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Day one of Fantasy Faire was a raging success and thanks to the support of the Second Life community has managed to raise more than USD$1600, that brings the total so far to USDL$1.62 Million, that is over $6500 USD. This is a excellent start to the 2011 Fantasy Faire.
This is great for Relay For Life and The American Cancer society.
For my part I spent day one blogging about the Oran Store and their wonderful creations, which I blogged here.
Fantasy Faire 2011 is open and you can go there – http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Fantasy%20Faire%20Central/131/127/24
My assignment has been to the Fantastical and Magical sim – http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Fantastical%20and%20Magical/63/129/23
To that end I’ve been introduced to the weird and wonderful creations of the Oran Store and their spokeswoman, Inish Karu, who is absolutely delightful to chat with, there is more than one creator involved in this venture you see and they make trees, benches, thrones and Gnomes …. yes Gnomes!
Official Press Release regarding this year’s Fantasy Faire 2011, complete with some info on sponsors.
* * Fantasy Faire 2011, April 2 – 10th * *
Proudly brought to you by
Friends Fighting Cancer
Strong! Together!
…
With The Spirit of Hope!
From Saturday April 2nd to Sunday April 10th 2011, thousands of Second Life residents and creators are coming together to support the American Cancer Society’s vision of a world without cancer. Friends Fighting Cancer (FFC) have transformed nine sims of Second Life into a fantasy wonderland: the Fantasy Faire 2011 to benefit Relay for Life of Second Life (RFL of SL).
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I think I’ve discovered why my forum post asking if people were participating in or attending Fantasy Faire 2011 was nuked, leading to a moderator warning for me, it seems that the guidelines on community participation forbid references to websites if they promote specific merchants or services and the Fantasy Faire 2011 website does have merchants who are attending the event there, I still don’t see how that really falls foul of the spamming reference, or why it’s forbidden in the Roleplaying forum as it’s a Roleplaying event, but there you go.
Others have found that referencing other wesbites that have the answer to a question in the answers section, also ends up with your post being deleted. The thing lacking here is of course common sense, and it’s all the more galling when you consider that Linden Lab are happy to push people towards Facebook and Twitter to find information about what’s going on in Second Life.
So I asked in the Roleplaying forum:
“In April Fantasy Faire 2011 will be upon us, as explained here.
Anyone displaying anything there, or planning on visiting?”
Then away I went and played some Goblin power in WoW for a bit and returned to find, my post has been deleted and I’ve received a warning for violating the rules. Now my first reaction isn’t suitable for a PG blog, nor was my second, third or fourth. Seriously, in a roleplaying forum about roleplay in Second Life, I’m not allowed to discuss one of the biggest roleplay events of the year or provide background to it by linking to their website?
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