Montecito Bay's New Community Pool

 

It's summertime, and in real life many of us take some time to relax in a pool. Second Life has it's share of pools, which can be the scene of pool parties. But Becky Nosferatu wanted to make one that was more than just a hole in the ground with water. For weeks she worked on a pool ride, and several days ago, it was up and ready at Montecito Bay and the community threw a party. 

 

Read the story in Places.  

 

Shark Attack In Montecito Bay

 

 Actually, it's Becky Nosferatu and Emorald having some fun with pool noodles at a pool party on Saturday the 19th to celebrate the opening of Becky's new water ride. More on the story later. 

 

Announcement: Montecito Bay's Funabashi Station

 

"Huh, what's this? It looks like an alley full of little shops! Don't worry, nothing going on here that isn't- KSSSSSHHHH "

Funabashi Station has a little hideaway... right next to Studio 86! These little mini-stores are perfect for RP and photos! There's many different ones, with different themes and objects, and are just the perfect spot to explore~

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Montecito%20Bay/195/58/23

Come check them out!

Becky Nosferatu

 

Advertisement: Magican Productions BYO Feline Mod

 

 

Becky Nosferatu of Magican Productions now has a new product, the "Build Your Own Feline" avatar mod.

 

The BYO:Feline has been released! The Current skins are sold separately or with the Fatpack (Which is actually cheaper INWORLD,) And the Cheetah Markings are sold separately! This is because I plan do to several series of skins and markings, to allow for more customization and tintable markings that can work on OTHER skins! Enjoy what's out now, because I have some fun plans for the next set of skins!

According to the Marketplace description, "This mod is only SLUV BOM and UNIVERSAL Layers for the creature it's meant to create. Textures are included, in case you wish to shuffle around the layers, or create new ones." It contains "BOM skins for Feminine, Masculine, Flat Chested and CZ Slim! Universal Layers for extra head, tail and other part options." Becky stated, "These have been tested to try AP Feet, Catseye Feet, and other SLUV feet out there, and they work rather well, despite being M*P Anthro Feet based. There is no hair, or eyebrows. It is only skins for this mod."

 

Marketplace: https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/MP-Felines-Build-Your-Own-Feline-Vol1-Fatpack/25000460

 

Store location: http ://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Montecito%20Bay/78/128/23 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Avagora Mall

 

 

The Second Life Marketplace can be a convenient place to shop. But sometimes, there's just no substitute for being in an actual shopping center. One place to shop, notably for your avatar needs, is the Avagora Avatar and Mod Mall. 

Located high above the Montecito Bay sim, there are dozens of shops and stores to browse around and buy in. They include Dawn Kingdoms, Aventity, Happy Paw, SKS Designs, Dinkies, Furry Fashion Critters, Kahoots, and more. For avatar and mod makers looking for a place to sell inworld, they can ask Becky Nosferatu for a free space, with 100 prims available for avatar shops, and 50 prims for shops selling mods.

Becky had a message for avatar and mod makers interested in getting a place here, "You're probably asking yourself what the REAL catch is, and I can promise you, there isn't one. The reason for this is simple; I run the Avatar Maker's Guild and have made my own avatars and mods for many years. Back in the day there used to be several sims dedicated to avatar vendors. Those sims are long gone or are difficult and expensive to rent at for little to no traffic. I have seen many avatar makers/modders come and go and I have seen some amazing things done with very little notice from people. For the sake of makers and customers, I want to reimagine those original, creator focused sims. I want to see a single location that avatar makers and modders can come together in order to showcase their works and to make it easier for your customers to find what what they're looking for. This is the vision of what I want to see in SL once again. Of course, the Marketplace already allows for that, but where's the fun of actually going and shopping in SL? So that's why the Avagora exists, and why it's free to you."

Montecito Bay has other reasons for people to visit. There are two active clubs with weekly events, an arcade that recently installed new bowling games, and the Magican Productions and Twilight Imaginarium store (separate from Avagora).

 

 http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Montecito%20Bay/92/139/702

 

Magican Productions and Twilight Imaginarium

 

At the corner of Montecito Bay is a store where you can find a number of avatars, avatar mods, parts, clothes, and other goods: Magican Productions and Twilight Imaginarium, by Becky Nosferatu and Moni Vyle (Tatteredwilite).

The first floor is for Magican Productions. Upon entering, to the left are a number of mods. This includes Becky's prize product, the Speckled Dragon mod. You can get one of several colors, or a fatback with all of them. There are other mods suchas the Rainbow Crux. For those on a budget, in the back to the left are some freebie avatars. To the back on the right are some discounted avatars at a fraction of their original price, such as the batlike Bloodkin. On the right wall are various parts, tails, hands, legs (too bad you can't send them to Horizons_ and more. There are also a few clothes available for sale, such as Disability Motivators shirts. You can also get a free cup of cider or one of a few other drinks.

The second floor is for the products of Twilight Imaginarium. Currently all of it's products available at the store are on just one wall, various avatar mods such as the Metal Panda and the Generic Goat Demon. It seems the floor is a work in progress as the paint in the place is still wet. There's also some odd card came in progress in the middle of the floor with some chalk lines and circles drawn underneath.

Don't forget to explore around while you're there as this is picturesque Montecito Bay with it's futuristic design and neon lights. For instance the nearby WCRX radio station is there. 

Store location: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Montecito%20Bay/37/49/23

 

Magican Productions MP - https://marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/2733

 

Twilight Imaginarium MP - https://marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/194707

Bixyl Shuftan

Gofundme for Becky Nosferatu

 

Becky Nosterfau, one of Montecito Bay's content creators, has fallen into hard times. She explained the situation in a Gofundme for the situation.

 

So long story short, my disability was up for review and due to the Post Office not delivering my paperwork, I lost my disability. I've filed for a reclaim, but I have no fucking idea if they're going to give it back to me. I had to file 4 different forms and mail them in.

My case worker lost it last week, so I had to fax it in this time. This situation took 3 months to even get this far, because every time I called Social Security, they kept jerking me around, giving me wrong advice, and/or didn't know what to do properly to help me. My disability officially ended in December. (No one in my family got Christmas presents from me this year because of it, including my 15-year-old child.)

 

Becky had some good news. Not long after the Gofundme went up, some generous people donated the initial $500. But she was hoping to get a little more, "Hopefully I can get a bit more. I lowballed as much as possible, cause I didn't want to seem greedy."

For those wishing to donate, once again, the gofundme is here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/need-help-disability-cut-me-off?

Advertisement: Magican Production Speckled Dragons

 

THIS IS NOT A FULL AVATAR!! This is A MOD and requires some pretty good Modding knowledge to put this all together!
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THIS IS A MEGA MOD! There are options for 5 different heads, Five different wings, three different tails and 2 different feets; ALL IN BAKES ON MESH with Material appliers!
SLUV bodies (Maitreya, Belleza, Legacy, Signature, etc) have been tested exstensively to ensure there are no seams and the materials work for all! You may need body relays to make it work!
Sugarcult Regalia also have support, with an applier for the materials and a BOMR skin!

There are unrigged horns included as well as all textures, spec and normal maps!
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ADVANCED modding knowledge is required to put this mod together in FULL, AND Advanced Lighting Model is required to be turned on to enjoy the mod with specular and normal maps! You can still wear the mod without, but it looses a lot of it's luster!

This mod was made over the span of 2 years, as I waited for my feet to be rigged (in the end I had to change rigging partners, due to the previous not being apart of SL anymore,) and due the parts available at the time to be ones I didn't really care for. I was never satisfied. Now, I am, and I finally bring many MANY hours of sweat, blood and tears to my biggest mod yet!

And now, all ready for you! PLEASE READ YOUR NOTECARD! YOU WILL NEED TO FOLLOW THE STEPS WITHIN!

Read more on the Marketplace page.

Besides Marketplace, you can get one of the avatars, or the fatpack for all of them, at http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Montecito%20Bay/39/48/22

Announcement: Magican Productions Store Moving

 

Magican Productions is moving locations! We have officially moved our main store to the ground level of the sim, with a store all our own!

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Montecito%20Bay/39/48/22

Come say hi! You might get hit with a vendor as I move stuff around, it shouldn't hurt much.

"Dad's Birthday" Sale at Magician Productions

 My Dad turns 65 on July 20th. He was born in 1957. He was born on the same day man landed on the moon. And since my whole Aesthetic is space themed, I wish to honor my dad with a sale on all my in-world items. Because if it wasn't him encouraging me to make mods in the first place, I never would have been here on SL as long as I have been.

So here's to you, Dad! Happy Birthday! 

 

And for the rest of you; a special sale for all my in-world products up to 30% off for the remainder of this week! Sale ends Friday~

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Montecito%20Bay/21/107/723 

 

Magician Productions is owned by Becky Nosferatu.
 

Announcement: Magician Productions Photo Contest

 
Hey everyone! To celebrate the start of the Magician Productions Discord server, and the fact that May is my birth month, I'm going to be hosting a CONTEST! This contest is going to be a photo contest! There will be 3 winners!

First, and foremost~ The only condition you have to enter the contest, is there must be an MP Product visible in the photo. That's IT! *

Contest will be ended on May 27th and Winners will be announced on May 30th

First Prize winner will receive: 2,000L prize, and a fatpack of their choice! (Choices including the Speckled Dragon Mod and M*P Inventory!)
Second Prize winner will receive: 1000L prize and a product of your choice (excluding fatpacks!)
Third Prize winner will receive: 500L prize OR a product of their choice (excluding fatpacks)

Please put your contest entries in the "Contest" channel here in the discord! Upload your image and include your FULL Name (Not your nickname) to the image as well as any extra details you'd like to have. ONE ENTRY PER PERSON! Please keep it tasteful. No extreme NSFW content!

To join the Discord server: Click Here - https: //discord.gg/5qNkUNrtNu .

Good luck!!

Becky Nosferatu
 

Announcement: M.P. Speckled Dragons Finally Released

 

After two YEARS of blood, sweet and tears, I have FINALLY finished my Speckled Dragons! This is a MEGA MOD that has MANY part support, (more than I honestly should have done, these last few weeks have been hell,) but I'm DONE! And now you all can enjoy the mods!

Magician Production store at Avagora Mall: Montecito Bay (22/111/724)

Marketplace: Magician Productions Speckled Dragon
 

Store Openings At The Avagora Mall

 
Hey everyone , we have eight standard sized stores and two LARGE sized stores in the Avagora Mall, and they're just waiting for someone who makes avatars and/or mods to come along and snatch them up! Shoot me an IM if you're interested. ... Only requirement is you have to make avatar mods or avatars, or avatar parts!

50LI for Avatar modders and 100LI for avatar makers! What are you waiting for?!

Contact Becky Nosferatu
 

SL Content Creator Creates Gofundme To Deal With Problem Landlords

 
Several days ago in Montecito Bay chat, one of the people, Becky Nosferatu, brought attention to a certain Gofundme. Bespoke, one of the content creators at their Avagora mall, had created it due to real-life trouble, some troublesome landlords
 

Hey everyone. I don't talk to you guys often, let alone for anything really important, but this is important to me. Bespoke's owner, Mud, has had to create a GoFundMe for his area, due to the fact that the landlord he and his disabled charge (she suffers from Dementia,) have been forced to deal with. read the whole thing here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/landlords-destroyed-our-neighborhood-during-covid and please donate if you can. Don't put yourself out though! We know it's rough times, but if you can, please donate to help them out. If you can't, but have plenty of Linden, go to their inworld store and grab a product from them!

For anyone wanting to help him out, Bespoke's small store is at http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Montecito%20Bay/89/98/702, which has a few avatar heads up for sale.

As of the writing of this article, the Gofundme has raised $320 USD.
 

Magician Productions Sale

 

There's a sale going on at Magician Productions. Some of it's products have been discounted. M*P

 All my rainbow avatars are discounted for the month of June, and since I put these out so late, I'll let it go through into the next month some... because who doesn't love Rainbows? 

One can check out the store at Montecito Bay (22/111/724), or check out the Marketplace Page (caution, a few NSFW images when the adult maturity level on MP is set).

Magician Productions is owned by Becky Nosferatu.
 

Montecito Bay Undergoing Rebuilding

Before the Newser closes out our reporting on the month of March, yours truly decided to take a look at our sponsor Montecito Bay. When we last looked at the place in February, some more property had been bought up by a previously unheard of company. The locals hadn't been saying much to begin with, and had been saying little since. So I took a trip over.

The place has been greatly changed from the look it had in it's beginnings. The look of a coastal city in the American southeast in the fifties has given way in places to more futuristic-looking buildings. The Sandbox area no longer looks like a baseball diamond, but an arena for some different kind of sport (and has a billboard to aid in newcomers wanting to learn how to build with prims).

There are some places I hadn't seen before, such as the Wasa Bay sushi bar near the beach. Deeper in the town is the Flying Pickle Food Festival. And with the change having started with stories by an entity named Azucar, there's a tall office building with the Azucar logo. No information is yet available on who they are, or who owns it.

But some places are still around. The beach area is still around, although it's boardwalk is still being worked on. The Avagora Mall has been getting some new shops lately. Becky Nosferatu told me they plan to have, "a ton of stores that will be open by the end of next month." Clubs like the Flying Pickle Lounge and Studio 86 are still around. Dropping by the latter, when I brought up the subject of the changes, not much was spoken, one local commenting, "I'm just glad that they haven't snapped up that lovely Taco Crux restaurant."

The town is still in the middle of renovations with some places obviously halfway finished and some loose prims here and there. Stay tuned for more information.

Bixyl Shuftan

"Emergency Vet Sale" Project Regalia by Sugarcult

For anyone who doesn't have the Regalia, now is the best time to get it!  The creator needs as much of L she can get to help her cat, who has been poisoned, and she needs to pay the vet bill. Please, help her out.

https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/Sugarcult-Project-Regalia-EMERGENCY-VET-SALE/18217485

Even if you've already payed for the Regalia, you can send L directly to Alex; Alias Aura on SL. Thanks guys~

https://www.paypal.com/paypalme2/AwwHeck for her payment.

From Becky Nosferatu 

Addition: Becky would later say the cat wasn't actually poisoned, but had a severe ear infection bad enough to look like poisoning. 

One Week Left at Montecito Bay's NuYu Modtacular Gacha Event

From Montecito Bay, we wish you guys a Happy Holidays! If you're going out tonight, be safe, especially if you're shopping! It's A MAD HOUSE EVERYWHERE! We wish you guys an awesome holiday, regardless of your beliefs, and hope you all return to us next year safe and sound! Lots of changes are being planned after the New Year, so stay tuned for that!

You also only have this week and the sliver of next to finish your NuYu shopping, so get any last minute gacha plays and Auction bidding in you can, because at midnight on January 1st, all vendors will be returned and it will be as though nothing was ever there!

So again, Happy Holidays and have a great New Year!

Becky Nosferatu

Montecito Bay's NuYu Modtacular Event

Christmas in Second Life is noted for a number of things, winter scenery, skiing, skating, Christmas trees and decorations, manger displays, and more. But of course, there's the shopping. Besides clothes, you can shop for modifications for avatars, or "mods." One place were you can get a lot of mods is the "NuYu Modtacular" in Montecito Bay. Yours truly went there, and had words with two of the women behind the event.

Read more in Design.

Nuyu Modtacular Gacha Event Moved Up To December

A few days ago, the Newser reported on the upcoming Nuyu Modtacular Gacha Event in Montecito Bay. Originally to take place from the first of November to the 30th, it was announced the event has been moved up to December. The new dates are December 1 to December 31.

We have decided, after some careful consideration, that the NuYu event should be pushed back until DECEMBER! That way, we're not stepping on any toes from the Gacha Guild, and it gives our lovely creators some extra time to work! Your deadline to join is STILL October 15th! See you there!

For those wanting more information, contact Becky Nosferatu, or Braelynn Darkstone. For those interested in signing up, Click Here.