SL21B Begins Today

 

 

For those waiting for the Second Life Birthday, today is the big day. Sometime today, the sims will open to all, and the music stages, the shop and hop, and the exhibits will be open for all to see.

It is unknown just what time the sims will be open, but the Opening Ceremony will be 2PM, hosted by Patch Linden. It will be at the Aquatorium theater in SLB Mesmerize, SLB Pizzazz, and SLB Spellbound. At 3 PM, the music begins at the three music theaters, The Nimbus, Firestone Keep, and The Stonehold.

 

 

This includes the Newser exhibit, built by Silvia Ametza and her team, located at SLB Incredible (23/26/21).

 

See you at the SLB

 

Bixyl Shuftan

It Came From Bellisseria Chat: Patch Getting Pestered

 

 

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While listening in on Bellisseria chat, I noticed a certain bit of conversation.

 

 [12:51] Dreamer Pixelmaid: Patch (Linden) shopping, and Riot (Hax) and somebody else pestering him https://gyazo.com/fb900783739e1c7f70c5c37c0894dd64

[12:51] Riot Hax: I was shopping
[12:52] Riot Hax: Dreamer was spinning on his head
[12:52] Dreamer Pixelmaid: That wasn't me. I'm a good girl

 

Seems poor Patch can't go shopping without getting hellicoptered.

Various Veterans Day Events

 

Last week was Veterans Day in the United States, or Remembrance Day/Armistice Day as it's known in some other countries. That week, numerous locations would play events large and small in honor of those who had been soldiers, sailors, and airmen. The Newser was at a few.

 

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Sunweaver Rail Stop

With the Relay season over, Team Sunbeamer builders Shockwave Yareach and Cynthia Farshore are free to work on other projects. One was this rail station at Sunweaver Eclipse, on the south end of the large island in the sim. It's part of the community estates rail network.

I had a few words with Cynthia, who stopped by. She told me this wasn't the only stop in the rail system they were working on. 

Shockwave and Cynthia are staying busy.

 

Bixyl Shuftan
 

Cartoon of The Day: Beauty Mud

 

Taken at the SL19B. That's really lag making it take a while before the avatar skin fully rezzes. But it sure resembles something else in real life. 

By Bixyl Shuftan

 

Relay Track Sneak Peek

 

No, the Newser hasn't run afowl of the law. This is a sneak peek of one of the displays on the Relay track. So what is it? Come and find out when the sims open. Some will be open in a couple days with the Relayfest that starts on Wednesday June 8.

Stay tuned for more information.
 

Chrismas Expo Has Raised 2.5 Million Lindens After Five Days

Tuesday December 10 had a couple milestones for the Relay for Life Christmas Expo. Two days earlier on the Sunday Relay Rap, Stingray Rainmaker had stated, "'IF the Christmas Expo meets its goal of $20,000 it will enable the ACS to bring the VR Goggle Program to a new Childrens Hospital and reach many many more Kids in treatment!" That likely spurred the Relayers to donate more. By 5:35 PM Tuesday afternoon, the two million Linden mark had been reached. Late in the night, the total passed two and a half million Linden dollars.

"We are at L$2,566,823," Nuala Maracas, one of the women behind the Expo, told me, "We did L$550,000 tonight, was an amazing night. ... Our goal is $20,000 US  (L$5 Million)." When asked what the high point of the Expo was, she answered, "Seeing communities from all over SL,  Goreans, Kids Tinies and more all coming together to help us get those VR Headsets for the kids with cancer. The biggest one is learning that because of the Christmas Expo that the Society is making this a  program, not just research.

"When I first approached Jeff (Sting), our American Cancer Society Staff Partner, about the VR Headset for pediatric cancer patients as the possible recipient for the Christmas Expo fundraising efforts for 2020, he was not aware it was even a Society program.  He looked into it and learned more.  With persistence the Society agreed and we were able to announce it as our goal! As a result of what we are doing here the Society has decided to make it a patient program and if we reach our goal it will expand to another hospital."

The Expo goes on to Sunday, December 15.

The Relay for Life Season Kickoff

This weekend, the Relay Season "United We Relay" finally got started. The Kickoff took place at the appropriately named RFL Kickoff 1 and 2 sims. The Newser was there, and took a few pictures of the scenes.

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