Relay Track Sneak Peek: Steelhead Graffiti

 

 

Taken at the Steelhead Salmons' campsite. Someone did a little graffiti poking fun at the team captain, which got a response from him. Which leads to the question, do we start calling him "Fuzzbutt Ortega?" 

 

Bixyl Shuftan (with the help of Droppa MaPants)

 

It Came From Relay (Discord) Chat: "'The Hair' On The Moon"

 

 

From Fuzzball Ortega when he was at the Thursday May 21 Moon Dance, "The Hair spotted on the moon." 

 

Cynthia Farshore would respond, "Yes and he had a rather 'hairy' landing."

 

Relaystock Schedule For Sunday

 

9:00am – DJ Sal
Belle Ame

10:30am – DJ  Casey
Purple Tears

12:00pm – DJ Fuzzball Ortega
Steelhead Salmons

1:30pm – DJ Primilena Dumpling 
Aether Chrononauts Tiny Steps

3:00pm – LIVE – Grace Loudon
Relay Rockers

4:00pm – LIVE – Todd Rumsford
Cure Chasers

4:00pm – DJ Trader Whiplash
Relay Rockers
The Final Dance
End Of RelayStock 

 

RFL: "The Hair" At The Moon Dance

 

 

 The weekly Relay for Life Moon Dance is always a blast. DJ Cynthia's music is fun, and so are the puns that fly. But on the March 20 dance, there was Fuzzball Ortega of the Steelhead Salmons with "The Hair," the most famous head covering in the Relay. It's so big, an entire avatar can fly in it. And of course it was followed by a bunch of hair and haircut jokes, the the 60s song "Long Beautiful Hair."

 

The Moon Dance takes place in Sunweaver Space every Thursday at 6PM during the Relay season/

 

Bixyl Shutfan

 

 

Scenes From The Fairelands

 

 

 Quite a bit has been happening in the Fairelands. At the party ship Fairchylde, there were a number of people DJing. This included Fuzzball Ortega of the Steelhead Salmons, whom is most noted at the Relay for his huge hairpiece, usually known as "The Hair." But while DJing this time, he was without it, "We are NOT crashing Fantasy Faire with The Hair."

 

 

The Fairchyle wasn't the only place for music events. In "The Golden Hour," there was a viking-themed DJ event, with Obic Malaprop playing.

 

 At one point, Oblic commented, "Alright if you all don't start hitting that kiosk I may have to resort to terrible puns." The response was immediate, "NO PUNS!" "Nuuuuh!!!! Not puns!!!! Feed the kiosk, Quick!" "No not the puns! Haha!" Oblic grinned, "And I so wanted to tell the one about the viking cannibal ....he had a Swede-tooth." Ten minutes later, "Whelp time for a pun... Did you hear about the viking who hit his thumb with a hammer and bit his tongue? ......it was Thor." The audience reacted, "Oh dear (laughter)" "Ouch!" "Ba'doom'tish!" "(cries)"

I also dropped by a Jail and Bail featuring the people behind the Teegle horses, "We don't really understand the charges against us, but here we are. Something about customs regulations and an accusation of bribery? You've got to help us get out of this mess! " 

 

Some horses were put up for auction. A few went for over 50,000 Linden dollars.

 

 

 The Children of Stories Roleplay is also continuing, fuller details to come.

That's all on the Faire for now, stay tune for more.

 

Update: The FF Quest is now live, at least part one is. Details to come. 

Bixyl Shuftan

Reader Submitted: "The Hair" At RFL Freedom Rock

 

 

Pictures from Fuzzball Ortega and Selene Jashan, respectively. At American Cancer Society 3 on Daturday March 9, there was a certain event, "Going on now, its BIG HAIR TIME! ....Grab your limo, spandex, and hair spray and COME ON DOWN to Freedom Rock!" Well, Fuzzball Ortega was around, and Relay regulars can guess what happened. 

Fuzz would tell me, "So at Freedom Rock, there was mention of "Big Hair". Well, NATURALLY, The Hair and I couldn't turn down THAT invite."

 

 

Selene would remark, "Fuzzball at his finest... I think.   They did say big hair (laughter)!"

 

Reader Submitted: Rock Band Tribute Concert At Steelhead

 

Steelhead made news a few years ago with it's rebirth as an example of a community that came back. Since then, things have been somewhat quiet. But recently, some things have been happening at the place. Among them was a Scorpions band tribute concert. Fuzzball Ortega, the town's mayor, took a few pictures and sent them to the Newser with a brief account.

 

Read Fuzzball's reader submission in Events. 

At The Relay Weekend: A Hat For "The Hair"

 

Taken at the Steelhead Salmons camp at the Relay Weekend. Fuzzball Ortega is known for his giant hairpiece. But one wonders, was there a hat big enough for it?

It "hat" to be done.

Bixyl Shuftan
 

Snickers At The Relay

 
The following was overheard in Relay chat on the after noon of Friday April 29.

[17:35] Gem Sunkiller: snickers
[17:35] Kitty Gumbo (Prettykitty Gumbo): that makes sense
[17:35] ღ Mαyα ღ (MayaserenaCeNedra Resident): Snickers is a candy bar Gem.  c'mon
[17:36] Fuzzball Ortega: Rader, get me a Snickers. "With or without peanuts?" Without "Milky Way" Damn partials.
[17:36] Kitty Gumbo (Prettykitty Gumbo): my favorite show
[17:37] ღ Mαyα ღ (MayaserenaCeNedra Resident): My husband always says that Milky Way is just a female snickers.
[17:37] Gem Sunkiller: snickers again

Hang around in Relay chat long enough, you'll eventually get some snickers.
 

Scenes From The Fantasy Faire

 

On Wednesday April 27, the captain of the Steelhead Salmons, Fuzzball Ortega, was DJing at the Fantasy Faire. The event took place at Doriath, the north edge of the Faire sims.  

The Salmons had recently hit Gold level fundraising. Congratulations to the team.
 

Announcement: Party Today at Steelhead Bay

 

Everyone is welcome to join Fuzzball Ortega, Dj Cynthia Farshore and Andrea Jones @ The Outdoor Stage in Steelhead Bay This coming Saturday the 31st from 3 - 5 Pm. We will be dancing  to the tunes of Summer on the beach Andrea imported to the stage area for us. Andrea also had a giant aquarium constructed. Come see the sharks, fish, turtles , mermaids and the ghost pirates.....what? um ok, it is a fundraiser to help Fuzz with the region. But don't worry about that if you can't come anyway.

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Steelhead%20Bay/56/204/2
 

Reader Submitted: At The RFL Track

 From Spooked Dreamscape, two pictures of his time at the Relay track (Spooked is a member of Team Sunbeamers). For the first one, three of team Steelhead Salmons, led by Fuzzball Ortega, "Remember this hair?"
 

And later on, he would encounter this "Truck of woofers."
 

Club Gearz Now Featuring Games

For fans of the Steampunk-themed City of Steelhead, good news. Besides the weekly music and dance parties held at it's Club Gearz every other week, one can now go there for the games. Owner Fuzzball Ortega recently to Ember Games, bought up a number, and placed them on the second floor of the venue.

Bixyl wrote an article about Ember Games shutting down, so I bought some of the games. U-Know (Uno), Skippy (Skip-Bo), Clued Up (Clue), Zilch, and Sparkle (Bejeweled) are set up on the second floor of Club Gearz. The Pacman game, haven't set that up yet. Need a skyplatform, methinks.

As mentioned in Fuzzball's announcement, some the games are based on real-life ones such as Uno and Clue. But others such as Zilch are original. There are a total of six. Expect a seventh, a maze game inspired by Pac-Man, available via a teleporter to a skybox, sometime in the future.

Club Gearz normally has parties every other Friday night from 7 to 9 SL time. It alternates with the "Green Fairy" club in Ravenwood Forest, the one survivor of the original Steelhead sims.

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Steelhead%20Bay/161/175/25

It Came From Discord: Relay Humor

One of the running gags of the Relay for Life is "The Hair," Fuzzball Ortega's enormous hairpiece that's so massive, it requires propellers to stay upright. Every year, he makes at least a partial lap with it. This time, Eugenia Burton "Genie" Ortega was there, carrying a little comment on her back.

New Sponsor: Steelhead Bay

Great news. The Steelhead community is once more sponsoring the Second Life Newser. What made them stop? To begin with, Steelhead for several years was one of the more notable steampunk/Victorian communities. While not the largest, it certainly enjoyed high visibility due to it's award-winning Relay for Life team and the antics and events of it's residents, such as it's yearly eruption of Mount Saint Hellens. But in September 2015, the owner of the sims at the time announced he had to leave Second Life for a while due to real-life difficulties, and the estate closed a few months later. Although it's residents were able to move to other sims, they missed their old home. Finally in March 2017, Fuzzball Ortega, the sheriff of the old community, announced he would be rebuilding Steelhead. And in a short time, the sim of Steelhead Bay was full of buildings.

We look forward to covering the Steelhead community's Relay events, plus other antics of this interesting steampunk area.

Reader Submitted: "Why Fuzz Is Not Allowed to Drive"

From Trader Whiplash. Fuzzball Ortega has a reputation for being a less than sterling driver. Trader Whiplash shared this picture of him behind the wheel in an out of control moment.

Reader Submitted: "The Hair" At A Dance Party

Taken by Fuzzball Ortega, while wearing the infamous "The Hair" at a post-Relay Weekend party on the Relay track.

Party At The Relay Track

At the Africa Cure sim on the Relay Track on Monday July 16, there was an impromptu party by a number of the Relayers. Among them was Steelheader Eugenia "Genie" Ortega whom I hadn't seen in a while. And of course, Fuzzball Ortega was in "The Hair."

We laughed and joked for the short time I was there, congratulating each others' teams' efforts. I also heard the day the Flood Party will take place, sometime on Wednesday July 18. But what's unknown is when it will take place, or how deep the water will be. Yours truly can't tell you whether to bring an inner tube, or just rubber rubber boots. So keep an eye on Relay group notices that day.

Bixyl Shuftan

Today Last Day Up For the Relay Sims

With the time until the Relay sims come down getting closer, many were taking some time, even if it was brief, to give then another look. I happened to catch this meetup between Trader Whiplash, Gem Sunkiller, and Aryon Dagger.

Fuzzball Ortega was also giving the track a look. As far as yours truly knows, he walked most of the way. Though word has it he was in a go-cart part of the way.

Among the people I ran into was Nancy Clowes, the head of the "Fun Rides and Amusement Parks" group. She introduced me to Pryda Parx, the producer of the Future Shock machinima series.

Valkyrie Ice found an Asian-themed build at RFL Journey. Since she couldn't take it with her, she took a number of picturesque screenshots with her in a Chinese outfit.

There were two announcements in the Relay groups today. One was the time for the "Flood Party, " which was scheduled to be between 5PM and 7PM somewhere in the Relay sims.

Location TBA on Wednesday
Join us one last time for a Farewell party to the Relay Sim.
Dance, party and share your relay memories!

Bring your inner tube to put on and wear your water proof clothes....just sayin.

The other announcement was a sadder one, that after Wednesday, the event would be coming to a close.

 Sadly the Relay Sims need to be returned. Campsite clean up must be done by Thursday June 21  11pm slt. We are not responsible for any no copy items left on the sims after that time.

Please try to leave the campsites /builds up until Wednesday night or Thursday if you can, as ppl are still visiting.

For those who want to see lots of screenshots of the Relay Weekend, there is the Relay for Life in Second Life Flickr page. Among the top contributors, Wildstar Beaumont, and IshtarAngel Micheline (Ishtarkiss)

Bixyl Shuftan

Recklass Driving on the Relay Track

Not the actual car: a dramatization

At one point last night while the camps of the Relay Track were being worked on, there was a bit of panic in the Relay for Life Track builder chat, Fuzzball Ortega saying, "I don't know who's driving that vehicle. But......EVERYONE OFF THE TRACK!!!!" He added a few seconds later, "And no....it's not me." Athenaeum Archivist told the group, "They crashed into our stack of books and drove off." Madonna Daehlie commented, "That's even more dangerous than the lunatic flying around the track in a Wright Flyer this week." Fuzzball commented further, "I saw some car driving all over the track, and I said to myself, "Damn, I thought Fuzz wasn't rezzing any vehicles" and then I realized, 'I'm Fuzz'." KumaguroBunnyBear Resident commented, "I've known people to land cars in trees and on roofs."

Eclair Martinek admitted being the guilty driver, "Dianna kept talking to me while I was driving. I hope I didn't destroy any campsites." But the car was never found, she later saying she drove it into a body of water to get rid of the evidence. Trader Whiplash had to leave when this incident was still fresh, "I leave you all to drive each other nuts until I return. Don't burn down the sims."

No doubt there will continue to be examples of mayhem and hilarity at the Relay Track as time ticks on to the Relay Weekend this Saturday and Sunday.

Bixyl Shuftan