The Bright Corporation Sandbox is a place for building, and for meeting other builders.
In the Reanna region of Zindra - Second Life's adult continent - visitors are free to create builds of any kind: 'PG', or sexually themed.
Because we are on Zindra, only adult 'account verified' residents can visit: no teens, no freebie noobies, no 'instant alts'. As a result, you can build with less begging, griefing, and nonsense. (However, if you don't have access to adult regions, see 'getting adult access' below - it's easier than you think).
We have few formal rules: but we ask all visitors to behave considerately. Don't harrass other builders, don't use weapons or drive vehicles, don't stalk or proposition, and don't show intolerance of another avatar's form or profile. Live and let live.
Please be aware that ours is an adult themed sandbox, with adult decor, and as we allow adult builds, you may see avatars creating and testing sexual toys, and you may see nudity. This is allowed by our rules, and is not an invitation or excuse for complaint or harrassment.
If you do encounter any intolerant or harrassing behaviour, please contact Shan Bright.
Large builds are best constructed in the sky or on a private platform (see below): and whether on the ground or in the sky please ensure you keep your build within the sandbox, so as not to inconvenience our neighbours. Please take your prims with you when you leave: all prims are automatically returned after four hours.
We offer free use of private platforms, which allow you a large space in which to build, and which have security which can allow or forbid other avatars to join you, as you choose.
Near the landing point, you will see a line of signs advertising the platforms, and showing whether each is "vacant" or "occupied". Click the sign for a vacant platform, and you will "hear" a teleport link in chat. Open your chat window by pressing Control+H, and click the link to be teleported to the platform.
The security system will immediately switch itself on, and you will have up to four hours of private use. Click the timer at the centre of the platform to display a menu, and select "allow entry" if you would like to teleport in your friends. Once they are present, selecting "forbid entry" will allow them to stay, while excluding further visitors.
Our sandbox offers advertising boards which allow you to publicise your venues, products, services, or anything you wish.
To rent a board, simply right-click the board, click "Pay", and choose how many weeks to pay.
A menu will then appear which will guide you through the process of setting up your advertising board.
You may add one or more textures to display - if you add more than one, they will be shown as a slideshow.
You may also add any number of items to give away when the board is clicked: notecards, landmarks, freebies - anything you like.
The board will automatically show your online status, and you may optionally enable a pager button (allowing sandbox visitors to page you while you are online, or leave messages if you are not), and a map button, which will use the alphabetically earliest landmark you drop in to display a map with a teleport link.
The board will start showing your ad instantly, and warn you when your rent is close to expiry. You may make extra payments to extend the board's rental at any time.
To have access to adult regions, all you need is to be "account verified". This is easy.
It simply means that Linden Lab has some way of knowing who you are: most commonly because you've given them money. If you are a 'premium' (subscription paying) resident, you are automatically account verified - and LL are advertising adult access as one of the perks of going premium.
However, you don't need to pay a subscription to get adult access. Just go to www.secondlife.com, 'Login' using your SL name and password, and under 'Linden Exchange' click 'Buy L$' to buy one US dollar's worth of Lindens using a credit or debit card. That's it, you're now account verified for good, have a couple of hundred L$ to spend, and within a few minutes will be able to access adult regions.
This is *not* the same as "age verification". The age verification scheme involves providing proof of identity to an agency called Aristotle, and it allows you access to the *very* small number of areas which owners have labelled 'age verified only'. The process is intrusive, costs money, doesn't work well for all non-US citizens, never caught on, and is no better at separating adults from children than account verification (kids can read their parents' driving licenses as easily as their credit cards). Almost no one needs it.