Emerelda Greenwood @Emerelda99

Thank you Paula

Great response thank you

Hello Jupiter. Thank you so much for that very detailed and informative reply. Nautilus inherited the system from Tropicana because they were once part of it and then decided to go their own way so essentially it is the same procedure. You are correct of course. It is wise to accept avatars from the grid the land or properties are on. We have a few exceptions but in the main our tenants are almost all from the OSgrid.

We have pretty much reached the limit now with the properties and land that we offer. Our Estate Office had to be expanded recently and we now have around 180 rentals of various shapes and sizes. There comes a point when we need to start looking at who is actually making use of their homes and land and who is not.

It would be far more rewarding for all concerned if people actually took part in community events and used the central areas as meeting points but sadly everyone is bouncing around looking for people rather than utilising existing welcome areas and central points on the grids that they belong to. People then complain that no one is around and that they are bored. You just can't win.

I think we are gradually seeing a reduction in grids and regions offering rentals and especially large plots with high prims. There are still some left but they can be overcrowded and laggy. The only sure way to guarantee that you get the land and environment that you want without relying on anyone else is to bite the bullet and rent a region. With many being offered at starter prices of $5 upwards or via using the self install on windows software from Outworldz which is free, there are plenty of alternatives to consider. That being said, who wants to sit alone on their region begging people to visit them? There are already more regions than active users on any given day.

I think the link may be blocked. If you visit our website blog section at www.tropicanaestates.net there is an article there. I would be interested to hear from other grid owners or region owners who offer free land and homes.

Links may be blocked I suppose. There is an article in the blog section of www.tropicanaestates.net but I can post the full link here again in the hope that it works for you https://www.tropicanaestates.net/post/estate-rentals-in-op...

This is a common issue in OSgrid and other grids. It is nothing to do with us. It happens. Most people manage to get here without any trouble at all.

I agree with you which is why my partner is still here and thoroughly enjoys it. You would need to take a look at SL though in order to draw any comparisons. Whilst similar they do have fundemental differences. This is merely an observation of what we have experienced. Everyone comes here for different reasons but many go back because they find it is empty. If it works for you that is amazing. I am not forgetting that it is free and neither are all the people who came and went. They prefer to pay for a better service in a populated world. Its just a choice issue. There is no competitiveness here. This is just an observation and trying to encourage people to use LBSA Plaza or other Welcome points at their worlds so that visitors can see that there are more than 4 people online when they come in. If we didn't enjoy it we wouldn't be here so that goes without saying. Thanks for your comments.

Pagane. Please read up about GDPR and get a grip on reality. Life is too short.

Thank you Jack

She sure is :-)

I think some people just like to throw their toys out of the pram from time to time. Thank you for your reply. The reason we installed !Childgate is due to the fact we had some problems with child avatars acting in an improper way in an adult region. Since then we have had no trouble.

Hi Pagane. Childgate is to prevent child avatars. The height restriction is 1.4 metres not 2m which would be ridiculous. Also, if you can write a better script then we would love to take a look at it since you must be more competent than the incompetent script writers that wrote childgate right? Finally, as for being illegal under GDPR you are actually talking nonsense. No one here at Tropicana actually knows your identity or holds any data on you at all. This is merely a child prevention script in a virtual world but then you would also squeal GDPR rules if you got kicked out of a real life club for any reason I guess. GDPR does not apply at all - period!!

A very nice region with lots to see. This is definitely worth a visit and spending some time to look around.

If you land in Tropicana at the landing point and follow the instructions given above - use the local teleporter post, big grey post with a yellow light saying teleporter then you might actually arrive there and find it.

Thank you Allie :-)

Thank you so much Glenn.