I’m back from sunnier climes and straight into British Autumn, which today has been rather pleasant. I’ve survived the horror of learning that the Balearic Islands are planning to impose a quite frankly barmy tourist tax next year, which will only encourage another modern horror on the Islands, all inclusive holidays. Seriously, there’s no need for all inclusive holidays in the Balearics. The drunken debauchery is horrendous, and this is coming from someone who is no stranger to drunken debauchery, but there’s a thing such as moderation which all inclusive completely ignores.
I’ve also survived the horrors of the queues and prices of refreshments at Palma airport. However this was all balanced out by sun, sea, beautiful walks and very friendly locals who made my visit very enjoyable.
Now as I prepare to recover from my holiday excess I note that Second Life is preparing to get spooky. The Destination Guide has a haunted category where you can keep an eye on spooky destinations and Linden Lab are joining in the fun with a creepy crawl and a photo contest.
The creepy crawl call to arms went out on october 6th with a blog post from Xiola Linden; Second Life Creepy Crawl 2015 – Call for Venues. Alas entries had to be in before October 20th. Those who have applied to be a host venue should hear back from Linden Lab in the next few days, the plan is :
A-haunting we will go! This year we’re going to take inworld meetups and Halloween shenanigans and mix them together for a frightful mashup of mind-blowingly fun times.
The Creepy Crawl will be taking place on October 30th – more details to follow for those who just want to come along for the fun!
So keep your eyes peeled on the offical Second Life blog for more details. However don’t worry if you’re not part of the creepy crawl, there’s a photo contest that is still running and you have until November 12th to take part in this contest.
On October 15th Linden Lab blogged; Win Awesome Prizes in the 2015 Fa-BOO-lous Snapshot Contest. The blog post points people in the direction of the official forum (which isn’t as scary as it once was) :
In Second Life, every day is an opportunity to dress up, but come Halloween time, Residents step it up and take it to a whole new level of fun and creativity. If this is your first Halloween in Second Life – or even if it’s your 12th – you are in for something incredible!
Why not join in on the fun and even participate in the Second Life 2015 Fa-BOO-lous Snapshot Contest? Simply submit your entries from now until November 12th, and you could win 1 of 4 incredible prizes – L$10,000 , L$5,000, L$3,000, or L$1,000!
Please make sure you read the rules. The contest looks like it will utilise the funky voting feature that was recently incorporated into the Second Life blog, which I posted about in this post; Second Life Blog Enhanced With New Snapshot Widget. A logged in user can vote on snapshots there by clicking on the thumbs up icon, I pondered at the time :
This has potential to be used for the photo competitions Second Life run from time to time.
This looks like as good a time as any to try it out.
Halloween has always been a popular time in Second Life and there are already plenty of spooky destinations to visit, I’m hoping to get around to a few in the next few days, there’s a lot of fun and creativity to explore and of course, as always, plenty of virtual partying.