Although the build was ok it was hard to find the booths and all the pyramids and fountains were unnecessary I thought.

Great event though and I am glad I struggles through the lag. I was disappointed with how few of the styles available for sale at the show were actually donating to Locks of Love, and how little product there was in general.

I would have spent more if there had been more product available, and if more than one style or two were actually benefitting the charity.

The lag at hair fair didn’t stop me from purchasing, either. I still managed to make my rounds. Slogging past some of those booths though, were a great annoyance and they were booths I skipped over.

One should note that more of this discussion was set up over at SLU: http://www.sluniverse.com/php/vb/general-sl-discussion/16226-hair-fair-rant.html

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Tenshi, this is clearly your Blog and as you have said time and time again, you can write what you like.

That said, your readers can also think what they think and I think there is some evidence now that people have a tendency to view this Blog as something to mock and be shocked by rather than something to take seriously. If this is your intention, then congratulations on a job well done. If, however, you are keen to be seen as someone who writes informatively, then perhaps some modification in how you deliver your content will go a long way to assist you in being taken seriously.

The lag at the Hair Fair did not stop me from buying – quite a lot. And for once, it was nice to know that my ridiculous overspending in SL will partially go to a great cause.

Most importantly: it was a sobering reminder that many people have far greater things to worry about than lag.

I kinda wish we could pre-configure graphics settings the way we can skies and lighting now, so I could just select an “event” setting from a drop down menu, and another with everything on for photos… *runs to the jira*

Everyone has their parts to do. For the record, I did have my settings down as far as I could get them and sim stats were still only 1-10 FPS although my own personal settings were ranging around 20ish..give or take.

As to what directly caused the sim stats to drop for me? No clue. I did what *I* could to help myself and others. Be nice if everyone or at least the vast majority did, especially for a charity event.

i just said my opinion

and not anonymously either

And Darkly, sorry but no. Its laggy there because the fair is doing well Very well from what I have heard. I was able to hit all 4 sims Sunday around noon, no problem, was it laggy, you bet, but no worse than any other popular place. Everyone involved has done a fine job with this event given the limitations of SL. If your computer suxs that bad, hit OnRez.

Listening scripts (anything that responds to a chat command) DO contribute to lag, so yeah take your AO’s off, your colour-change shoes, etc. But complaining about OTHER people’s contribution to lag which you can at least PARTLY reduce yourself is just being ignorant. You can scream at other people for wearing prims all you want, until you turn off your Windlight sky you’ll still be lagged to hell at an event.

Sculpties don’t seem to contribute much to lag, if they don’t render, they simply don’t render and stay as spheres.

Laynie’s blog has some good Preference settings for events to help with lag. http://layniewear.wordpress.com/ I hope that helps! I also turn off names completely, and voice, and the radio stream.

its going to be hard for the charity to make serious money when its so damned hard to move in the sim, never mind waiting for the vendors to rez

How about mentioning the charity here.

Are popular sims laggy? if your computer sucks does SL suck more. Well Duh. Oh did we mention that there are options like going to onrez and getting the hair from there? Yep. A TON of work goes into large projects like this useing it to lay into people you don’t like is shamefull. FFS lose the default texture from your bloody subscribeomatic, Mr Perfection pants. And the hell is the deal with posting as Admin, I can’t tell if you are trying to be scary or what, just pathetic tenshi, realy.

WHAT IS LOCKS OF LOVE?

Locks of Love is a public non-profit organization that provides hairpieces to financially disadvantaged children in the United States and Canada under age 18 suffering from long-term medical hair loss from any diagnosis. We meet a unique need for children by using donated hair to create the highest quality hair prosthetics. Most of the children helped by Locks of Love have lost their hair due to a medical condition called alopecia areata, which has no known cause or cure. The prostheses we provide help to restore their self-esteem and their confidence, enabling them to face the world and their peers.

A different blog helped me figure out some client versus server issues but I think for anything this big, working to maintain decent stats for both sides should be the key element of the build and participants.

Love the idea of giving away a free skin on 512 textures that is just black or white or even any color. That would be a hoot to walk around in and see the sim filled with. Anyone not wearing it..bye bye.

I also like the idea of the venders being able to place the locks of love donation vender in their own store as well as at the hair fair. I understand the reasoning of not allowing this, you want people at the fair. But it is a charity event and the goal should be to raise money in any way feasible. Many just can’t get to all the venders or even to one because of older systems, etc. This gives them the chance of going to the store to buy.

Although the build was great, I do think a bit more standarizing (word!) should come in, as “boring” as it is to see “mall type builds” that are not unique to the vender, it would allow people to see more, buy more and experience more. Figure there is about 40,000 active members in SL and many of them want to get in. (that’s my pathetic alotment for bots, my numbers are way off I am sure).

I, and so many others are there for the hair, the donations, the freebies, the landmarks, to find new designers we never heard of, etc. We aren’t there for exciting builds. I save the exciting build “ooh’ing and aww’ing” for the actual store.

I asked why they were not booting these people, and was told that because its a charity thing, they dont want to upset people

How is the charity going to make a lot of money when it takes you half an hour to reach a booth then another 20 minutes to rezz just one demo?

I was the only one around last night that DIDN’T seem to be wearing prim hair, prim shoes and prim attachments. Why can’t people listen?

The creativity of people is something I thoroughly enjoy seeing, whether it is a builders work or designers of clothing and hair, and this year’s fair was no exception. Yes I suffered the effects of lag, but i knew beforehand this would happen. There’s no point bleating about lag, we all know about it and have our own ways to deal with it.

Because booth designers had put so much effort into creating their booth design, I tried where I could to wait for them to rezz, patience is a nifty thing at times.

I am also fortunate to live in a time zone that is remote from both Europe and the US, so crowds are generally quite thinned by the time I log in to SL, giving me the opportunity to visit with lesser numbers in the sims.

Overall, a wonderful experience, I look forward to next year’s event!

Well done to the organisers and all of the designers, and thank you for providing this event for the community as well as for Locks of Love. Many of us have been looking forward to Hair Fair for ages and I certainly wasn’t disappointed.

Yeah it was laggy and I tried not to add to it but I thought it was wonderful. So to the organisers and every vendor there, GREAT JOB. I loved it and appreciate your efforts.

Like most things, this is a learning experience and I’m sure improvements will be made each year. There are some people who will never be satisfied no matter what you do but I am sure the charity will be very grateful to receive the money raised.

@Ketsy : Thank you very much.

HoH is noticably up in arms that I “trashed” their booth when, and you can quote me above, I said it was very nice but the prims left one with many issues navigating past the booth. STOP THE TERRORISM OF TENSHI VIELLE!!!

I’m always baffled as to why, when the laws of physics and gravity mean nothing, and when we’re limited only by the strength of our imaginations, why everything fashion related needs to recreate a real life environment – fashion parades, booths, even changing rooms. Surely there’s a better way?

I find if I go into Advanced and turn off EVERYTHING! Sky, ground, water, shadows, fog, clouds, particles, avs.. It’s not too bad!

Since there are teleport areas at the Hair Fair, I don’t think it would be a bad idea TO eject people for having too high of ARC. I’ve seen people pop in with something like.. 10000. that’s just TOO high for that many avs on a sim. As long as most of the advertising for the event said something like… “we’re gonna boot your ass if you are above such and such ARC” but nicer, I don’t think people would have a prob with it

Why is it that when creators take a break for RL or simply SL burnout, or a lack of creative energy, do they get bashed with the naughty stick. Not everyone continues to be enchanted with SL endlessly, and non-participation does not signal not caring about the cause (Locks of Love) or their customers.

~ Ketsy