A Few More Days To Sign Up For The SL20B

 

For those interested in signing up for the Second Life Birthday celebrations, your time is running out.  Those wanting to be performers, exhibitors, and general staff volunteers have only until Sunday May 14 to sign up. After that, you'll have to wait another year. Those merchants interested in signing up for the Shop and Hop also have until May 14.

For details on performers, Click Here.

For details on exhibitors and volunteers, Click Here. 

EOTB: SL20B Open For Applications For Music Fest And General Performers

 

 

The big news about Linden Lab's announcement a few days ago was that they had chosen the theme and logo for this year's Second Life Birthday: "Our Fantastic Future." But there was more. They were also accepting applications for positions at the event as general performers, and applications for positions in the Music Fest. 

... we are opening applications for Music Fest, to be held on June 22nd-24th. Music Fest will kick off the overall SL20B celebration with three days of live music performances featuring some of the most talented live musicians in Second Life! ... We are also opening up applications for the general performance schedule. Why celebrate for one day when we can party for a week?! We are looking for all types of performers to join the week-long festivities from June 25th to July 2nd. Are you a DJ who can spin up a great party set or a live performer who can jam all night? You might be one of the grid’s amazing Dance companies, or perhaps you’re a Particle Performer? One of the things that makes Second Life so vibrant and exciting is the wide range of performers who share their talent with our Residents. Whatever your medium, we would love to hear from you!

To apply for the SLB Music Fest, one needs to fill out this Google doc (link). The doc needs to be filled out by April 9. While musicians were paid by the Lab in past years, it will not be the case this year but they can still rezz a tip jar, and 350 prims (LI) worth of props. It is to be understood that this is a family-friendly event, and song lyrics must be G-rated. Performance times are an hour each, and showing up on time is necessary to take part. Musicians must also be able to use the event's own stream.

To apply to be an SLB general performer, you need to fill out this Google doc (link). Conditions are much the same as Music Fest Musicians. But if the performance is a group one, such as a dance troope, the prim allowance for props will be raised to 1000 prims (LI). Changes of information, such as names, and time are allowed up to 48 hours of the event. 

No applications are available for event volunteer staff yet. Presumably they will be out soon.

The Music Fest itself runs from Thursday June 22 to Sunday June 24. The SL20B goes on from Thursday June 22 to Tuesday July 11. The Music Fest began in 2015 in the days when Second Life Birthdays were run not by the Lab, but by a resident-run volunteer team. It would be the start of Linden Lab's gradual re-involvement in the Second Life Birthday. Eventually, the Lab would take full control of the SLB events, but the Music Fest would remain.

Bixyl Shuftan

Last Day To Sign Up For The SL19B

 

For those wanting to sign up to be part of the Second Life Nineteenth Birthday, if you haven't done so yet, today is your last day to do so. Tomorrow, Sunday May 8, applications will close. 

To sign up as a Performer, Click Here.

To sign up as an Exhibitor, Click Here. 

To sign up as a Volunteer, Click Here. 

Signing up does not guarantee a place at the celebration. 

The Second Life Nineteenth Birthday celebrations take place from Thursday June 16 to Tuesday July 5. The theme this year is Steampunk.
 
Bixyl Shuftan
 

Press Release: Signups Open For Burn2 Winter Burn

 

Burn2 Burning Man Regional Winter Burn 2022

We kick off the new year with a new outlook with a lot of frosty fun for you.

Winter Burn will take place January 28th through 30th, and we have a delightful theme for this one: Gingerbread Houses (with Jack Frost Effigy).

Twas the winter of 2022…
Gingerbread Man was heading home for the winter after the holidays. Oh, how much he missed his village home, with gingerbread houses and treats scattered every which way! He said to himself, “I will run just as fast as I can” then sang, “You can't catch me, I'm the Gingerbread Man!”

At last he arrived - what could it be? There was much more than he expected to see!

Jack Frost had nipped! Home was in drifts! Blankets of snow soft as whipped cream! Oh, what a dream! Icy sculptures and frosted art on the ground, gifts from creators the whole world around. Candy lined paths ensured that no one got lost. And in the midst of it all…
the beloved Jack Frost!

And so this is how Burn2 brings you a Winter Burn
[00:24] Mrs. Mia Wallace (Mia Quinote):  theme with “Gingerbread Houses” and a Jack Frost Effigy. Let’s dare to dream, after a couple of trying years. It’s now a time for hope - dry each other’s tears. Hope for a better 2022 and build a fresh start all shiny and new. Come join us, and welcome this new year, new snow, new chance for new things to happen, and celebrate together - us and you!
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BUILDERS!! PERFORMERS AND VOLUNTEERs INFORMATION>>>>
The playa has now been opened for building! You can sign up for your (free) plot but they are limited so sign up now if you want one!

Performers are invited to come to play on one of our two stages - booking is also open now!

If you've considered helping out with stage crew at events, here's your chance. You can sign up for stage crew now, too!

SIGN UPS ARE HERE>>>
https://www.burn2.org/winter-burn-2022/

HOW TO COME TO Burn2:
https://www.burn2.org/who-is-burn2/come-to-burn2/

Burn2 Volunteer sign up!!
https://www.burn2.org/who-is-burn2/we-are-volunteers/vdb-signup/

BURNER BUS: Burning Man- Deep Hole (166,33,24)
 

EOTB: Applications Open Fow Halloween "Shop and Hop" Event

In the Linden blog this week, it was announced that applications were open for merchants to take part in the Halloween event "Shop and Hop."

The Halloween season is fast approaching...and this year Second Life is excited to announce an all-new seasonal Shop & Hop Event, held Oct. 2-Nov. 1. If you are a creator or merchant, this is your chance to spook up some sales and reach a large audience with your creepiest and coolest creations.  

Here are the guidelines for participation in this year’s event:

The Halloween Shop and Hop will be held Friday, October 2 thru Sunday, November 1, 2020.
Set-up will be September 23 - 29.
Merchants are required to have at least a 20% discount on ALL items, including gachas.
Merchants are strongly encouraged to provide a new and exclusive, for the duration of the event, non-group gift.
Stores should not be entirely filled with gachas. Gacha resellers will not be permitted.
Items need to be appropriate for a moderate audience.

Merchants have until Sunday Sept 6 to sign up.

Linden Lab States New Users Up 60%

Some interesting news about people singing up for Second Life. Brett Linden recently wrote to the Newser about the Second Life Book Club (which we'll write about later). But he also had some good news about how many people were signing up for Second Life these days.


Second Life has recently experienced a bit of a resurgence in new users due to the current public health crisis. Our new user registrations have increased about 60% since the beginning of the coronavirus outbreak and we’ve been seeing the highest number of concurrently logged in users in several years. While the platform is about 17 years old, many people are rediscovering it as a place for conversation, community and collaboration while in social isolation.



Checking for statistics on how many sign up per day is tricky. The statistical charts on Tateru Nino's blog have a listing for them that only goes up to May 2019, the last day mentioning 8148. So is Second Life getting close to 5000 more signups per day, or about 13,000 due to the Coronavirus crisis? This would make it about 2000 more a day than two years ago. That is, if the number of people of people signing up remained about constant from May 2019 to the start of the crisis. It would certainly be good news for Linden Lab, and Second Life. Especially if more of these new users stayed.

Sources: Dwell on It, SL forums 

Bixyl Shuftan