Scenes At The SLB: Pony Play

 

 

I had a spare five minutes the other day, so I decided to check out the SL Birthday. I noticed a large group of dots on the map in the exhibit area, so curious I TPed over. Once the red clouds, most of them, cleared away, what I saw was a herd of ponies running around. I noticed something else; they were rolling what looked like a large egg around. The third thing I noticed, there was someone inside. 

 

I'd seen this group of ponies before at the Fantasy Faire running around, and now here they were at the SLB, having found something to roll around.  They went past me, and headed down some road.

As for the lady in the egg, SarahKB7 Koskinen, she's been in the paper a few times, such as wanting to be the first to sail between two newly connected continents. 

One random scene at the Second Life Birthday.

Bixyl Shuftan

Caption This

 

 

 Taken at the Happy Vixen. Looks like Ana the dragoness has a cloud over head. But what could be the cause? Here's your chance to caption a cartoon. Try and guess what Ana (and maybe her friend) are saying/thinking.

 

 Picture from Bixyl Shuftan

Scenes From The Fairelands

 

So why would an appetizing stack of waffles with butter and syrup need a sign that says, "These are not eating waffles. Really. Eeew, eeew, yuky. Don't touch them." Well, anyone familiar with Raglan Shire's tinies know the wee folk there go bonkers over waffles. So why would the stack be there? Well, maybe as a trap for the Fairlands "pawlice"to nab people for the Faire's "Jail and Bail" events.

Bixyl Shuftan
 

Scenes From The Fairelands

 

There's nothing quite like a scene of a boy and his dog. But what if the boy's a furry catboy, and the dog is big enough to ride like a pony? That came to mind when I saw someone resting next to his huge canine while going through the Fairelands. As the canine had a saddle, it looked like he had stopped to rest while going on a ride, and the dog still being a dog wanted to rest with him. 

Another rider had another choice location to rest on, on top of his dragon's head. Hope that draggy's a tame one.
 
Bixyl Shuftan
 

Standing Tall At "Conception"

 

Taken at Burn2 Conception. This particular Burn2 spinoff event was noted for "The Man" built as a female shape. But it wasn't the only lady standing tall. Builder Andrea Jones appeared in a Colussus avatar, towering over everyone else at the art and music festival. 

And no, the DJ didn't play "Attack of the Fifty Foot Woman."

Bixyl Shuftan
 

EOTB: "Music Mondays" Showcasing Musicians In Second Life

Last week, Tara Linden announced there would soon be a weekly post in the official blog, "Music Mondays."

We are very excited to announce a brand new initiative that aims to highlight the many talented musicians of Second Life. Our virtual world has a thriving community of artists who span a vibrant range of styles. At any moment in Second Life, you’ll find live music performances occurring across the many clubs and venues that are a key part of the fabric that makes up the Second Life community. We feel that the music scene in Second Life deserves wider recognition and promotion -- and that’s why we’ve created Music Mondays.

Tara would go on to add the Lab would try to make the residents more aware of the music scene and feature some musicians in it's "Lab Gab" show.

On Monday July 13, Tara would start the series with Quartz. Quartz answered a number of questions, such as, "What aspects of the SL music community are the most meaningful to you?" He answered, "The support of the fans in SL for live music and the arts. In RL, it's so hard to generate an audience appreciative of performing artists to come to the shows. I have some really great fans that come out consistently and support me & the SLive Music venues. I'm very grateful for all of them. I've been told I have some of the best fans out there by venue owners. That makes me very happy."

For the complete interview, Click Here.

Scenes From Second Life: "Gemma Explains Halloween"

Taken by Gemma Cleanslate at The Valley in Linden Realms. Gemma says she was explaining Halloween to the Moles and rocks. It looks though one rock is making things a bit heavy for one mole.

Reader Submitted: Santa's Lap

Taken by Cynthia Farshore. Looks like she and her friend Shockwave Yareach are both asking Santa for a few things on their wish list.

Caption This

Remember the cartoon two days ago? I couldn't help but wonder if I could have made a better punch line. So here's your chance. What lines of dialogue would you use?

A Last Look at Steelhead

As we all say goodbye to 2015, for those in the Steelhead community they've also had to say goodbye to their old home, the Steelhead Estates. While one of the sims had been saved, sadly most were not. No more classes at the old schoolhouse. No more volcano parties at Mount St. Hellens. No more parties at the Wulfenbach Consulate building, and no more of the town meetings noted for everything from science news discussed to exploding sheep.

Fuzzball Ortega took posted this picture on Facebook a few days ago, what may be the last picture taken of these lands. He gave them maybe a week until they would finally fade away into the virtual nether.

But as a new year dawns, so does the hope that perhaps the community's fortunes will change. Hopefully new Steelhead sims will arise to join Nevermore / Ravenwood Forrest as new homes for this lively community of Steampunk fans.

Bixyl Shuftan

At the SL12B Exhibit Plot

With Qwark Allen gone, it's up to me, and longtime Newser friend Ranchan Weidman, to build the new exhibit. Yours truly isn't a professional builder, so while Ranchan was building part of the exhibit at her carrier high above HV Community, yours truly was tweaking a few things on the plot to at least make some progress. But after some work, it was time to rest.

Stay tuned for more details as The Birthday approaches.

Bixyl Shuftan

Scenes From Burn2 - "Where Pigs Fly"

While attending a party at Burn2, where DJ Quark was spinning the tunes, people began pointing up. I took a look, and there was this low flying pig just above with several people on it. But it didn't stay around for long. It soon picked up speed and sped away.

There's a lot going on in Second Life right now, so a full story will be in a few days. For more, you can check our Press Day article, or Daniel Voyager's Blog and his Flickr site.

Reader Submitted: "Hello Dalek"

Perri Prinz, noted Second Life DJ and fiction writer, sent in this picture of a "Hello Kitty" build (snowkitty?) that's gotten the attention of a Dalek, one of the infamous robot villains from the "Dr Who" science-fiction show known for their cries of "Exterminate! Exterminate!" So why was the Dalek interested in the Japanese feline with a following among girls across Earth? Apparently only this opponent of Britain's favorite timelord knows, and he's not talking.

Merry Christmas from Second Life Newser

DrFran has a few things on her wish list for Santa. This cartoon was made from a pic of hers from "DrFran Does SL."

And for a simple holiday scene, here's the Christmas mouse waiting for when it's time to unwrap the presents under the tree.

Merry Christmas from the SL Newser team.

Gemma Cleanslate
DrFran Babcock
Grease Coakes
Grey Lupindo
Bixyl Shuftan

A Date Gone Sour

I guess I’ve done a bit of what could be called dates in Second Life, though the purpose has usually been for just me and a lady friend to just simply relax and have a pleasant time rather than serious thoughts of romance down the road. Sometimes it goes well, a pleasant dance to nice music, a walk in a park, a sim tour on an automated vehicle together, etc., and both of us part ways on a good note.

One time, things didn’t go so well.

I had come across one girl by chance encounter, and we became friends. We met a few more times. Then one day she invited me to a sim in which the area’s name suggested a bit of dating by more serious couples was done here, “Cuddle Cove.” As it turned out, a band had come to have a concert, and she thought I might like some time here.

We took a try at one of the dance poseballs, but with all the people in the area, she crashed, and took quite a while to become visible again, which was a little frustrating. But still, we were about to give it another try.

Then a mutual friend of ours came in. She greeted him, “Hi .” , then a second later I did as well, “Hi .” She then typed “Don’t mock me!” Puzzled, I asked, “What’s wrong?”

(girl) : *slaps Bixyl*
Bixyl: Ow. What was that for?
(girl) : You mocked me!
Bixyl: What?! How could I have mocked you?
(girl) : You said hello to him the same way I did.

She then went to the guy, who had stood in front of us not knowing what the heck was going on, and asked him to dance. They then went to a nearby set of dance poseballs. Confused, there was nothing better for me to do than walk away, porting out after a moment to think.

I guess she was looking for an excuse to dance with him instead, though she could simply have asked me if I minded, which I wouldn’t have.

(Reprinted from Second Life Newspaper 2008)

Bixyl Shuftan