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Wintermute Mechanique

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Join date: 2 Mar 2005

Posts: 9

04-05-2005 12:50

I really love how this thread is turning up good names and has been 100% positive so far! Thank you all for that! So far I'm up to 22 Residents, so it may take me a little while to follow up with everyone, not to mention LL folks and anyone at SpeedTree I can catch. This topic is hugely complex and cool; I could write an article JUST on Higbee Protagonist's responses to me via email. Solid guy. I'll try to seek folks out on this as rapidly as I am able! Thanks again? Anyone we've missed so far that should be included? *almost afraid to ask that.

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Ghoti Nyak

καλλιστι

Join date: 7 Aug 2004

Posts: 2,078

04-28-2005 13:57

How's that article coming along Wintermute?

-Ghoti

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Susie Boffin

Certified Nutcase

Join date: 15 Sep 2004

Posts: 2,151

04-28-2005 14:07

You can add me to the list if you want. I'm just a simple country girl who doesn't create natural landscapes. All I do is plant trees and lots of them. I just bought 8096 sm just to look at the trees and to combat the increasing ugliness of Sand. My trees on that land are currently closed to the public but come to Susieland, Vail (138,146) to see what a few determined landowners can do to combat the wasteland surrounding us.

Dee Firefly

Dreaming Dragoness

Join date: 30 Jul 2004

Posts: 315

04-28-2005 16:33

Visit my island, Tol Galen, in the South-East corner of Dacia if you like, I try to recreate some natural surroundings and atmospheres that please me there and populate it with flora and fauna many and various

This is a great topic, would love to keep track... !

Prokofy Neva

Virtualtor

Join date: 28 Sep 2004

Posts: 3,698

04-28-2005 18:55

Add Shack Dougall (waterfalls, nature paths, landscaping, etc. in Alviso" also sandhya2 patel (rocks) and Margot Abbatoir (waterfalls).

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Surina Skallagrimson

Queen of Amazon Nations

Join date: 19 Jun 2003

Posts: 941

04-29-2005 04:33

Hypatia is a new island sim attached to Aretias, a part of the Amazon Nation. Currently under construction it will be nature only. It has a high cliff face with mandatory waterfall and hidden caves, shoreline onto a lake, sand, grass, eventually lots of trees, live fish, a (short) river, beaches, picnic areas....

Beware the cliff though, the rock is unstable....

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Jefferson Psaltery

Registered User

Join date: 28 Apr 2005

Posts: 34

04-29-2005 06:10

Will be buying a large island soon, but a horrible builder lol who does the best landscaping and waterfall and houses stuff in sl? thanx

Kim Manilow

total spaz

Join date: 8 Jun 2004

Posts: 154

parrot island wildlife refuge

04-29-2005 12:02

parrot island wildlife refuge

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Oz Spade

ReadsNoPostLongerThanHand

Join date: 23 Sep 2003

Posts: 2,708

04-29-2005 19:11

Be sure to post the link to the article here when you're done. I'd love to read it.

The concept of why we feel the need to make naturalistic habbitats in virtual landscapes intrueges me as well. I think it falls back to our primal urges and our love of nature that we feel the need to represent it in all forms wherever we go. An appreciation for the natural beauty thats all around us if you will.

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Olympia Rebus

Muse of Chaos

Join date: 22 Feb 2004

Posts: 1,831

04-29-2005 19:50

I've made some modest texture-on-prims-at-angles flowers and bushes. They're on display in Green but you may spot them elsewhere. I made them free to copy, assuming that my neighbors (who would be most likely to see them) would make coppies of their own and display them on their property, so my landscaping would coordinate with landscaping on nearby property.
This worked for some time, when most of my neighbors were people who had just aquired their first 512 parcel of land. As the parcels were aquired in larger chunks by people with their own plans, my coppies of my plants became less common. On the other hand, I occasionally run into them all over SL- always a nice surprise.

I currently own scattered patches of Green. I've terraformed it to "match" some other parts of the Sim, where people have terriformed sharp spires of land.

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The Concept of Virtual Nature
Wintermute Mechanique Unregistered User Join date: 2 Mar 2005 Posts: 9	04-05-2005 12:50 I really love how this thread is turning up good names and has been 100% positive so far! Thank you all for that! So far I'm up to 22 Residents, so it may take me a little while to follow up with everyone, not to mention LL folks and anyone at SpeedTree I can catch. This topic is hugely complex and cool; I could write an article JUST on Higbee Protagonist's responses to me via email. Solid guy. I'll try to seek folks out on this as rapidly as I am able! Thanks again? Anyone we've missed so far that should be included? almost afraid to ask that.
Ghoti Nyak καλλιστι Join date: 7 Aug 2004 Posts: 2,078	04-28-2005 13:57 How's that article coming along Wintermute? -Ghoti _____________________ "Sometimes I believe that this less material life is our truer life, and that our vain presence on the terraqueous globe is itself the secondary or merely virtual phenomenon." ~ H.P. Lovecraft
Susie Boffin Certified Nutcase Join date: 15 Sep 2004 Posts: 2,151	04-28-2005 14:07 You can add me to the list if you want. I'm just a simple country girl who doesn't create natural landscapes. All I do is plant trees and lots of them. I just bought 8096 sm just to look at the trees and to combat the increasing ugliness of Sand. My trees on that land are currently closed to the public but come to Susieland, Vail (138,146) to see what a few determined landowners can do to combat the wasteland surrounding us.
Dee Firefly Dreaming Dragoness Join date: 30 Jul 2004 Posts: 315	04-28-2005 16:33 Visit my island, Tol Galen, in the South-East corner of Dacia if you like, I try to recreate some natural surroundings and atmospheres that please me there and populate it with flora and fauna many and various This is a great topic, would love to keep track... !
Prokofy Neva Virtualtor Join date: 28 Sep 2004 Posts: 3,698	04-28-2005 18:55 Add Shack Dougall (waterfalls, nature paths, landscaping, etc. in Alviso" also sandhya2 patel (rocks) and Margot Abbatoir (waterfalls). _____________________ Rent stalls and walls for $25-$50/week 25-50 prims from Ravenglass Rentals, the mall alternative.
Surina Skallagrimson Queen of Amazon Nations Join date: 19 Jun 2003 Posts: 941	04-29-2005 04:33 Hypatia is a new island sim attached to Aretias, a part of the Amazon Nation. Currently under construction it will be nature only. It has a high cliff face with mandatory waterfall and hidden caves, shoreline onto a lake, sand, grass, eventually lots of trees, live fish, a (short) river, beaches, picnic areas.... Beware the cliff though, the rock is unstable.... _____________________ -------------------------------------------------------- Surina Skallagrimson Queen of Amazon Nation Rizal Sports Mentor -------------------------------------------------------- Philip Linden: "we are not in the game business." Adam Savage: "I reject your reality and substitue my own."
Jefferson Psaltery Registered User Join date: 28 Apr 2005 Posts: 34	04-29-2005 06:10 Will be buying a large island soon, but a horrible builder lol who does the best landscaping and waterfall and houses stuff in sl? thanx
Kim Manilow total spaz Join date: 8 Jun 2004 Posts: 154	parrot island wildlife refuge 04-29-2005 12:02 parrot island wildlife refuge _____________________
Oz Spade ReadsNoPostLongerThanHand Join date: 23 Sep 2003 Posts: 2,708	04-29-2005 19:11 Be sure to post the link to the article here when you're done. I'd love to read it. The concept of why we feel the need to make naturalistic habbitats in virtual landscapes intrueges me as well. I think it falls back to our primal urges and our love of nature that we feel the need to represent it in all forms wherever we go. An appreciation for the natural beauty thats all around us if you will. _____________________ "Don't anticipate outcome," the man said. "Await the unfolding of events. Remain in the moment." - Konrad
Olympia Rebus Muse of Chaos Join date: 22 Feb 2004 Posts: 1,831	04-29-2005 19:50 I've made some modest texture-on-prims-at-angles flowers and bushes. They're on display in Green but you may spot them elsewhere. I made them free to copy, assuming that my neighbors (who would be most likely to see them) would make coppies of their own and display them on their property, so my landscaping would coordinate with landscaping on nearby property. This worked for some time, when most of my neighbors were people who had just aquired their first 512 parcel of land. As the parcels were aquired in larger chunks by people with their own plans, my coppies of my plants became less common. On the other hand, I occasionally run into them all over SL- always a nice surprise. I currently own scattered patches of Green. I've terraformed it to "match" some other parts of the Sim, where people have terriformed sharp spires of land. _____________________

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