Caledon Oxbridge Q&A for 2016-01-31

15:01	Carl Metropolitan	Hello everyone. Welcome to Q&A
15:01	Thunderstone (jeffrey0thunderstone)	Not about the pipes. The endless posting of actions.
15:01	Carl Metropolitan	I have nothing much to report. I'm talking to a candidate for the fundraising job (Dean of Development) and I'm organizing an Oxbridge panel for VWBPE.
15:02	Carl Metropolitan	Wordsmith, what about your area?
15:03	Wordsmith Jarvinen	Both of those are significant, Carl. Oxbridge has been offered a panel (moderator provided) at the VWBPE in March.
15:03	Carl Metropolitan	It is a Featured Panel
15:03	Carl Metropolitan	Which means we get the big hall :)
15:04	Gronk Seriman	Oooo! Kovely!
15:04	Carl Metropolitan	VWBPE = Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education
15:04	Carl Metropolitan	A yearly in-world conference.
15:04	Carl Metropolitan	We will also have (as we have always had) an oxbridge exhibit.
15:05	Wordsmith Jarvinen	http://vwbpe.org/
15:06	Wordsmith Jarvinen	A few changes on scheduling. Red Quixote will be taking a break the next two weeks and resuming after that.
15:07	Gronk Seriman	Is there a topic chosen for the Panel Discussion, yet?
15:07	Wordsmith Jarvinen	Welcome, Tipper
15:07	Carl Metropolitan	There will be a moderator interviewing us
15:07	Carl Metropolitan	His or her questions will be based on the people on the panel
15:07	Gronk Seriman	Ah!
15:08	Carl Metropolitan	I'd like to thank Andrea for her wonderful Oxbridge Seventh Anniversary party last week, too.
15:08	Wordsmith Jarvinen	Carl's intent is to have some different perspectives among us.
15:09	Andrea Jones (andreajonesms2)	Glad everyone enjoyed themselves. If you have pics from the dance. please send them to me thanks.
15:10	Carl Metropolitan	Yes. I've been talking to people this weekend.
15:10	Wordsmith Jarvinen	I'll put together some of the statistics I've been collecting on classes, avatar ages, freebies, ad touches....
15:11	Wordsmith Jarvinen	And that thank you both to Andrea and to Patty Poppy for two sets of music is unanimous among the Oxbridge staff.
15:12	Wordsmith Jarvinen	Those were wonderful events in a great setting displaying Oxbridge history.
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15:13	Carl Metropolitan	We have a history. It's hard to believe. I'm getting old :)
15:13	Carl Metropolitan	We are missing most of the deans today for various and sundry good reasons, so lets go right into questions?
15:14	Ñ‚Î±â„“Ä±Î·Î± â„œoÑ•Ñ” (talina718)	I know this is something I should know already, but is there rentals here or a place new people can stay while getting their barings here at sl.
15:15	Carl Metropolitan	We had that a long time ago, but when the sim was downsized to a homestead we had to stop.
15:15	Ñ‚Î±â„“Ä±Î·Î± â„œoÑ•Ñ” (talina718)	ahh ok
15:15	Wordsmith Jarvinen	All rentals, although your avatar isn't in world when you log off and their are places you can rez onto.
15:15	Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter)	Somepeople still sporadically ask for the dorms...
15:15	Carl Metropolitan	If you are looking for land in Caledon, emailing Desmond Shang is best.
15:16	Carl Metropolitan	There is land here starting at about 495L$ per week for a 512m2 parcel
15:16	Wordsmith Jarvinen	Oxbridge does have dressing rooms both on sim and also over the village chat circle.
15:16	Carl Metropolitan	If you want less expensive land, you can look in the classifieds, or become a premium member and get land on the mainland.
15:17	Ñ‚Î±â„“Ä±Î·Î± â„œoÑ•Ñ” (talina718)	ok
15:17	Carl Metropolitan	I'd recommend Lindal Kid's "How to Rend & Buy Land in SL" class
15:17	Carl Metropolitan	It is fridays at 5pm
15:17	Carl Metropolitan	desmondshang@gmail.com
15:18	Carl Metropolitan	That's Desmond Shang's email address if you are interested in land in Caledon.
15:18	Ñ‚Î±â„“Ä±Î·Î± â„œoÑ•Ñ” (talina718)	thank you
15:18	Carl Metropolitan	I'd have to know more about what you want and what your budget is to make better recommendations.
15:19	Badass Fae (larkylouz)	It is also possible to rent a house or cabin, rather than buying land. The prices and quality vary widely.
15:20	Ñ‚Î±â„“Ä±Î·Î± â„œoÑ•Ñ” (talina718)	a house or a cabin is preferred
15:20	Wordsmith Jarvinen	Other questions?
15:20	Carl Metropolitan	If you want to rent outside Caledon and on the mainland, I would look up Ravenglass Rentals. They have some good deals for new users.
15:21	Carl Metropolitan	Next question?
15:22	Wordsmith Jarvinen	A bit more on scheduling while questions ferment.
15:22		Carl Metropolitan sprinkles yeast on the audience.
15:22	Wordsmith Jarvinen	Samm and I have swapped our days for Wed/Thurs classes, so building on Wed, Mesh on Thursdays.
15:24	Wordsmith Jarvinen	And a possible seminar in the works for an idea on mentoring from having a product to having a viable product on the makrket -- essentially a co-op to encourage Caledon creators.
15:24	Ñ‚Î±â„“Ä±Î·Î± â„œoÑ•Ñ” (talina718)	What time of day will the mesh classes take place? And would one need to bring supplies to class for that?
15:25	Wordsmith Jarvinen	It's a concept/background class at 7pm. No supplies needed. Questions appreciated.
15:25	Badass Fae (larkylouz)	Ms. Rose, our website has a schedule of classes, as well as a catelog. http://www.caledonoxbridge.org/class_schedule.php
15:26	Carl Metropolitan	Have any questions bubbled to the surface yet?
15:26		Badass Fae (larkylouz) starts stirring the cauldron. . .
15:26	Ñ‚Î±â„“Ä±Î·Î± â„œoÑ•Ñ” (talina718)	How does on sale things on the Market Place? How would I set that up?
15:27	Carl Metropolitan	https://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Selling-in-the-Marketplace/ta-p/700193
15:27	Carl Metropolitan	https://marketplace.secondlife.com/listing_guidelines
15:27	Carl Metropolitan	https://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Selling-objects/ta-p/700143
15:27	Carl Metropolitan	Those should cover most questions.
15:27	Ñ‚Î±â„“Ä±Î·Î± â„œoÑ•Ñ” (talina718)	ok thank you
15:28	Wordsmith Jarvinen	While Lucien no longer has time to teach "What to do in Caledon", Phrynne is going from sim to sim collecting data, and I think I've got someone lined up wiho will explore what's on the list and hold classes on it.
15:29	Thunderstone (jeffrey0thunderstone)	Sounds good. I and a half doz. people wiated for it about a month ago.
15:30	Tipper (tipperwingtips1)	That would be great.
15:30	Carl Metropolitan	That is great news.
15:31	Wordsmith Jarvinen	Questions (on Oxbridge, SL, and beyond)?
15:32	Ñ‚Î±â„“Ä±Î·Î± â„œoÑ•Ñ” (talina718)	what is this new sl I keep hearing about ? and how does it effect the current game.
15:32	Ñ‚Î±â„“Ä±Î·Î± â„œoÑ•Ñ” (talina718)	Is it something that I should worry about ?
15:33	Carl Metropolitan	SL2, also known as Project Sansar, is a next-generation virtual world platform Linden Lab is designing.
15:33	Wordsmith Jarvinen	Specifics are hard to come-by.
15:33	Thunderstone (jeffrey0thunderstone)	No. A new viewer and upgraded Avis have been anounced.
15:33	Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter)	Lost of it is speculation.
15:33	Carl Metropolitan	It is supposed to be very different from SL, and you will not be able to move inventory from SL to Sansar.
15:33	Thunderstone (jeffrey0thunderstone)	Not aware of releise date yet.
15:34	Carl Metropolitan	Sansar is also supposed to support "pocket" virtual world spaces for use by educational institutions and corporations.
15:34	Ñ‚Î±â„“Ä±Î·Î± â„œoÑ•Ñ” (talina718)	what does it mean for the current sl?
15:34	Carl Metropolitan	SL is supposed to continue in parallel.
15:34	Carl Metropolitan	After all, SL is what makes Linden Lab its money.
15:35	Carl Metropolitan	However 2/3rds of the LL resources are now devoted to Sansar.
15:35	Carl Metropolitan	Personally, I am skeptical that Linden Lab will be able to pull of Sansar. I lack confidence in the management.
15:35	Carl Metropolitan	We will see.
15:36	Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter)	Time will tell.
15:36	Ñ‚Î±â„“Ä±Î·Î± â„œoÑ•Ñ” (talina718)	How long has this project been in the works?
15:37	Carl Metropolitan	Very little news has come out about it since they announced in July of 2014
15:37	Ñ‚Î±â„“Ä±Î·Î± â„œoÑ•Ñ” (talina718)	ahh ok
15:37	Wordsmith Jarvinen	While LL has continued to develop SL, it has been done with an operating virtual world based on technology from 15 years ago.
15:37	Carl Metropolitan	Here is the original LL press release on SL2 (reproduce at my blog)
15:37	Carl Metropolitan	http://jcarlhenders.tumblr.com/post/92457387044/sl2-official-linden-lab-press-release
15:38	Badass Fae (larkylouz)	Sansar is in beta now. It is open to skilled designers atm, I believe.
15:38	Carl Metropolitan	A major difference is Sansar will not support prim-based building
15:38	Wordsmith Jarvinen	Sansar does not guarantee a backwards compatible architecture.
15:38	Carl Metropolitan	Right now, they are requiring people to build in Maya.
15:39	Badass Fae (larkylouz)	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autodesk_Maya
15:39	SimonSnow	they are so going to limit the usre base doing that
15:39	Gronk Seriman	Also SL is supposedly compatable with VR goggles. Project Sansar, they claim is being made with VR already in mind.
15:40	Ñ‚Î±â„“Ä±Î·Î± â„œoÑ•Ñ” (talina718)	Do you think its anything to worry about , I mean in regards to the surival of sl ?
15:40	Badass Fae (larkylouz)	Technology changes very fast. Always has, always will. I prefer to live in the moment rather than worry about what changes are coming down the pike. Just my take on the whole issue.
15:41	Carl Metropolitan	I am not worried.
15:41	Carl Metropolitan	Neither Caledon or Oxbridge have any plans to move to Sansar/SL2
15:41	Ñ‚Î±â„“Ä±Î·Î± â„œoÑ•Ñ” (talina718)	thats good news
15:41		Ñ‚Î±â„“Ä±Î·Î± â„œoÑ•Ñ” (talina718) smiles
15:43	SimonSnow	i have a feeling they are goign to be targetting gamers
15:43	Wordsmith Jarvinen	Current SL will soon have skeletons to rig to that have new hand and face bones, wing bones, tail bones. So many possibilities for new avatars.
15:44	SimonSnow	just a two cent obersation
15:44	Carl Metropolitan	They are very vague on what Sansar will do, so a game dev engine/platform (like Crysys) makes as much sense as anything else.
15:45	Ñ‚Î±â„“Ä±Î·Î± â„œoÑ•Ñ” (talina718)	crysys?
15:45	Wordsmith Jarvinen	A game-oriented physics engine.
15:45	Badass Fae (larkylouz)	Many folks question the changing focus that is a part of dealing with Linden Labs. Their direction is not always consistent, and rarely what the SL community has in mind for itself, assuming such a community could come to consensus.
15:46	Brian (mannadrop)	I am told that they are putting much effort into courting business partners as a virtual business meeting space as well
15:46	Carl Metropolitan	Larky is quite right. LL has a bad problem with making plans, sticking to them, and implementing them.
15:46	Carl Metropolitan	Very likely, Brian. They want it to be 2006 again :)
15:47		Ñ‚Î±â„“Ä±Î·Î± â„œoÑ•Ñ” (talina718) laughs
15:48	Brian (mannadrop)	We have been seeing an influx of Teacher/student activity lately in Oxbridge. thought I am not sure what the course of study is
15:48	Carl Metropolitan	We have a reputation as a good place for educators to bring students to show them how SL works.
15:49	Badass Fae (larkylouz)	Many colleges seem to offer classes in virtual worlds. Some instructors contact us first, but many just send their students with various assignments.
15:49	Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter)	And sometimes they are not aware of the avatar limits when they bring whole classes here
15:50	Ñ‚Î±â„“Ä±Î·Î± â„œoÑ•Ñ” (talina718)	limits? what sort of limits would one have?
15:50	Carl Metropolitan	We are limited to 20 avatars on the sim.
15:50	Carl Metropolitan	Usually that is never an issue
15:50	Ñ‚Î±â„“Ä±Î·Î± â„œoÑ•Ñ” (talina718)	oh
15:50	Ñ‚Î±â„“Ä±Î·Î± â„œoÑ•Ñ” (talina718)	ok
15:50	Carl Metropolitan	Large classes are held off Oxbrdige (like this one) so we don't overburden the sim
15:51	Wordsmith Jarvinen	Although, we've hit that limit a couple of times in the last week or so.
15:51	Ñ‚Î±â„“Ä±Î·Î± â„œoÑ•Ñ” (talina718)	do you have script limits as well
15:52	Carl Metropolitan	Not usually
15:52	Carl Metropolitan	If someone is doing something that is really taxing sim resouces someone will talk tot them.
15:52	Wordsmith Jarvinen	Prim limits. One quarter that of a full sim -- 3750.
15:53	Ñ‚Î±â„“Ä±Î·Î± â„œoÑ•Ñ” (talina718)	like my hud for example
15:53	Ñ‚Î±â„“Ä±Î·Î± â„œoÑ•Ñ” (talina718)	I count my scripts before hosting at Franks jazz
15:53	Ñ‚Î±â„“Ä±Î·Î± â„œoÑ•Ñ” (talina718)	it helps with lag
15:54	Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter)	LIndal's classes often fill the sim to the capacity
15:54	Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter)	However, today it happened prior to Cymbal's class
15:54	Ñ‚Î±â„“Ä±Î·Î± â„œoÑ•Ñ” (talina718)	if its full , do you then limit script count per person
15:55	Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter)	No new people can get in.
15:55	Ñ‚Î±â„“Ä±Î·Î± â„œoÑ•Ñ” (talina718)	like under 50
15:55	Ñ‚Î±â„“Ä±Î·Î± â„œoÑ•Ñ” (talina718)	or under 100
15:56	Wordsmith Jarvinen	Script count simply hasn't been an issue.
15:56		Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) still remebers a hairdo with a script per strand of hair...
15:57	Wordsmith Jarvinen	It may be that the avatar limit is normally a sufficient constraint on scripts.
15:57	Carl Metropolitan	Any final questions? It is nearly four pm.
15:58	Ñ‚Î±â„“Ä±Î·Î± â„œoÑ•Ñ” (talina718)	next time maybe , I believe I had the floor most of the time .
15:58	Ñ‚Î±â„“Ä±Î·Î± â„œoÑ•Ñ” (talina718)	sorry for that
15:58	Carl Metropolitan	That is quite alright.
15:58	Wordsmith Jarvinen	Not a problem.
15:58	Carl Metropolitan	Thank you all for coming.
15:58	Ñ‚Î±â„“Ä±Î·Î± â„œoÑ•Ñ” (talina718)	have a good night
15:59	Carl Metropolitan	We will see you next Sunday, and no doubt before that down at Oxbridge.
15:59	Tipper (tipperwingtips1)	Thank you.
15:59	Gronk Seriman	Thank you, Chancellors!
15:59	Carl Metropolitan	Goodnight
15:59	Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter)	Okay, trying to get some sleep now. Epnhasis on "try"...