JACASJOINT.COM

It always amazes me what you can find in Second Life. If you can think of it I bet you can find it somewhere in SL.

As you know Jaca’s Joint has a club house. I decided the other night to go out and see if I could find card games. I thought it would be cool if folks could play while they are sitting at the table (if they didn’t want to dance). I did find a deck of cards that gives you numerous choices of card games. I also came across Checkers -woohoo!! With the checkers you can either play with someone else or you can actually play the board. Here’s a pic.

So come on down and give it a try - it’s free.

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Yedo%20Honmaru/105/65/23

Jaca

A ‘Tiny’ is a smal avatar in Second Life. Usually it is furry and resembles an animated stuffed animal (defininition).

The other nite a club I go to very often (The Shark Shack) had a ‘Tiny’ nite. Here is a picture of the group

I didn’t have a tiny avatar for this event so I went looking for one and found a lion. I am a Leo so it is perfect for me. The other nite one of the theme events they had was jungle so I came as my lion. Here I am poll dancing LOL

You have to admit this is fun and funny.

If you would like to visit the Shark Shack here is the surl.

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Yedo%20Honmaru/105/65/23

Don’t forget to drop by Jaca’s Joint and say Hi!

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Yedo%20Honmaru/105/65/23

Jaca

Anyone that owns land in Second Life(tm) knows that change is constant.  What looked really good last week may look like it could be better this week.  At Jaca’s Joint we are a changing.

One thing that bothered me about the club was that there was no way through to the back deck and stores.  So through the beauty of ‘edit link parts’ I was able to remove a portion of the building and open it up.  This is how it looks now:

With the opening to the back deck I wanted to add something that folks could enjoy while still listening to music - so I got a hot-tub!

Behind the hot-tub are stores we have for rent.  At the end of that area is my main store where I sell women and men’s fashions.  Lots of leather and lace!

Drop by and enjoy the club /danicing /pinball / pool table / motocycle path / swimming pool / slide / diving board / jetski / hot-tub / great shops /  or just sit by the fire and snuggle.  All are welcome.

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Zymmna/225/217/24

Jaca

p.s.  Slaytona has moved and I will be posting an update on their new location and events soon!!

For those of you who have previously visited “Second Life Snippets” I hope you will bookmark my new blog “Jaca’s Joint”. All previous posts from SLS are still here, only the name has changed.

I thought for my first post at the new url I would give you a quick view into the actual club called Jaca’s Joint in Second Life ™. We have a bar, dancing, pool table, 2 pinball machines, fireplace with pillows to lounge on.

This is me sitting at the bar last night

Here is a birds eye view of the club (it on the right) the motorcycle path goes all around the land and you can see it over by the pool top left.

I will add more pictures shortly.

Outside we have a motorcycle path, swimming pool, diving board, incredible slide, jetski, meeting area and some great stores. Hope you will drop by and say hi.

Here is the surl

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Zymmna/225/217/24

I will be telling you about adventures at Jaca’s Joint and other great spots I come across.

Jaca

I have to change this blog as my url, secondlifesnippets, is not allowed under Linden Labs trademark.

There are videos I am going to have to remove when I move over to a new url as the opening of the videos is not allowed under their trademark.

I am also going to have to rework the images as one I used in the banner was taken within Second Life ™ and the “do not allow this use of our map interface”.

We will be switching the blog over to http://www.JACASJOINT.COM which is the name of my group and land. Hope you all will follow.

Stay tuned!

Jaca

Not only is Slaytona known for their great motorcycle track, terrific clubs, excellent shopping, great people, but they also have fantastic concerts. Last night was BlackFoot and as you can see by the pictures below they ROCKED the house!!

Slaytona is a must visit place. Here is the surl link to Slaytona

Don’t forget to drop by Jaca’s Joint and say HI!

Jaca

I posted a blog not that long ago about an experience I had with renting on another sim. Well I have another story to tell you, different sim, different situation.

The other night I came into Second Life and there was a message from a land owner where I had 2 stores that said that they had sold the sim and my rent would be dealt with in time (not the exact words). I did not get any notice of my content from the stores being returned and when I checked they had not. I also did not receive outstanding rent (I paid weeks ahead). The message that the outstanding rent would be ‘dealt with in time’ did not comfort me.

I checked again last night and no inventory was returned. I contacted the new owner of the sim that said I had to deal with the previous owner. I left a message (he was off line) and no answer.

Tonight I contacted Second Life support. I was lucky to get Leo As far as the money owed to me from rent I paid, here is the scoop:

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Unfortunately, Linden Lab doesn’t enforce or uphold rental agreements between Residents. Please contact the Resident with whom you have a dispute, and request that they make good on the deal. While you may have a valid agreement with another person, Linden Lab is not a party to and cannot resolve your dispute.
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That is directly from the Knowledge base article that Leo directed to me to. I will say I left a comment, but I am sure nothing will happen from it. You can go read it if you wish.

As far as the inventory, Leo transported me to some open land and said it had been returned to my lost and found (can’t remember the term he used) - in a box for each store, basically. They were not there 2 days ago or yesterday.

Anyways, on this piece of land with Leo I could pull out the 2 boxes I had in my inventory that held the items that were in the stores.

Thank the heavens I did get those back!

It absolutely sucks that I may loose the money I paid in rent and SL wipes their hands of any responsibility.

It was absolutely great that Leo helped me at least get my inventory back.

Leo, being Leo, made this experience a little easier to take. Thanks Leo

Jaca

P.S I have rental space on my land and I am going to ensure that in the notecard I provide it clearly states that inventory and outstanding rent will be returned should I sell the land. I certainly have no plans to sell the land but I don’t want anyone else to go through this and want them to know they are secure.

I don’t know about you but when I am stressed I have 2 choices, one is feeling “down” and the other is to ‘rock it off’. My choice, if I have one is to ‘rock it off’.

In Real Life feeling down is easy - ‘rocking if off’ can be a bit more difficult - or even dangerous - so - where better to do it than in Second Life!

So I come online tonight and one of my fav places - Slaytona - was holding an event and you bet I am there. They have great events, great music, most of all great people. Check them out here:

Slaytona

After the event I was still wanting to ‘rock off’ the stresses so off I went on my bike on my land. I changed my outfit, changed the color and speed of my bike, and cranked the music. Here I am:

Come join me - here most nights

Jaca’s Joint

If you need to ‘rock it off’ you now know where you can

Jaca

We are planning on holding a “primtionary” event at Jaca’s Joint soon. What is “primtionary” you ask - well think of ‘pictionary’ only instead of using pictures we will create prims, piece by piece an you get to guess what they are as we are building them.

Here is an example.

First creation:

Ok.. what do you think it is - come on tell me

Next:

This must give you a better idea

A bit more:

Oh you must know from this one LOL - just yell it out (or send me what you think it is through my contact form)

This kind of event is so much fun. There are folks who create the prims, folks who keep track of who guesses right, as there will be prizes for winners, plus we plan to have a DJ and dancing after the event.

If you would like to be a builder in the event, or be notified when the event is being held, leave me a note at my contact form - or - come by and visit me at Jaca’s Joint here:

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Zymmna/225/217/24

Look forward to hearing from you and having you at the event!!

Jaca

As a land owner in SL, and having renters on our land, this is probably not the best subject line I can put up - but I really need to.  This is something I experienced tonight and certainly not anything I would do to anyone who rents land from me and do not want anyone else to experience it.

What happened tonight
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I rented a large store on a sim in SL.  I went in tonight to put up a new product and saw there was a building going up to the front/right of my open area store.  An avatar (name does not matter) came over to me and said they were moving my store.  I asked why and that’s when everything went sideways.

The ‘person’ that first brought me to the sim, and I rented the store from, came over and said that the walls were being moved, and did not like my ‘attitude’.  I asked a few more questions and ‘he’ got angry - as did his partner.  They said I was being “rude” and said basically I had no right to ask anything because it was their land.

I tried to explain that I was just trying to understand as a vendor.  As a vendor I felt I had a right to ask what was being done.  I had an open area store to a stage and I did not want something going in front of the store and stage.  This only made matters worse.

Next thing I know they booted me from the sim, returned all my items, booted me from the group and returned the money I had left in my rental.

Ok, so I got everything back and a refund.  That is good.  But - But - as vendors on another parcel of land we should have some rights when it comes to asking questions of what is happening to our store area. In RL there is no way you could get moved without prior notice and certainly not ”kicked out” with no notice. 

I am not naming names here, (although I admit I am tempted but that is just not my style), because that is not as important as it is to tell you not only be careful where you rent - BUT - when you rent to someone understand that they are paying for the area as they rented it and that they do (and should) have a right to ask.  Anyone who rents space in RL certainly would understand this.  In RL you are considered owners of that land until their rental is up.  This is how it should be in SL.