{"id":5131,"date":"2015-07-03T23:41:29","date_gmt":"2015-07-03T22:41:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/?p=5131"},"modified":"2015-07-08T23:37:51","modified_gmt":"2015-07-08T22:37:51","slug":"crestwick-village-in-second-life-where-you-dont-stop-believing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/?p=5131","title":{"rendered":"Crestwick Village In Second Life, Where You Don&#8217;t Stop Believing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Crestwick Petrol by Ciaran Laval, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ciaran_laval\/19394921811\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/c1.staticflickr.com\/1\/345\/19394921811_7e8e68c177.jpg?resize=500%2C294&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Crestwick Petrol\" width=\"500\" height=\"294\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Just a small town Dwarfin, living in a lonely world.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I decided to take a trip to a small working class region of Second Life by the name of <a href=\"http:\/\/secondlife.com\/destination\/crestwick-island\" target=\"_blank\">Crestwick Island<\/a> and I was totally blown away by its gritty beauty.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Crestwick Street by Ciaran Laval, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ciaran_laval\/19394919671\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/c1.staticflickr.com\/1\/310\/19394919671_188e64c711.jpg?resize=500%2C294&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Crestwick Street\" width=\"500\" height=\"294\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The actual parcel description states :<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Crestwick Island is a small working class town situated on an Island in the middle of a beautiful bay. The streets are lined faux businesses and shops as well as parks, marsh land and other surprises including a giant hill that supports an observatory.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This is a location that works really well, although it&#8217;s a shame that the business on the streets are faux because the record store looks really funky!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Crestwick Out Of Town by Ciaran Laval, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ciaran_laval\/18770175923\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/c1.staticflickr.com\/1\/258\/18770175923_ab78fc877e.jpg?resize=500%2C294&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Crestwick Out Of Town\" width=\"500\" height=\"294\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The creators of this wonderful location are Ciphertazi Wandin and Isa Messioptra, who also doubles as The Mayor, although I don&#8217;t know if she was democratically elected.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Crestwick Police by Ciaran Laval, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ciaran_laval\/18768274334\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/c1.staticflickr.com\/1\/528\/18768274334_c7d6d38d84.jpg?resize=500%2C294&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Crestwick Police\" width=\"500\" height=\"294\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The way the creators have captured a small town is really impressive. This is a region where you hope the experience never ends, it goes on and on and on and on.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Crestwick Park &amp; Tyres by Ciaran Laval, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ciaran_laval\/19384624472\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/c1.staticflickr.com\/1\/432\/19384624472_0cceb5c6ef.jpg?resize=500%2C294&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Crestwick Park &amp; Tyres\" width=\"500\" height=\"294\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Over on the destination guide there&#8217;s some excellent praise for this region from a user called Stephi Dreme :<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Absolutely breath taking, well worth the trip. I found my self effortlessly going from one place to the next. this creator knows how too design a sim its amazing every nook &amp; crany is filled . worlds with in a world. I so much enjoyed walking up the cliff very realistic. thanx to creator &amp; kudos for a job very well done. &amp; I wasn&#8217;t spamed once during entire visit also a plus.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Content and region creators, there are some tips there on how to make your creations appealing.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Crestwick Stores by Ciaran Laval, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ciaran_laval\/19204591089\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/c1.staticflickr.com\/1\/543\/19204591089_0b24abe2bc.jpg?resize=500%2C294&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Crestwick Stores\" width=\"500\" height=\"294\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is most definitely a region where you don&#8217;t stop believing, you hold onto that feeling, it&#8217;s wonderfully atmospheric and trust me, it&#8217;s well worth a visit.<\/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\/crestwick-island?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\/14833\/557b3e0ee535b749531960.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;\">Crestwick Island<\/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;\">Crestwick Island is a small working class town situated in the middle of a beautiful bay. The streets are lined with a cafe, art gallery, businesses and shops. Downtown is surrounded by parks, marsh land and other surprises including a giant hill that supports an abandoned scientific research center which overlooks the town.<\/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>SLURL To Crestwick Island : <a href=\"http:\/\/maps.secondlife.com\/secondlife\/Uninhabited%20Island\/152\/63\/24\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/maps.secondlife.com\/secondlife\/Uninhabited%20Island\/152\/63\/24\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just a small town Dwarfin, living in a lonely world. I decided to take a trip to a small working class region of Second Life by the name of Crestwick Island and I was totally blown away by its gritty beauty. The actual parcel description states : Crestwick Island is a small working class town &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/?p=5131\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Crestwick Village In Second Life, Where You Don&#8217;t Stop Believing&#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":[3,14],"tags":[970,19,1022],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6rJUK-1kL","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5131"}],"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=5131"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5131\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5148,"href":"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5131\/revisions\/5148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}