Halloween at Club Zero Gravity

 

 October is Halloween month, and there have been spooky parties all over. This includes Club Zero Gravity, the space station club of the Sunweaver Angels community.

 

 DJ Snowy (Skylark Lefavre) played the tunes in a Crux avie. Hostess Kylee Gracemount was costumed as a witch. Manager Mato (Matoazma Kazyanenko), was dressed as a nurse in case anyone partied too hard.

 

 And people showed up in all sorts of costumes, This included Sunweaver community leader Rita Mariner as a Ghostbuster.

 

It was a "spooktacular" party.

 

Club Zero Gravity has events every Wednesday from 4-6PM at Sunweaver Space (129, 249, 3597).

 

Bixyl Shuftan 

 

SL Video: "Bunny Dance The SIDH Iridium"

 

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From Nydia Tungsten on July 21, featuring Perri Prinz, Rita Mariner, Skylark Lefavre, and herself, "Bouncing Bunny Beach Club, Perri's XanadU, Club Cutlass, The Happy Vixen."

Cartoon Revisit: Happy Panda Day

 

 

 From 2020. "Taken at the Happy Vixen. Skylark "Snowbuns" Lefavre was in a pandagirl avie. With her hair, she was black and white and red all over."

 

Happy Panda Day 

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

 

Cartoon of The Day: Happy Easter

 

 

 Taken at the Sunbeamer Team HQ in Sunweaver Bay. Bunnies, chocolate and regular, are a part of Easter. But being an animated choco bunny would have some definite disadvantages.

By Bixyl Shuftan

Cartoon of The Day: Skunk Siesta

 

 

 Taken at White Vixen Enterprises. It's siesta time for this skunk dressed up like a mariachi band member, but the chair doesn't accommodate a large tail easily. So her sleeping position isn't the most comfortable one.

By Bixyl Shuftan

Reader Submitted: Spy Balloon At The Happy Vixen

 

 

 Remember the Chinese spy balloon incident earlier this year? Snowy Shiriki-Lefavre (Skylark Lefavre) noticed this one near the Happy Vixen, less visible in the dark skies, and took this picture.

 

Relay For Life's "Last Push Party"

 

 

While the Relay Weekend is over, it wasn't quite the last event for the 2023 fundraising season. On Friday June 30, the "Last Push Party" was held at the American Cancer Society sim. Instead of for teams, the event was to give the Relay's season total one more boost. 

Its our Last Push Party at ACS Island on the patio of the Relay For Life Building!  We have some Amazing DJ's lined up as we make that last push!   You guys have simply been amazing and we hope to see you all there today starting at 12pm SLT! Oh and prepare to get wet!  LOL   Lets have some fun!

 

There were a number of DJs playing, such as DJ Vesper, DJ Dresi, and DJ Andree. I dropped in (via my alt Rezzdammit) to catch DJ Snowbuns playing her tunes. She would later tell me she had been asked by the "Roos With A Dream" team to take part. When a donation was made to the kiosk, one heard, "Thank you for creating hope! Donations to this kiosk are distributed to the American Cancer Society IRL, and used to fund life-saving cancer research grants and patient services that benefit the entire world, including residents of Second Life through Hope Haven on American Cancer Society island."

As people danced and listened to the music, there was much conversation such as jokes about bad TV shows and making people pink, or purple, for the Relay. There were also cheering comments about the Relay's mission, Snowy herself saying, "Lets keep opening cans of Whoopbutt on Cancer till it goes away!"

By the end of Snowy's set, a total of 117,000 Linden dollars had been raised.

 

At the end, Gem Sunkiller thanked all who took part, "Thank you to everyone who came to our season end celebration at the Relay Building.....You all are part of Relay For Life of Second Life...the record-breaking, award-winning, premier cancer-fighting community in Second Life....proclaim it proudly! You all are an awesome family of Relayers!"

Bixyl Shuftan

Sunbeamer "Bid Me" Update

 

Following their performance at the Relaystock, the Relay for Life's Sunbeamers have continued to do well. On Saturday May 20 at 8 PM, the "Bid Me Otter" fundraiser, of which Snowy HunniBunni Lefavre (Skylark Lefavre) was the volunteer, came to a close. Team captain Rita Mariner would announce the results.

 

SNOWY"S BID ME OTTER RESULTS

Snowy's Bid Me:

Keep Me Bunny - 1,000L

Bid Me Otter - 10,750L

Snowy goes OTTER for 3 weeks, until.JUNE 10.

 

So the loveable bunny DJ, who also manages the Happy Vixen and BBBC beach clubs, will be "otterly cute" for a few weeks.

 

While Liska's "Bid Me Skunk" fundraiser ended on Saturday May 6, she continued to be the purple fox for a while. She had been continuing the time from her previous Bid Me event. On Saturday May 20, she started the time for the skunk Bid Me. So now she reflects the sweet smell of successful Relaying.

So now there's one "Bid Me" fundraiser still ongoing: Mattie Carlton's "Bid Me Purple." It will last for a few more days, with the total raised made final on Saturday May 27 at 8PM and the announced soon after. For those wanting to make donations, head to Club Cutlass at Sunweaver Bay (114/117/757), and look for the kiosks. How long will things be going "grape" for the Relay DJ, we'll soon see.

Go Sunbeamers! Go Relay!

Bixyl Shuftan

Sunbeamer "Bid Me" Update: "Bid Me Otter" and "Bid Me Purple"

 

The Relay for Life Team Sunbeamers has had some good successes. With the Air Show and Medieval Fun Fest events, done with Roos With A Dream, the team was catapulted to Sapphire rank fundraising. But helping the team were the "Bid Me" events going on. On Saturday May 6, three were concluded, the "Bid Me Bunny," "Bid Me Panda," and "Bid Me Skunk" events.

Here are the totals for the three BIDD MES that ended tonight.
LISKA - Stay Fox -  100L
             Go Skunk -= 14,100L
             
 Liska goes SKUNK for 3 WEEKS
 
 BIXYL - Stay Fox - 50L
             Go Bunny - 14,100L
             
Bixyl goes Bunny for 4 weeks

CHARLEE - Stay Human - 500L
                   Go Panda - 12,000L
                   
CHARLEE goes Panda for 6 weeks

So this means that yours truly, when not doing obvious Newser work or at special appearances like the upcoming Newser anniversary party, will be dealing with carrot jokes for about a month. Usually it will me in the mesh bunny that Charlee helped me make after the Bid Me started. Charlee will have to deal with comments about Pandaren jokes and flirts for a month and a half. For Liska, she's showing a little creativity in her new skunk form, dressing up like Luskwood founder Michi Lumin.

But as most Relayers "otter" know, this is not the end of the Bid Me events. There's a couple more. They are Skylark "Snowy" Lefavre's "Bid Me Otter," and Mattie Carlton's "Bid Me Purple." 

 

Like most other Bid Me fundraisers, Bid Me Otter has two kiosks. For those wanting to give Snowy a taste for fish, they donate to the otter kiosk on the right. For those wanting her to stay a bunny, they chip in to the default kiosk on the left. For every 3500 Linden dollars, rounded down, in the right kiosks at the end of the fundraiser, Snowy is stuck as a "rudderbutt" for a week. For instance, if 6999 L is raised at the end, she would need to stay in her new form for a week. If 7000 Lindens are raised, It's "otter chaos" for her for two weeks. And if more is raised in the "stay bunny" kiosk, she stays one.

For Mattie's "Bid Me Purple," the idea came to her as she was going about the shops at the Fairelands recently, some of the items going to make a fairy-winged purple kitsune, "It's a 100% unique avatar built for Relay for Life. And all of it was pretty much purchased at fantasy Fair." Like Snowy's Bid Me, there's a change kiosk on the right, and a default kiosk on the left. For every 2000 Linden dollars raised in the purple kiosk, rounded down, Mattie assumes the form of her violet nine-tailed fox for a week. That is, if the amount there is greater than the default kiosk.

Both Bid Me fundraisers are at Club Cutlass. Snowy's event ends on Saturday May 20 at 8PM following the close of the party there. Mattie's event ends on  Saturday May 27, also at 8PM.

 

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Go Sunbeamers! Go Relay

Bixyl Shuftan

RFL Sunbeamers Bid Me Results (Round 1)

 

Last month, the Relay for Life's Team Sunbeamers started three "Bid Me" fundraisers. On Saturday April 1, two of them concluded. those for team captain Rita Mariner and DJ Snowbuns (Skylark Lefavre) and the results posted by Rita the following day.

 

RESULTS FROM OUR FIRST BID MES.

RITA
Stay Bunny - 50L
Go PINK -5001L

Looks like I go PINK for a week.

SNOWY:
Stay Bunny - 100L
Go Fennec - 20,600L

Snowwy goes Fennec for 5 weeks
April 1 to May 6

 

There is currently one "Bid Me" still ongoing, Cynthia Farshore's "Bid Me Ruth." It concludes Saturday April 8 at 8 PM SL time as the party at Club Cutlass concludes. 

 

As of the writing of this article, the "Sunnies" have raised over 517,000 Linden dollars, in Jade rank and in the top ten teams.

More "Bid Me" events to soon follow.

Go Sunbeamers! Go Relay!

Bixyl Shuftan

Scenes From The Sci-Fi Con

 

 

 The Sci-Fi Con is going on in Second Life, and yours truly has been at a few events. On Saturday April 1, there was a "debate" between people roleplaying as Na'vi of planet Pandora, and the humans on the world. There were also a number of tiny protestors, "Humans go home!" One of the Na'vi commented this was "a rather strange ritual," but at least most there appeared to be on there side.

Monday April 3 had a "Dunk A Linden" event. But it should have been called "Slime A Linden" as they were in booths that when they target was dinged by a baseball, down would come a shower of green slime. Madori, Sequoia, Wendi, and Izzy got more of the ooze poured on them than the kids in "You Can't Do That On Television." Near the end, Wendi, who was in a black suit and sunglasses, pulled out what looked like a penlight. Too bad those don't work on furries, or cameras.

 

 And there were music events, with various DJs playing for the crowd with a Relay kiosk next to them instead of a tip jar. Among them was at 8PM DJ Snowbuns (Skylark Lefavre) who was in a Star Trek uniform that had a TNG top, but what looked much like an Original Series miniskirt. Some Trekkers might consider that the best of both series. Snowy would later tell me she raised several thousand that night thanks to a few friends coming by.

Snowy was still recovering from an injury that sent her to the hospital that weekend, but was determined to help out. This would be one of two events at least one member of Team Sunbeamers was at that evening, the other being the "Monday With The Roos" Bring Your Own Kiosk event. 

There was a laser-tag with the Lindens on Tuesday, but yours truly didn't find out until it was too late to go.

 

There are a number of events at the 'con today, which is celebrating April 5 2063 as "First Contact Day." There's another "Dunk A Linden" scheduled from 3 to 5PM SL time.

May the force be with you, and live long and prosper

Bixyl Shuftan

Sunbeamer Bid-Me Events: "Bid Me Pink, Fennec, Ruth"

 

With the Relay season going in full gear, the Sunbeamer team is out to raise some more cash for the American Cancer Society. While there are the weekly Moon Dances and the upcoming Air Show, there is more that can be done. And so a few vict- er, volunteers have stepped forward in some "Bid-Me" events.

The "Bid Me" events started in real-life Relays with "Bid Me Bald" fundraisers in which volunteers would shave all their hair if enough cash was raised. When the Relay came to Second Life, starting with the Relay Rockers, teams would start having their own "Bid Me Bald" events, with people volunteering to stay a "chrome dome" for so many days or weeks, depending on how much was raised. BUT, with furry avatars, there's a slight problem as simply removing the head hair so it's the same as the rest of the body's coat of fur isn't as drastic a change. So furry Relayers found other ways to put their appearance on the line in the name of the fight against cancer. 

Never to put her teammates through what she wouldn't go through, Team Captain Rita Mariner was one of the first two volunteers. In "Bid Me Pink," the white bunny is offering to go pink for every week 5000 Linden dollars are donated into the right kiosk, rounded down. If 9999L gets donated, she only spends one week as "Pinkie Pie." If 10,000 is raised, she spends two weeks having to listen to "Pink Panther" music.

For those wanting to keep her white, a default kiosk is included on the left. Should more be donated into that than the pink one, then no matter how much was donated, Rita avoids getting pinked. 

Snowy HunniBunni Lefavre (Skylark Lefavre), one of the team's DJs, is also putting her looks on the line with her "Bid Me Fennec." For every 4000 Linden dollars donated in the right kiosk, rounded down, she spends a week as a big-eared vulpine. For those who want to keep her a fluffy bun-bun, there's a default kiosk to the left they can donate to.

High Sunbeamer Cynthia Farshore is the third putting her fur on the line with a "Bid Me Ruth" event. In her case, only 2000 Linden dollars, rounded down, is enough to make her sans fur and horns for a week. And this isn't just any human avatar, but the infamous "Ruth," the original Second Life avatar which for years was the default that residents changed to whenever there was a server problem that affected avatars, until it was changed to a cloud. As with the other fundraisers, there's also a default kiosk on the right to donate to.

Rita and Snowy's Bid-Me events go on to Saturday April 1 at 8PM SL time. Cynthia's goes on to Saturday April 8, also at 8PM. The fundraisers all take place at Club Cutlass at Sunweaver Bay (114/117/757).

Go Sunbeamers! Go Relay!

 

Correction:  Cynthia's event was originally listed as "Bid Me Human." It has since been corrected.

Bixyl Shuftan

Reader Submitted: Rust Seasons Beatings, Part 2

 

 

 From Snowy AngelBunny Lefavre (Skylark Lefavre). After seeing my "Seasons Beatings" brief the other day, she sent me this picture of a pile of Krampus zombies after they unsuccessfully tried to raid her base in the Angels server. She may or may not be getting coal, but all their weapons should reap lots of metal when recycled.

 

Misadventures in Rust Angels: The Base Defense Contest

 

As a survival MMO, Rust is among those most noted for it's competitive (or downright merciless in some places) PvP action. Wanting to avoid the "PvP kiddies," many players prefer the PvE servers such as the Angels server for Nydia Tungsten and some of her friends. But how do you keep things from getting too predictable and give something extra special for the players to do? For server moderator Umbra, the answer in August was a race. For September, he had another competition: who could design the best base in terms of resisting a raid.

 

Read the story in "Other Grids, MMOs, and Games."

 

SL Video: "Rock My World Little Country Girl"

 

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From Nydia Tungsten on April 9, "These furry girls want to rock your world! Leave a comment and let them know how they are doing, while you're at it be sure to subscribe so you won't miss our next one!"
 

Followup Interview With DJ Snowy

 

Due to real-life, Penny Shuftan will be taking what she hopes will be a short break from writing articles. But just in case she has to stop for a while, she wanted to interview one of the Sunweaver's notable DJs, one more time: Snowy AngelBun Lefavre (Skylark Lefavre). Snowy had more things to say about what she does as a DJ, and other things in Second Life.
 
Read Penny's interview in People.
 

Cartoon of The Day: Slick Party

 

Taken at the Happy Vixen

By Bixyl Shuftan

 

Cartoon of the Day: Big Blue

 

Taken at the Happy Vixen, Skylark "Snowbuns" Lefavre demonstrates a huge blue fox avatar. 

By Bixyl Shuftan