Sunbeamers Reach One Million Linden Mark After Raising 100,000L At Relaystock

 

 This weekend, the Relaystock took place, with various teams getting campsites and a musician, sometimes with dancers, on stage. At 3PM Saturday April 5th, it was the turn of Team Sunbeamers. With DJ Cynthia spinning a set of classic rock tunes, a number of other 'beamers got on stage with her and the team danced away on stage, often cracking jokes and puns, "I get by with a little hemp from my friends..."

 

 

The results were a smashing success for the "wackiest team in Second Life," raising a hundred thousand Lindens for the time they were on stage, a new record. Two Sunnies then lived up pledges they made if this was done, Shockwave, the team's wolf, donning a grandmother's nightgown, "HOW do I get talked into doing this?" And Brian became a brightly pink fennec in a tutu, "Okay Brian!!! Strip to the tutu!"

For the team, another milestone was reached. They'd achieved Emerald status fundraising, the one million Linden dollar mark. This marks the fourth year in a row they've done so, and the earliest they've done so ever. Currently, the Sunbeamers are sixth out of 177 teams.

While the Relaystock is over, the camps are still up for people to see, and don't forget the "Bid the Lindens Bald" event later this week.

 

More pictures later.

 

Go Sunbeamers! Go Relay!

 

Bixyl Shuftan

Reader Submitted Picture: Wolf In A Nightgown

 

 

 Brian (BrianL61 Landar) took this picture of Shockwave Yareach of the Relay's Team Sunbeamers at the Relaystock stage on Saturday May 11. The Sunnies were on stage, and Shockwave made a challenge, saying if the kiosk, which had been reset at the start of the set, was bumped up to 25,000 Lindens, he'd wear a nightgown, "Not that I'm worried.  You guys don't wanna see a Wolf in a white cotton nighty."

Well, someone did. It was, and he did. 

 

RFL Sunbeamers "Bid Me Pink" And "Bid Me Tricolor Fox" Results

 

 On Saturday May 18, Rita Mariner, the captain of the Relay for Life's team Sunbeamers announced the results of two "Bid Me" fundraisers. They were "Bid Me Pink" for Brian (BrianL61 Landar) and "Bid Me Pink, Blue, and White/Tricolor Fox", for Snowbuns (Skylark Lefavre).

 

Results of Snowy's Bid Me: 

 

Changing Snowy to Tri-Color Fox

Keep Snowy, as is : 50L

Change to 3 coolor Fox:  12,400L

Snowy goes 3 color for 4 weeks, May 10 to June 7th

 

 

Results of Brian's Bid Me

 

Bid Me Brian PNK and with tutu.

 

Keep Brian as is:  50L

Turn Brian PINK, with top hat and tutu: 16,550L

Brian goes Pink, etc, for 1 month, until June 7th 

Both showed their new looks, for the time being, at the Relaystock on Saturday. Brian made a few jokes about his appearance, "Look at what they did to me." 

Currently, the Sunbeamers are Emerald ranked in fundraising among the teams, with a total of 1,084,000 Linden dollars collected this year so far. And there will be one more event planned later this month, then the Relay Weekend.

Go Sunbeamers! Go Relay!

Bixyl Shuftan

RFL Sunbeamers: "Bid Me Pink" And "Bid Me Pink, Blue, & White", And Bid Me Purple Results

 

 

On Sunday April 21, The RFL Sunbeamer's team captain Rita Mariner announced the results of Liska's "Bid Me Purple" fundraiser.

Here are the totals on Liska going PURPLE.

To stay as is:  1ooL

To go PURPLE::  25,450L

Liska goes Purple for 8 weeks, until JUNE 9.

But this isn't the end of the "Bid Me" fundraisers for "the little team that could." There are now three more, the kiosks in the back room of Club Cutlass at Sunweaver Bay (114/117/757). There are two "Bid Me Pink" fundraisers, for Brian (BrianL61 Landar) and Denise Unicorn Toonie. And there is a "Bid Me Pink, Blue, and White/Tricolor Fox", for Snowbuns (Skylark Lefavre).

I had a few words with Snowy about her fundraiser. Her form, a pink, light blue, and white fox, had a few reasons behind it, "I lost some of my family to Breast Cancer. Breast Cancer carries a pink color. But, breast Cancer affects men and women. So pink and blue." She included white so she could be a little of the color she usually is: all white. 

Snow's pair of kiosks are on the far left of the group in the backroom of Cutlass. For those wanting to keep her a white bunny, donate to the one on the left. For those wanting her pink blue and white for a while, donate to the one on the right. It will take 3,000 Linden dollars per week, rounded down. For example, if the final total raised is 5,999 Linden dollars, she spends a week as a tricolor vixen. If 6000 is raised, it's two weeks in pastel colors. 

For DeniseUnicorn Toonie, her fundraiser is "Bid Me Pink." She showed the Newser a picture, "Every 5000 rounded down will keep me a pink cow for one week." Her pair of kiosks are in the far right of the group in the back of Club Cutlass. So for those wanting to keep her as a unicorn, donate to the default kiosk on the left. For those wanting to make her a pink bovine, donate to the one on the right. She she was saying, if a total of 4999L gets raised, nothing happens. But of 10,001 gets into the kiosk, it's strawberry milk jokes for two weeks. 

Brain's fundraiser is a little different from the other two. Like Denise's it is "Bid Me Pink." But instead of per week, it will take a certain amount of Lindens to make him change for a whole month. His pair of kiosks are in the middle of it set in the back of Cutlass. To keep him as is, donate to the one on the left. To make him in the pink, donate to the kiosk on the right. It will take 15,000 Linden dollars to make him change for a month. It hasn't been stated what he'll do if more than twice that gets raised.

Denise's "Bid Me Pink" ends sometime on Saturday May 4. Brian's "Bid Me Pink" and Snowy's "Bid Me Pink, Blue, and White" end on Saturday May 11.

Once again, the kiosks are in the back of Club Cutlass at Sunweaver Bay (114/117/757).

 

Go Sunbeamers! Go Relay!

 

Bixyl Shuftan

 

Haunted Area in Sunweaver Bay

 

 

 In the Sunweaver community, there's now something for those who enjoy a good Halloween haunt. "A Little Odd Place," in Sunweaver Bay and owned by BrianL61 Landar, now has a haunted house, with a maze and graveyard in the back.

 

 

The old house itself has a lot of skeletons in and around it. Some are animated, some static. There are also a few with funny captions over them, such as a one-legged skelly telling a buddy "Friggin dog grabbed my leg again!" The dining room is also animated, with ghosts setting up the table and food floating over. 

Behind the house was a maze, which you need to traverse to get to in order to get to the last area. It isn't too difficult to get through (especially if you can pan around and look from above).

Getting past the maze, you see the third part of the area, the graveyard and mausoleum. There are more skeletons in various poses, and a few witting sayings on the graves, "As you now are, so I once was. As I am now, so you will be."

A spooky fun place that isn't gory or too terrifying.

 http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Sunweaver%20Bay/234/225/22

 

 Bixyl Shuftan

Sunweaver Bay's Game Room

 

 

 A lot's been happening across Second Life lately between the Relay and the SL20B. So it's easy to miss everything else. So I decided to check my local community a bit. In Sunweaver Bay, I noticed someone had set up a new farm. This included cows, and every fox's favorite: chicken. 

But the more interesting new place was by Sunweaver BrianL61 Landar: a new amusement park he named "The Game Room."

 Welcome to The Game Room,  all games are free to play and sorry,  there are NO PAYOUTS,  please have fun, and bring a friend.  from here you can use the teleporter in front of the game room to access other areas on this land, feel free to explore.  there is also a shuttle station which will take you too View Point Space Station.     BrianL61 Landar

There's plenty of games there, from old ones that were at previous amusement areas to some new ones I haven't seen before, from a disk-tossing target game to the "Madfall" tower that takes you high above the park then sends you plummeting down, to the "Pharoah's Folly" ride. And overlooking it all, in time for the Fourth of July, a Statue of Liberty shooting fireworks.

 http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Sunweaver%20Bay/231/224/22

 

And of course don't forget the sim's main attraction, Club Cutlass and it's Wednesday-Frida-Saturday events from 6 to 8PM Sunweaver Bay (114/117/757).

 

Bixyl Shuftan

 

Brian's Christmas Amusement Park

 

Brian (BrianL61 Landar), noted for his work with the Arcadia Asylum Library, set up a Christmas-themed amusement park in the Sunweaver Estates. Located next to the main road and railway in Sunweaver Bay, it has both rides and some holiday-themed displays. Bixyl Shuftan took a look for himself, and had a few words with Brian.

 

Read the story in Places. 

 

Arcadia Asylum Library in Sunweaver Estates Closing

 

Some sad news for the fans of the Arcadia Asylum Library in HV Community, just down the road from the Newser office. The building will soon be closing. Possibly as soon as today.

Earlier Prof. Grey (BrianL61 Landar) had announced the upcoming end of the place.

Dear Friends,

    It saddens me to announce that the Sunweaver branch of the Arcadia Asylum Library and freebie center will be closing on Februrary 1st 2021.

Due to Real Life demands the $1000.00 U.S. Dollars I spend each year in world must now be diverted to home repair and maintenance.

Eventually, someone approached Prof. Grey about the upcoming close, Cynthia Farshore. Yesterday, Wednesday January 27, I met up with them at the Arcadia building and they told me about the plans they had made. Prof Gray told me, "I'm shutting down this location and have turned over control of Anilis to another curator. In real life, my father in law (85) is starting chemo and the money i would spend in Second Life is needed in real life. ... He's a tough old goat, he'll make it through this."

As for what happens to the freebie store, Cynthia informed, "I am about to rebuild the old Puddle Jumper (mall) back on the (Farshore) airfield. So one section will be the Library. The new build will have a center lobby and wings opposite each over. One side is the freebie the other various sellers. So there will be a gap but in the end the freebies will still be around." She had plans for the items other than just the Sunweaver lands, "Also I'll have to check but hopefully I can also add the freebies to the Emporium in Caledon.

Prof. Grey added, "With a selection of 9487 free items she can rotate the goodies when ever she wants and keep it fresh, so to speak. Hazelee Haller is the new owner of Anilis Library she is expanding her current land holding and will be relocating Anilis to that sim. I will be taking this location down starting tomorrow (Thursday January 28) most likely."

Eventually, Prof. Gray had to check up on his father-in-law, and had to go. And so that may have been the last time I set foot in the Sunweaver Arcadia building, of which some of Gray's builds across the road have made the Newser a few times. While the Arcadia Asylum Library may be going away, the freebies will remain as part of another store.

Bixyl Shuftan

New Arcadia Asylum Freebie Store Opens in Sunweaver Estates

The Sunweaver Estates has a new building, one that will attract the attention of many across Second Life. Arcadia Asylum has a new location, right in HV Community. The Newser had a few words with Prof. Grey (BrianL61 Landar), the builder and owner of the place, which boasts almost ten thousand freebie items.

Read the story in Design.

Arcadia Asylum Living Library

Longtime readers will likely remember Yadni’s Junkyard, which for over a decade was a place for newcomers and even established residents to get free stuff, and Arcadia Asylum, whom made a number of items for residents to get for free. You can find the works of Yadni, Arcadia, and others at the Arcadia Asylum Living Library. Made by Prof. Grey (BrianL61 Landar), it is his aim to "preserve the works of SL's Great Creators and Collectors" for residents to continue to be able to get and use them. Gemma Cleanslate dropped by the place to have a look around.

Read Gemma's story in Design.