SL Videos: SL Newser Exhibits, SL9B and SL10B (Repeats)

With this being our anniversary weekend, and the SL12B not far away, we're repeating this videos of two of our exhibits for earlier Second Life Birthday events. For the office tower we had for the SL10B, one can see the portraits on the ground floor, and Gemma Cleanslate and Qwark Allen are looking out from the top floor of the office tower there.



Here's Qwark's build for our first exhibit, the office we had for the SL8B, during which an impromptu "office meeting" was held. Gemma didn't think too much of it as Qwark's recording made her look like her mouth was wide open, "I look like I'm yelling at the boss!" No she wasn't as I was there.

This year, Qwark Allen is on hiatus, and we're doing something a bit different from the office theme we've had in the past. So what is it? You'll see.

Last Look at the SL10B

It's been a week since the Second Life Tenth Birthday celebration closed down. Staff, exhibitors, and residents alike have expressed sadness at it's passing. So a few odds and ends, plus a selection of screenshots we hadn't shown yet as a last good bye (baring Reader Submissions).

In contrast to Daniel Voyager's Blog, which reported frequently on the SL10B, Hamlet Au's New World Notes didn't mention it much. But he did offer a few interesting articles. While several Lindens showed up at the event, it seems a number of former Lindens visited the anniversary. They gathered at The Cornfield, shared old stories about their times at the Lab, and danced. One exhibit ex-Linden Teegan Linden liked a lot was the History Walk, "The walk is a wonderful reminder that history is ongoing - and how honored I am to have been a part of it. I'll always love Second Life and the people who make it what it is - Residents and Lindens alike."

A commentary article he wrote, which fits into the theme of "Looking back," was of an article about virtual worlds in science fiction in the past forty years. He noted that most of them depicted virtual reality in a negative light, an exception being "Star Trek's" holodeck. Perhaps they had a little to do with why Second Life didn't become more popular.

And finally, yours truly did his share of exploring around the SL10B grounds while they were up. A list of screenshots of the exhibits, and a couple notable people at them.

For the list, go to Places.


Bixyl Shuftan

SL10B Wrap-Up with KT Syakumi

DrFran Babcock recently had a chance to interview one of the women behind the Second Life Tenth Birthday: KT Sysakumi. She helped with the building of the reactor stage, in addition to being one of the event's top managers. She had quite a few things to say about the event and it's planning, and how they went.

Read DrFran's interview in People.

The SL10B's Last Hurrah

By Bixyl Shuftan

All good things must come to an end, and Saturday June 29th was the last chance for to see the exhibits at the Second Life Tenth Birthday, better known as the SL10B. In the past, the final day passes more or less uneventfully, maybe a few reminders in various group chats. Also when going about, one would often see a number of empty plots, the result of the builder taking down the build early. And with the SL10B having a little less of a build-up in publicity than the one a year ago, such as fewer videos made for publicity, one could be forgiven into thinking this would be the case once again.

Things were a little different this year. Although June 23rd had been officially the last day for events, there were a few things planned by the staff. At Noon SL time, the flags in various locations were lowered all at once in a simple ceremony.

After that, fireworks were set off at the Cake Stage in the center of the SL10B area. The launchers were set up around the cake build itself near the top of the stage.

A few of the staff launched the fireworks into the air with a loud "whoosh!' and exploded in color in the sky above. Saffia Widdershins was among those nearby whooping it up

From about 1PM to 9PM, there was a Closing Party at the Turtle Stage at SL10B Impressive and SL10B Spellbound. Various DJs would perform for the crowd there.  But the stage was not the only place the residents were.

All around the SL10B grounds, people were going about either to see what they had missed, or to show to friends what they had seen earlier.  There were also exhibits, such as the Spanish Institute, which had set up events of their own, such as discussions or their own DJ parties.

The grounds were occupied all day and presumably all night and into morning as the residents continued to either explore the place, or gather at spots and mingle. Late at night at the Turtle Stage, there was a smaller crowd with several dancing sugar glider avatars available at a place people had gone to from the LM at their exhibit. Toady Nakamura a noted builder from Grendles Children, whom had helped build the stage was also there.

And all day and all night was the chatter in the SLB community and exhibition groups, congratulating each other for a job well done.

For me personally, there was one more difference between this Birthday event and others. More friends of mine showed up to look around, as well as get a few things such as the aforementioned sugar glider avatars, or freebies that might come in handy for decorating. Alleara Snoodle wanted to show me her friend Kristine Kristan's "Now and Then" art project (written about by DrFran Babcock), and was surprised to find her picture there among the others.

My partner Jasmine Dawn Shuftan was also there. Later in the day, Nydia Tungsten and a few friends showed up.

Eventually, it was time to depart, leaving the exhibits I had yet to see. On clean-up day, there would be a chance to see a few more as some exhibits were still up for fellow exhibitors to view. But the majority were gone. As the day went on, they were dismantled. A few exhibitors did have fun with it by having their places burn or explode. And they bade each other farewell, "See you all next year."

For now, the staff and exhibitors will get a break, at least most of them. Some are already preparing for the Relay For Life Weekend in a few weeks. But people are already looking forward to the SL11B, and sooner or later the staff will once again start planning for Second Life's anniversary celebrations.

"It was a great SL10B."

Bixyl Shuftan
(1st and 4rth pictures from Gemma Cleanslate)

SL Video: SL Newser SL10B

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Qwark Allen's video of the SL Newser office tower exhibition.

SL10B: A Message From Golan Eilde

SL10B  -Looking Forward, Looking Back

What a celebrations it was. Wow, made my heart be filled with joy.

Eight days 24/7 shows, I can't really even start to count on what made my SL10B so amazing.

Maybe its my Crew that changed my way of thinking.

Maybe its the DJs that changed me to who I am today.

And maybe it's the music, after all it is what makes us do things.

I look back to Second Life to my past, and see the path I walked where I was. And am looking now to where I am. What a transformations it was. Time to look forward to new horizons and to take a step forward.

I wanted to say to all that made an impact on me during this event,  a big thank you. Without you I don't think we could done all of this.

You made this one birthday to remember!

Also wanted to say special thanks to:

Sim Coordinators -  all you did to keep the sims stable

Moderators  -  for keeping our event on the safe side from griefers and unwanted people

Greeters/hosts  - You guys did great work welcoming new residents and all that needed help on the sims.

EA - You guys were just amazing gave the help to exhibitors, what they needed and setting access, rules, and set their parcel, permissions, etc. It's not an easy job but one of the most important.

Performers - It was a blast this year, I thank you for the tunes. Thanks for a job well done.

Leads- (senior and land ) - Thanks for your support and for all you did to make this event happen.
          
Stage Manager -  without you guys the stages would never worked themselves out.
                               
          
To sum it up: 

           It was a pleasure to work with you all
           and I am looking forward for next year!!!
   
          
                        
P.S. DJ STAGE TEAM - You  Rock  :D           
       
GOLAN   Eilde
Lead, DJ Stage                     
SL10B                                                        

Surprise Visit in SL10B

 

By Gemma Cleanslate

 

Since the SL10B is still going on this week, I logged into the History site in Beguile sim to check on what was going on. If you have visited you know that the arrival point is the good old corral of the early days. To my surprise the corral was full!! Many avatars were sitting on the ground. 

 

As I surveyed the avatars, I saw that almost all were newbies. Thanks to Fran Gustav, a greeter and host,  I learned it was a university language class visiting Second Life for the first time. The instructor, Pionia Destiny, brought them to here as part of the class. I supplied her with some landmarks and information and tagged along. What fun! 

 

Their first stop was to the Welcome Center where they picked up all the goodies there and learned how to change their appearance. Then with some instructions, she set them free to roam. It was joy to watch. 

 

Remember the SL10B Community Celebration continues until the 29th of June. If you have not had time to see all the wonderful exhibits hurry! http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/SL10B%20Beguile/253/145/22

 

Gemma Cleanslate 

SL10B: Doc Gascoigne, "Thank you SL10B Community"

I personally would like to thank everyone who volunteered to work for the Second Life 10th Birthday Community Celebration. All your collective effort and volunteer spirit helped us pull off this grand event. I also would like to thank the SL Community for supporting this event. Without you whether it be in the form of volunteers or visitors, our birthday event would not be as successful as it has been this year.

This year’s gathering was a look back for some and look forward for others. For me personally, it reminded me of the SL I came from where we “paid it forward” by helping each other with our knowledge, experience and throwing really great parties. If I had not said it a dozen times I will say it again; Community is not just a word it is an entity; a living, breathing entity. An interacting population of various kinds of individuals in a common location. Our common location is Second Life.

If you enjoyed the event and want to be a part next year, keep an eye on this blog and stay in the SLB Community Group for notification of next year’s festivities.

It was and always has been an honor and my pleasure to once again work with all of you.

Cya next time,

Doc

Source: SL10B website.

SL10B: Ego-Tripping with DrFran

Some individuals leave their mark in a few places. DrFran Babcock has certainly been one. Not just for her work at the Newser, but also with her time at the Giant Snail Races. Both of their exhibits at the SL10B mention her, along with her own. Plus one can find her likeness at a fourth, of which she got a chance to chat with the owner. We're all entitled to a little self-promotion, so here's some from our intrepid reporter.

Read DrFran's story in Events.

SL10B: The Last Events

Sunday June 23, 2013, marked the day Second Life officially turned ten years old. It was also the last day of events at the Second Life Tenth Birthday Event, the SL10B. And going around, there were plenty of events to see and experience.

Besides the events, there were the exhibits as always, such as this Eiffel Tower build. The gray in the picture shows how bad the lag was for yours truly, even after a few minutes to settle. So I usually kept my draw distance much shorter than this picture shows.

There were many parties at the four stages, and a few exhibitions. At one of the water places in SL10B Stunning, a mermaid party was held.

While there, I ran into Tantari Kim, whom was interviewed by Grease Coakes a few days ago. She told the others there about the article, and talked a little about how it was in earlier days.

Small Second Life.

The afternoon and evening went on. Finally at 5PM SL time was the last event at the Cake Stage, a stand-up comedy session with Lauren Weyland, Second Life's most noted comedian.  It was in voice, so instead of all four corners of the stage, it could only be heard in one: SL10B Pizzaz. So all those listening were crammed there, which made it a little tricky at times to walk around as one could easily get the "lag walk" and crash.

DrFran made it over (picture above is hers).

At the same time was the last event in the Auditorium, where Saffia Widdershins hosted a discussion on the Steampunk communities. Steelhead was discussed there of course. It was described as not a "hard" roleplay sim, but a social one that was kept lively by the spontaneity of it's residents. Some of their spontaneity was shown that evening as Steehead's Sakura Festival held a sumo wrestling event (more on that later).

At 6PM were last of the events at the DJ stage, better known as The Reactor. Straddling two sims, SL10B Incredible and Awesome, the party lived up to the sim names, with the music and the effects of the lighting at Midnight, at least once the sims had some minutes to rezz.

Gleanr Ellsmere was the DJ for this event. He would be followed by Ladjgirl Resident, the last DJ to officially perform at the SL10B.

One Linden showed up for the party as well, Amber Linden. She enjoyed the bash, and upon her departure wished everyone well.

And so, the events of the Second Life Tenth Birthday came to an end. At least officially. Unofficially, exhibitors can still hold impromptu gatherings at their places. The sims themselves will still be up a few more days until Friday June 29. For exhibitors, July 1 is when things come to a close with the deadline to pick up their builds before the sims fade back to the virtual nether from whence they came.

It was an exciting SL10B.

"Happy Birthday, Second Life."

For more pictures on SL10B, check out the Flickr page: http://www.flickr.com/groups/slcommunitycelebration/pool/.

To check the Linden SL10b Destination Guide for individual exhibits: http://secondlife.com/destinations/sl10b/1. 

Or you can just port to the entrance to see anything you missed: http://slurl.com/secondlife/SL10B%20Wonderous/6/93/22

Bixyl Shuftan

Cartoon of the Day

Someone at the SL10B in one of the "Primitar" avs from "Linden World," the alpha version of Second Life, was funning around with lightning bolts. So took a picture.

By Bixyl Shuftan

SL Video, "SL10B - The Reactor"

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From KT Syakumi, "My SL10B Community Celebration stage build - The Reactor - filmed by Moo Money in only 4 hours (including editing). Inside shots filmed with Rescene by Logan Bauer"

More on the SL10B

There's more going on about the SL10B than we have time to write about. Fortunately others have been.

Daniel Voyager has made quite a few posts on his blog about the Grid's anniversary celebrations. From Press Day, to Opening Day, the Cake Stage, the History Walk, Maps of previous Second Life Birthdays, Bear Island and the Cornfield, the Pod Tours, and the Clanis Telihub. He's also taken quite a few screenshots on his Flickr, with one set for SL10B photos.

Mona Eberhardt has also written a review of the SL10B. Not everything was fine and dandy about the event, she felt. She noted a number of exhibits that were little more than advertisements and how a number of builds were just copies of what was built the last year. But there's no shortage of great and unique builds, such as Qwark Allen's telescope (left).

Crap Mariner also came out with his "Brutally Honest SL10B Sim Tour."

The Linden blog had a few announcements. The Linden Lab Destinations Guide now has a SL10B section. This can help you pick and choose individual exhibits.

Linden Lab has also made a game just for Premium members, The Magellian's Grid Scavenger Hunt.

Magellan Linden has uncovered an evil scheme by mad Doctor Talpa, to build some form of mind-control machines and take over the world. Magellan is busy building a machine to counter this scheme, but in the meantime YOU are needed to gather materials and components -- and to destroy any of Talpa's machines you can find.

Linden Lab also release an infographic about some impressive statistics about Second Life. Among them, stating more than three billion dollars worth of transactions have taken place over the past decade. The claim that 36 million people signed up, though, isn't quite the complete story as not everyone stayed. They did state one interesting bit of trivia, "the most purchased items are womens hairstyles."

Longtime residents may remember when companies left and right were making a presence in Second Life. While most of them have left, there are still businesses who see money to be made here. Alienware is doing a cross-promotion with Linden Lab with a contest, with a computer as the prize.

To help celebrate Second Life’s tenth birthday, we’re running a co-promotion with Alienware , the pioneer in specialty high-performance PC gaming systems! From now until July 17, 2013, Second Life users can enter to win a brand new Alienware 14 laptop!

The events at the SL10B go on until Sunday, and the sims will stay up for another week. So enjoy them while they last.

Image Credit: Daniel Voyager, Mona Eberhardt, Linden Lab, Alienware

Bixyl Shuftan

Various SL10B Places

The SL10B goes on, with the residents having hundreds of exhibits to look at, and sometimes interact with. The Newser has had a little time to look at them, and less to write about them. So which ones did we find that deserve a look?

See the pictures in Places.

Press Release: PTSD Discussion at the SL10B

PTSD Recovery in Second Life
NeuroPsychology & Virtual Worlds for Trauma Care

THURSDAY - 20th JUNE - 2013
12 PM SLT (PST)

Presented by Anya Ibor, RL's Colleen M. Crary, M.A. (Forensic Psychology).

PTSD is a complex, hard-to-treat condition plagued with stigma, misdisgnosis, and a credibility problem with the general public. Join PTSD expert Colleen crary (Anya Ibor in SL) for a 1-hour presentation and discussion of why PTSD happens, how it alters brain structure, and what we can do do help those with psychological trauma recover and blend back into their communities.
Brief presentation followed by audience Q&A.

What is PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder?
Why do some people get it?
How does it happen?
What happens to the brain and other organ systems under stress?

See you at the event's most engaging discussion!

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/SL10B%20Astonish/52/40/23


A legal 501c3 nonprofit organization based in Maine, USA
Presents Its Virtual Program: The Acorn2Oak PTSD Recovery Community.

For more information, check the website at http://www.acorn-to-oak.org , email the group at corn2oak@outlook.com , contact Spirit Pleides inworld, or check out the group's inworld location at Acorn2Oak (139, 115, 22)

SL10B - Meet the Lead Stage Managers!

In today's interview about the Second Life Birthday, DrFran Babcock interviewed not just one person, but four. The SL10B has more than just the Main, or Cake Stage. There are three others, the Turtle Stage, The Lake Stage, and the Reactor Stage. DrFran talks to the directors of each, Linda Sautereau, Jahman Ochs, Fedora Jones, and Golan Eilde. Each has a story of his/her own.

Read the interviews in People.

SL10B Opening Day

On Sunday June16, the Second Life Tenth Birthday, or the SL10B for short, officially began. Quite a bit took place at the sims set up for the event, in addition to some events outside. Second Life Newser took a few pictures of what happened that day.

See more in Events.

SL Video: "Draxtor Destinations - The Behemoth at SL10B"

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"Episode Three" of Draxtor Despres' "Draxtor Destinations." He looks at a cartoonish build at the SL10B.

"Second Life, the user-created universe of unbridled digital creativity is turning 10 this month and Loki Eliot has created a monster: the behemoth is a not-really-thinly veiled metaphor for SL in pixel flesh and blood, complete with tiny engineers explaining to the visitor how the best of intentions to nourish and raise a cute infant child of creative expression led to the uncontrollable beauty we enjoy today."

"The Behemoth" is at SL10B Wonderous ( 132, 48, 23)

SL10B: Interview With Doc Gascoigne

The Second Life Tenth Birthday celebrations are under way. And behind the big event is a group of volunteers. Helping to lead then is Doc Gascoigne, simply known as "Doc" to the team. DrFran Babcock recently had a chance to interview him, asking about the SL10B, and more.

Read the interview in People.

SL10B Begins Today

After months of planning, the Second Life Tenth Birthday celebration, the SL10B, the biggest event on the Grid, is all set to begin today.

One of course can port in anywhere here, but the closest thing to an official entrance is here, at the Welcome Area Arch at SL10B Wonderous (6, 93, 22)

Near the arch is a replica of the old style "Newbie Corral" from the Natoma sim, which was removed in 2003.

Just north of the Corral is the Avatar Central Freebie Gift Shop, at SL10B Beguile (244, 141, 22)

Inside one can find a number of old style avatars, including the one I started out with, in addition to some SL10B goodies such as a teddy bear.

To the west at SL10B Beguile (161, 119, 22) is the "History Walk, where one can get a brief history of Second Life, with various objects as three dimensional illustrations. The walking squares nearby are described as having been part of the "Humble Path" in Tehama, "the only known content created by Governor Linden."

It was a very different virtual world in those early days.

To help in looking around, there are Pod Tours available. This Pod station is located southwest of the Welcome Arch at SL10B Wonderous (0, 51, 21).

One classic area, "The Cornfield," has been recreated at The Corn Field1 (200, 167, 23)

The Main Stage, made up of four sims, SL10B Astound, Enchant, Fascinate, and Pizzazz.

And while looking around, don't forget to stop by the SL Newser office tower exhibit. We're located at SL10B Astonish (177, 78, 21)

The fun begins at 12 Noon, SL time. So be there, and plan ahead for lag.

For more information, check out the SL10B blog: http://slcommunitycelebration.com/

For more pictures, check the SL10B Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/groups/slcommunitycelebration/pool/

Bixyl Shuftan