Ambrose Island
Vbinnia Radek

Hopefully this page will give a small insight into Ambrose Island and help you decide if you would like to live here. Also some links to helpful tips for existing residents at the end.

If you have arrived at this web page by some obscure route, you can find the island in-world by opening the 'main map', typing the name in the search, and using the teleport button to get here. If you know nothing about Second Life and are mystified by all this, try this link Second Life Community

We like visitors on Ambrose, so there is an open invitation to come and look around without obligation. My own parcels the, mountain and steam punky bit with the airships are always open to any visitors; try any doors I rarely lock anything. Please be respectful to people that live here, interference and griefing will not be tolerated under any circumstances.

The surprising success of Ambrose since we started in April 2009 means that occasionally there will be no vacancies, but please come and look around anyway. You can always leave your name and I will contact you as soon as there are any vacant parcels.

There have been several instances of really unpleasant confrontations with people that say , "Yes." when asked if they have read the covenant, then blithly go about totally ignoring it. we do want poeple to live here, but not that badly! I am the owner of Ambrose, althought juding by some reactions, some seem to think that gives me no rights to ask anyone to comply with the covenant. I would sooner you go elsewhere than cause me or yourself grief. You can find a copy of the Covenant at the Bottom of this page, I cannot stress this enough PLEASE READ IT!

Bouncing security orbs and parcel ban lines are ABSOLUTELY Forbidden! If you are that paranoid or antisocial, read no further. I'm sorry, but this is not the place for you.

We do not have hangups about what your AV looks like, or sexual preferences here; we have more than one mistress with attendant subs on the Island, and if I choose to decadently walk about naked for some reason, I damn well will! I have had quite a lot insults and bad behavior aimed at me in my time in SL , so if any tenants here get any grief from another, or anyone else, the perpetrator will be very GONE! and barred from the island very quickly.

You might also be interested in the way individual residents like to think of their place here on Ambrose, fictional or otherwise. There are pages here for their use to express themselves in any way they choose. Take a look here.

We have had content builders, scripters, and just plain nice people of all sorts living here over the time we have existed, but please don't be put off if you are new to renting land, A few minutes conversation with us could save you from making ill-informed decisions and a lot of wasted time and money in the long run, we want you to enjoy Second Life, not get disillusioned.

 

If you decide to join us, you do not have to take up residence at the beginning of the month. I will discount for the weeks you have not occupied the parcel in that month.  All rents are due on the First Day of each calendar month. I can also divide or enlarge parcels, within reason, to fit a budget, and even provide a basic house if push comes to shove.

The rest of this introduction to Ambrose is interspersed with a small selection of views of Ambrose taken at various times, that do more justice than classified advertisements can and give an overall feel of the Island. As with all things SL, things can change quickly and may not be as depicted by the time my fingers leave the key board.


Purchasing Ambrose and keeping it in existence was a leap of faith by my self, Vbinnia Radek, and it cannot be stressed enough that without the help and support of Melody Siamendes, my long time and closest friend in SL, who is also a tenant here, I may not have got this far.

Ambrose is probably not the cheapest place to live (it isn't for me and I own it!), and has a few strict rules which I insist on because I live on Ambrose myself. You wouldn't expect to live in a national park known for its wonderful views in RL and not expect, some!, rules.  In the past I have experienced the chaos and ugliness, endless LAG, and sheer uncaring, unthinking nature of people towards others of the Mainland.  Within these rules I can be very tolerant and helpful, as many here will testify.  


So PLEASE! take the time to read the Covenant. I know it's long and boring, but you will not have any problems if you have some idea of what will get me annoyed, and I will be there to help if someone or something is causing problems for you.



Briefly, use some common sense and don't completely ignore the fact that whatever you place on your parcel has to be looked at by everyone else from the outside; so a huge black cube, or a house that looks like a blazing sun on the outside at night, or raising shear walls of ground around your parcel to hide away from everyone else, as nice as any of them may be from the inside, can be an eye sore to the poor soul living next to you, and will almost certainly incur my displeasure; as will turning your parcel into a permanent plywood box building site. Please do any habitual excessive building above the clouds, or preferably use an authorised sand box, that's what they are for.






I consider most of Ambrose's tenants my friends, and we actually encourage residents to wander about and get to know their neighbours, most are proud of what they have and will be happy to show you around.

Jean's very mysterious house at dusk

Melody's mansion, always a welcoming place

A crowded east shore


Bung's cosy house boat