{"id":5273,"date":"2015-08-08T20:51:13","date_gmt":"2015-08-08T19:51:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/?p=5273"},"modified":"2015-08-10T20:03:38","modified_gmt":"2015-08-10T19:03:38","slug":"transylvania-vampire-empire-is-turning-eleven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/?p=5273","title":{"rendered":"Transylvania Vampire Empire Is Turning Eleven"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Transylvania, by Ciaran Laval on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ciaran_laval\/20388533951\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/369\/20388533951_43c5d8c810.jpg?resize=500%2C294&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Transylvania\" width=\"500\" height=\"294\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This week&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/community.secondlife.com\/t5\/Featured-News\/Highlights-from-the-Second-Life-Destination-Guide-08-07-2015\/ba-p\/2955280\" target=\"_blank\">Highlights from the Second Life Destination Guide<\/a> has some great locations but the one that stood out for me initially was the news that <a href=\"http:\/\/secondlife.com\/destination\/transylvania-vampire-empire-11?sourceid=dgw1\" target=\"_blank\">Transylvania Vampire Empire<\/a> is celebrating its eleventh birthday in Second Life.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Transylvania Turning 11, by Ciaran Laval on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ciaran_laval\/19786139683\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/554\/19786139683_32b3d8b427.jpg?resize=500%2C294&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Transylvania Turning 11\" width=\"500\" height=\"294\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><br \/>\nThe celebrations are already in full swing, as the Destination Guide explains :<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Give in to your dark side and enjoy a week of Gothic-themed events as part of Transylvania\u2019s eleventh birthday celebration. Transylvania is now one of the oldest communities in SL and features a thriving social scene where everyone is welcome. With live music, DJ\u2019s, stage performances, a gothic formal ball and red carpet parties, there is plenty to see. Runs August 7th to August 13th.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Eleven is quite an impressive feat and this community were taking a bite out of Second Life long before the term &#8220;<em>Spampire<\/em>&#8221; was ever uttered.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Serious Accident, by Ciaran Laval on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ciaran_laval\/19784445334\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/422\/19784445334_4347581349.jpg?resize=500%2C294&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Serious Accident\" width=\"500\" height=\"294\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The region itself has plenty of shops as well as entertainment space. Whilst I was there I saw an advert for a Marilyn Manson tribute act. This is a place that has a gothic look and feel and plays its music hard by the looks of it.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Cultural Centre, by Ciaran Laval on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ciaran_laval\/20219095058\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/431\/20219095058_a91a15a57d.jpg?resize=500%2C294&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Cultural Centre\" width=\"500\" height=\"294\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is a wonderfully atmospheric region, the builds look quite modern, the community may well be eleven years old but the architecture isn&#8217;t. This is well worth a visit, even if you don&#8217;t want to endure love at first bite.<\/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\/transylvania-vampire-empire-11?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\/15197\/55c136dc2c324705140302.png?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;\">Transylvania &#8211; Vampire Empire Turns 11<\/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;\">Give in to your dark side and enjoy a week of Gothic-themed events as part of Transylvania\u2019s eleventh birthday celebration. Transylvania is now one of the oldest communities in SL and features a thriving social scene where everyone is welcome. With live music, DJ\u2019s, stage performances, a gothic formal ball and red carpet parties, there is plenty to see. Runs August 7th to August 13th.<\/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 Transylvania : <a href=\"http:\/\/maps.secondlife.com\/secondlife\/Transylvania\/34\/224\/31\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/maps.secondlife.com\/secondlife\/Transylvania\/34\/224\/31<\/a>\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week&#8217;s Highlights from the Second Life Destination Guide has some great locations but the one that stood out for me initially was the news that Transylvania Vampire Empire is celebrating its eleventh birthday in Second Life. The celebrations are already in full swing, as the Destination Guide explains : Give in to your dark &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/?p=5273\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Transylvania Vampire Empire Is Turning Eleven&#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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,14],"tags":[19,1022,1008,281],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6rJUK-1n3","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5273"}],"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=5273"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5273\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5277,"href":"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5273\/revisions\/5277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}