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Talking with Vickster about the event, she explained a little more, " Well, its basically a sort of capture the base, or last tank standing team game where the tank driver can also be be gunner. There will be a base for each side, and they try to capture the base of the other team and defend their own from capture. The thing is, teams will be random, made of tanks from both factions, and sorted by classes. So there will be the same number of light and heavy tanks for each team, and (self-propelled) artillery too."
Most Second Life residents are probably familiar with Zynga, the company known for it's games on Facebook, such as "Farmville." Recently they made the news, but not in a good way. CNN stated that Electronic Arts, the company behind "The Sims," filed a lawsuit against them for making their new game, "The Ville," too much like "The Sims Online," the adaptation of their famous game to Facebook. Grease Coakes took a look at the two games to see for himself.
Lana Simondsen Eleonara (Lana Simondsen), the owner of the LA Gallery Of Fine Arts, announced on Monday the location would be closing.
It's a week full of events across the virtual world. Among the special events, there is the Annual Show for Adelaide taking place all this week. And in New Bastogne, it's Second Annual Tank Rally begins this weekend. And of course we have a listing of regular live music and DJ events, talk shows, church services, races, and book and poetry readings.
It was recently announced that "City of Heroes," the first superhero MMO, would be closing down before the end of the year. This was something of a surprise as while not the most popular online game it seemed to be doing well. For a few Second Life residents, this was sad news. Among them, DJ Alexandra "Lexi" Tymets, whom shared with Second Life Newser her adventures as a superhero there.
Bryn Oh announced on her blog that her exhibit "Anna's Many Murders" will be closing this month. The exhibition has been on Amase Levasseur's Orginalia sim.
Second Life Newser's page on Facebook reached a small milestone last week, reaching 500 fans from the social network service.
The summer break is over and our Philosophy class is about to begin again. Last semester we completed a study of “The Utopia of the Free Market.” You can read the lectures and discussions at http://thephilosophyclass.
The classes in Second Life go back to 25 September of 2007, meeting twice a week, Tuesday and Thursday at 1:00PM SL time for about 1 hour, and you are all invited to join. I have been attending since almost the beginning and had learned a great deal about philosophers and their philosophies.
The second thing that made the party special was that Fuzzball Ortega, shown here in the Fourth Doctor's scarf with Eugenia Burton Ortega , was DJing for Krypton Radio as well as those in the Ballroom. He was known on the station as Gary DaBaum.
A few weeks ago, Second Life Newser did a story on the Angels' Village location in Minecraft, made by Second Life residents. Since then, activities have continued at the village, as well as around and under it, resulting in some interesting creations.
There aren't too many sheep avatars on the Grid. Maybe it's because of all the meat-eaters, maybe it's because two-toed feet don't seem to be in fashion outside World of Warcraft. So when this lady showed up at a biker-themed party, well, she made for one ba-a-a-a-a-ad girl.
Every month was different at Podex. At June, people stopping by talked about the SL9B. July, people had the Relay for Life on their minds. Then came August. One day this month, the tellers between customers chatted about the Olympics earlier, and the events in the London areas. Someone talked about going over to Bay City for the car show. Another brought up the hurricane last year and hoped no one would get washed out this season. But others talked about heading over to the ocean for summer activities there.
"Um, can we help you?"
"Certainly." The clerk brought a form to fill out. Once that was done, it was just a little longer before the electronic transfer was done, "There you go."
The Burn2 plots are going fast! You can find information on the burn this year at http://www.burn2org/ . If you have been there you know what fun the burn in SL can be. Fabulous builds to explore, loads of fun freebies, great entertainment and lots of parties with DJ’s.
Daniel Voyager had some good news for the fans of Burn2 on his blog. It seems there are four new sims for the weeklong event in October. In addition to Burning Man - Deep Hole, there are: Burning Man - Black Rock, Burning Man - Elko, Burning Man - Guru, and Burning Man - Hualapi.
You can find out more at : http://www.burn2.org/.
Source: Daniel Voyager's Blog
This summer, Bryn Oh has a special exhibit on her Immersiva sim: "Virginia Alone." The exhibit tells the story of an elderly lady whom lived alone in her house for twenty years, nearly blind and suffering from mental illness. She knew something was wrong with her, and over the years made numerous tape recordings in an attempt to understand what was wrong with herself. Bryn interviewed her, and made the exhibit.
Grey Lupindo reports on a recent trip to a real-life location brought to Second Life: the Grand Canyon National Park. Here, one can do just about all there is at the real canyon. There are balloon rides, river rafting, horseback riding, hiking, watching from the skywalk, and more.
August comes to a close this week, and with Labor Day comes the end of the traditional summer season. Art lovers will enjoy "The Cube Project," taking place between several noted Second Life artists across 20 sims. And of course there is our usual list of music events, DJ parties, talk shows, church services, and competitions.
See the list of happenings in Events this Week.
In the latest blog entry from last weekend, Linden Lab is going from "Fast, Easy, Fun" to "Fast Action Fun."
The dune buggy is available to Premium Residents only. To access the exclusive Racer’s Gulch, you must be a Premium member, so don’t delay! Additional Premium benefits include a private home, currency payouts, as well as expanded support. Put the pedal to the metal and take advantage this limited-time half-off promotion today.* Already Premium? Get it here.
Hi folks! Tonight, we are starting the monthly Wounded Warriors Benefit tonight now! Tonight we have Waya Snowpaw now, PonDman Haalan 5 PM, Franklee Anatra 6 PM, Frets Nirvana 7 PM and Acoustic Energy Nitely 8 PM! Great lineup ...come on out and support this great cause! 
With Acoustic Energy Nitely taking the stage, the donations had passed the 100,0000 mark, and were increasing. Frets Nirvana then began offering to match the donations people put up, "Who wants to break my bank? ... Double your money! Put it in the helmets. Pay it forward, and it will come back to you."
It's election season, and with the US Presidential race in the news, some wonder what goes on behind the scenes, or simply grumble, "Oh I could do better than that." Either kind of person may be attracted to election-themed computer games. Recently, one appeared on Facebook: Campaign Story.
Over a year ago, a new type of avatar joined the ranks of the furries, tinies, dragons, and humans: the ponies. Although a community of "Brony" fans, as they're also called, experienced a crisis when its sims were taken down, the four-footed residents bounced back and continued to be seen in and out of their new Pony sims, as well as others using the cartoonish avatar on occasion at parties. Recently, a writer for the Newser asked if there was some trouble between the ponies and furries. One pony fan after reading the article contacted SL Newser, and asked for a chance to talk, saying while there was some trouble, it wasn't between the fans of these avatars.
Grease Coakes recently stopped by Bay City for it's car show, "Hot Bay City Nights." Raising funds for the childrens' charity Childsplay, the show offers a chance to get one of a number of cars with the Lindens going for a good cause, as well as other events from a bikini contest, to car washes, to parties.
On 4PM SL time on August 18th came the official close of the Relay for Life: the Wrap-Up party. Taking place in a temporary sim of the same name next to the permanent ACS Isle, it was a chance to reflect on the season this year, and look forward to the one ahead. For those who couldn't be there or had sound trouble, T1 Radio broadcasted the event on the Internet.
Following a poem read in honor of those who passed away from cancer, the Relay Commotte thanked the Relay's sponsors, as well as the Lindens for helping out with things like "last moment requests." There were a number of awards given out. Among them was a "Shapeshifter Award" given to Dwen Dooley for his amusing use of numerous avatars. Genie Ortega was also given an award for her "Squeee!" that spread around the Relay groups. The Purple People Eater" was awarded for it's creator's use of imagination and humor. There was also an award for Best Display Name to David Fangirl.
The Spirit of Relay Team Award went to Team Shadow. The Individual Award went to Zanier Green.
It's a week full of events in Second Life. Right now, Bay City is holding it's "Hot Bay City Nights" auto show, for those who admire a good set of wheels. Stop by the latest art displays for what the artists on the Grid have to offer. And of course, we have listings of a cross-section of book and poetry readings, talk shows, DJ and live music events, church services, and a race.
Earlier this summer, Gemma Cleanslate wrote about the Library of Arcadia. Recently, she heard that the library was due to be closed, but the contents were being set up at new locations. On a tip, she went to one place to have a look for herself to see how Arcadia's works were doing.
