SL Video: "2022 Relay For Life of Second Life First Lap"

 

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From Bain Finch on January 7, "Relay For Life of Second Life taking our First Lap of the 2022 season."

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SL Video: "RFLofSL First Lap 2021"

 

 From Bain Finch on January 10, "Relay For Life of Second Life Full Relay First Lap 2021"

Meli's Maniacs, SL Cheerleading Squad Have First Relay Events

Sunday April 8 featured the initial events of two Relay for Life teams. The Second Life Cheerleader Squad had theirs at their Cheertopia sim.

Come see Krisie Snowdrop with the Radical SLCS Cheerleaders throw a 1980s party to benefit Relay for Life of Second Life!  Pull out your parachute pants and get the big hair out because the 1980s have returned in full force. There are singers performing music all day.  If you miss this event it will be worse than Bill and Ted's Bogus adventure!Krisie  is truly honored to have the opportunity to sing for each of you  who listen to a song or show and hang out with her and her friends and fans.

Dropping in, I was greeted by a scruffy-looking Pac-Man going about the floor, with a few ghosts about. Looking around, there were a number of pop-culture items from the 1980s from a Delorian from "Back to the Future," to a "Tron" Recognizer, to posters of movies such as "Dirty Dancing" and Red Dawn," and more. There was one "Mario" avatar in the audience. '

The total raised was 9850 Lindens when I left, so presumably at the end they had more than 10,000.

Also that day, Meli's Maniacs had their first event. It took place in Club Amartnth high above the Amarantha sim.

Yep, those crazy maniacs are back. Drop everything Come as You Are (as long as you are dressed that is) to Club Amaranth for music and fun with DJ Female Winslet and host (and co-captain) Violet Solano. We've got a 400L contest board, no club group needed to join. We've got a goal of 1500L for this event, so help us get there!

Female Winslet was the DJ for the event, that had raised about 500L by the time I left. There were a variety of avatars there from petite to small dragon to a woolly rhino. There was a 400 Linden prize in a "Come As You Are" event, of which ComCat Fenstalker took the biggest share. It was announced Female would be DJing for Relay events here every other Sunday.

There were also a number of events at RFL Kickoff 1 and 2, which were having their second day of events with the season's opening ceremony taking place on the first. Some other teams would also have their first event.

It was an exciting second day for the Relay.

Bixyl Shuftan

Correction: It was originally reported that Female would be DJing every other Thursday. That turned out to be an error.

Announcement: This Week At The Science Circle: “The First Stars”

“The First Stars” by Rob Knop
Saturday, April 7th 10AM - 11AM PDT

The Universe began in a hot and dense state. After ten minutes or so, the elements had formed, and for the next few hundred thousand years the Universe was filled with hot plasma, expanding and cooling. The Universe was opaque; any light emitted would be scattered or absorbed before it could travel far. Then came a transition, when the Universe went from plasma to neutral gas, and at the same time became transparent. After that were the aptly-named “dark ages”, for nothing was emitting light. Some few hundred million years after that, the very first stars in the Universe formed. None of these stars, we believe, is still around today, and observing their effects (either directly or indirectly) is very challenging. However, a number of observations have told us things about the epoch when stars first formed in our Universe, and it remains a major goal of cosmology to learn more about the nature of these stars.

In this talk, I’ll outline the relevant history of the Universe, and tell you what we know and believe about the very first stars.

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The Science Circle (61/127/32)

Ultima Online Turns Twenty Years Old

Massive Multiplayer Online Games have been around for ages, but some might be surprised to hear that the first game that most would recognize as an MMO was released twenty years ago this week. Before World of Warcraft, before Everquest, there was Ultima Online. designed as a spinoff of the already years old "Ultima " series of games and partially as an experiment in gaming, "UO" would become much more successful than anticipated. Although later outclassed by later games in the genre it started, Ultima Online is still around today, it's fans celebrating it's anniversary with a new questline arc.

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

Furry Avatar in Sansar

It seems one issue I felt would be a turnoff to many Second Life users to Sansar, the lack of nonhuman avatars, is already being addressed.

On Wednesday August 2, "Sixfootblue" posted this picture on Reddit of what appears to be the first furry avatar known to have been created in Sansar, an anthro bat. "I had a creative kick yesterday and spent about 8 hours putting this guy together," he stated, "Unfortunately it seems arm attachments are only for the right wrist and hand, so he only has one wing for now."

"The head and armwing are just accessories I uploaded and attached to my avatar. I just used the male avatar reference on the knowledgebase to make sure the custom head fit the default one fairly closely, and then used some trial and error to match the head's colour to the body's skintone as best I could."

So just a few days after Sansar's opening, the residents themselves are making some of the improvements the virtual world needs to become more popular. What else they will come up with before the month is out should be interesting.

Hat Tip: Hamlet Au

Bixyl Shuftan

Second Life Newser Wins Award of Excellence, "Voted #1 in News And Current Events"

While some Second Life publications concentrate on a single subject, such as fashion, the Second Life Newser has striven to cover a variety of subjects about the people, places, and events across the grid, and doing so on a daily basis. Innovative Second Life saw our work, and considered it the best in covering "news and current events."

We chose the SL Newser as the #1 news source because it is a well constructed webzine offering residents news about current events, innovative products, press releases and informative articles. Covering Second Life's current news and real life matters of concern that effect SL.

Innovative Second Life (http://innovativesecondlife.blogspot.com) call themselves, "a blog covering SL news, event's, helpful tips, great destinations and innovative products. We are an in-world group of real life writer's, photographers, editors and publisher's who love sharing everything about our wonderful virtual world of Second Life. ... The Innovative Second Life Group members are writers, journalist, publishers, photographers and editors in real life. Some of us were brought together when our real life jobs assigned us to research or cover stories about the virtual world of Second Life for tech magazines or human interest stories. While others were part of the original SL media group and it's affiliates. We explore SL and all of it's community's. Research new products and places and listen to other residents about their SL experiences and bring them to our readers."

Announcement: First Annual Blake Passage Christmas Lights Boat Parade

MarkTwain White posted the following on the Virtual World Sailing Forums.

"Be sure to put this Saturday, December 12 on your calendar. At 10AM  the 29 region Blake Passage area will host first annual Blake Passage Christmas Lights Boat Parade.

"The residents of Blake Passage are working on getting their homes, docks and boats decorated to welcome all of us to join them for this special holiday event which will become an annual tradition. Get your boats decorated for this special night time parade as we celebrate the holidays with our festively lit boats and cruise from Skagway (the heart of the Blake Passage regions) down to the Hollywood sim where DJ Benny the Boozehound will rock the Bowl with music to listen to while lined up to get under the mistletoe.

"Please decorate your boats responsibly avoiding adding any Grinch inspired lag to the event. No Mega Yachts please. Sailboats will proceed under power with sails down. This is a cold evening event based in general sims. We ask that our topless cruising friends bundle up on this one special night and dress for the season."

MarkTwain would later state, "The inspiration for The Blake Passage Christmas Lights Boat Parade is the Newport Beach Christmas Boat Parade which will be holding it's 107th annual parade later this month."

Two Anniversary Events, The CDS and Avatar Social Network

Two anniversaries are taking place this weekend. One is the tenth anniversary of the Confederation of Democratic sims, or CDS. The CDS forums (link) List several events there today and one tomorrow.

September 20th, 10:00 AM—Mike Carnell, in Concert.

Mike is a German gentleman, he sings authentic German songs and he sings them well. What a great way to begin any festivity that is to have a German flair, with an authentic German singer. Be there. It’s a little early, but then again we are going to party all day so we have to start early!

September 20th, 11:00 AM—Opening Oktoberfest Ceremony.

Come in your lederhosen as we salute the CDS flag and honor our Germanic history. The opening ceremony will then continue with German Polka music. Dance! Life throws a lot of mayhem our way, even our second life. And we all have the chance to hide from it, to sit it out or we could even dance through it. We hope you dance!

There will be a May Pole there and dance balls for you. Bring your sweetie or come alone. The beer is on CDS.

September 20th, 2:00 PM—In the Amphitheater, Live and in Concert, QUEEN!

Second Life's hottest tribute band company, Thunder Rock Productions once again brings their show to the stages of CDS. This astounding production company was voted the #1 entertainment act in Second Life for the year 2013. They kicked off the SL 11th birthday celebrations awhile back and they were the talk of CDS for awhile after that stage production.

Wayne, Pibbs, Crossfire Ricochet and their crew will be putting on a special performance just for us. This event will showcase the original Queen with Freddie himself. This production will feature an astounding laser light show and will be chock full of effects just for you. If you have to miss any of these fabulous events and performances, QUEEN in Concert is not the one!

September 20th, 4:00 PM—Bandit Eddingham Live From Baveria.

Yes, Bandit will be streaming a concert to us live from Germany.

Bandit is good! He is into American Country music. And just a little research shows he is not unknown in this genre in RL. He is inspired by many country singers that performed in the country music capital, Nashville, TN, USA. He has performed in many famous places himself, such as a performance at the one place all country music professionals seek as their ultimate career goal, the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, TN. Yes, Bandit is a pro in RL! Enjoy this level of talent presented just for our residents of CDS.

September 21st, 2:00 PM—Religious History Of CDS-Theology Tour and Lecture With Your Host, Gaius Tiberius Curio.

This event will fascinate you, as if you are not into our community theology, it will surprise you at the diversity of religions that exists in our community. We have Baptists, Pagans, Pentecostals, Wiccans, Moslems, Humanists, Buddists and Atheists practicing their faiths or lack thereof right here in our small community. And we all get along famously!

Join Gaius Tiberius Curio as he lectures on world religions and hosts a tour of our Shrines, Churches, Temples and religious icons and teaches the finer theological aspects exhibited in humanity. It will be interesting if you are an intellectual, and if you are a CDSer, you is one.

*Addition* Cleopatra Xigalia informed the Newser September 20 is officially the CDS' birthday. So the reason it's quite a busy day for them.

Neufreistadt (158, 183, 172)

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Earlier SL Newser Posted that the Avatar Social Network, which we reported on last month, was holding an event within Second Life to celebrate it's first anniversary. The Enquirer recently reported that the event will be from 9AM to 11PM at Prim (128/147/412).

The First Sims – Welsh

DrFran continues her series on Second Life's original landss. Her travels took her to Welsh, which to her delight held more original content than in others of the first sims she visited. So what does this land hold? DrFran had quite a busy time writing down what she found.

Read DrFran's article in Places.

The First Sims – Taber

With the Relay For Life Walk and the Second Life Birthday behind her, DrFran Babcock resumed her tour of the original sims of the Grid. Her journey took her to Taber, which like other places had some classic landmarks. But there was also a place owned by a controversial group, and a memorial to a love story whose legacy for the residents is a collections of freebies still available today.

Read DrFran's article in Places.

The First Sims – Natoma

DrFran Babcock continues her "First Sims" series with a visit to Natoma. This place is distinguished by two feaures: the landmarks and old builds, one a remnant of Second Life's alpha grid days, and that unlike many places there was someone always here on the sim when someone stopped by. So what else did the intrepid writer find?

Read DrFran's story in Places.

The First Sims: Minna

DrFran Babcock takes a moment from her tour of the first sims of Second Life to report on the latest area she explored: Mina. Unlike a few of the other historic sims, the place had a number of active residents, one she talked to. So what awaits the tourist who drops by? Plenty.

Read DrFran's article in Places.

The First Sims: Freelon

DrFran Babcock continues her explorations of the Grid's first sims. Her latest article deals with Freelon, which in earlier days hosted a copy of the club from the novel believed to be a partial inspiration to Second Life. So what's there now and what remains from before?

Read DrFran's article in Places.

The First Sims: Federal

DrFran Babcock continues her series on the first sims in Second Life. For today's story, she looks at Federal. Very early on, it had been a combat sim, then hosted some gardens before they got their own sim. So what's the place like now and what's worth visiting? DrFran explored to find out.

Read DrFran's article in Places.

The First Sims: Stanford

DrFran Babcock's travels across the first sims of Second Life takes her to number four: Stanford. There, she comes across an annoyance she hadn't encountered in the previous three: ban lines. But she also comes across some unique places that exist thanks to the ingenuity of the early builders and features later sims lack.

Read DrFran's article in Places.

The First Sims: Ritch

Today, DrFran Babcock has the second of her series of articles about the first sims in Second Life. Following the visit to first sim of Da Boom, she went to the second: Ritch. To DrFran's surprise, there was little written about this sim beforehand. What she found in this second sim was quite a contrast to the first as well.

Read DrFran's story in Places.

The First Sims: Da Boom

With the tenth anniversary of Second Life a few months away, DrFran Babcock was interested in what had become of the first places on the Grid. The first of the firsts she wrote about was the place the late Lalo Telling called, "The Orgin Point - The Anchor of the Grid" of the early Second Life: Da Boom. DrFran takes a look at the nearly decade-old sim, and what it has to offer visitors.

Read more in Places.

Guess Who?

And who is this in a freebie old-style ringtail avatar? None other than the editor himself. It was five years ago today he took his first screenshot while exploring around the mainland.