LOSE THE LINDENS...The 10 Reasons to Divorce Second Life

I know, I know, you have heard this over the years. 

You have tried to leave...
You signed onto a "outside grid"
You've looked around... ::: sigh::
You've missed your friends
You've went back to Second Life without a backwards glance

Like a unhealthy relationship you return... to the mess, to fees, to the nasty people.

My question is WHY? What attraction does it hold for you, the average virtual wanderer?

Perhaps you have not clearly seen your choices laid out ... perhaps you just cannot get the umph to make the move...

Well, here are some reasons to Lose the Lindens:

1. You will never ever EVER bicker about encroachment of 2 meters ever again.  Most opensim grids offer free to own, or free to rent parcels, housing, or regions.  You can roll your own and run your own Sims easily from your home computer, if you wish.  It gets easier and easier with each Open Sim update.

2. People are smarter -- really this is a NO Brainer.  Anyone who can figure out how to get a onto an open sim grid is already two steps ahead of most SL casual players.

3. All uploads are free -  Yes, really.  No fees to import textures, mesh, or xml files.

4. There is no sky building - why build in the sky when you have regions and regions of open land?

5. No Fees - what does it cost?   Nothing. There is no premium.  At most, a few dollars if you chose to rent a region (65,000 meters) from a sim rental company.

6. The same experience as SL - Most scripts, all textures, most physics work exactly like Second Life if not better.  The OS open source software is developed by volunteers and gets better every update.

7. Terrains and full rights - Unlike limits in terraforming, most parcels and all regions give you rights to change height and limits as well as terrain textures. Basically unheard of in SL.

8. No crowds. Really. The community is smaller, but much friendlier.

9 Freebies.  Almost everything, from castles to landscaping to mesh to skins to hair to shoes to homes is entirely free. 

10. Prim limits what is that?  The usual 117 prims per 512 meters is a way for Linden Labs to get you to buy more land. In fact, a 65,000 region has been proven to hold up to a million prims OR MORE as Ener Hax proved in 2012.  Sorry my pretties, prim limits is just an illusion

Sneak Peak at Riverwalk and Launch of Affiliate Program

While Heritage 54 Development is wrapping up  our brain gears are spinning for our next project. Our palms are itchy to create.

We came to the conclusion that a natural progression to that opulent H54 region would be a cool, calming, and peaceful place.

And Riverwalk, a Botanical Park was born.  A circular island with spiraling walkways carved in circles around the island, it will be a island to reflect (several temples) smooch (many hidden caves and romantic seating)  photograph - gorgeous fauna, windswept trees, watercolored sunset views all around.

We are having fun producing this peaceful district for all to enjoy. There will be a teleport straight from H54 and when you arrive you will be able to tour around the island in a sailboat.

For now, just a picture or two....

Which brings me to the the Affiliate Program....

Any creator interested in joining the LP/Heritage Team of talented creators?  We have great offers for you then... a symbiotic relationship....   Please feel free to contact myself or Doc Falworth if you are interested or if you know someone who is, please pass this along: and have a wonderful, creative week 
--Gove

What's Been Happening, Continuing Development of Westhorpe

A few weeks and yes we are still at it.  Continuing what we love to do.. develop regions and make them liveable for all.

What is our vision?  Simple.  We are a community who loves to build, create, and then offer for free, to our friends and fellow residents.

Westhorpe is a region that we have worked on for a few months.  Peter Nagy had the idea to surround his club with a "District".  With that in mind, we created the region with a mix of living spaces, light retail, some protected parkland, and of course, a marina!

Now we are naming the streets and offering some of the homes for rent in the region, I have been busy describing the homes so a potential tenant can simply click on the "For Rent" sign to be offered an information notecard about the property.

A lot of them are water view.  Many are expandable.  Either yourself or we  can expand your home if you would like it large.  Many have private, fenced yards which you are free to decorate or landscape as you wish.  Free items to furnish are found all over, but Heritage Plaza has three large furniture stores for that purpose. There is another furniture store of mostly mesh items called Diamond Designs in Heritage 54.

We the addition of varreregions to Lost Paradise, we have many new exciting ideas in the works. For now, a few new pics of Westhorpe!

Almost a quarter of this region is protected parkland.

 Westhorpe Landing point is a series of three pavilions with a tp board for some of the highlights of the region. Where will you go?

17 Cygnus Way.  Beautiful A frame two story home with matching boathouse out back.  Spacious and beautifully landscaped with waterviews on a corner of the sim.

I am on a corner of the main street, with houses, shops and the club beyond.

Doc created a sculpted rock causeway from Westhorpe to Dickens Plaza.  There are a few bridges invovled in the crossing. An interesting place.

19 Cygnus Way is a sweet modern styled home with a stunning backyard. Landscaped with your own inground pool

13 Cygnus Way is a modern loft that I have expanded.  It is perfect for a single person who wants a modern industrial space.

New to Open Sim? Here's how to get logged in!

If you are a Second Lifer, you probably have a good working knowlege of how to login to get onto the grid.  You may even own a third party viewer, a browser like add on that lets you play and move inworld.

Here are some rudimentary instructions for those who never logged onto an Opensim World.
First step : register with an avatar name on the website.

http://lpgrid.com/index.php/newaccount/

After your request is approved please use either of these methods to enter our grid.

       How to Login for your first visit to Lost Paradise.

Singularity Viewer type user name and password into viewer login screen.
Under location copy and paste this URI:  http://lpgrid.com:8002:Heritage Plaza

this, according to Singuarlity, should find the grid and log you in.
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Firestorm Viewer - You must download the Firestorm viewer for Opensim first. Here is the link to download.
Then open your viewer.
Viewer>Preferences>Opensim
Add Grid > in URI field put lpgrid.com:8002
Hit the apply button
The grid should then be found
 close this window

on bottom login and password, dropdown for grid and find Lost Paradise.

Please feel free to contact me if you cannot access.

Thank you and see you inworld!
 

 

Become a Merchant - Heritage 54 Emporium Opening (Many Pictures)

Well... sneaks and peeks are almost done. After several beautiful amazing months of working  on this region, it is just about time to unveil to the virtual public at large.

Doc has done a simply stupendous job at creating the ultimate posh atmosphere for the most sophisticated nightclub to arrive in Opensim.

I am excited to offer these beautiful desirable venues for your upscale apparel and accessories.  You have the option to offfer freebies OR LP$$, we do have a money system or paypal, whatever you wish.  

Please hypergrid here :  http:lpgrid.com:8002:Heritage 54.

Descriptions of the shopping areas are described below.   Come join us!

         :::-------------HERITAGE 54 EMPORIUM PICTURES-------------------:::

 

A beautiful building reminiscent of a Parisian storefront boasts two beautiful shops in the Emporium East.

Three very large and very opulent stores in the main plaza, right next to Heritage 54 Jazz Club.

The East Plaza already has a few stores, one of them is my store ETC... Accessories.

Diamond Designs by Sam Diamond will feature upscale homewares

I also have a store of formalwear, Heritage Formals.

The Yachtside shops West

Yes, you can put your Logo here...

A gorgeous shop ready to move in directly across from the Yacht Club.

     

Diagon Alley and Environs Tweaked by our Master Builder...

Master builder for Lost Paradise grid Doc Falworth has floored us again with another custom build, this one for the square in Dickens Plaza.

If you haven’t visited here yet (hypergrid with this URI: lpgrid.com:8002:Dickens Plaza) the theme is loosely based on Harry Potter, with several of the stores named after shops in Diagon Alley.   Our rendition features a busy urban district circa turn of the 20^th century London.  The region is ringed by vast mountains and a few steam-punk flying machines made by Vbianna R of Steam in Osgrid. 

Now, Doc has applied his handiwork to the central square, and made it into beautiful English style garden with fountains.  Dotted around the square are our Dickens “residents” doing everything from watching the fountains to reading a fresh edition of The Daily Prophet.

The square also features the Flying Hackney by Vbianna, anyone is free to take a jaunt over the streets.  A small residential area of Victorian –era homes ring the square.

We have a few small shops in this area, one featuring “Magical Pets” where you can get a pet Snowy Owl or Dragon.  There are many other shops for rent for the price of free. If you have steam-punk wares you would like to sell (for free or for profit) please stop by and join our merchants group and claim a spot.

Dickens Plaza is in a busy part of the Heritage Estate, bordered by our popular residential sim, Bramford and our modern club area, Westhorpe (connected by a custom causeway and bridge).

Enjoy the new pictures below  

Come visit, come shop and say hello.

Doc ponders what he will next tweak in this collaborative build.  One of his lady friends admires the fountain behind him.

 

A new store for one of the street corners with a uniquely angled facade.

The Docks area features a somewhat grimy, gritty and big turn of the century warehouse and lofts. For rent!

View of the dock area. Note the large Dirigible in the background. Yes, you can go in it!

Overview of the new square with the English styled fountain. Hmmm I think this balloon should be flyable....

The Wesley brothers opened a joke shop in Diagon Alley called Wesley Wizards Wheezes.  Here is our rendition. We have left it bare for a new tenant.

What's Been Happening May 2014

Great Things Happening ...
Its been a while since writing in this blog lately because we have been quite busy developing several regions.  Specifically, we have Heritage 54 and Westhorpe in major development.

Each of these regions are unique, but they each will offer several activities.

Heritage 54 is 3/4 done, and will feature our flagship nightclub, of the same name. The theme is black tie Jazz, totally Lux.  The nightclub is decorated like an Art Deco lounge, with plush cushy seats and dripping with dazzling lights.  Seating is both indoor and out.

But when you can tear yourself away from this new venue, you will be dazzled by the new, upscale shopping area, Heritage 54 Emporium, featuring formal clothing and accessories and other sophisticated items for the home.   We have several stores opened and more stores available for the discerning creator.  Please contact me if you are interested in this unique opportunity as the stores will be going fast.

At the other end of the spectrum is the region Westhorpe, run and owned by DJ Peter Nagy.   The feel for this region is post-modern Miami Beach – slightly urban, slightly suburban but very fun.

Central to this region is Peter’s edgy club, with a live message board for requests and comments. 
 Also outdoor seating and dancing on the patio. 

If you can drag yourself away from the music, check out the surrounding areas. There are several streets of mixed residential and light commercial including several stores for rent.   All the houses are modern in feel, and the houses are available to rent if you like the region and would like to stay.  There are drivable roads, sidewalks, and several spots to hang out along the way.   You can rent a home by joining the Heritage Resident Group or a store by joining the Heritage Merchants Group.

One side of the region is dedicated to parkland, featuring several pieces of modern art, and fountains.

Also in development is a new clothing and accessories store, called The Reptilian Elite, which will feature post-modern edgewear.  Look out for it ;).

Pictures soon Come visit .