July 2011 – Page 2 – Ciaran Laval

July 16, 2011July 16, 2011

RFL of Second LIfe Weekend Finale

Seasons Of Hope 2011

Hello from Relay For Life of Secondlife!
(the Visitors Guide can also be viewed by HUD or at Visitors Guide)

SEASONS OF HOPE! Event Day – July 16th & 17th, 2011
Relay for Life Welcome Center
Relay For Life Weekend 2011 Activities & Entertainment Guide

What is Relay For Life of Second Life?

Relay For Life is the signature event of the American Cancer Society and has been active, and continually growing in Second Life for 6 years. In 2005, the first Relay For Life of Second Life (RFL of SL) was attended by a few hundred avatars and raised almost $5,000 US dollars for the American Cancer Society. In 2009 the Relay For Life of Second Life raised over $250,000.00 US dollars and was attended by thousands of avatars. In 2010 the Relay For Life of Second Life raised over $220,000. We ran right past the $1,000,000 mark during our 2011 campaign!

Relay Weekend is a fun-filled, overnight event that unites SL individuals throughout the world to celebrate survivors (anyone who has ever been diagnosed with cancer), remember loved ones and raise money for the fight against cancer.

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July 15, 2011July 15, 2011

RFL 2011 – About The Track

Whereas Linden Lab won’t give me a press pass, other people rather foolishly will! Therefore I have had a sneak peek at the Relay For Life sims, with the opening ceremony tomorrow and Linden Lab advertising this worthy cause it’s a good time to take a look at the track and the events in general. Jezebel Bailey is currently writing a blog about the general info so we’ll see who blogs first!

Now the best place to start is the welcome centre and I say this because there is so much going on, to get there inworld follow this SLURL:

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/RELAY%20FOR%20LIFE/97/136/22

I decided to take a look at the track, if you’re wondering what that is, here are the rules of the road:

*** The Track – Rules of the Road ***

The track is the circulatory system of our relay experience. It is both a means to get from cool place to cool place and the main focus of many relayer’s participation as they dedicate their time to walking laps and honoring those that survive and those they have lost. Please remember these things as we ask for the following rules to be adhered to:

1) The track is one way. Please follow the arrows as you make your way around the track.

2) There are two lanes, please stay to the right if you are moving at a normal walk speed to allow faster traffic to pass on the left.

3) If you need to go AFK or stop to chat with someone along the way, please move off the track to avoid being run into.

4) No Vehicles. This is to minimize the phsyics effect on the regions and the frustration by walkers of being hit by a vehicle.

5) NO “pets” that are not worn attachments (dogs, cats, whatever that follow you or have random motion).

6) HAVE FUN!!!

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July 15, 2011

Izzy Wizzy Let’s Get Busy

Before Jezebel and I go Relay For Life crazy, I thought I’d blog about abandoned land in Second Life. I was pondering the other week about the sheer amount of abandoned land in one of the mainland sims I have land in, some of it was set for sale but plenty of it wasn’t.

I found a plot I liked, my land didn’t border it on three sides but it was adjacent to plenty of my land, but alas it was merely owned by Governor Linden, not set for sale. I decided to chance my arm and put in a support ticket anyway. However I had heard nothing back, which was frustrating as I could make use of this land. Then today I received a response.

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