Life at The Village

I look for interesting things to do in SL. One thing I do enjoy, even if I do not keep all that I find so that my inventory does not explore, are the various hunts. On occasion, I pop into search and just see what I find.

I am a fan of the old TV show "The Prisoner." I watched it late at night when it came on PBS. I have not seen it in years, but I really enjoyed it. I found a sim dedicated to "The Prisoner." The sim is a replica of The Village, which where the main character, number six, in The Prisoner resided.

The sim has a lot of events one of which is a rover hunt. You will have no clue what a rover is UNLESS you happen to have watched the old TV show OR if you watch the new one due out on AMC November 15, 2009.

I have found the sim to be a pleasant place to visit and I started teaching basic build classes there when I can. My classes target those who have no build experience and those with very little experience. Thus far I have not had a full "classroom" when I have taught, but I will continue to offer classes as my schedule permits.

At one time there were many classes available and could be readily located using SL's search feature. That is no longer the case. Currently, there are many individualized tutorials, which to be fair have advantages. Myself, I enjoy having a purpose and a place to be at a particular time--an in-world virtual class experience. I have taken dozens of classes and never would have ventured to build something on my own had I done so. I wanted to learn from those who had experience and I wanted to experience the social community within the virtual class.

Maybe one day such classes will become popular again. I know offering classes in a box generates more revenue and I could easily box up my classes; however, I prefer to give back to the community and make time for new residents so that they have the benefit I did when I began to build. I am not the most experienced builder nor do I create elaborate builds. I do provide explicit instructions in an attempt to describe precisely where on the interface to locate a tool and how to navigate the tool when creating a build.