Monthly Archives: June 2014

More Noru developments.

Hector property should be sold by tomorrow.

Here’s a composite building I created this weekend, made up of not 2 but 3 Moard Ling structures. It will be the remodeled home of the Noru Museum as I see it currently.

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Same structure looking from the back side.

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New entrance sign to *Noru’s* Collagesity, taken directly from Hector and planted here. Yes, I’ve chosen Noru… if the Hector sale goes through as planned today. If not, then I might have to reconsider.

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And the labyrinth now exists in the basement of the moved Fal Mouth Moon gallery. I decided to move the latter next to the Power Tower Gowlery, shifting it from the extreme east side of the Noru property. That way, all the recent collages can be easily accessible to visitors — again, this is similar to the setup in Hector. Another Noru weakness or drawback resolved. 🙂

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And all of a sudden…

… it might be Noru that I’m keeping. Revisions also made there today, and also an offer on the Hector land.

Newest developments in Noru, thus:

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Kidd Tower positioned beside Tired Falls.

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Waterfall building beside Power Tower Gowlery, soon to be moved and recombined with the then current Noru Museum into a new, larger structure. Nifty.

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Hector revisions

7/2/2014:

What turned out to be some last shots of my Hector property. Noru has been chosen as of day before yesterday. I think I made the right choice. But look… so beautiful in Hector next to those woods (sigh).

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Noru Museum straight ahead. Always a kind of awkward fit in Hector. I see that plainly now; couldn’t when I created these pics.

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Backdoor. Will miss that nifty collection of interestingly aligned Celtic stones as well.

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No Noru (?)

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Almost not a question now.

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Home (?)

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“Tell me…

… the significance of the White Tower, Hucka D.?”

Hucka D.:

Color tower in Rubi. White in Noru. You will lose this tower if you sell or abandon Noru? The White Tower, yes, has a history.

bb:

Can you talk about it?

Hucka D.:

The White Tower…

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… is a copy of VWX’s VWX Tower, a paler version. Noru imported it. (pause)

bb:

I think you want to say Noru wished to establish its own identity from Rubi, but at the same time borrowing or importing its energy, as you said.

Hucka D.:

There are probability forks. You choose Noru. You choose Rubi. Not a huge deal in the future but one or the other paths will be selected, and all the probabilities that shoot off from that main probability.

bb:

Like tree branches. I can select one tree or another. Or one trunk or another of the same tree.

Hucka D.:

Let’s make it the same tree. My Second Lyfe.

bb:

The only…

Hucka D.:

The only way Rubi and Noru can survive is together.

bb:

And another option would be to cut down the tree. My Second Lyfe.

Hucka D.:

Or keep the whole tree and follow *both* trunks. But you can’t do that. You have to choose.

bb:

(checking forecast) Looks like it’s going to rain a considerable amount this weekend.

Hucka D.:

Yup. Choose.

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Drunk Man’s Ridge. No real topographic feature in Hector to match this.

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But Hector is just across part of the forest from Tower of TILE. I can *play around* with the surrounding property again if I choose this direction.

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What say you Furry Carl?
Nevermind.

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Let land do the choosing.

Last night and esp. this morning have been re-thinking my choice of Hector/Rubi over Noru. So as a solution for now I’ve set *both* parcels of land for sale at the asking price I deem acceptable for giving up; their worth to me in a way. I would be happy staying in Noru. I might be a little happier in Hector but not enough to sacrifice the additional money I’ll probably be making on a land sale there. Noru Museum is, after all, about *Noru*, even if the elements that made that sim so special in 2009-2011 are basically no longer present. Depends on how much past can shape the present and future. The focus on either property that I decide to keep (or the *sellability* decides now) will be a skybox, after all — ground structures basically complete. All essentially same ground structures on both parcels, the 4 most important ones being:

Fal Mouth Moon gallery
Power Tower Gowlery
Toxic Art Gallery
Noru Museum

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Hector/Rubi now.

Apparently I have chosen: I’m going to keep the 8192 parcel in Hector, next to the beautiful and unique Rubi Woods. Turns out this was a last, nostalgic visit to Noru at least. Prime time Jeogeot will now become more the stuff of legends, to be analyzed in years to come. It is directly attached to Whitehead Crossing. There’s still some energy in Rubi thanks to the woods. And Heterocera’s VHC Town is a more important urban center now than Parktown and Chilbo put together probably. And it’s on The Diagonal that also crosses Rubi and its forest. Setting up some kind of Sylver Forest Council is next, most likely. This could be my last SL home.

The movement away from Jeogeot starting in Dec. 2012 likely cannot be reversed. I chose Heterocera at the time (Sikkima). I’ve been chosing Heterocera for almost the year and a half since. I’m following in line.

The Hector parcel is not VWX Town reincarnated. I must study individual buildings. I believe another version of the TILE Temple might be next, at least originating as a skybox creation.

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I *might* be staying in Hector/Rubi now.

Things seem to be swinging in the opposite direction now. Noru Museum, when completed, will be capstone of my experience in that sim. Parktown and Chilbo are still around, but reduced. Nothing left in Noru, essentially, except for what I’m building. No chance to expand beyond what I have, really, because of mandatory and necessary tier cost cap. Can’t expand to 1/4th sim any longer except for a month or 2 at most. Actually, no need to now. VWX Town, Rubi was a peak in that respect. And VHX City in Heterocera is still a viable force, unlike Chilbo, really (or Parktown). Now must study the *history* of Jeogeot. Nothing in Noru — but the Rubi Forest is still in Rubi and directly next to my Hector lot. Might even put up my Noru parcel for sale tonight or in the next couple of days. Take Hector/Rubi off the market.

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Future site of Last Stone Bar?

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Biking past the Rubi Forest on the way to Collagesity.

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Visiting a friend’s mandala creation in Burning Life. Check her blog out.

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Top Row, probably the original row of stones in Hector.

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Hidden amongst the trees now: Noru Museum — in *Hector*.

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The always beautiful yet terminally short lived Home o’ Fibs.

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The Waterfall House has returned — still the Rubi Museum?

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Corner Stone.

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*Mossman* appears in a 2010 post on this blog using an overall search for “baker”.

http://blog.livedoor.jp/dualatoll/search?q=baker

Related pictures; the mossman, not surprisingly, isn’t there any longer.

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Here’s a map pinpointing the former location:

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Pretty sure I’m going to keep Noru…

… but still not 100 percent certain about this. Hucka D.? You around?

Hucka D.:

Okay, list the advantages/disadvantages out again. And leave an option to get rid of *both*. And also to keep both, actually.

bb:

I think the latter is right out, Hucka. I have to start focusing on a new carrcass.

Hucka D.:

Then the next to last option comes into play.

bb:

Where I get rid of both. Well, I don’t think so. I think it’s one or the other still.

Hucka D.:

Parktown still has some energy left. That’s a Noru plus. Chilbo is still around… another Noru plus. You could explore the Korean Channel again. Noru seems more connected to Whitehead Crossing. Noru-Norum-Norumbega. Rubi has the forest. But you can explore the forest without the property. Rubi property is *more valuable*. Sell it

bb:

Advantages to Rubi?

Hucka D.:

You say them.

bb:

Proximity of the Fal Mouth Moon gallery to Power Tower Gowlery and perhaps Toxic Art Gallery. I can’t do this in Noru. Also the whole area below these 2 main galleries has essentially become a park, controlled by a very interesting rock alignment considerably more complex than found in Noru. The 2 are tied, even — Noru’s 7 rocks comes from those removed of the 21 originally in Hector, according to mythology. I could move the Noru Museum to Rubi. The labyrinth would surely fit in somewhere.

Hucka D.:

Try it.

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bb:

That’s where it will have to be, Hucka D. I’m not sure it’s as good a fit as in Noru.

Hucka D.:

Sure it is.

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