• Stylish

    Thinking again but an old thought new way of spreading the idea

    Don’t scream at me its just a thought :P.

    In RL many many industries have accreditation, meaning that they ‘shouldn’t’ not can’t, operate under the banner of being that profession without it. Now that kind of thing of course gets abused just as much as anything, meaning people fake accreditation and what not.

    But in many ways its a valuable thing to be under that kind of banner, its a safeguard, kind of like ‘some’ unions – again don’t scream because in my country ‘some’ of our unions are good lol.

    Anyway a few months back, I was in a group that was trying to fix things with theft and the idea of accrediting came up, and I as usual ran off at the mouth with a billion ideas in less than 5 seconds – yes Efe, I didn’t breathe :P.

    There are ways to do this, a few actually, and without necessarily having allot of elitist wah wah stuff going on.

    What if there was an agreed upon logo for instance, and to get the logo for your store you had to be deemed theft free by a panel of members – remember this is just me spouting ideas .

    Now thing is and this one is actually bigger than individual stores, in many situations of theft in the past, when the person stealing rented space, people have contacted the landlords and said ‘blah blah blah ‘ and the response has more times than not been ‘I don’t care ‘ .

    Why don’t they care, easy they make rent from that one store.

    BUT, what if the land was approved, what if the sim owner was approved as being totally co-operative to ‘NO STOLEN GOODS ‘, what if that the terms of being approved by the ‘theft free group’ was that no ifs and or buts , you returned the renters items and they had no store .

    Now in my mind that would generate big things for that land owner

    1. People would want to rent there, with the absolute knowledge that no one is going to set up a store next to them with stolen product and if they do it will be dealt with straight away.

    2. The land owner could advertise their mall/renters as a “Clean Environment’ meaning customers are going to want to shop there, again knowing they wont come across stores of stolen merchandise .

    Now those two reasons alone would pay more than one thieves rent in my mind, because eventually what would happen is that the booming malls/store area’s would be the ones that people once they are aware of this ‘banner’ so to speak, would want to shop at those locations, people that rent would look for spaces also under those banners, and people that are prone to selling stolen content would eventually have less spaces to rent at.

    Ok so then you think yes but most of them own sims, but again the first theory, the sim couldn’t and wouldnt be approved if there was any stolen content on it, and if any was reported then bam kicked no longer acrredited.

    But again you say lol – don’t you love my conversation with you ๐Ÿ˜› – what if they were accredited and then went on to steal, well thats the tricky part and something that would mean a good amount of people would have to be willing to do this in the first place.

    A website could be set up to list all locations accredited, and there would have to be some sort of ban list stating accreditation has been pulled. No that wouldn’t be a witch hunt or some kind of flaming, it would be pure and simple such and such location is no longer accredited, and of course somehow that would need to be absolutely worked out how , maybe the banner wouldn’t even exist in world, maybe it would purely be site worthy. SO rather than banning them they just wouldnt appear on the site anymore, again this is all just ideas running through my mind.

    A site compiled of all theft free sims and stores , and then its up to the individuals to use that how they will, I know I personally would love a site filled with slurls to just click and tp and find that nothing there would be stolen or reselling of anothers work – by that I mean freebies that you didn’t make yourself as there is still allot of that that happens, and I have a few friends that totally freak out and won’t shop in those stores, and fair enough for them to make that decision for themselves.

    Now then you think, well what if a store is accredited but they rent at many spaces, then people would see the sign in their store, well thats up to the individual shopper and the actual store really , but again don’t you think that eventually stores would pack up from malls and rental locations if their landlords weren’t willing to support the fight against theft ?.

    The thing is too that many are starting to stick to the absolute no way no how theft free stores, big stores that have complete sims or space, and they have enough incredible items, that people don’t need the stress of shopping anywhere else. Again great safety in that , you know you wont find stolen items there, and you shop happy.

    But what about those starting out , the people that have a few little locations spread out over SL and its going to take time to build up their products and reputation, they deserve a chance to be seen, well again , if those people find out there are places to rent that absolutely guarantee that the land will stay theft free, well by renting there they will be seen by all the shoppers that will want to visit those locations.

    Ok I am so repeating myself I know it, but all is fair and good being a theft free store YAY YOU, but if the location you are at doesn’t support you in that, then you are struggling up a very big mountain, and there are sooo many that want to help lighten that load.

    If nothing like this actually gets done, think about it as a landlord yourself, what can you do to ensure the well being of your renters and your own sim.

    Ok I rambled, I think I just want to see some signs when I land somewhere I have never been, that assures me I’m not going to deal with the pain of shopping in three stores; get to the fourth and finding it full of theft :o( , because then unfortunatly for those three great places, I will mark that sim off my need to continue shopping at memory bank.

    Ok again a site or group doesn’t need to even happen, if you own land and you rent spaces and you agree that no way is there ever going to be stolen content on your land, then let us know, let us reward that passion for a theft free SL by wanting to shop at your locations รขโ„ขยฅ

    xox Sasy xox

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  • Stylish

    Fundraiser for the cyclone survivors of Myanmar/Burma and the earthquake victims in China

    Location is HERE

    Who:
    Fundraiser for the cyclone survivors of Myanmar/Burma and the earthquake victims in China.

    TODAY :
    Sunday, June 1st, 2008, 12PM SLT

    Where :
    HERE

    ~*What*~
    We are holding a fundraiser event, Sunday June 1st, from 12pm SLT until 2pm SLT for the cyclone victims of Myanmar and the Earthquake survivors of China. All items for sale have been kindly donated for the fundraiser and ALL proceeds will go to the Red Cross divisions in Myanmar and China. Donated items include everything from shoes to clothes to jewelry!
    If you wish to just donate we will have a donation kiosk setup at the teleport site as well. Please join us for a great cause to give these people a chance at survival during these very difficult times. Every Linden helps! ๐Ÿ™‚

    We’ll be having a party from 12pm to 2pm and all the items up for sale will be up all day, so come on over & check out whats available.

    Video footage:
    Myanmar/Burma:
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=ByUfltgvxHk
    China:
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=7HtjSqdAOtk
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=bLnlZgIewzc

    ~*Participants (list is growing.. :)*~
    Polly Pavlova
    Krell Shinohara
    Ryoma Sautereau
    Mikido Yoshikawa
    Casper Dionne
    Bryce Tully
    Tomoyuki Batra
    Genie Lassard
    Kuranosuke Kamachi
    Xadie Katscher
    Wicked Resistance

  • Stylish

    Waves her Flag – or part of at least :P

    So I am always saying things are fated when I blog lol, and seriously yesterday was another of those strange stepping stone moments.

    I had seen a blog post from someone on the feed about skin the other day, and yesterday in group IM someone asked about the hair from that pic , I asked in Fashion Emergency and no one knew, so then I conferenced and got the answer, deciding that I hadn’t been to that store yet, I dragged Fia over with me.

    Then decided to go look at the actual skin, so tpd off again, after grabbing some demos, I jumped the wall- literaly- and landed in a really yummy build and smashed a scooter into the sim line lol. Then Fia found a stump, a tree stump he thought was fabu, so we tpd to that store, then once I got there I realised that the store wasnt the main – not in picks why arent mainstores always the FIRST ? – so after much banter in voice about how we MUST go to the main lol we tpd again.

    The next build was even more incredible, I am sure many of you have already been to Isle of Tranquility , but if not you really need to, today – oh and try and go in the day time , because there is a club there so green chat spams you if you are trying to shop at night time and gets kind of hard if you are with others.

    Ok so now you know how I end up at one place ๐Ÿ˜› , its not just a tp and shop kind of deal with me, there are steps to finding the goodies lol. So every single store there had something worth seeing, buying , drooling over.

    I had the best fun too, since my new PC and the ability to walk- oh yes I can finally walk , it wasnt me after all lol – I am so in love with actually walking, after spending nearly two years cam shopping its nice strolling around , its driving Fia nuts but yeah me is enjoying it lol.

    So I got this incredible outfit called Salopette_British Punk from Ameries Naughty , ok so the funny thing is that after I shop and do what I have to do , I go to the feed and right there top of the feed is a post from Amerie herself on her new rug :O , I was like OMG had I waited an hour or so I would have had direct access lol, but then I wouldn’t have gone on my little trip around the grid lol.

    This set is just YUMMMMMMY , it has all the looks shown, and only 200L , and you know I am all for the Grey Love, but Grey and Red together OMG YUMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMY ! and to then throw in a Union Jack AND a Skully well its too much Bliss.

    The one shoulder strap overall bib style top is fab and comes on both shirt and jacket layer, the Kini/bra top is delish – again wishes matching bottoms to that – The pantaloon puffy shorts are adorable as is the tiered skirt , and I just love the shorts on their own as well , they will look fab with a blazer of some sort too.

    So then just about to pop up on the stand and a Fash Con notice drops down for Couture Chapeau and its instant love for the Carrie Fedora, but as most hats have to go somewhere, I IM’d the creator Chigadee London and asked where it attached, unfortunatly it was the chin and as my hair roses go there I said Poop! lol. But Chigadee was so lovely and attached it to the mouth for me and delivered it YAY – yeah yeah its not that I couldnt do that, but unfortunatly when you re attach hats, they never sit exactly how intentioned if you arent sure of the exact placement in the first place.

    So now I was most of the way there. Putting on my new incredible outfit and hat , with the scripted sizing thing – is great for hats – I looked at my colour pallette and prayed what I wanted had those colours, and sure enough Tesla Athena opentoed ankle boots had the perfect match with the Dark Heart combination WOOOHOOO.

    Diving into my skins I came out with the Arcane Liquid Skin in Vivid Ruby Make up and omg Purrfect , but now there was a gap from cleavage to head and I needed something there that wasnt too ostentatious, I grabbed my Byzantine Choker from Essentia and the beautiful prim work and divine dark silver just worked wonderfully well.

    The hair, opting for a straight style as it woudl fit neater under the hat, is the Sweet Violet hair from FFS, that I did have to do some adjusting too, but YAY for Copy and YAY for Mod hair , sighs thinking how that might change soon :o(.

    So you see the outcome and you need to show the love , so off you go and have an incredible day shopping, and enjoying hopefully the beautiful build of Isle of Tranquility.

    Ameries Naughty
    Couture Chapeau
    Arcane @ Truth
    Tesla
    Essentia
    FFS

    Always thankful for:

    Essentia for my Beautiful Hair Roses and Jewelry many pieces of which I have watched being made, and had the pleasure of wearing first as they are custom fit to my shape-I’m blessed.

    Nuclear Boutique for my lovely Lashes that I wear when I think of it and because Ari is awesome.

    My Posestand is by VR Fetish/Fashion and also available on OnRez HERE!, not only does it have hide/show, but also has 3 options for changing poses, lights built in you command on/off in chat, and it rezzes a prim sphere around you that allows you to turn your camera 360 degrees and take pics without moving your stand, the sphere also changes colour on chat command too, its brilliant!.

    My eyes which I get complimented on all the time are from Minnu Model Skins the MMS Green which I love.

    Poses and Stands always used by me while taking pics, even if some end up on cutting room floor:
    Maitreya
    Digital Dragon Designs
    Pixeldolls Empire Dress AO poses
    Happy Dispatch
    Juicy
    Grapevine
    Poseur
    [LAP] Long Akward Pose
    ANIMAH
    Ana Lu Fresh Poses
    Naughty Neko Designs