May 2011 – Page 6 – Ciaran Laval

May 7, 2011May 7, 2011

Elf Clan Say Yes!

Elves! Bloody Elves, they’re not quite as bad as Hobbits, Hobbits are devious little buggers but Elves refuse to come over to the darkside of Elfdom and embrace Drowism. However, in my last post I discussed the issues surrounding Elf Clan in Second Life and suggested that if I were them, I’d accept the offer being made by Linden Lab.

Then I surveyed the sky, decided it might rain and put my coat on for the journey to Villa Park. Whilst there I witnessed an absolutely awful game of football and returned home for find out that Elf Clan have indeed said yes to Linden Lab’s offer! Oh and as an aside, one word of advice to Elf Clan, the name of CEO is Rod Humble!

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May 7, 2011May 7, 2011

Tier and Loathing

Elf Clan, a popular Second Life group with over 2,000 members announced that they would be ceasing operations in Second Life on May 18th and that a sim called Elvenmyst would be closing on this date due to billing difficulties. I’m surprised we haven’t seen more of these sort of announcements as the billing issues with Linden Lab are becoming absurd, one of my tenants hasn’t been able to buy Linden Dollars for a while now and these issues have been acknowledged by Linden Lab in this blog post.

However there are deeper issues behind the Elf Clan unhappiness, the openspace fiasco, of which I was an extremely vocal critic and still believe that you don’t treat customers the way Linden Lab did back then. LL employed great spin to try and deflect the decision back on customers who had been abusing resources, but first of all the abuse was pointed out to LL during the explosion, secondly people reported that they had asked LL for permission to use those sims in that fashion and LL had apparently agreed, the only warning against Openspace misuse had been that you would not get support for performance issues on your sim if it was found that you weren’t using them as suggested, nowhere did they state you could not use them for purposes other than open waterways and forests, who on earth was going to put an open waterway or forest in the middle of nowhere?

However that’s all ancient history, the puzzling thing about the Elf Clan issue now is their response to Linden Lab’s response. Rod Humble got wind of the billing issues via Twitter, billing contacted the person responsible for paying tier and it turns out they’ve been offered two months worth of free tier, as posted here, and Elf Clan are still stamping their feet.

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May 5, 2011May 5, 2011

A Visit to See Tonight Live With Paisley Beebe

On Sunday, as it was a bank holiday Monday, I decided to stay up late and go and watch Tonight Live With Paisley Beebe…. well actually I was going to see Tonight Live With Lady Sakai, but Paisley Beebe does the interviews. I hadn’t been to see the inworld chat show for ages, I think Sarah Nerd was being interviewed last time I went, this isn’t because the show is rubbish, it’s actually very well done, but 2am on a Sunday morning isn’t a great time for me, this is 6PM SLT, so for many of you it’s a great time.

Anyway, I sat at the back and settled down to watch events unfold.

Maybe it’s just me, but crossed legs poses don’t do my evil drow wizard image a lot of good! Where was I, oh yes, the chat show ….

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May 3, 2011May 4, 2011

The SL grid is turning purple!

The SL grid is turning purple!

From May 7 to May 13 the Second Life grid will be turning purple!

Thousands of Second Life residents will be painting their stores and houses purple, wearing purple clothes, purple hair, even purple skin, in order to show their support for the Relay For Life of Second Life and to spread a purple Message of Hope.

Relay For Life® is the signature fundraiser of the American Cancer Society. Relay For Life of Second Life (RFL of SL) is an annual activity that takes place in Second Life® in July each year. Volunteers form or join teams to have fun while fundraising and raising awareness from mid-March through mid-July. In July teams build campsites and walk a track, just like in a real world Relay. Continue reading “The SL grid is turning purple!”

May 1, 2011May 1, 2011

SL Home and Garden Expo Press Release

Home & Garden Expo 2011
In support of Relay For Life

There are some very exciting events about to take place, so be ready to get excited!

This year marks the 4th anniversary of the Home & Garden Expo benefiting Relay For Life of Second Life. 2011′s Expo, will open on Friday, May 13th at NOON, and will remain open 24 hours each day until it closes on May 22nd at 10pm SLT . This year’s extravaganza will span TEN Second Life sims, with over 100 exhibits, more Entertainment and more ways to benefit Relay For Life, too!

The expo will cover all areas of home and land decor in SL. It gathers together many of SL’s greatest architects, furniture makers, gardeners and landscapers, some well-known and some not so well-known, in a grand display to Second Life shoppers and visitors.

There will be ten days of musical entertainment, including both DJ’s and Live Musicians at the Stage Area of the Expo. Builder’s Brewery will host this year’s Expo Classroom with lots of fun classes and a competition or two.

Each Exhibitor will be selling two items which make their debut at the Expo and those sales will go to benefit Relay For Life, along with all proceeds from this year’s, always popular Scavenger Hunt, Auction and Raffle.

To see a full itinerary of the scheduled events, the WONDERFUL sponsors, and the Exhibitors of home, garden, interior, exterior, or whatever you could possibly wish for, please visit SL Home & Garden Expo.

If you are a Second Life Home and/or Garden Blogger, Magazine, Newspaper, Radio, or TV Show, we want YOU at the Home & Garden Expo! You are invited to join us at our early sneak peek. Please register at PRESS. An invitation will be sent to you by May 12th. The sneak peek will take place on May 13th at 10 am SLT. All Accepted press participants will be invited to submit their logo for display in the advertising directory located at the Expo Press Booth on our website.

Please visit the website regularly as we are doing SPONSOR SPOTLIGHTS and have a full list of EVERYTHING possible that will be going on. This year is already proving to be bigger and better than ever before.

If you have any questions or would like to schedule Expo Interviews, please contact…

Jezebel Bailey
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