{"id":6034,"date":"2017-08-04T20:19:08","date_gmt":"2017-08-04T19:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/?p=6034"},"modified":"2017-08-04T20:19:08","modified_gmt":"2017-08-04T19:19:08","slug":"vimmershavn-a-dystopian-look-inside-second-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/?p=6034","title":{"rendered":"Vimmershavn A Dystopian Look Inside Second Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Binemust, by Ciaran Laval on Flickr!\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ciaran_laval\/36235459031\/in\/dateposted-public\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4341\/36235459031_dbb1e9b679.jpg?resize=500%2C265&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Binemust\" width=\"500\" height=\"265\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This weeks <a href=\"https:\/\/community.secondlife.com\/blogs\/entry\/2221-highlights-from-the-second-life-destination-guide-0842017\/?utm_source=DGBlog&amp;utm_term=Story&amp;utm_content=Social_CM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Highlights From The Second Life Destination Guide<\/a> has many interesting locations, history, poetry, roleplaying, carnivals and more but my eye was attracted to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/secondlife.com\/destination\/vimmershavn?sourceid=dgw1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vimmershavn<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Ruined Hotel, by Ciaran Laval on Flickr!\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ciaran_laval\/35536228274\/in\/dateposted-public\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4391\/35536228274_4a22b43459.jpg?resize=500%2C265&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Ruined Hotel\" width=\"500\" height=\"265\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The blurb tells us :<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Vimmershavn is a walled-in city where life seems to have vanished&#8230;but, of course, it hasn\u2019t. If you look closely, you will find pockets of hope and life even within the city.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The reason life seems to have vanished is because the area has been struck by a deadly outbreak and the remaining city is in ruins, but there is life there.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Off Track, by Ciaran Laval on Flickr!\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ciaran_laval\/36235455791\/in\/dateposted-public\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4418\/36235455791_2224100ef8.jpg?resize=500%2C265&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Off Track\" width=\"500\" height=\"265\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Whilst surveying the chaos I spotted a dancer on a platform, making the best of what is left.<\/p>\n<p>Those familiar with Fantasy Faire 2017 may recognise the setting, the build was used for the San Mora region designed by Death Row Designs Jaimy Hancroft.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Carousel of Doom, by Ciaran Laval on Flickr!\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ciaran_laval\/36327390976\/in\/dateposted-public\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4343\/36327390976_d1e1dc2485.jpg?resize=500%2C265&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Carousel of Doom\" width=\"500\" height=\"265\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Vimmershavn manages to embrace a dystopian nightmare in a manner that makes it an extremely rewarding location to visit.<\/p>\n<p>SLURL :\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/maps.secondlife.com\/secondlife\/Binemust\/92\/143\/903\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/maps.secondlife.com\/secondlife\/Binemust\/92\/143\/903\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HqDlv0Uil9A\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This weeks Highlights From The Second Life Destination Guide has many interesting locations, history, poetry, roleplaying, carnivals and more but my eye was attracted to\u00a0Vimmershavn. The blurb tells us : Vimmershavn is a walled-in city where life seems to have vanished&#8230;but, of course, it hasn\u2019t. If you look closely, you will find pockets of hope &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/?p=6034\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Vimmershavn A Dystopian Look Inside 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":[19,1022,1165],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6rJUK-1zk","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6034"}],"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=6034"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6034\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6035,"href":"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6034\/revisions\/6035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}