RFL Track Sneak Peek: Under Construction

 

 

Taken at RFL Manage. While Team Timesville is getting its build ready, they set up some construction equipment at their campsite. It made for some interesting scenery among the empty plots and half-finished builds.

Bixyl Shuftan

 

Hopefest Begins Today

 

The Hopefest, "five days of SL communities building hope to support the Relay For Life of Second Life and the American Cancer Society," begins today. Taking place in three of the Relay Track sims, RFL Life, RFL Knowledge and RFL Manage, it offers an early peek at the Relay track, and a chance to have some fun before the big crowds (and lag) of the big weekend. 

There's plenty to do. There are the mega-raffles, for things to bid on such as a Premium account for a year. There are the silent auctions. There is the entertainment on stage. And there's the Linden Block Party on Friday June 10. 

For more information, check the Hopefest blog: https://slhopefest.wordpress.com/

Relay Track Post-Weekend, Flood Party Today, Teardown Begins Tomorow

 

After the Relay Weekend, while things were quieter at the track's sims, there were sill some events. On Monday June 14, the United We Stand team held an event at their camp at RFL Care to give their team a push. They'd raised most of their money outside SL, and had only gotten 5000 L in their kiosks. They  would end up raising 37,000 Linden dollars, bringing their combined total to over 126,000 and Gold rank.

Tuesday night at RFL Triumph, I saw members of the Pursuit for a Cure team having a birthday party for one of the canines near the golf course. They were dancing in a truck with one being the DJ in a small booth (no, none of the songs I heard was "Who Let The Dogs Out" or anything by Snoop Dog). At one point, a series of fireworks were being launched into the air and all around. When they first went off, they startled someone who was playing a few holes in the golf course, "Oopps, sorry, heh-heh."  

There was much to explore around. I came across some detailed areas such as one inspired by the "Black Panther" movie. There was this one at RFL Awareness that offered a scavenger hunt. Another area offered rickshaws to ride on. The place across the Sunbeamer camp had the "Laff in the Dark" ride from last year's SLB by Nance Clowes. Sadly, not all builds were still around. The beach area that I mentioned on Monday was gone. 

Today is the last full day you can expect to see most of the campsites intact. From 4 to 6 PM is a certain Relay tradition, the "Sink the sims wrap-up party" or "Flood party" as longtime Relayers call it. It will take place on RFL Manage and RFL Overcome.

Stay tune for more details.

Go Relay! 

Bixyl Shuftan