EOTB: "Second Life Destinations - Raglan Shire Shocktober 2020"

 
While many Halloween happenings go into blood n' guts horror, others prefer something more on the playfully spooky side. Among the latter is the "Shocktober" event by Raglan Shire, which was recently featured in Second Life Destinations.

 We have a bonus Second Life Destinations video for you this week: let’s take a look at Raglan Shire, a community of tinies in the midst of month long Halloween festivities. No need to worry if you are what they refer to as a “biggie,” as they are welcoming to all.

 As their land info states: “The original community of fun for folks of all sizes. Many different locales, events & activities for anyone seeking friendship & adventure! Whether you're dinkie, tiny sized or any size or shape, come visit & enjoy!”

Every October Raglan Shire celebrates “Shocktober” to celebrate the spooky season, but their revelry is defined not so much by blood and gore as by whimsical creativity.

Attractions include a brand new interactive Haunted House for 2020, where you can choose the level of exposure to Halloween madness: the options are cute or creepy. The Raglan Shire Ride of Horrors is back, and filled with custom rooms created by the community. Hop into that snake cart to cruise through tons of spaces brimming with unbridled creativity. Not to mention the Haunted Wooden Roller Coaster of DOOM is faster than ever before.

Musical performances and many other themed activities round out the celebration of a month that puts creative expression first, in the world of biggies and tinies alike.

For more information, check out Shocktober's entry in the Destination Guide. And of course to check things out for yourself, head to Raglan Shire's Shocktober yourself at Heron Shire (128/135/3728)

Disney Enchanted Adventures

For almost a hundred years, Disney has been producing a number of stories that captured the imaginations of kids and adults alike. Starting with Disneyland in California, it soon began opening theme parks around the world. Gemma Cleanslate came across a place in Second Life inspired by these parks: Enchanted Adventures. She decided to have a look around. So what did she find?

Read Gemma's article in Places.

More Halloween Places in Second Life

It's just a few more days until Halloween, and Gemma Cleanslate has sent in what will probably be her last article on Halloween places here in Second Life. She took a look at three. The first was "The Secret Laboratories of Dr. Waxen and Prof. Grey" in Tseshkovsky. Next was the Haunted House at Creations Park. Last but not least, an old favorite that's still around, Nance Clowes' "Haunted Mansion Ride and Haunt Park."

Read Gemma's article in Places.

Halloween Town

Second Life has a number of Halloween-themed places every October. One of the most familiar is "Halloween Town." The themed town of Laura Liberty's "Townies" sim, the place is more playfully spooky than scary. While the place has a lot shops, there are other things to do, such as a pumpkin decorating contest and the haunted house.

Read the story in Places.

Exploring Escapade's Haunt

In her search for Halloween haunts, Deaflefacy decided to try out "Escapade's Haunted Farm and Hospital." Once arriving there, rain coming down from the sky, she decided to check the house. She found quite a few unnerving moments while exploring around, notably rats and a television set in which she found she wasn't the only one doing the watching.

Read Deaflecacy's story in Places.

Halloween Town (2015)

The place that changes it's look every holiday, Townies, is once again showing it's spooky side with "Halloween Town." Like last year, Gemma went over to take a look. The place is much as it was then, offering the same "family-friendly" scares as last year. So she offers the same review this year.

Read Gemma's article in Places.

ZZ’s Madhouse

Grease Coakes recently stopped by ZZ Studios to check out what's become a yearly tradition there: their "Madhouse." This year they're offering a choice for visitors, both a "tame" path, and for brave (or foolish) a "Gory" path. Grease took a try at both, and had a few words with one of the ZZ staff about the haunt.

Read Grease's article in Places.

Halloween Town

Good news for "Townies." After a few months of her land being offline, Laura Liberty's holiday themed town area is back with "Halloween Town." Here, there are a number of places to shop for costumes, avatars, decorations, and other Halloween-themed goodies. Shopping not your thing? There's also a pumpkin carving contest with Linden prizes, and a haunted house to brave, if you dare.

Read Gemma's story in Places. 

More Halloween Fun

Gemma Cleanslate has been on the search for more Halloween haunts. In her most recent foray into the spookier side of Second Life, she came across two, the Dark Dharma Haunted Manor, and NC's Haunted Mansion. So what kind of scary adventures did she have?

Read Gemma's story in Places.

A Few Halloween Haunts

It's almost time for Halloween. Besides the many costume parties across Second Life, there's also plenty of Haunted Houses and other haunts across the Grid. Bixyl Shuftan only had a limited amount of time, so he just checked out a few to review.

Check out the haunts in Places.

Aero Pines Harvest Festival and Halloween Trail

On the lookout for Halloween Haunts, Gemma Cleanslate found some at a familiar place: Areo Pines Park. The park changes with the season, and with the fall comes the Autumn Festival. But it's also the season of spooky fun as October 31st approaches, so the staff added some chills and thrills at a place more noted for nature trails and horseback riding. Gemma took a look, and was not disappointed.

Read Gemma's story in Places.

Eye On The Blog: Second Life Haunted Highlights and L$10,000 Snapshot Contest

Second Life is holding a contest for the spookiest picture. Linden Lab is sponsoring the "Fa-BOO-lous Halloween Snapshot Contest," in which those sending pictures can win up to 10,000 Lindens. Pictures are submitted, and displayed, in the Second Life Forums.

Every day is dress up day in Second Life, but now is your chance to win some cool prizes for it.

The Second Life Fa-BOO-lous Halloween Snapshot Contest is here! Get your avi ready and show us your best Halloween/Dia de los Muertos themed images.

You could win L$10,000, L$3000, L$2000, or L$1000 for your snapshot!

The contest runs from 10am PT on October 15, 2013 untilt 5pm PT November 8, 2013. Winners will be voted on by the community! Check out the full rules and submit your snapshot here.


There was also a list of several haunts that Linden Lab thought were worth mentioning.


The Haunted Pirate Mystery Hunt

It's a murder mystery and hunt! People have died from a variety of unnatural causes. Can you discover what happened? Explore this magical island, looking for fifteen clues. Find the clues and solve the mystery.

Yes (210/90/26)


Dark Dharma Haunted Manor

Welcome to Dark Dharma Haunted Manor, they've been waiting... Built in the 1880's, this haunted Victorian manor is an imposing structure, never mind the broken windows and wandering souls. It might even be charming, if it wasn't for what happened. What happened to the last occupants? Come visit, if you dare!  

Benten (87/221/28)

Deadpool

Aged elegance is re-animated in DeadPool, a new experience ripe for exploration. Watch as the bygone disco days rise again! Zombies roam the overgrown and wistful spaces of a forgotten amusement park, see the old roller-disco flash and strobe while amazing DJ's pump dance-worthy beats. Skate around the fringes of the party if you're too afraid to chance in the park. Remember, zombies hate fast food, so get those wheels greased and ready to go.

Fantasies III (71/226/22)


Halloween Town

Halloween Town is full of shops for all of your Halloween needs. From party, food, costumes and more. Be sure to enter their spook house where you'll turn from spectator to participant as they pay tribute to the greatest horror of all time.  

Elizabeth Town (117/106/99)

Havenhollow

Welcome to Havenhollow, an interactive neighborhood featuring a door to door trick-or-treating experience. Trick or be treated, leave no corner turned unexplored. This town is packed with fun, mystery and excitement for friends to experience together. Days of mischief, haunted woods and surprises galore await you in this fog-lit town.

 Purgatory (148/240/110)

RMK Halloween 2013

"Happy Halloween!" booms from a pumpkin-headed boy from a dark alcove. "Trick or Treat and welcome to RMK Gothic. I am Jack, the ghost living in this town!" It must be the Halloween season at RMK Gothic, come visit for spookily-themed quests, stores and more.

RMK Gothic (154/152/495)

The blog post in full can be read (Here).

ZZ Studio’s Haunted Madhouse

October means time for Halloween haunts across Second Life. Among those offering a seasonal scare is ZZ Studios. More noted for it's exotic adult media, this month Cindy "Zig Zag" Babii and her team are bringing back their madhouse, but with some new twists and changes from last year. Grease Coakes was invited to take a look, so he got his flashlight to explore the spooky place.

Read Grease's article in Places.

More Halloween Haunts on the Grid

Halloween is almost upon us, but there's still time to check out more spooky fun places on the Grid. Some are simple thrills and chills, but some like "The Flesh Game" and "The Mullbery Harbor" have impressive backgrounds and offer to unnerve even the most jaded of residents.

Read about the haunts in Places.

Halloween Sites and other Dark Sims

It's Halloween season in Second Life, which means lots of spooky places for thrills and chills, as well as a few not overly spooky autumn spots. Netera Landar took a look at some, and wrote about a few locations.

Read more in Places.

Le Magique Haunted House

Found out about this haunted house at Le Magique and Goth Magique.


Not too complicated, just a house filled with thrills and chills, although there are a couple places you may want to jump or rush forward.


The haunt is at Le Magique (46, 40, 41).

Classic "Crooked House" is Saved

A week ago, SL Newser reported on the "Crooked House" build, whose owner could no longer justify the sim payments. Unless this unusual structure found a new owner, it would vanish.

More recently, we were contacted by a Veritas Raymaker, saying there was more news. We found the house was now on the destination guide, "Visit this recreation of Robert A. Heinlein's 'Crooked House' by Seifert Surface. Explore the interconnected rooms of the house, which is modeled on a four-dimensional hypercube."

But more importantly, it now had a new home, in the Galaxy Quest sim.

Hamlet Au reportedly got in contact with the new owner, whom he declined to name, describing him only as an anonymous academic, "I do strongly believe in doing what I can to help fellow educators who are less familiar with Second Life understand the unique affordances that our world has for education. And Seifert's build illustrates several of these affordances artfully, and in a fun and intriguing way to boot."

So the Crooked House is now safe.

To get to the Crooked House, go to the Galaxy Quest sim at (128, 64, 772)

Source, New World Notes

Bixyl Shuftan

The “Crooked House,” a Brilliant Build in Danger of Leaving Second Life

Today, we look at a fascinating place created by the mathematical mind of Seifert Surface, the "Crooked House." Based on house transformed into a four-dimensional structure in a science fiction short, this build seemingly does the impossible of sending visitors in an endless loop of twisted rooms. Unfortunately, this great build is in danger of fading away from the Grid.

Read more in Places.

More Halloween Haunts

So much has been going on in Second Life, there hasn't been enough time to check out all the Haunted Houses. So, we're providing a list of haunts for you from the Second Life Destinations Guide.

We haven't explored these for ourselves, so enter at your own risk.

Saradipity

"Cautiously climb the stairs to encounter new and unexpected frights on each level of this four-story Haunted House"

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Saradipity/108/58/27

Murder at Skull Creek

"The hunt for a vicious murderer is on. Can you help? Your job, detective, will be to hunt for clues, talk to witnesses and solve the murder of Dick Wiesel, owner of WoE."
http://slurl.com/secondlife/The%20Warehouse/110/135/1005

Horrorfest 2010

"Horrorfest 2010 is a horror-themed charity event showcasing the dark side of SL. Held during the last two weeks of October to benefit the Sophie Lancaster Foundation, it features burlesque dancers, DJ events, exclusive items, and freebies."
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Floyd/196/27/23/

Jeepers Creepers

"Enter and explore this vast, dark and foreboding underworld where you'll be immersed in an atmosphere that is definitely not for the faint at heart."
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Calas%20Galadhon/178/91/34

Chateau du Fantome

"Historic Provincetown presents the third annual Halloween Adventure at Chateau du Fantome. This once stately mansion has fallen into disrepair and the formerly elegant interior is now ravaged by murderous villains, the bloodthirsty undead, and other nasty traps and surprises."
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Provincetown%20South/233/249/21

Halloween at Old Europe Villiage

"Ride the skull Ferris wheel for spooky views of the village and graveyard below, take flight on a giant bat, or enjoy a boat tour on the lazy river beneath haunted Autumn trees."
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Sunrise%20Jazz/5/205/22

Silent Scream Haunted House

"Five floors of spookiness and horror await intrepid visitors to the Silent Scream haunted house. Chickens need not apply."
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Scenic%20Hills/80/200/701

Spookyville

"Spookyville has many haunted areas to explore, including the Dead and Breakfast Inn, Club Le'Casket, a witches' house and a spooky graveyard. For October, you'll find live music events to help you get into the Halloween spirit."

http://slurl.com/secondlife/SeaChel%20Barkadeer/137/146/24 - Even the map says "Boo!"

The Haunted Farmhouse

"The haunted farmhouse at Menagerie Isle is a spooky place to visit and experience a thrill-ride through the bowels of the underworld. Tour the frightening scenes throughout the house but beware of the basement!"
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Menagerie%20Island/59/50/47

Rackingham State Hospital

"The Rackingham State Hospital is an eerie institution haunted by past residents subjected to experimental treatments. Tour the hallowed halls of the patient ward, the hospital cemetary and the playground. Your visit is not complete until you venture down into the sinister cellar. Turn off your music and turn on your sounds. Listen to the cries and demands of the departed."
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Hayle/158/199/22

Some Haunted Places in Second Life

With Halloween on the way, residents are looking for places to have a good scare. Some have been around for a while, others more recent. Yours truly recently checked out a few of these places with a friend, and wrote down the details.

Read about the haunts in Places.