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At the invitation of Samantha Nightfire, I went to one of the wrestling matches at the UWS Metrodome. I hadn't seen a wrestling match on the Grid before, nor a match on TV since the 1980's, and wasn't quite sure what to expect. Arriving in time to see the women's match, I expected rough, and witnessed rougher.
Thousands of Second Life residents will be painting their stores and houses purple, wearing purple clothes, purple hair, even purple skin, in order to show their support for the Relay For Life of Second Life and to spread a purple Message of Hope.
e’re nearly halfway there!
Gemma Cleanslate looks at a new game in Second Life that's a real killer. In Assassins' Grid, players fight other players, lay siege to land, and conquer it. It's not fought in one place, but all over the Grid.
HUGE ANNUAL ART FESTIVAL OPENS IN RAGLAN SHIRE MAY 8th
In March 28, questions were raised about Linden Lab’s “Local Payment” system. Bugs were preventing some European residents from making their payments, putting their premium status, and their sims, at risk of cancellation. About a month later on April 29th, Linden Lab finally admitted there was a problem. F J Linden posted the following:
Shortly after turning in her pen, Any1 Gynoid sent me a brief message that the Imagine Peace Tower in Second Life was closing. I couldn't teleport to the Imagine Peace Tower sim, though some information I came across suggested it was not always open to the public.
The Imagine Peace Tower in Second Life was opened in October 9 2009, just after the yearly lighting of the one in real life it was based on. It would light up just after dusk on the sim and shut off at dawn every day.
Remember the Alamo? Well, one can now find it in Second Life. Yesterday on Tuesday May the 3rd, a Grand Opening party was held for the historical build on the grounds of the University of Texas.
As most of you know, the arch-terrorist Osama Bin-Laden was finally killed by US special forces on Sunday May 1st. It’s been almost ten years since that dreadful day in which four planes were hijacked and used as missiles. The Pentagon was hit, the Twin Towers fell, and some other location in Washington would have been hit if the passengers of the fourth plane hadn’t revolted, sending it plummeting to the ground.
The RL wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton took place Friday at Westminster Abbey. Here in SL, our British friends are celebrating the wedding at St. Mary's Abbot, located at KENSINGTON W8, Kensington W8 Lon, Kensington W8 London (73, 240, 21). An image of the happy couple, who are now known as the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, is positioned in front of the SL church.The site has lots of information about all of the Royals, including Prince Charles, the late Princess Diana, and William’s grandmother, the Queen. Even more interesting to me were the links to the official UK websites. One link has everything you would want to know about the wedding, including video highlights in case you want to watch it again. Another site tells about the palaces and shows their locations, and the link at the rear of the church tells about the Crown Jewels, which are the crowns and other ceremonial objects worn by their royalty throughout England's history.
As you probably know, both The Duke and Duchess were born in 1982. They met at the University of St. Andrews in 2001. William is second in line to be King of England. He is in the Royal Air Force, co-piloting Sea King search and rescue helicopters.
After you’ve looked at the wedding info, you can explore the area around church. Just outside, past the guards, is a carriage where you can pose for pictures with your friends. Then you can take a walking tour of London, maybe even catch a concert by the Queen tribute band. This is a fun sim, with lots of free items to take home as souvenirs, too.
The official web site states that the Duke and Duchess delayed having an official honeymoon and instead spent a quiet weekend in the UK. The rumor is that they are honeymooning in SL.
Grey Lupindo
Earlier today (Sunday May 1st), I was contacted by Daaneth Kivioq, by way of a voice chat. He asked me to teleport to Southern Colorado, saying there were a few things he wanted to explain.
One of the smaller alternatives to Second Life, Meta7, had some sad news for it’s residents on April 21st. “Another company, that has trademark rights to the use of a similar logo used by us and the name 'Meta7' is forcing the company behind Meta7 to stop using the trademark ...”A judge had ordered them to stop using their name, and so they would be closing down May 1st.
Of where its residents should go, they gave a link to a list of Opensim-based worlds, “Besides that list, you might want to go to Second Life, the granddaddy of the sim based virtual worlds.”
7seas Fishing is celebrating four years in business in SL. They are hosting the Fishiversary again for all fishers. Many creators and fishing hole owners have built some cute and lovely and fun places in the sims and are giving great fishing prizes.
Even for those who do not fish it is a great place to rezz a boat and ride around looking at the various builds in the three sims. You will find the rezzers at the ends of the docks. There will be parties and entertainment Friday , Saturday, and Sunday.
I know I will not keep all the “fish,” which may be anything not fish. But it is great fun looking at them all. The fishers are avid to be there and will move from area to area to catch all the custom fish created just for this yearly event. I caught a bookcase with readable books. I caught a tulip from my favorite hat maker and expected a hat. When I wore it I was enveloped by an enormous tulip for the yard.
Many kudos to all the owners and creators of 7Seas Fishing..Seven Shikami, Jen Shikam, Meissa Thorne, and all those who helped them get this ready for us.
Take a tour of the sims or come to an event at Osmium (111, 111, 22)
Then a diminutive form entered the bank. It was a rabbit walking about on it’s hind legs. It trotted over to the tellers, and hopped onto the counter. The teller there wasn’t sure what was going on, but kept a straight face, “May I help you?”
The bunny then hopped off the counter, but instead of leaving took a snooze in one of the tree planters. The tellers weren’t sure what to do about it as there were no rules against customers taking naps in the Exchange during business hours. So they left it be, and went about their business.
Some months ago, a group of people began an effort to establish the sport of basketball in Second Life: the VBA. In their home sim of Alpha Cold and other places, their games attract no small number of fans. We recently talked to two of the VBA management staff about how the game came to be on the Grid
May 8 - 29, 2011 on Raglan Shire & Heron Shire Sims
The end of "March Madness" doesn't mean the end of the basketball season. In Second Life, it's only just begining. Later today, SL Newser will take a look at this sport on the Grid.
For about a year and a half, the sim manager of Mystery has been receiving anonymous love notes and presents from a mysterious "Masked Lover." This Easter Sunday, besides the return of live singer Debi Latte, the day became known as when the mystery Don Juan chose to reveal himself.
April comes to an end this week, early spring moving on to later spring. And with this week come the events, from talk shows to dance parties, and more.
Besides having fun with bunnies and the Easter eggs, there of course are the churches in Second Life people could experience in Second Life this Easter season. I heard about one such church, St. Georges. Of Eastern Orthodox design, it's primary purpose is to inform people about this old form of Christianity.
When Daaneth Kivioq of Relay for Life’s team “Passionate Redheads” suffered a stroke earlier this month, team members gave their support to their stricken comment in both well-wishes and an event held in his honor. But a few raised one question: “What happens to Daaneth’s sim, Southern Colorado?”
Art Galleries are wonderful places to spend some time in SL. I came across DNA last week . The three story gallery opened in February and is still acquiring new works of art, so it will be a place to keep in your favorites for a return visit.
I wandered the first floor looking at the lovely pieces of art . There are some exquisite sculptures One, by the renowned artist Nessumo Myoo, caught my eye. It is called “Souls Strings Touch.” I consider this piece a perfect example of the fusion of art and music that is the goal of the gallery. The walls of the museum are lined with lovely paintings both inworld art and RL art. There is an entire photo exhibit of Buttons in the outer gallery by Em Larrson. Em 's notecard says her passion is using her camera to make abstract images of beauty. She has two portfolios on that table in the outer gallery if you would like to see more of her works and other of her pieces in the main gallery. Neeks Karu has some haunting images and scuptures you will not want to miss.
Armany and her partner, Dyce Underwood, are still planning to invite more artists and also have many live music events in the sim. There are many more artists for you to check out. You will find a group joiner at the entrance if you would like to keep informed of the new artists and events. The Galley hovers on the edge of the water at Captive Oasis and can be entered here . At the doorway to the main floor you will find a teleport to the 2nd and 3rd floors. Enjoy!
Last week, Brooke Linden announced on the Official Blog that Second Life Marketplace was introducing an experimental program they called “Dash Deals.”
This is the latest in a number of ways Second Life has been trying to use the highly popular social media sites of Facebook and Twitter. In this case, using it to encourage the use of its SL Marketplace site (and buy more Lindens to use in purchasing items there. In my opinion, it has potential. Taking a look at the “Dash Deal” thread on the forums, some of the posters expresed skepticism about it, saying the email option would be no good to some as the first Dash Deal was good only for 24 hours, and some people didn’t get emails from Linden Labs until more time than that expired.
Those wanting to do a little Easter egg decorating inworld might want to head to a spot at the ISTE sim, which had a simple but fun way to do the job, as well as offering a lesson in texturing objects in Second Life.
Decorating the eggs is simple. First rezz one of the eggs on the ground (click and hold, followed by draging it on the ground). If you want one solid color, go into "Edit, " click the "Texture" tab, then click on the second (white) square to bring up the color screen, and chose which color you want.
One thing not shown in the pictures is being able to change the sizes of the eggs. So you can reduce them in scale so they won't look like they came from monster hens.
Among the events on Easter Sunday, one is the return of a popular singer to the "Queen of Hearts" riverboat club at the Mystery sim. Debi has sung at the Queen every other week, until last month when she fell ill. Debi got better, returned to Second Life, and will be singing once again for her adoring fans.
Grey Lupindo reports from the Ataria sim, where the locale is hosting an art show. This one has a steampunk theme. Held in honor of a patron of the arts whom passed away recently, a number of artists are featured here, including the noted Bryn Oh.
Longtime users of virtual worlds may remember “There.” Founded about the same time as Second Life, it didn’t do quite as well despite promoting itself as family friendly and full of games. In March 2010, “There” closed down citing lack of funds due to the lasting recession. A year later, the company behind it Makena Technologies is considering relaunching the virtual world as “There2.” On the website, one can find a link to a survey.
On Tuesday night, a special Relay for Life event was held in honor of Passionate Redheads team officer Daaneth Kivioq, whom had recently been hospitalized from a stroke. It was a night in which team differences meant nothing, and Daan's friends wanted to wish him well in a way he would be proud of.
Xymbers Slade recently decided to do some exploring. Not sure where to go, he went to a Stargate to teleport him to random locations in it's network. Not having used it before, he wasn't sure what to expect. What he found, he wrote about.
