What is That place called?

Ive forgotten what the sim is that we all TP inot when firts joining SL. Do any of you remember? have a name, LM or Slurl?

Thanks

Agatha

Orientation Island?

Got it in one Folks, Thanks a bunch.

Depending on when you joined you would have rezzed on one of the many Orientation Islands or one of the many Help Islands.

From there on you either tp'ed away to a destination of your own choice or you were sent to one of the dozen welcome areas.

Or you didn't even go through LL's orientation and went through a community gateway.

Kitty's right. Further explanation:

Before about mid-2008, residents first rezzed at Orientation Island. This build had four areas...a castle, a little city, a bandstand, and a volcano, with a central plaza connecting them. Each area had a tutorial for a different aspect of SL. There were actually many identical OIs, to handle the load of newbies.

You will still find a landmark to "Orientation Island Public" in your Library. However, this is a much older version of Orientation Island, with a path that you follow to get to tutorials in a linear fashion.

The next stop after OI was Help Island. This is a large open build, with a raised central dais and walkways branching out from it. There's a sandbox area, and a Free House. There's a big green beacon and an EXIT sign to take you from HI to a Welcome Area on the main grid.

Now that the OIs have been discontinued, new residents rez in at one of the many identical Help Islands.

There are two publicly-accessible copies of Help Island, and the landmarks are in your Library. Help Island Public and Help Island Public 2.

There are places other than Help Island to make your SL debut. If you choose one of the Community Gateways during the signup process, you could find yourself at Virtual Ability, or Caledon Oxbridge, or some other place. Most of them are a LOT better place to start SL than Help Island.

I want to go back and drive over some more rats.

I want to go back and collect the free $L1 you're supposed to buy the shirt with.

I accidentally deleted my chain mail vest. Isn't that where I got it?

The what? I did not get any money to buy anything from OI. Though I was able to buy a free shirt. I have no idea if I still have that chainmail shirt.