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Well that was a meeting full of surprises as well a meeting full of no surprises. There was news of a promotion, news that Linden Lab are looking to replace Blondin but the most shocking development was the sight of Censor and Censoribility, Amanda Linden and Lexie Linden, chairing the Zindra User Group Meeting.
“Pics or it didn’t happen” I hear you say, well here you go:
Just a quick update, because I am totally exhausted…….WE RAISED OVER L1,120,000 this weekend!!!! More news to come. I am just too tired right now to go into all of it….it is amazing what a little love can do.
That is exactly what this is. A two day jammed pack musical line up as follows:
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PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE
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SATURDAY, JUNE 4TH
1pm – Anek Fuchs Bubbblez Buccaneer hosting
2pm – AcousticEnergy Nitely Kiran Sporg hosting
3pm – Karter Stonecutter Rich Reynaud hosting
4pm – terrylynn melody Rich Reynaud hosting
5pm – Satin & Erin Agatha Nowels hosting
6pm – Chris Evermore Bonnie Woodward hosting
7pm – Blue Loxely Jezebel Bailey hosting
8pm – Edward Kyomoon Jezebel Bailey hosting
SUNDAY, JUNE 5TH
11am – Andreus Gustafson Kiran Sporg hosting
Noon – Max Kleene Kiran Sporg hosting
1pm – SaraMarie Philly Jezebel Bailey hosting
2pm – Skye Galaxy Foxxy Demonia hosting
3pm – Gavin Zane Jezabel Bailey hosting
4pm – TwinGhost Ronas Agatha Nowels hosting
5pm -Clairede Dirval Bonnie Woodward hosting
6pm – Stella Silvansky Sarah Yorkshire hosting
7pm – Damian Carbenell Nikki Mathieson hosting
There are 35+ raffle prizes…..from an Amaretto Clydesdale female 6 y/o, a compatible set of meeroo nests, KittyCatS Kittens,a Cinderella Carriage (one with horses and mouse, one without). 3 gifts from Corvus Imaginarium, Jewelry, and soooooooooooooooo much more.
Mark your calenders……a time with whom you would like to see……or just send LINDENS….yes CASH WORKS TOO!
All proceeds will be forwarded to the Red Cross Missouri Tornado Relief Fund, and it will run Saturday, June 4th from 1pm to 9pm and Sunday, June 5th from 12 noon to 8pm.
Thank you to all the many people who donate their time to do these events…the artists and the hosts – all of whom are listed above-, the managers who work behind the scenes but whom we couldn’t do without -Kiran Sporg, Lo Bloch, Sarah Yorkshire, Sher Salmson -, all the many people who have donated their work for the raffle. Gwampa Lomu, whom has so generously donated the use of his venue over the weekend. A special thank you to Edward Lowell and the folks from the StreamTeam who have been kind enough to donate the two streams for this event.
If I have missed anyone, it is not because it is not felt. It is. Just smack me inworld.
Thanks to all who help support this effort.
Jez
One of the beauties of Second Life is the freedom to create, it’s why the old tagline of “Your World, Your Imagination” was so wonderfully apt, and why it was disconcerting when it was removed. Some people of course don’t like creative freedom because creative freedoms lead to situations where people don’t like what others create. However one should always remember that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I still get excited when my scripts come to fruition and actually do what I want them to do, to me that makes it a beautiful day.
However with creative freedom also comes responsibility, which is why people aren’t free to create anything they like, there are certain items that will earn you a one way ticket to palookaville, there’s a distinctly “Don’t be Evil” subplot to these creative freedoms, hence why you get asked for permissions to do things.
Rules are of course seen in some quarters as a bad thing and being careful what you wish for is another concern, which has been exemplified by the official forums which are being rejigged again.
Continue reading “We Wanna Be Free To Do What We Wanna Do And We Wanna Get Loaded”
With a hat tip to Cristiano at SLUniverse for his post on the subject, it seems that Richard “Lord British” Garriott is planning a virtual world social hub called Centerport, which you can read about here. The blurb starts well:
“When it makes its debut in 2012, CenterPort will be the virtual world social hub for the OpenLife ecosystem, a broad yet fully integrated meta-community. And, it’s also a robust game unto itself.”
There’s talk of reward systems, games, friends lists and when it’s initially launched it will be as a social network app for the likes of Facebook, MySpace and hi5 …. will Myspace still be around in 2012? Facebook will be and that’s going to be one of the problems for this venture, but that’s a different issue for a different post.
However before folk get too excited, let’s look a bit deeper:
“Learning providers can create entire campuses composed of multiple learning environments. Game designers can create custom games Virtual world providers can provide any type of environment (within similar constraints as the Entertainment Software Ratings Board [ESRB] content ranges, we intend to avoid the issues that Second Life is wrestling with due to the adult/erotic/pornographic flavor of so much of their content).”
Hmmmm……..
I was extremely disappointed to learn that Blondin had left the lab, and all the more disappointed to see it via a post at SL Universe. That post was inspired by a notice from Marianne McCann in the Bay City Alliance Group where Marianne thanked Blondin for his care and attention and wished him all the best for the future.
Why Blondin has left, I have no idea, but I certainly hope that it is for the right reasons, because Blondin worked hard with communities of all ranges and whereas I largely spoke to him at Zindra user group meetings, or office hours, he’d also been at the community tools user group meetings, the events users group meetings, he was here, there and every bloody where.
I must admit that I did wonder aloud whether he was bored at a recent Zindra group meeting, they really can be like Groundhog Day but he IM’d me to say he wasn’t bored:
