Category: Events

SL9B first: water sims!

Posted on by Inara Pey

With 20 sims now being supplied by Dream Seeker Estates, Fruit Islands and Kitty CatS, as well as six from an anonymous donor, further details on the make-up of the sims has been released.

  • Seven full sims and two part-sims are available for exhibitors, providing between 250 and 300 1024sq parcels, each with a Land Impact of 234 (mesh builds are welcome at SL9B)
  • In an SLB first, two sims will be 100% water!
    • One of these will be available for exhibitors – so if your planned build at SL9B is suited for water, please indicate this on your application form
    • The other water sim will feature a stage either above, below (or both) the water. This will be a mesh build and is being contributed by Kazuhiro Aridian
  • Three other sims will be devoted to this year’s entertainment: one solely for DJs, one for live events, and the theatre / cake stage. Mikati Slade is supplying this year’s cake, so be ready for something very unique!
  • As there will be other SL9B events going on around the grid, The will be a dedicated Birthday Hub, which will be used to display information on other events being held in-world, so if you are planning an event, drop a message into the SL9B website.

If you wish to stay abreast of news relating to SL9B, join The SLB Community in-world.

SL9B is being organised by residents, for residents – there is no direct involvement from Linden Lab. Along with the festivities there will be fundraising for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights Aids, a charity supported by Dream Seeker Estates.

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5th annual SL Home and Garden Expo

Posted on by Inara Pey

The fifth annual Second Life Home & Garden Expo is currently underway across 16 sims showcasing the work of many of SL’s top homes & gardens creators (many of whom are also sponsoring the event), with two additional sims for entertainment and breedable pets respectively.

The event opened on May 19th and will run through until May 28th and is supporting Relay for Life SL, with the 18 sims sited directly adjacent to the American Cancer Society’s region, which visitors to the Expo are welcome to visit.

The Expo sims are laid out with a mix of home & garden parcels, all based on a grid of interlinking footpaths that make wandering the event easy and which serve as natural boundaries. RFL donation plinths are regularly spaced along the footpaths, allowing people to donate as they go. Given the sheer number of sims and exhibitors, finding things can be a handful, so I recommend you make use of the Expo guide available on the official website.

Expo map

To encourage visitors, many of the participants in the Expo are offering exclusive items which will only be available throughout the duration of the event. These range from building through to furniture to trees and plants – even clothing and aircraft are offered, making it quite an eclectic mix.

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SL9B: TWENTY regions for central celebrations

Posted on by Inara Pey

Following the recent announcement that Dream Seeker Estates will be providing ten regions to be used as a focal point for this year’s Second Life Birthday celebrations, the number has now DOUBLED to a total of TWENTY regions for the central celebrations. The additional sims were donated from several sources:

  • Six have been provided by an anonymous donor
  • Two have been donated by Fruit Islands
  • Two have been donated by KittyCatS

This brings the total number of regions available for the central celebrations to twenty!

More news will be published on this sticky as it is made known.

SL9B is being organised by residents, for residents – there is no direct involvement from Linden Lab. Along with the festivities there will be fundraising for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights Aids, a charity supported by Dream Seeker Estates.

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And a very special message on the event:

Video courtesy of Mr. Crap Mariner.

Seanchai Library’s “Welcome Summer” weekend

Posted on by Inara Pey

This weekend, Saturday May 19th and Sunday May 20th,  the Seanchai Library will host a Welcome to Summer Weekend featuring a variety of summer-themed events to benefit their home at the Community Virtual Library (CVL) Estate (SLurl).

In addition to the events, the scenic parcel on Imagination Island will be fitted out with picnics, blankets and other trappings of summer. Chief among these features will be “The Narrows” – a surf wave running along the North border of the sim from the creations of noted Second Life surf creators Heather Goodlife and Sebastian Saramango. “The Narrows” features perilous off-sim rocks, a shark, a kraken, and free surfboards so everyone can “catch the wave.” Residents are encouraged to enjoy the summer features of the sim all weekend long. Imagination Island is a Mature rated sim.

Events

All times SLT

Saturday 19th May:

  • 13:00 – Summer Stories read by the Seanchai Staff
  • 14:00 – Lightning Productions present their Tribute to the Beach Boys concert
  • 15:00 – More tales of sun, sand and surf

Sunday 20th May:

  • 16:00 – Summer Stories
  • 17:00 – Beach Party hosted by DJ Derry McMahon

All events are free, with all donations received to benefit the Community Virtual Library.

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SL9B Community Celebrations website opens

Posted on by Inara Pey

Updated May 14th: added the SL9B logo and further details obtained from Saffia Widdershin’s announcement. 

Crap Mariner has just let people know via Twitter that the SL9B celebration details are now available.

Here are the bullet-points on the available details:

  • Scheduled to run from the 18th June through to the 24th
  • The “Big Day” is set for the 23rd June
  • Ten sims have been donated for the event by Dream Seeker Estates, all of which will be rated General and bound by the ToS requirements relating to the same
  • There are three sign-up forms:
  • Those applying are asked to read the Event Policies before applying.

Note that this event is being organised by residents, for residents – there is no direct involvement from Linden Lab. Along with the festivities there will be fundraising for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights Aids, a charity supported by Dream Seeker Estates.

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SL9B: Ten sims by the residents, for the residents

Posted on by Inara Pey

Saffia Widdershins, over at the Prim Perfect blog has just issued news that there will be ten sims available for centralised events during SL9B.

A formal announcement will be made on Monday May 14th, but Saffia notes:

There will be stages, resident plots, art plots, and there are plans to link to other community events across the grid.

There will be a birthday cake and a time capsule.

But there will be no involvement by Linden Lab. This a 100% resident event (which is being organised by some of the volunteers behind past Birthday and Burn events).

This is excellent news indeed, and congrat in advance to all involved for pulling this together.

For Saffia’s full piece, please go to the Prim Perfect blog, and make sure you keep an eye on it Monday!

With thanks to Saffia & Prim Perfect