And The Winner Is ...

 

 At 9AM SL time today, the twenty-three winners of Linden Lab's Golden Ticket Giveaway were on stage at the Orpheum Theater. In the middle were twenty three boxes, with twenty-two containing 10,000 Linden dollar prizes, and one that had a million Linden dollar prize. About 180 residents crowded themselves in with many more watching via the Youtube feed. 

 

One by one, starting with the winners of the earliest tickets, the contestants, most of whom who got up and walked to the show host, Ninja, on stage, a few having to remain seated due to lag, chose one of the boxes. They all gave a small shower of sparks, and the host would say they were 10k prizes. Finally with nine boxes left, Carmelle James (Missnicety1 Resident), chose box 19. And this would be the one that would win one million Linden dollars. 

 

Carmelle had remained in her seat and messaged her choice to Brett Linden who messaged the show host, so it's likely she had to deal with lag worse than most others. I didn't notice any further response from her, and only got up from her chair some time after the event ended. 

 

One of the 22 secondary winners did respond. Se7en Zen had chosen to donate her 10,000 Linden dollar prize to the Relay for Life's Second Life Cheerleading Squad. "RFL is an important cause, and it's a privilege to be able to support it," she would tell me."

 

At the end, Ninja had a special announcement.  Linden Lab was matching the grand prize with giving another one million Linden dollars to four charities: Virtual Ability, Team Fox (diabetes research), Spoonful of Sugar (Doctors Without Borders), and the Relay for Life in Second Life. 

 

"That 250k donation pledge from the Lindens was an exciting announcement," Se7en added, "I want to add that the cheer community in SL supports RFL with our whole hearts. This is  cause that touches us all, and RFL is a way to share hope."

While this would be the last official event of the SL23B, the Birthday goes on Sunday July 19, to Midnight SL time. 

 

Bixyl Shuftan 

 

Who Will Be The Winner?

 

 Today at 9AM SL time, we find out who the big winner is of the Golden Ticker Giveaway. The event will be at the Orpheum Theater. 

 

https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/SLB%20Celebrate/25/24/22

If you can't be at the theater, watch the event live on Youtube, or hopefully later on with a recording. 

 

EOTB: "SL23B Golden Ticket Giveaway Finale - Watch It Live!"

 

After a few weeks of anticipation, we get to see who wins the big prize of the Golden Ticket Giveaway. On Friday July 17, at the Orpheum Theater, there will be a special event at 9AM SL time in which the 23 Golden Ticket winners will appear, with one getting the million Linden dollar prize.

 

 The entry period for the SL23B Golden Ticket Giveaway has now closed, and the grand finale is just days away!

The twenty-three finalists are confirmed and will take the stage to choose from 23 Golden Prize Boxes, each containing a Linden Dollar reward. Only one box holds the grand prize of L$1,000,000.

The live finale event takes place on Friday, July 17th at 9am PT, where winners will make their selections in front of a live audience.

 

The three suggested SURLs are:

https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/SLB%20Celebrate/25/24/22
https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/SLB%20Astonish/26/251/29
https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/SLB%20Amaze/251/27/28

 

 

You can also see the event on Youtube.

 

To read more, check the Linden blog entry here. 

 

Bixyl Shuftan 

 

Last Day For The Golden Ticket Giveaway

 

 After 23 days, Linden Lab's million Linden dollar Golden Ticket Giveaway for the SL23B is almost over. Today is the last chance to get a shot, or another shot, at one of the prizes. Once the clock strikes Midnight, that's it. 

 

The winners will attend an event on Friday July 17 at 9AM SL time (Noon EST), which will be broadcasted on Youtube, with 22 10,000 L prizes, and one 1,000,000 L prize.

 

Conversations with others entering have people wishing each other luck, with a girl or two offering to be the "arm candy" of the winner. So who will it be? Baring the unexpected, we'll know Friday.

 

The Second Life Birthday goes on to Sunday July 19.  

 

Bixyl Shuftan 

 

EOTB: Lab Reminds The "Golden Ticket Giveaway" Ends Soon, Winner Chosen Next Friday

 

Yesterday, Linden Lab reminded residents that the number of days left to enter the Golden Ticket Giveaway is getting short. Tuesday July 14 will be the last day.

 

 The SL23B Golden Ticket Giveaway is heading toward its grand finale, and there’s still time to enter.

Residents have until July 14th to visit participating SL23B regions and click on the Golden Ticket kiosks for a chance to be selected. Each day brings a new opportunity to secure your spot, so don’t miss your chance to take part.

 

The 23 winners will be invited to take part at the last stage of the Giveaway, a televised event on Friday July 17 at 9AM SL time, where most will get 10,000 Linden dollar prizes with one lucky winner getting a million Lindens.

 

The last day of the SLB is Sunday  July 19.

 

Bixyl Shuftan 

EOTB: Linden Lab Enters Paid Members in Computer Giveaway

 

Several days ago, Linden Lab announced as part of their "Membership Mania," they were entering members with paid accounts, Plus, Premium, and Premium Plus, in their "Membership Mania Computer Giveaway."  

 

We’re giving back to our loyal Plus, Premium, and Premium Plus members with an automatic entry into the Membership Mania PC Giveaway! Members have a shot at being awarded one of three ultimate gaming PCs (or cash equivalent)

There are three prizes. Premium Plus members are entered to win a HP OMEN 45L Intel i9 RTX 4090 Premium Gaming Desktop worth about $4,679 USD. Premium Residents are in the contest for a Skytech Gaming PC Desktop, which is worth about $1,999 USD. And those with Plus accounts can get a Thermaltake LCGS Quartz i460 R4 Gaming Desktop, worth about $899 USD.

 

In place of the computers, winners can take the value in cash. Eligibility is "based on membership tier status as of 11:59 PM PT on February 28, 2025."

 

As mentioned, those with paid accounts are automatically entered. Free residents can still enter, but need to send a handwritten postcard with their name, address, email, and phone number, along with which contest they want to be in, to the following address:

 

Linden Research, Inc.
548 Market St., PMB 59201, San Francisco, CA 94104-5401, USA

 

The drawing is on March 10, with the odds depending on how many entries there are.  The winners will be notified within five days, and have 48 hours to respond or may forfeit their prize. "Winners are solely responsible for any applicable taxes, duties, or import fees." and "U.S. winners ... must submit a Form W-9 and will receive a Form 1099-MISC. Non-U.S. winners must submit a W-8BEN and will receive a Form 1098."

 

Residents from several countries are not eligible due to local regulations or restrictions, Belgium, Italy, Brazil, Poland, Russia, India, China, Hong Kong, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates. "and any country under U.S. embargoes or trade sanctions."

 

For more information, check the blog entry Here. 

 

Bixyl Shuftan

 

EOTB: "Zenescope x Second Life NFT Sweepstakes"

f you haven't checked out the Linden blog lately, time is starting to run out for a contest in which there's a couple days left to enter. Some of you recall the Zenescope region, a partnership Linden Lab made with a comic publisher. They're now having a sweepstakes "for a chance to win a First Edition NFT from Epik inspired by the Zenescope Metaverse in Second Life."

The contest is open only to residents of Second Life, and those in a few states will have to be of age 19 or 21. People can enter online by visiting Second Life's page on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram " and like or love Second Life’s post about the giveaway" by 11:59 PM SL time on Sunday October 31. People can also mail a postcard to Linden Lab, but it has to be postmarked by October 31 and recieved by November 8. On November 9, the winners will be determined by a random drawing. There are a total of 40 prizes to win.

For those concerned about privacy, it should be noted "Each winner, by acceptance of prize, except where legally prohibited, grants permission for Sponsor and its designees to use his/her name, address (city and state), photograph, voice and other likeness and prize information for advertising, trade and promotional purposes without further compensation, in all media (including digital media) now known or hereafter discovered, worldwide in perpetuity, without notice or review or approval."

For more details, check out the Linden blog here.

NFT is short for "non-fungible token," a "unique and non-interchangeable unit of data stored on a blockchain." For the past several months, interest in buying and trading them has greatly increased, along with concerns about what can go wrong.

Addition: Inara Pey published a commentary about the NFT Sweepstakes, raising some questions about Linden Lab's involvement, such as the winners having to disclose their real-life information, "that the Lab – a company that has traditionally prided itself on respecting its users’ anonymity – should offer the suggestion that any personal information might be requested could be passed to whomever they designate (such as Zenescope and Epik) for purposes of their advertising and promotion, makes for uncomfortable reading."

Bixyl Shuftan
 

Free Lindens At The Fallout Shelter

 

For those dropping by the Fallout Shelter on Sundays, something new has been added. This weekend, Rebel Wolf announced a raffle that would give a prize to a random winner, if they were part of the sim group or not.

The Insane Wolf is trying something new..He has a raffle gas pump in the Fallout Factory ( dance hall) In theory anyone can click on to enter, and win $200 on Sunday night. Non group members can even enter right now. The prize may increase if there is any interest. But I'm very cheap. Sue Me. Come one come all. Bring your alts! It should work..maybe...hopefully...

Rebel Wolf would tell me, "If there is any interest by the draw Sunday night at or after dance, I may increase the prize to 1000 a  week, group members only, but for now its open to all. ... Don't gotta be here to win. ... If it gets a lotof interest, it stays, and robs me blind with a increase in Lindens to give away. So! Donate to the Deadlands donation barrell, so I can give it away."

The Fallut Shelter is in th Deadlands,in Paradise Kingdom (87/37/22) (follow the road).

Bixyl Shuftan
 

Axtel Motors Closing, Most Vehicles Free

For auto fans, and anyone else looking for a great deal, there's been a development you'll want to here. There's a location where you can get dozens of cars for free.

In Sunweaver chat last night, Cynthia Farshore announced, "Axtel is closing down and has set several hundred vehicles to free status at their main store. LM is attached. Once they fully close, the vehicles will no longer be available so act soon if you're interested." She would then say the place was in the Osla sim. So I headed over. There were a number of vendors for various types of cars, each vendor able to hold several. There was also a sign with the following message:

Final Closing Sale

Axtel's Autos will be closing soon. All cars are free until we take down the store. We are aware some of the vendors are broken. Please try to take turns on the vendors and do not spam click them because they will break and even less people will be able to use them. Axtel will have to come back to fix these in a few days. Meantime you can visit Highflyer location to get some of the cars that are in the broken vendors. Join the Axtel's Autos group for updates and to request a link to this location. For those who use combat HUD systems in SL, this is mean to be a place for everyone to get free cars. Attacks on each other will result in freezing or a ban from the property. You will be warned only once. Please rez only Axtel vehicles here during the duration of this sale. The sim is VERY laggy due to all the scripts running. For that we apologize. We ask only axtel's vehicles be rezzed to people can test them and to keep your personal scripts down to a minimum. If you would like to advertise for your business here, please ask management first.

Lady Death (Selenia Galicia)

There were many types of cars available from early roadsters of the 30s and 40s, to classic cars of the 50s, 60s muscle cars, sports cars, even a few subcompacts and vans. There was also a "modern Batmobile" available. There was a vendor full of motorbikes. But when I looked, it was inoperable. Although the price listed was one Linden, I was refunded it after the purchase was made. So these really were free cars and bikes.

Each car comes with a HUD which one can use to keep an eye on the speed, shift gears, turn on the lights. Some cars will also drift if you hold the shift key and make a sudden turn. The instructions had a warning not to press a certain button on the HUD, but I didn't see it in the cars I tried out.

The mainland highway is next to Axtel's, so you can drive onto the road and test out the car. I found driving them to be a little tricky, especially when crossing sims. But it was smoother than jerky ten year old freebies whose scripts were designed for a much earlier Second Life. There were the sounds of the engine revving as I drove.

Of the group to join, I noticed no announcements. So it's unclear how long how long this great deal will last. Happy driving.

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Oslar/107/154/104

Bixyl Shuftan

"Dead Space" Sci-Fi Horror Game Being Given Away

For gamers looking for a deal, Origin is offering the sci-fi horror first-person shooter game "Dead Space" for free. The only catch is downloading client software and accepting their terms of use, that and for this particular game not being too scared of half-alien zombie monsters.

In the game, the player takes on the role of Issac Clarke, who is among those sent to investigate a distress signal on what looks like an abandoned ship. Unfortunately, the ship's crew was killed and the corpses mutated into "Necromorphs," creatures whom just shooting the head won't work, but have to be completely dismembered. This game is definitely not for the faint of heart, and can be quite unnerving to even some otherwise hardened gamers. The game may scare you, it may frustrate you, but it's unlikely to be boring.

"Dead Space" was developed by EA Redwood Shores (Now Visceral Games) in 2008. It sold over two million copies in two years, and several sequels followed.

Fundraiser For Frank at Furry Fashion

Tonight, the Furry Fashion Lounge will be having a special event tonight. At 6PM SL time, there will be a fundraising event to help raise money for Frank to help him get a new pair of hearing aids. DJ Moff will provide the music with BeckyD and Travail hosting. Donating 50 Lindens or more you get an exclusive gift. The theme for the event is "Best in Ears."

"You definitely don't want to miss out on this event! You get to help someone out, listen to awesome music, be around awesome people, join in an awesome fun event, get exclusive gifts! Its gonna be a HUGE EVENT!"

Furry (32, 52, 31)