. She believed in me when I had made little more than a chair.

Also - Prokofy Neva. Every little bit of business advice was right on the mark. Took one look at my early architecture, told me the straight-out truth of how customers would respond, and that's *exactly* how they did. I got to know Prokofy a bit, and was soon joking around and cracking blonde jokes with my ol' chum. Much has changed since almost a year ago - more than I ever would have imagined. But still, a vital friend who always has a keen insight. The stunning success of the small island nation Caledon was built in no small part, on Prokofy's 'land barony' advice.

I will echo Krysss Galatea, who shepherded me along and who continues to be a wonderful friend.

And i will add Laukosargas Svarog to the list. She also will step in with patience and kindness to help a newcomer.

Persphone Phoenix
Charissa Korvin
Etain Peregrine

All three 'took me under their wing' so to speak and helped me out when I was new.

Props to Echo Dragonfly for the cool dragon stuff, helping me with textures and telling me to open another inventory window when sorting and editing inventory. Best piece of advice EVAR!

More props to Jesrad Seraph who gave me a mammoth