Fantasy Subcontinent Appearing South of Bellisseria

 

The land that will no doubt be the future home for the Fantasy-themed homes for Premium account residents has arrived. Hearing reports that the sims were now up, I checked the map around the Bellisseria continent, and there wasa a patch of landmade up of many dozens of sims.

The sims had various names. Some were quite fitting for a fantasy-themed area such as Laughing Witch, Halfling Hill, and Moon Bridge. Fairy Tails sounded more humorous than fantasy. And some such as Bunnyhug, Otter Lake, Digerido, and Ginseng could fit in other places, though still noteworthy. One, SSPE2539, hadn't been given a real name yet.

The sims are still closed to public access, so our only clue to what they look like are the examples at the Second Life Birthday. Maybe it's because they're new on the map, but checking it, they're often a solid light green in color, or invisible with only the name showing there should be a sim there.

On Bellisseria itself, the northeastern tip that's just off the continent of Satori, on the sim of Buffalo Springs there's a new airfield and dock at (199/83/36). So people can rezz a plane and take off, or rezz a boat and sail away. For those who like exploring around either continent, or a liesurely sail or flight, this is a spot to check out.

More information on the fantasy-themed Linden Home area will be available as it comes in

Hat Tip: Daniel Voyager

Bixyl Shuftan

New Linden Homes Continent Update

For those wanting to scout the new continent

Besides landing planes there, one can also rezz them. But the spot can be identified only by the lack of the "no-rezz" symbol on one's viewer. It's at Coral Waters (109/139/22)

For those whom have been trying to get one of the new Linden Homes, a forum post by Patch Linden stated they were all gone within 48 hours. The good news, he promises additional homes "in the very near future." Presumably, this means the rest of the continent, or at least more of it, will soon be moved into positioned, and the homes placed on it.

Hat Tip: Daniel Voyager, Inara Pey

Bixyl Shuftan

Sundreamers at New Bastogne

One's a community who's goals are having a fun place to virtually live and have a good party a few times a week. The other's a virtual Second World War battlefield where residents duke it out in virtual tanks, planes, and small arms in team efforts. One might not expect the two to have much in common. But last weekend, they came together for a Relay For Life event. The Sunweaver community's "Sundreamers" RFL team hosted a fundraising event at New Bastogne.

Read more in Events.

Eye on the Blog: Linden Lab Offers New Gift Biplane for Premium Accounts

Last week, Linden Lab offered a new freebie for Second Life's Premium account residents. One that the aireal-minded might be interested in: a biplane. In addition, the Lab was opening an airfield sim exclusive for Premium residents.

A new Premium gift is now available! Go Premium today and take flight in your Premium-only airplane for some high flying fun. Zoom around and perform high-speed aerial stunts and acrobatics such as loops, barrel rolls, hard dives and climbs.
Take off in Orville, a Premium-only airfield where you can fuel up your airplane, spend some hangar time with your other flying friends, socialize in the airfield building lobby or watch over the skies from the control tower!

While this plane may be a single-seat aircraft that doesn't mean you can't bring some friends along -- you just might want to tell them to hold on!

The airplane is available to Premium Residents only. To access the exclusive Orville Airport, you must be a Premium member, so don’t delay! Additional Premium benefits include a private home, Linden dollars, as well as expanded support. Take flight and take advantage this limited-time half-off promotion today.* Already Premium? Get it here.

Linden Lab also urged residents to "For a limited time, take advantage of 50% off Premium Membership."

There was no mention of the plane or airfield on the official forums, but it was mentioned in the Second Life Universe forum. One resident posting there remarked, "on a scale of 1 to 5, I give it a 3.5." On the plus side, "Looks great," "Simple usage," Beginner mode takes a minimal amount of effort/practice to get used to," "The propellor actually spins, as opposed to a spinning texture," "I like the subtle trailing smoke." Among the cons, "When crossing a sim border, it repeats the last control input," "It doesn't tell you that you can now click the body of the plane for options," "Whether you're idle or full-throttle, it sounds the same."