Goals to complete for Teen Second Life February 15, 2009

When January 24th rolls around in 2010, I will be 18 and hopefully that means I will become part of the main grid, leaving Teen Second Life behind. So while I’ve been thinking of things to blog about, I also wondered how I can spend my last year on the teen grid.

I’ve decided I will develop different skills, hopefully to find something I’m good at and can build and learn upon. My hope is that by trying everything, I will have good skills to work with by the time I hit the Main Grid, and therefore be able to jump right in to the new world, full-force.

So now I’ll list off the skills I want to learn, and any notes I can think of to say about them. These may change, and I may add or take away from the list, but for now these are the things I want to accomplish:

• Creating Prim Hair-I want to texture and sculpt my own hair, maybe mess around with flexi-prims.
• Create Jewelry-A bracelet, and/or a pair of earrings.
• Create an Animation Override-Including walking, sitting, running, flying, etc.
• Create clothes-A shirt at the minimum. Maybe bottoms and shoes to match.
• Create a scripted object-I really want to make a hover-board.
• Build a room-Perhaps a mini-house and furniture.

Those are my building-based goals. In addition, I’d like to (but may not accomplish):

• Getting a Premium Account
• Making a store
• Making a machinima video
• Learn the best places to hang out-And make plenty of friends and get over my shyness.

So these will be my goals. I’m not sure how or when or in what order I will accomplish them, but my hope is that I will be able to nonetheless.

I hope that you will continue to read my blog, and I will post whenever I can about my adventures and the things and places I discover while on Teen Second Life.

Long time no see, eh? February 15, 2009

Well after giving up on TSL for a while due to the lag, I got a new graphics card which allows me to explore the virtual landscape like never before. Because of this, I am back and more excited than ever to dive headfirst into things like building and making friends.

In this blog, of course, I’ll be posting about my happenings and of any tips I come across.

So sorry for the delay, but now this blog should be better than ever!

Best Camping, best freebies, and best stores on TSL. July 18, 2008

I haven’t blogged for a while, and I apologize for that. To try and make up for it, I have decided to put together a list of places in Teen Second Life that may be of interest to other teen residents. Every similar list I’ve seen is always for Adult Second Life, which has annoyed me to no end seeing all of these awesome places but being unable to visit.

Without further ado, I present my list:

Best Camping Spot:

By far, the best camping spot in Teen Second Life that I’ve discovered is at club Eutopia. Although they just decreased their reward from 12 L$/Half hour to 10 L$ to eventually 8 L$, the rate is still better than any else I’ve found. Some of their chairs only give you 5 L$ for 20 minutes, so make sure you know the time/reward for the chair you’re sitting in. While the “regulars” can be anywhere from mildly annoying to all-out obnoxious, I find that if you ignore them, it’s a very rewarding place to camp; you CAN find mature people here, and I’ve made a good friend or two by camping at Eutopia. Not to mention that 16 L$ every hour adds up quickly.

SLurl: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Dugley/74/61/26

 

Unfortunately, I haven’t had much luck with finding camping places on the Teen Grid, so if you know of a good place that awards campers, be sure to let me know in a comment and I’ll update this post!

Best Freebies:

On the first few days I was able to play Second Life, I became absolutely bombarded with freebies. They took over my inventory, hundreds of unopened boxes and folders. Most of it was probably stuff I didn’t need, *cough*stilldon’tneed*cough*, but if you’re broke like the rest of us on TSL, you’ll probably appreciate a few good places to get your fix of freebies too.

The Nix Bazaar-

With two floors of freebies, it’s hard not to find something here that will get you started in Second Life here. Shoes, skins, avatars, plushies, textures, hair, tutorials, landmarks…it’s all here. Especially cool is the display for Torley Linden’s thousands of free textures. Great if you’re like me and want to build things, or even if you just like pretty things. ^_^

Slurl: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Nix/139/20/43

Basics Store-

When I first stumbled out of tutorial island, confused, disoriented, and ugly, I had no idea what to do. I saw a sign for this store, and I made my initial “freebie run” here. Set up more like a store than The Nix Bazaar, Basics has many of the same freebies, but definitely worth the visit.

Slurl: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Oasis/51/129/16

The third floor of Nu Noob-

While the first two floors sell items of varying quality, the third floor is ALL freebies. I remember this being more geared towards female shirts and outfits, but for you ladies it’s worth the visit.

Slurl: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Dugley/69/109/41

Best Stores:

Sure, freebies are nice, but lets face it. Wearing freebies means you’re probably going to look like everybody else, and you’re at the mercy of the kindness of others to make your avatar look unique. I’ve found both cheap-and-cute and expensive-and-beautiful stores to help give you a direction of where to bring your L$.

Surfs Up! and Beau Monde Espianade-

I believe these two stores are ran by the same person/people, as the style, quality, and price are similar. Very beautiful, quality items, but you definitely pay for it: these two stores are NOT cheap. However, the Beau Monde Espianade has some gorgeous hairstyles on discount, letting you get MANY shades for the low price of 25 L$! If you want to look your very best, I cannot recommend these stores enough. Zaikea Mager, my avatar, wears her shirt and hair bought in these stores.

Slurl: Surfs Up: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Bay%20City%20-%20Edgartown/223/84/25

Beau Monde Espianade: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Dugley/80/184/27

 

Hula Hut-

Such a cute store for the ladies! Most of the items are shirts priced at 20 L$ each, but this store is full of very nice quality, cute items, all for low prices, great for us on TSL who must get our Linden Dollars by camping.

Slurl: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Lancashire/247/209/25

This is all I have for now. I may update this list in the future, or even make another post. Be sure to comment if you have any places that I’ve missed!