I did enjoy the fishing contests, but I kinda felt the same way as Ironcross said.  I'd like to see where this goes, so hopefully we hear from Roxley about this.

Iron, I will try to address your issues and answer everything as best I can below. I will say I really think you should consider coming back for training. It really sounds like you didn't scratch the surface in terms of learning how to use Radegast and I would love to help you if you ever decide to give SL another go.

let me try to address these issues as best I can. I am totally blind and use SL without a problem. In fact, most people have no idea I am blind in-world until I tell them.

Shopping is one of the things I love doing best. I have about 400 ballgowns in my growing collection and I don't even want to admit how many in-world dollars I have spent on those.

Most clothing items do not contain HUDs. There are some on Marketplace that have HUDs offering various color options, but most people just buy their outfits in tons of different colors like I do, or pick up freebies.

I am a member of a group in-world that offers a free gown every month. They have well over twelve years worth now so that means a lot of free ballgowns!

As for getting around: you are not supposed to teleport every time you want to move. In fact, in some places, teleportation is not allowed. I walk around all the time.

You see the objects around you via the objects list in Radegast. This list displays the items closest to you in meters by default, but you can change this. You interact with each item by right-clicking on it and then choosing from a serious of options.

As for clothing issues, I change clothes all the time and rarely have malfunctions. If someone in SL, be they sighted or blind, says they never have a waredrobe malfunction, I want to meet them. Lol. It is just part of it sometimes and we all find it pretty funny.

The issues being referred to here are from a lack of training. This just means you need to learn how to interact with Second Life more. Radegast is a viewer being built with the purpose of continuing to allow us to enjoy Second Life. With that being said, I understand SL isn't for everyone and I know not every blind person will find it enjoyable. But for me, I love exploring, hearing all the beautiful soundscapes, fishing and chatting with friends. I have made some lifelong friendships in-world and Virtual Ability is an amzing community.

I will post the Second Life website link below but you should sign up through Virtualability.org. Then go to Radegast.life to get the latest version of the Radegast viewer. When you log in, you will be teleported to Virtual Ability. Before you ever log in, however, you should e-mail Virtual Ability and set up a time for us to meet you in-world so we will be there to greet you and help you when you log in. There isn't always someone there at the welcome center and we can't be there if we don't know when you are coming in. So please contact us and we will help you in any way we can. This is what we do and we love it. Personally, I love seeing new blind users come in-world and gain their wings. I love seeing people learn and find their place in Second Life. It can be a rewarding experience but it does take time to learn.

Second Life's website, for reference only. The main viewer is not accessible:
http://www.secondlife.com

Marketplace is accessible though and it is a whole lot of fun. Lol.

I hope I have been able to answer some of your questions.

Blindanddangerous, wait until you see Fish Hunt! It is amazing. We can craft matterials and use potions. I love it. It is an awesome challenge to go head to head with sighted users who have no advantage over us when fishing. We are on an even playing field.
You also earn L$ every time you cast. The more experience points you gain, the more you earn. It will never be enough to use in RL, but in SL it can be handy.

For those who don't know: you don't have to have in-world currency and that is not why we fish. We fish for the fun of it. But I make enough to buy worms, etc.

Again, I really think you should come back in-world for a bit more training. A lot has changed since you were there last.

Cinder is planning to join here if she gets the chance. She is quite busy with the coding of Radegast. I am the main point person for the project here on Audio Games. I kind of wish I wasn't because I can't answer coding specific questions. Lol. So while I can't really answer coding questions, I can help with Second Life related things.

Here is the link to Radegast's website: radegast.life

Ok, but the thing is that i already signed up. is there a way for me to delete my account?
I signed up before even hearing about the virtual ability site... sorry! unless any one can help me with that.

I have an account from long, long ago, so I would already have been signed up as well. I used to use SL to attend certain meetings when my vision was a bit better and I could muddle through with the official viewer.

For everyone who already has an account, just e-mail Virtual Ability and we will worry about finding you once you arrive in-world at the scheduled time. Familiarize yourselves with the help guide so you can chat with us and we'll do the rest.

I can definitely tell you things have changed. We don't use combo boxes. We use a full fledged program that allows us to navigate objects via an objects window. Objects are listed in a list and you right click on them to interact. Your inventory or SL closet works similiarly, although it is more of a standard windows format.

Can you tell me what language is used? I heard that it is written in C# but it is going for C++, but the repo is still in C#. Oh god...

As land owners and businesses are being made aware of the accessability needs of the blind they are actively renaming their objects. I have found that most places are described well and if they are not, I contact the builder.