Reader Submitted Cartoon

 

From Anna Honeyflower (Anna Enchantment), also on Twitter. Looks like things have changed for furniture since the early days of the virtual world.
 

Strawberry's "Then and Now" Challenge

 

Earlier this month, Strawberry Linden posted a "Then and Now" challenge on the forums, "May 9th is my Resident avatar's 15th rez day so I thought it would be fun to do the Then and Now Challenge. To do this challenge, pick one of the oldest images of your avatar and do a side-by-side comparison with a recent image of your avatar. "

Some got my attention, such as how Draxtor's had changed over the years.

Panterapolnocy (formerly Chakat Northspring) would comment, "June 2011 vs now, May 2022. In exception of species... not much of a change, to be honest."

DeniseUnicorn Toonie, my neighbor, showed how her avatar had improved over the years.

And then there was Callum Linden, "Let's just call it 'timeless, vintage, immutable' shall we."

For those wanting to take part: Click Here. 

Bixyl Shuftan

Linden Lab Releases Second Life Infographic For 15th Anniversary

Linden Lab posted yesterday about the upcoming SL15B, and it's "Crystal Anniversary" theme. They also had an infographic showing off some statistics about Second Life.

The SL15B "crystal" theme this year aims to inspire our Residents to reflect on the past 15 years and peek into the future to explore the next 15 years of Second Life. To kick things off, we've rounded up some interesting statistics and facts about the past and present state of Second Life in this new infographic ...

The post was made by Brett Linden.

The last time Linden Lab had an infographic was the one for the SL10B five years ago. Both mention the number of accounts, 36 million then compared to 57 million now (obviously only a small part which are active). Both also mention the number of new account registrations per month, 400,000 per month five years ago compared to 350,000 today, a loss of one eighth. A total of over 217,000 years spent inworld by all avatars combined in 2013 compared to a combined total of 482,000 years today. 2.1 million virtual goods were available for sale five years ago compared to five million today, more than double back then. The top three destination categories in the Linden's Destination Guide have changed a little. Five years ago it was Games, Events, and Adventure and Fantasy. Today, the top three are Games, Editor's Picks, and Photography Spots.

They would post about more, which we will write about later.

For the blog post in full, Click Here.

Bixyl Shuftan

InWorldz Celebrates Six Years

While Second Life was holding a number of April Fools parties, such as the one at Club Cutlass, The virtual world of InWorldz had officially turned six years old yesterday on April 1st. While much has continued to happen here, not much gets reported in the Newser as Second Life continues to be so active.

Today marks the final day for official events, the theme being "Then and Now", though the exhibits will remain for a few days longer.

One can find a map of the InWorldz sims involved: (here).

InWorldz's Sixth Birthday Coming Soon

InWorldz, the second largest virtual world, will soon be celebrating it's sixth anniversary. Already, volunteers are setting up builds at the celebration grounds, and a schedule of events is being filled, what's currently slotted listen in the InWorldz forums. April 1 will be the biggest day of the celebrations. Daniel Voyager writes, "Apparently there will be contests and other fun activities throughout April and May on the grid of InWorldz to celebrate six years." This year's theme is "Then and Now."