I stumbled across this pleasant surprise in the forums yesterday: Robin Linden has announced that during a one-week test new users will have the option to arrive in DaBoom or Abbotts instead of the usual Welcome Area in Morris/Ahern. For the duration of this little experiment, Linden Lab will record the stats. How many will choose Abbotts Aerodrome over The Edge nightclub? What kind of first impression of SL will a new user get from these places?



In response, the Aerodrome crew will be trying to add more stuff for newbies to play with. To start, I have a few more Test Drive buttons in my hangar: Tigershark, Cormorant, CLAWW, DS3 drop ship, and Futura 6 hovercar.



And there's also the usual free things to do: skydiving, airship flights, dogfights, and swilling prim-coffee at Terrabucks.