The Lab has launched a further part of its input into the SL10B celebrations, with a new free pack offered on the SL Marketplace and a new grid–wide hunt for Premium members.
The Party Pack contains a handful of items all designed to help promote the arrival of materials processing in Second Life, and comprises various items including top hats, lunchboxes, a bottle of something or other (you decide), novelty and sunglasses and jewellery.
Whether the glasses and jewellery will fit the 10th anniversary bear avatar, remains to be seen, but doubtless someone will give them a go (along with the top hat!), so expect to see more wacky pics on Crap Mariner’s SL10B Bear Flickr group!
Premium Hunt – Magellan Linden At Large!
It appears the fabled explorer of Second Life, Magellan Linden, has uncovered a dastardly plot on the part of evil genius, Doctor Talpa. The good bad doctor is attempting to build some form of mind-control machines and take over the world, the Magellan Linden, (mysteriously returned, it would seem, from his mysterious disappearance) is busy building a machine to counter this scheme, but in the meantime YOU are needed to gather materials and components — and to destroy any of Talpa’s machines you can find.
Would you fly with help this man? (image courtesy of Linden Lab)
Premium members can start the hunt right away, by following a link to the Destination Guide, while non-Premium users who would like to participate are invited to upgrade to a Premium account.
I’ve already posted a couple of pieces on the main stage at this year’s SL10B Community Celebrations. However, such the the work of Toady and Flea, that I couldn’t help but get snap-happy as I explored this utterly amazing build. Not even issues with my PC could keep me away!
With press day upon us, and the celebrations due to kick-off on Sunday 16th, I couldn’t resist putting some of the shots I’ve grabbed together into a video piece. Hope you enjoy (best viewed at 720p)!
In appreciation of all of Flea’s and Today’s hard work in bringing this incredible design to life.
P.S. I really should add that not all the secrets on, around and inside A’stra are shown here. These are simply some of my favourite elements of the build; there are more to discover and see – and doubtless some I’ve yet to discover myself!
The Time Capsule is a traditional part of the SL birthday celebrations. It is used to contain items donated by SL residents, which are placed on display at future SLB celebrations. Another traditional part of the SL birthday celebrations is the competition to create the time capsule for the current year’s celebration, and SL10BCC is no exception to both traditions!
The 2003 time capsule at SL1B, June 2004. (secondlife.wiki.com)
We’re inviting residents to try to create a time capsule for this year’s event which represents either something significant which has occurred this year within SL (for example, SL4B’s capsule had flexis, SL5B’s used glow) or something inspired by the theme of this year’s theme Looking Forward, Looking Back (again, as examples, SL6B’s capsule was a meteorite chunk for its space theme, SL8B’s was a modified version of the event logo, SL9B’s was a giant cake).
SL9B Time Capsule
If you’re interested in submitting a design, here are the general guidelines:
Keep your design relatively low-prim; some older designs reached up to 96 prims, and we need to keep things relatively modest
Keep the size manageable; the SL3B vault was 6m cubed, and we’d like to consider that at the top end of the scale; while designs that go over this limit on one side or two won’t be disqualified, we don’t have room for the Death Star…
Please make sure your submission is FULL PERMS. We may have to make modifications to it – such as adding the actual contents!
If the capsule is designed to open, please supply a “closed” and an “open” version – no need to script it opening – we can help with that, just so long as we have versions that present the illusion of opening it
Some particle activity is OK, but again, please keep it manageable: no huge firework displays with the capsule opens or anything
Feel free to design your own pedestal or display case for your capsule – particularly if it is small enough to warrant a pedestal / display case of its own
If you wish to keep a copy of your design, please make sure you do so before passing the original over; it may not be possible to return it to you after the fact – although in a worst case, we’ll do our best
If you’re not a good builder, do not worry. Just submit your design as best you can. We’re hoping to find a willing volunteer who might help out in touching up the winning design if you’re afraid that your skills aren’t up to the task at hand
Be creative and remember that this year’s theme is “Looking Forward, Looking Back” if you want to go in that direction
Please get your designs to us ASAP – we’re a little late getting this notice out, but we’d ideally like to have the winning design available at SL10BCC when the gates open on the 16th June.
The closing date for submissions is midnight on the 15th June. To submit a design, or to ask any questions on the matter, please contact the Keeper of the Capsule, Will Webb. Note that previous capsules can be seen upon request for those who require a little inspiration or guidance in developing a design.
There are no guarnatees you’ll win, you may have the nicer design technically, but someone else’s might fit the theme better – but why not have a little fun and see what you can come up with.
Sunset over A’stra
Calling All SL10B Event Organisers
There are SL10 Celebrations planned all over the grid and we want to give our visitors a direct flight to every event we can. If you are planning a Birthday party, performance, festival or feast from June 16 to 23, just send us the information and we’ll add you to the big Connections Board!
Pass a folder in-world to Honour McMillan with the following contents:
A notecard with a description of the event; what it is, the date(s) and time(s), the maturity level and a landmark
A photo or poster for the event. Please note that the image must satisfy the General Maturity guidelines, even if your event is Moderate or Adult
The photo or poster must be a texture sized no more than 512 in any direction
The notecard and the texture must be full perm.
ALSO – If you know of an event please ask them to contact Honour. The entire world is celebrating and we want to share invitations to as many locations as possible!
The SL10B Community Celebration opens its doors for a week of partying, events and 20+ regions of amazing builds (don’t forget Bear Island or The Cornfield!), on Sunday June 16th.
It is going to be amazing.
Ahead of the official opening, we’re holding two Press Days on Friday 14th and Saturday 15th June. The regions will open at noon SLT on the 14th to members of SL10BCC Press Group, and will remain open through until 18:00 on Saturday 15th June.
There will also be guided tours of the regions and notable exhibits / events areas. These will all commence at the SL10BCC Welcome Area, and take place at 14:00, 16:00 and 18:00 SLT.
If you are a blogger or member of the SL press, don’t miss your opportunity to preview the SL10BCC regions ahead of the opening!
Press Packs will be given out to all people taking the tour, full of goodies donated by exhibitors. There will also be information on the Long Walk (the special Hunt we are organising) and a list of very useful landmarks!
Press members are welcome to take snapshots, videos and blog on the SL10B Community Celebration sims. Press Tours include visiting the main attractions of SL10B and fantastic resident created builds. It’s recommended to ride the pod tour around the SL10B sims to see many amazing builds.
If you would like to join-in the Press Day events, and have not already signed-up for a Press Pass, please do so ASAP via the Press Pass application form.
Also, and in order to help us organise numbers, it would also help us if you could also complete the form below, stating your preferred time to attend any of the tours, etc.
SL10B by Us is an intersim event in celebration of Second life’s tenth anniversary. From now until the 30th June, SL10B by Us (SL10BBU) will be featuring DJ-led parties, live music entertainment, art exhibitions, hunts, spoken word events, and more, as well a special charity events for Feed a Smile. as well as a special event in honour of those who have fought cancer and survived.
A full list of planned events can be found on the SL10BBU website’s event’s page.
Participants in events include noted DJs and live performance artists from across SL, including DJ Bcreative Wilde, DJ Savannah Coronet, Engrama, Greg Ellis, Gina Stella, SaraMarie Philly and Starrfish Ohmai; poets and voice artists such as Russell Eponym, Eluna Baramm and Aeon et Mireille, as well as artists and photographers at a number of gallery events.
Art Exhibitions
A series of art exhibitions will be held during the festivities:
The SL10B by Us, Main Sim – featuring Tim Deschanel, Keltyana Magic, Loee, Fredylajoie Merlin, Kaelyn Alecto, Sisi Biedermann, Maxxster, Mary Kalil, Monroe Snook
Artemis Gallery – featuring a retrospective exhibition about the 3 year of Galerie Artemis’ activities with works of all the artists who have exhibited at the gallery
It All Starts With a Smile – one of the regions participating in the SL10B by Us art event throughout June
Event Hunt
Commencing on June 15th, the SL10BBU hunt will take participants across Second Life in search of flowers designed for the event by Ama Avro. Each flower will reveal a special gift. Further details on the hunt will be available on the SL10BBU hunt page.
dio Place
In an interesting link-up SL10BBU is using a dio place as a means of promoting events and to share photos in a gallery format.
Over the next two weekends the Sail4Life Second Sol Regatta will be taking place as a part of the overall Sail4Life fundraising work for Relay for Life.
Over the course of both weekends some 20 teams of between one and four sailors will race one another using an all-mesh sail boat donated for the regatta by Jacquline Trudeau of Trudeau Yachts. The Trudeau Patchogue II sailboat is a lovely little boat which is fast and manoeuvrable, and should be well-suited to the event (I recently had fun skipping around in one of the demos!).
The first round of qualifying races will take place on Friday 14th and Saturday 15th June, over a range of courses as follows:
Friday June 14 12:30 SLT: Nantucket Yacht Club-SL, Atlantic raceline Race Directors: Jean Quartz, Gemma Vuckovic
Saturday June 15 09:00: North Sea/ EYBC, Breadnut raceline. Race Director: LlDewell Hawker
Saturday June 15 15:00: Danshire Yacht Club, Queequeg raceline. Race Director: Hay Ah
Saturday June 15 18:00: Fishers Island Yacht Club, Plum Gut raceline. Race Director: Jane Fossett.
There will be further heats on Saturday June 22nd, with the top crews from the various heats then competing in the finals on Sunday June 23rd, after which there will be an award ceremony and closing party.
Full details of the courses and participating crews can be found in the SL Sailing Forum. spectators are welcome, but are asked to keep clear of the race routes (see the maps on the forum thread), and not to touch the boats participating in the races. There are viewing areas at the various yacht clubs supporting the event, such as at the Danshire Yacht Club quayside as well as the other participating yacht clubs, and spectators will be able to donate to RFL.
Those interested in trying-out the Trudeau Patchogue II sailboat can do so by availing themselves of a timed demo version which can be obtained from the following two locations: The Trudeau Yacht Yard, and the dock at Danshire Yacht Club in Knaptrackicon.
About Sail4Life and the Second Sol Regatta
Sail4Life has always been a strong supporter of Relay for Life, and in 2012, it raised L$2.34 million through a series of events held across the RFL of SL season, including regattas, races, auctions and other events, as well as a strong presence at the RFL of SL weekend. The Second Sol Regatta 2013 promises to present another great page in the history of the SL sailing community’s support for RFL.
Trying-out the Trudeau Patchogue II sailboat
The Second Sol Regatta is co-sponsored by more than eight Yacht Clubs and Sailing Groups grid-wide, and it’s dedicated to the memory of Francois Jacques. Second Sol will be Fran’s regatta, and it will support Sail4Life, the charity she loved and tirelessly supported for nearly a decade.
The Lab has launched a further part of its input into the SL10B celebrations, with a new free pack offered on the SL Marketplace and a new grid–wide hunt for Premium members.
