RFL Press Release: Fantasy Faire Starts Tomorrow

Celebrating its twelfth year, Fantasy Faire 2020 is the largest gathering of fantasy designers, enthusiasts, role-players and performers in the virtual world. From Thursday, April 23 to Sunday May 10, treat yourself to shopping, dance and theater performances, DJ parties, auctions, questing, our Literary Festival, fantasy art, events and role-playing as thousands of Second Life residents and creators bring their own visions together to support the American Cancer Society’s vision of a world without cancer.


Our formal programming will conclude with our One Team dance party marathon on Tuesday, May 5th, but now we invite you to join us for an additional week of shopping, questing, and exploring as the Fairelands will be open through Sunday, May 10th. That’s a total of eighteen days of the Faire – and you never know when something unexpected might happen in that final week!

As always, you’ll find fantasy avatars, clothing, furnishings, gadgets and exclusive items available from almost 200 of Second Life’s top Fantasy Creators across thirteen stunning regions designed by some of the visionary artists behind many of the hottest spots on the Second Life destination guide.
In addition to the thirteen shopping regions there will also be five Faireland realms that take us beyond commerce, from a Memorial Garden to the Fairelands Quest, the Literary Festival, Performance Stages, from Art Galleries to the Worldling Collection. These bring the Fairelands count for 2020 to eighteen regions, just waiting for you to explore them.

Fantasy Faire 2020 will be open to the public April 23 – May 10. The SLurl to the event will, as always, be found on the website on our opening day. We welcome you to come and join the story.
Fantasy Faire 2020 is made possible by the generous support of our Region and Event Sponsors, all of whom you can learn more about on the Faire’s website. For more information please contact one of the Faire coordinators:
https://fantasyfairesl.wordpress.com/organizers/

Are you or a loved one battling cancer? Find out how many ways the American Cancer Society is there to help. Visit cancer.org or call (US) 800-ACS-2345.

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Fantasy Faire 2020 Ends

The weekend was the last few days of the Fantasy Faire. There were numerous events, such as DJ Matt's performance on Friday that raised over 60,000 Lindens. There was also a roleplay event in which the guilt or innocence of a number of bear cubs was determined. People scrambled at the last minute to solve the Fairelands Quest, to help the Bard Queen get a garden planted. All day and much of Sunday was the last big event, "The Final Ravedown."

The Newser will write more, but for now, we are tired and need to rest up. Stay tuned for more information. In the meantime, check out the pictures on the Fantasy Faire Flickr group: https://www.flickr.com/groups/fantasyfairesl/pool/ .

2020: Year in Review

2020 was a challenging year in real life, with much drama and overwheling tragedy. Second Life would see it reflected here in some ways, as well as it's own special set of challenges. But there were some happier milestones as well.

In real life the big news was the Coronavirus Pandemic. Worldwide over eighty million caught the virus and close to two million perished, probably more as some countries can't or won't report all their cases. Both all of Europe and the United States each suffered twenty million getting sick, and in the US over a third of a million would die, with over half a million perishing in Europe. Most whom were infected recovered, some not getting sick, but some people were left with lasting symptoms from being short on breath after even light exercise to memory trouble and difficulty concentrating. In Second Life, there were numerous reminders of COVID-19. There were displays in health areas and discussions in numerous places. There were also memorials to those whom passed away. People also reacted to the toilet paper shortages with humor, virtual TP showing up a lot, and one avatar maker would take his talents to real life by making a tabletop game poking fun at the absurdity of it all. The biggest reaction was of people either spending more time in Second Life, coming back after an abscence, or showing up for the first time. While the Pandemic might have been good for the virtual world's numbers, it wasn't always good for the residents. While some merchants made more money with more people buying things, some landowners having lost their real-life sources of income would have trouble coming up with the money to pay for their sims.

2020 was also the year Linden Lab would find itself acquired by a group of investors.  In mid-July, it was announced by Linden Lab they were now under the ownership of an investment group led by Randy Waterfield and Bradford Oberwager. Waterfield was the chairman of an investment group.. Oberwager had founded and/or run five technology companies. Linden Lab's founder Philip Rosedale stated he new Oberwager and had high hopes for this development. Bret Linden stated the two had a good deal of knowledge of what Second Life was and wasn't, and that the deal allowed Linden Lab to continue to run independently and run Second Life. The reaction from the residents was that while some were optimistic things would continue to run well, some expressed worry that the new owners would either run Second Life badly or dismantle it. As to what attracted the investors, some wondered if they were confident the Pandemic ensured Second Life would be profitable for a few more years. Others looked at Tilia, the online payment service the Lab had come up with. But after a few weeks, the chatter went down.

In April, Linden Lab finally made good on something many residents have wished for a decade, the return of last names for accounts. But, there was a catch. A more accurate description would be last names as an option for new accounts as newcomers will still continue to get "Resident" for a surname. And the option is only available for Premium accounts, whom also have to pay a fee. Someone with a basic account would have to pay $52 for a change. A number felt Linden Lab was being greedy at a time some residents had lost their real-life jobs. Others felt with as many as there were asking for the return of last names, the Lab might have been worried about being swamped with requests. A smaller complaint was that the options for last names were lousy ones. But with Linden Lab committed to sticking with it's system of not offering a surname again after it's been discontinued, it's options were limited.

One thing on the minds of residents this year was the move to The Cloud. Work by Linden Lab on moving Second Life's data from it's old servers to Amazon Cloud servers had begun earlier. It continued throughout 2020, with the Lab announcing in November that half the sim data had been moved. And in December, it was announced at all sim data had been moved over, "We are now in The Cloud." But throughout this time, many residents complained about the number of glitches, saying they were getting worse and thought the move to The Cloud was to blame. Linden Lab finally had to admit that there were some complications, and asked the residents for patience. While some are optimistic that eventually the results will be lower fees and tiers, others feel the move was a mistake that will mean a buggier Second Life.

With the Pandemic, there were more people buying sims. And Second Life had it's biggest growth in years going from 24,740 to 25,555, with close to a thousand more private sims. But with Linden Lab moving the Grid's data to Amazon Cloud servers, it found that there was only so much growth that could be handled. So they announced there was a "limited availability" of new land, and not everyone whom asked would get the chance to buy a new sim.

In 2019, one of the big stories was the new continent of Bellisseria. In 2020, the Moles continued to work on it, expanding it to the east and doubling it in size. The area wasn't just homes and roads, but also wilderness areas and railroads. Late in the year, there were sims full of beach areas appearing to eastern Bellisseria's northeast, and when opened were full of the stilt houses that were announced by Linden Lab six months earlier at the SL17B. Linden Lab had just earlier announced a second new design of Linden home for 2020, the Chalets. Most likely, they will be available sometime in the spring or summer of 2021.

Despite all the resources going to the Cloud move and Linden Homes, there was one major technical development. In April, Linden Lab announced the Environmental Enhancement Project, or EEP. Under development since 2017, this was a successor to Windlight and offered more options in allowing landowners to change the sky of their lands to make day and night cycles longer or shorter, or make them like something out of a fantasy or science fiction tale. But at first only a minority of residents could see the results. For a time, those using the more popular Firestorm viewer could only see oddly-colored skies in sims making use of EEP. Finally in December, the latest Firestorm viewer was EEP compatible. But as a few residents using it felt their viewers were going slower, not everyone would make the change right away.

In May, Linden Lab announced it was slightly changing the official logo of Second Life. The change was minor, making the hand and eye symbol from bluish-green to blue and slightly changing the lettering of the words "Second Life" and making them black. But it was the first change in the logo since the virtual world first came on in 2003.

In 2019, the Linden Endowment of the Arts shut down after eight years of operation following a vote by it's committee, a blow to Second Life's artist community. About a year later in September, Linden Lab announced it's upcoming "spiritual successor," the Second Life Endowment of the Arts. The SLEA was scheduled to open it's first sims of exhibits sometime in January 2021.

Also in September, Linden Lab launched an online store to sell Second Life-themed merchandise. There were T-shirts and coffee cups with the Second Life logo. Curiously, although there were Linden bear pins, there were no plush Linden bears. Even more curious, Linden Lab didn't do the website on it's own but through the Redbubble online store service which was made for independent artists and not multi-million dollar corporations.

When 2020 started, the "next-generation virtual world" of Sansar was in trouble. After two and a half years, it had failed to gain much of a following, the high hopes Linden Lab had for it unrealized, and it had recently gone through layoffs in Novemeber 2019. Three months later in February, there was an even greater number of layoffs, with a few people and resources moved back to developing Second Life. In February, CEO Ebbe Altberg let on that the Lab was looking to either partner with someone to run Sansar or sell it. Then in March, Linden Lab announced Sansar had been sold to Wookey. While some were sad to see the former Torley Linden, whom stuck with Sansar, no longer part of the Lab, the more vocal residents viewed the news of the sale along the lines of "it's about time," glad Linden Lab was no longer spending money on it. Despite no longer being part of Linden Lab, Sansar seems to be holding it's own under Wookey. But the place looks less like it's on it's way to being an open-ended virtual world and more of a "virtual venue platform" in which most of the people, and money, come from the events held there. 

One feature of the Mainland, the pod car tours, had a scare when in August their owner announced she was closing them down following a 24 hour account suspension and lack of communication from Linden Lab. But once word got around, she and the Lab would talk, and the tours went on as before.

As every year, there would be many events held in Second Life. This year though, with the Coronovirus Pandemic making large events in real life. Burning Man, known for it's fans holding a spinoff event in the fall, would move it's festival online to a number of virtual worlds, including Second Life. Gen-Con, "the largest tabletop game convention in North America" would also hold it's events online, Second Life being a key part of it. 2020 being an election year, there were some political exhibits inworld. But the increasing bitter tone of politcal rhetoric resulted in fewer residents showing interest compared to twelve years ago, or even four years ago. With the "Black Lives Matter" protests in the United States in real life, they would have an impact inworld with two places inworld about the movement as well as at least one discussion. This year's Second Life Birthday, the SL17B, had "Vacations and Road Trips" as a theme. It would be distinguished by the exhibitors having greater freedom on what to build, in addition to the first time many would see the Environmental Enhancement Project feature in use for the skies of sims. But there would be no great revelations from Linden Lab as to what was in the future, aside from the next Linden Homes. This year's Relay for Life season, "Game On Cancer!" was a success, with over 200 teams raising over $300,000 USD worth of Lindens. On the Relay Weekend, over 1400 avatars walked the 49 sim track, the biggest in years. It's spinoff events, the Fantasy Faire, the Christmas Expo, and Making Strides also got attention. Other notable events included the Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education Conference, which at least one discussion talked about how the Coronovirus crisis might lead to lasting changes in teaching, and Burn2, which did well despite being overshadowed by Burning Man moving to online.

Other changes that went on worthy of attention included the Confederation of Democratic Simulators having two elections free of drama, and Motecito Bay redesigning it's sim.

Sadly, Second Life would say goodbye to some of it's residents. The Coronovirus that had claimed so many in real-life claimed Ucello Poultry, a noted resident and former blogger of Bay City. Cerdwin Flanagan noted for her work in the Fantasy Faire, had also passed. So did Autopilotpatty Poppy of Caledon, Ertina Loopen of the Relay Rockers, and Zed Ravenhurst of the Relay's Team ACTS. William Beauclerc, noted for his work at the Builders Brewery, had died. For the Newser's home community the Sunweavers, it was discovered Tigerclaw Apps had passed away the previous year. Comcat Fenstalker, a member of the Relay's Maniacs whom occasionally went to Sunweaver clubs, also died. One passing outside Second Life caught the Newser's attention, Ferne Le'roy in the Final Fantasy MMO had passed from Corona and friends held an online funeral in the game.

Second Life would say goodbye to some places. Once the scene of yearly art competitions that awarded huge prizes, the last of the University of Western Australia sims was shut down this year. One community that almost closed down was Second Norway in the Blake Sea, the owner taking a financial hit due to the Cronovirus Crisis. But thanks to a deal with Linden Lab, most of it's sims were saved. The Yavascript travel pod tours were almost taken offline following a misunderstanding due to a 24 hour ban on the builder. But it was cleared up and the pod tours continued.

For the neighbors of the Newser, the Sunweaver community, the year brought some sadness with the passing of two friends. But there was also activity with a Relay season that brought an air show and a bumper car event. The Arcadia Asylum would hold an amusement park and a haunted house. A new club opened, the Bouncing Bunny Beach Club, and a 12 hour marathon event, a club crawl involving six clubs on New Years Eve brought in 2021 to the locals.

For the Newser, it was our tenth year of covering the news of the people, places, and events across Second Life. It's been a pleasure covering the news this past decade. And we look forward to continuing to cover it for years to come.

Bixyl Shuftan
SL Newser

2019: Year in Review

2020 means the arrival of a new year and a new decade. But before we say goodbye to 2019, we look back at it's triumphs, tragedies, pitfalls, and other interesting moments that stood out.

Perhaps the biggest news of the year was the one in terms of sim size: the new continent of Bellisseria. Having it's beginnings in 2018 as the SPP continent, it became operational in April. As the location of the new Linden Homes, it was quickly populated, especially on the coasts and islands where the highly popular houseboats were. Work on it's expansion continued throughout the year, and the people there formed their own community, with events at their fairgrounds and other places. By year's end, the continent was just about finished. But it promises to be an active area in the virtual world for much time to come. For building the continent, the Moles would be the Newser's People of the Year.

Related to the new continent as that's where they were placed, the new Linden homes proved highly popular. The demand for the houseboats was demonstrated when in May, 709 opened up were all snapped up in only 27 minutes. The Lab would announce that the number of residents with Premium accounts had increased that year. It's almost certain the growth was due to the new homes.

One of the largest annual events in Second Life, the Second Life Birthday, would see a major change. After several years of slowly getting more involved in anniversary events, this year Linden Lab would take full charge of the Second Life Birthday. This would be the end of the volunteer team making the decisions. Gone would be things that had started to become traditions such as the Cake Stage and Stage Left. Still, most residents were happy, or at least didn't have a problem with, to see the Lab back in charge. And the "Sweet Sixteen" SLB was a success.

The Relay for Life's 15th fundraising season in Second Life began and ended earlier than before in 2019, from February to July with the Weekend in early June. While these changes took many by surprise, the season continued to do well. There was one additional mini-event, the "Five Days of Relay" in which various motorcycle clubs raised some money. The Fantasy Faire continued to be very popular, with it's well-decorated sims. The Relay Weekend went around a track that somewhat resembled the number "15." The Lindens themselves would take part, some at a Jail and Bail at the Fantasy Faire, and the Bid the Lindens Bald at Relaystock. The team of the Newser's neighbors, Team Sunbeamers, would make Jade level fundraising for the second time.

There would be numerous other events that year, such as Burn2 and it's spinoff events, the Bay City Mole Day and Bay City Anniversary, Caledon's numerous events such as it's Mardi Gras Parade and it's anniversary ball, Montecito Bay's alien mystery and it's NuYu Gacha shopping event, Luskwood's dysutopian look under it's "council," which had people wondering what was in the water, as well as the ice cream, the Sunweaver/Angels renovating it's beach club and the club's Halloween build, the SL fraternity Mu Sigma Nu fundraisers for kidney disease and a Mens' Health Expo, The Bellisseria Fairegrounds Fourth of July, Halloween, and Christmas events, Creations for Parkinsons' Halloween event, the Dickens Project, Paris 1900's tenth anniversary, the Confederation of Democratic Simulators two elections and it's fifteen anniversary, and many many more. One, Raglan Shire's Talent Show, drew in an audience of over 80 avatars, showing even with today's complex avatars, high capacity events can still be done.

Linden Lab would run some events as well, such as the Creepy Crawl at Halloween, the Hug-A-Linden/Dunk-A-Linden at Valentines Day, various shopping and gift hunt "Swaginator" events, and others.

Second Life wasn't without it's problems. Early on, there was a "hover bug" that caused smaller avatars to be a few feet off the ground. When Linden Lab was taking it's time in finding a solution, the result was a "Tinies Protest" at Governor Linden's mansion, "What do we want?" "To get back on the ground!" The whimsical event got the Lab's attention, and the glitch was soon fixed. But other glitches weren't as funny. In the spring, many residents were having to deal with "teleport disconnects" as moving from sim to sim sometimes meant the viewer logging off. Linden Lab finally arranged for scheduled maintenance one night in May that offlined the Grid to the residents for hours. Many would also have trouble getting online one afternoon in October, The grid would still see occasional glitches at times in the rest of the year.

But Linden Lab was still busy with improvements. They would announce that they were working on a mobile app that would allow for limited access to Second Life on smartphones. New starter avatars were made available in February. The latest development to mesh, Bakes on Mesh, was enabled, promising less complex avatars and therefore less lag. And Linden Lab would work more on making last names an option for people that came on since late 2010. In November, they announced the option would arrive at the end of January 2020.

Linden Lab would put the spotlight on some of the happier things inworld, such as the stories about couples who met inworld and took their relationship to real life, "Love Made In Second Life." There was also the "Lab Gab" live show, co-hosted by two popular Lindens, Xiola and Strawberry. Strawberry Linden had been the popular fashion blogger Strawberry Singh, and was hired in the spring. But in December, Xiola would announce her departure.

Not everything Linden Lab did was popular. In May, Linden Lab announced they would be increasing the price of Premium accounts for the first time in over a decade. Later that year, they would double Marketplace commissions. Also in May, they announced they were cutting the number of groups basic accounts could be in, but later reversed that decision due to protests. In the middle of the year, they announced the Tilia security service for those cashing in Lindens for real-world currencies, which caused some confusion. Linden Lab would also find itself the target of a lawsuit in July by a former cybersecurity worker, claiming the Lab had refused to listen to her concerns about weak security, and fired her when she persisted, also claiming prejudice against women and minorities despite Linden Lab touting it's support for diversity. The Lab would also find itself the target of another lawsuit in September, this time by a patent troll.

Some places would be threatened with going away, but were rescued. In May, it was announced the Chouchou sims would be shut down. Thanks to fans asking that they be saved, the Lab stepped in and agreed to preserve them. In July, the owner of the Hangars Liquides sci-fi sims announced the sims were in danger of closing. They would be saved due to a crowdfuner campaign. The Garden of Absentia memorial pond, which closed in July 2018, was reopened in June in a different location. But one important group was shut down. Linden Endownment of the Arts shut down at the end of August. Although some were quick to blame Linden Lab, those better in the know put the blame on burnout on those on it's committee and few willing to take their place. Although no one organization was able to fill it's shoes, individual people and groups stepped forward to try and partially fill the gap.

Sadly, Second Life would say goodbye to some of it's residents who passed away in real life. Fran Serenade, whom inspired people in and out of the virtual world for her dealing with Parkinsons Disease, passed away in March shortly after her 92nd birthday. In May, a memorial event was held in her honor that raised over a third of a million Lindens for Parkinsons research and treatment. Lacy Musketeer, the owner of Nisa/Dreaming Twilight died in July, leaving behind a son and husband, and her virtual family. Many dozens would appear at a memorial service a few days later. Chip Takes, a live musician, died of a heart attack minutes before a performance inworld in February. Tai'lahr Winnikow, a quiet woman whom while very talented shunned publicity and worked quietly behind the scenes at events such as the Fantasy Faire, passed away in October.

Some real life events would be reflected in Second Life. At the burning of the Notre Dame cathedral in Paris in April, people gathered at it's inworld counterpart in Paris 1900. The 50th Anniversary of the Apollo moon landing was celebrated by both Second Life's National Space Society, the Second Life Birthday, as well as a call by Linden Lab for space-themed screenshots. "Hello Kitty" would celebrate it's 45th anniversary in part with a sim and event in Second Life.

Outside Second Life, there was some activity in Opensim. Islandz, the successor world to InWorldz which closed in 2018, was shut down in January, the owner citing real life financial hardship. YadNi Monde announced in March he was rebuilding his noted old build "YadNi's Junkyard" in the TAG grid. In December, the Great Canadian Grid would go offline due to a dispute between it's owner and someone providing services keeping up the grid. High Fidelity, the grid of Second Life creator Philp Rosedale, would go in decline in 2019, and by December was all but on it's way to being all but shut down in January.

Facebook continued to be the source of suspicion due to stories about privacy concerns, and it was hit with a 14 hour outage on March, it's longest in years. In September, the huge social network announced it was planning a new virtual world to launch it's own virtual world, Horizons, in 2020. Although there were some questions about their ability to run a virtual world, Facebook's huge presence on the Internet would ensure they'd get much attention and likely drown out the ability of other virtual worlds to be noticed by the tech media. Among them, Linden Lab's other virtual world, Sansar, continued to fall below the company's expectations as only a few people came in, and mainly for live events. The Lab would lay off twenty of it's staff in the fall, suggesting even they were resigned to their once vaulted "next generation virtual world" having a mediocre future.

In October, the popular Fornite ended it's season with everything sucked into a "black hole," leaving the game unplayable for a few days. Despite the publicity around the event, Fortnite continued to decline in overall popularity and Minecraft regained the title of most popular game. Blizzard's announcement of it's upcoming "Shadowlands" expansion for World of Warcraft, and the attition of a foxlike allied race for the Horde, was overshadowed by controversy when it banned a gamer from Hong Kong from participating in more tournaments for speaking out for freedom for his city. A number of gamers quit or were talking about quitting, and Blizzard's President issued an apology at the Blizzcon gaming convention, the issue becoming part of a greater debate about America's "China problem."

The European Union in March passed a vague copyright bill that was called "A Dark Day for Internet Freedom." Later in the year, America's FTC fined Youtube over violations of the Child Online Privacy and Protection act. Youtube's response was to impose vague rules on posters of videos that had the potential of fining them $43,000 USD if they were seen as directed to children but not child safe. In February, a man plead guilty to Federal charges related to the death of another man due to swatting and received 20 years in prison.

For the Newser, it's been quite a year covering events here in Second Life, as well as outside it. And we'll be continuing to cover it for 2020, our tenth year. Special thanks to our sponsors at Montecito Bay, Lorena Chung Estates, and Farshore Radio.

Bixyl Shuftan
Editor, SL newser

SL Video: "A Tiny In A Big Avi World By Tea Gupte"

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By Akay  Utu, Tuesday April 28 at Fantasy Faire 2020

Tea Gupte Tiny Avatar circa 2007

~~~PLEASE KNOW, BEFORE I BEGIN, GESTURING IS APART OF TINY LIFE please don't be offended by any gestures that may go off while I am speaking THANK YOU!~~~

Being, in Second Life almost 15 years now, has brought me so much joy. I have lived a variety of lives here in this virtual world. Having been an artist since a young age, I was open to the diversity SL offers. Back in 2005, when i first dropped into a new world, which was a welcome center over in Ahern. I was greeted by my rl mother (Stillpink Sandgrain) and her long time friend, Shady Fox.

Over, the next two years, I transformed from an hooman, a hobbit, to an elf (elf clan which then became elf circle), into a furry (fennec fox over in luskwood), going through a myriad of furry avatars and even a dragon. Finding oneself in SL is important and takes time just like in real life. You develop, you grow, and you explore. Constantly, developing yourself or trying to find what exactly it is that makes you happy. Or, happy being comfortable with yourself. I guess, this is a "neverending" quest and journey that we find ourselves faced with everyday. 

Finally, In 2007, I found myself! In a community, with only a handful of friends. Little, did i know it was the beginning of the first tiny sims. Raglan Shire is the main sim attached to 7 other sims. I knew right away I wanted a shop because I had already been building for hooman avatars. So, why not try tiny stuff! The 1980's has always tickled my fancy and that is 'til this day the theme of my tiny shop. Here I am, 5 computers to the wind. 2 desktops-3 laptops later... AND 13 yrs BAM I am still tiny and proud of it!

As, a tiny i find safety and security in SL and everyday, I live my life on the grid surrounded by love and acceptance. This long standing community is part those, who roleplay and partially those who do not. Tinies are known for our gestures and funny, light hearted spirit. Like, most rpgs have rules to abide by we do not.There are admins like on most sims in SL and we are G rated which prohibits griefing/trolling like anywhere else. Don't forget BACON and WAFFLES are our signature dish!

There are MANY tiny avatars created by many different artists in SL. The classic tiny avatar was very popular for over a decade. Initially, created by Wynx Whiplash. Nowadays, she's not around as much. But her vision she said was from a dream she had where she was surrounded by lots of small critters. So, she built an owl, a bunny, a fox, an otter, a kitty, a beaver, a bear, a ferret (i.e my husband, Akay Utu, of 21 years rl), a badger, even a hedgehog! She built the tiny avatars. Over, the years the community built clothing and accessories right along with her vision. 

Today, the Dinkie has become popular, since the implementation of mesh. The dinkie was originally, one species, a cat. The same as before, tinies have  built avatars and accessories to complement the Dinkie. A Dinkie is no different to me than a tiny. We are all one and we are many. Our old adage is "ONE OF US" and with this tiny spirit we encourage love. At least, I try to everyday. Thank you for listening. Love Tea...

If anyone has any questions, now is the time and any tinies out there, feel free to assist with comments.

Announcement: RFL Team Fundrasing Totals, Week Eleven

This list is for the first 11 weeks with totals as of Monday 04/27/2020.

Congrats to everyone who has hit a Fundraising Club Level!!!! We are definitely saying "Game On, Cancer!"

Bronze

Bluzsters For Life, The Krazy Korner Team, We are Dragon's, Spirit Walkers, Sail For Life, PawZ! For the Cause!, Elves Of Hope, Team Wishing Star, Slatanic Mechanic, Feed Your Soul, Find A Cure, Rocking Sands, Mini A Chuu, MC - Satans Warriors MC, Team OD, Twisted Hunts and Events For A Cure, GridPlay, RFL Evenstarr's, Steelhead Salmons, MC - HAMC Renegades, SOUL SISTERS n FaMiLy, Midnight Renegade Country Club, Team Live Wire, Team Sol Existence, Fantasy Faire, MC - RWA HELLS ANGELS, MC - Thunder Demons MC, Team Core Charities, Secret Desirez, Sweet Genesis, United Artists of SL, Sisters in SL, Purpose SL Homes, ROCKIN REBEL'S BEARS, Giant Snail Races, UFS Metamorphosis, Quest for a Cure, MC - Dark Disciples, MC - Cobras MC World, Ministry of Dance, Cruz4Life, MC - Highway to Rock, MC - DARK ANGEL REBELS

Silver

Foundation For Life, Circle of Life, Southern Nights Country Club, B - Bellis Blues and Djs, Harshlands, Burners Without Borders in SL, MC - Blood Wolfs MC, MC - Legends MC, Secret Garden Productions, MC - Outlaws KY MC, Supernaturals For A Cure, Mieville Steampunks, Stay PAWsitive, Sanctuary Rockers, MC - Relay Goes MC




Gold

Meli's Maniacs, Second Life Cheerleading Squad, SHB Gems, The Purple Nurple Gang, Relay for Christ, Stormy's Stars, Gor - Port Kar, Nightfall RFL, Free Spirit Hippie Brigade, RGF Estates for RFL, Team Bobbi Sue, MC - Voodoo Rebels MC, Cancer Gets Stung, Attention on Cancer

Platinum

Spirit of the DragonRFL, The Second Fiddle For RFL, Inspired Dreamwalkers, MC - SISTERS OF MAYHEM, The Grove Country Club Estates RFL Team, Team Shadow, Aether Chrononauts Tiny Steps, Roos With A Dream, LOW GEAR AUTO RACING, Gull's Wing Sailing Club, BlueWaters Plaza, Esalinus, SUNBEAMERS, Seekers of Hope, Friends For A Cure

Jade

MC - HeadHunters
Heroes Helping Heroes

Sapphire

Bellisseria for RFL
MC - The River of Life
Goreans in Relay For Life


Emerald

Relay Rockers

Topaz

Cure Chasers
Camping for a Cure
Harmony of Hope