{"id":765,"date":"2011-04-09T20:40:55","date_gmt":"2011-04-09T19:40:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/?p=765"},"modified":"2012-03-23T18:37:00","modified_gmt":"2012-03-23T18:37:00","slug":"fabtasy-faire-2011-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/?p=765","title":{"rendered":"Fantasy Faire 2011 Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Auctions end today for Fantasy Faire 2011, you can go and bid on items by following this SLURL: <a title=\"Auctions\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.secondlife.com\/secondlife\/Fantasy%20Faire%20Central\/206\/41\/22\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/maps.secondlife.com\/secondlife\/Fantasy%20Faire%20Central\/206\/41\/22<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Today I&#8217;ve been visiting the sims that I haven&#8217;t been to, which were the following (Links are SLURLS)<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Dark Mirage SLURL\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.secondlife.com\/secondlife\/Dark%20Mirage\/192\/128\/22\" target=\"_blank\">Dark Mirage<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Sea Of Mer SLURL\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.secondlife.com\/secondlife\/Sea%20of%20Mer\/191\/128\/22\" target=\"_blank\">Sea of Mer<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Forest Of Light SLURL\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.secondlife.com\/secondlife\/Forest%20of%20Light\/66\/128\/22\" target=\"_blank\">Forest of Light<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Exotic Worlds SLURL\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.secondlife.com\/secondlife\/Exotic%20Worlds\/125\/191\/23\" target=\"_blank\">Exotic Worlds<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Enchanted Mysts SLURL\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.secondlife.com\/secondlife\/Enchanted%20Mysts\/65\/128\/23\" target=\"_blank\">Enchanted Mysts<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Today was also the day on which monies raised by Fantasy Faire 2011 for Relay went over the\u00a0four million Linden Dollars\u00a0mark. Below the cut I have some pictures &#8230;. yes this could get like showing someone your holiday snaps!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Dark Mirage is very very impressive, although I&#8217;m biased as I like this sort of stuff. When you land you&#8217;re near the Looking Glass building:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Looking Glass by Ciaran Laval, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/23556228@N08\/5603956352\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5309\/5603956352_6e4a242f6d.jpg?resize=500%2C409\" alt=\"Looking Glass\" width=\"500\" height=\"409\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you turn all the way round you&#8217;ll see a bridge and Loc Nar Tower which glows and has at its heart an orb:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Inside Loc Nar Tower by Ciaran Laval, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/23556228@N08\/5603955864\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5268\/5603955864_308bce5eb4.jpg?resize=408%2C500\" alt=\"Inside Loc Nar Tower\" width=\"408\" height=\"500\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then if you leave the tower and look back to town, you have yourself a quite spectacular view:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View From Bridge by Ciaran Laval, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/23556228@N08\/5603372293\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5065\/5603372293_bf575964a9.jpg?resize=500%2C298\" alt=\"View From Bridge\" width=\"500\" height=\"298\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Enchanted Mysts sim has more of a creepy feel to it, burning statues, a more gothic like theme, shadows and of course stores, one of which is the Earendilia Store:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Earendilia by Ciaran Laval, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/23556228@N08\/5603389179\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5149\/5603389179_1a5dd581d8.jpg?resize=500%2C496\" alt=\"Earendilia\" width=\"500\" height=\"496\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now I can&#8217;t remember where I saw this Tree:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Tree at Enchanted Mysts by Ciaran Laval, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/23556228@N08\/5603373217\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5141\/5603373217_d87272b2f4.jpg?resize=366%2C500\" alt=\"Tree at Enchanted Mysts\" width=\"366\" height=\"500\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Exotic Worlds Sim is full of rich vegetation:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Exotic Worlds by Ciaran Laval, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/23556228@N08\/5603984020\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5265\/5603984020_50d0a75846.jpg?resize=500%2C298\" alt=\"Exotic Worlds\" width=\"500\" height=\"298\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This includes Toadstools:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Toadstool by Ciaran Laval, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/23556228@N08\/5603400313\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5303\/5603400313_64448466cd.jpg?resize=500%2C437\" alt=\"Toadstool\" width=\"500\" height=\"437\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Forest of Light sim is, as you&#8217;d probably expect, full of forest and light:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Forest of light by Ciaran Laval, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/23556228@N08\/5603993308\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5147\/5603993308_6e343825dc.jpg?resize=500%2C298\" alt=\"Forest of light\" width=\"500\" height=\"298\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The buildings here again meet with my approval, as exemplified by The Tribal Soul\u00a0Store:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Tribal Soul by Ciaran Laval, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/23556228@N08\/5603408451\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5227\/5603408451_a2b7cd6fd1.jpg?resize=500%2C417\" alt=\"Tribal Soul\" width=\"500\" height=\"417\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Sea of Mer, as well as having stores above land, also encourages you to go underwater, where you&#8217;ll find Stores and life:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Underwater Sea Of mer by Ciaran Laval, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/23556228@N08\/5603421947\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5303\/5603421947_f4c2f88dfe.jpg?resize=500%2C298\" alt=\"Underwater Sea Of mer\" width=\"500\" height=\"298\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Whilst I was travelling around the sims, entertainment was in full swing, Keeba Tammas was singing on the events stage:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Keeba Tammas singing at Fantasy Faire 2011 by Ciaran Laval, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/23556228@N08\/5604015172\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5102\/5604015172_0f72584a0c.jpg?resize=350%2C500\" alt=\"Keeba Tammas singing at Fantasy Faire 2011\" width=\"350\" height=\"500\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Keeba&#8217;s act ended with the news that\u00a0over four\u00a0million Linden\u00a0Dollars\u00a0had been raised so far by Fantasay Faire 2011 and she was followed by DJ Gabriele Riel:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Gabrielle Riel DJ'ing at Fantasy Faire 2011 by Ciaran Laval, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/23556228@N08\/5603431999\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5308\/5603431999_f2de49af4f.jpg?resize=411%2C500\" alt=\"Gabrielle Riel DJ'ing at Fantasy Faire 2011\" width=\"411\" height=\"500\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Another thing about Fantasy Faire is that you find things worth looking at everywhere, if you haven&#8217;t been you really should at least pop in to see what can be done with Second Life, I&#8217;ll leave you with pics of a mermaid statue and a Centaur statue:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Mermaid Statue by Ciaran Laval, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/23556228@N08\/5604034272\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5188\/5604034272_4fe64aa729.jpg?resize=298%2C500\" alt=\"Mermaid Statue\" width=\"298\" height=\"500\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Centaur Statue by Ciaran Laval, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/23556228@N08\/5604034438\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5301\/5604034438_827e71a92c.jpg?resize=251%2C500\" alt=\"Centaur Statue\" width=\"251\" height=\"500\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Auctions end today for Fantasy Faire 2011, you can go and bid on items by following this SLURL: http:\/\/maps.secondlife.com\/secondlife\/Fantasy%20Faire%20Central\/206\/41\/22 Today I&#8217;ve been visiting the sims that I haven&#8217;t been to, which were the following (Links are SLURLS) Dark Mirage Sea of Mer Forest of Light Exotic Worlds Enchanted Mysts Today was also the day on &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/?p=765\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Fantasy Faire 2011 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