Way back when

-I remember when Prim dinosaurs roamed the mainland.
-The great flood that lasted 48 hours when water levels were screwed up.
-The old gladiator fights where losers were banned, and winners given 512 plots.
-The Castle Era where sims had King's & Queens, and everyone was dressed like they were at a renaissance fair.
-The discovery of the first private island called "The Americas"
-And of course the discovery of avatar flight by Orville & Wilbur Linden.

Very funny lol

I remember Logging into SL and not thinking "what are they gonna messup today",
and I remember when some one came to help you when you lost something from inventory,
I remember actually liking to log in and having a good time in SL with out getting aggravated
now i look to the future when a new program will come out to replace SL
-LW

I remember in beta 2002: How men could have boobies that infact you could have 3 boobies if you want and there was special edicational groups that taught how to make penises but everything was so new, confusing I couldn't figure out anything. Out of 12 visits or so that I made before it went public I saw only one person the entire time.

What was undoubtedly the worst change that has occurred in Second Life and likely will be the worst change that ever will occur in Second Life, from a personal point of view, was the elimination of the policy that allowed one to buy a lifetime membership with 4096 sqm of tier free land.

This offer vanished not long after I joined, too soon for me to have figured out that I'd still be here nearly 4 years later.

I have a little more spending money now than I had then, at least I will till I break down and start tending to my medical problems, and if I'd felt as solvent back then as I do now I might have taken advantage of the offer.

I spent maybe a thousand or so buck on land and tier since then, so I'd have saved a bunch of dough and possibly be one of those prestigous old timers with land in the old sims where the slaristocracy live.

I can remember when the color sims were just about to go "public". For a few weeks, the Lindens wanted to develop some of these sims with specific themes. I somehow got invited to join the WizWorld group, which was supposed to build a theme park in Mocha. The park idea never took off, but for a few weeks, the whole color sim region was invisible to the general public, and only people with a landmark could teleport in.

We used to have to wait until noon (3pm Eastern Time) to get into SL back in beta. SL was only open 12 hours per day, noon to midnight. When we weren't in world, we were in the forums.

As a noob, I found my first land by simply flying around and finding an empty spot. I paid $L1/m. I still own that plot.

I remember...

gathering around for the early 'show and tells' where people showed creations

asking in a forum thread for 512m of land - the embryonic 'first land' program

when you could use $L to pay your USD tier (at incredibly lousy exchange rates)

trying to win a brand new mainland parcel in auctions in a new sim

the incredible demand for 'snow' land

Heaven and Hell in Krittania

when Gaming Open Market could exchange $L and Therebucks

using a walk animation bracelet made by: Anshe

When someone TP'd you somewhere on the mainland you could actually recognize roughly where you were.

And before Point to Point Teleporting the telehub flying to your destination faster than stuff rezzed runs.

Oh I hope so. LOL. No, Shakespeare's The Tempest really sets the characters free - and if Prospero had a daughter, then he also had Caliban. With every "good" there is also a negative.

I remember all of the fun stuff and the comradeship that existed in the olden days when men were men and women were women but all I can say about the new "internet" is that someone at LL has their wires crossed if they think people want to be wearing headphones and microphones to play a stupid game!

Gezz...

I just woke up, what did I miss in SL the past 4+ years?

I already miss the old 2005 SL ...

I think Im going to miss it more in a couple months.

You and me both. If I wanted a AOL chatroom with avatars talking I would go to AOL.

I try to think -

What is actually better since 2005 SL wise.

LOL Im coming up empty.

I want to do the 'slap your hand on your butt dance' again...
I want to hear another: xxx Linden: "sorry, there's a movie trivia that started five minutes ago, forgot about it" event announcement again...
I want to accidentily rez a "log cabin" freebie house on my head again...
I want to kick leftover unexploded WWIIOLer's missiles from the 'no-script' public land in front of my house again...

Memories...

Its been that way for some time now. Frankly its just a wasteland



I believe it was WALK from the Telehubs



I believe it was pre 1.5 lag did not exist. 1.4 and before client was the last i believe.

But what was the population at that time? Oct 21st, 2004 30,000 population I believe. those days were golden ones for many. 1,000`s of friends laster well can`t say if we are any better off then before.

As for Lindens they were helpful, and Live help MEANT live help! Not this Put a ticket and pray they fix your problem. As for mentors, that too was a golden time NOW shakeshead don`t even measures up to the title these days those people do. I cane in 1.5.5 client. I was confused and alone. Nobody really helped me, but if i asked they helped. Wonderful times it was. I never forget those times. Time moves on and so does the sl.

So there was a real purpose for the forums then? Thank you for inlighting my insight Tenny Not anymore really......

I'm only an 05'er but I really miss that actual live help we used to get now and then that the OP Mentioned. Was nice knowing most of the Lindens and who to go to when you needed help. And with that said... Thank You for dealing with me so much in my early days Jack, Guy, and Teeple Linden.

Don`t for get Nigel, Nicole and many others.........

I'm not all that old so there isn't much to add .

But I do miss...
- a L$330/$1 exchange rate
- the in-world transaction history
- Live Help(ing)
- the Linden Answer forum (and techincal/detailed blog posts)
- regular town halls

And I remember...
- the grey-goo attacks (those were kind of fun, hours of scripts disabled grid-wide)
- the asset server crash in December '06 (LL closed log-ins for the better part of a day with only 600ish of us still logged on for the entire grid with a dozen of us roaming the grid looking for other "survivors" )

*sniffle*

Y'all are making me wish I'd been around back then. It sounds like it must have been amazing!

I have to say, though, that I've been to some AMAZING places and some gorgeous places and some rockin places; I want to make something that will last, that will be amazing for those to come; and that's all thanks to you who were first. You all showed us newbs what is possible and for that I thank you!

Actually, I sell a large scale Godzilla Avatar if you're feeling 'home sick'.

Ghidorah, Cthulhu & Gamera too!

I remember when the grid was done in DOS, and everything you did was through a command line: C:\llmovenorthwest /sit /wall /playsound "laugh".

I haven't quite been here a year yet, but the "your world, your imagination" thing inevitable becomes a bit tired when you've been in-world some time.

When I came here I marvelled at how I could enhance my appearance from the original 'girl next door' av with the purple jumper, at how I could explore and possibly at a later date buy land or build stuff. Now I take all that for granted. I've have a stable appearance since soon after I started that I have no wish to modify apart from occasional new clothes. I have as much land as my RL agent will let me buy, I've built lots of stuff, sold some of it and dabbled in land investment.

So there are fewer new things to try as one's time in SL increases. Updates and new features plus improved performance and reliability are things to look forward to, and hopefully Windlight, when it's sorted, will boost the visual experience considerably. I'm never bored with SL and I guess the secret of happiness is to not spend too much time hooked up to your RL-er's computer so they don't get bored with spying on you!!!

Uhhh?
Isn't this becoming like listening to your GrandParents? How great things were during the war etc... pfft

Early days of SL meant, less people, less resourses, lagg, lagg lagg. Sitting at a game of tringo for 20 minutes waiting for the scoreboard to catch up due to lag, before it could payout the winings, assuming the game/sim didn't crash and you would loose. Walking/flying from fixed TP points, rubber banding most of the time. Every Wednesday was 'Update' day. The place was so small you didn't need the Map, the mini-map was all you needed (j/k). For some part, it was Lindens that held events and were very approachable (although that hasn't changed, it's just the game has gotten much larger). Combat and Roleplaying was in it's infancy, so was held generally around the platform, as opposed to more group orientated, as now. 'Da South' was the 'IN' place, specifically as it was the only place LOL.. Welcome Island was 'less confusing' simply because there was less to learn. Everything was scaled down to what it is today.
Anyone who has frequented the Beta Grid, would have a fair idea of what SL was like back when I started. The only thing from a commerce apsect, that was in abundance was TEE SHIRTS .. lol...

There was a time when the Lindens were more public. You could hang out in Ahern and see them regularly. I still have calling cards from a number of early Lindens. There was always a Linden in attendance for every event, and if griefers appeared, they were dealt with instantly.

Speaking of events, the last event of the evening during beta was the "No Host Chat". We would all head to Stage 4. Stage 4 was where most SL events were held. No Host Chats were just a bunch of avatars discussing whatever was the topic of the day. Even though the event was informal, there was usually a Linden in attendance.

I guess the No Host Chat has evolved (or devolved) into what you see in the Ahern Welcome Area today. Now, instead of Stage 4, we have that planter in the center of the Welcome Area which just happens to be located exactly where Stage 4 used to be.

We also used to have an Event Board. Every day, it gave out notecards listing all the events of the day. I used to have a few of those old notecards, but "the system" flushed them away a long time ago. However, I still have this rather historical notecard from June 13, 2003...



You are cordially invited to attend the dedication ceremony honoring all the Lindens for their hard work and commitment to making the SL community possible.

Date: June 18th
Day: Wednesday
Time: 6:00pm PDT
Place: Apmitheatre in Clara


Formal attire recommended but not necessary.

We look forward to seeing you there. Please come early as sim may fill quickly.