Weekly Sale Item!

I was trying to think of a way of both getting more people into the store and thanking them for their support and continued belief in the products we offer at Cynful Designs. While talking to a good friend of mine (one that I've known for years even since the old MSN chat days), he mentioned that "sale items always do well" and it occured to me that we ought to have a 'Sale Item of the Week' that is half-off regular price on some of the items off our current line.

I've put the sale display right inside the door of the main store. You definately can't miss it ... just look for the sign, click, purchase your sale item of the week and then check back each week for a new great deal!

Trivia Contest

Yesterday was the first day of our first-ever Cynful Trivia Contest. It is my hope that every month we have a contest with trivia questions based on the writings of John Norman. I think it's important to stick to the books as much as possible and this is just my way of encouraging people to research, to read, to discover all they can about this fascinating world we roleplay in.

The catch is ... you HAVE to be part of the group in order to participate in the trivia contest. I am ONLY sending the questions out through the group. There is a mailbox at the main store for you to drop your notecards in with the correct answer. I will be drawing two (2) winning entries on Sunday evening and announcing them through the group.

The winner will receive a copy of our low panther hut!

Good luck and keep roleplaying!

Close Seconds ...

Wow! Sometimes I am just flabbergasted by things that happen in SL. But then I think life is full of ups and downs, why would SL be the same?

Yesterday it came to my attention that one of my pieces was very similiar to a piece in another store. In fact, it was so close that the creator of this second store, at first glance, thought it was a copybot creation. I obtained a picture comparing the two. I have to admit, they were CLOSE! Apparantly a sculptie texture I had used (which had been given to me in a folder of freebie sculptie textures) was one her Master had created himself and had never sold or given permission for anyone else to either. Of course, I pulled the item out of my store. I refuse to be a part of an onslaught of people "copying" other people's work espeically when I work as hard as I can on my own creations.

With that said, I also realize there are going to be some similarities when it comes to certain things because that is just the nature of building and selling. So I won't pull everything from my store that someone says "Oh, so-and-so has something like that". But I am always willing to look at things, compare and see what would be best for my store and my credibility.

I take pride in building all of my things from scratch, my imagination, photos I have taken real-time and of course, my vision of Gor. That's the whole purpose of my store ... to enhance your roleplay, not copy someone else's work.

For now I've pulled two sets of pillows from my store as they used this tassel sculptie texture but I WILL be redoing them and re-releasing them in the next couple of weeks.

Keep roleplaying and keep being true to you!

~ais

All-New Tarsk Line "Fit For a Pig"!

My former Master (and still very good friend) came to me because he and his girl had bought a sim to open for gorean roleplay. He wanted to keep it very run down, very rustic, and VERY much my style of build. Knowing this, he asked me if I would be interested in helping him create the atmosphere of a run-down, Outlaw-run swamp.

So, of course I jumped on the opportunity and came up with the following new line:

"Tarsk's Swamp: Fit For a Pig!"

Be sure to stop by the main store to get a look at all the pieces I have made for this new line, including: Tarsk's Swamp Shantee, Tarsk's Swamp Lean-To, and many more!

On a Roll ...

I've been on a building kick lately ... finally getting around to some of the things I saw this summer while on vacation! After downloading some pics that I took into SL I was able to finally put some of my inspirations into creative builds. To be honest, at this point, I can't even remember everything I've built so far since my last blog entry. But I DO know that I've been on a trading dock kick!

So some of our new items are geared more towards trading docks and/or exchange points, including an all-inclusive rustic trading docks set!

Be sure to stop by the main store to see all of the latest creations ...