Cartoon of The Day: A Batty Situation

 

 

Taken at Club Zero Gravity with the help of Lilybeth Patterson. If vampire bats are a problem, it's good to have something that discourages them.

 

By Bixyl Shuftan 

 

Bellisseria Trick or Treat

 

 It's October and the spooky season is upon us. And that means what's become a Halloween tradition in the Linden Home continent is back: the Bellisseria Trick or Treat. Homeowners can give out candy, and anyone can go get some pieces of it. 

 

To pass out the candy, you need to own a Linden Home in Bellisseria. If you do, head to Millbank at (217/41/23). There, you'll find the giver for the candy buckets, and the HUD for get treats (picture above). Touch it, and you'll see an option to get either just the bucket, or both the bucket and treat HUD. Pick either (pick both, and they come in a folder makerd "Halloween Candy Bucket Challenge 2026 Game Supplies"), and head to your Linden Home. Rezz it from your Inventory to a place at your home accessible to people, such as the front porch or next to the sidewalk. If there's particle effects that look a little like a blurred neon green bat swirling around the pumpkin, you should be all set. It is not recommended placing the pumpkin inside the house without a sign inviting people in. These buckets are not meant for use outside Bellisseria and will de-rezz if it's attempted. 

 

To collect the candy, you're going to need the game HUD. It's at the same place as the candy buckets. Once you have it in your inventory, Add it to your avatar and it should appear on the upper left of your screen. If it does, you're ready to go. You go around Bellissaria looking for candy buckets you haven't taken from yet. If you see one, touch it. If you haven't touched it before, there should be an animation showing a small explosion of candy, and the number in the hud should go up by one. Touching a bucket you already have will do nothing. If you yourself have set up a candy bucket, the number will go up by a bonus five a day. 

 

While the candy collecting in itself is fun, what makes it better are the prizes.  Getting one candy gets you the participation prize: the "spooky speaker." One hundred candies gets you a playable bobbing for apples game. 250 candies gets you a spellbook, which can either be held or household decor. Four hundred candies gets you the top prize, a "Grim & Gloom Boopie," which you can "add" the animesh version to follow you, or use the other as decoration. For the first time, people get prizes for having a candy bucket at their Linden Home. If your bucket has had a hundred people reach into it, you can get a magical sweeping broom. All prizes must be collected from next to where you got the candy bucket and HUD. 

 

While you could just run or fly about Bellisseria to find new candy buckets, there's a way to find them faster.  A list was made on Google docs where one can find them. To get on the list, you need to fill out a few spaces on this form. 

 Linden Lab would make a video for this year's Trick or Treat. 

 

When the Trick or Treat Event first went live on Thursday October 1, there was quite a bit of chatter about it on Bellisseria chat. People were showing one another the links to the list, as well as SURLs of their Linden Homes they had just set up their candy buckets. Some of whom had put a few decorations up. 

 

Once again, the location for the candy bucket, HUD, and prizes is at:  

 

https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Millbank/217/41/23 

 

The location of the list of Linden Homes with buckets is at : https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1idADi1lvhuXOYiTY0dAU2J25Hd660aqCnE2hRsdOXNA/edit?gid=696322386#gid=696322386

 

Trick or treat,

 

Bixyl Shuftan 

 

Announcement: Special Event At Whole Brain Health Sunday October 4

 

SPECIAL EVENT!
Dancing in the Purple Rain: Grand Kickoff Party with DJ Tori @ WBH Fairgrounds
Sunday, October 4, 2026
11am-12pm SLT

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Inspiration%20Island/149/136/22

Whole Brain Health is launching a monthly series of programs on the theme “Aging with Purpose” by hosting a magical, mystical, musical kickoff event this Sunday, October 4 from 11am-12pm SLT that will delight and enlighten you and your friends. Come support our goal: to win one of the AARP Purpose Prizes in 2027. 

Dance with us on the WBH Fairgrounds and learn what WBH is planning as we and our nonprofit parent organization, Ageless Mind Project, prepare to apply for the Purpose Prize. We want to gather clear evidence that people over age 50 can improve their wellbeing in Second Life, just as much as in the physical world, by taking part in activities that we and our sister organizations offer.

Please support us by coming by during our hour of “serious fun"!  DJ Tori will play her terrific purple song list for us to dance to. Prepare to play a purple tambourine in purple rain. You may want to come dressed in purple -- or as a purple people-eater. Many of our WBH Collective members will be there to chat about their programs. There is so much you can do on our islands! And you can meet Sue and Lou, our new guide-owls, too.

Even if purple is not your favorite color, please spread the word to your friends and groups. You’ll be supporting a good cause. 

 

Liss Wisdomseeker

 

SL Video: "The Phantom"

 

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From wiseoleweazel on  October 2007, "A film i created using Second Life with flycam. I used premiere and swishmax to create the text and visual effects"

The Halloween Shop And Hop Opens Today

 

Today is the official start of one of Second Life's largest Halloween-themed shopping events: The Halloween Shop and Hop. Organized by Linden Lab, this event has almost four hundred stores across twelve sims.

 

featuring over 380 creators across 12 shopping regions, promising loads of spooktacular fun! Each store will offer at least a 20% discount on all items, along with a new and exclusive gift or a gift certificate valued at L$300 or more, available for free! 

 

 The sims themselves are decorated to add to the atmosphere, some farm equipment, but plenty of Halloweenish builds. It's also notable that the Shop and Hop mall sims have open roofs. You can fly up and over into other sims. 

 

 A number of the stores are decorated as well, with a look, and bargains, to die for. Every store offers at least 20 percent off, plus at least one free gift. But some offer higher discounts. 

 

To head to the Shop and Hop, you can pick any of the sims in the Destination Guide. Or one can just hop in at https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Jubilant/120/138/24 .  To find individual stores, one can check the list at the bottom of Linden Lab's Halloween Events page, or a list provided by "Fabulously Free in SL." 

 

One's sure to scare up some bargains, 

 

Bixyl Shuftan,  

EOTB: Linden Lab Announces "Haunted Halloween Events"

 

 Yesterday in the official Second Life blog, Linden Lab would announce several "Haunted Halloween Events."  - "Immerse yourself in the spooky Halloween spirit in one of the liveliest virtual communities in the metaverse!" These would be the Annual Trick or Treat in Bellisseria, The Halloween Shop and Hop, new Halloween-Themed last names (including Pumpkinspice), the Halloween Swaginator Hunt, the return of the Halloween Haunted Neighborhood in Millbank, two other sims in Bellisseria decorated for Halloween, the return of the Halloween Haunted Tour, and a list of Halloween-themed locations in the Desinations Guide.

 

We'll highlight some of these stories individually over the next few days. 

 

Bixyl Shuftan 

 

SL Video: "2026 Strides Events in Second Life"

 

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 From Relay For Life in Second Life on September 28, "Bain Finch and our crew of Pink volunteers."

 

Spooky Season

 

 It's finally October, and the favorite, or second favorite, time of year for many inworld: the spooky season. Many sims become darker, the moon gets fuller, and there's a feeling that there's something mischievous, or something scary, in the air. And well, with a few people in bat avies there sometimes is. 

 

We'll soon be writing up on some spooky fun in Second Life. And when real-life taps us on the shoulder, well, it'll be a little later than planned. But we'll get you the spook-tacular news.

 

Hopefully real life won't be too much of a "pain in the neck." 

 

Bixyl Shuftan 

 

Announcement: Privateer's Ball - Fall Edition

 

 Privateer's Ball : Fall Edition

 

Saturday October 3

 

12 to 2 PM SL time

 

DJ Magda 

 

 https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Wooburn%20Heath/42/194/3507

 

SL Video: "2026 Strides in Second Life"

 

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 From Relay For Life in Second Life on September 28, "Bain Finch and our crew of Pink volunteers"

 

Wedcot's Last Festival of Fantasy Parade of 2026

 

On Friday September 25, there would be a parade at Wedcot, the "Festival of Fantasy Parade." It would be announced in the group as the last one for this year. 

 

Join us tonight as our Fantasyland friends gather one last time for 2026 to perform a festival parade! We look forward to celebrating with you!

 

 A number of floats were in the parade, rezzing near the water, slowly moving down the street, and eventually reaching the end and vanishing. Most had Disney characters on them, some were static bots, others were staff in character avatars. Some would occasionally greet people in the audience, "(name) have you ever wished upon a star?"

 

There were a number of people watching, as well as one small dragon whom occasionally flew up to get a better look and swooped by a couple floats, including one representing Malificent's dragon form in "Sleeping Beauty."

 

The last float had Mickey and Minnie Mouse, Minnie clearly enjoying the parade. 

 

While the Festival of Fantasy parades may be over for the year, there will almost certainly be other events in the meantime, especially with Halloween and Christmas coming up. And of course there are the rides and displays at the park. 

 

https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Real%20Dreams/85/9/102 

 

Bixyl Shuftan

 

Funny Picture of The Day

 

 Taken at Scorefield, This furry Cape Hunting Dog had a tee with the line, "This totally has dog hair on it." 

 

Announcement: Caledon Downs Halloween

 

In the Independent State of Caledon the Duchy of Downs is decked out for Halloween again this year. Such activities include a Ghost Train Ride that takes you through a blacken portal of horror. A Ghost Hunt with linden cash prizes for the 4 leading scores of L$1500 first place, L$1000 second, L$500, and L$250 for fourth place. The hunt scoring will continue till the end of Halloween at 1am Nov 1st. 

 

The Ghost Hunt is a region wide hunt for certain ghost that appear randomly for short periods of time that you shoot with any collision (prim firing) weapon. You can use any such weapon you have. There is no sign-up needed, the person and scoring is automatically recorded and the top four scores are displayed on a post in the Goblin Cave. Details can be obtained via the display inside the Goblin Cave, entrance on west side of mountain. A Spook Shooting Gallery sits on the high ground next to the dirt strip hanger. The Jack'o Lantern search is for 10 pumpkins deposited at certain locations about the region. Each Jack'o Lantern contains a prize delivered upon touching BUT mind you only touch once or well you'll get something scary! An example of the Jack'O lantern is displayed at the information board in the Goblin Cave. The information board will deliver the hints as to where these prize givers are. There many sights to see from Witch's cottage hidden in the forest behind the train station to the ghostly Flying Dutchman in the harbor. I must warn you to be careful walking the dark spooky forest...alone, plus there will be ghost hunter blasting away!!!

You arrive at the train station where you can touch the tiny coffin between the rails to call the Ghost Train. Also note there are trains of the Caledon National Railway also using the station you may like to ride them and explore the regions of Caledon. We certainly invite you to!

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Caledon%20Downs/197/44/41

 

Events This Week In SL Clubbin'

 

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

Club Cutlass: Temporarily Closed

Happy Vixen: TBA, DJ Scratch, DJ Mr. E, DJ Khyra

Club Zero Gravity: DJ Rose - TBA

Xanadu: DJ Jesse 

 

Montecito Bay:  DJ Moni, DJ Cookie, DJ Chucklepuppy, DJ Moff

 

Furry Fashion: Stripes & Spots, TBA, Scalies

 

Urban Furry :  DJ Charlee, DJ Emma, DJ Emma

 

Read the schedules in SL Clubbin'

   

Gyazo Image-Sharing Service Hacked, Over 23 Million Users Affected

 

One thing most Second Life users like to do is share images. The regular way costs 10 Lindens per picture, the fee to upload a picture. So many turn to links of images they put on places on the Internet, such as Facebook or Discord. But those who don't have the software of such places won't see them. So many of them turn to Gyazo, an image sharing platform one doesn't need the software to see the links. Over time, it's become popular, with over 23 million users. 

 

But earlier this month, they were hacked. On Wednesday September 16, Helpfeel, the company behind Gyazo, issued the following:

Gyazo, our image-sharing service, was subject to unauthorized access by a third party, resulting in the unauthorized disclosure of user information and certain metadata associated with uploaded images.

We have blocked all access routes used in the incident and have completed remediation of the vulnerability that was exploited. We continue to prioritize measures to prevent further harm while investigating the scope and impact of the incident. 

 

 They would go on to say on Friday Sept 11, "a third party exploited a vulnerability in Gyazo’s image upload server to gain unauthorized access to our systems and execute arbitrary commands." They soon sensed something was wrong, and by the next morning had blocked the hacker. But the damage was done, "We have confirmed that approximately 23.62 million records containing data related to Gyazo users were disclosed without authorization." The information included user emails, passwords, user and device IDs, and more. Thankfully "no payment information, including credit card numbers, was disclosed." 

 

The company planned to email all users whose information was compromised, "To help prevent further harm resulting from this incident, we ask all Gyazo users to change their passwords. If you use the same or a similar password for Gyazo and any other services, we ask that you also change your passwords for those services." 

 

Also, "the hackers also obtained a list identifying private images, and the company cannot rule out that some were viewed." Service was suspended to all affected accounts.

 

"We sincerely apologize to all Gyazo users and other affected parties for the significant concern and prolonged inconvenience caused by this incident." 

 

Sources: Helpfeel, Bleepingcomputer.com . 

 

Bixyl Shuftan