| 15:06 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Welcome to the Oxbridge Deans' Q&A, our weekly meeting for us to mention Oxbridge related things we've been doing and a chance for you to ask questions about Oxbridge, SL, and relating matters. |
| 15:07 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Lindal, can we start with you? |
| 15:07 |
Lindal Kidd |
sure |
| 15:07 |
Lindal Kidd |
the big news this week is new starter avatars from LL |
| 15:07 |
Lindal Kidd |
They are NOT all mesh, and can be edited with the Appearance sliders |
| 15:07 |
Lindal Kidd |
They also have better "native" animations than the "duck walk" |
| 15:07 |
Lindal Kidd |
I am wearing one of them |
| 15:07 |
Lindal Kidd |
"Elizabeth" |
| 15:08 |
Lindal Kidd |
You'll find them in your Library |
| 15:08 |
Lindal Kidd |
in the Clothing/Initial Outfits folder |
| 15:08 |
Lindal Kidd |
We may need to update our Appearance tutorial posters fo address this change |
| 15:08 |
Lindal Kidd |
but it is definitely a change for the better! |
| 15:09 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
A mixture of classic avatars with mesh clothes, at least in part? |
| 15:09 |
Lindal Kidd |
that's right |
| 15:09 |
Lindal Kidd |
they are also said by LL to be "performant" |
| 15:10 |
Lindal Kidd |
meaning that they are relatively low-lag |
| 15:10 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Not a bad thing. |
| 15:10 |
Lindal Kidd |
Oh, and Virtual Spain moved...again. |
| 15:11 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
General or Moderate location? |
| 15:11 |
Lindal Kidd |
Phrynne and Larky sent out a new LM to the staff....thank you, ladies |
| 15:11 |
Badass Fae (larkylouz) |
General |
| 15:11 |
Lindal Kidd |
thank goodness! |
| 15:11 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Nice. |
| 15:12 |
Lindal Kidd |
that's all from me, Word |
| 15:12 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
ty Lindal. |
| 15:13 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
And Nice to see LL providing some reasonable starters that aren't as difficult or grotesque. |
| 15:13 |
Lindal Kidd |
I'd say they are the best starter avs yet |
| 15:13 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Phrynne, anything on your end? |
| 15:13 |
Phrynne |
Larky first |
| 15:14 |
Badass Fae (larkylouz) |
They really are nice. I find the AOs beyond annoying, but otherwise, I like them. |
| 15:14 |
Badass Fae (larkylouz) |
Okay. I had planned to talk about the new avatars, too. Phrynne and I have been playing with them and have found a few glitches that we will talk about when we know more. |
| 15:14 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Feel free to right click on a bench and select "sit here" Aoife. |
| 15:15 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Alpha related or beyond that? |
| 15:15 |
Phrynne |
One of the glitches is that, apparently, sometimes when someone in a new avatar is changing clothes, they will put on one thing and another comes off, regardless of alpha |
| 15:15 |
Badass Fae (larkylouz) |
I am wearing one of the new avatars on my smallest shape and skin, and it works well. I've played around with the clothes from several of the other avatars, and while they're not perfect, they are transferable. |
| 15:15 |
Badass Fae (larkylouz) |
Yes. And not always an obvious attachment point, although I assume that is the issue. |
| 15:16 |
Phrynne |
For instance, put on new pants and lose your shirt. |
| 15:16 |
Phrynne |
Put on the shirt, and the pants go away. |
| 15:16 |
Lindal Kidd |
eep! |
| 15:16 |
Phrynne |
Not sure why it happens. |
| 15:16 |
Badass Fae (larkylouz) |
wings and pants aren't always compatible, either. |
| 15:16 |
Phrynne |
This has embarrassed a few people in the last week. |
| 15:16 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
That shouldn't be the case if they are "added" rather than just worn. |
| 15:16 |
Badass Fae (larkylouz) |
Aoife .... adding helps so far as I've been able to figure out. |
| 15:17 |
Phrynne |
We're planning to try a number of combinations of new avatar and clothes and see how it works. |
| 15:17 |
Lindal Kidd |
ooh! ooh! Another change I recently found out about, though it's been around for several months now... |
| 15:17 |
Badass Fae (larkylouz) |
Aoife is my alt. She will quietly model all the avatars throughout the meeting, as is from LL. |
| 15:17 |
Lindal Kidd |
you can now wear up to 60 clothing layer items IN TOTAL, in any combination |
| 15:18 |
Lindal Kidd |
no more "five items per layer" limit |
| 15:18 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Another nice feature. |
| 15:18 |
Phrynne |
I have some news about the Advent Calendar. |
| 15:18 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
And what's the name of that last avatar modeled? |
| 15:19 |
Badass Fae (larkylouz) |
The avatar selection menu doesn't give the names. Just a sec |
| 15:19 |
Lindal Kidd |
I think Larky has on "Chris" |
| 15:20 |
Badass Fae (larkylouz) |
this one is Kimberly |
| 15:21 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
You need a runway announcement. And on the runway, Kimberly models the latest design from LL in summer casual. |
| 15:21 |
Badass Fae (larkylouz) |
Moving on, we have also arranged an Apprentice Tutor tag for up and coming tutors. They are generally asked to serve a 2 month probation, and will be able to wear this tag while they are doing so. |
| 15:22 |
Badass Fae (larkylouz) |
I have invited Thawkk to wear it and Quantum Mechanique is also wearing it. I have a third tutor in mind who seems to be in RL these days, so we shall see about here. |
| 15:22 |
Badass Fae (larkylouz) |
I htink that's it for me. Phrynne? |
| 15:22 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Good. Nicer to provide an apprentice tag than a forehead tat. |
| 15:22 |
Phrynne |
I have an update on the Advent Calendar. |
| 15:23 |
Phrynne |
A lot of people have been working very hard to make wonderful gifts for it -- I can't tell you who or what, but some of them are simply outstanding. |
| 15:24 |
Phrynne |
And I took a look at the coding for the calendar that I have -- and it only allows people to get what is on that day, and not the earlier days. In other words, if there was something you really liked yesterday and you just didn't get there, you miss it. |
| 15:24 |
Phrynne |
Which is not really a good thing with such great presents. |
| 15:24 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
You are able to look at the coding itself? |
| 15:25 |
Phrynne |
No, but the description doesn't seem to indicate that you can access the gifts from prior days -- and it wasn't possible to do that here last year with the same calendar program. |
| 15:25 |
Lindal Kidd |
I know it is disappointing to miss out on a gift, but that's how most of the Advent calendars I've seen work. |
| 15:25 |
Lindal Kidd |
it ensures your visitors keep coming back! |
| 15:26 |
Phrynne |
So I am going to be setting up a numbered box each day -- but the previous days' boxes will be here also. That way, people will be able to get all of the gifts. There will be a new one each day -- so it won't be all at once. But if someone misses a day, they can pick up what they missed. |
| 15:26 |
Lindal Kidd |
:) |
| 15:26 |
Phrynne |
Some of the people making these have been working on them since I first asked for help in September. It would be a shame for people not to have access to them. |
| 15:27 |
Phrynne |
And that is all I have for now. |
| 15:28 |
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Phrynne notices she is being upstaged by Aoife looking handsome next to her |
| 15:28 |
Badass Fae (larkylouz) |
that is the avatar Dylan |
| 15:29 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Thank Phrynne and Larky |
| 15:30 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
If you look at the class schedule, you'll notice that there is a new yet familiar class schedule for Fridays at 7pm. |
| 15:31 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
WendySlippers Charisma is returning to teach her popular class on role-playing. |
| 15:31 |
Lindal Kidd |
yay! |
| 15:31 |
Phrynne |
hurray! |
| 15:31 |
StormBlaster (masterblaster) |
hehehe |
| 15:33 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
The other part of my work this week is that the Oxbridge website and the work on bring back the CAT airships are now both backed up on bitbucket.org. A series of smaller projects soon to follow. These are git repositories, so not only backed up but under version control. |
| 15:34 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
That also, particularly for the web pages, makes it easier to work on a media responsive version, so people can better check when to come to class from their phones. |
| 15:35 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
I've also asked a couple of Oxbridge faculty to become backups for me in case I'm level by a Mack Truck. |
| 15:36 |
Lindal Kidd |
Avert! |
| 15:36 |
Badass Fae (larkylouz) |
this is another problem with the new avatars. The tops disappear, often with transporting |
| 15:36 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
That covers it for me this week, lets open it up for questions. |
| 15:37 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
With LL one never knows if that's an intended feature or a glitch, since they rarely say anything about design or purpose. |
| 15:37 |
Badass Fae (larkylouz) |
I reload the the Female Shape and Avatar, and that seems to fix it. |
| 15:37 |
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Phrynne thinks Larky has been Ruthed |
| 15:38 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
It goes to show that she is not ruthless. |
| 15:38 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
:-) |
| 15:38 |
Lindal Kidd |
argh |
| 15:38 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
So, questions? |
| 15:38 |
Jayden4Bae |
yes |
| 15:38 |
Badass Fae (larkylouz) |
Jayden just IM'd me and asked if she could say something. Go ahead, Jayden4Bae |
| 15:39 |
Jayden4Bae |
i have a question |
| 15:39 |
Jayden4Bae |
About that answer |
| 15:39 |
Jayden4Bae whispers |
what was the point of it? |
| 15:40 |
Jayden4Bae |
what was the point of it |
| 15:40 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Of what in particular? |
| 15:40 |
Jayden4Bae |
yes |
| 15:40 |
StormBlaster (masterblaster) |
interesting comment ... |
| 15:40 |
Badass Fae (larkylouz) |
Ms. Jayden, what is your question? Please get to the point. |
| 15:40 |
Jayden4Bae |
ok |
| 15:40 |
Jayden4Bae |
my question to all of you is |
| 15:40 |
Jayden4Bae |
what is SL |
| 15:41 |
StormBlaster (masterblaster) |
YOU are SL |
| 15:41 |
Jayden4Bae |
oh whats that |
| 15:41 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
We. |
| 15:41 |
Jayden4Bae |
oh |
| 15:41 |
Lindal Kidd |
Second Life is a virtual world. You can use it to do or be just about anything you can imagine |
| 15:41 |
Jayden4Bae |
ok? |
| 15:41 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
It is basically an environment for creation and role-playing withing either being mandatory. |
| 15:41 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
And one does not have to kill NPCs for XP.... |
| 15:42 |
Jayden4Bae |
wait |
| 15:42 |
Jayden4Bae |
how do we get lots of cash |
| 15:42 |
Lindal Kidd |
If you take a stroll through our campus, the tutorial signs will teach you a lot about SL |
| 15:42 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
For most people, by buying it on the website using external currancy. |
| 15:42 |
Jayden4Bae |
what about other ppl |
| 15:42 |
StormBlaster (masterblaster) |
What's NPC and XP, BTW??? |
| 15:42 |
Lindal Kidd |
or if you learn to make nice things, you can sell them |
| 15:43 |
Jayden4Bae |
brb |
| 15:43 |
Lindal Kidd |
(Non player character...a bot. Experience Points...a way of keeping score in roleplaying games) |
| 15:43 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
For a much smaller number by using skills to create things (virtual objects) that others are willing to purchase. |
| 15:43 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
Non-Player Character |
| 15:43 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
Experience Points |
| 15:43 |
Aoife (bcj47) |
Psst. Hi cutie! |
| 15:43 |
StormBlaster (masterblaster) |
THX |
| 15:44 |
StormBlaster (masterblaster) |
got the joke - lol |
| 15:44 |
Lindal Kidd |
Whoops, Real Life is hollering at me. Thank you all, and have a great evening |
| 15:44 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
You also, Lindal. |
| 15:46 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Someone made most of the clothing, hair, and such that you see in SL. There are some quite talented designers, their talents including graphic arts and working with 3D modeling software. |
| 15:46 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Those are sellable items, but require substantial time to create. |
| 15:47 |
Badass Fae (larkylouz) |
As well as programming, creating avatar animations. SL also has teachers, writers, performance artist and many more. |
| 15:47 |
|
Agatha Macbeth thanks Aoife for the fashion show |
| 15:47 |
Phrynne |
Everything around you was created by someone who came here, like you. |
| 15:47 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
But it is very much an artisan economy rather than a "job" economy. |
| 15:50 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
So SL is also a social opportunity or a networking opportunity that removes the problem of proximity (but not that of time zones). |
| 15:52 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
And also a place in which events like book reading or seminars can be held, such as this: |
| 15:52 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Come and join us at SLanguages Annual Symposium, a two day online conference on language learning in virtual worlds held for the 8th time on EduNation in Second Life. |
| 15:53 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Other questions? |
| 15:53 |
Badass Fae (larkylouz) |
For clarity, Ms. Jayden, that is a good example of some of the events that take place in SL. |
| 15:55 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Last call for questions. |
| 15:56 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Hearing none, let's adjourn. Thank you all for coming. |
| 15:56 |
Aoife (bcj47) |
I shall continue my modeling career next week! |
| 15:57 |
Phrynne |
Thank you for modeling, Aoife! |