Caledon Oxbridge Q&A for 2013-09-01

15:00 Marion Questi Let us begin....
15:00 BRYANZR27 bien
15:00 Marion Questi Welcome everyone!
15:00 BRYANZR27 Resident well
15:00 Marion Questi This is an "open mic" Q&A which we hold at this time every week. We, the Deans of Oxbridge, assemble to answer questions from the attendees about Oxbridge, it's mission and operation, or about SL in general.

Rather than introduce ourselves, you can find a list of all the Deans with summaries of their respective areas of responsibility, on the Oxbridge website: http://www.caledonoxbridge.org/qna_index.php
15:00 Meora (menchor) \Asleigh, 1 person per bench
15:00 Larkylouz Resident No es bueno , señor Bryan , pero que va a mejorar .
15:01 Marion Questi Who would like to ask the first question?
15:01 Ashleigh1008 thank you, this is my first event...very new to second life , doing this for a class at purdue thanks for the tip
15:01 Wordsmith Jarvinen Welcome
15:02 Larkylouz Please turn on your translators, to Spanish, if you have them.
15:03 Marion Questi May I ask what class, Miss Ashleith?
15:03 Ruth (moabite) ¿Por que, Larky?
15:04 Larkylouz We have a Spanish speaking guest, I believe.
15:04 Larkylouz Resident Tenemos un invitado habla español , creo .
15:04 BRYANZR27 ese soy yo
15:04 Marion Questi We have Speakers among us Miss Ruth.
15:04 BRYANZR27 Resident that's me
15:04 Marion Questi (Q-Translator en->es) Tenemos Altavoces entre nosotros Srta. Ruth .
15:04 amccampb33 I am in the same class as Ashleigh it is our Virtual Worlds class
15:04 Ashleigh1008 Yes for an English course, Virtual Worlds
15:04 BRYANZR27 donde es la clase de ingles?
15:04 BRYANZR27 Resident where 's the English class ?
15:04 Marion Questi Interesting that Virtual Worlds is an English class...:)
15:04 Marion Questi (Q-Translator en->es) Es interesante que los mundos virtuales son una clase de Inglés ... :)
15:05 Wordsmith Jarvinen Very nice. We do have a website, btw, on which prior transcripts of these sessions are posted. http://www.caledonoxbridge.org/
15:05 Ashleigh1008 Yes it for a online interactive media cert.
15:05 Ashleigh1008 we have actually had many classes set toward gaming and virtual world type experience
15:06 BRYANZR27 disculpen....por qué el traductor solo sirve con charlas abiertas y no en privadas?
15:06 BRYANZR27 Resident sorry .... why the translator only serves to open talks and not private ?
15:06 Ruth (moabite) Buena pregunta :)
15:06 Marion Questi IMs cannot be intercepted.
15:06 Marion Questi (Q-Translator en->es) IM no puede ser interceptada .
15:06 Wordsmith Jarvinen The translators are only set to monitor the local chat channel.
15:06 Tali Rosca If "Virtual worlds as *media*" is the focus, you should perhaps take a look at the LEA sims; Linden Endowment for Arts. There are some interesting projects there.
15:07 Larkylouz Resident Porque lo hace - un inconveniente , lo sé. Yo uso translate.google.com para mensajería instantánea privada. Cortar y pegar
15:07 Ashleigh1008 ok thank you
15:08 Tali Rosca Not that those are the only interesting sims, but they could be a good springboard for that aspect of SL.
15:08 BRYANZR27 no saben si hay un traductor para mensajes privados?
15:08 BRYANZR27 Resident do not know if there is a translator for private messages ?
15:08 Sauce Sorrowman there is no translator for private messages, because objects cannot read private messages.
15:08 Ruth (moabite) There is not an automatic one.
15:08 Marion Questi There cannot be a translator for private messages because they are private.
15:08 Marion Questi (Q-Translator en->es) No puede haber un traductor de mensajes privados porque son privadas.
15:09 Marion Questi A translator would have to be able to intercept the messages...and that is not possible.
15:09 Marion Questi (Q-Translator en->es) Un traductor tendría que ser capaz de interceptar los mensajes ... y que no es posible .
15:09 amccampb33 i have tried to attend other events here in SL and I understand that the time is different than real time but, is it possible that some people post events for real time? I tried attending two events and no one was there
15:09 BRYANZR27 seguire con el metodo copiar y pegar.....traducir
15:09 BRYANZR27 Resident I will continue with the copy and paste method translate .....
15:10 Tali Rosca Time in SL is almost always given as SLT, which matches PST.
15:10 Sauce Sorrowman it's the time in the top right
15:10 Ruth (moabite) Which is real time for some people.
15:10 Wordsmith Jarvinen There was, by the way, a recent Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education. I believe that some of the presentation were videoed. http://www.vwbpe.org/
15:10 neb (nebulae) I've seen some events that only seem to have GMT, such a nuisance. Too many conversions needed I think
15:10 OldeSoul Eldemar (oldesoul) *nods
15:10 OldeSoul Resident * asiente
15:10 amccampb33 I know where to find it but I was going to attend a class today at 1 SLT and when I got there no one was there
15:11 Ashleigh1008 This may sound silly, but I am clueless about these types of worlds....i've noticed a lot of educational tools within the site...is this a game, or more knowledge community where people just share interest...
15:11 Wordsmith Jarvinen SLT is also Pacific time (daylight or standard, whichever is in force)
15:11 Sauce Sorrowman neither and both simultaneously
15:11 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) DEpends on what purpose the specific region is built for
15:11 Sauce Sorrowman SL is not *just* anything
15:11 Tali Rosca Think of SL as the web; connected web servers.
15:11 Tali Rosca What people choose to use those servers for vary wildly.
15:12 Sauce Sorrowman virtual world really is a just explanation - there's no particular purpose overall
15:12 Meora (menchor) somebody made the comment that SL is a video game where the users make the content and you can't level up
15:12 Tali Rosca Some build games, some create art, some socialize, some teach.
15:12 Menchor Resident alguien hizo el comentario de que SL es un videojuego donde los usuarios hacen el contenido y no se puede subir de nivel
15:12 Wordsmith Jarvinen And a place that facilitates creation by the user.
15:12 Ashleigh1008 what are some examples of goals that some regions have?
15:12 OldeSoul Eldemar (oldesoul) I think of it as a specialized social media
15:12 OldeSoul Resident Pienso en ello como una especializadas medios de comunicación social
15:12 Sauce Sorrowman this region's goal is to educate people about Second Life
15:12 Ruth (moabite) For some it is like a blogging platform - an opportunity to share your creativity.
15:13 Sauce Sorrowman the regions around here are residential and commercial
15:13 Sauce Sorrowman people have their virtual homes, parks, shops, pubs, fencing clubs in each of the sims
15:13 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) Roleplay regions, writer's circles, philosphical discussion, educational lectures, regions linked to RL educational institutions, living spaces...
15:14 Larkylouz Public libraries.
15:14 Larkylouz Resident Las bibliotecas públicas .
15:14 Meora (menchor) don't forget the sandboxes
15:14 Menchor Resident no se olvide de los areneros
15:14 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) Virtual clubs with live music.
15:14 Sauce Sorrowman immersive environments with no purpose but to look nice
15:15 Wordsmith Jarvinen Building or dressing up at a fraction of the RL cost.
15:15 Ashleigh1008 is this an independent environment or do character join together.. for instance in the sims you can work, establish relationships?...that type of thing
15:15 Tali Rosca is a huge fan of the live music scene in SL.
15:15 OldeSoul Eldemar (oldesoul) *nods
15:15 OldeSoul Resident * asiente
15:15 amccampb33 So I am new to SL also and I heard that businesses like to use this site for advertising but, I have yet to see anything I recognize.
15:15 Tali Rosca Well, arguably you're sitting in an example of joint collaboration on a sim :-)
15:15 Ravelli Ormstein it is pretty much like the real life: it is your choice what you make out of it
15:15 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) Relationships in SL works as they do in RL. Because most avatars have a real person behind them.
15:16 Tali Rosca The RL advertising was several years ago and tanked badly.
15:16 Tali Rosca Nobody wants to go to an SL area to look at some random RL shop's ads.
15:16 Ruth (moabite) Advertising a real-world business here is not that common anymore.
15:16 Tali Rosca It was akin to the start of the Internet, where every company had to have a "web page", no matter whether they knew what to use it for or not.
15:16 Moabite Resident Publicidad de un negocio en el mundo real aquí no es tan común ya.
15:17 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) And lots of those pages ended up in the "Web Pages that Suck" web site (that still exists, by the way)
15:17 Friends of Caledon Oxbridge Donation Medallion OldeSoul Resident gave a generous donation to Friends of Caledon Oxbridge to help support classes, tutorials, & tier at Caledon's Oxbridge
15:17 Tali Rosca So businesses created an inworld presence with absolutely no clue what to do with it, just because "you had to have one", and predictably, that was not exactly a huge success.
15:18 BRYANZR27 se puede hacer algo o no?
15:18 BRYANZR27 Resident you can do something or not?
15:18 amccampb33 ok I see. I never knew SL existed before I started to take my Virtual Worlds class and on my first day here in SL I made connections to the SIMs but, this is not really a game it is reality.
15:18 Sauce Sorrowman for a given value of "real"
15:18 Larkylouz It is truly a Second Life for many.
15:18 Larkylouz Resident Es realmente una segunda vida para muchos.
15:19 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) Well, we do not have to kill NPCs to get XP and loot...
15:19 Ruth (moabite) scratches her real ears.
15:19 Ravelli Ormstein i would not call it reality. perhaps an extension to the real world, another dimension perhaps
15:19 Moabite Resident / Me arañazos sus oídos reales.
15:19 Wordsmith Jarvinen There are places in SL that have more goal-oriented activities.
15:19 Tali Rosca While the comparison to the Sims come up often, it's really not all that fitting.
15:19 BRYANZR27 es un mundo real magico
15:19 OldeSoul Eldemar (oldesoul) It is a magical reality
15:19 BRYANZR27 Resident real world is magical
15:19 OldeSoul Resident Es una realidad mágica
15:19 Ashleigh1008 Exactly Alison, I think the description of the class may have thrown us off and the way we have explored the world with instructions...has limited us ya kno
15:19 Martini Discovolante most businesses freaked out when they found out a region could only hold ± 50 people at a time, then freaked out AGAIN when they discovered that that hardly ever happens
15:19 OldeSoul Eldemar (oldesoul) It sponsors the largest virtual charity online
15:19 OldeSoul Resident Patrocina la mayor organización benéfica virtual en línea
15:20 BRYANZR27 pero no creen que nos conectamos con un mundo virtual, pero al mismo tiempo nos desconectamos del mundo real?
15:20 BRYANZR27 Resident but do not believe that we connect to a virtual world , but at the same time we disconnect from the real world ?
15:21 Tali Rosca It may sound cliché to say that "SL is anything you want it to be", but it really is pretty much the truth; people use it for *wildly* different purposes.
15:21 Wordsmith Jarvinen SL has its own Relay for Life activities via which funds are raised for cancer reseach etc.
15:21 Larkylouz Nope. My attention may be here, but my dog is still in front of me, wanting a walk!
15:21 Larkylouz Resident Nope. Mi atención puede estar aquí , pero mi perro es todavía delante de mí , queriendo dar un paseo !
15:21 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) Handicapped support regions, autism awareness, things like that
15:22 Tali Rosca And no, I do not believe in the dichotomy of "disconnecting from the real world". It's a media, just like every other media we use to communicate.
15:22 neb (nebulae) IM with moving pictures?
15:22 Sauce Sorrowman ahem - medium
15:22 Larkylouz As well as 'citizens' who come here specifically to cause grief to others.
15:22 Larkylouz Resident Además de los "ciudadanos" que vienen aquí específicamente para causar dolor a los demás .
15:22 Ravelli Ormstein smiles at Sauce
15:22 OldeSoul Eldemar (oldesoul) You will find very intelligent folks here sharing ideas and thought
15:22 OldeSoul Resident Va a encontrar gente muy inteligente aquí el intercambio de ideas y el pensamiento
15:22 Meora (menchor) people have actually put on plays with the audio on the parcel stream
15:22 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) IMO SL is an extension of RL, more than games, because it is mostly compoed of interaction between people.
15:23 Wordsmith Jarvinen A medium among media (but no crystal ball)
15:23 Tali Rosca (And a place for getting English grammar lessons)
15:23 Sauce Sorrowman grins
15:23 BRYANZR27 la gente comparte ideas en charlas como esta, pero he visto a muchos que parecen zombies
15:23 BRYANZR27 Resident people share ideas talks like this, but I have seen many who seem zombies
15:23 Ruth (moabite) An asylum designed by the inmates.
15:23 Moabite Resident Un solicitante diseñada por los internos .
15:24 amccampb33 I have seen a lot of things here in SL that I wouldn
15:24 Sauce Sorrowman I think that's enough metaphors for now. :)
15:24 Tali Rosca shrugs. "Being a zombie is hardly unique to SL."
15:24 amccampb33 t encounter
15:24 neb (nebulae) sometimes the zombies are simply busy with priviate IMs
15:24 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) Sometimes zombies are animated griefing tools
15:24 Wordsmith Jarvinen There is plenty of "zombie" behavior in RL.
15:25 neb (nebulae) or away from computer
15:25 amccampb33 I visited a landmark for schizophrenics and it was strange but, it showed me how schizophrenics in real life think.
15:25 Wordsmith Jarvinen Running on persistence.
15:25 Larkylouz Or there are sims where automated zombies are included for the fun of it.
15:25 Larkylouz Resident O hay sims donde se incluyen zombies automatizados para el gusto de hacerlo .
15:25 Martini Discovolante the UC Davis exhibit?
15:26 Larkylouz Miss Amccampb33, I would very much like the landmark to that sim!
15:26 Larkylouz Resident Srta. Amccampb33 , me gustaría mucho la marca a que sim !
15:26 neb (nebulae) a true examination of all the possibilities of zomby
15:26 amccampb33 I thought it was neat that you could choose what you wanted your avatar to be. it was like an escape from reality but, this is sort of reality
15:26 Sauce Sorrowman must reconnect to RL and go to bed, alas.
15:27 Sauce Sorrowman cheerio all
15:27 OldeSoul Eldemar (oldesoul) Take care Sauce
15:27 OldeSoul Resident Tome Sauce cuidado
15:27 Wordsmith Jarvinen You can choose ... and you can change that at a whim and change back equally.
15:27 Martini Discovolante night Sauce!
15:27 Tali Rosca I've also seen some installations by cancer patients, creating a narrative of how they experienced the different stages.
15:27 Ravelli Ormstein Bye Sauce
15:27 Larkylouz There is a significant population of us who have not grown out of dressing 3D paper dolls, no matter what our age!
15:27 Larkylouz Resident Hay una importante población de nosotros que no han surgido de vestir muñecas de papel 3D , sin importar nuestra edad!
15:28 Wordsmith Jarvinen Dress and then move within them.
15:28 Tali Rosca Most people have a quite distinct and recognizable style for their avatar, though, even if you technically can switch around at whim.
15:28 OldeSoul Eldemar (oldesoul) I can be a medieval pirate in the morning and a horseman in the afternoon in Tombstone
15:28 OldeSoul Resident Yo puedo ser un pirata medieval por la mañana y un jinete de la tarde en Tombstone
15:28 Tali Rosca ...said the feline.
15:28 OldeSoul Eldemar (oldesoul) Then at night I can be a tiny and pawtee!
15:28 OldeSoul Resident Luego por la noche puedo ser una pequeña y pawtee !
15:29 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) Unicorn, steam robot, meditator, inventor with a jet pack...
15:29 Ravelli Ormstein uhh, tinies! *shrugs*
15:29 Meora (menchor) or a vehicle
15:29 Tali Rosca The vehicles have never *really* caught on :-)
15:29 OldeSoul Eldemar (oldesoul) or an animal avi
15:29 OldeSoul Resident o un avi animales
15:29 BRYANZR27 ya esta bien....aqui se puede hacer de todo
15:29 BRYANZR27 Resident it's okay .... here you can do everything
15:29 amccampb33 i chose a premade avatar I couldn't figure uot how to change my appearance
15:29 Ashleigh1008 since real people are doing what they want in an environment like this, have there been any type of scams...or is this pretty closely watched, i just read in a review that people can make money somehow...is there anything to watch for
15:29 Miles Crowley (clockworkcrowley) This conversation needs more pink rodents
15:30 Tali Rosca Oh, there have! Lots and lots.
15:30 OldeSoul Eldemar (oldesoul) *grins:)
15:30 OldeSoul Resident * sonríe :)
15:30 Tali Rosca Real money is involved, so people *will* scam.
15:30 Wordsmith Jarvinen Well, people make and sell things. Quality can vary.
15:31 Tali Rosca There have, over time, been *spectacular* business ventures and equally spectacular scams.
15:31 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) Sturgeon's Laww applies to SL as well.
15:31 Wordsmith Jarvinen And others will pop up in chat groups soliciting "help" to pay their parcel rent etc.
15:31 Tali Rosca The stock exchange springs to mind.
15:31 Ashleigh1008 Okay, I figured that was the case..haven't seen it yet
15:31 Tali Rosca It's hard to *technically* cheat people, though. It's pretty much all social engineering.
15:32 Meora (menchor) sell an empty box?
15:32 Wordsmith Jarvinen Their have been cases with tier meters of someone placing a prim over the "meter" ... attempts to divert the payment.
15:32 BRYANZR27 hay muchas formas de como ayudar....no solamente existe SL
15:32 BRYANZR27 Resident There are many ways on how to help .... not only exists SL
15:32 Tali Rosca And yes, LL comes down pretty hard financial scams, but they will, by nature, always be one step behind.
15:32 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) Sell a "business inthe box"
15:33 Ravelli Ormstein i guess you would hear about some possible scams in the Avatar Safety Class. like to ensure that you pay to the right object and owner when you pay to a kiosk directly
15:33 amccampb33 I have read a few things about people using SL to help their Health in real life like excercising and eating healthy. Does anyone think this is true? If we see how our avatars are interacting with others based off of looks that it will make us want to better our real self look as well
15:34 Ravelli Ormstein someone covered an inworld product with a transparent prim, so the customers paid to the scamer, but didn't received the products
15:34 BRYANZR27 me alegra de no haber comprado nada
15:34 BRYANZR27 Resident glad I did not buy anything
15:35 Tali Rosca I can imagine people finding self-help groups, but it's not like I create a humanoid feline here, and suddenly can walk on my hind legs in real life.
15:35 Wordsmith Jarvinen Yes. In some cases being one removed from the social constraints and shoulds of RL can be be beneficial.
15:35 Ravelli Ormstein there are many people in SL discussing their problems and trying to find help for their diseases. but if they feel better later is hard to say. i don't think there is a statistic about it
15:35 Wordsmith Jarvinen I've read of using SL to help veterans with PTSD because they are more able to admit to their problems.
15:35 Larkylouz You simply must do Ctrl + Alt + T, I believe, to see if an invisible prim is over the payment icon. It would show up as red.
15:35 Larkylouz Resident Usted simplemente tiene que hacer Ctrl + Alt + T, creo yo, para ver si un prim invisible está sobre el icono pago. Sería aparecer como rojo.
15:36 Tali Rosca nods. "I think it's pretty common for people with various troubles or insecurities to find kindred spirits here."
15:36 amccampb33 I think a lot of people use SL as therapy it helps to not have people seeing you in real life to really open up about something
15:37 Larkylouz And I have read of schizophrenics doing role play here to help their delusions. Not the usual RP games - therapeutic Role Play.
15:37 Larkylouz Resident Y he leído de los esquizofrénicos que hacen juego de roles para ayudar a sus delirios . No es el típico juego RP - Juegos de rol terapéutico .
15:37 Wordsmith Jarvinen http://www.army.mil/article/50751/
15:37 Ravelli Ormstein just considers self-reflection...
15:37 Meora (menchor) you get to know people in a different way here than in RL
15:37 Wordsmith Jarvinen (requires a specular map, Ravelli)
15:37 Meora (menchor) lol
15:37 Ravelli Ormstein :-)
15:38 Tali Rosca (Specular does not reflect the surroundings, only the light sources)
15:39 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) Introspection does not need specular maps :-)
15:39 Wordsmith Jarvinen Here's another blog on veterans and SL http://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2009/03/posttraumatic-stress.html
15:39 amccampb33 Would anyone recommend any events for writers?
15:39 Ruth (moabite) Visit Book Island
15:39 Wordsmith Jarvinen There are groups for that.
15:39 Moabite Resident Visita la isla de libro
15:39 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) Book Island
15:39 Ruth (moabite) Many events there
15:39 Moabite Resident Muchos eventos allí
15:39 Tali Rosca Elfbiter, I think that one goes to you.
15:39 Larkylouz The possibilities for any sort of use of SL is limited only by creativity and tier - the expense of maintaining a sim has burned out many an educator in recent years.
15:39 Larkylouz Resident Las posibilidades para cualquier tipo de uso de SL es limitada solamente por la creatividad y nivel - los gastos de mantenimiento de un sim se ha quemado muchos educador en los últimos años .
15:40 Wordsmith Jarvinen Written Word, Virtual Writers, Inc
15:40 Wordsmith Jarvinen (groups)
15:40 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) There are various writing groups.
15:40 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) And I am involved with some.
15:40 amccampb33 which are you involved with?
15:41 BRYANZR27 bueno me tengo que ir....gracias por todas sus respuestas
15:41 BRYANZR27 Resident well I have to go .... thanks for all your answers
15:41 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) Sending you landmarks
15:41 Larkylouz Thank you for joining us, Mr bryan
15:41 Larkylouz Resident Gracias por acompañarnos , señor bryan
15:41 amccampb33 Thank you I appreciate it
15:41 Larkylouz turns off her translator.
15:41 Larkylouz Resident / que no te gusta su traductor .
15:41 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) But they are not the only ones.
15:41 Wordsmith Jarvinen Book Island Events and Discussion (another group)
15:42 Meora (menchor) the library here in Caledon has some events
15:42 amccampb33 I will have to check them out thankyou
15:43 Larkylouz The Search pane (the magnifying glass icon on the left side of your screen) is almost as much fun as Google. Search for what you will and see what comes up.
15:43 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) Search sometimes work better with the SL web page.
15:43 Meora (menchor) and something comes up for almost anything
15:43 Miles Crowley (clockworkcrowley) It can also be as scaring as google if your content is set to adult
15:43 Larkylouz LOL
15:43 amccampb33 haha
15:43 Meora (menchor) yep!
15:45 amccampb33 Thank you very much for all your answers and your time
15:45 amccampb33 it was helpful
15:45 Marion Questi We
15:45 Marion Questi have been rather informal this evening, but I hope the exchange was useful.
15:46 Marion Questi Does anyone else have a quesiton?
15:46 Ashleigh1008 Yes, very helpful this intimidating for me at the time being so new
15:46 Tali Rosca You never know which way the QAs will zig or zag :-)
15:46 Wordsmith Jarvinen Part of our purpose is to make it all less intimidating.
15:47 OldeSoul Eldemar (oldesoul) It is a litle overwhelming at first to learn everything
15:47 OldeSoul Resident Se trata de una inmensa litle al principio para aprender todo
15:47 Wordsmith Jarvinen The local motto translates to Tolerance, Civility, Innovation, Cake.
15:47 Larkylouz I was using the COU referral notecard for Chinese-speaking users and discovered that the sims don't seem to have a tutorial. The first link is to a practice site for people learning Chinese, and is mostly staffed by bots. Anyone know of a Chinese language tutorial sim? How is Kowloon?
15:48 Marion Questi nods. "SL has a steep learning curve, which is why Caledon Oxbridge exists."
15:48 Meora (menchor) SL doesn't have a learning curve it has a learning cliff to quote a Linden
15:48 Ruth (moabite) Kowloon has no tutorial, last time I visited
15:48 OldeSoul Eldemar (oldesoul) :)
15:48 Ravelli Ormstein Kowloon is a nice city, mostly empty
15:48 Miles Crowley (clockworkcrowley) Truer words were never spoken
15:48 Ashleigh1008 yes, i need to just get out and explore since i am here for a class...i have been following instructions rather than getting an experience
15:48 Tali Rosca Exploring can be difficult if you just drop down at random.
15:49 Meora (menchor) are the airships currently running?
15:49 Ravelli Ormstein the link in the note card was the only i found to something serious, it was a Chinese University there
15:49 Tali Rosca The trick to SL is to "crack into a circle" and then expand out from there, on recommendations and referrals.
15:49 Ruth (moabite) One way to get experience is to randomly click on the map to teleport.
15:49 Larkylouz I couldn't find anything useful either, Dean Ormstein.
15:49 Ashleigh1008 yes im going to check out the english groups alison asked about and go from there
15:50 Larkylouz But it is difficult for me, as Chinese is so different than English. Not like visiting a French or Spanish sim, where I have a clue what they are saying.
15:50 Ravelli Ormstein if there is no tutorial in a specific language, than i just take a landmark to the best i can get. like busy places.
15:50 Tali Rosca Just randomly clicking on the map will almost certainly lead you to a ghost town, just as randomly dropping down on the surface of the Earth is unlikely to be particularly interesting.
15:50 Wordsmith Jarvinen I'm not sure about the airships, but the submarines are running. Several have gone by during this session.
15:50 Larkylouz There is the Caledon Quest, as well.
15:50 Meora (menchor) its a way to tour Caledon
15:51 Miles Crowley (clockworkcrowley) Just mind the air krakens...
15:51 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) Not to mention the Hunts
15:51 Miles Crowley (clockworkcrowley) they're a tad...freindly
15:51 Tali Rosca Things tend to happen in "flash mobs" in SL; a sudden burst as something interesting happens, and then quiet, as the burst moves to a different place.
15:51 Miles Crowley (clockworkcrowley) Caledon quest is a great way to learn your way around the controls. by the time you finish your sure to have mastered them.
15:52 Marion Questi The kraken would be even friendlier if Duke Wrath permitted DAMAGE in his sim.
15:52 Meora (menchor) and the quest is fun too
15:52 Larkylouz This site lists some local events. http://aetherchrononauts.org/
15:52 Tali Rosca Side note: "[RESOLVED 4:49 PM PDT, 01 September 2013] The unscheduled maintenance has been completed."
15:53 Meora (menchor) thanks
15:53 Ruth (moabite) Yay!
15:53 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) Good
15:53 Tali Rosca We have normality. I repeat: We have normality. Anything you still can't cope with is therefor your own problem.
15:53 Wordsmith Jarvinen They used to have damage on.... the Air Kraken were formidable.
15:53 Larkylouz hee
15:53 Meora (menchor) they can also bounce you across the sim border
15:54 Wordsmith Jarvinen The more you take out, the even more were created.
15:54 Wordsmith Jarvinen (air kraken being like giant orange squid)
15:54 Meora (menchor) that fly
15:54 Miles Crowley (clockworkcrowley) You really can't miss them.
15:55 Meora (menchor) in fact they will come looking for you
15:55 Miles Crowley (clockworkcrowley) Seriously...I don't think they'll let you
15:55 Wordsmith Jarvinen Especially since they'll chase you.
15:55 Ruth (moabite) http://www.flickr.com/photos/63157674@N07/9365609545/in/set-72157634920189866
15:55 Marion Questi We have about five minutes left in our hour; time for another quick question or two. Anyone?
15:55 Miles Crowley (clockworkcrowley) I had like 7 of them hugging me while I tried to get my last medallion
15:56 Meora (menchor) any rumors of what follows SSA?
15:56 Larkylouz Awww, Mr. Crowley. Poor, misunderstood creatures!
15:56 Larkylouz ;^p
15:56 Ravelli Ormstein http://minus.com/l43fjEkGHBEC9
15:56 Tali Rosca Particle ribbons should be close.
15:56 Tali Rosca I'm looking forward to those.
15:57 Tali Rosca Group ban tools and some parcel management is around the corner too.
15:57 Miles Crowley (clockworkcrowley) You know I never did get that chair...the quest bugged out and didn't give me it I had to use one of Aley's ships
15:57 Meora (menchor) fixing group notices and chat?
15:57 Tali Rosca The interest list project had been "almost there" for a long while, but kept hitting small problems.
15:58 Tali Rosca No, there's nothing new on group chat lag or failures; only on management tools for groups.
15:58 Tali Rosca Notably, the ability to perma-ban an avatar from a group.
15:58 Tali Rosca It should cut down on the hit-and-run spam bots in particular.
15:59 Meora (menchor) byebye spammers, I approve
15:59 Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) At least it should make their attempt more tedious to try...
15:59 Tali Rosca There's some murmuring of the "experience tools" resurfacing, but I don't think anybody are particularly clear on just what that entails.
16:00 Tali Rosca Off the top of my head, I think that's about it.
16:00 Ravelli Ormstein 4:00 PM
16:00 Ravelli Ormstein sorry about that
16:01 Friends of Caledon Oxbridge Donation Medallion Moabite Resident gave a generous donation to Friends of Caledon Oxbridge to help support classes, tutorials, & tier at Caledon's Oxbridge
16:01 Tali Rosca Oh, and more updates to the HTTP transfers.
16:01 Ravelli Ormstein that sounds good!
16:01 Tali Rosca Should help download of mesh in particular.
16:01 Marion Questi And on that note....we are out of time.
16:01 Marion Questi We are adjourned.
16:01 Wordsmith Jarvinen Thanks you all for coming.
16:01 Marion Questi Thank you all for coming!
16:01 Ruth (moabite) Yhank you, deans.
16:01 Meora (menchor) thank you deans
16:02 Ravelli Ormstein many thanks for everyone being here, and good bye until next week perhaps
16:02 Larkylouz Thank you