Press Release: Bay City's Eleventh Anniversary Event

BAY CITY TURNS TURNS IT UP TO ELEVEN

Help observe the eleventh anniversary of this unique mainland community

BAY CITY, SL (4 May, 2018) - In May of 2008, the mainland community of Bay City were opened to Second Life® residents. Over the last eleven years, Bay City has grown into one of the most vibrant mainland communities, boasting a long-time community focus. To honor their anniversary, Bay City Residents will be hosting their annual parade and live music event this May.

Participants in the annual parade are asked to gather at noon SLT/PDT on Sunday, the 19th of May, to lineup at the band shell in Bay City - Harwich. The parade will wend its way down Route 66 beginning at 12:30 p.m. SLT/PDT, and will conclude at the Bay City Fairgrounds in the North Channel region.

A live concert will kick off at 1:30 p.m. SLT/PDT at the Fairgrounds with GoSpeed of KONA Stream providing music leading into the event until 1:30 p.m.SLT/PDT , followed by Parker Static from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. SLT/PDT, Melenda Baptiste from 2:30-3:30 p.m. SLT/PDT, and Maximillion Kleen from 3:30-4:30 p.m. SLT/PDT.

All Residents of the Second Life grid are welcomed to participate. Celebration goods, including parade float bases and ideas, are available at the Bay City Community Center, in the Daley Bay region for those who wish to be a part of the parade. Ample viewing areas are provided. The music event is also open to all who desire to attend -- not only Residents of Bay City

Bay City is a mainland community, developed by Linden Lab™ and home to the Bay City Alliance. The Bay City Alliance was founded in 2008 to promote the Bay City regions of Second Life® and provide a venue for Bay City Residents and other interested parties to socialize and network. It is now the largest Bay city group, and home to most Residents of Bay City.

For more information, contact: Marianne McCann

Cartoon of the Day: "Revenge of the Fifth"

Taken at the "Star Wars" Party at the Happy Vixen. If there was one person the normally standing tall and proud Darth Vader feared, it was his Emperor. In one of the "Legacy" novels, Vader was described as having kept his right hand until his master destroyed it as punishment for the loss of the Death Star. But the Emperor was capable of much more.

By Bixyl Shuftan

Fantasy Faire Ends Tonight

Last year fans of the Fantasy Faire got a break when the sims remained up for a week. With the delays in getting the Fairelands Quest up and running for this year, it was hoped that the sims would remain up longer. Sadly that will not be the case. After Midnight tonight, most of the sims will close to residents. All but one: Thornfast. It will remain for a few days so those who haven't completed the second part of the quest get more time to finish.

Unfortunately, that means those who have yet to finish part one have until Midnight to do so. For those who need hints, two of the needed items can be found in these pictures.

Addition: Except for Thornfast, the sims will be up until 6AM Monday morning, after which they will be closed to all but Fairelands crew.

Bixyl Shuftan

Fairelands Quest Part Two Open

When the Fairlands Quest was finally available to play last Saturday, only part of it was available to play. On Thursday May 2, the second part was finally available. Presumably, one can find it in all of the locations the first part was placed.

For those who already have the quest, the second part is free. Just touch the sign to get the package, then add and click. You'll be using the huds and attachments in the folder for the quest from here on. Even if you haven't finished the first part, the huds from the Part One package no longer work.

Officially, the Fantasy Faire will last until tomorrow, Sunday May 5. But it's a safe bet the sims will remain open for a few more days, and therefore the quest still playable.

 And of course besides the quest, there's a lot of great scenery to see. I've heard some people wish the places would be on for much longer, if not permanent.

So don't forget to check out the Fantasy Faire, or return if you've already been there.

Bixyl Shuftan

SL Video: "Pink Cat"

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From Margaret Ghost in Oct 2015

CDS Election Campaign Begins Tomorrow

With the US Presidential Election in real-life news, one noted Second Life community is gearing up for it's own, the Confederation of Democratic Simulators or CDS. Tomorrow, Saturday May 4,  marks the start of campaigning for the candidates of it's Representative Assembly.

For five positions in the Representative Assembly, six candidates have stepped forward.

Emwarden Resident ( Em Warden)
20180414 Resident (Lyubov)
Laura Azalee
Rosie Gray
Emilia Avindar (Emilia Dagostino)
MadmaxSoulLover Resident

Of the position of Chancellor, Samara Barzane (Kyoko) is unopposed, and will continue for another term.

Of campaign signs, they can be placed in the following public CDS locations: Colonia Nova (67/193/43), Neufreistadt (159/182/173), Locus Amoenus (46/205/24). There is also the following guidelines.

No scripted signage is permitted in any location, other than a simple notegiver that hands out your info when touched. Please limit signage to a land impact of 3. It may be practical to make your signs fullbright, to be seen in all light conditions but please avoid glow, as it can be quite erratic and make signs unreadable in some viewers.

Please limit the size of your sign to 2m x 2m x .5m. on public land - on private land you can use any size you want of course, keeping in mind the encouragement to 'use good taste and common sense'

Campaign events are encouraged, and can be announced in group notices and group IMs. But campaign material cannot be distributed this way. The candidates are also expected to conduct their campaigns in a civil and respectful manner.

Check the CDS blog for more information.

Montecito Bay UFO: The Military Responds

Montecito Bay has seen no shortage of weirdness. But it was about six months ago since it's weirdest time, when one of the town's buildings was hit by what looked like a UFO. Following when the strange craft was removed from the building but before it was taken away, the Newser managed to get a closer look. It's being taken away and the weird building that appeared in the wrecked structure's place overnight might have been the last word on the story. But this week, the Newser finally got an explanation from the US Military about the incident. So did they give a reason other than "swamp gas?"

Read the story in Extra.

RFL Sunbeamers: "Bid Me Bunny" and "Bid Me To The Dogs"

It's been just a few days since the Relay for Life's Team Sunbeamers reached Platinum level fundraising. But rather than rest on it's laurels, the team is already getting into two more fundraisers: "Bid Me Bunny" and "Bid Me To The Dogs."

For "Bid Me Bunny," the volunteer is WolfSinger SilverShadow (WolfSinger Fluffball), also known at the Happy Vixen Beach Club as DJ Aroooo, whom is usually in an anthro wolf avatar. "Wolfsinger is now up on a BID ME to go Bunny!" team captain Rita Mariner announced in group chat, "And I already nailed him for his first week. For each 3000L donation raised and deposited on his kiosk, he will stay a bunny for an additional week.  All monies going to the Relay for Life and American Cancer Society."

As usual for Sunbeamer "Bid Me" events, there are two kiosks. For those who wish to "bunify" him for a while, donate Lindens to the kiosk on the right. For those who would rather Wolfsinger stay a wolf, there's a default kiosk on the left to keep him as is. Despite already having to face being called "Bunnysinger" for at least a week, so far he's keeping his cool about the fundraiser, "Well as long as I don't have to wear a tutu as well."

Despite already having been a pink bunny last month, Rita is once again putting her looks on the line. This time, it's "Bid Me To The Dogs." Like Wolfsinger, for every 3000 Lindens placed in the right kiosk, Rita will be sporting a collar, and be subject to fire hydrant jokes. Those whom would rather have her stay a bunny, donate to the kiosk on the left.

As with all Sunbeamer "Bid Me" events, the kiosks are at Club Cutlass at Sunweaver Bay (114/117/757).

Go Sunbeamers! Go Relay!

Bixyl Shuftan

Announcement: RFL Paintball Match Tomorrow

May the Fourth be with you!  

Team Shadow invites you to come on over to Korolev Station and fulfill your Star Wars/paint ball fantasy!  Invite your friends. Hunt with them.  Hunt them!  Have fun! It's Paint Ball.  3-5pmSLT!

Yes, on Saturday, May 4th!

Equipment and music provided.

Event hosted by the Korolev Station and Companion House Zorya.  Many thanks!

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Korsta/127/119/2136

Veterans Isle Fundraiser Nets 128,000 Lindens

On Sunday April 28, Veterans Isle held it's monthly concert. The event with several live musicians and one DJ was to raise funds for the Homes For Our Troops charity. The event was organized by Frets Nirvana. The event lasted from 4 to 9PM SL time.

As the performers sang on stage, people in the audience donated money to house-shaped kiosks  Besides DJ Snowpaw, the schedule included Nina Bing, Neo Brandenburg, Donn Devore, and Zax Claxton. By the end of the event, a total of 128,000 had been raised.

To learn more about Homes for Our Troops, check https://www.hfotusa.org

Bixyl Shuftan

Minecraft Player's Hardcore Game Ends After Five Years

When it comes to Minecraft, most people known by yours truly either play it in servers with friends or in single-player mode. In the latter, I've never known anyone to play a serious game in hardcore or "permadeath" mode. There's a lot of things in Minecraft that can do you in from skeletons to zombies and those infamous creepers. And once something gets you, everything you've accomplished is gone and there's no one else that can see or touch what you've made. So it's no surprise that the second longest lasting time in hardcore is supposedly a "couple weeks."

What such a player can do to make a lasting record is take pictures or videos. And apparently that's what a Minecraft player known as Philza did. His run at Minecraft hardcore went beyond two weeks thanks to some skill and a little luck, getting past a few near-misses that would have meant the end had something gone slightly different. But about a week ago, he met his end when he was tag-teamed by enemy mobs, including a powerful one, when not having quite the right equipment on. "Oh NO! Really?! That's how I die?!" And so his marathon Minecraft permadeath game ended at five years. "Stupid! I'm f***ing stupid! ... a baby zombie ... of all the things ..."

One can view the video Philza made on his Twitch account, with the end coming just after 1:12:36 (warning, some profanity). Near the end, he comments, ""stupid lucky ... been getting lucky too much, ran out of luck. Thanks everyone who's stuck with me for so long,it's been a *** trip, it really has."

Philza's score was 761246, though what people will be paying attention to is just how long he lasted. It's a safe bet this is one Minecraft record that may never be broken.

Sources: PC Gamer, Polygon 

Bixyl Shuftan

Press Release: Third Annual Club Crawl to Benefit Relay For Life

We have a great opportunity for you!

RFL is the signature fundraiser for The American Cancer Society.
The RFL group in SL is one of the largest groups on the grid. This event is a multi club event.  During the weekend of May 18th and 19th RFL kiosks will be rezzed at your club for donations.  The Club with the highest amount of donations will win the title. 2019 Club Crawl Champions!
The time for this event is May 31st from 6pm through June 2nd  6pm .

 You can sign up for the Club Crawl at this web site.
  https://forms.gle/5jDuH4ALBUnD6zcH7


Advantages to you as a club:
*New avatars will be visiting your club.
*Your club will get great advertising on social media and in world.
*Notices will be sent advertising your event to all RFL groups.
*You will receive a Proud Supporter of Relay For Life sign to display at your club.
*Everyone has been touched by cancer. This is a great way for you to show your VIPS how much you care for them and this cause.
*The winning club will be announced on social media as winner of  the 3rd annual Club Crawl!
*If your club has a RFL team already you may use that along with a Harmony of Hope Kiosk. Your team total can go up.
*Something different for your VIPS and always fun especially with challenges put to them during your event.
Questions: Contact Cathy10 Longoria or Random Padar (Darrow)

Cartoon of the Day

Taken at the new continent. Someone was driving down the streets of the Linden Homes, and her face was the last thing to rezz. You can guess what was the first thing I thought of.

By Bixyl Shuftan

Club Zero Gravity is Hiring

Are you a DJ or club host.hostess looking for a place to work? Good news! Club Zero Gravity, a space-themed club with a long history, is accepting applications for both.

Currently, the club is looking for people willing to work at the following times (though can always use backups for current staff).

Mondays: 10AM to 4PM
Tuesdays : 11AM to 2PM
Fridays : 1PM to 4PM, 4PM to 6PM

For more information, message club manager Matoazma Kazyanenko.

Sunweaver Space (129, 249, 3597)

The "Platinum Avatar Challenge"

On Monday, Team Sunbeamers of the Relay for Life in Second Life finally reached Platinum Level fundraising, 250,000 Linden dollars or about $1000 USD. And so came what's become a tradition among the Sunbeamers and their friends: The Platinum Avatar Challenge.

For yours truly, for the third time I would be something I haven't been before. This time it was a pink avatar. *But*, I didn't say what kind it would be. So in a slight twist of the challenge two years ago, I appeared as a pink "Rita clone." I revealed the new look at 4PM At the Happy Vixen yesterday. It got a few chuckles, thought not as many the first time I pulled it off. Rita herself, whom doesn't think much of being a pink bunny didn't have much of a comment this time. My own "bubblegum crisis" will be for a week, baring those occasions when I'm obviously doing something for the Newser, such as interviews and covering the Fantasy Faire.

This time, I was joined by others in the challenge. Nydia Tungsten had offered to go purple for a week. And so yesterday the normally white vixen was sporting a shade of amethyst  But it was DJ Geerkil and his Dragon Crew teammates LS Raccoon and JB Raccoon that made the biggest change: going as Yinglet avatars. Geers had read up on the lore of the usually amusing small beings from the "Out of Placers" online comic, and found the creatures interesting. For someone used to huge avatars though, shrinking to being just a few feet high took some getting used to. On the other hand, fitting behind the DJ booth and dancing with others on the dance floor was now no trouble. The three stated they'll be staying in these appearances for three months. Definitely "above and beyond the call of duty." We'll keep them well-stocked with clams and oysters.

But the Relay goes on. The Sunbeamers are planning another "Bid Me" event this week, and there will be other chances this month to raise some funds, such as the Relaystock. With Platinum having been achieved, next the Sunbeamers are after Jade level fundraising, which is 500,000, a half million, Linden dollars. A daunting task, but we've done it before. And yes, I'll wear the "Bix Bilby" avatar again.

Go Sunbeamers! Go Relay!

Bixyl Shuftan

Press Release: Miss Globe Universal 2019

Miss Globe Universal is an annual pageant held every new year. It was founded on July 2014 and the first pageant started on December 2014. Our location is in the United States and the company was founded by Rose Mikaelson. Our motto is "Be inspired. Be daring. Be a Queen.".

The purpose of the pageant is to empower women from all over the world. Build the confidence they need in order to do their absolute best and help build careers. This pageant challenges all models in every way and helps them discover new things. The journey is long but it's only the beginning. We appreciate and value our contestants. We are also very excited to celebrate a milestone of 5 years now in Second Life.

"Miss Globe Universal is not just about her looks, styling and fashion. She is about her strength, compassion, skills, intelligence, hard work, value, responsibility and loyalty to the crown. She reigns like no other and no challenge is to small. A Queen that can do anything she puts her mind to with style."

We would like to thank our sponsors Miss Globe Earth, Rouge Magazine, Rouge Modeling Agency, Rouge University, Rouge Awards, Nola's Notions Home & Garden, Athena Couture, Blush Couture, {SWANK}, JUMO Fashion House, Emerald Couture, Fifty5 Thursday, Fashion Alert, *DBS* Designs, Captivating! Jewelry & Accessories, Marcel & Sebastian's Art Gallery, SL Newser, Events For Parkinsons, La Bella Boutique and Closer to the Heart Creations. Without support a pageant would not be complete.

For more information, click here: https://missglobeuniversal.com

Events This Week at the Sunweaver, Montecito Bay, and Furry Fashion Clubs

Here's what's going on at the Sunweaver and Montecito Bay clubs, Lyuba's Game and Dance Center, and Furry Fashion's Furscape

Club Cutlass: Best in "O", Wings, 60s

The Happy Vixen: Going Small, Working Stiffs, TBA, Magic, Pink and Purple, May the Fifth Be With You (Star Wars), Bunnies, Girls Night Out

Club Zero Gravity: DJ Snowbuns, DJ Naughty Nydia, DJ JB

Montecito Bay: Anti-Romance,  Lem N Em, Birthday Bash, Pickle Party, Expeditions, After Dark, CAYA

FF Furscape: CAYA, Fantasy, Fandoms, Pastel, Sci-Fi, Retro, Videogames, After Dark, Birthday Events All Day Sunday

Lyuba's Game and Dance Center: Classic Rock, Apocalypse to Thunderdome, Monday Blues

Read the schedules in SL Clubbin'. 

Press Release: Fran Serenade’s Celebration Of Life

A Celebration of the life of Fran Serenade at Savoy Ballroom 
in Creations Park on Saturday, May 11, 2019, from 11AM to 
9PM, featuring some of Second Life’s very best performers.

On March 3rd, 2019, Creations Park lost its original inspiration, 
and Second Life lost its most celebrated senior.  Fran Serenade 
passed away at 92 after a lifetime of loving and serving others 
in both of the worlds she lived in. Fran was beloved by all who 
knew her, including her Linden friends. Her daughter, Barbie 
Alchemi, and son, AlmostThere Inventor, built Creations Park in 
Second Life to be a wonderworld to stimulate the mind, specifically 
for Fran and others with Parkinson’s.   The Draxtor video about 
Fran and the medical research into Parkinson’s done at Creations 
Park was called one of the most important ever made about 
Second Life by Linden Lab’s CEO Ebbe Linden.  

A Celebration of Fran’s life will be held at Savoy Ballroom in 
Creations Park on Saturday, May 11, 2019, from 11AM to 9PM 
SLT.  Some of the very best live singers in Second Life will be 
performing in her honor.  Most knew Fran and some had 
performed at her 90th birthday party, also at Savoy. All talent will 
be performing for tips only, and like all events at Creations Park, 
this will benefit Team Fox for Parkinson’s Research.

By June 1, 2019, a memorial honoring Fran and this celebration 
will be located in-world at the  Savoy Swing Era Museum, and 
will be available online at SavoyBallroom.org/fran

ENTERTAINMENT SCHEDULE                        More Available Online

TIME        ARTIST            AGENT/SL CONTACT

11:00 AM    Samm Qendra            direct

12:00 PM    Putri Solo (putrisolosinger)    Jamila.lanley         

1:00 PM    Luciano Lionheart        Helen (Helendar Bailey)

2:00 PM    Phil Setner            Alessia Setner (alessia.rodeyn)

3:00 PM    Agatha Knowles        Troy Nelson (troyjaimes)

4:00 PM    Savoy Dance Troupe        Jackie Brown (antarctica.ferraris)

5:00 PM    Max Kleene            Kat Vargas           

6:00 PM    Ronnie Artano            Missy (lilmiss54)

7:00 PM    Savoy Stars Showcase    Carlyle Chaparral

8:00 PM    JaeSands            direct

Sunbeamers Hit Platinum!

Once again, "The Little Team That Could" has done it. For the fourth year in a row, the team has gone beyond Gold level fundraising to Platinum. After reaching 200,000 Linden dollars a few days ago, there were some sizable donations, including team captain Rita Mariner. And so on late afternoon April 29, the amount raised for this year reached 250,000 Linden dollars.

There were a few little incentives for people to donate. Nydia Tungsten volunteered to be purple for a short time. DJ Geerkil Ziskey and two others on the "Epic Failure" team will be switching to Yinglet avatars for a while. And then there's the matter of a certain fox who offered to switch to a pink avatar, at least for club and smaller Relay events, for a week (everywhere else such as the Fantasy Faire, I can go back to red fox). Like the first two times this "Platinum Avatar Challenge" was done, it's something I've never done before. The big reveal is today at the Happy Vixen club at 4PM. 

Bixyl Shuftan

Return of Last Names "Later in 2019" According to Ebbe Linden

Recently Hamlet Au interviewed Ebbe Altberg / Ebbe Linden. Linden Lab's CEO had a number of things to say (which I hope to write about more in depth later this week). On the issue of last names for accounts, which at a Town Hall meeting the Lindens stated would probably arrive sometime in Spring 2019, Altberg stated a different date.

There are some more back-end changes to SL which need to be made before Last Names can make a return (actually, it's really name changes that are the hard part), but we are working on it and hope to have it ready later in 2019.

So it seems once again, the date for last names has been pushed back, this time possibly to December.

Bixyl Shuftan

Update on the "Teleport Disconnects"

Earlier this month, Linden Lab came out and admitted what the residents had more or less figured out, Second Life was much buggier than usual, especially when it came to teleporting from sim to sim or crossing sim borders. So has there been improvement since then? Maybe some. Checking "Modem World," Inara Pey stated "There have been mixed reports on the outcome of the deployment made on Thursday, April 18th, 2019, with some indicating matters have improved, others reporting no real change. In particular, people visiting Fantasy Faire and travelling around the new Linden Homes continent appear to be faring a lot better than had been the case."

Simon Linden was quoted as saying at the Simulator User Group, " for server news, many of us are focused on the teleport issues … I hate to promise anything, but we all know a lot more about TP internal problems than we used to (smile) . We do understand they’re annoying and a frustrating problem – we definitely want to fix it and make it better."

Earlier, some residents wondered if the Lab moving data to Cloud servers was the cause of the glitches. Lately, there's been a new suspect, the EEP or Environmental Enhancement Project. Simon did admit that the problems appearing just after the release of EEP was "suspicious" and they were "trying to sort out is if somehow the environmental work caused the TP problems." He didn't think the glitches were related to avatar complecity, though stated "that said, the more complex your AV is, the more work it needs to change regions. It’s always been better to have fewer scripts and data for teleports and region crossings."

On a personal note, I myself seem to be having fewer problems with teleport disconnects, though there are still other glitches such as the viewer freezing for a bit. Some friends of mine are still crashing when teleporting around, so it seems the problem is still around.

Source: Modem World, SL Wiki

Bixyl Shuftan

A Busy Weekend

Quite a bit happened this weekend in Second Life. Friday was the conference at Virtual Ability. Saturday was the RFL cross-sim race by the Giant Snail Races, and the day the Fairlands Quest opened. Sunday was the fundraising concert at Veterans Isle. It was also the monthly festival in Roma.

We've done a little on the race and the quest. More on Virtual Ability and Veterans Isle later.

SL Video: "Giant Snail Races Relay For Life Rosehaven Race"

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By RacerX Gullwing on Saturday April 27, "Today we raced across the Rosehaven sims to raise money for the American Cancer Society. The race was so crazy fun. 'Best one ever,' said Lobbie Riggles.

"Announcers this week RacerX Gullwing Mae Best Tindallia Soothsayer Lobbie Riggles Brian Topp Vienna Topp Loopy String and a few others

"Race finish order was BrianTopp Resident 1 CharlieCosmic Resident 2 JaseWolf Wylie 3 Alden Cortes 4 MiniMaylu Naxos 5 Tindallia Soothsayer 6 Nerxual Oh 7 Baldi McMillan 8 loopy String 9 Akay Utu 10 Mari Moonbeam 11 Lobbie Riggles 12 Liammen Resident 13

"Thank you for your donations"

Announcement: This Week at the Seanchai Libraries

TIME TO COME HOME, AGAIN!
We had a great week at Fantasy Faire, but it feels really good to come home again.  We return to Holly Kai this week with a great sense of satisfaction, and stories too!

 Join us for another week in #secondlife, and on our properties in #kitely, live in voice.

Check out the stories and the storytellers at www.seanchailibrary.com

All stories told in open voice unless otherwise noted. All times SL/PT
Unless otherwise noted, events at Holly Kai Estates (213/43/27)

Thanks to the Seanchai Community, we were able together to present Fantasy Faire SL with a total of L$100,000 that were used during Faire events as match challenges.

In recognition, we were recognized as sponsors of the Gacha Garden on Celestial Plain.
The Faire remains open through May 5th.

--------->> COMING THIS WEEK:

** MONDAY, April 29th, at 7pm:  Leah Cutter's PAPER MAGE begins with Gyro Muggins.

**TUESDAY, April 30th at 7pm: TBA

**WEDNESDAY, May 1st at 7pm:  Dorothy Gilman's KALEIDOSCOPE (More Selected Adventures), Caledonia presents, live on stream.

**THURSDAY,  May 2nd:

~ At 7pm: Edgar Rice Burroughs' CAVE GIRL with Shandon (Also in Kitely!  Find teleport from the main Seanchai World grid.kitely.com:8002:SEANCHAI)

~ At 9pm: SEANCHAI LATE NIGHT with Finn Zeddmore

Puns of the Day

Taken at the VWBPE, "Advice from the ocean."

Be shore of yourself

Come out of your shell

Take time to coast

Avoid pier pressure

Sea life's beauty

Don't get tide down

Make waves

Fairelands Quest is Open

After several days of delays, the Fairelands Quest "The Lair of Lantoris" was finally open. Well, at least the first part. The second part is still being worked on. But most of us will still be figuring out the first for a while.

To take part, purchase the quest HUD. There are a number of places you can find it. The place I got mine is Fairelands Junction (110/185/110). You can get "basic" with just the HUD, or "deluxe" and get an outfit as well.

To get the HUD, just select "add" to it, and the contents will appear in your inventory. Besides the main quest HUD, there's another "Magic" HUD, as well as an attachment for your companion. If you got the Deluxe version, you'll also get men's and women's clothes, boxed of course. I went to a place where I could rezz mine, then returned.

Your first task is the find the Bard Queen. She's in plain sight as one makes their way down the main path toward the Midas sim. After you accept her mission, your next part is to find your companion "Planty." Where could he be? Well, as he's a bookworm, maybe the sim where the LitFest is.

So now you have "Planty." You're now ready to begin the next part of the quest: getting the spellbook and the needed ingredients. Happy Adventuring.

Bixyl Shuftan

Seeing Double?

Taken at the Virtual Ability conference yesterday. Nope, this isn't some fancy computer editing. Erik Mondrian is one of the handful of others who wears the same type of avatar as me, a red Luskwood fox, for their main appearance.

It's about twelve years since I got the avie, but it still has it's fans. 

SL Video: "The Spook Returns"

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By Furry Alex in Nov, 2018

Second Life Destinations: Fantasy Faire Literary Festival

This week's "Second Life Destinations" by Linden Lab is part of the big event going on in Second Life at the moment, the Fantasy Faire Literary Festival. It included a picturesque video.



Did you also know that there’s a big Literary Festival that is part of the faire this year - with story-telling, dramatic performances, workshops, and author meet and greets? Find out more about all the events happening on the Fantasy Faire website.   

To check out the schedule of the "Litfest," click here: https://fantasyfairesl.wordpress.com/literary-festival-schedule/

RFL Team Sunbeamers Hit 200,000 Lindens Raised

Since the joint Sunbeamer/Meli's Maniacs RFL team event at the Happy Vixen last Saturday, donations have been continuing to come in. On Thursday April 25, the team finally reached the 200,000 Linden dollar mark.

We're getting higher and higher. Just 50K more until Platinum.

I've also made a little promise to the team, this year's "Platinum Avatar Challenge." Once again I'll be something that I haven't been before, at least at neighborhood club and smaller Relay events: pink. Everywhere else, back to normal as I still need to see what's going on for the paper. It'll be for one week.

Trader Whiplash of the Relay Rockers has made an offering of his own. If the Subeamers hit one million Linden dollars, the amount needed to get to Emerald level fundraising, he'll stay in a dinky avatar for a week. So hopefully the 'beamers can make him live up to his promise.

Go Relay!

Bixyl Shuftan

Press Release: Beffefit Concert at Veterans Isle This Sunday, 4-9 PM

Frets Nirvana and US Military Veterans Group announce 2019’s April benefit for Homes For Our Troops in Second Life! 

Frets Nirvana, the premier guitar artist in the virtual world Second Life and the US Military Veterans Group announce the 2019 April benefit in Second Life for the Veterans Support Organization Home For Our Troops .

Frets Nirvana states:  “HFOT is a privately funded 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization building specially adapted, mortgage-free homes nationwide for the most severely injured Veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan. Most of these Veterans are multiple amputees, paraplegic, quadriplegic or suffered severe traumatic brain injury (TBI).  Since its inception in 2004, over 90 cents of every dollar spent by Homes for Our Troop has gone to directly support Veterans. DURING THAT TIME HFOT HAS BUILT OVER 274 SPECIALLY ADAPTED HOMES NATIONWIDE FOR WOUNDED VETERANS.”

In 2018 the community in Second Life sent over $13,000 to Homes For Our Troops, thanks to may kind hearts and great Second Life performers.  HFOT built 34 homes for extremely wounded veterans in 2018.  We hope to help them exceed that in 2019!

Home for Our Troops benefit concerts feature premier Second Life talent monthly at Veteran’s Isle.  The concert on April 28, 2019 is scheduled from 4pm to 9 PM PST.  Featured artists will be DJ Waya Snowpaw, Nina Bing, Zak Claxton, Neo Maximus Brandenburg and Donn Devore.

Sponsored by Frets Nirvana and the U.S. Military Veteran’s Group of Second Life.  To learn more about Homes for Our Troops visit https://www.hfotusa.org

Announcement: This Week At The Science Circle - "Science Fiction"

Panel: "Science Fiction"
Saturday April 27
10 AM to 11 AM SL time

Monthly panel discussion
With this week as subject “Science Fiction”
Panel participants:

1. Myron Curtis
2. Robert Hendrix
3. William Wall

For more information, Click Here

The Science Circle (61/127/32)

Fantasy Faire: Linden Jail And Bail, Delay of The Quest

Wednesday April 24 was a notable point at the Fantasy Faire with a certain event: the Linden Jail and Bail. Two Lindens, Patch and Madori, and one mole, Ancient, were locked in a circus cage. A few others were nearby either for moral support, to make sure their peers weren't tarred and feathered for recent glitches, or both.

Getting there well after it started, it seemed the three were in some danger of being accosted by tinies, "I poke your tummy!" "Let's all poke his tummy!" "TUMMY BEEP!!!!" Someone defended their actions, "Because he's secretly the PIllsbury Doughboy!" One however did give them something to drink, "It's prison wootberry."

Patch responded by stripping down to his undies, perhaps to distract the crowd. Some found this shocking, "This just jumped from PG to something else." But some just called for more, "Get your blackmail pictures of Patch in SPEEDOES!" "I am putting that in my profile!"

Ancient didn't think too much of the cage, "Smells like sweaty rat in here." At one point, he was chewing on the bars. Mystic Mole cautioned him, "Ancient, that isn't a snack!" Someone shouted, "They made of licorice, Ancient!" Ancient spat, "I hate licorice, you monsters!"

Patch would give out a few of the coveted Linden Home houseboats plus sis months Premium for free for 50,000 donations, "One more houseboat for 6 months, L$50,0000!!!!!" His last giveaway, "A custom named account for L$60,0000. ... It will have to be a new account, created specially for you!!!" It was quickly snapped up by Gwen Enchanted.

Gem Sunkiller would tell me a total of 434,000 Linden dollars were raised at the event.

It's no big secret that in the past several weeks, the Grid's been a little buggier than usual, and tping to the Fairegrounds, or even just sim crossing can be problematic. But the most noticable glitch at this year's Fantasy faire is the delay of the Fairelands Quest which was supposed to start on Monday. Instead, it's been delayed day after day, and finally yesterday on Wednesday people were told the goal was to get it working by Friday April 26.

The fiercest gremlins on the grid. The finest gremlin-smackers in the metaverse. It's a battle to the death -- all to rescue the Quest and restore it to our Faire family!
There's still work to be done, but our heroes with their vorpal swords pledge to win the day. We're aiming at seeing the Quest make a joyful return on Friday.
Never fear, with the extra days we'll have for the Faire this year, you'll have plenty of time to finish, and enjoy the best dragon's hoard of prizes anywhere!

Hopefully the Fairelanders can get the quest going before they have a peasant rebellion on their hands.

Bixyl Shuftan