As well as working on the next release of Exodus and rolling out a series of nightly builds, the Exodus team are also staging an exhibit at this year’s SL9B celebrations – and they need help from their users!
In asking for my help in putting out the call for assistance, Geenz Spad explained the situation thus, “Basically, we’re setting up a Made in Exodus exhibit for photographers and machinimists where they’ll have a chance to show people what they’ve got.”
Exodus at SL9B
The team is looking for three things from photographers:
Samples of their work, preferably taken using Exodus’ HDR features
A statement on why they use Exodus and how its features benefit them in their work
A logo for their establishment (if appropriate).
For machinimatographers, the team needs:
A URL to the video (shot using Exodus) they’d like showcased
A statement on why they use Exodus for their work, and how its features benefit them when filming
A logo for their establishment (if appropriate).
Submissions containing the required information should be made to Geenz Spad, either in-world via IM or notecard, or via e-mail to: geenz-at-exodusviewer.com.
SL9B will feature two special themed days during the event.
AIDS Benefit Day
Dream Seeker Estates, who donated the first 10 sims for SL9B has been a long-time supporter of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. Prior to donating the sims, Dream Seeker had been planning to run a special AIDS Benefit Campaign throughout June. Therefore, to mark their generous donation of the sims, Friday June 22nd has been designated AIDS Benefit Day at SL9B in support of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.
A call is therefore going out to the community asking anyone interested in being involved in the AIDS Benefit Day to get in contact. An application form is available here, and we are keen to hear from individuals and groups who are interested in:
Holding an event
Giving a presentation
Taking part in a discussion about AIDS.
Please note that the closing date for AIDS Benefit Day submissions is June 9th.
Mesh Day
Wednesday 20th June has been designated Mesh Day at SL9B – a day to highlight Mesh creations and to look at the impact of mesh on the grid. Again, we are looking for people to take part in this, and a form is available for those wishing to register interest.
The water stage: a mesh build at SL9B
Three categories of activity have been envisaged for Mesh Day:
The Mesh Builds Directory: A listing of all builds at SL9B that feature mesh in whole or in part, which visitors to SL9B can use to find and investigate the power and magic of mesh on Mesh Day itself
Mesh Fashion Events: Costa Rica, a part of Dream Seeker Estates, will be organising a series of fashion shows to highlight the work of mesh clothing and fashion designers – so if you are a design working in mesh, we want to hear from you!
Mesh presentations and discussions: we invite those interested in staging a presentation on mesh or who would be interested in participating in panel discussions on mesh that will be held on Mesh Day to also use the form and get in contact with us.
Please note that the closing date for Mesh Day submissions is June 9th.
If you have any ideas for other ways in which we can mark these days, please use the comments on the official blog post announcing these events to let us know.
About SL9B
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.
Buidling is now underway on the central SL9B sims, and exhibits are starting to take shape. All exhibitor notifications have been processed and e-mails sent out. Sadly, as the event was over-subscribed with 488 submissions vying for 350 parcels, not every application could be accepted – so if you have not received an e-mail, the organising team offer their apologies, but there really wasn’t the room to fit everyone.
As the official blog post states, this doesn’t stop you joining with other events being held across the grid, or from displaying your build yourself – and there will be room to advertise it and encourage people to visit via the Celebration Hub.
Also, in terms of events – the SL9B Auditorium Booking form is still available. If you would like to use the auditorium for non-commercial group discussions or presentations about self-help, SL skills, community outreach, health, fashion, news, round tables, technology, etc – then please complete this form ASAP.
In the meantime, here’s a little slideshow, which I hope doesn’t give too much away, showing the building progress on the sims.
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.
The sims for SL9B are now open for exhibitors to commence work on their builds!
Well in excess of 400 applications for spots have been received, and while e-mails confirming the success of applications are going out, it will take time for all notifications to be sent – so if you haven’t yet received an e-mail, give it a little time, the team are working through things as quickly as possible, but the volume means there will be unavoidable delays (so if you haven’t already, why not start work on your build elsewhere?).
As previously mentioned, there are a number of steps successful applicants need to take / be aware of in order to secure their parcel and start work:
You will need to have two free Group slots – one for the SLB Community Group, one for the SLB Exhibitor and Entertainment Group
You must join the SLB Community Group in-world (if you haven’t already done so)
To gain an invitation to the Exhibitor and Entertainment Group, please request the help of an Exhibitor Assistant (EA) via the SLB Community Group
An EA will IM you (again, there might be a slight delay in this, there is liable to be a high volume of calls being handled initially!) with your invitation to join the Exhibitor and Entertainment Group and other essentials to enable you to get to work on the sims
Once on-site, make sure you have the Exhibitor and Entertainment Group as your active tag and everything you place out for your build must be set to the Exhibitor and Entertainment Group, or they will be returned after one minute
All builds should be no larger than 32×32 metres or exceed a Land Impact (prim count) of 257
Mesh and sculpts are welcome within builds, but please keep the use of the latter to a minimum / to essentials only
If possible, please do not use any scripts that require interacting with the region server or an external server/database for information to function
Please try to restrict the use of physics-enabled objects and remember that no temp-on-rez prims (aka no temp rezzers) are allowed—this includes holographic rezzers or any devices that momentarily rez a temp structure. Exhibits that utilize the physics engine will be reviewed prior to opening to make sure that they will not cause problems when the regions are filled with visitors
All builds must conform to SL “General” rating requirements
Selling is prohibited. Free gifts, or “freebies,” are fine. Additionally, displays should have actual content, not just look like advertisements.
About SL9B
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.
As promised, the centralised SL9B sims will feature an events hub that is available for other SL9B events to be advertised. The hub will be located in the welcome area, immediately available to those arriving, allowing other communities and events to promote the SLB celebrations they are holding this year as well.
If you are organising or host an SLB event, then the organisers of SL9B would like to hear from you! Here’s what to do:
Create a notecard with all the relevant information on the event: description, date(s) / time(s), venue(s), maturity rating, SLurl and anything else you think will encourage someone reading it to attend your event
Create a “poster” to advertise the event. This should be in the form of a texture (no bigger than 256×256 pixels) which can be a photograph or illustration – but which again should include the name of the event and the date(s) / time(s)
Enclose BOTH of these in a notecard, together with a landmark for the event, give the notecard a suitable title (e.g. “Notification of XXX SL9B event”, where XXX is the name of your event), add contact details (in case we need to contact you) and send the covering notecard to Dmom2k Darwin in-world. Please ensure you get the details to Dmom2k on or before June 14th, 2012.
Please do make sure everything you send is 100% correct. We won’t have the time to check SLurls, landmarks or spelling. All received posters will be displayed in Givers at the hub, allowing visitors to collect notecards and LMs for events which interest them.
Let’s work together to make SL9B an awesome grid-wide celebration!
ETA: revised image size for posters. Now 256×256 rather than 512×512.
The closing date for all applications relating to volunteers, entertainers and exhibitors (midnight SLT, June 3rd) is almost on us. Already, some 400 exhibitor applications have been received, and this being the case, here’s a short update for all exhibitors on what the next steps in the process will be. If you’re not already aware of things, please take a moment to read:
If your application is successful, you willreceive an e-mail notifying you of your success, with (I understand) details of your assigned parcel
The e-mail will also contain key information on how to go about preparing to install your build
You will need to have two free Group slots – one for the SLB Community Group, one for the SLB Exhibitor Group
Membership of the Exhibitor Group is by invitation only – details of how to obtain an invitation will be provided in the e-mail
Please note that access to the SL9B sims will not be granted to anyone prior to 10:00 on Monday June 4th
Similarly, invitations to join the SLB Exhibitor Group will not be handed out prior to 10:00 on Monday June 4th
When installing your build on your parcel, please ensure you have the SLB Exhibitor Group as your active Group tag – if you do not, items will be auto-returned.
Important Note: As of June 2nd 2012, the Land Impact allowance (that’s the prim count in old money) for exhibits has been raised to 257.
As always, the SL9B spooksperson, The Prim Reaper, has supplied a video, this one demonstrating how to sign-up to the SLB Community, and which also provides additional information.
About SL9B
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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