| 15:00 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Welcome to Q&A With the Deans! This is your chance to ask Oxbridge's deans any questions you have about Oxbridge, Caledon, Second Life in general, or anything related to the above! |
| 15:02 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Jayleden is Dean of Development (Fundraising & Publicity), Wordsmith is Dean of Education (Classes), I'm Chancellor (taking credit for everyone else's work), Tali is Dean of Engines (coding), and Lindal is Dean of Information (Tutorial posters, notecards, etc.) |
| 15:02 |
Carl Metropolitan |
The Dean of Commons is not here today, but LarkyLouz is Assistant Dean of Commons for Tutors and can answer some questions that you might otherwise have directed to David. |
| 15:03 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Green text powers off! |
| 15:03 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Okay. Let's have some questions! |
| 15:03 |
Larkylouz |
Is it spring yet? |
| 15:03 |
Carl Metropolitan |
In Caledon it is. |
| 15:04 |
Meora (menchor) |
yesterday we took a hit on the asset servers about 5:20 anyone know why that keeps happening |
| 15:04 |
Carl Metropolitan |
The snow has melted and flowers and clover have bloomed |
| 15:04 |
Gronk Seriman |
It depends on your local groundhog. |
| 15:04 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Except for the high mountains, and even there the snow has thinned and rocks are appearing. |
| 15:04 |
Carl Metropolitan |
No clue, Meora, I doubt LL knows why either, or it would not keep happening. |
| 15:04 |
Larkylouz |
Actually, I'd like to introduce Leo Ravenheart. He is interested in becoming a tutor, and will be hanging about to meet us and learn about Oxbridge. Please welcome him. |
| 15:04 |
Meora (menchor) |
good answer |
| 15:05 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Welcome Leo. |
| 15:05 |
Sandie Harbour |
claps for Leo |
| 15:05 |
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Lindal Kidd waves to Leo |
| 15:05 |
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Leo T. Ravenheart (leo.ravenheart) blushes a little and tries to hide behind Anya. |
| 15:05 |
Tali Rosca |
It was on the grid status, so at least they are aware of it. |
| 15:05 |
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Anya (anyankahallaway) nudges him " oh stop hiding" giggles |
| 15:06 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Welcome to the operations of Oxbridge, Leo. |
| 15:06 |
Carl Metropolitan |
If people don't know already, last weekend's Winter Auction & Dance exceeded expectations and raised 74,000L$ for Oxbridge Class expansion. |
| 15:06 |
Meora (menchor) |
just went long enough to make it tough for Photo Salon |
| 15:06 |
Larkylouz |
Ms. Anya, if you find it necessary to wear a full-body alpha mask with that blushing fellow, feel free. |
| 15:06 |
Larkylouz |
;^) |
| 15:06 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Thanks to the work of Jayleden |
| 15:06 |
Meora (menchor) |
***** APPPPPPPLLLLAAAUUUSSSSEEEEEEE*********** |
| 15:06 |
Anya (anyankahallaway) |
LOL could do that |
| 15:07 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Tali's wonderful Patron Plaques are now in the hands (or inventories) of the members of the Oxbridge Patron program. |
| 15:07 |
Carl Metropolitan |
She has also created "Sponsor" plaques that will be used to honor our Class Sponsors; I will be getting with Jayleden and talking to her about how we distribute those. |
| 15:09 |
Carl Metropolitan |
I'm going to change the image in the semi-circle on the Sponsor Plaques so they look different from the Patron plaques. Tali was kind enough to give me her full photoshop texture files. |
| 15:09 |
Lindal Kidd |
oh, those are precious! I love the little pendulums |
| 15:10 |
Carl Metropolitan |
The counters in the plaques show the number of months that someone has been a Patron |
| 15:10 |
Carl Metropolitan |
I'm also going to be giving Desmond a Patron Plaque permanently set to "99" in recognition of all the money he poured into Oxbridge before we became self-sufficient! |
| 15:10 |
Larkylouz |
Congratulations on a very successful event, Carl and Jayle |
| 15:11 |
Jayleden Miles |
thank you |
| 15:11 |
Jayleden Miles |
These plaques are great, Tali |
| 15:11 |
Carl Metropolitan |
She did amazing work. |
| 15:11 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Only 3 LI |
| 15:11 |
Larkylouz |
And thank you to Tali for all her ongoing hard work |
| 15:11 |
Tali Rosca |
There'll be an update to the donation coins real soon. |
| 15:12 |
Tali Rosca |
Though it'll not show all that much difference outwardly. |
| 15:12 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Yes. And there will be a campaign to get them placed in more locations by Oxbridge Mint (who must own them for security reasons) |
| 15:13 |
Tali Rosca |
Or at least for clarity, if not security. |
| 15:13 |
Carl Metropolitan |
But with the sucessful Patron program, the Auction, the class sponsors, we are quite secure financially as of the moment. |
| 15:13 |
Lindal Kidd |
If Mr. Mint has a spare group slot, I would be pleased to place one on my sim |
| 15:14 |
Carl Metropolitan |
He has plenty of spare group slots |
| 15:14 |
Carl Metropolitan |
And would be happy to, as soon as the updated coins are ready |
| 15:14 |
Carl Metropolitan |
(No point in putting one out and replacing it a week later) |
| 15:15 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Well, Tali says it doesn't show much different ..... but there's that moment after a substantial donation.... |
| 15:15 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
(the coins that is) |
| 15:15 |
Gronk Seriman |
Ooo! Fireworks? Ringing bells? |
| 15:15 |
Tali Rosca |
We'll get some statistics, and the coins will be in sync, showing the donation total for the month. |
| 15:16 |
Carl Metropolitan |
We will know what coins get what donations, which will help us with placement, too. |
| 15:16 |
Tali Rosca |
-I don't have the actual statistics readout done yet, but the data is stored. |
| 15:16 |
Carl Metropolitan |
And we are also going to try to sell the two large posters next to the stone circle to other steamlands estates. |
| 15:18 |
Carl Metropolitan |
So finances are great. Even with us now covering 100% of our tier on a break-even basis (minus Library) for Desmond, we could right now pay one year's worth in advance. |
| 15:18 |
Tali Rosca |
Incidentally, if somebody wants to work on an optimized statistics aggregation in the Google datastore, I wouldn't mind a hand. |
| 15:18 |
Carl Metropolitan |
So let's move on to other stuff. |
| 15:19 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Do any of the other Deans have annoucements about stuff in their areas? |
| 15:19 |
Lindal Kidd |
I have a small bit of good news |
| 15:19 |
Lindal Kidd |
I now have access to, and have downloaded, all of Ravelli's tutorial files and materials |
| 15:19 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
I will add, subject to working out a budget, that is these various funding plans work, we should be able to raise the teacher stipend a bit. |
| 15:19 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Wonderful! |
| 15:20 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Can you upload those to the shared google drive? |
| 15:20 |
Lindal Kidd |
that's where I got them! |
| 15:20 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Great! |
| 15:20 |
Carl Metropolitan |
What format did he create his updated ones in? |
| 15:20 |
Lindal Kidd |
PaintShop Pro |
| 15:20 |
Lindal Kidd |
I haven't tried yet, but I believe I can handle that |
| 15:22 |
Jayleden Miles |
Finally figured out a direct plan for the Gacha event in the fall. Hopefully it will be the plan going forward. |
| 15:23 |
Ⓢ ɦღу Ⓢ ȼʀiռ Schism (shay.serin) |
;D sorry |
| 15:23 |
Larkylouz |
Lindal, I have a very old version of PSP if you need help with it. |
| 15:23 |
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Anya (anyankahallaway) groans " gacha is an addictingly bad but good habit" chuckles |
| 15:23 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Adobe Photoshop and Gimp should both support PSP |
| 15:24 |
Carl Metropolitan |
I did my originals (some of which are still there) in Illustrator |
| 15:24 |
Jayleden Miles |
That is all part of the plan, Anya! |
| 15:24 |
Anya (anyankahallaway) |
i knew it :P |
| 15:26 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
A "direct" plan? (was there an indirect one?) |
| 15:26 |
Jayleden Miles |
Yes. |
| 15:26 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Ahh. |
| 15:26 |
Jayleden Miles |
I have a theme now. |
| 15:26 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Good. |
| 15:26 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Jayleden looked at what people were spending money on and decided "Okay, we will get some of those lovely, lovely, L$ for Oxbridge" |
| 15:27 |
Larkylouz |
a fishing pond in the rose garden? |
| 15:27 |
Larkylouz |
<bad joke> |
| 15:28 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Perhaps a koi pool, although it might be hard to keep felines out of it. |
| 15:28 |
Tali Rosca |
Sushi! |
| 15:28 |
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Anya (anyankahallaway) chuckles |
| 15:28 |
Leo T. Ravenheart (leo.ravenheart) |
Judging by the number of people who where at a Gacha fair I went to a couple of days ago, it'll make ALOT of L$ |
| 15:29 |
Leo T. Ravenheart (leo.ravenheart) |
(Said Gacha fair made Anya and I broke. >.> ) |
| 15:29 |
Carl Metropolitan |
I will look into it. I'm in the process of replacing much of Oxbridge's older prim and sculpty furniture and landscaping with lower LI mesh stuff where appropriate. |
| 15:29 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
Depends on what's in it |
| 15:29 |
Carl Metropolitan |
I like Koi ponds :) |
| 15:29 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
I'm afraid I came near to driving Miss Phrynne up a wall testing something that might become part of a gacha machine/robot. |
| 15:30 |
Phrynne |
I was thinking of taking up freeclimbing on the entry cathedral to get away from it. |
| 15:30 |
Carl Metropolitan |
I'm also learning blender to help continue the mesh upgrade of the campus. |
| 15:30 |
Anya (anyankahallaway) |
when you figure out blender lemme know. im still struggling to understand it. theres a lot to it. |
| 15:31 |
Lindal Kidd |
oh, while I'm thinking about it...does someone have the ability to re-set the tower clock? It's still on Daylight Savings SL Time |
| 15:31 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Jayle, I'd like you to meet Melinda. |
| 15:31 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Melinda has opinions about winning. |
| 15:31 |
Melinda whispers |
Winning is an inside job. A person who achieves victory is the one that first wins his or her internal battles. |
| 15:31 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
and losing |
| 15:31 |
Melinda whispers |
Do not worry about winning or losing; think of what you will gain. |
| 15:31 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
and risk |
| 15:31 |
Melinda whispers |
The greatest risk is not taking any. |
| 15:32 |
Larkylouz |
she's really quite poetic and literate |
| 15:32 |
Tali Rosca |
If the clock is Engineer's I can take a look. But I don't know if it is. |
| 15:32 |
Meora (menchor) |
or wait another month |
| 15:32 |
Jayleden Miles |
grins at Melinda |
| 15:33 |
Jayleden Miles |
If we wait long enough the clock will be right again |
| 15:34 |
Carl Metropolitan |
That's a good question. I will see who "owns" it. |
| 15:34 |
Carl Metropolitan |
And if I have mod rights. |
| 15:34 |
Carl Metropolitan |
It might need to be rescripted if the person who created it is no longer around and no one has mod rights. |
| 15:34 |
Carl Metropolitan |
bRB |
| 15:35 |
Jayleden Miles |
Should we see if the audience has questions? |
| 15:35 |
Tali Rosca |
We're generally trying to get such things phased over to Engineer. |
| 15:36 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Equine McMillan |
| 15:36 |
Carl Metropolitan |
I think he's still around. |
| 15:36 |
Carl Metropolitan |
He is the person who made the tower clock |
| 15:38 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Other questions? |
| 15:39 |
Virginia (understandingcomplexity) |
Could the COU Behaviour at Caledon Oxbridge notecard be more specific as to attachments such as horses, dogs on a leash,etc.? It should state whether these things are allowed at the University. |
| 15:39 |
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Larkylouz raises her hand |
| 15:40 |
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Larkylouz defers to Virginia |
| 15:40 |
Virginia (understandingcomplexity) |
thank you |
| 15:40 |
Jayleden Miles |
are they a big deal? |
| 15:40 |
Larkylouz |
In my experience, those things are allowed. Have you seen them cause problems? |
| 15:40 |
Phrynne |
Yes, at times. |
| 15:40 |
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Jayleden Miles not seeing the issue with them. |
| 15:41 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Dogs on leashes are fine. So are horses. |
| 15:41 |
Carl Metropolitan |
We draw the line at people on leashes, however. |
| 15:41 |
Josain Zsun |
As long as they clean up after them… |
| 15:41 |
Phrynne |
There have been some students lately riding horses through the buildings, regardless of where people were. |
| 15:41 |
Tali Rosca |
I think the general consensus is that if they are in theme and don't trample anybody, they are ok. |
| 15:41 |
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Jayleden Miles is also fine with people on leashes. grins |
| 15:42 |
Larkylouz |
In that case, Phyrnne, I'd call the horse a vehicle and tell them that standing still in the plaza is one thing - theMoors are available for wild runs. |
| 15:42 |
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Phrynne makes notes |
| 15:42 |
Jayleden Miles |
I just don't see an issue with pets. Vehicles have never been permitted. |
| 15:42 |
Larkylouz |
Basically, if someone is considerate, a lot can be forgiven. If they are not considerate, even on their own two legs, something needs to be addressed. |
| 15:42 |
Tali Rosca |
I don't know if it is a good idea to get into the finer point of "technically vehicles". It's probably easier to simply say "stop trampling our guests." |
| 15:43 |
Larkylouz |
Yes, Tali. My mistake |
| 15:43 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Much the same rules as applies to avatars. Avatars are okay at Oxbridge, but running over people with them isn't allowed. |
| 15:43 |
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Lindal Kidd chuckles |
| 15:43 |
Jayleden Miles |
agrees with the no trampling bit. |
| 15:44 |
Larkylouz |
We will never be able to enumerate every bit of mischief that avis can cook up. Cannabalism in the plaza - not okay. Chicken soup in individual bowls on a cold day - sounds bood to me. |
| 15:44 |
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Larkylouz makes a note to talk to Cymbal about cannabalism |
| 15:44 |
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Lindal Kidd stifles a snort of laughter! |
| 15:44 |
Jayleden Miles |
Just remember that the more rules you try to establish about this stuff the more people will try to fight you on it. So in the end issues will happen because people are not going to go along with rules they see as just not having a point. |
| 15:44 |
Melinda |
Sometimes, you have to manufacture your own history. Give fate a push, so to speak. |
| 15:45 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Animals (and robots) can be a problem if their sound effects are too loud, particularly if they are brought into the lecture hall. |
| 15:45 |
Tali Rosca |
Also, the more rules, the more edge cases which are *technically* not covered. |
| 15:46 |
Jayleden Miles |
points at Carl - he used to keep his pet dog in the lecture hall when the sim was a full region. Folks had fun with it. Desmond kept his pet chickens by the rose garden. |
| 15:46 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
I recall those days. |
| 15:46 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Rocky misses Oxbridge |
| 15:46 |
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Lindal Kidd mutters, "they made great soup." |
| 15:47 |
Jayleden Miles |
remembers Rocky would go on the lecture hall roof and folks would panic! I used to giggle watching them get him down. |
| 15:47 |
Larkylouz |
I will reiterate - we can't have a rule for every situation. I don't *want* a rule for every situation. All staff have to be able to use their own judgment and depend on their experience to make decisions about how to handle what arises. |
| 15:47 |
Lindal Kidd |
awww |
| 15:47 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Sadly, the SL inventory system ate poor Rocky. |
| 15:48 |
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Larkylouz pauses to ask, "Is that when the Dodo appeared?" |
| 15:48 |
Carl Metropolitan |
The Dodo is the official animal of Oxbridge |
| 15:48 |
Jayleden Miles |
If Rocky was AKC you can retrieve him at one of the sites. |
| 15:48 |
Meora (menchor) |
Oxbridge teams are the "fighting Dodois" |
| 15:48 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Oh. He was. I will try that. |
| 15:48 |
Larkylouz |
Learning to handle stuff that comes up takes practice. Be easy on yourselves and allow yourself to make errors. |
| 15:48 |
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Larkylouz shuts up |
| 15:49 |
Lindal Kidd |
<---likes dogs! |
| 15:49 |
Jayleden Miles |
agrees with Larky |
| 15:49 |
Jayleden Miles |
I once banned three innocent bystanders during a griefing. - a certain Guv still teases me about it. |
| 15:50 |
Jayleden Miles |
(and in turn I tease him about returning half a sim!) |
| 15:50 |
Leo T. Ravenheart (leo.ravenheart) |
You're not the only one who has one that, I have been guilty of that in the past. |
| 15:51 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Oh. I wanted to mention that Andrea Jones and Stereo Nacht are hosting an After Valentines party in Oxbridge Village, somewhere below us and off to the side with live music starting at 4pm SLT. Caledon Oxbridge Village (53,167,512) |
| 15:51 |
Melinda |
To live, to TRULY live, we must be willing to RISK. To be nothing in order to find everything. To leap before we look. |
| 15:51 |
Carl Metropolitan |
In case you were looking for something to do after the Q&A |
| 15:52 |
Lindal Kidd |
ha! We can leap the railing and, er, drop in on them |
| 15:52 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Indeed. |
| 15:52 |
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Larkylouz raisses her hand again. |
| 15:52 |
Carl Metropolitan |
sort of under and off to the side, I think. |
| 15:52 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Go Larky! |
| 15:54 |
Larkylouz |
I would like to request that the staff make a point of letting me know of issues with tutor staff, questions that have to do with how to tutor (particularly if it isn't the kind of question you can deal with in a few minutes), etc. I'm getting a bit of third hand feedback and am thinking that part of my job is to field questions and complaints. Ya-all don't have to sit and listen to someone complain endlessly if they should be referred to me or another Dean. I need your eyes and ears. |
| 15:54 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Thank you. |
| 15:54 |
Carl Metropolitan |
That's an excellent idea |
| 15:55 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Larky is Assistant Dean of Commons for Tutors and she should be the first point of contact for anything tutor related. |
| 15:55 |
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Jayleden Miles offers Larky a t-shirt that says, "Complaints Taken Here" |
| 15:55 |
Larkylouz |
LOL |
| 15:55 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Along those lines, while David is out, I'll accept ban reports. |
| 15:55 |
Meora (menchor) |
maybe we can get her a little complaint booth |
| 15:56 |
Larkylouz |
Please make the tee say that my hours are from 1:30 am to 1:45 am on Wednesdays! |
| 15:56 |
Lindal Kidd |
"The Tutor Shooter is IN" |
| 15:56 |
Jayleden Miles |
grins |
| 15:56 |
Gronk Seriman |
Larky would need to change her name to Helen Waite. |
| 15:56 |
Meora (menchor) |
Ha ha ha hahahaaa |
| 15:56 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Are there any final questions? |
| 15:56 |
Larkylouz |
Thank you Word. David probably still wants to know about the bans, but I'm glad you'll be here to take up the slack. |
| 15:57 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
Everybody who is ejected is going to complain. |
| 15:57 |
Larkylouz |
Who i sHelen Waite? |
| 15:57 |
Meora (menchor) |
complaints? go to Helen Waite |
| 15:57 |
Jayleden Miles |
so eject everyone and make everyone feel equal. |
| 15:57 |
Meora (menchor) |
say it outloud |
| 15:57 |
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Lindal Kidd snerks |
| 15:57 |
Gronk Seriman |
If you have a complaint, go to Helen Waite. |
| 15:57 |
Larkylouz |
Ah, got it. Thank you Meora |
| 15:58 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
I can forward the one's I get to David, once he's back online. |
| 15:58 |
Larkylouz |
thank you - works for me, Word |
| 15:58 |
Larkylouz |
BTW, I would like to recieve ban notecards, as well. Just on an FYI basis. |
| 15:58 |
Larkylouz |
A few folks are doing that, but not all |
| 15:59 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Maybe there should be a google doc spreadsheet kept with person banned, banner, reason why banned, and ban date. |
| 15:59 |
Carl Metropolitan |
So any one of staff could look it up |
| 15:59 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Also Parcel Ban or Region Ban |
| 15:59 |
Larkylouz |
I tried to keep a DB like that for a while. Drove me bats trying to keep it updated. |
| 16:00 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Okay. |
| 16:00 |
Larkylouz |
Perhaps we can find a non-dean staff to take on that task? Would that endnager confidentiality or anythign? |
| 16:00 |
Jayleden Miles |
I want that Carl! It's so irritating to not know. |
| 16:00 |
Carl Metropolitan |
No. |
| 16:00 |
Carl Metropolitan |
I don't think so. |
| 16:00 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Most don't result in appeals. If there's a least a notecard, then those that do can be reviewed. |
| 16:01 |
Larkylouz |
What about a bot account that all notecards are forwarded to? |
| 16:01 |
Carl Metropolitan |
We have several that are not in use. |
| 16:01 |
Meora (menchor) |
Oxbridge Snitch |
| 16:01 |
Jayleden Miles |
The biggest issue is the repeat offenders who are few, but it helps to know their history. |
| 16:02 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
And then thre are the throwaway accounts |
| 16:03 |
Jayleden Miles |
Some tend to repeat the names though - they like themselves known for their asshatedness |
| 16:03 |
Jayleden Miles |
asshattedness? |
| 16:03 |
Phrynne |
I can go with that. |
| 16:03 |
Carl Metropolitan |
I really have to run right now. |
| 16:03 |
Larkylouz |
I seem to remember a fellow who liked the name D**2 |
| 16:03 |
Carl Metropolitan |
I'm sorry. |
| 16:03 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
They don't always know how to spell so whatever... |
| 16:04 |
Larkylouz |
Thank you Carl, everyone |
| 16:04 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Bye everyone |
| 16:04 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
We're at the end of our hour in any case. |
| 16:04 |
Gronk Seriman |
Thank you, Deans! |
| 16:04 |
Lindal Kidd |
thank you all for your support of COU and Caledon and SL! |
| 16:04 |
Jayleden Miles |
Welcome. |
| 16:04 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Wasn't that an old TP effect, Jayle? |
| 16:04 |
Jayleden Miles |
THank you for coming |
| 16:05 |
Jayleden Miles |
possibly |
| 16:05 |
Jayleden Miles |
though I had it happen during none tp times |
| 16:05 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Thank you all for coming and participating. |
| 16:05 |
Melinda |
Fate has a twisted sense of humor. |
| 16:05 |
Jayleden Miles |
grins |
| 16:05 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
Bedtime for me |
| 16:05 |
Larkylouz |
LOL - I think Melinda is here to stay! |
| 16:05 |
Gronk Seriman |
Sleep well, EB |
| 16:05 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
Be seeing you |