SOLD! Caledon Mayfair Parcel Available

This property has been sold. Thank you.

I am selling the parcel rights to my lovely little lot and original Caledon land in charming Caledon Mayfair...

The lot is at #5 Lemon Street and Green, next to the rail tracks and down the way from the Connolly Aerodrome and Penzance. The neighbors in Mayfair are friendly and quiet and it has been quite a nice place to have a small shop.

I am selling it for $7364L, which is original price I purchased the land rights for from the Guvnah and it has 70 days rent included. You will continue to pay tier (375L/wk) to him. It is a 1024 lot with 234 prims available and if you would like to have the shop building, I will be more than happy to include it. It was a wonderful Caledon starter property for me and I hope it will be for the next resident as well! Click HERE if you would like to visit and see the property.

Please feel free to contact me inworld via IM or notecard if you are interested. Thank you!

Positively Caledon

To me, the Guvnah's Mansion in Victoria City is like visiting the true heart of this nation. For anyone who has never visited it, you can find models and maps of the nation's regions and other Caledon-related things there. I stood in the middle of a large map of the southern sims, complete with its terrain and thought about Caledon itself...
In light of the recent announcements, there has been much anxiety. How will Caledon's landscape and its culture be affected? The simple answer is that it will change. The harder answer is trying to predict what exactly those changes will truly be in the long run. But as citizens, we must rest assured...a community is made of its people--and we are what helps to make a nation in the end. I dare say this in light of so many folks' disappointments and feelings of anger and do believe me when I say I am truly sorry that this has all happened...but we were once smaller as a nation and were fine. If our nation becomes smaller once more, then so be it. It has all been done, and unless the powers-that-be change their mind (which I sincerely doubt) then we must let go and move forward as a nation. Keep your chin up Caledonians!

Cause and Effects

The Lindens have made their latest openspace announcement, but you almost must read the knowledge base article as well, as it has more detail. In a nutshell, they are creating a pricing tier system that splits OS sims into "openspace" and "Homesteads". OS sims are to be light-use, 750 prims, with a cap of 10 AVs. Owners can put in for their OS sims to be Homesteads for light commercial and residential use, 3750 prims and a 20 AV cap. For both, script usage restrictions are as of yet TBD. Thing is with Homesteads is that the pricing goes from $75USD to $95 as of Jan 5, but as of July 9, it'll go up to $125--the price originally proposed in the last posting that set off the furor. Owners also have the option of exchanging openspaces for full regions as well, an option being entertained by some communities.

What does this mean for communities like the sailing community and themed ones like Caledon? To me, the sailing community--for whom the open water sims have been touted--wouldn't be able to have races or regattas due to AV caps after taking into account passengers, crew and spectators. In Caledon, community events like balls and dances would be affected as well. For instance, a formal ball with only 20 avatars is the equivalent of only 10 couples dancing. Our balls tend to average 40 attendees.

I missed the latest town meeting the Guvnah held tonight, but had a chance to read a transcript and he is pondering solutions such as combining voids into full regions. Even the train that runs through most of Caledon would be affected due to its scripts, depending upon how LL decides to handle script restrictions. The landscape of Caledon as we know it will probably change. Also, even the new resident community that comes to Nova Civis Caledon for classes, resources, and events would be affected as well by this due to the avatar cap. Are we to be happy with this? Is this really okay? I don't know, it still just doesn't feel right somehow and I still wonder what the longer-term effect of this will be across the Grid.

An Evening of Meetings

I seemed to spend my evening inworld going from meeting to the next. The first was with Caledon's head librarian, Sir JJ Drinkwater, who asked me to be involved in developing an exhibit about the inspirations behind my work with an auxiliary exhibit about the work of the great couturier Charles F. Worth. It will be opening (hopefully) just before the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday and promises to be interesting...
Afterwards, I headed over to Steelhead, where--due to extreme lag tonight--the meeting was moved from Town Hall to outdoors in Boomtown, which was a rather interesting change of scenery. We were filled in on the last of the Scary Story events (tomorrow at 7, come hear!), progress on Port Harbor and the LL void sim issue. As Steelhead has no void sims, it will not be directly affected......something that was in direct contrast to the second town meeting the Guvnah held that I attended in Caledon. One again, concerned citizens had flocked to hear the news. The Guvnah was open, as always, about the nature of things and is trying his best to think of solutions in the face of this announcement. I believe it is a lot is wait and see. Yes, Caledon--like so many other themed communities--will be certainly affected, but it will not be the end of the community itself. Thanks for talking to your citizens and keeping us informed.

Miss Qinan's Rez Day

I went over to my Steelhead next door neighbor, Miss Krystine Qinan's, conservatory to dance and celebrate her first Rez Day! Congrats to you! Afterwards, I moved my meadow from Regency to Laval Point in an effort to redistribute prims and it worked. Now I can put more items up in the new shop.

A Nighttime Tour of Wyre

Duke Otenth owns a beautiful, peaceful sim called Wyre, which has a medieval, Nordic feel to it. I climbed into his carriage as he offered to give me a tour since I had never been around the lands before. We started near his home and the fairgrounds... Here is the central part with its town hall...
And across from it, a little lighthouse on an island...He showed me this gorgeous 1024 parcel high on a cliff that is available, with dramatic cliffs and ocean view--even an island stack. Wyre is quiet and beautiful and in addition to this parcel he has others available. If you are interested, do contact Otenth Paderborn inworld...