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Showing posts with label active. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 24, 2025

Second Life's Monthy Active Users Up From 600,000 to 620,000

 
In a recent article in New World Notes, Hamlet AU reported that Brad Oberwager, the head of Linden Lab, stated that the number of monthly active users had gone up from about 600,000 in October to 620,000. 
 
In an October interview Oberwager admitted that Second Life's monthly active users had dropped to 500,000 in 2024. 
 
Oberwager would go on to say they planned on doing things that would encourage more people to use the virtual world more often, such as hiring a Vice President of Engineering
 
 
Bixyl Shuftan 
 

Friday, April 25, 2025

The Fairelands Quest Is Up

 

 Good news for Fantasy Faire fans, anyone who likes an interactive story, likes games with big prizes, and especially all three. The Fairelands Quest is finally up and running. This year, the name of the Quest is "The Dreamcaster's Cauldron."

The Bard Queen is perplexed.

All across the Fairelands, there’s been a rash of bad dreams. Not just bad — really bad. Teeth-gritting, terrifying, haunt-you-all-day-long nightmares.

Sleepers are waking in a panic. In some, annoyance turns to fury. Assertiveness turns to aggression. Sadness turns to deep despair. Throughout the lands, violence and misery are spreading in ever-widening circles.

What could possibly be happening?


To get the Quest HUD, it's located in Fairelands Junction and most other central areas of the other Fairelands sims (at FJ, it's at 44,139,87 ). You will see a pair of kiosks labeled "The Dreamcasters Cauldron." For just the HUD, quest companion, and lantern, pay 250L in the smaller kiosk. The larger has those and a number of outfits, one for male and female for normal sized avatars, plus a few for dinkies.
 

To play, you'll need to attatch both the hud and your companion Pax. The outfit is optional. So is the lantern, though it will help you see in dark places. The first step is to find the Bard Queen, who explains the situation. Then you have to find the dreamers, presumably followed by your companion Paz. After that, well, we'll see.

More on the Quest, and the Fairelands, later.
 
https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Fairelands%20Junction/44/139/87
 
Bixyl Shuftan
 
*Addition* I thought the first thing after talking to the Bard Queen was meeting with your companion. But that wasn't the case this time. 
 

Friday, January 27, 2023

Still Around: Boardgame Beach, Giant House, Animal Crossing Sim

 
 
 Remember when we wrote about Boardgame Beach a couple years ago? Deciding to check it out, it's still around. And so are all of those games. http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Dragon%20Nest/123/134/23


So is the giant house at Once Upon A Time at the Oxygen and River sims. http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/River/224/103/1534


And so is the Animal Crossing sim at Retroville. http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Retroville/110/190/32

Not every place we reported on over the years has stuck around, but these three have. Which others did you want us to check on? Leave your comments below.

Bixyl Shuftan