Even though I rezzed in Second Life in 2006, the first 13 years of my SLife were spent on private regions. I bought my first region in my first year, so mainland was never something I paid much attention to. I didn’t even get Premium until I got my first Bellisseria home on April 15, 2019. Ever since then, I’ve been buying mainland here and there, holding snow land, bidding on auctions trying to get beach land, all of it. I love land. I don’t always love mainland chaos, but I love nice waterfront land enough to keep dealing with it.
So when I read the post about Gaeta 1 closing, I’m not even going to lie, my first thought was where the hell is Gaeta 1? Then I kept reading and saw they’re offering size for size replacement parcels and will work with owners to find something comparable. The second I read that, I went straight over there and bought land.
If owning land there is my ticket into the new Zindra continent, then I bought my ticket and I’m ready to move.
There’s a town hall Monday, April 20 at 11am SLT, so I’m hoping they give real details then. For residents like me that can move instantly, I hope Linden Lab lets us rush in and claim spots first. I’m not going to waste anyone’s time going back and forth for weeks. Just give me what was promised, a comparable parcel. Every piece of land I bought on Gaeta 1 is waterfront, so yes, I expect waterfront back.
What makes this fun for me is I remember when Bay City launched, and I remember Horizons too, but I wasn’t Premium back then. Now I am, and I am readyyyyyyyy.
The Adult land part does not bother me at all. I’m an adult. I also don’t think everyone is about to throw up sex clubs all over the ground. I think a lot of people will do homes, gardens, cute builds, and nice parcels like anywhere else. What I do hope for is some kind of covenant. No ugly visible ban lines, no giant prim walls killing views, no trash in the sky. Let’s start this continent off right.
This is not a fashion post, but I still need to say go get the new Margot tee from ISON. I wasn’t even going to buy it until I saw they were giving a free print HUD with any color pack. The prints are cute, it got me immediately, and now I own it.
What I’m Wearing:
Truth Collective – Spring, with Truth – Trinket Bangs
Sparkle Skye – Amalie Headband
ISON – Margot Box Tee
Tres Blah – Micro Shorts
Glam Affair – Lumi (L004)
LeLutka – Billie Mesh Head
That is excellent forward thinking! Wish I would of thought of that LoL. I just hope it turns out to be fare for you.
I also like to purchase land when I can, I have some parcels in Moonitzi on Zindra, and when I heard the news, I went looking for areas that would be prime when the expansion happens. So I found a small parcel that has protected waters that will run into the expansion, at least thats my hopes. Never had mainland beach/waterfront, hoping for good boating waterways.
I wish you luck on your transition process <3 Cheyene Demure
You’re going to be holding tier on that land for two months or more, and at that town hall today, they implied they will take long-time residents first to place. They claim there’s enough waterfront to put people on comparable waterfront, but in my experience, there’s never enough.
Looking at the map now, seeing what that strange cut-off shape actually reminds me of now, I suddenly had a thought. Why don’t they just re-label all the Gaeta sims as “Adult”. It looks like an adult thing already. That way there is no moving and shoving and pushing and tiers. They have a rule that they can’t have an adult continent connected to others. But I don’t think it is. Or if it is, they can delete a few void water sims or whatever. That would be simply.
I bet this is not going to turn out to be the windfall imagined — like the original Zindra swap from any M or G sim was.
I remain an optimist!