A Redo of the Walk across the World?

Hamlet,

I was thinking -- it would be so cool to read another 'walk across SL' article when the new continents are finally all auctioned off. That's a major chunk of land -- with cool land features that didn't exist before (ooh that volcano is just, man, I want that volcano . . .) and with new landscaping rules -- it's really forcing folks to build with the land -- and I think there's some parallels to be drawn with the whole frank lloyd wright school of architecture -- at least the part about working with an environment rather than altering it to meet our own needs, etc. etc.

I'll walk with you, if you need company . hehe.

Zana

I spent the whole first week the new sims came online down there in them. I am still there all the time actually. I feel like I got a pretty good knowledge of the landscape down there, especially the shorelines. It is pretty interesting to see the virgin land being settled and developed now. Some are doing a great job of working with the landscape. Good idea Zana.

That's a great idea, Zana! I've actually been thinking
of doing that very thing. The first walk was on July 20,
2003, and my original plan was to do the next one on
July 20, 2004. But at the rate the Lindens are putting
up new land, the place might take 12 hours to walk
across, by then! So yeah, maybe we'll do it sometime
in March...

That would be a great piece of journalism to read. Pictures, please!

Volcano? Where is there a volcano?

Well, Neil Protagonist has one near his and Nephilaine's
expansive projects, up North. It's really great. Though
I found myself wishing it was in a damaged-enabled sim,
so people could, say, perform human sacrifices by tossing
virgin avatars into the crater.

I believe Zana is referring to the huge new shield volcano that spans across four sims down in the southern continent. It's gently smoking right now, but someone will get the opportunity to make it come alive (or build a ski resort, you never know here). It's only a short hop from Cordova so you should check it out! It's SL's first mountain that approaches the size and feel of a real one.

I found it. Wow, that's neat. Reminds me of Kilauea in Hawaii. Can almost smell that sulphur.

I wonder if people will be able to delete the vents, or will they be forced to work around them (I hope the latter). I'm glad to hear about the recent changes that limit terraforming. Already I've seen way too much overdevelopment ...big boxy things planted on wonderful outcroppings, beautiful bays choked by docks, etc. To each his own, I guess. I've also seen really wonderful architecture that works with the land. As a newbie, I'm trying to see as much as possible and learn from others.

Ananda got it right, that's the volcano I was speaking of. Ananda got to witness me having a coniption fit of joy about it when Loki took us to see it one evening .

Zana

Yep, there's that one, too! Don't worry, we'll be sure to
visit both on the coming jaunt.

Which, looking at my calendar, I'm planning for next
Tuesday, March 2nd, starting sometime in the evening.
Lemme check with the Lindens to see if there's any
scheduled downtimes on that day, before I make the
official announcement...

For anyone looking to check out the volcano:

Pomponio 56, 234

Be sure to wear proper footwear.

LOL! And just now they announced the servers'll be down for a couple hours that day.

If I can get into SL by then, I'll be most certainly joining you

I really hope this happens. Will be fun to be with a group walking across the land, taking it in slowly. I've been doing this on my own lately, and it's great fun. Woo!

Excellent! Now I'm thinking of next week Thursday,
starting around Noon or so. It took 2 hours, 19 minutes
last time, and now that there's twice as much land, and
we'll have to double back in places, I'm expecting it to
take at least 6 hours. Probably more, because I'll be
posting "live" every hour on the hour, for the first three
hours of the trip. I'll make the official announcement
on NWN, but if you're planning to come, think of all
the wacky AVs, attachments, vehicles (I'll be walking
on foot all the way, but no one else has to), and so
on. We want a great big convoy of folks. Well, no
more than twenty or thirty, so we don't crash sims, as
we enter 'em.

Hopefully it will extend late enough I can get my SLive show in on some of it, that would be great. (And where's an article on SLive huh? ;)

woot! I just mailed off my thesis. That's right before spring break. I actually have that day really off! hehe. I'll be there.

Zana

Cool!

When's your show, Cienna? There was a write-up of
SLive in this month's Newsletter, in case you missed it...

Next is Thursday, 8-11PST.

We've got our schedule up at http://www.slive.net

I never seem to get the newsletters, but saw that article in a repost of it somewhere.

And don't forget the proper breathing gear for those of you who need to breathe in SL.

(yay for those carcinogens!)

Decided the volcano is one of my top three favorite places in the southern sims so far.

Newsletter? Where?

It's sent out to all residents via e-mail, or it's supposed
to be. If you didn't get it and want it, e-mail me at
[email]hamlet@secondlife.com[/email], and I'll forward the request to
the Lindens who can provide.

Meanwhile, the official announcement is here:

http://secondlife.blogs.com/nwn/2004/02/next_thursday_h.html

Hmm... Your route goes right through my ugly hill...


I'll have to set up some lovely surprises for you... Yes...

MWU HU HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!

Bring them on, good lady squirrel! I have already in my
party a soldier, two madwomen, and a metaphysician, and
they shall be well prepared for your surprises!

I hope you all take time to rest yourselves at Club Vogue. Free drinks at the bar.

The offer is appreciated and surely tempting, but there
can be no stopping until we are at the center of each
simulator. The party would, however, be forever grateful
if, for example, a Club Vogue welcome party was waiting
for us there with drinks and perhaps entertainment...