By Bixyl Shuftan
While November is still a month away, Montecito Bay is gearing up for an event taking place then. This is the NuYu Modtacular Gacha event. The community has publicized it some as the deadline to sign up to take part as a merchant is October 15. But even if no one else signs up, already a number of people have.
I had a few words with Becky Nosferatu, one of the two people in charge of organizing the NuYu Modtacular. At the time, she was setting up store tents on the boardwalk while in her dragon avatar. Asking her just exactly what the event is, she answered, "The Gacha event is going to focus around modders and mod makers. Like any gacha event, it's got a theme; modders. Mod makers or mod part makers are the focus. It's a month long event that folks will be able to shop for exclusive mods."
So where did the idea for the event come from? Becky answered, "I've been to various different gacha events in the past; Arcade, Gacha Guild, etc. They all seemed to just focus on little toys or shirts or something simple. But there's always that one modder that stood out, and it was a shame to not see anything specific for them. Modding is a big part of any avatar on Second Life. If you have an avatar, you don't want it right out of the box, you want to customize it for yourself. So, I figured, why not have a gacha event specifically for modders?"
Asking how many signed up to take part so far, the answer was, "The deadline is October 15th, but twelve people have for sure signed up. Even if that's all we get, I'm still pretty excited that I'm not the only one that wants it. The event will be taking place on Montecito Bay's boardwalk on the west side of the sim, "Even if we get more folks to join, we have plenty of room for folks to check out what's here." Among those taking part, "not counting myself or Braelynn who runs Bullseye/Caboodle, we have Maehem from ProjectMAEHEM Industries and Okaie's Creator, Kaie Kaur. We have a good few other bigger names, and some smaller names too."
The gacha will have some events with music players, "That will be our DJs here at Montecito Bay. MoffettMephit, Sheba (Metaluna) and Em (Emorald Resident) here, are some examples. It should also be noted however, that Sheba is a special case, as she's from All Fur Radio, who graciously has decided to sponsor this event." Some of the events will most likely be taking place at her Flying Pickle Lounge, "She has been the main advertiser for the radio itself, so I'm going to assume it will be there, or here on the pier. We haven't actually talked about where the events take place yet. I suppose that will be up to Em, here, as she runs the entertainment side of things."
Becky stated there would also be auctions, "I'd also like to add that we are doing special auction-only mods. A few folks have already joined up for that, so towards the end of the month, we'll raffle the auctioned mods. Like any other auction, whoever pledged the most Lindens will get the mod, which is one of a kind!"
"We're still taking applications until October 15th. If you're a content creator and want to join the NuYu Modtacular event, please follow this link:"
https://docs.google.com/document/d/164hrsApj4YK0JOS4vmKtjnwkWpMsOCybLtFRZpxDllQ/edit?usp=sharing
For those wanting more information, contact Becky Nosferatu, or Braelynn Darkstone, who is the other manager for the event.
Bixyl Shuftan
