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Affinity · 11-20-2009, 10:31 AM

I joke sometimes about being an SL tour guide. I meet lots of people while enjoying my SL time and I take them to some of my favorite locations and often they are like wow I never knew this was here! So if you were an SL tour guide showing around a group of newer residents what places might you take them and also brag on your favorite spot in SL. Pictures are encouraged!

Sveid Heidenstam · 11-20-2009, 11:44 AM

Insilico is always mentioned in threads such as this, but it quite frankly deserves it. I'm certain I could name a few others well worth visiting, but my mind is elsewhere at the moment.

Tyche Shepherd · 11-20-2009, 12:02 PM

I found the Frideswide region today and posted about it here BBC asks What happened to Second Life? but this is a much more suitable thread.

It's an Oxford University* project to show life in the trenches in the Great War with audio archives from veterans and war poets poems . Very well done and an excellent use of archive material - It relies a lot on audio material so ensure your sound is on .

* St Frideswide is the patron saint of Oxford - An Anglo-Saxon princess who was saved from rape when her assailant was struck blind

Ingrid Ingersoll · 11-20-2009, 12:15 PM

I love these threads. Here's one of my favourites...The Linden Welcome Area in Violet.

Kyllie Wylie · 11-20-2009, 12:36 PM

few asian ones I like,

Kowloon - urban Hong Kong sim based on the .hack game

Japan Dream Kenjin - extremely detailed reproduction of a 60's Japanese fishing village.

Japan Tempura - Awesome garden sim with lots of poseballs scattered around. great for taking snaps

Harajukubox - a mall but well made and cool just to wander around in

The Hosoi sims - great reproduction of Edo period Japan over 7 or 8 sims. very well made with great detail has everything from rice fields to castles to a reproduction of the great wall of china.

Kay Penberg · 11-20-2009, 05:26 PM

Not my actual favourite, but an extremely good one is Dinosaurs Park, here:

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Dinosaurs%20Park/12/132/23

It's like the movie Jurassic Park, with laboratories, eating areas, etc. Just like in the film. It has very interesting door mechanisms, some of which need a pass (free to get, as far as I could tell). There are platform lifts (or elevators), which are amusing on the downward journey if you have long, flexible hair. And clever use of sounds throughout. There is also a duplicate base-area, but which is damaged and disused. There, the door mechanisms have been designed to appear quirky, and the audio welcome message warbles as if the tape is warped. Very clever.

In terms of actual area, I suspect it is not very big, but the way it is designed makes it very easy to become turned around and lost. I wandered around for an hour, marvelling at the sights, and I don't think I saw it all. There is an underground deserted home of cave people, an amusing pair of velociraptors who discuss your imminent demise, and a number of areas where it is easy to become trapped. I got out of all of those bar the underwater control room - if anyone knows the solution to that, please pass it on.

All in all, it has a claustrophobic atmosphere, which was made all the more menacing by there being someone there whose avatar was that of a dinosaur. Very creepy, in a nice sort of way. I can't recommend it enough.

Vialli Rossini · 11-28-2009, 02:24 PM

Visited this place today- what a cool build. Three Sims of great content. The creators have put a whole lot of effort into this.
They have a lot of advertising posters for Blue Mars dotted about and an interesting Flag which has a dig at the Lindens......very curious!

More info and pics HERE
Slurl For Rune http://slurl.com/secondlife/RUNE/97/14/59

Lalo Telling · 11-28-2009, 02:32 PM

My two current favorites are at opposite ends of the fantasy/reality spectrum.

Pteron

Mont Saint-Michel

Natsuki Morigi · 11-29-2009, 05:43 AM

you all show some great sims and many of my favorites .
I would also show :

Immersiva Sim by Bryn Oh

also: Yamato of Japan, even if you dont like warships the detail and build is fantastic

and one more:
Templum ex Obscurum which has wonderful mood and lighting.

11-20-2009, 10:31 AM	#1 (permalink)
Affinity Practicing Aischrolatrist Under used alter ego Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 692 My Mood:	Tell us about your favorite sim or spot on the grid! I joke sometimes about being an SL tour guide. I meet lots of people while enjoying my SL time and I take them to some of my favorite locations and often they are like wow I never knew this was here! So if you were an SL tour guide showing around a group of newer residents what places might you take them and also brag on your favorite spot in SL. Pictures are encouraged!

11-20-2009, 11:44 AM	#2 (permalink)
Sveid Heidenstam The Corruption Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 352 My Mood: SLShopper Ads: 7 SL Join Date: 20/06/2006 Business: Doomed Ship	Insilico is always mentioned in threads such as this, but it quite frankly deserves it. I'm certain I could name a few others well worth visiting, but my mind is elsewhere at the moment. __________________ Sic Gorgiamus Allos Subjectatos Nunc Doomed Ship - SL's largest, most detailed and immersive sci-fi/horror build.

11-20-2009, 12:02 PM	#3 (permalink)
Tyche Shepherd Fortuna vitrea est Warming her pearls Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: UK Posts: 5,833 My Mood: SL Join Date: 26th April 2007 Awards: 1	I found the Frideswide region today and posted about it here BBC asks What happened to Second Life? but this is a much more suitable thread. It's an Oxford University* project to show life in the trenches in the Great War with audio archives from veterans and war poets poems . Very well done and an excellent use of archive material - It relies a lot on audio material so ensure your sound is on . * St Frideswide is the patron saint of Oxford - An Anglo-Saxon princess who was saved from rape when her assailant was struck blind __________________ Vanguard of the LolCatz Revolution This Post was financed by The National LolCatz Archives Clancy Sullivan :Yeah. YEAH! The sultry seamstress of mirth is definitely in charge now. Certified 7.8 on the Official Non-Arbitrary Trout Algorithmic Slut scale A public copy of my Second Life Main Grid Survey Database can be found at http://www.gridsurvey.com - Now with added Second Life Incidents !!

11-28-2009, 02:24 PM	#7 (permalink)
Vialli Rossini Senior Member Here! Join Date: May 2008 Location: UK Posts: 111 My Mood:	Visited this place today- what a cool build. Three Sims of great content. The creators have put a whole lot of effort into this. They have a lot of advertising posters for Blue Mars dotted about and an interesting Flag which has a dig at the Lindens......very curious! More info and pics HERE Slurl For Rune http://slurl.com/secondlife/RUNE/97/14/59 __________________

11-28-2009, 02:32 PM	#8 (permalink)
Lalo Telling Feline Inner Core Virtual archaeologist Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 228 My Mood: SL Join Date: 12/5/07 Business: Telling Images	My two current favorites are at opposite ends of the fantasy/reality spectrum. Pteron Mont Saint-Michel __________________ Telling: Like it Is

11-20-2009, 12:15 PM	#4 (permalink)
Ingrid Ingersoll Archived Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 48	I love these threads. Here's one of my favourites...The Linden Welcome Area in Violet.

11-20-2009, 05:26 PM	#6 (permalink)
Kay Penberg Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 11	Not my actual favourite, but an extremely good one is Dinosaurs Park, here: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Dinosaurs%20Park/12/132/23 It's like the movie Jurassic Park, with laboratories, eating areas, etc. Just like in the film. It has very interesting door mechanisms, some of which need a pass (free to get, as far as I could tell). There are platform lifts (or elevators), which are amusing on the downward journey if you have long, flexible hair. And clever use of sounds throughout. There is also a duplicate base-area, but which is damaged and disused. There, the door mechanisms have been designed to appear quirky, and the audio welcome message warbles as if the tape is warped. Very clever. In terms of actual area, I suspect it is not very big, but the way it is designed makes it very easy to become turned around and lost. I wandered around for an hour, marvelling at the sights, and I don't think I saw it all. There is an underground deserted home of cave people, an amusing pair of velociraptors who discuss your imminent demise, and a number of areas where it is easy to become trapped. I got out of all of those bar the underwater control room - if anyone knows the solution to that, please pass it on. All in all, it has a claustrophobic atmosphere, which was made all the more menacing by there being someone there whose avatar was that of a dinosaur. Very creepy, in a nice sort of way. I can't recommend it enough.

11-29-2009, 05:43 AM	#9 (permalink)
Natsuki Morigi Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Tokyo ,Japan Posts: 74 My Mood: SL Join Date: 7 April 2007	you all show some great sims and many of my favorites . I would also show : Immersiva Sim by Bryn Oh also: Yamato of Japan, even if you dont like warships the detail and build is fantastic and one more: Templum ex Obscurum which has wonderful mood and lighting. __________________ Avatars united profile: http://www.avatarsunited.com/avatars/natsuki-morigi

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