Tiki Home Lighthouse Slide

 

 

 Taking a look at the Tiki and Groto Linden Home area off Bellisseria the other day, I noticed a tall structure. Panning closer, I saw it was a combination lighthouse and water slide. While you can climb (or fly) up, you can slide down. 

The lighthouse slide (slidehouse) is in Tad Pool (250,99.59).

 

Announcement: Samadi Gras at New Toulhouse

 

 

 Samedi Gras in New Toulouse

 

At the Green-eyed Fairy

 

Saturday March 1

 

1-3 PM SL time

 

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/New%20Toulouse/62/206/24

This Saturday at The Science Circle

 

Saturday March 1

 

    ~*~

 

    At 10 AM PST   

    Harnessing Large Language Models (LLMs) in Digital Medicine

    https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/llms-in-digital-medicine/

    By Karthik Prathaban

    Auditorium

 

    ~*~

 

    NOTE: Non-members required to register once

    IM Jes Cobalt or Nymf Hathaway

╚══════════════════════════════ The Science Circle (72,129,30) ═╝

Linden Lab Partners With Shopping Website Seraphim For "Membership Mania" Perk, More Profile Pics For All Residents, Expands AI Character Designer

 

 On Monday, Linden Lab made what it called it's final "Membership Mania" announcement. One was for all residents regardless whether they had basic or paid accounts. The picks section of resident profiles, used to "highlight ... your favorite inworld places, businesses, and personal memories." will soon have the maximum number expanded from ten to twenty.

 

Due to overwhelming community demand, we’re increasing profile picks across all membership tiers—including Basic members! Previously, residents could only create up to 10 profile picks to showcase their favorite locations, snapshots, and memories. Over the next couple of weeks, we’ll be expanding to allow for even more picks – soon all members can create up to 20 picks!

 

As stated, the expansion will take place sometime between now and about March 10.

 

Another perk should please some Paid Account residents who are shopping fans. For their latest perk, they partnered with the shopping website Seraphim. 

We’re thrilled to announce SeraPlus, an all-new exclusive perk in partnership with Second Life’s premier independent shopping site, Seraphim! This exciting new benefit will soon be available only to Plus, Premium, and Premium Plus members and brings you exclusive, high-quality virtual items from top Second Life creators.

Beginning in April, paid account residents will be able to claim gifts in the Seraphim sim. They will be there once a month, "Four times a year, members will receive a curated box filled with exclusive virtual creations ... For each of the remaining eight months of the year, members will receive one additional exclusive item ..."

They also expanded access to the AI Character Designer

 

Plus, Premium, and Premium Plus members can now access this innovative tool to craft and customize virtual characters with intelligent responses, unique personalities, and immersive roleplay capabilities. It’s an exciting way to enhance community-building, storytelling, and social interaction in Second Life. 

 

 The Lab offered this tutorial video, and a page with more information (here).

 

Currently, the only option for the Character Purpose is "personal companion," for accompanying you as you go about inworld, with "public character," designed for roles such as greeter and shop assistant, described as "coming soon."

 

Linden Lab first introduced the AI Character Designer in December, but soon suspended it after some residents expressed concerns, such as privacy worries and concerns residents might get in trouble for what their AI characters were saying.

 

To see the blog post in full, Click Here. 

 

Bixyl Shuftan 

Announcement: Wake For SL Musician Reno Jones

 

A reliable source has told the Newser that SL musician Reno Jones has passed away. There will be a wake for him at his Reno's Junkyard venue at 7PM tonight, (http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Mishiland/216/184/1701)    

In his profile, Reno would say of himself, "I've been playin' guitar since I was 10. Started singing out of pure necessity when I was 15. Wrote my first good song that year. I've been fortunate to make music with some of the best I Love it all.  5th Generation Californian.

 

"Reno Jones' singing and guitar playing defies all expectations. 'A voice like golf balls in a dryer.', and "'You call this music?', are just a few of the things critics have said about Reno Jones' musical stylings. Mixing it all up in a blender, Reno Jones covers songs from the 1920's to the 2020's; from Louis Armstrong to Foo Fighters to Tom Waits to Radiohead and even originals, Reno adds his unique spin to all genres. As a studio musician and recording engineer for many decades, Reno has worked with some of the biggest names in the music industry including Red Hot Chili Peppers, Train, Foo Fighters, YES, Tom Petty and David Bowie.'

 

"Every Linden I make from performing fees and tips goes directly to American Cancer Society's Relay-For-Life. Thank you in advance!" 

Once again, the wake is at 7PM tonight at Mishiland (216/184/1701)

Rest in peace. 

RFL Announcment: ACTS Carnival

 

It's Carnival!!

Wednesday, Feb 26th

2pm slt
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Wooburn/175/128/43
DJ Tam will bring old Hollywood meets Brazilian music for a whole lot of fun!

Dress Code:  think colorful, Mardi Gras style, feathers...or come as you are!  (no nudity)

All proceeds benefit RFL/Team ACTS

 

 

Events This Week at the Sunweaver and Montecito Bay Clubs, Furry Fashion, and Club Scorn

 

Here's what's going on at the Sunweaver, Montecito Bay, Furry Fashion, and Scorn clubs.

Club Cutlass: MTV Night, Wild vs Domesticated, 80s

Happy Vixen: DJ Malit, DJ Arooo, DJ Scratch, DJ Squeaks, DJ Khyra

Club Zero Gravity: DJ Snowy - Lions Tigers and Bears

 

Bouncing Bunny Beach Club:  DJ Snowy - TBA

Xanadu: DJ Jesse 

Club Squeaks: Closed to regular events

 

Montecito Bay:  CAYA, After Dark

Club Scorn: DJ Charlee, DJ Shadow, DJ Juana, DJ Gwen, DJ Aldi, DJ Poison, DJ Charlee, DJ Malit, DJ Gwen

 

Furry Fashion:  TBA

 

Read the schedules in SL Clubbin'

 

EOTB: Linden Lab Enters Paid Members in Computer Giveaway

 

Several days ago, Linden Lab announced as part of their "Membership Mania," they were entering members with paid accounts, Plus, Premium, and Premium Plus, in their "Membership Mania Computer Giveaway."  

 

We’re giving back to our loyal Plus, Premium, and Premium Plus members with an automatic entry into the Membership Mania PC Giveaway! Members have a shot at being awarded one of three ultimate gaming PCs (or cash equivalent)

There are three prizes. Premium Plus members are entered to win a HP OMEN 45L Intel i9 RTX 4090 Premium Gaming Desktop worth about $4,679 USD. Premium Residents are in the contest for a Skytech Gaming PC Desktop, which is worth about $1,999 USD. And those with Plus accounts can get a Thermaltake LCGS Quartz i460 R4 Gaming Desktop, worth about $899 USD.

 

In place of the computers, winners can take the value in cash. Eligibility is "based on membership tier status as of 11:59 PM PT on February 28, 2025."

 

As mentioned, those with paid accounts are automatically entered. Free residents can still enter, but need to send a handwritten postcard with their name, address, email, and phone number, along with which contest they want to be in, to the following address:

 

Linden Research, Inc.
548 Market St., PMB 59201, San Francisco, CA 94104-5401, USA

 

The drawing is on March 10, with the odds depending on how many entries there are.  The winners will be notified within five days, and have 48 hours to respond or may forfeit their prize. "Winners are solely responsible for any applicable taxes, duties, or import fees." and "U.S. winners ... must submit a Form W-9 and will receive a Form 1099-MISC. Non-U.S. winners must submit a W-8BEN and will receive a Form 1098."

 

Residents from several countries are not eligible due to local regulations or restrictions, Belgium, Italy, Brazil, Poland, Russia, India, China, Hong Kong, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates. "and any country under U.S. embargoes or trade sanctions."

 

For more information, check the blog entry Here. 

 

Bixyl Shuftan

 

Cartoon of The Day: Why The Mask?

 

 

 Taken at the Moon Dance. Some girl had on a hockey mask, for some reason. Maybe she was trying to look scary. Or maybe there was another reason.

 

By Bixyl Shuftan

 

 

Belliforlife

 

The Relay for Life fundraising season is well under way, and there are various Relay events going on. One is "Belliforlife," a ten day event taking place in Bellisaria Fairgrounds from now to March 2 and run by the Linden Home continent's own Relay team, Bellisseria for Life. Gemma Cleanslate dropped by, and found much going on, including a huge build by SL artist Cica Ghost.

 

Read Gemma's story in Events. 

 

RFL Announcement: Team ACTS Time Traveler's Ball

 

Team ACTS cordially invites you to The Time Travelers Ball

Sunday, February 23rd

12 noon slt- 2pm slt

Dress Code: Any era, formal or semi formal

Music provided by: Othenth Paderborn

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Rosehaven%20Laudanum/229/117/2270

All proceeds benefit RFL

The SL Winter Olympics

 

 

 For sports fans, especially Olympic fans, there's an event going on this weekend in Second Life you'll find fun. The SL Winter Olympics.

 

The Winter SLympics are here! Get ready for an epic weekend of competition, camaraderie, and celebration as we come together for the ultimate winter sports event! ❄️⛷️🏂

Whether you're competing, cheering, or just soaking in the excitement, the 2025 Winter SLympics is an event you don’t want to miss!

 

 Sorry to say, it's already started, the opening ceremony already taking place yesterday at 8AM SL time with an Olympic Flame being lit by a torch by Madori Linden.

 

 

 

I wasn't able to see an event as it's happening, but I did get the schedule. Sadly it all ends tomorrow, the last event starting at 3PM Sunday.

 

•══  • 🗓️ Saturday, February 22nd •  ══•
🥊 Boxing - Fightality HUD – 8 AM SLT
🚴 Cycling - Official SLCF Bike – 2 PM SLT
🎳 Bowling - 3 PM SLT
🏀 Basketball – 5 PM SLT

•══  • 🗓️ Sunday, February 23rd •  ══•
⛷️ Ski Jumping – 8 AM SLT
🤺 Fencing - En Garde HUD – 12 PM SLT
⛸️ Speed Skating – 3 PM SLT

 

 You can get a teleportation HUD to see the events in the group, or teleport to the Olympic HQ

 

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Blueberry/16/208/1002

 

Bixyl Shuftan

 

SL Video: "Take to The Sky"

 

 

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From  Razar Stone on August 2019, "Never give up, never surrender and NEVER stop chasing after ya dreams. Razar here and after a long time trying, I finally got my houseboat yay!"

RFL Sunbeamer Moon Dances Begin

 

 

Thursday February 20 marked the day for the first event of the Relay for Life season for Team Sunbeamers, the first Moon Dance which takes place every week until the Relay Weekend.

 

Team Sunbeamers Moon Dances has started tonight.

A benefit for the American Cancer Society! We are pleased to announce that flights to Sunbeamer Base on the moon will resume tonight Feb. 20, 2025. Dances will be again at the usual times of 6 PM to 8PM SLT. Operations will continue every Thursday until June 5, 2025 You arrive at Sunweaver Space and grab a seat in the Columbiad Moon Cannon to be shot to the moon. There once you land on the lunar surface you ask for a kiosk in your team's name if you don’t see one already. It will be planted and dance a celebration of your moon landing with other teams. Tunes provided by a Live DJ who is not taking tips! Wants you to tip the kiosk instead.  Come rep your team and if your not on a team then just pick a team and help them. Sunweaver Space (96,104,48)

 

The Moon Dances have become something of a Sunbeamer tradition. Taking place in Sunweaver Space every week during Relay season, Thursdays from 6 to 8 PM. Normally DJ Cynthia plays the music. It is a multi-team event, sometimes called BYOK - Bring your own kiosk. Actually, it's more "request your own kiosk," as one of the team will rezz one on request for someone representing another Relay team. The kiosk in question remains up as long as at least one of the team is present. 

And quite a number showed up. Several were Sunbeamers. There were also a number from "Roos With A Dream," another fun-loving team the 'beamers often team up with in events. A number of other teams had at least one member, Icer of Team Dragon Heart making a big impression. There were also some from new teams present. 

And there were the jokes. When Team ACTS was mentioned, it was brought up how their fundraising would zip by other teams, and Cynthia started playing the "Road Runner" song. One of the 'Roos then switched to a Wile E. Coyote avie. 

Then there was Shockwave in his astronaut outfit. There was the girl who rezzed some balloons and floated when "My Beautiful Balloon" was played. There was when someone did a waffle rezzer and filled the air with more waffles than a Raglan Shire anniversary. And more that there's not enough time to mention. 

At the end came the closing song, "I Run For Life," and fireworks lit the sky, with the Relayers praising one another. It was a great conclusion to the first Moon Dance of the 2025 season.

 

Bixyl Shuftan

 

This Saturday at The Science Circle

 

Saturday February 22

 

    ~*~

 

    At 10 AM PST   

    New Proof of Pythagorean Theorem Discovered by Two High School Girls in Louisiana

    https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/new-proof-of-pythagorean-theorem/

    By Robert Hendrix

    Organized by Stephen Gasior

    Auditorium

 

    ~*~

 

    NOTE: Non-members required to register once

    IM Jes Cobalt or Nymf Hathaway

╚══════════════════════════════ The Science Circle (72,129,30) ═╝

Cartoon of The Day: Ear Warmers

 

 

 A friend in a Meeroo avatar. Not sure how he modified a pair of shorts into headwear, but it was funny.

 

By Bixyl Shuftan

 

 

Nydia Tungsten Publishes Third "Switched Destinies" Novel

 

Seven years after the publication of her first novel, "Switched Destinies," and five years since it's sequel, "Switched Destiny: Kevin's Return," Nydia Tungsten has finally released the third book of the series: "Switched Destiny: Acceptance of Fate."

 

It's been many years since a laboratory experiment sent Kevin Baron to a world of magic, populated by people resembling many of the animals of his former one. He has come to be the head of one of the land's most powerful houses, and a large loving family. But he also made some enemies doing what was right, and has just withstood a plot that could have cost him almost everything if not for the help of his family and a strong new friend and ally.

But the challenges of life on this world continue. Aware of the powerful magic he passed on to his children, he begins training them. After a miracle saves the life of one child, he desires to know more about the Goddess of this world. Some challenges seem almost impossible to overcome, but through determination, his magical ability, his friends and family, or some combination of the three, he gets through them.

This is Kevin's third story, in which he and his family go through new challenges. But not all challenges have quickly resolved endings.

 

"Acceptance of Fate" is available on Amazon for $14.25 for the paperback, and $4 for the kindle version. 

To read the interview with Nydia about the first story, Click Here. 

Bixyl Shuftan

 

Black History Month at the PBC And Health Island Heart Health

 

Gemma Cleanslate was recently at two locations in Second Life. She stopped by the Premier Business Center's Cultural Arts Center to look at it's Black History Month exhibit, celebrating the accomplishments of Black Americans. Then she stopped by Health Island, which for Valentines Day season has a heart health exhibition.

 

Read Gemma's article in Places. 

New Tiki And Groto Linden Home Sims On Map

 

 When the first Tiki and Groto Linden Home sims went online earlier this month on Monday February 2, the homes in the eighteen sim area were all quickly snapped up in a matter of hours. Fortunately, the Moles have been continuing to work on more, adding sims with the new kind of Linden home around the original area (outlined in red above) and to it's south and southeast along the southern coast of the central part of Bellisseria. 

Figures on how many houses are left available are unknown, but the sims are open for anyone wishing to boat from Bellisseria to them (or swim underwater for any merfolk).

 

Bixyl Shuftan

Announcement: Sunbeamer Moon Dances Start Thursday, February 20

 

 

 A benefit for the American Cancer Society! We are pleased to announce that flights to Sunbeamer Base on the moon will resume Feb. 20, 2025. Dances will be again at the usual times of 6 PM to 8PM SLT. Operations will continue every Thursday until June 5, 2025 You arrive at Sunweaver Space and grab a seat in the Columbiad Moon Cannon to be shot to the moon. There once you land on the lunar surface you ask for a kiosk in your team's name if you don’t see one already. It will be planted and dance a celebration of your moon landing with other teams. Tunes provided by a Live DJ who is not taking tips! Wants you to tip the kiosk instead.  Come rep your team and if your not on a team then just pick a team and help them.

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Sunweaver%20Space/96/104/2

 

 

Events This Week at the Sunweaver and Montecito Bay Clubs, Furry Fashion, and Club Scorn

 

Here's what's going on at the Sunweaver, Montecito Bay, Furry Fashion, and Scorn clubs.

Club Cutlass: Working Man, Magic RFL Dance, The Blues Show

Happy Vixen: DJ Malit, DJ Arooo, DJ Scratch, DJ Squeaks, DJ Khyra

Club Zero Gravity: DJ Snowy - Magic

 

Bouncing Bunny Beach Club:  DJ Snowy - Fantasy

Xanadu: DJ Jesse 

Club Squeaks: Closed to regular events

 

Montecito Bay:  CAYA, After Dark

Club Scorn: DJ Charlee, DJ Shadow, DJ Juana, DJ Gwen, DJ Aldi, DJ Poison, DJ Charlee, DJ Malit, DJ Gwen

 

Furry Fashion:  CAYA, Fantasy, Cyberpunk, Fur VS Scales

 

Read the schedules in SL Clubbin'

 

Winter Storm Could Mean Outages

 

 

 "The Big Chill" isn't just a movie you can rent these days. This week, a winter storm is making it's way east from the Great Plains across the middle of the country. It starts dropping snow west of the Mississippi on Tuesday, and will continue Wednesday and Thursday as it moves towards the Atlantic. In it's path are places that don't usually see much snow, such as northern Mississippi and Alabama and northeastern North Carolina. There is a risk of power outages, and of course Internet interruptions. So Second Life residents in the area should be prepared for being temporarily offline. 

Source: https://weather.com

 

Bixyl Shuftan

 

The Relay Season Begins

 

 

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 On Saturday February 15, the Relay for Life in Second  Life officially started it's season. At Noon, there was a Kickoff event. While the Newser wasn't there, thankfully there was recorded footage of the ceremony. Some committee members were there, and encouraged the crowd. This included announcing there were 160 teams registered before kickoff, considered a record. 

There would be many events that weekend, Saturday and Sunday, among them Team Aurora's "Carnival Kick Off Party." The carnival games are presumably still up on Warblood Isle. 

 

 At 4PM was the "Battle of the DJs," organized by team Sugar Skols.

 

 Six DJs would complete, including the Sunbeamer's DJ Snowy (Skylark Lefavre).

 

 Snowy would win the competition, raking in over 100,000 Lindens during the event. 

 More stories on Relay events soon.

 

Bixyl Shuftan

Valentines Party at Club Scorn

 

 

 While Valentines Day was Friday February 14, some clubs would continue the fun over the weekend. One was Club Scorn, which held it's "Love and Passion" party on Saturday. The event was prom-themed, taking place on a special venue in the sim. 

From 4PM to Midnight SL time, four DJs played the tunes for an audience of couples, as well as some singles, the final one being club owner Gwen Winchester herself.

And for me and my SL wife Charlee, a nice romantic time together. 

Happy Valentines Day

 

Bixyl Shuftan

 

Cartoon of The Day: Shot Cupid

 

 

 Taken at Club Scorn's Valentine venue. There was a display of a cupid with his own arrow in his back. Now how could this have happened?

 

By Bixyl Shuftan

 

SL Video: "Trustfall"

 

 

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 From LorDefiance Valentines Day, Feb 14, 2023, "A little bit of everything fell into place for this one. I thought about making a quick video to share the Isle of View with friends that aren't on Second Life. Maybe it would be a fun way to showcase Wing too, since my avatar has come a long way since I joined SL in 2008. Then I stumbled across P!NK's TRUSTFALL and I knew I had to do something with this absolute bop! So yeah, one week later it's done. Enjoy the fireworks, and Happy Valentine's Day :)"

 

Warning: some profanity

 

Announcement: Sugar Skols RFL Battle of the DJs

 

 

We the Sugar Skols RFL Team want to welcome you to the epic battle on Sunday, February 16TH at 4pm SLT. This year The Sugar Skols have an entire RFL sim with an open track available to ride all season, a growing powerhouse team, and many, many events. And it all starts with YOU!!! Welcome to our kick off!!

Landing and Site of the Battle: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Bohemian%20Rhapsody/26/109/1050

There will be 6 DJs participating in this battle.
THE LINEUP (and Order)

Wyldchild Raven
Joel Pendragon
Sal (Salamanda Halostar) - OUR DEFENDING CHAMPION!
Mikael Foxtrot
Snowy Shiriki-Lefavre (skylark.lefavre)
Andrei - AndreiJavik

The Winner of the Battle will be decided at the conclusion of the event. How do we determine the winner? Well, this is a charity event. It is decided by the DJs kiosk’s donations. There will be trophies awarded (and they are very cool in our opinion) and the DJs will also become part of the Skols Hall Of Fame!!

One final note you should be aware of.... we are so proud to announce 100% of donations raised at the battle will be matched at the end of the night. This means EVERY linden you donate will be DOUBLED making your impact on fighting for this cause that much greater!

We are so excited to jump into our third season with with this event and cannot express how happy we are to have you.

Thank you,
Rafe Odinson
The Sugar Skols

If you have any event questions please direct them to me, Rafe: Rafe.Grumpypants
Please direct any DJ specific questions to Wyld: Wyldchild.Raven

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Bohemian%20Rhapsody/26/109/1050
 

Valentine on Ice

 

Gemma Cleanslate is back following her computer being in the shop. And it's appropriate that for Valentine's Day, her article is about a Valentine-themed location. Located at Rebel Yell Concerts is "Valentine on Ice," showing some winter fun activities, some meant to be enjoyed by couples, from rides to gift shops to relaxing in front of a fire.

 

Read Gemma's article in Places. 

 

Announcement: Club Scorn's "Love And Passion"

 

 Join Club Scorn on Saturday February 15 for a Valentines Day Party, "Love and Passion." The theme is Prom Night, and will be taking place from 2 PM to Midnight SL time. There will be contests and prizes, with five DJs spinning the tunes. 

Location: Somewhere on Elysium Tartarus  - SURL : To Be Determined

 

 

This Saturday at The Science Circle

 

 

Saturday February 15

 

    ~*~

 

    At 10 AM PST   

    2020 in the Science Circle – Revisited 1

    https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/2020-revisited-1/

    Delia, William, Robert

    Moderated By Stephen L. Gassior

    Auditorium

 

    ~*~

 

    NOTE: Non-members required to register once

    IM Jes Cobalt or Nymf Hathaway

╚══════════════════════════════ The Science Circle (72,129,30) ═╝

 

Linden Valentines Day Events

 

 Valentines Day is tomorrow, and while no doubt there will be many clubs and other places having events with the theme, Linden Lab is offering two of their own. 

 

The first one takes place on Bellisseria's railroad, the "Valentine's Love Train," also called the "Love Train Trollies." The trains start at the WelcomeHubLindenHomes sim, ending at Kersplash, and go from 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM SL time.

 

 Our special Bellisseria Valentine's Event returns this year. "Love Train Trolleys" operated by our own LDPW Moles depart from the station on the Welcome Hub every few minutes on February 14th from 11:30am - 12:30pm PT. The 30 minute ride ends with a teleporter that will take residents directly to Dunk & Hug a Linden or Mole, but residents can hop on at any point as the trolleys go by! Learn more about it from Patch Linden's forum post with a map of the route.

 

 https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/WelcomeHubLindenHomes/88/53/26

 

The second one is a long-lasting Linden Lab tradition, the "Hug a Linden, Dunk a Linden." You get to hung one of Linden Labs finest, have one take a plunge in a tank of water, or both. This takes place from 1 to 3PM SL time at two locations on the four sim Isle of View. 

Are you feeling “some kind of way” about the Lindens or Moles? Show your love (or friendly aggression) for the makers of Second Life at our annual Dunk & Hug a Linden or Mole Event, held this year on February 14th from 1pm to 3pm PT at the Isle of View. Come early for some fun conversations and plenty of soaked Lindens! 

https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Isle%20of%20View%202/84/79/107

 

Keep an eye out for more Valentines themed fun.

 

Bixyl Shuftan

 

 

RFL Announcement: SL Living Gala Today, 12-2 PM

 

 SL Living Gala is Thursday, February 13th from 12-2pm slt. This is a great time to get together, celebrate the event and show us your best dressed look! We hope to see you there!

 

 http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/SL%20Living%20Expo/128/130/1512

EOTB: "Membership Mania" Offering Higher Group Limit, More Perks For Upgraded Accounts

 

 

On Monday February 10, Linden Lab announced their "Membership Mania" week. Everybody, basic accounts included, is getting higher group limits. And there's now more perks for upgraded accounts, including a few Linden Home types available for Plus.

 

February’s Membership Mania continues with even more surprises and rewards for our valued Plus, Premium, and Premium Plus members! If you thought last week’s announcements were exciting, just wait until you see what’s in store this week. From free daily Linden Dollars to expanded benefits across the board, there’s never been a better time to be a Second Life member! 

To begin with, everybody is getting a higher group limit.  This includes Basic accounts, who are having it raised from 42 to 50. Plus accounts are getting it raised from 50 to 55. Premium residents are going from 60 to 70 groups. And for Premium Plus, the limit is going from 140 to 150.

The last time the group limit was changed for basic accounts was in 2011, when it was raised from 30 to 42. At Second Life's beginning in 2003, it was just ten.  In 2004, it was raised to 15. In 2006, it was raised to 25. In 2016, it would raise the limit of Premium accounts to 60.

 

In 2019, Linden Lab announced it would be cutting the limit back, but eventually relented and kept the limit at 42.

Less important but still useful, the number of stored IMs will be going up. For Basic, the number will be going up from 15 to 30. For Plus, from 15 to 40. Premium goes from 80 to 120. Premium Plus goes from 160 to 240.

 

Linden Lab is lowering the cost to be a Linden Home owner. Those with Plus accounts are now eligible for one. But, they won't have the selection Premium residents have. They will be limited to just three kinds, Newbrooke Sakura, and Campers. 

For those wanting to add one more decoration to their Linden Homes, more good news. Linden Lab is raising the Land Impact levels. For land parcels 512 square meters in size, is up from 175 to 234 LI. For those 1024 in size, 351 to 468. And for those 2048 from 703 to 937. 

And for those using the Mobile Viewer with accounts over Basic, good news. The Lab will be paying you to log in daily with their "Linden Reward Streaks"

 

 

For a limited time, we’re rolling out Linden Reward Streaks, an exciting new way for Plus, Premium, and Premium Plus members to earn free Linden Dollars daily simply by logging in to the Second Life Mobile app. 

To claim some free Lindens, log onto the mobile app if you have an account higher than Basic (download it first if you don't have it). If you log on for a second day in a row, you get a few more Lindens than the first day. If you log on for a third day in a row, you get still more up to day seven. After that, you get the same amount of free Lindens for as long as you keep logging in every day, "Look for the Streaks pop-up when you log in or find it in your main menu. "

To check the blog post in full, Click Here.

Events This Week at the Sunweaver and Montecito Bay Clubs, Furry Fashion, and Club Scorn

 

 

Here's what's going on at the Sunweaver, Montecito Bay, Furry Fashion, and Scorn clubs.

Club Cutlass: Yellow and Green, Valentines Day, Fur and Feather

Happy Vixen: TBA, DJ Arooo, DJ Charlee, DJ Scratch, DJ Squeaks, DJ Khyra

Club Zero Gravity: DJ Snowy - Fire and Ice

 

Bouncing Bunny Beach Club:  DJ Snowy - Fantasy

Xanadu: DJ Jesse 

Club Squeaks: Closed to regular events

 

Montecito Bay:  CAYA, After Dark

Club Scorn: DJ Charlee, DJ Shadow, DJ Juana, DJ Gwen, Valentines Day Party

 

Furry Fashion:  Feral, Cats and Rabbits, Hats, Pink and Red

 

Read the schedules in SL Clubbin'

 

New Bellisseria Sims

 

 

Besides the new Linden Home sims, there's been some work elsewhere on Bellisseria. Checking the map near the connection to the mainland between eastern Sansaria and northwest Bellisseeria, the unfinished coast is finally getting some costal sims. The Moles have been working away.

So for those who want Linden Homes with a waterfront look, and those who like sailing down the coast, some good news. 

RFL Team Sunbeamer Meeting

 

 

 On Sunday February 9 at 12 Noon SL time, the Relay for Life in Second Life's Team Sunbeamers had their pre-season meeting. Led by team captain Rita Mariner, and with two of "Roos With A Dream" present, there was a discussion about what to do, what events to hold, and some events that would be temporarily shelved. 

Due to a viewer glitch, the table was invisible to me, so I remained standing.

 

 

Two weekly events came up, the Roos' one on Monday, and the Sunnies' Moon Dance for Thursdays at 6PM, once the Relay Season starts. One annual event that will definitely be held is the Sunbeamer Air Show, hosted by Cynthia Farshore on her Farshore Airfield in Sunlight Bay. The date has yet to be set as Cynthia is coordinating with an air squadron about when the best weekend will be. 

It was also brought up that one recent Relay Weekend campsite of the team's was an award winner, and there were hopes of repeating that performance. 

The Relay for Life's fundraising season for 2025, "The Magic of Hope," officially starts with the Kickoff on Saturday February 15.

 

For more information about Relay events, check the calendar Here.

 

Bixyl Shuftan

 

 

 

The SL Living Expo Continues

 

 

 The SL Living Expo continued on this weekend, with people dropping by to see the scenery, shop, and drop by music events. I dropped by DJ Sal's set on Sunday briefly.

 

 There was plenty to see in the surrounding sims, such as this urban area. 

The Expo goes on to February 14.

 

To check the event blog, Click Here.

 

Bixyl Shuftan