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Rush

Tateru Nino — Mon, 19 Jun 2006 19:59:00 +0000

Well, apparently SL got some coverage in a dutch TV documentary. Orientation islands are flooded. All 15 mainland welcome areas are getting heavy traffic. A second Help Island has been opened.

It’s interesting, and no mistake Read more ...


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Bucket brigade

Tateru Nino — Sat, 15 Apr 2006 08:55:00 +0000

Well, transportation for the new residents to Help Island has been messed up by a simulator glitch.

I’m camped out on Orientation Island 14, explaining the problems to new residents, and getting a liaison to move them to Help Island to be taken care of. Not SL’s most interesting task, alt Read more ...

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Rush

Tateru Nino — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 08:01:00 +0000

Quite the rush today. It’s been hard to keep up, though it’s slowed some. On the order of 1,600 people came to SL today. They had their share of problems, and we certainly had an interesting time keeping up.

Having a grief attack on Help Island that paralyzed it for a few minutes certainl Read more ...

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Welcome to 2006

Tateru Nino — Sun, 01 Jan 2006 15:06:00 +0000

Well, it’s 2006. I got back on, and it felt so very very good.

Developed an information pack for volunters about Help Island. I’ve been orienting new volunteers and new-to-Help-Island volunteers. So far, well-received. Now all we need is another one introducing Help Island for the newbies Read more ...

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Shriners

Tateru Nino — Sat, 31 Dec 2005 00:33:00 +0000

So, I take a break from Help Island to go help one of my kids on the mainland with a build problem. One thing leads to another – you know how it is; everyone suddenly has a small query or something to show, and that’s fine. I love to help, and love to see how all my kids are getting on, if only I can find the time – and I’ Read more ...

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Fifty-Two Pickup

Tateru Nino — Tue, 27 Dec 2005 09:23:00 +0000

Whew. Help Island has been mega-busy. 12 hours today in my first session, and 52 orientations. That’s enough for a deck of cards, sans jokers.

(The jokers were there, but I don’t count them: The fellow who wouldn’t answer but walked up to me later and did some body-builder gestures at me, then wandered off and logged out Read more ...

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Mentor Jam

Tateru Nino — Mon, 26 Dec 2005 11:15:00 +0000

It’s so much fun introducing people to new ideas. SL is a new idea for most people that is in itself full of new ideas. Like a tantalising mysterious box, full of wonders.
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100K

Tateru Nino — Sat, 24 Dec 2005 01:15:00 +0000

The 100,000th resident passed through about 36 hours ago. We’ve had 1400 more since then. It’s busy. There are new folks all over, and volunteers all over.

Less fortunately, we had a sim restart on Help Island without notice. Even a fifteen-seconds-advance-notice popup would have done the trick. Instead we all get kicked out. Read more ...

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Making progress

Tateru Nino — Sun, 18 Dec 2005 00:05:00 +0000

Well, we’re making progress. More volunteers are actually coming out to the island. People are making an effort to call for replacements when they leave.

Some folks just don’t mind leaving the island unattended, even though there is never any shortage of volunteers willing to attend, regardless of how busy or quiet the island Read more ...

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Redevelopment

Tateru Nino — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 05:38:00 +0000

Well, Help Island is being rebuilt. Quite a lot of work has been done, and on the whole it’s quite pleasant. Today I took a quick flight around it and found all but one newbie paired off with a volunteer. Quite the pleasant change from the long hours I’ve spent alone with the newbies there. Not that other volunteers didn’t show Read more ...

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Help Island – Sunk

Tateru Nino — Mon, 12 Dec 2005 19:42:00 +0000

Right now a fair chunk of Help Island is underwater. Apparently some direct height-map loading went awry, submerging the land-bridges to the Orientation Islands and the sandbox, tutorial and telehub areas.

Right before the weekend, of course.

Did some emergency repaving to give us all something to stand on, rebuild the bridges, and Read more ...

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Redecoration

Tateru Nino — Sat, 03 Dec 2005 20:12:00 +0000

Well, originally I’d hoped to build a road from the Help Island sandbox out to Orientation Island 11. Newbies were faced with a barren expanse of terrain and it wasn’t easy or obvious where to go, especially since all the interesting stuff was up in the far corner next to Orientation Island 10.

Well, things got a little out of Read more ...

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Help Island – Beta

Tateru Nino — Wed, 23 Nov 2005 09:37:00 +0000

Glorious. Wonderful. Amazing.

Being able to sit down and work through an orientation without interruptions, silly-buggers, people moving vendors into your face, or getting shot in the head, shoved or pushed. Without having your newbie’s questions lost in the noise.

To be able to give Read more ...

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