{"id":4694,"date":"2015-02-21T00:02:28","date_gmt":"2015-02-21T00:02:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/?p=4694"},"modified":"2015-02-21T00:04:14","modified_gmt":"2015-02-21T00:04:14","slug":"intergalactic-planetary-planetary-intergalactic-the-sic-fi-convention-launches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/?p=4694","title":{"rendered":"Intergalactic Planetary, Planetary Intergalactic &#8211; The Sci-Fi Convention Launches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Magralthea by Ciaran Laval, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ciaran_laval\/15973233364\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7354\/15973233364_0980d4e425.jpg?resize=500%2C277&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Magralthea\" width=\"500\" height=\"277\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The <a title=\"Science Fiction Convention Opens\" href=\"https:\/\/slscificonvention.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">2015 Second Life Science Fiction Convention<\/a> officially launched earlier this evening and there were no glitches. As a Dwarfin this was unchartered territory for me as I boldly went where no Dwarfin has gone before, to experience space, the final frontier.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"New Vegas by Ciaran Laval, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ciaran_laval\/16595393045\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7448\/16595393045_382cf8a6a4.jpg?resize=500%2C277&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"New Vegas\" width=\"500\" height=\"277\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The convention, which is part of the Second Life Relay For Life fundraising effort for The American Cancer Society spans six intergalactic sims, the links are the SLURL&#8217;s :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"SLURL\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.secondlife.com\/secondlife\/Fhloston%20Parside\/66\/100\/111\" target=\"_blank\">Fhloston Paradise \u2013 Purple Sector<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"SLURL\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.secondlife.com\/secondlife\/Magralthea\/185\/177\/109\" target=\"_blank\">Magralthea \u2013 Gold Sector<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"SLURL\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.secondlife.com\/secondlife\/New%20Vegas\/128\/128\/24\" target=\"_blank\">New Vegas \u2013 Blue Sector<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"SLURL\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.secondlife.com\/secondlife\/Pern%20Sound\/128\/127\/22\" target=\"_blank\">Pern Sound \u2013 Red Sector<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"SLURL\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.secondlife.com\/secondlife\/Risa\/172\/134\/24\" target=\"_blank\">Risa \u2013 Orange Sector<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"SLURL\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.secondlife.com\/secondlife\/Sihnon\/181\/67\/109\" target=\"_blank\">Sihnon \u2013 Green Sector<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The event opened with an opening ceremony at Merciless Ming&#8217;s, which is based in Fhloston Paradise, but don&#8217;t worry if you missed it, there&#8217;s more entertainment planned for today.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Fhloston paradise by Ciaran Laval, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ciaran_laval\/16594210751\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7283\/16594210751_4409c01514.jpg?resize=500%2C277&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Fhloston paradise\" width=\"500\" height=\"277\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Amongst today&#8217;s other events are (all times in SLT) :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>5pm: Harmonia SINGS! &#8211;\u00a0<a title=\"SLURL To Pub\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.secondlife.com\/secondlife\/Pern%20Sound\/90\/228\/23\" target=\"_blank\">Sci-Fi Pub<\/a><\/li>\n<li>7pm: Jazz Night Party with ITG! &#8211;\u00a0<a title=\"SLURL To Theatre\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.secondlife.com\/secondlife\/Fhloston%20Parside\/92\/211\/2508\" target=\"_blank\">The Milky Way Cabaret Theatre<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To keep tabs on all events, check out the <a title=\"Events Page\" href=\"https:\/\/slscificonvention.wordpress.com\/events-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">events page<\/a> on the Sci-Fi alliance website.<\/p>\n<p>However if partying with your phasers set to fun (<a title=\"Inara Enters Orbit\" href=\"https:\/\/modemworld.wordpress.com\/2015\/02\/20\/hailing-frequencies-open-the-2015-sl-sci-fi-convention-enters-orbit\/\" target=\"_blank\">phrase borrowed from<\/a> Inara &#8220;<em>I am your Father<\/em>&#8221; Pey.) is not your thing, then there&#8217;s plenty of other things for you to see and do, but please bear in mind that the opening few days of events in Second Life can be a tad busy and progress may be slow.<\/p>\n<p>My research helped me to discover a strange looking crew.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"USS Solstice Crew by Ciaran Laval, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ciaran_laval\/16595392965\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7428\/16595392965_caaf4963c2.jpg?resize=500%2C277&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"USS Solstice Crew\" width=\"500\" height=\"277\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>They were members of the USS Solstice and were inviting me to join them. Personally I suspect that Elves had slipped something into my drink whilst pretending to be friendly in the Scifi pub, but I will have to go back during the course of convention to see how the land really lies. Never trust an Elf, especially an Elf who wants to be an astronaut.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"USS Solstice Experience by Ciaran Laval, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ciaran_laval\/15975618783\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8679\/15975618783_d5b7933243.jpg?resize=500%2C277&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"USS Solstice Experience\" width=\"500\" height=\"277\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As with all things sci-fi there are three basic rules to obey :<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><em>A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Alternatively you can follow the basic rules of Second Life :<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><em>First day is going to be busy, accept that.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Remove scripted items that you don&#8217;t really need.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Party like it&#8217;s 2525.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Don&#8217;t panic about getting there today, the event runs until March 1st. Most importantly, have fun!<\/p>\n<p><!-- Begin Second Life Destination Link --><\/p>\n<div id=\"sl-dg-widget\" style=\"border: 1px solid #2c2e30; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; height: auto; width: 450px; display: block; background-image: none; background-color: #2c2e30;\"><a style=\"border: none; color: #5cb192; display: block; margin: 0; padding: 5px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"http:\/\/secondlife.com\/destination\/2015-sci-fi-convention?sourceid=dgw1\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 440px; display: inline; border: initial none initial;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lecs-destinations-secondlife-com.s3.amazonaws.com\/img\/14379\/54e638fa2d8a0846565898.jpg?w=525\" alt=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"color: #5cb192; display: block; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; font-size: 20px; line-height: 22px; padding: 6px 0px 3px 2px; margin: 3px 0px 0px 0px; border: initial none initial;\">2015 Sci Fi Convention<\/h1>\n<p style=\"border: none; display: block; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 7px 5px 0px; padding: 2px 0px 3px 3px; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; color: #bbbbbb;\">Attention all sci-fi lovers, join the 2015 Sci-Fi Convention! This annual event returns with 6 regions with 10 days of exhibits, sci-fi-based creations, and events in support of Relay For Life of Second Life, an official charity of the American Cancer Society. For more information, be sure to visit http:\/\/bit.ly\/1w1TImX.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"sl-dg-widget-btn\" style=\"-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.496094) 0px 1px 3px 0px; background-color: #ff5c00; background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, 0% 0%, 0% 100%, from(#FFB23F), to(#FF9A03)); border-bottom-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.246094); border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-top-left-radius: 5px; border-top-right-radius: 5px; cursor: pointer; color: white; display: inline-block; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; height: 20px; line-height: 20px; margin: none; outline-color: white; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px; padding: 3px 0 5px 0; position: relative; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; text-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.246094) 0px -1px 1px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 100%; border-width: 0px;\">Visit in Second Life<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span id=\"dgw-pix\"><\/span><!-- End Second Life Destination Link --><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-share-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" data-url=\"http:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/?p=4694\" data-via=\"Ciaran_Laval\">Tweet<\/a><br \/>\n<script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2015 Second Life Science Fiction Convention officially launched earlier this evening and there were no glitches. As a Dwarfin this was unchartered territory for me as I boldly went where no Dwarfin has gone before, to experience space, the final frontier. The convention, which is part of the Second Life Relay For Life fundraising &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/?p=4694\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Intergalactic Planetary, Planetary Intergalactic &#8211; The Sci-Fi Convention Launches&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[159,535,130,3,14],"tags":[1030,19,1027,866,1022],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6rJUK-1dI","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4694"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4694"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4694\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4697,"href":"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4694\/revisions\/4697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}