Firestorm Spooky Nights Hunt and Gateway Launch Party Now

Visit here: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Firestorm%20Showcase/255/3/24

More info. here: http://www.firestormviewer.org/

The Firestorm/MadPea annual Halloween party has begun.  There is a four corner party area by the stage with another area opening later and an overflow sim landmark too, so hopefully everyone can get in.  All the direct links are on the Firestorm link above.  The first is a lm right to the center of the 4 corners.  They have a lineup of great musicians, major prize giveaways, etc. The web site also talks about the hunt, sponsors, and the LL Gateway program.  Seth is singing now followed by Nance and other entertainment, light show, dj, etc. Come and hobnob and party.

MadPea's Peatonville Asylum Opens Thursday for Gold Key Owners and Friday 10-9-15 for Everyone

Well, actually it opened Wed to gold key holders and then Thursday approx. noon SLT for everyone else.  So I had my gold key and got in late because I do work full time RL and missed my grand opening event for gold key holders which annoyed me quite a bit because I am sick of working right now for some reason, maybe because I've been doing it forever.. but anyway FINALLY around 8pm I hooked up with a MadPea admin. who gave me my goodies, as in hud, outfit, camera and various things we get, gave me a little info. and off I went.  Now, I do not want to be a spoiler because they work so hard to keep us all in suspense and I sort of like that.. .. (so spoiler alert here!), but I could not help myself from taking some pictures and will only post one that doesn't show much here.  I have plenty more for later. I do want to say, I highly recommend this event.  It's challenging and I didn't take the wimp option which is actually available this time.  The Asylum is HUGE with some tricky places along the way.  Check out their web site for all the info. and the SLurl to head on in on Thursday and be sure to read up on how to use the hud and things... like I said, it's a bit challenging, but then again, I guess MadPea fans have an idea of how to hunt and explore.  http://www.madpeagames.com/the-peatonville-asylum-how-to-play/





Ok, it's now Friday morning before work and soon you all will be traveling to the island to see for yourself, so I decided to add a few more not so revealing photos as a teaser (note: I turned up the lights for the pics below, but do use their lighting as it really adds to the environment)

The Fantasy Faire 2015 in Second Life--Opens April 23

The Fantasy Faire is only a couple of days away and I'm eagerly looking forward to blogger day tomorrow so I can get an early lag-free peek and take some pics for this blog. In the mean time I have started opening blogger packages and decided to blog the cool his and hers Ranger outfits from Feyline, Visit their stores inworld here: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Ofelia/128/128/38 and here: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Zebria%20Wyldwood/30/186/1208 and on marketplace here: https://marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/96516

I love this set and it comes with so many extras.  The arrows in the back are nicely detailed and there are 5 different styles with each the male or female versions including cloaks with and without hoods or hood and mask, hats, hunting knife attachment and boots. The female is Ranger Serra Forest and the male is Ranger Sherrod Forest. "Feyline,Fashions Medieval, fantasy and casual clothing for men, women and children. Specializing in complete outfits" by Feydaann ferryhill.



I found this hunt promo on Youtube

This is a promo for the Fairelands Hunt - The Lost Land
The Hunt is part of Fantasy Faire in Second Life, an event for Relay for Life of Second Life.
Find out more at https://fantasyfairesl.wordpress.com/

This year the faire is also hosting what looks like a very cool literary Festival.. see the schedule and events here: https://fantasyfairesl.wordpress.com/events-2/literary-festival/

The chatter in the group is sounding very exciting and I can't wait to get in there.  See you there!
 

BURIED-Latest Madpea Hunt Opened Today

Visit here: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Glimpse%20of%20Eternity/186/194/21

BURIED : Interactive & Immersive Grid-wide point & click adventure game with prizes from top designers

Here is another great MadPea "must see" hunt/game experience.

(Kiana Writer, MadPea Developer)

This morning I logged in to SL to find some great news from MadPea.  A photo I had submitted in their pre-game "Greed" photo contest for their new hunt/game "BURIED" won one of the coveted 5 early entry and free hud spots.  2 hours before their latest game/hunt "BURIED" opened today at 12pm SLT I dropped in to the above location along with 4 fellow photo contest winners and a few other early entry winners from another contest they had to find Kiana Writer and a few MadPea staff, get the hud (which normally costs 300L) and we were off to a fast start. The early entry winners were:
AngelicWarrior Commander
MrsSeren Resident
 Kara Trapdoor
Marina Breen
Chrystal Wylder
Asa Vordun
Vivena Resident
Raina Jewell
Jessy Cinderflame
Koosh Lilliehook
Etrone Resident

 The most helpful info, sponsor, photos, and a great deal of info. can be found on their official web site here:  http://madpea.blogspot.com/2015/02/buried-how-to-play.html

A couple of ladies and I hopped in the first boat out and I snapped some pics.




We scrambled around the islands knowing we had a 2 hour lead before the masses dropped in (initial sim only holds 20 ppl at a time) possibly creating lag or grey, or (God forbid) not be able to get back in if needed.  I took in as much as I could before progressing to the grid wide sims/hunt part which you have to figure out how to get from the islands.  I ended up taking a few notes based on my experience with past Madpea hunts and knowing how detailed and challenging but fun they can be.   I will try not to give too much away here.  The group does that in time.  But I will say, be sure your wireframe is working and you know how to use it.   A few of us early entries continued on for a while before I took a break to go to the SL Live Radio show my friend Sonicity Fitzroy dj's Sunday afternoons.  That also gave me some great tunes and time to blog this to.  I know the next batch of Peas are scrambling around now as the group is in a frenzy with information and questions.

Upon successful completion of the game participants get 25 prizes.  There are a few things at the beginning you can buy for nominal prices to aid in the quest. Thus far I have not needed the extra items, although the flashlight might have come in handy already a couple of times.  This promises to be a fun and exciting hunt.  I did 7 locations before taking my break.  You can see the sponsor list on the web site and be assured they made some fantastic hiding places.  Those of you, like me, who like to explore will be very pleased.



You can see my winning photo over at MadPea.  I think it was a great concept but not so great pic relatively speaking as I'm no photoshopper, so guess it won on the idea : )  Thank goodness as I loved my early entry experience!

Scrumptious Sweets Madpea Advent Calendar Today Through Jan 4th

Visit here: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Grantville/128/128/55





Vist the Madpea blog for all the daily prize info. how to play, etc here: http://madpea.blogspot.com/


Today starts the latest Madpea adventure.  Contrasting greatly with the prior adult rated murder mystery hunt, this whimsical delightful candyland is full of fun gatcha and "for purchase" items in little huts along the trail.  With your $100 L hud purchase you can play along with the clues provided to hunt for and obtain a daily prize, one new one per day, starting today Dec 1 and finishing up Jan. 4th 2015. Be sure to eat before you enter because I know those cookies really made me hungry. Bon appetite!

Easter Egg Hunt for L$ and Prizes at The Station Now!

Visit here: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/The%20Station/187/89/1040




Welcome to The Station Easter Egg Hunt!  The hunt runs Tuesday through Saturday April 19th.  You will be searching for two types of eggs.  The golden eggs hold L$ and the multi-colored eggs have gifts inside.  Search the entire sim, ground level Dead City, sky level, The Floating City, and the many hidden areas around the sim to find thousands of Lindens worth of L$ and prizes, some small and some large.   The larger prizes may be harder to find, so enjoy exploring while hunting and have a great time.   Please join Miri's club group if you'd like to stay apprised of sim events.  Note: The ground level has some private residences and there will be no hidden eggs in these locations.  Please do not enter private rented residences.  The rooms that are NOT rented you may enter and search for hidden eggs. You can ride the human sling shot to get to the ground level and you can reach the sky level by taking a balloon ride up or enter the ground level fun house to teleport.  There are many hidden places in this sim.   If you have any questions please contact Kara Trapdoor, Enigmatic Deir or other sim staff if you see them around.  If an egg is not working properly, is emptied out, or there are other issues we apologize but this hunt is just for fun and no extra reimbursements will be made.  There are a lot of gifts and Lindens to find.   Thanks for visiting the sim and have fun!

From BOSL W/Love Hunt -Starts Feb. 1

BOSL hunt dresses.jpg, a photo by Kara 2 on Flickr.


Visit here: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Couture%20Boulevard/128/128/23
 For the starting point to the "From BOSL W/Love Hunt".
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Here is a sneak peek at just a few of the wonderful quality name brand hunt items offered in this upcoming hunt. 


Their note says it all best: "Greetings and welcome to the "From BOSL W/Love Hunt"  (FBOSLWL)

Created especially for Valentines, this hunt is offering you gifts for 1L each, only on the  BOSL malls, during all of the month of February. 2014, from 1st to 28th..


You need to be member of THE BEST OF SL Magazine Readers group to receive your hunt gifts.

(secondlife:///app/group/aeb9e510-3e8d-ae5f-90b1-b491109d7590/about)


You can follow all the news about  the hunt on the blog Including Photos of the hunt items, hints and links to each store
http://boslhunts.thebestofsl.com/ "
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I took pics of myself in 3 of the dresses from the hunt and absolutely love all 3.  They fit well and look great, and are perfect for Valentines day or any other time.


I also took the pic above of the Tres Beau heels and bag which are great too.  Then I used the provided pics of the other items pictured as they always do pics better than me.  Just visit the stores and look for the double big red lips symbol.  Enjoy!

Kill The Kraken, Kill The Kraken, Kill The Kraken at LEA28!

Kraken, a photo by Kara 2 on Flickr.

So I ran over to LEA (Linden Endowment for the Arts-The Lab donated 29 regions for the arts) new volunteer training that Honour McMillan was holding (sounded like she held about 4 million sessions yesterday, poor thing) to learn about this new opportunity and see if I could help out in this place I always love to explore.  Check their blog for the latest info. here: http://lindenarts.blogspot.com/ and if you also would like to be a volunteer, I contact Honour as I'm sure they can use more helpers. 

While I was there I went to see the Kraken. Visit here: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/LEA28/128/128/41
As you can see by the sign there is a Kraken hunt going on over at LEA28.  The Air Kraken are a product of the Questi and Discovolante Mechanical Consortium (Marion Questi and Martini Discovolante).


Their note about the project states: "This region is home to a pod of the legendary Air Kraken, scourge of the sky.  These tentacled monsters of steampunk mythology patrol the clouds, watching for the Aviator foolish enough to come within reach of their flailing tentacles and razor-sharp beaks.
This is a damage enabled region. You can be killed here.  (Which in Second Life means being involuntarily TPed back to your home location.)


Air Kraken can be killed as well. You can hunt them with any weapon which shoots physical bullets. It takes several hits to kill one. Kills are replaced immediately, so you will not run out of targets.
The Air Kraken patrol at about 200 meters.  Good hunting!"


I went on up to the observatory initially, to get a good look at these monsters flying around in the sky before attempting to do anything about them.  And as I was rummaging around in my inventory trying to figure out which guns I have that might actually produce physical bullets (vs combat system guns, pig, condom, and taco blasters, props, etc) a couple of the Kraken actually literally forced their entry into the observatory bubble that was supposed to be my safe haven.  I guess they did that by bumping it a million times hard enough to get at me.  They proceeded to try to bump me and although it tickled a little I was not instantly killed.  So, as I still did not have any weapons ready, I "sat" on the back of one, which then seemed to attach itself to yet a 2nd Kraken and they began spiraling upward with me attached in what seemingly appeared to be nothing less that the Kraken mating dance.  I was honored to see and touch (sit upon) this legendary beast but also to be up close and privy to their mating ritual.  This bought me some time to finally decide the freebie LL popguns I think most of us have in inventory actually shoots physical bullets, and I promptly shot them both dead then I flew off to shoot a few more.  I didn't shoot enough apparently to make the brag board of high scoring visitors.  Later I returned in full hunter regalia for more hunting and a photo by their entry sign.  This is something a little different and fun to do in SL... enjoy.

(Honour, leading the LEA volunteer group)

Neo Victoria's 2013 Treasure Hunt July 15-31

 Visit here: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/NeoVictoria/128/128/8

A friend passed me this hunt info. about the Neo Victoria hunt that runs now through July 31st.   I've always appreciate this fun Steampunk sim that has emphasis on role play and machinima.  They have frequent and regular events going on that you can find on a board see when you land. Be sure to check out the sim go for the hunt too.  Below is their press info.

"Hunt Name:
NeoVictoria’s 2013 Treasure Hunt
Hunt Date:
15 July to 31 July 2013

Theme:
Love Steampunk?  Enjoy roleplaying?  Just like a good hunt?  We’ve staged multiple props, HUDs, costumes and other gifts throughout the out-of-character Visitor’s Center in NeoVictoria SIM.  Find the gears to collect them all!
The hunt begins at 12:01 AM on Monday, 15 July and concludes at 11:59 PM on Wednesday, 31 July 2013.* 

Teleport down to the VISITORS CENTER (be in the NeoVictoria SIM at its rezz-point and touch the sign that says Visitors Center for a teleporter).  We staged all of the giftie gears in the six round buildings that are part of the Visitor's Center. Leave the Visitor's Center and you are leaving the hunt.  No hints, just poke around the Visitor's Center and you'll find what you're looking for (and maybe more than you expected).

We’ll be presenting 24 gifts in total, adding new gifts over the course of the two weeks, so join our in-world subscriber list if you want an alert when a new one has gone live. [You’ll find a subscriber prim at rezz-point in NeoVictoria SIM.]

Our Visitor’s Center was redesigned this year to enhance the new user experience; it includes a comprehensive introduction and walk-through to acquaint people with the lush and comprehensive history of our community.  It offers players everything they need to get acquainted with, and immersed in, our unique steampunk storyworld.

*All times are UTC-08:00 Pacific Time (US & Canada), also known as SecondLife-time.
Organiser’s SL Name:
Asil Emor

Any Other Info
The NeoVictoria Project® with its live action simulation on the Second Life platform is a unique dark roleplay environment crafted with a Steampunk aesthetic. The goal of the project is to create a self-sustaining cycle where roleplay becomes filmed story. The NeoVictoria Project® exists in several places:
~ a public website at http://www.neovictoria.net,
~ an invitation-only community portal (which chronicles the storyworld),
~ and the live action simulation on the Second Life® platform. NeoVictoria is listed in the Lab's Destination Guide under Steampunk in the Roleplay Communities section: http://secondlife.com/destination/neovictoria-darkroleplay-steampunkstyle-2
Type of Hunt:
Sim Hunt
SLUrl to starting location:
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/NeoVictoria/17/128/1004  "

Love Potion No. 9-MadPea

Visit here: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Hoshi%20Island/128/128/49

I visited the MadPea Love Potion No. 9 sim and their latest hunt.  They are also sponsoring a photo contest.  The hunt begins,  "You are about to discover the story of Phinneas Phicklephogg, a famous Alchemist and brew Love Potion No. 9.9 with him!  Before you can begin with the hunt, you must find a recipe for the ingredients that you need to find. Check out the library for an important letter and start your introduction to the game." ..... and so I'm off to to find the recipe.  I didn't get far before I stopped to take a fairy pic in a beautiful meadow of butterflies.  There are many good photo ops here and its right next door to the MadPea Carnival I've previously blogged that is an AMAZING explore separated only by some cave tunnels that I have not figured out yet.  There are only 15 grid wide places to find the hunt clues and items, and it's a great explore regardless so check it all out and maybe get the prizes in the hunt.