| 15:00 |
Ember (emberell) |
Ah, but there is the bell. Welcome, friends, to the OXbridge general Q&A. Do any of you not know my spiel by now? :_) |
| 15:00 |
lovejoy2199 |
Hello Andrea |
| 15:00 |
Larky (larkylouz) |
:^) |
| 15:01 |
Ember (emberell) |
LEt's see. I'll start off wit hthe usual community announcements, then we can see if we have any questions |
| 15:01 |
lovejoy2199 |
Ember: One would think it was Groundhog Day. |
| 15:01 |
Ember (emberell) |
Welcome, Strandwind |
| 15:01 |
Ember (emberell) |
Well, things do change around the events. And it's always possible someone asks their events to be included |
| 15:02 |
Ember (emberell) |
I am always open to people reaching out to me, I like to boost the community events here ❤ |
| 15:02 |
Ember (emberell) |
As usual, Elfbiter hosts his writer's meeting, Thursdays at 11:00 am SLT. |
| 15:02 |
Ember (emberell) |
Welcome, Phrynne |
| 15:02 |
Ember (emberell) |
Buildarama is every Saturday at 6:30, with professor Florian hosting. Builders of all levels welcome to build, or just watch. |
| 15:02 |
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Phrynne waves to everyone |
| 15:02 |
Ember (emberell) |
MGB Hosts his radio drama hour Mondays at 7:30pm - all welcome to attend. |
| 15:03 |
Ember (emberell) |
Mr. Ormstein hosts his campfire event, as well as his fencing training - both of which he invites everyone new or old to join him in |
| 15:03 |
Ember (emberell) |
Katie, welcome! |
| 15:03 |
Katie (katie.canningham) |
Hi Ember, many thanks! |
| 15:03 |
Ember (emberell) |
And Lady Farshore continues to host a movie night every Sunday at 6:00 pm SLT. |
| 15:03 |
Ember (emberell) |
Andrea, do you have any announcements for us? |
| 15:04 |
Ember (emberell) |
George, welcome! |
| 15:04 |
Katie (katie.canningham) |
:) |
| 15:04 |
George (jorgeg123) |
hi Ember |
| 15:04 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
Tuesday night Caledonian Nights has DJ Cynthia. |
| 15:04 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
at 6 |
| 15:04 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
watch for the notices |
| 15:04 |
Ember (emberell) |
All are welcome to attend. Cynthia spins some lovely tunes! |
| 15:05 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
looks down at all of the shells she is dropping |
| 15:05 |
Ember (emberell) |
Don't worry, I'll have the gremlins clean 'em up. Sl's got a few extra the last few weeks :-) |
| 15:05 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
Next Sunday we will have another fundraiser event for the COU with DJ Sasha. |
| 15:05 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
will send out a notice later this week |
| 15:05 |
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Ember (emberell) nods |
| 15:06 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
other wise we are good |
| 15:06 |
Ember (emberell) |
thanks so much, Andrea. ❤ |
| 15:06 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
nods |
| 15:06 |
Ember (emberell) |
Your work is always so appreciated. |
| 15:06 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
drops more shells |
| 15:06 |
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Katie (katie.canningham) giggles |
| 15:06 |
Ember (emberell) |
With those announcements out of the way, I'll open to you, our audience, for questions! |
| 15:06 |
Larky (larkylouz) |
Huzzzah! |
| 15:06 |
Ember (emberell) |
Please feel free to ask us anything - about Oxbridge, Caledon, SL at large, or otherwise, as long as it's generally appropriate. |
| 15:06 |
Ember (emberell) |
If you're unsure, or would rather ask in private, please always feel free to IM me your question! |
| 15:07 |
Ember (emberell) |
(I also accept announcements from folk, or even puns :-) ) |
| 15:08 |
Larky (larkylouz) |
Puns??? You??? |
| 15:08 |
George (jorgeg123) |
been awhile since I've been here, what is this mesh stuff I've been told about? |
| 15:08 |
Ember (emberell) |
If you look at my current avatar, I'm basically entirely mesh |
| 15:08 |
Katie (katie.canningham) |
It's good to be opunionated |
| 15:09 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
I am mesh |
| 15:09 |
Gronk Seriman |
Mesh is 3D objects made outside of SL and imported in. With software like Blender. |
| 15:09 |
Ember (emberell) |
It's basically allowing you to upload custom models into SL to act as everything from avatar, to clothes, to accessories and decor |
| 15:09 |
Ember (emberell) |
It's a step up from the old sculptie system you may remember, allowing a bit higher detail in shapes |
| 15:10 |
Larky (larkylouz) |
Mesh clothing is 3d in appearance, whereas most system clothing looks painted on |
| 15:10 |
Larky (larkylouz) |
It's a big topic, George |
| 15:10 |
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Ember (emberell) nods |
| 15:10 |
George (jorgeg123) |
3d is good yes? |
| 15:10 |
Ember (emberell) |
there's a lot under the mesh umbrella |
| 15:10 |
Ember (emberell) |
But yes, in short, it's quite good. |
| 15:11 |
Ember (emberell) |
It's how my scarf can look like a scarf wrapped around my neck without clipping oddly |
| 15:11 |
Katie (katie.canningham) |
There's a COU class on mesh in the works |
| 15:11 |
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Ember (emberell) nods |
| 15:11 |
Gronk Seriman |
This building used to be made out of prims. It was meshified a few years ago in order to be more pretty and efficient. |
| 15:11 |
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Ember (emberell) nods |
| 15:11 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
and you can be big |
| 15:11 |
Ember (emberell) |
Or small! |
| 15:11 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
40 foot |
| 15:11 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
170 foot |
| 15:12 |
Ember (emberell) |
though that does quickly scale up avatar complexity, as well |
| 15:12 |
George (jorgeg123) |
I'll settle for not looking like a beginner |
| 15:12 |
Ember (emberell) |
You already have that down very well, I'd say. I like your look. |
| 15:12 |
Ember (emberell) |
You don't need to use mesh to look good. |
| 15:13 |
Ember (emberell) |
though it does look like your shirt and pants are mesh! |
| 15:13 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
I'm usually a classic, with mesh clothing sometimes |
| 15:13 |
George (jorgeg123) |
this is a freebie avatar from heavens gate |
| 15:13 |
illing Edman |
I am not mess |
| 15:13 |
George (jorgeg123) |
free for under 30 days |
| 15:13 |
Ember (emberell) |
Quite the opposite. You look lovely, Illing. |
| 15:13 |
Ember (emberell) |
Other questions? |
| 15:14 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
this is a classic body with mesh add ons |
| 15:14 |
Ember (emberell) |
One thing to keep in mind is that some mesh can come as a freebie, gift or otherwise. There's nothing wrong with using those things to make your own look. |
| 15:14 |
Gronk Seriman |
BOM is Bakes On Mesh. It's an odd system SL came up with to let mesh avatars wear old system clothing. It sorta works. |
| 15:14 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
One can mix and match and mixmatch |
| 15:14 |
Katie (katie.canningham) |
Lots of gifts at the Shop & Hop going on now |
| 15:15 |
Ember (emberell) |
It works fairly well - though the painted on clothing can look a little flat, sometimes |
| 15:15 |
Ember (emberell) |
It's often best mixed a bit. |
| 15:15 |
Ember (emberell) |
But then, the best things in SL are mix and match :-) |
| 15:15 |
illing Edman |
I never knew that you could mix them |
| 15:16 |
Ember (emberell) |
If you have an avatar body that allows for BoM, you can have a shirt under a mesh overshirt |
| 15:16 |
Katie (katie.canningham) |
yes! |
| 15:16 |
Ember (emberell) |
It works fairly well that way, as it hides the lack of depth of the underlayer |
| 15:16 |
illing Edman |
understand |
| 15:16 |
Katie (katie.canningham) |
and is good if an overshirt is too revealing or low cut |
| 15:16 |
Larky (larkylouz) |
I use BOM/System clothing a lot for modesty. |
| 15:16 |
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Ember (emberell) nods |
| 15:16 |
Ember (emberell) |
It's really useful for a lot of things. |
| 15:17 |
Ember (emberell) |
Other questions? |
| 15:17 |
Larky (larkylouz) |
Are modesty and SL an oxymoron? <snicker> |
| 15:17 |
Ember (emberell) |
Not at all, Larky. Oxbridge has a higher standard than a lot of SL for modesty, but there are many lovely places where you don't need to worry about immodesty |
| 15:18 |
illing Edman |
and skirts that moves? ..I have a few of them looks very cool though mesh doesn't have that, right? |
| 15:18 |
Ember (emberell) |
That's correct, generally, Illing. |
| 15:19 |
Ember (emberell) |
There is animated mesh, but generally it won't behave the same way the physics enabled prims will |
| 15:19 |
Phrynne |
There are designers who combine mesh bodices and bodies with flexi-prim skirts |
| 15:19 |
Katie (katie.canningham) |
bad mix |
| 15:19 |
Katie (katie.canningham) |
the ox and the.. |
| 15:19 |
Ember (emberell) |
Flexi-prim skirts can be -very- nice when done well. |
| 15:19 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
Most of mesh clothing still does not fit well over this body shape.... |
| 15:19 |
Katie (katie.canningham) |
yes yes yes |
| 15:19 |
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Ember (emberell) nods |
| 15:20 |
Ember (emberell) |
With mesh clothing you have to be a bit more mindful of avatar shapes - as some clothes won't fit changed shapes. |
| 15:20 |
Larky (larkylouz) |
Yes, fitting mesh clothing to a non-standard shape is an art in itself. |
| 15:20 |
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Katie (katie.canningham) sings alphas are a girl's best friend... |
| 15:21 |
Ember (emberell) |
Katie here is singing the alpha-bet :-) |
| 15:21 |
Ember (emberell) |
Other questions? |
| 15:21 |
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Katie (katie.canningham) giggles |
| 15:21 |
illing Edman |
grins |
| 15:22 |
Ember (emberell) |
If we have no further questions, I am tempted to call it early. So please, do ask us anything on your minds. |
| 15:22 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
It seems to me that many mesh designers use alphas mainly to hide parts of the avatar body |
| 15:22 |
Ember (emberell) |
Welcome, Jenaea! |
| 15:22 |
Larky (larkylouz) |
Hi Jenaea |
| 15:23 |
Larky (larkylouz) |
Welcome |
| 15:23 |
Katie (katie.canningham) |
It must be a lot harder to find stuff for males, too, in any case |
| 15:23 |
Jenaea |
hi |
| 15:23 |
Katie (katie.canningham) |
It seems like 99 percent of clothing is ladies |
| 15:23 |
Ember (emberell) |
We are open for questions - anything at all on SL, Caledon, or Oxbridge, if you've anything you want to know! ❤ |
| 15:23 |
lovejoy2199 |
You know that, Katie |
| 15:24 |
Ember (emberell) |
You know, Katie, it's always a shame, they never make dresses in my size |
| 15:24 |
Katie (katie.canningham) |
yes, true! |
| 15:24 |
Ember (emberell) |
Hearing no more questions... |
| 15:25 |
Larky (larkylouz) |
Thanks, Ember, Andrea. Take care all and stay safe. |
| 15:25 |
lovejoy2199 |
My questions would best be for Word. |
| 15:25 |
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Ember (emberell) nods |
| 15:25 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
you too |
| 15:25 |
Andrea Jones (andreajonesms) |
be well |
| 15:25 |
Ember (emberell) |
I think I'll go ahead and let you all go for the day, then. As always, I'll linger here if anyone has any last minute qustions occur to them |
| 15:25 |
Gronk Seriman |
Thank you, deans! |
| 15:25 |
Strandwind |
Thank you all. |
| 15:25 |
Katie (katie.canningham) |
Many thanks Ember and Andrea! |
| 15:26 |
Ember (emberell) |
We appreciate you all, every one. Students and guests are the lifeblood of Oxbridge and SL ❤ |