{"id":5575,"date":"2015-12-18T20:56:29","date_gmt":"2015-12-18T20:56:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/?p=5575"},"modified":"2015-12-18T20:56:29","modified_gmt":"2015-12-18T20:56:29","slug":"snow-wars-episode-ive-lost-count-the-snowball-awakens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/?p=5575","title":{"rendered":"Snow Wars Episode I&#8217;ve Lost Count &#8211; The Snowball Awakens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Snowball Rifle, by Ciaran Laval on Flickr!\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ciaran_laval\/16265668517\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7345\/16265668517_40fb0d38b4.jpg?resize=500%2C277&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Snowball Rifle\" width=\"500\" height=\"277\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>A long time ago in a virtual world far, far away &#8230;&#8230;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Linden Lab have announced the date and the time of the annual <a href=\"https:\/\/community.secondlife.com\/t5\/Featured-News\/Linden-amp-Resident-Snowball-Fight-December-21st-at-10-AM-SLT\/ba-p\/2986653\" target=\"_blank\">Linden &amp; Resident Snowball Fight<\/a>. The date and time for those who may not be paying as close attention as they should is Monday December 21st at 10am SLT.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Ready To Rumble, by Ciaran Laval on Flickr!\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ciaran_laval\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7394\/16458132182_5c1b041b47.jpg?resize=500%2C252&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Ready To Rumble\" width=\"500\" height=\"252\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The blog post bills this as :<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Come one &#8211; come all to the Snowball Arena for a friendly ice battle of epic proportions! We\u2019re bringing back the Official Snowball Showdown &#8211; where you\u2019re free to pelt your fellow Second Life Residents and Lindens with a bevy of sparkling snowballs!<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>These battles can indeed be epic.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Maxwell Graf &amp; Vaki Zenovka, by Ciaran Laval on Flickr!\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ciaran_laval\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7425\/16457746831_5ec8bcc6eb.jpg?resize=500%2C331&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Maxwell Graf &amp; Vaki Zenovka\" width=\"500\" height=\"331\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Do not fear if you think you will be walking into a trap, there&#8217;s no need to be unarmed and not very dangerous because there is free weaponry available from the vendors in Winter Wonderland.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"XiolaLinden, by Ciaran Laval on Flickr!\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ciaran_laval\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7342\/16433072086_a208fd2c78.jpg?resize=394%2C500&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"XiolaLinden\" width=\"394\" height=\"500\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The last epic battle, <a href=\"http:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/?p=4649\" target=\"_blank\">took place in February<\/a>, with Princess Xiola recruiting, although I&#8217;m not sure if Xiola is considered to be part of the Empire or the Resident Alliance.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Vick Forcella, by Ciaran Laval on Flickr!\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ciaran_laval\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7435\/16273244189_3b6d32f582.jpg?resize=500%2C500&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Vick Forcella\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Vick Forcella chose the hirsute look, although he didn&#8217;t go full Wookie &#8230; I mean hairy monster!<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Guy Linden, by Ciaran Laval on Flickr!\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ciaran_laval\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7288\/16272833769_aaca815305.jpg?resize=500%2C380&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Guy Linden\" width=\"500\" height=\"380\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Guy Linden lurked in and with the shadows whilst Pygar Bu allied with Vitae Linden to look menacing around signs.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Vitae Linden &amp; PugarBu\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ciaran_laval\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7379\/16457337691_8d2b0bf68e.jpg?resize=382%2C500&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Vitae Linden &amp; PugarBu, by Ciaran Laval on Flickr!\" width=\"382\" height=\"500\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Keira Linden managed to look cold and dangerous as she casually strode through the snow.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Keira Linden, by Ciaran Laval on Flickr!\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ciaran_laval\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8585\/16457338021_416bcb6f48.jpg?resize=349%2C500&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Keira Linden\" width=\"349\" height=\"500\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then there was the secret not to be named agent, Governance3 Linden, from the crack Linden Lab team of Governance. He didn&#8217;t even need a coat as he joined in the festivities.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Governance3 Linden\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ciaran_laval\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7339\/16273175457_eb3cd0c6e6.jpg?resize=500%2C432&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Governance3 Linden, by Ciaran Laval on Flickr!\" width=\"500\" height=\"432\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>December 21st at 10:00am SLT, mark the time in your calendar, arm yourself, ignore Dwarfins lurking in the shadows, they are only there to ensure fair coverage of the epic battle is reported and most of all, 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\/winter-wonderland?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\/14270\/5671bae4438af607989172.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;\">Winter Wonderland<\/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;\">Enjoy an exciting snowy adventure in the latest attraction by Linden Lab. Enjoy some holiday gifts in the Village of Lights, or a nice skate around the rink with friends. Take a look over the regions on the top of our Winter Ferris Wheel or race around the track. Don&#8217;t miss the all-new snowball fight arena!<\/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 Winter Wonderland is via Portal Park : <a href=\"http:\/\/maps.secondlife.com\/secondlife\/Portal%20Park%201\/128\/210\/23\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/maps.secondlife.com\/secondlife\/Portal%20Park%201\/128\/210\/23\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A long time ago in a virtual world far, far away &#8230;&#8230; Linden Lab have announced the date and the time of the annual Linden &amp; Resident Snowball Fight. The date and time for those who may not be paying as close attention as they should is Monday December 21st at 10am SLT. The blog &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/?p=5575\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Snow Wars Episode I&#8217;ve Lost Count &#8211; The Snowball Awakens&#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":[19,1022,848,847],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6rJUK-1rV","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5575"}],"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=5575"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5575\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5579,"href":"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5575\/revisions\/5579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}