The SL20B National And Global Contests

 

 The Second Life Birthdays have had prizes one can win for some time. But there's a chance to get a real-life prize from a contest here at the SL20B celebrations, in addition to a chance every day to get a free upgrade to Premium for a year, or maybe for life.

Visit the SL20B welcome area and look for the National and Global contest kiosks to win one of many huge prizes! Qualifying U.S. residents can  win a brand new Chevrolet Bolt EV car or a high-end ASUS computer in the physical world. Global community members can win one of several special prizes including daily giveaways of One-Year Premium Second Life Subscriptions and more!

 

The welcome area is in the SLB Awesome sim, a globe-shaped structure with greenery that in most hours of the day has had numbers of people. Going inside, at ground level there's a number of kiosks, and a rotating model of the grand prize for one of the two contests: a real-life electric car.

 

Of the two contests, one is open to US residents only, the National Sweepstakes.  The other is open to all residents of Second Life, the Global Sweepstakes.

 

The greater attention is on the National Sweepstakes prizes, as they're higher in value. The Grand Prize is an electric car, a Chevrolet Bolt EV, which has a "suggested retail price" of $27,495 USD. There are also five First Prizes, "Sponsor specified" laptop gaming computers described as worth about $2800 USD. 

Of the Global Sweepstakes, the prizes are free upgrades to one's account. The Grand Prize is a free upgrade to Premium for one's account, for life. The First Prize is a free upgrade to Premium Plus for one year. There are also Daily Prizes for a free upgrade to Premium account for one year.

One can enter up to Wednesday July 5 for both the National and Global contests. The drawing for the Grand and First prizes will be "on or around" Thursday July 6. One can enter the draw for the Daily Prize in the Global contest once a day. 

 

To enter, head to SLB Awesome (108/122/35).

Details for the contests are (here) and (here).

 

Bixyl Shuftan

 

Halloween in Space

At 6PM yesterday on November 1, the National Space Society group held it's Halloween party.

Have a howlin' good time celebrating Halloween with the National Space Society and Friends in the Great Pumpkin Space BALLroom at Earth-Moon L1!  We have a scary good musical set on the audio stream for your dancing and listening pleasure.  You are encouraged to come dressed in spooky or spacey fashion…or better yet, a spooky space costume.  And please feel free to pass along this invitation.

The party was small but lively, taking place high above the National Space Society sim. For the occasion, the party was held in a space station module made to look like a jack o' lantern. There was pumpkin cider available to drink, or one could just "dance" by floating around in zero gravity ... unless one could fly, such as the bat avatar that showed up.

 Some showed up in "costume," or avatars they do not usually wear, such as this "space werewolf" with crystal shoulderpads.

The music was mix of classic Halloween tunage, such as "Thriller" and "Monster Mash," but there were also songs with science themes sneaked in, such as Weird Al's tribute to "Jurassic Park."

The National Space Society group, the Second Life chapter of the National Space Society, holds regular meetings at 3PM every Monday.

National Space Society (128/152/1260)

Halloween Party at the National Space Society on Nov 1st

"Have a howlin' good time celebrating Halloween with the National Space Society and Friends in the Great Pumpkin Space BALLroom at Earth-Moon L1!  And please feel free to pass along the invitation. "



Friday Nov 1, 6PM to 8 PM

National Space Society (128, 152, 1260)

At the National Space Society Meeting

On Monday, I met up with the National Space Society in Second Life for their weekly meeting. Topics ranged from exoplanets, such as some "near-earths" a little bigger than ours, to why English became the standard language of communication, to the budget showdown in Washington DC, which was something of a puzzlement to non-Americans. The bad news for the NSS, it would mean that NASA would be close to shut down should a budget deal fail to pass. Which is what happened today.

The National Space Society meets every Monday at 3PM SL time at the National Space Society sim (128/152/1260)

Bixyl Shuftan

The National Space Society Celebrates the Moon Landing

It was 44 years ago last Saturday in which Niel Armstrong set foot on the moon, the first time mankind had stepped on the surface on another place in space. To celebrate, the National Space Society held a party for the occasion near their library. Some noteworthy people showed up, some space ballads were played, and one of the NSS crew had a pretty active day earlier at the Neil Armstrong Museum in Ohio.

Read more in Events.

ROMA Sim Celebrates Italian Unification Aniversairy

Thursday March 17 is not only St. Patrick's Day, but is also considered the 150th anniversary of Italian unification. The Roma sim in Second Life will be having a number of events to celebrate the historic event, in the style of Ancient Rome, the high point being the Grand Feast at 2:30 PM SL time (11:30 PM Italian time) at the Roma Subura sim (138, 128, 5) .

For more information, check the Roma blog: Here.