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dag Greenacre

Junior Member

Join date: 4 Aug 2003

Posts: 20

08-24-2003 17:31

G'day

I'm a noob looking for a home.

Grabbed a nice hillside spot at Mocha... Gets a bit noisy from Olive but still nice view at the edge of the sim.

Unfortunately someone came and built a mountain on my hill and I lost heaps of view...

I'm all nature lovers and realise the land used was available for anyone but ........

Now I want something similar to what i had... A quiet lookout with water views. Any suggestions ?

Also I have noticed some weird practises and was wondering if this is the norm throughout SL...

1... Buy land ...terraform...release... hold small parcel.

2... build a house then buy very small square of land in public land apparently to thwart future neighbours from buing blocks next to you.

I have found some nice expanses of really attractive land only to see I cant get to own a useful parcel because of unconnected droplets in the way...

All i want is a place to call my own....

any ideas ??

Madox Kobayashi

Madox Labs R&D

Join date: 28 Jun 2003

Posts: 402

08-24-2003 17:50

If people are buying tiny bits of land and not using, which you seem to describe, you might want to tell a Linden. People are explicity told not to buy tiny disconnected bits of land in order to hamper other land buyers.

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James Miller

Village Idiot

Join date: 9 Jan 2003

Posts: 1,500

08-24-2003 18:05

Yes, its very much against the Community Standards. If you see that, report it.

Taylor Thompson

Registered User

Join date: 29 Jun 2003

Posts: 170

08-24-2003 19:17

Rose is nice, and if youre wanting to rent instead of build there is an apartment place and I rent too in rose.

Darwin Appleby

I Was Beaten With Satan

Join date: 14 Mar 2003

Posts: 2,779

08-24-2003 21:57

Teal! But there's no land left.

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Touche.

Matina Appleby

Snow Princess

Join date: 24 Mar 2003

Posts: 281

Another place to rent

08-25-2003 05:57

Aqua Marina, Aqua (204, 50)
I just opened up an apartments building in Aqua. The complex is in mediterrainian style and situated on the beach of Aqua's west side.
Still two apartmetns with ocean view available. You might want to check them out

David Cartier

Registered User

Join date: 8 Jun 2003

Posts: 1,018

Re: a place to call home ?????

08-25-2003 06:31

I was noticing yesterday that some really lovely spots in Minna were open. It is a well situated sim with nice views and the usage is pretty low, now.

From: someone

Originally posted by dag Greenacre
G'day

I'm a noob looking for a home.

Grabbed a nice hillside spot at Mocha... Gets a bit noisy from Olive but still nice view at the edge of the sim.

Unfortunately someone came and built a mountain on my hill and I lost heaps of view...

I'm all nature lovers and realise the land used was available for anyone but ........

Now I want something similar to what i had... A quiet lookout with water views. Any suggestions ?

Also I have noticed some weird practises and was wondering if this is the norm throughout SL...

1... Buy land ...terraform...release... hold small parcel.

2... build a house then buy very small square of land in public land apparently to thwart future neighbours from buing blocks next to you.

I have found some nice expanses of really attractive land only to see I cant get to own a useful parcel because of unconnected droplets in the way...

All i want is a place to call my own....

any ideas ??

Jack Digeridoo

machinimaniac

Join date: 29 Jul 2003

Posts: 1,170

08-25-2003 06:48

If you see a nice spot, send an IM to the owner of the land and make them an offer. Even though buying small parcels of land is agaist the TOS, it's being done to prevent people from build a small chunk of land and putting up a billboard or huge purple houses. Greenspace preservation

Ezhar Fairlight

professional slacker

Join date: 30 Jun 2003

Posts: 310

Re: a place to call home ?????

08-25-2003 06:48

From: someone

Originally posted by dag Greenacre
Grabbed a nice hillside spot at Mocha... Gets a bit noisy from Olive but still nice view at the edge of the sim.

Unfortunately someone came and built a mountain on my hill and I lost heaps of view...

I'm all nature lovers and realise the land used was available for anyone but ........

Tried talking to your new neighbours? Some might be interested in coming up with a good looking mountainside solution :)

Nergal Fallingbridge

meep.

Join date: 26 Jun 2003

Posts: 677

08-25-2003 11:03

From: someone

Originally posted by Jack Digeridoo
If you see a nice spot, send an IM to the owner of the land and make them an offer. Even though buying small parcels of land is agaist the TOS, it's being done to prevent people from build a small chunk of land and putting up a billboard or huge purple houses. Greenspace preservation

Purple discrimination!!!!1!! d00d sux0r!!1! we demand the right to 0wnz j00!

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Jack Digeridoo

machinimaniac

Join date: 29 Jul 2003

Posts: 1,170

08-25-2003 13:16

From: someone

Originally posted by Nergal Fallingbridge
Purple discrimination

haha ! yes, you caught me. i hate all things purple. but only in SL.

dag Greenacre

Junior Member

Join date: 4 Aug 2003

Posts: 20

08-25-2003 16:44

Well Thanks for the suggestions

I grabbed another hillside shoulder in Gray.

Very similar and a nice view.

Dont get me wrong ... I think the mountain is cool and am all for freedom to do whatever on your land.

I just wanted some space around me.

But I am dead against the people that buy small chunks of land to stop billboards or preserve green space... I think that is a bit much. If you want it kept safe buy it. Others have the right to build next to you purple, peuce, orange , mountains ...whatever.

I saw many nice spots that I just couldnt grab because of this practise but I am not about to dob in the offenders...I just moved on ...

Heaps of friendly people have helpmed find a spot ...and thanks for the efforts guys... drop in and see me anytime

Darwin Appleby

I Was Beaten With Satan

Join date: 14 Mar 2003

Posts: 2,779

08-25-2003 17:07

Ummmm dude Gray is for Kaznojin

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Touche.

Bob Bunderfeld

Builder Extraordinaire

Join date: 10 Apr 2003

Posts: 423

08-26-2003 06:52

Dag:

Contact me in-game. Perhaps I have some land I could release to you for your home.

Thanks!

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Bob "The Builder" Bunderfeld

"There could be a 13 year old Genius out there smarter than I am." - Blake Rockwell

Jack Digeridoo

machinimaniac

Join date: 29 Jul 2003

Posts: 1,170

08-26-2003 07:34

From: someone

Others have the right to build next to you purple, peuce, orange , mountains ...whatever.

meh... that's one way to look at it. for some people, myself included, a pretty sim is a big part of fun. if the game was full of purple buildings, I wouldn't be excited about it, and I wouldn't tell my friends about it.

Nyna Slate

Dragon Moon

Join date: 22 Apr 2003

Posts: 267

08-26-2003 08:04

I invite you to come visit our quite corner of Brown. It is at the top of the world (atm) to the NW. We have a themed sim there so there is NO terra changing. We have a height limit, so no ones home blocks the others. We have ocean view for the moment. (untilll they open the new land to the north) but still water to the south and possible left. To our east is the sim green a quite wooded get away, where cabins and tents are the only allowed structors. If you would like a tour of what you can do to a Prefab house , which is the only other restriction. Feel free to tour our home, Or go to the Second Life NEws and read New world notes by Hamlet. In the archives about 2 maybe 3 weeks now for a mondays date is an article about our prefab. We could use some neighbors.......

a place to call home ?????
dag Greenacre Junior Member Join date: 4 Aug 2003 Posts: 20	08-24-2003 17:31 G'day I'm a noob looking for a home. Grabbed a nice hillside spot at Mocha... Gets a bit noisy from Olive but still nice view at the edge of the sim. Unfortunately someone came and built a mountain on my hill and I lost heaps of view... I'm all nature lovers and realise the land used was available for anyone but ........ Now I want something similar to what i had... A quiet lookout with water views. Any suggestions ? Also I have noticed some weird practises and was wondering if this is the norm throughout SL... 1... Buy land ...terraform...release... hold small parcel. 2... build a house then buy very small square of land in public land apparently to thwart future neighbours from buing blocks next to you. I have found some nice expanses of really attractive land only to see I cant get to own a useful parcel because of unconnected droplets in the way... All i want is a place to call my own.... any ideas ??
Madox Kobayashi Madox Labs R&D Join date: 28 Jun 2003 Posts: 402	08-24-2003 17:50 If people are buying tiny bits of land and not using, which you seem to describe, you might want to tell a Linden. People are explicity told not to buy tiny disconnected bits of land in order to hamper other land buyers. _____________________ Madox Kobayashi
James Miller Village Idiot Join date: 9 Jan 2003 Posts: 1,500	08-24-2003 18:05 Yes, its very much against the Community Standards. If you see that, report it.
Taylor Thompson Registered User Join date: 29 Jun 2003 Posts: 170	08-24-2003 19:17 Rose is nice, and if youre wanting to rent instead of build there is an apartment place and I rent too in rose.
Darwin Appleby I Was Beaten With Satan Join date: 14 Mar 2003 Posts: 2,779	08-24-2003 21:57 Teal! But there's no land left. _____________________ Touche.
Matina Appleby Snow Princess Join date: 24 Mar 2003 Posts: 281	Another place to rent 08-25-2003 05:57 Aqua Marina, Aqua (204, 50) I just opened up an apartments building in Aqua. The complex is in mediterrainian style and situated on the beach of Aqua's west side. Still two apartmetns with ocean view available. You might want to check them out
David Cartier Registered User Join date: 8 Jun 2003 Posts: 1,018	Re: a place to call home ????? 08-25-2003 06:31 I was noticing yesterday that some really lovely spots in Minna were open. It is a well situated sim with nice views and the usage is pretty low, now. From: someone Originally posted by dag Greenacre G'day I'm a noob looking for a home. Grabbed a nice hillside spot at Mocha... Gets a bit noisy from Olive but still nice view at the edge of the sim. Unfortunately someone came and built a mountain on my hill and I lost heaps of view... I'm all nature lovers and realise the land used was available for anyone but ........ Now I want something similar to what i had... A quiet lookout with water views. Any suggestions ? Also I have noticed some weird practises and was wondering if this is the norm throughout SL... 1... Buy land ...terraform...release... hold small parcel. 2... build a house then buy very small square of land in public land apparently to thwart future neighbours from buing blocks next to you. I have found some nice expanses of really attractive land only to see I cant get to own a useful parcel because of unconnected droplets in the way... All i want is a place to call my own.... any ideas ??
Jack Digeridoo machinimaniac Join date: 29 Jul 2003 Posts: 1,170	08-25-2003 06:48 If you see a nice spot, send an IM to the owner of the land and make them an offer. Even though buying small parcels of land is agaist the TOS, it's being done to prevent people from build a small chunk of land and putting up a billboard or huge purple houses. Greenspace preservation
Ezhar Fairlight professional slacker Join date: 30 Jun 2003 Posts: 310	Re: a place to call home ????? 08-25-2003 06:48 From: someone Originally posted by dag Greenacre Grabbed a nice hillside spot at Mocha... Gets a bit noisy from Olive but still nice view at the edge of the sim. Unfortunately someone came and built a mountain on my hill and I lost heaps of view... I'm all nature lovers and realise the land used was available for anyone but ........ Tried talking to your new neighbours? Some might be interested in coming up with a good looking mountainside solution :)
Nergal Fallingbridge meep. Join date: 26 Jun 2003 Posts: 677	08-25-2003 11:03 From: someone Originally posted by Jack Digeridoo If you see a nice spot, send an IM to the owner of the land and make them an offer. Even though buying small parcels of land is agaist the TOS, it's being done to prevent people from build a small chunk of land and putting up a billboard or huge purple houses. Greenspace preservation Purple discrimination!!!!1!! d00d sux0r!!1! we demand the right to 0wnz j00! _____________________ powered by caffeine since 1998! "In such ugly times, the only true protest is beauty." -- Phil Ochs
Jack Digeridoo machinimaniac Join date: 29 Jul 2003 Posts: 1,170	08-25-2003 13:16 From: someone Originally posted by Nergal Fallingbridge Purple discrimination haha ! yes, you caught me. i hate all things purple. but only in SL.
dag Greenacre Junior Member Join date: 4 Aug 2003 Posts: 20	08-25-2003 16:44 Well Thanks for the suggestions I grabbed another hillside shoulder in Gray. Very similar and a nice view. Dont get me wrong ... I think the mountain is cool and am all for freedom to do whatever on your land. I just wanted some space around me. But I am dead against the people that buy small chunks of land to stop billboards or preserve green space... I think that is a bit much. If you want it kept safe buy it. Others have the right to build next to you purple, peuce, orange , mountains ...whatever. I saw many nice spots that I just couldnt grab because of this practise but I am not about to dob in the offenders...I just moved on ... Heaps of friendly people have helpmed find a spot ...and thanks for the efforts guys... drop in and see me anytime
Darwin Appleby I Was Beaten With Satan Join date: 14 Mar 2003 Posts: 2,779	08-25-2003 17:07 Ummmm dude Gray is for Kaznojin _____________________ Touche.
Bob Bunderfeld Builder Extraordinaire Join date: 10 Apr 2003 Posts: 423	08-26-2003 06:52 Dag: Contact me in-game. Perhaps I have some land I could release to you for your home. Thanks! _____________________ Bob "The Builder" Bunderfeld "There could be a 13 year old Genius out there smarter than I am." - Blake Rockwell
Jack Digeridoo machinimaniac Join date: 29 Jul 2003 Posts: 1,170	08-26-2003 07:34 From: someone Others have the right to build next to you purple, peuce, orange , mountains ...whatever. meh... that's one way to look at it. for some people, myself included, a pretty sim is a big part of fun. if the game was full of purple buildings, I wouldn't be excited about it, and I wouldn't tell my friends about it.
Nyna Slate Dragon Moon Join date: 22 Apr 2003 Posts: 267	08-26-2003 08:04 I invite you to come visit our quite corner of Brown. It is at the top of the world (atm) to the NW. We have a themed sim there so there is NO terra changing. We have a height limit, so no ones home blocks the others. We have ocean view for the moment. (untilll they open the new land to the north) but still water to the south and possible left. To our east is the sim green a quite wooded get away, where cabins and tents are the only allowed structors. If you would like a tour of what you can do to a Prefab house , which is the only other restriction. Feel free to tour our home, Or go to the Second Life NEws and read New world notes by Hamlet. In the archives about 2 maybe 3 weeks now for a mondays date is an article about our prefab. We could use some neighbors.......

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