{"id":5924,"date":"2017-05-31T19:27:48","date_gmt":"2017-05-31T18:27:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/?p=5924"},"modified":"2017-05-31T19:27:48","modified_gmt":"2017-05-31T18:27:48","slug":"visit-a-very-atmospheric-chess-wonderland-in-second-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/?p=5924","title":{"rendered":"Visit A Very Atmospheric Chess Wonderland In Second Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Chess Pieces\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ciaran_laval\/34629007900\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/c1.staticflickr.com\/5\/4227\/34629007900_d4ba57d73b.jpg?resize=500%2C294&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Chess Pieces\" width=\"500\" height=\"294\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Whilst browsing through the <a href=\"https:\/\/community.secondlife.com\/blogs\/entry\/2175-highlights-from-the-second-life-destination-guide-05262017\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Highlights from the Second Life Destination Guide<\/a> blog post a number of interesting looking destinations caught my eye, but <a href=\"http:\/\/secondlife.com\/destination\/chess-wonderland?sourceid=dgw1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chess Wonderland<\/a> stood out in particular.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Chessmaster\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ciaran_laval\/35016450255\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/c1.staticflickr.com\/5\/4268\/35016450255_7074458da2.jpg?resize=500%2C294&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Chessmaster\" width=\"500\" height=\"294\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The blurb on the parcel informs us :<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;The Life of Black and White&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Chess is all about black and white trying to conquer each other. There is no grey in chess and same goes for life.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This is an extremely atmospheric place to visit.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Chess Band\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ciaran_laval\/34884364711\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/c1.staticflickr.com\/5\/4247\/34884364711_67f505c2e6.jpg?resize=500%2C294&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Chess Band\" width=\"500\" height=\"294\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The way the pieces are laid out, with trees, a bridge and even a band really add to the setting.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Chess at Knight\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ciaran_laval\/34884368081\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/c1.staticflickr.com\/5\/4204\/34884368081_65433cf37f.jpg?resize=500%2C294&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Chess at Knight\" width=\"500\" height=\"294\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This is a setting that feels somewhat mysterious and that fits nicely with a chess theme for me, as chess is a game where you really need to think.<\/p>\n<p>Alas with my graphics card I can&#8217;t really do the parcel justice, I really struggle with darker more atmospheric settings, but it&#8217;s really worth visiting.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Begin Second Life Destination Link --><\/p>\n<div id=\"sl-dg-widget\" style=\"background-image: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; height: auto; width: 450px; display: block; background-color: #2c2e30; border: 1px solid #2c2e30;\">\n<p><a style=\"border: none; color: #5cb192; display: block; margin: 0; padding: 5px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"http:\/\/secondlife.com\/destination\/chess-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\/18514\/591a215c02ddc483525786.jpg?w=525\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/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;\">Chess Wonderland<\/h1>\n<p style=\"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; border: initial none initial;\">The life of black and white. Chess is all about black and white trying to conquer each other. There is no grey in chess and the same goes for life.<\/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 Chess Wonderland : <a href=\"http:\/\/maps.secondlife.com\/secondlife\/Egypt\/41\/18\/23\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/maps.secondlife.com\/secondlife\/Egypt\/41\/18\/23\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whilst browsing through the Highlights from the Second Life Destination Guide blog post a number of interesting looking destinations caught my eye, but Chess Wonderland stood out in particular. The blurb on the parcel informs us : &#8220;The Life of Black and White&#8221; Chess is all about black and white trying to conquer each other. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/?p=5924\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Visit A Very Atmospheric Chess Wonderland In Second Life&#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":[162,19,1022],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6rJUK-1xy","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5924"}],"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=5924"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5924\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5926,"href":"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5924\/revisions\/5926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}