Hello there. Wondering where I have been? I’ve been setting up a YouTube account. And there is Torch Guide content going up on there too. Like this;
Torch Guide VidCast Special: Xbox One Special
Enjoy and see you soon, Wil.
This Weeks Relay for Life of Second Life Events!
Check out this weeks Relay for Life of Second Life team events:
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Bid Me Bald Challenge Bailey Viper v Sebastian Viper |
Relay Rockers |
Sun May 5, 2013 |
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Day 1 – End of Time 5-Day Music Festival |
Life\’s Angels |
Wed May 22, 2013 |
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Venetian Party |
Foundation Organization for Life |
Wed May 22, 2013 |
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Things to Do in Second Life – Week of May 19, 2013
Check out some of the fun and exciting things to do and see in Second Life this week:
Fashion & Shopping:
The 100 Block: Depraved Nation is hosting their 3rd fashion fair in the month of May. In addition to the Sales Venue, come see live DJs, musical performers, even a photo contest with prize package giveaways. The 100 Block will feature 100 stores and 16 sponsors creating a new, exclusive item specially for the event. What’s better than 116 brands offering new & exclusive items? Each exclusive will be priced at 50% off the normal selling price! For more information, be sure to visit http://bit.ly/10u9IaP.
Egoisme Milano: Visit the new Egoisme Milano for a real Italian shopping experience! Browse the stores for fashion, skins and free gifts or sit with friends and listen to music under the glass-domed roof. This mesh build is a wonderful place to take photographs and even hosts art galleries and live events. Live the dolce vita, at Egoisme Milano.
We Love Roleplay: We Love Roleplay is a monthly shopping event that seeks to promote creators who offer high quality, roleplay-centric content. Featuring over 40 unique and awesome vendors, We Love Roleplay is your place for some of the coolest stuff around. For more information, be sure to visit http://bit.ly/13ZZLGx.
Thoughts from the Cyberverse – Jessica Lyons defense of Firestorm 4.4.0
Disclaimer: This post contains subjective opinions from the author, Morphman The Clown.
There has been some talk about the latest release of Firestorm viewer being unstable and full of bugs and debates have gone into flamewar territory. Jessica Lyon, project leader of the Firestorm project, wrote a message to the community in order to explain and hopefully calm down the users. I do not wish to take sides on this issue, but I do want to explain a bit about what goes on behind the scenes on big projects like this.
Perfection is impossible! That is something people must realize, there is no such thing as perfect, you can only get “good enough”, never better than that. When it comes to Firestorm 4.4.0, it seems like many users didn’t think it was good enough, something Lyon herself admitted, thou the blame shouldn’t be on the development team, the volunteering QA-team or even the project leader. Continue reading
American Cancer Society 100th Birthday Celebration!
This year is the 100th year anniversary of the American Cancer Society. This year’s Relay for Life of Second Life is planning a two day celebration in Second Life at the American Cancer Society Island!
Around The Square Table: InWorldz RFL
The members of InWorldz RFL Committee
Today members are inWorldz sat around the square table to discuss the upcoming Relay For Life Season. This is the second year for this virtual world’s involvement in Relay For Life, the fund-raising event for the American Cancer society,. New additions to Relay For Life IW for year is a new committee chair in the way of Jessii Warhol, a virtual world business woman and the owner of Second Life’s Tribute City.
Convio for this year in inWorldz has yet to be comfirmed, due to the person who handles the Convio for Second Life not having the time to work on the inWorldz aspect of the Convio.
Important Dates
August 24th for the Inworldz Kick off.
September 28th Half Way There Faire
Nov 2nd Closing Ceremony 12 to 12.
Bain Finch Area Chair comments, “ A lot has to be done before the beginning of our Relay Season,
once sponsorship and the team website is set up and getting out info in the welcome areas and to get shops and mall owners to display the info we will start promotion. Team Registration should be done by July a month before kick off.”
Among others things inWorldz spoke about the theme for their kick off event, setting some what on the theme of world but it has yet to be confirmed.
The conversation quickly turned to entertainment. RFL of IW Broadcast owner Red Ryder, shared his idea of having a live performer. When asked why a live performer would b e more appeal than DJs, Hair Thor, a member the committee and owner of Paradise a sim that is hosting RFL inWorldz, comments, “ There is just something more appealing to Live performers, they have a following and at events such as the RFL Live performers are more likely to be well received. “
“ Last year there were a lot of teams that have kiosks but didn’t really do a lot in the way of RFL, there were two of three teams that did a lot more than expected” said Finch to the question of teams. Jillian Quintessa quickly added, “ As team chair I hope to beat the bushes to get more teams this year.”
Sponsorship For RFL
Entry level 50USD
Middle level 100USD
Premium level 150USD
To keep up to date with Relay for Life of InWorldz don’t forget to check out their blog
The Bitcoin Bundle
Second Life and Linden Labs aren’t the only ones being affected by the rise of the Bitcoin. According to a press release from GamesPress.com, top indie game developers are showing their support for the virtual currency by creating a bundle that allows Bitcoin users to pay whatever they want for four award nominated Indie Games.
Supporters include 2D Boy, Omai Systems, Spaces of Pray and Broken Rules,. All agree that it is a way for players and creators to become a step closer together.
The Release states that “Unlike other bundles this is entirely based around the Bitcoin. Not only do users buy these products with Bitcoins but the developers are paid in Bitcoins.”
Alex Amsei, the director of the Bitcoin Bundle states ” We created this bundle to be special, it’s exclusively handled in Bitcoin. We didn’t just want to have it as a payment option , we wanted to promote the currency itself. “
Marek Pliche, from contributing Indie Dev company Space of Pray comments: ” Digital distribution removed the need for publishers as the middleman between customers and game developers. Bitcoins might be able to do the same thing for all kinds of creative businesses and help them thrive.’
The Bitcoin Bundle will be available for 2 weeks starting on May 16th and ending on May 30th.
Those of you who have no idea what a Bitcoin is: It is form of virtual currency much like the Linden Dollars of Second life, expect it has no central authority. It can be used to pay any one, anywhere in the world almost instantly and anonymously without having to pay any bank charges.
To become a Bitcoin user, you can buy Bitcoins from any of the following companies Blockchain.info (International; not UK), Coinbase (US), BitInstant (US), and BitBargain (UK). The Bitcoin Bundle uses industry leading technology from Coinbase to handle Bitcoin transactions.
The games involved in the Bitcoin bundle are DRM Free, they are available for PC, Mac and Linux and can also be found on Steam (subject to availability). For more information about The Bitcoin Bundle check out the website.
There is no doubt now that Bitcoins are beginning to not only affect our virtual worlds but our real one as well. Are Bit coins a good idea or just a waste of time? What do you think?
6th Annual Home & Garden Expo Starts Next Week!
The 6th annual Home & Garden Expo, an official Relay for Life of Second Life fundraising event, is scheduled to kick off next week. This event brings together over 100 home, landscaping, garden, and interior design creators in Second Life for 10 days of exhibits and fun!
Virtual Ryukyu Presents Spring Festival
Virtual Ryukyu will be celebrating spring by hosting a Spring festival at their sim this Saturday, May 16th 20113.
To celebrate they will behaving several contests, musical sets and a Spring day Hunt.
Virtual Ryukyu is a Japanese themed sim in Second Life based on the Ryukyu islaand, now called Okinawa, in Japan.
Relay for Life of Second Life’s Halfway There Fair
This weekend, Relay for Life of Second Life, will celebrate it’s annual halfway mark of the season, with the Halfway There Fair! Teams who have earned awards at this point of the season, will be presented with trophies and there will be two days of music and fun!
