Now who doesn’t want to be paid linden dollars just for exploring Second Life? It’s better than a 2L$ per 10 minutes camping since it’s like 1L$ per 2 minutes. It’s better than just staying in one place and get yourself bored. Most of all, you’ll see new places you did not know exists in SL.

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It’s almost the end of September and a lot of ways to make money in Second Life. That’s not just through networks, surveys, affiliate programs and businesses in-world but also through the web. One way of course, is through Chino Yray dot com.

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Those Lovely Kimonos

I assume Artesia B is Japanese for almost everything in her blog is about Kimonos (well almost) and everything Japanese. It’s really nice to see another Asian (assuming she’s asian) doing good in Second Life through blogging. I am not really interested to Kimonos but my wife will definitely check Artesia B’s blog from time to time because of that.

Going back in time

When I first started my Second Life, I was a Victorian. Cynara and I always visit Caledon especially when buying Victorian Clothes. Also, Cynara works as a model for a Victorian Shop back then. Now this man, Dr. Rafael Fabre is one hell of a roleplayer and knows a lot through Steampunk era. Almost every post he have in his blog is about the period. (no off-topic posts at least) What impresses me most is his research skills (unless that is a fictional character) in terms of finding people who lived in the Victorian Period.

I also think that this interesting blog about Antiquity is from Dr. Rafael Fabre as well. So check them out.

One hell of a Machinima maker

I think I can still continue our machinima music video. Especially after seeing this blog of CodeBastard Redgrave. Her machinimas are great and most of the time featured in the SL Insider. She created a nice and user-friendly MachinimaCam to make your shooting a lot easier. So if you’re interested in making Machinimas just like I do, subscribe to her blog as well.

General SL Blog?

I really don’t know what’s the focus of this blog, Second Life Snippets. But they surely got my attention with this kind of Advertising (as they say) although I think of it as an attack. Another post that caught my attention is about SL’s Support. It feels good whenever people appreciate you with what you do. Why do I fell that way? I’ve been part of Level-Up games, an online game publisher here in our country, for 2 years and it’s a rare occasion that you’ll hear or read from someone that they appreciate what you’ve done. Moving on…

I didn’t know that!

This is not about that show from National Geographic Channel. It’s about a blogger’s community in SL. Yes! I’ve been encouraging people to blog about Second Life as a way for them to earn linden dollars and make money and finally, a blogger’s network for SL. Well, they don’t have their own domain yet and still hosted at Google Groups but most of all, I love it when people of the same interest will have a connection in some way. I didn’t even know that they meet. So kudos!

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It may sound freaky and scary for those who want a private Second Life but it’s not scary at all. Well, if you don’t use it for spying. However, you can also use this tool I am going to write for detecting if someone’s spying on you. (or just near you)

Know who’s near you with the Mystitool

If you’re a paranoid individual like me because you know that anyone can just pan their camera and see what you’re doing inside your house (especially if you’re with a partner… LOL) then definitely you will need the Mystitool. As you can see in the picture above, it detects every avatar within my 96m radius. Yes, it’s radius so it is a maximum of 192m perimeter.

It’s also good when you are shopping with someone and you are waiting for the whole screen to rez. How, you know where your company is, if he/she is beside you already or somewhere else.

Also a flight assist, and those stuff you might need

At a price of 350L$ linden dollars, this is the cheapest menu driven flight assist (enables you to fly faster or slower than normal and go beyond 200m above the sky), detection tool, and almost all those features you might need. Not to mention, it has voice commands. You can command the Mystitool through voice. Cool huh?

So if you want to get yourself your own mystitool here.

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A group of Final Fantasy 7 fans, have re-created the renown city of Midgar, and are currently role playing there. You can go from anywhere from the church in the slums or the Mako reactors, which is where the original story began. Now they are on my pages for this sponsored ReviewMe review.

Relive you Final Fantasy 7 dream

Back in 1997, Square Co. (now Square Enix) introduced to the world a new adventure of great summons, magic in the form of materia, Genova, Cloud and Sephiroth. Now after 10 years of Final Fantasy 7 we can now play and be part of Gaia along the high technology country of Midgar in the life beyond reality, Second Life.

Role-playing and Midgar

If you’re new to the idea of Role-playing or RPing, Midgar helps you as well to find your place in this sim. Once getting there, they will automatically give you the rules, regulations, what to do and what not to do and will offer tools for your Role-playing needs including a free RPTool and free stuff to get you started.

I myself have been playing in Midgar some months ago being a Shin-Ra cadet and a Midgar citizen. I got a free standard issue Titan Industries gun for joining Shin-Ra. Shin-Ra give weapons to their new members I just don’t know about the other groups like A.V.A.L.A.N.C.H.E. and the others. However, I already left Shin-Ra and Midgar some months ago because of player attitudes and the domination of furries. (Not being a furry racist but the world of Final Fantasy is not dominated by furries in their canon) I visited Midgar and found a lot of new stuff today.

The system - FFRC for your HP, MP and materia

The FFRC is a must and a requirement if you want to RP in Midgar. It’s the blood of roleplaying there since it is your HP, MP and Materia slots.

What you see is the new FFRC for the gunner type. I’m more into guns than being a fighter with swords and caster with staff. Although, if you prefer more materia slots, you should get the caster FFRC and Fighter FFRC if you want more HP.

Now, if you want to know more about Midgar in SL, you can visit them in-world here.

And always remember, have fun!

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We can’t deny that one way of earning more linden dollars is to invest on businesses in Second Life especially when you are not able to build your own business. SL Capital Exchange is not new in the stocks exchange industry since it was formerly known as AVIX. However, this time, with JTFinancial’s banking sytem merged to AVIX to become SLCAPEX (SL Capital Exchange), they have to be good enough to bring back the trust of residents to the banking and stock exchange industry. So now comes another ReviewMe review after just getting one from a bank.

Virtual Stock exchange can make you linden dollars

Buying and selling stocks is where the game is. You make more lindens when you buy a share and sell it to a higher price. I myself doesn’t have any idea how a stock exchange work 4 months ago, but in the process, since it’s very easy to learn, spending some time on the trades will definitely makes the system more familiar and easy to use.

The graphs and numbers may look overwhelming especially if it’s your first time to see one, but these numbers and graphs are your friends for having a successful trade to make more linden dollars instead of losing.

One thing I noticed as well in SLCAPEX is that they only have few companies listed on the trading room unlike WSE (World Stock Exchange). This is because SLCAPEX REALLY review those who wants to use their system before putting them in the IPO wherein some “companies” listed doesn’t really exist in-world. In short, some companies listed back then are FAKE. The few companies listed in SLCAPEX is a good sign for me that they do really research on the companies first before people can invest from them. 

The banking industry is still alive!

In the past, we’ve seen some banks fail for having such high interest rates on cash balances, ranging from 0.1% to 0.2%. Now, SL Capex also hits the spot of high interest rates but since they are backed up by a well known stock exchange system, I cannot say if they are too good to be true.

SLCAPEX’s current interest rate is at 0.12% daily.

How can they afford such high interest?

According to their FAQ…

The interest rate we pay is determined based on the returns of our investments, and the rate of deposits isn’t how the interest rate is financed.
The radical growth in SL makes the interest rate possible.
We have the interest rate set based on the success of our investments, and constantly monitor our accounting to determine what we can afford to pay.
Eventually growth will saturate and we’ll have to lower the interest rate to match market conditions.
People are buying SL property and products at a fantastic rate, and the growth is simply amazing. This growth is what makes our high, daily compounded interest rate possible. We recognize that radical growth can’t last forever, but we are doing the prudent thing: facilitating and riding that growth while monitoring our business carefully.

I do agree with the radical growth of SL but still, with the past events on the banking industry, a high interest rate can be very doubtful.

You can check out SLCAPEX’s HQ in-world here.

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Because of my busy life (both Second and first), I don’t have time to take photos of Cynara or myself for our own vanity purposes. So instead of practicing my real life photography skills in Second Life, we went to a studio so that they do the job of taking photos for us. Netrosanct Studios took the job and instead of me paying them, they even paid me to do this review.

They only make good photos not miracles

The first thing I noticed in their studio is the words… “We take beautiful pics… but we can’t do miracles!” Honestly, that line is kind of hilarious and makes sense. Beauty may be subjective and based on personal opinion, however, there are times that even if the Photographer is very skilled and good at his/her craft, if the subject is way far behind “that” line, even the world’s best photographer can’t do anything about it. I for one had a shoot before, but because for some reason only them can explain, even how many time I photoshop the photos, I can’t make them beautiful unless they improve their shapes.

It’s not just about good angles

Many have tried, but only a few succeeded. As a photographer myself, even if the angle looks good, if the lightings, shadows and composition do not compliment with each other, you cannot make a good shot. Netrosanct Studios use the popular N30 Photo Studio and the Snaps are then processed through Photoshop by himself, Arj Friedkin, owner of Netrosanct Studios. Photoshop is very essential in making good pictures for you Second Life. The default snaps really doesn’t satisfy the artistic eye or if you want to look artistic in some way. By this, Netrosanct guarantees that you deserve the best photos for your SL.

If you want to order a photo session with Netrosanct Studios, you may do so by visiting them here. (SLURL)

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The banking industry of Second Life has been shaky because of what happened to Ginko. Others attempt to be different and some new banks think of new ways to attract new depositors. I think SlamX really wants to be different in attracting depositors for they got a sponsored review.

Still very new

The hardest thing to get new depositors for a bank is when they are still very new. SlamX is new to the industry. The are still in Pre-launching which was announced just a week ago. However, they offer to give advices and are ready to answer questions through their forums. (sign-up first before posting some questions away.)

The bait

SlamX is currently giving free 50L$ when you sign-up. This is what makes them sound too good to be true. Another is, they offer a referral system, where they give you another 50L$ linden dollars for every individual you invite to SlamX. A lot will bite the 50L$ free for signing up but is there a catch? There’s a confusing membership levels. You can only withdraw a limited amount of money per week depending on what level of membership you have. Sign-up and get free 50L$ here.

What makes it confusing is, this memberships are not easily accessible from their site but luckily I found them here.

Membership levels

In order to increase your withdrawal limit, you should have a minimum amount of deposit per level. The levels are bronze, silver, gold and platinum. There are also different privileges and offers that you can get once you reach a certain level of membership. I myself don’t like this membership levels but this is one way of securing that they have enough money to liquidate the withdrawals made.  The details on the membership levels and how to get them is on this page.

Withdrawals are given manually

I still haven’t experience making a withdrawal from them (the 50L$ they gave me for signing up) but it seems they will process them manually. I don’t advise this. The manual processing is a turn off. The withdrawal limits are already imposed then you will still have to wait for them to process a withdrawal. They may be excused for being new in the industry but there are no excuses if other people’s money is involved. SlamX should have automated the process already. If they are serious on their banking business, they should improve their system soon.

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