Since I did originally commission this build and 2...

2005-11-11T07:41:00.000-08:00

Since I did originally commission this build and 2 others by Lordfly, allow me to comment. Originally, Lordfly's concept was three stone houses, all different, all treating the problems of how to stay on untampered waterfront. I was obsessive with my first sim and refused to terraform it or remove trees from its original pristine "nature" (or at least "Nature" as defined by Eric Linden). I even made Lordfly build over trees, and carefully plucked out each one. The ground remained "as is" which was an excellent sculpture in itself of little eddies and stones and sun reflections happening, usually not seen in Linden sims these days, as they just don't have the time they used to have to make these sims works of art.

I love looking at this remaining building too, and am very glad it remains as a testament to the original vision. The problem is that the person doesn't live in it. That may due to just not being in SL any more, but in fact I think she is, so I do wonder: can you live in architectural sculptures?

The first buyer of the second Lordfly home fell in love with the stone and the lines but felt compelled to modify it with terraces and pools -- many are not content to live on waterfront itself but still want an artificial pool. This house was sold eventually at an excellent price, but curiously, the next owner opted simply to pocket it and put out a prefab. This reality of simkind always perplexes me, but unless I was to maintain authoritarian rule over Ravenglass and *make* people stay in the houses there, I couldn't really intervene.

Then there was the third house which never sold. It was too hard to enter -- the door was hard to find, the ceiling low, the rooms not tintable. I loved this house and even refrained from selling the land just to keep that house on there for the longest time. Finally, I realized I was subsidizing a museum for a sculpture, not helping a residential zoned sim. Reluctantly, I inventoried it, then later modified it with tinting where it rented on another sim.

I'm surprised that house is still up. I built it o...

2005-10-30T20:57:00.000-08:00

I'm surprised that house is still up. I built it over a year ago for Prok's Ravenglass project. Good to know it's still out there. I see the other two homes have since been removed, if I'm not mistaken.

thanks for reviewing it :)

--Lordfly Digeridoo

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Since I did originally commission this build and 2...

I'm surprised that house is still up. I built it o...