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Lola Bombay

Secular Humanist

Join date: 6 Sep 2003

Posts: 116

10-16-2003 13:40

From: someone

Originally posted by Gwydeon Nomad
1) Do you own a house in SL?
2) Is it prefab (or prefab based), self constructed, or contracted?
3) What do you do there?
4) Do you spend more time: At your home, At other people's homes, at events, at sites such as Nexus Prime, Americana?
5) Do you have furnature in your home?
5a) Do you use it?
6) Do you consider yourself: A Builder, A Scripter or a Socializer?
7) If you answered in the positive to #1 why / what made you decide to build a home?

Are you strugling tax wise becuase of owning a home?
9) Place any other comments you have here.

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1) Yes
2) Self made
3) Hang out with friends, work on builds
4) I'd say i spend most of my time at my house. It feels like home to me

5) A few pieces, but not a lot
5a) Occaisionally.. its more for looks, and so the house doesnt feel empty.
6) All three! Although, less of a socializer than a builder and scripter
7) For me personally, its part of the fun.. I enjoy building

Nope! I spent a lot of my initial time with SL gathering Calling Cards, so my bonus helps a LOT with taxes

Nergal Fallingbridge

meep.

Join date: 26 Jun 2003

Posts: 677

Re: Why do you own a house in SL?

10-16-2003 13:51

From: someone

Originally posted by Gwydeon Nomad
1) Do you own a house in SL?

Yup. Two structures and an apartment, spread out across the world. (I call them structures because they aren't really houses, per se.)

A shack in Gray, just look for the hang glider tethered to the roof, and a platform in Chartreuse. Finally, I have an apartment in the Roseridge Apts.

2) Is it prefab (or prefab based), self constructed, or contracted?

Both the shack and the platform are self-constructed.

3) What do you do there?

Admire it.

Seriously, I use either location as a homebase for scripting or building.

4) Do you spend more time: At your home, At other people's homes, at events, at sites such as Nexus Prime, Americana?

Right now? None of the above. This is why I haven't been inworld -- too much RL eating my brain. >_< But when it isn't, I'm usually a vagrant who visits all of the above.

5) Do you have furnature in your home?
5a) Do you use it?

Yup. Sometimes I do -- I usually perch on the bench in front of my Zen garden for scripting work.

6) Do you consider yourself: A Builder, A Scripter or a Socializer?

Yes.

7) If you answered in the positive to #1 why / what made you decide to build a home?

First, because I bought some land in Gray and needed something to put there. Then later, because I liked being able to create things.

Are you strugling tax wise becuase of owning a home?

No. My stipend covers my taxes.

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Chris Kobayashi

Remember Me

Join date: 5 Aug 2003

Posts: 13

10-16-2003 13:58

1. Yes i do. 2. I built it myself. 3. I socialize with friends. 4. I mix all that stuff up, and spend about the same amount of time on all. 5. Yes, i use it too. 6. I consider myself a builder and a socializer...definately! 7. I wanted to build a home to test my building skills and to have a reason to use some textures i own. 8. Nah 9. I suggest anyone who hasn't built a home to do so, because i discovered my skills in building that i never knew i had when i built my house.

Kats Kothari

Disturbingly Cute

Join date: 14 Aug 2003

Posts: 556

10-17-2003 08:54

1) Do you own a house in SL?
~Yes I do, even though it is placed on a itty bitty island in Taber due to lack of suitable land.

2) Is it prefab (or prefab based), self constructed, or contracted?
~ It is self-constructed and it was a big project for me since I love to build.

3) What do you do there?
~ I am constantly making new objects or avatars.

4) Do you spend more time: At your home, At other people's homes, at events, at sites such as Nexus Prime, Americana?
~ I spend most of my time at home, though I do go out sometimes to visit friends.

5) Do you have furnature in your home?
5a) Do you use it?
~ I recently made furniture...didn't have any before since I considered it more of a decoration item than anything else. Now I have some furniture as decoration.

6) Do you consider yourself: A Builder, A Scripter or a Socializer?
~ Builder's life for me!

7) If you answered in the positive to #1 why / what made you decide to build a home?
~ Wanted a place to call my own and also needed a place to set up shop.

Are you strugling tax wise becuase of owning a home?
~ Taxes haven't been much of a problem since my land is really small, but finding suitable land has.

9) Place any other comments you have here.
~ Great poll. I love to know what other players opinions are!

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Zana Feaver

Arkie

Join date: 17 Jul 2003

Posts: 396

10-17-2003 09:31

1) Do you own a house in SL?

No not exactly. I own a garden in Slate and in Darkwood I partially own a cave/amazon camp Yuki and I are working on together. I have had houses before, but I usually tore them down and replaced them with a garden. I guess I think making the landscape more interesting is more intriquing than building a house. I can live outdoors just fine. It's not like SL has winter or anything

. Oh and I have a shop in Darkwood that sells hair textures, clothes, that kind of thing.

2) Is it prefab (or prefab based), self constructed, or contracted?

Self-constructed

3) What do you do there?

Build more stuff.

4) Do you spend more time: At your home, At other people's homes, at events, at sites such as Nexus Prime, Americana?

I'd say 60 percent is spent at my own place and 40 is spent elsewhere.

5) 5) Do you have furnature in your home?
5a) Do you use it?

I have some sleeping spots for the Amazon's in the cave and some benches outside in the "kitchen" area. I use the benches when I'm chatting a lot. But I rarely use any other kinds of furinutre. I have it, it's for looks.

6) Do you consider yourself: A Builder, A Scripter or a Socializer?

I'd say I'm mostly a socializer and a slowly learning builder. I'm also a newbie-texture maker -- so does artist fit any of those categories?

.

7) 7) If you answered in the positive to #1 why / what made you decide to build a home?

I build gardens mostly because I enjoy them.

Are you strugling tax wise becuase of owning a home?

Nope! Not yet!

9)

Jolene Jade

JOJO THE GREAT

Join date: 12 Aug 2003

Posts: 459

10-17-2003 13:50

1. i own an island with a cave...because i want something that i know is mine..somewhere i can go that i know i will always feel welcome. ....

2. what is there is self constructed

3. i practice disco dancing and grow pretty trees and flowers

4. i spend more time wondering around

5. i have some furnature there yes....
5.a.yes i use it

6. a social butterfly....

7. i dont really have a "home" iam too poor to begin anything that would be worth the effort...and the taxes eat me alive for just a tiny bit of anything...its hard to make money but you cant have everything.....where would you put it.?

8. see answer to question 7

9. Tiama T Titan....where has he gone? does anyone even know? hugs

Jolene Jade

JOJO THE GREAT

Join date: 12 Aug 2003

Posts: 459

10-17-2003 13:52

Zeeman...you crack me up

Chip Midnight

ate my baby!

Join date: 1 May 2003

Posts: 10,231

10-18-2003 11:17

From: someone

Originally posted by Jolene Jade
Tiama T Titan....where has he gone? does anyone even know?

It appears that he left the game. Not sure why.

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Tweke Underhill

Tree Dweller

Join date: 23 Jan 2003

Posts: 66

10-18-2003 20:57

1) Do you own a house in SL?

Yes, I have two. One is a house in a giant tree and the other is a lighthouse.

2) Is it prefab (or prefab based), self constructed, or contracted?

Both are self-constructed.

3) What do you do there?

I build things, make clothing, play around with scripts, talk with people who stop in. At the lighthouse, I also have clothing for sale.

4) Do you spend more time: At your home, At other people's homes, at events, at sites such as Nexus Prime, Americana?

I spend most of my time either at my home or someone else's--roughly the same amount at each. I have had days where I've gone to two or three events in a row, but I've also gone weeks without attending any.

5) Do you have furnature in your home?

Yes. Chairs, benches, shelves for the clothes. Also, pictures and other decorative items.

5a) Do you use it?

Yes. Not all the time, but fairly often.

6) Do you consider yourself: A Builder, A Scripter or a Socializer?

Primarily a builder, but I do a little of all of them.

7) If you answered in the positive to #1 why / what made you decide to build a home?

It was really more of an assumption than a deliberate decision. Basically, I felt my avatar looks like a person and people live in houses, so my avatar should have a house.

Are you strugling tax wise becuase of owning a home?

With two homes, I am. If I just had one, I don't think I would have any problem.

9) Place any other comments you have here.

Honeybaby Beach

The Honey Beatch

Join date: 4 Jul 2003

Posts: 12

My House

10-19-2003 06:40

1) Do you own a house in SL?

Yes, in Stanford (61,121)

2) Is it prefab (or prefab based), self constructed, or contracted?

I had someone build it for me.

3) What do you do there?

I hang out with friends, work on clothing, practice building.

4) Do you spend more time: At your home, At other people's homes, at events, at sites such as Nexus Prime, Americana?

I go to events ocassionally but I'm always in Stanford, either at our shop, my house behind the shop) or at Frankie Beach's house (down the beach from the shop). I don't stray far.

5) Do you have furnature in your home?

Yes

5a) Do you use it?

Yes, ocassionally.

6) Do you consider yourself: A Builder, A Scripter or a Socializer?

I'm a buyer/seller/socializer

7) If you answered in the positive to #1 why / what made you decide to build a home?

I wanted to build a home so I could have somewhere to relax and hang out with my friends without having to work. Also, sometimes the shop gets very hectic and I want to hide away.
Plus I had the image of how it would be in my head and wanted people to see it too.

Are you strugling tax wise becuase of owning a home?

Not really anymore. There was a time when I did put it away but it was partially for taxes/shop expansion.

9) Place any other comments you have here.

Why do you own a house in SL?
Lola Bombay Secular Humanist Join date: 6 Sep 2003 Posts: 116	10-16-2003 13:40 From: someone Originally posted by Gwydeon Nomad 1) Do you own a house in SL? 2) Is it prefab (or prefab based), self constructed, or contracted? 3) What do you do there? 4) Do you spend more time: At your home, At other people's homes, at events, at sites such as Nexus Prime, Americana? 5) Do you have furnature in your home? 5a) Do you use it? 6) Do you consider yourself: A Builder, A Scripter or a Socializer? 7) If you answered in the positive to #1 why / what made you decide to build a home? Are you strugling tax wise becuase of owning a home? 9) Place any other comments you have here. [/B] 1) Yes 2) Self made 3) Hang out with friends, work on builds 4) I'd say i spend most of my time at my house. It feels like home to me 5) A few pieces, but not a lot 5a) Occaisionally.. its more for looks, and so the house doesnt feel empty. 6) All three! Although, less of a socializer than a builder and scripter 7) For me personally, its part of the fun.. I enjoy building Nope! I spent a lot of my initial time with SL gathering Calling Cards, so my bonus helps a LOT with taxes
Nergal Fallingbridge meep. Join date: 26 Jun 2003 Posts: 677	Re: Why do you own a house in SL? 10-16-2003 13:51 From: someone Originally posted by Gwydeon Nomad 1) Do you own a house in SL? Yup. Two structures and an apartment, spread out across the world. (I call them structures because they aren't really houses, per se.) A shack in Gray, just look for the hang glider tethered to the roof, and a platform in Chartreuse. Finally, I have an apartment in the Roseridge Apts. 2) Is it prefab (or prefab based), self constructed, or contracted? Both the shack and the platform are self-constructed. 3) What do you do there? Admire it. Seriously, I use either location as a homebase for scripting or building. 4) Do you spend more time: At your home, At other people's homes, at events, at sites such as Nexus Prime, Americana? Right now? None of the above. This is why I haven't been inworld -- too much RL eating my brain. >_< But when it isn't, I'm usually a vagrant who visits all of the above. 5) Do you have furnature in your home? 5a) Do you use it? Yup. Sometimes I do -- I usually perch on the bench in front of my Zen garden for scripting work. 6) Do you consider yourself: A Builder, A Scripter or a Socializer? Yes. 7) If you answered in the positive to #1 why / what made you decide to build a home? First, because I bought some land in Gray and needed something to put there. Then later, because I liked being able to create things. Are you strugling tax wise becuase of owning a home? No. My stipend covers my taxes. _____________________ powered by caffeine since 1998! "In such ugly times, the only true protest is beauty." -- Phil Ochs
Chris Kobayashi Remember Me Join date: 5 Aug 2003 Posts: 13	10-16-2003 13:58 1. Yes i do. 2. I built it myself. 3. I socialize with friends. 4. I mix all that stuff up, and spend about the same amount of time on all. 5. Yes, i use it too. 6. I consider myself a builder and a socializer...definately! 7. I wanted to build a home to test my building skills and to have a reason to use some textures i own. 8. Nah 9. I suggest anyone who hasn't built a home to do so, because i discovered my skills in building that i never knew i had when i built my house.
Kats Kothari Disturbingly Cute Join date: 14 Aug 2003 Posts: 556	10-17-2003 08:54 1) Do you own a house in SL? ~Yes I do, even though it is placed on a itty bitty island in Taber due to lack of suitable land. 2) Is it prefab (or prefab based), self constructed, or contracted? ~ It is self-constructed and it was a big project for me since I love to build. 3) What do you do there? ~ I am constantly making new objects or avatars. 4) Do you spend more time: At your home, At other people's homes, at events, at sites such as Nexus Prime, Americana? ~ I spend most of my time at home, though I do go out sometimes to visit friends. 5) Do you have furnature in your home? 5a) Do you use it? ~ I recently made furniture...didn't have any before since I considered it more of a decoration item than anything else. Now I have some furniture as decoration. 6) Do you consider yourself: A Builder, A Scripter or a Socializer? ~ Builder's life for me! 7) If you answered in the positive to #1 why / what made you decide to build a home? ~ Wanted a place to call my own and also needed a place to set up shop. Are you strugling tax wise becuase of owning a home? ~ Taxes haven't been much of a problem since my land is really small, but finding suitable land has. 9) Place any other comments you have here. ~ Great poll. I love to know what other players opinions are! _____________________ Maker of many kawaii items: Dolls, huggable plushies, and purses with cute critters. Visit Kats' Kreatures for a better look and feel free to explore! =^_^= Kats' Kreatures Gualala (140,9) "The cat is cryptic, and close to strange things which men cannot see..." - H.P. Lovecraft
Zana Feaver Arkie Join date: 17 Jul 2003 Posts: 396	10-17-2003 09:31 1) Do you own a house in SL? No not exactly. I own a garden in Slate and in Darkwood I partially own a cave/amazon camp Yuki and I are working on together. I have had houses before, but I usually tore them down and replaced them with a garden. I guess I think making the landscape more interesting is more intriquing than building a house. I can live outdoors just fine. It's not like SL has winter or anything . Oh and I have a shop in Darkwood that sells hair textures, clothes, that kind of thing. 2) Is it prefab (or prefab based), self constructed, or contracted? Self-constructed 3) What do you do there? Build more stuff. 4) Do you spend more time: At your home, At other people's homes, at events, at sites such as Nexus Prime, Americana? I'd say 60 percent is spent at my own place and 40 is spent elsewhere. 5) 5) Do you have furnature in your home? 5a) Do you use it? I have some sleeping spots for the Amazon's in the cave and some benches outside in the "kitchen" area. I use the benches when I'm chatting a lot. But I rarely use any other kinds of furinutre. I have it, it's for looks. 6) Do you consider yourself: A Builder, A Scripter or a Socializer? I'd say I'm mostly a socializer and a slowly learning builder. I'm also a newbie-texture maker -- so does artist fit any of those categories? . 7) 7) If you answered in the positive to #1 why / what made you decide to build a home? I build gardens mostly because I enjoy them. Are you strugling tax wise becuase of owning a home? Nope! Not yet! 9)
Jolene Jade JOJO THE GREAT Join date: 12 Aug 2003 Posts: 459	10-17-2003 13:50 1. i own an island with a cave...because i want something that i know is mine..somewhere i can go that i know i will always feel welcome. .... 2. what is there is self constructed 3. i practice disco dancing and grow pretty trees and flowers 4. i spend more time wondering around 5. i have some furnature there yes.... 5.a.yes i use it 6. a social butterfly.... 7. i dont really have a "home" iam too poor to begin anything that would be worth the effort...and the taxes eat me alive for just a tiny bit of anything...its hard to make money but you cant have everything.....where would you put it.? 8. see answer to question 7 9. Tiama T Titan....where has he gone? does anyone even know? hugs
Jolene Jade JOJO THE GREAT Join date: 12 Aug 2003 Posts: 459	10-17-2003 13:52 Zeeman...you crack me up
Chip Midnight ate my baby! Join date: 1 May 2003 Posts: 10,231	10-18-2003 11:17 From: someone Originally posted by Jolene Jade Tiama T Titan....where has he gone? does anyone even know? It appears that he left the game. Not sure why. _____________________ My other hobby: www.live365.com/stations/chip_midnight
Tweke Underhill Tree Dweller Join date: 23 Jan 2003 Posts: 66	10-18-2003 20:57 1) Do you own a house in SL? Yes, I have two. One is a house in a giant tree and the other is a lighthouse. 2) Is it prefab (or prefab based), self constructed, or contracted? Both are self-constructed. 3) What do you do there? I build things, make clothing, play around with scripts, talk with people who stop in. At the lighthouse, I also have clothing for sale. 4) Do you spend more time: At your home, At other people's homes, at events, at sites such as Nexus Prime, Americana? I spend most of my time either at my home or someone else's--roughly the same amount at each. I have had days where I've gone to two or three events in a row, but I've also gone weeks without attending any. 5) Do you have furnature in your home? Yes. Chairs, benches, shelves for the clothes. Also, pictures and other decorative items. 5a) Do you use it? Yes. Not all the time, but fairly often. 6) Do you consider yourself: A Builder, A Scripter or a Socializer? Primarily a builder, but I do a little of all of them. 7) If you answered in the positive to #1 why / what made you decide to build a home? It was really more of an assumption than a deliberate decision. Basically, I felt my avatar looks like a person and people live in houses, so my avatar should have a house. Are you strugling tax wise becuase of owning a home? With two homes, I am. If I just had one, I don't think I would have any problem. 9) Place any other comments you have here.
Honeybaby Beach The Honey Beatch Join date: 4 Jul 2003 Posts: 12	My House 10-19-2003 06:40 1) Do you own a house in SL? Yes, in Stanford (61,121) 2) Is it prefab (or prefab based), self constructed, or contracted? I had someone build it for me. 3) What do you do there? I hang out with friends, work on clothing, practice building. 4) Do you spend more time: At your home, At other people's homes, at events, at sites such as Nexus Prime, Americana? I go to events ocassionally but I'm always in Stanford, either at our shop, my house behind the shop) or at Frankie Beach's house (down the beach from the shop). I don't stray far. 5) Do you have furnature in your home? Yes 5a) Do you use it? Yes, ocassionally. 6) Do you consider yourself: A Builder, A Scripter or a Socializer? I'm a buyer/seller/socializer 7) If you answered in the positive to #1 why / what made you decide to build a home? I wanted to build a home so I could have somewhere to relax and hang out with my friends without having to work. Also, sometimes the shop gets very hectic and I want to hide away. Plus I had the image of how it would be in my head and wanted people to see it too. Are you strugling tax wise becuase of owning a home? Not really anymore. There was a time when I did put it away but it was partially for taxes/shop expansion. 9) Place any other comments you have here.

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