| 15:02 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Welcome everyone. This is yet another edition of Q&A with the deans. We will first start off with a few notes/announcements from our areas, then take questions from the audience on anything and everything related to SL, the Steamlands, Caledon, or Oxbridge. |
| 15:02 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Let's start with our Commons Dean Team, Larky and Phyrnne! |
| 15:02 |
Phrynne |
The Caledon Quest is open again. |
| 15:03 |
Phrynne |
It's not quite the same, but still challenging and fun. |
| 15:03 |
Badass Fae (larkylouz) |
And reportedly working well! |
| 15:03 |
Phrynne |
If you are someone who helps out on the plaza, I'd strongly suggest taking the Quest so that you can answer questions. |
| 15:03 |
Phrynne |
Some of the clues have been changed and many are in a different order than before. |
| 15:03 |
Gronk Seriman |
Great news! |
| 15:04 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Have the "closed" signs been removed? |
| 15:04 |
Phrynne |
yes |
| 15:04 |
Phrynne |
I sent them back today, after Dean Questi came in and told me the Quest was ready. |
| 15:04 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
And the logfile giver is back up in the Hall of Caledon. |
| 15:05 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Great news. |
| 15:05 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
It gives you a fairly good overview of different aspects of Caledon, particularly if you look around and wander around a bit rather than trying to speed through it. |
| 15:05 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Thank you and Marion for fixing it. |
| 15:06 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Anything from Larky's side of Commons? |
| 15:07 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Phrynne, can you jostle her stem a bit? |
| 15:07 |
Carl Metropolitan |
She may be afk |
| 15:07 |
Carl Metropolitan |
We can get back to her in a bit |
| 15:07 |
Phrynne |
ok |
| 15:07 |
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Phrynne pushes on Larky's stem but it refuses to sway |
| 15:08 |
Josain Zsun |
We seem to be receiving more underage kids now than earlier in summer, when I would have expected them. |
| 15:08 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Maybe the last push before school starts again. |
| 15:08 |
Carl Metropolitan |
I still need to recruit some new Deans! I badly need a Dean of Development (Fundraising and PR) and a new Dean of Engines (Coding and Web Integration). Right now, Wordsmith is essentially acting Dean of Engines, and I'm acting (poorly) Dean of Development. |
| 15:09 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Or kids got new computers for school and are playing on them. |
| 15:09 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Good point. |
| 15:09 |
Josain Zsun |
That might explain it. |
| 15:09 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Current policy is to AR them but not to take other action. |
| 15:10 |
Josain Zsun |
Tasha has done several this weekend. |
| 15:10 |
Carl Metropolitan |
And warn them of the dangers of SL for underage people |
| 15:10 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Oxbridge is as safe a place as any in SL until and if LL takes action. |
| 15:10 |
Badass Fae (larkylouz) |
We do tell them why they're being AR's and explain the rules. |
| 15:10 |
Carl Metropolitan |
But until LL does something, they are going to be better off here than wandering all over. |
| 15:11 |
Carl Metropolitan |
How long does it seem to take LL to react to underage ARs? |
| 15:11 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
Days in some cases. |
| 15:11 |
Phrynne |
Several days. |
| 15:12 |
Josain Zsun |
I've received acknowledgments of sends but never a resolution notice. |
| 15:12 |
Carl Metropolitan |
That's about what I thought. |
| 15:12 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
LL never sends any |
| 15:12 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Tasha did 2 ARs, a day apart, on one avatar. I'm not sure that anything has been done yet. |
| 15:13 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Okay. Let's move on to Wordsmith. Anything from your area you want to talk about? |
| 15:13 |
Badass Fae (larkylouz) |
Maybe we should ask everyone present, at least staff and regulars, to AR youngsters. |
| 15:14 |
Josain Zsun |
I always thought that was a responsibility of all SL users. |
| 15:14 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Nothing much this week. I've taken back the basic scripting class and talked with Samm on putting together a more organized list of classes we want and potential teachers I've talked to so she can follow up on things more than I've been able to. |
| 15:15 |
Carl Metropolitan |
That's all going to be useful. ' |
| 15:15 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Talked over some policy issues on banning with the deans of commons (who aren't common at all). |
| 15:16 |
Badass Fae (larkylouz) |
At Word's request, I've edited his comments into a policy statement re: asking staff to not request Caledon-wide bans without talking to one of us (Phrynne or I). Not a new policy, but one that needs to be reiterated again. |
| 15:16 |
Carl Metropolitan whispers |
We should rename them "Deans of Lords" :) |
| 15:16 |
Carl Metropolitan |
We should rename them "Deans of Lords" :) |
| 15:16 |
Carl Metropolitan |
That's a good policy |
| 15:16 |
Badass Fae (larkylouz) |
Ahem. There have been quite a few lately who are all too common, thank you! |
| 15:17 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
The Deans themselves? |
| 15:17 |
Badass Fae (larkylouz) |
No, no. Just snarking about a few troublesome visitors. |
| 15:17 |
Badass Fae (larkylouz) |
We have a good Dean Team. It is just too small! |
| 15:18 |
Carl Metropolitan |
I have some bad news for anyone who has been in the new user help business for a while. I've just learned today that Lumiere Noir, the creator of the Ivory Tower of Prims has died. |
| 15:18 |
Carl Metropolitan |
http://modemworld.me/2015/08/13/the-passing-of-lumiere-noir/ |
| 15:18 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
The motivation for bring up the question on banning is that what is annoying to us and a disruption may not involve the rest of Caledon at all. We need to not assume that it does. |
| 15:18 |
Carl Metropolitan |
http://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2015/08/ivory-tower-of-prims-second-life-lumiere-noir.html |
| 15:19 |
Josain Zsun |
afk |
| 15:19 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Ahhh. That is sad news. That's been a long-time contribution for learning. |
| 15:20 |
Carl Metropolitan |
I know. The Ivory Tower will continue without him. |
| 15:20 |
Phrynne |
I'm very glad the tower will continue. It is an amazing resource |
| 15:21 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Okay. Let's open things up to questions. |
| 15:21 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Anything anyone wants to know about anything. |
| 15:21 |
Carl Metropolitan |
We may not know the answer, but we can google fast. |
| 15:22 |
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Badass Fae (larkylouz) runs off to google 'fast' |
| 15:22 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Questions? |
| 15:23 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Someone must have some? |
| 15:23 |
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Carl Metropolitan plays the crickets chirping gesture that he doesn't really have |
| 15:23 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
I'll have to make one. |
| 15:23 |
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Phrynne chases the cricket out of her hat |
| 15:24 |
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Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) does not know the rules of cricket |
| 15:24 |
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Badass Fae (larkylouz) discusses Kant with the cricket in her flower. |
| 15:24 |
Carl Metropolitan |
I have a cricket, but no noise |
| 15:24 |
Gronk Seriman |
Any news about the CAT System? |
| 15:25 |
Phrynne |
I have not heard of anything. |
| 15:26 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
It's been on my mind to track down Jorge Serapis and get more details of where it stands and what he has perms to access. As far as I know, the problem is in the scripting. He had someone he was working with but that may have fallen through or left things not working without perms to access all of the scripts. |
| 15:26 |
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Phrynne chases another cricket out of the sunflowers on her head |
| 15:27 |
ShaRa Ishtar (shannonraven) |
What is a CAT system please? |
| 15:27 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Caledon Air Transport |
| 15:27 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
Airship network |
| 15:28 |
Carl Metropolitan |
A fleet of automated airships that fly regular routes over caledon |
| 15:28 |
ShaRa Ishtar (shannonraven) |
thanks |
| 15:28 |
Carl Metropolitan |
More info is in the Hall of Caledon |
| 15:28 |
Meora (menchor) |
or used to |
| 15:28 |
Gronk Seriman |
Lively Airships that used to automatically travel around Caledon. |
| 15:28 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
And that one can simply ride, as with Caledon trains. |
| 15:28 |
Phrynne |
Because of changes in the locations of various regions, the CAT system has needed to be re-scripted. |
| 15:29 |
Phrynne |
And, since the original scripter died, and he wrote in a fairly complex fashion, I'm told, it is not an easy task. |
| 15:29 |
Carl Metropolitan |
It is being worked on, but don't hold your breath. |
| 15:29 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Okay, any other questions? |
| 15:30 |
Carl Metropolitan |
This may be the shortest q&a in recent memory |
| 15:31 |
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Badass Fae (larkylouz) taps Nearby Chat to see if it is working. |
| 15:31 |
Hare Frankenstein (zenptiness) |
I just came for the latest dish |
| 15:31 |
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Phrynne passes around a platter of brownies |
| 15:32 |
lovejoy2199 |
"EL" is in the room. |
| 15:32 |
Gronk Seriman |
Any further news about the Electrostatic Rezzifier in the Entry Hall? The new one seems fine, but I mioss the old one. |
| 15:32 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Sorry the kitchen was so empty |
| 15:32 |
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Wordsmith Jarvinen brings in something to not talk about.... |
| 15:32 |
Phrynne |
hmm. is the elephant chocolate? |
| 15:33 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
No, but he's a bit brassy. |
| 15:33 |
Carl Metropolitan |
You use that in your mesh class, right? |
| 15:33 |
Badass Fae (larkylouz) |
Having consumed her Easter bunnies, Larky eyes the elephant with interest. |
| 15:34 |
Hare Frankenstein (zenptiness) |
Oh I do have a question. I got my outfit somewhere in Oxbridge. I thought it was in the newbie gateway but the sign doesn't produce the outfits. & it's not where the free avatars are. Anyone know if the two free victorian outfits are still available? |
| 15:34 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
I do, partly to see if anyone will notice him and partly as an example. |
| 15:34 |
lovejoy2199 |
So...what is the 'elephant of Caledon?. What is the 'third rail'? |
| 15:35 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
Does BlakOpal still have free outfits? |
| 15:35 |
Phrynne |
Yes, it does, in the entry area |
| 15:35 |
Phrynne |
Those may be what you were thinking of, Mr. Frankenstein |
| 15:36 |
Mel (melotte25) |
BlakOpal has free stuff on the MP IIRC |
| 15:36 |
Phrynne |
I believe the Marketplace freebies are different from the ones in the shop, also. |
| 15:37 |
Hare Frankenstein (zenptiness) |
Is that in Oxbridge? If you look at the pic ont the gateway the guy on the billboard is wearing this exact outfit. I thought that's where I originally got it. |
| 15:37 |
Phrynne |
BlakOpal is in Oxbridge Village |
| 15:38 |
Badass Fae (larkylouz) |
There was a recent blog post about freebies all over the grid. I can't find it at the moment. Anyone else? |
| 15:38 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Are the ones in the entry way age limited Phrynne? |
| 15:39 |
Phrynne |
None of the freebies in Oxbridge are age limited now except for the AOs, I believe. |
| 15:39 |
Carl Metropolitan |
That's correct. |
| 15:39 |
Phrynne |
I am camming over and looking at the image in the entry -- but I don't recall where that outfit is found. |
| 15:39 |
Hare Frankenstein (zenptiness) |
I'm pretty sure I got it withing the tutorial areas because I was only a day or two old when I got it. Maybe it isn't available anymore. |
| 15:39 |
Phrynne |
Have you checked the Railroad Station and the white gazebo behind it? |
| 15:40 |
Hare Frankenstein (zenptiness) |
I don't even know where that is. |
| 15:40 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Blog post on freebies: https://fabfree.wordpress.com/fabfree-30-days-list/ |
| 15:40 |
Hare Frankenstein (zenptiness) |
ok, thx |
| 15:40 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Okay. I think that's it for questions it seems. |
| 15:40 |
Carl Metropolitan |
No wait, Gronk has one. |
| 15:40 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
http://www.caledonoxbridge.org/campus_map.php |
| 15:40 |
Gronk Seriman |
Hare, have you inspected the clothing's properties? You should be able to see who made tham. That's a way to start the hunt. |
| 15:41 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Railroad station is #14. The gazebo is just to the NE of that. |
| 15:43 |
Badass Fae (larkylouz) |
thank you, Gronk. |
| 15:44 |
Carl Metropolitan |
See you all next week (and most of you before that in Oxbridge). |
| 15:44 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Thanks for coming to this round of Q&A |
| 15:44 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Thank you all for coming. |
| 15:45 |
Badass Fae (larkylouz) |
Thank you, all. |
| 15:45 |
Gronk Seriman |
Thank you, Chancellors and Deans! |
| 15:45 |
Phrynne |
Thanks! |
| 15:45 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Sleep well, Mr. Skysmith. |
| 15:45 |
Carl Metropolitan |
Bye |
| 15:45 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
Bedtime for me. X'rays tomorrow. |