10th Annual SL Fantasy Faire April 19-29

Official web site with event calendars, sponsor info, quest info, and so much more here: https://fantasyfairesl.wordpress.com/press-release-2018/

Link to the FF inworld here to a cool spot click this. SLURL:  http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Falls%20of%20Hope/123/140/101

Or if you want to land right in front of a FF teleport hud you can use to get around here is another SLurl: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Astrids%20Nemeton/101/110/87

Spend your Lindens for a good cause.. turn up your sounds.. enjoy some awesome events, listen to FF radio for some really cool info/things.. like the Firestorm Viewer commercial is epic.. lol.. and check out the maze under the dungeons. ..so many sims to visit.. and SO much shopping and exploring.. is there enough time?




Yay.. time for my fav SL annual event, the Second Life Fantasy Faire that benefits Relay for Life and the American Cancer Society.



Their press release is designed for promo and copy by bloggers and they say it best themselves so here ya go:

"PRESS RELEASE

* * Fantasy Faire 2018, April 19 – 29* *
A Benefit for the American Cancer Society

Celebrating its tenth year, Fantasy Faire 2018 is the largest gathering of fantasy designers, enthusiasts, roleplayers and performers in the virtual world. From Thursday, April 19 to Sunday April 29, treat yourself to eleven days of shopping, dance and theater performances, DJ parties, auctions, questing, Literary Festival, fantasy art, events and roleplaying as thousands of Second Life residents and creators bring their own visions together to support the American Cancer Society’s vision of a world without cancer.

Avatars, clothing, furnishings, gadgets and exclusive items are available from more than 200 of Second Life’s top Fantasy Creators across ten stunning shopping sims designed by some of the visionary artists behind many of the hottest spots on the Second Life destination guide.

In addition to the ten shopping regions, there’s also five whole Fairelands dedicated to various Faire events from Memorial Garden to the Fairelands Quest, from Literary Festival to Performance Stages, from Art Galleries to the Worldling Collection. This brings the Fairelands count of 2018 into fifteen sims, just waiting for you to come and explore them.

The Fantasy Faire 2018 is made possible by the generous support of our Sim and Event Sponsors, which will be detailed on our website with more information about them.

Fantasy Faire 2018 will be open to the public April 19 – 29. The SLurl to the event can be found on the website on the opening day. We welcome you to come and join the story.

For more information please contact one of the Faire coordinators:
https://fantasyfairesl.wordpress.com/organizers/

Are you or a loved one battling cancer? Find out how many ways the American Cancer Society is there to help. Visit cancer.org or call (US) 800-ACS-2345.

Email: FantasyFaireSL@gmail.com
Website: http://fantasyfaireSL.wordpress.com/
Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/groups/fantasyfairesl/
Plurk: http://www.plurk.com/FantasyFaireSL
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FantasyFaireSL
Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/fantasyfairesl/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/FantasyFaireSL
RFL in SL: www.relayforlife.org/secondlife

American Cancer Society SLurl:
http://slurl.com/secondlife/American%20Cancer%20Society/127/103/21"

Nip Pill Trap Trip in Second Life 2016: New Drug Hits the SL Roleplay Streets

Trap is Trippin’ in SL: New Drug Hits the SL Roleplay Streets

10 Nip Pills free to my readers! One each goes to the first 10 readers to contact Will Burns in SL (Aeonix.aeon) with their request. Don’t miss this freaky tripping experience and great deal!

Warnings:
-Persons with epilepsy or difficulties with flashing lights and colors may not want to use this.
-Possible addictions may occur, please be forewarned. Don’t become a junkie and neglect those kids or dogs or cats or people.
-For adults only

“Come with me, I’ve got some good stuff for you”, he said. And thus began my journey down the SL rabbit hole of experiencing a Nip Pill trip in Second Life.

  It was late at night and I was home alone as Cash was out of town. I was relaxing outside enjoying the solitude and some good tunes. The moon was full, reflecting off the waters around our beach home and I was just lazily contemplating what I might do to finish off my evening when the call came in. My old friend Will Burns was on the line telling me about a great new drug to hit the RP streets of SL. He said, “It’s like an LSD trip”. Of course I wouldn’t know what that’s like but decided to take his word for it and my curiosity got the better of me so we agreed to meet on the town for him to tell me more about what he has.

Will explained that his friend, Silverpup Howley (Silver Howler) and his company Wolf Tactics, has just manufactured this new synthetic street drug “Nip Pill” and while it’s in its early stages with plans for enhancements he felt it was the best street drug to hit SL yet. Like a true dealer he offered me a sample. He said he’s got a backpack full and is sharing with a few of his closest friends and offered my bloggers the deal above, first 10 to hit him up get a free one, luring us in like the true dealer he seems to be. I was in.

  We met on the dark streets of a random roleplay sim when he slipped me the pill. I explained that my system probably couldn’t handle it anyway as I have a horrible time these days rezzing stuff in and really need a new computer. But he said, “It’s ok I’ve got more, give it a try”. He explained the trip is different for everyone every time as it’s randomized, and computers vary, also the pill effects vary ranging from trips lasting between about 1 minute to up to 3 hours each (you can escape any time) with most lasting approx. 45 minn to an hour on average. He explained I needed to prepare myself by enabling RLV and bump on shaders etc for the best experience, then relax and enjoy the ride.

  Like a good friend, he offered to stay close by and help me out in case I overdosed or had a bad trip and couldn’t handle it. I swallowed back the pill (attached) and it took an immediate effect. Initially I saw waves of large square multi-colored pixel type colored squares zip across my screen then suddenly things sort of came into focus only to go back out of focus. Will explained I should walk, zoom in and out, and look around to really enjoy it and get a more authentic LSD trip feel for it. This synthetic stuff was pretty interesting and true to my curious nature I initially wanted to analyze it. Of course I had to pop on my windlight window and sure enough I could see it was auto running through the various windlight settings probably creating all the moving colors I was seeing. Surprisingly I didn’t crash like normal and after about 5 minutes of trying to analyze everything about it I started to really enjoy and get a feels for the experience. I had taken a few pictures at different stages too then popped on my fraps to record. Now mind you, I have not been recording anything for a while because my computer just can’t handle it, so the below video just doesn’t do the experience justice at all but you “sort of” get the idea of it, just not how it feels in your mind. I’m sure still images also won’t give you the feel because you really need to try to walk around, look around, and do things while on it. That is the experience. Lights and colors inworld also add a different feel to what you view. And soon you do feel very trippy. Basically it was like moving through a fog of flashing sort of pixilated wildly changing colored reality that faded in and out. Will took me home where I felt safer and the air was clearer. We looked a little like distorted morphing Minecraft characters.  At times I could see my way enough to move about without hurting myself then just as quickly my vision would blur and I’d be rendered almost helpless while seeing all the pretty colors, blocks, shapes flashing across my screen, then I’d fade back in, not quite to normal for a short period cycling through this experience. Soon I started to enjoy it and was laughing and running into things, and Will was trying to help me out telling me I’d just run into a tree which I knew but couldn’t seem to do much about for a minute, he talked me out of drowning myself in the ocean accidently, and held my hand while I slowly came back from this wild trip about 45 minutes later. To Will’s credit he didn’t try to take advantage of Kara while under the influence—he must be slipping. Your pill will tell you in local how long your random individual trip will last before you even start and also how to escape in case you get a really long one and need to go to the bathroom or feed the kids.

  The pill is designed by Wolf Tactics™  For the Wolf Haven Community Sims.  Their sim is currently under rebuild construction, but was going up pretty quickly from what I saw when I stopped by. Silverpup told me, "We created nip to give a larger perspective of roleplay for our regions without it having an alias of a RL drug."   I'm told, once ready there will be dealers and opportunities to purchase more of the drugs on the streets there. Meanwhile you can hit Will up. My new dealer.

(Silver Howler/Silverpup Howley)


 
And that's a wrap on Trap's Trip!

NeoVictoria 5th Anniversary Week of Special Events: Bewitched Carnival Tonight

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

This week promises some extra good fun over at Neovictoria, a steampunk role play sim.  I was told by owner Asil Ares: " This month, Neo is five years old!  We're doing a week of RP to celebrate and tonight we have a carnival freak show.  Please come and do some roleplay with us.  Event starts at 6 PM and is IC.  Location is the circus area; take the teleporter to the Apothecary. Details are below....Hugs, Asil
~~~~~~~
RP: Bewitched Carnival: First Night ~
Time: Wed, 6 PM, SL-time ~
Location: Circus [NeoVictoria SIM] ~
The NeoLondoners, and any out-of-town visitors, gather in the town's marketplace to enjoy an evening of entertainments, performed by the zombie members of the Bewitched Carnival. ~ "

Their official web site with all the details here: http://neovictoria.tv/2015/09/23/invitation-to-the-bewitched-carnival-first-night/

Special events info: http://neovictoria.tv/2015/09/04/the-neovictoria-project-presents-the-bewitched-carnival/

Role Play Prejudice Much?

Someone raised a provocative topic over on Facebook today.    I found it good timing as I've been running around the Fantasy Faire a lot lately and ironically had just posted a pic using my av Kara, together with my MAlt (male alt) MitchL.  Both are in fantasy attire in the Fantasy Fair sims.  While I was not actually role playing with them for the most part, they were running around the sims together checking things out and taking pics. 

The Facebook post started with someone indicating they've been chastised for role playing alternative types of avatars.  I couldn't help but respond with a long opinion as I love to enjoy a wide variety of things in SL myself. Along the same lines (sort of) I've been wanting to again blog about all the "good" things about SL besides just sex and griefing that seems to get a ton of media attention because the Relay for Life fundraising is absolutely phenomenal in SL. Plus there is a lot of RL education, music, art, social connection for those with disabilities, etc opportunities going on, but I digress. 

I'd post the direct link to the Facebook thread but can't seem to get the FB Surl to the exact spot.   It's actually in the Second Life group though today so you might find it and all the many comments here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/155844374435030/1015791945106931/?notif_t=group_comment_reply

Anyway.. back to the post.. it starts with the origination of the post by Nick Morgan saying:

Nick:  "To all the people giving me a hard time I am getting tired of it
I am adult I can't rp a kid I am accused or being a pedophile I assure I am not
I am male and I can't rp female I get accused of being gay I am not
I am white and I can't rp black I get accused of being racist I am not
can't roleplay an animal I get accused or being weird
what do you roleplay yourself where's the fun in that I thought second life was about pretending
get an imagination" (sic)

Most of the many responses encouraged the author to play who and how he (he's identified himself as a RL male so I'll go with that) wants to play and not let others dictate how he plays.  There were a few jokes about furrys etc, but for the most part the responses were positive. I've always believed the SL population in general is pretty accepting really.  I've for the most part only seen real prejudices against child avs and a little about some abusive type behaviors rather than "lifestyles" in general.  I have however heard jokes cracked about a variety of alternative looks or behaviors such as overly wide derrieres, some of the animal avatar behavior including milking/cows, etc, animal sex, etc. But for the most part from what I've seen anyway some people might look twice but generally go on about their own merry way leaving people to play who and how they want recognizing this is SL and not first life.  Some things are actually against TOS and might be considered illegal as well especially if an avatar is in SL underage.  I am also aware there has been age play so that ruins it for those who just like to play with a childlike heart and body.  I lived in a wonderful huge family community in SL for a while and I have to say the many many families there were wonderful people and the children were very cute and added a great deal to the community in a variety of ways. Again I digress... so anyway .. back to my response.. here it is:

me: "Pfft.. I play all that and more, and I'm all adult female in RL. For the most part I don't care what anyone thinks about my SL.. my SL is about fun. But I stay primarily a female woman in SL and when I am anything other than adult female I don't have sex, I don't misbehave towards others, I don't lead people on, or misrepresent who I really am to friends etc. I have had no problems whatsoever with my friends or strangers in SL when I am having my alternate fun. I identify only with my female av and the others are like dolls, for fun, etc and they are very fun to dress up, style, take pics of, and yes, get a little goofy role playing differently. That's part of the beauty of SL, we can be what we want and all the uniqueness makes it more interesting. I doubt anyone looks like their av RL. But I'm always upfront to my friends that the alternate is me so there is no confusion. This is because we form real friendships and connections in SL and a small bit of that is trust the person you are close to is who they say they are. I do get that some people think some alternative types of avs are odd because they can be misused in SL. That's just my opinion though. As Izzy said another idea that works for some is not to tell anyone. I used to feel like if someone does get close to me and has an appearance that is vastly different or even misrepresents their RL, then I simply do NOT want to find out later and I don't want my friends or others to know either as I will feel deceived and played. Some people RP but really "play" like real life while others are in constant RP so don't "get" how this might feel bad or like a person is being deceived. We would like others to play how we do but of course everyone plays their own way. If I am not close to someone I don't care but if I am close, even if they don't look or act remotely close to what they would in RL, to an extent I'd still like to be aware of that if I have formed a real bond. It doesn't mean I would give them a hard time though. Plus there are rules about age play, just saying, so with that I get why ppl would be upset. I think it depends what people are doing with their alternative forms. This would make a good blog topic."

And so now I'm blogging it. 

The next post down Tess Stanley-Hannah/Ivey Deschanel in SL (yes I got her permission to quote her) said: "I have 2 words for that and excuse the french but FUCK them. SL is one place where you can experience your dreams and fantasies without being judged. Most of the people I know, some of them now SL "big wigs" spent their first years of SL on a pole or RPing everything under the sun from furries to demons to kids to multi appendaged stocking fetish,horse milkers. I guarantee you everyone who has something negative to say has a LOT of closet skeletons themselves and simply find bigoted pleasure in being the SL morality police. Find like minds who understand and care about you and mute or block the rest. THEY DON'T MATTER -hugs-"     

 I think that sums things up nicely!

There are a whole lot of things to consider in this including how people "play" vs "roleplay" etc.  Of course many people insist on voicing at least once to get a sense of the person they are engaging with, so that says a lot of people DO care to an extent who they are playing with.

Others posts on the thread say things like: It's your SL, live it to the fullest, don't be bothered with haters, have fun, enjoy, be who you want, etc.    Personally I wish I had thought through a better post but in review I guess what I said for the most part covers my opinion on the subject.  Obviously this is a subject many are passionate about based on the large number of responses.  One person even said they role play as a human, but not saying what they are in real life.  hahah.. I'll end on that note and with my picture of me and MitchL my alt. : )

Fantasy Faire is Open!

The Fantasy Faire 2015 opened in Second Life today!

Visit the official Fantasy Faire web site for additional info. on a variety of things like the hunt, sponsors, literary festival, silent and live auction, contests, jail and bail, and calendar of special events and entertainment and so much more: https://fantasyfairesl.wordpress.com/events-2/calendar-of-events/

* * Fantasy Faire 2015, April 23 – May 3* * A Benefit for the American Cancer Society



I collected some pictures in the fair and direct links here

Visit the main Faireland Junction by Cerridwens Cauldron here: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Fairelands%20Junction/128/128/4
(Main landing where you can see the names of the various sections and tp)

Visit Vallacia sponsored by Epic Toy Factory here: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Vallacia/116/167/42
(the cool area with the colorful boats)

Visit IchieGo IchiE by The Looking Glass here:  http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/IchiGo%20IchiE/128/128/32
(super beautiful fairy type land)

Visit Aurrora by Neo Victoria here: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Aurora%20FF/128/128/13
(This has the large FF logo)

Visit Odyssey by Fallen Gods here: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Odyssey%20FF/128/128/2

Visit Puppetsborough by Dandelion Daydream Factory here: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Poppetsborough/128/128/52

Visit Poseidon's Abyss Fantasy Faire 2015 Arts & Entertainment here: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Poseidons%20Abyss/128/128/2
(Don't miss the cool underwater area and pick up some gifts)

Visit Spires of Andolys by Dwarfins here: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Spires%20of%20Andolys/128/128/47

Visit Sylvan of Spells by Merchants of Dreams here: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Sylvan%20of%20Spells/128/128/43

Visit Tangleshimmer Grove by The Roawenwood here: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Tangleshimmer%20Grove/128/128/40
(the FF in stone circle)

Visit Wildehaven Marsh by Solarium here: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Wildehaven%20Marsh/128/187/43

Visit YoZakura by Fuubutsu Dou here: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/YoZakura/128/128/43
(Asian garden with dragon on mt.)

Visit Ravenshold, The Lost Land Hunt here: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Ravenshold/128/128/44

Once again the builds are so much fun for me.  The products are super cute.  And the event is for a great cause, Relay for Life.  What's not to love?  Check it out. 

The Realm of Sylvhara, a Fantasy RP Multi-sim Area to Explore in Second Life

Visit here: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Sylvhara%20Elen/128/128/34


This beautiful fantasy land with many hidden areas of wonder is part of "The Great Alliance" which is 60 sims large.  The landing area is gorgeous with various light settings.  I have barely scratched the surface of this huge area but have already found some cool spots, so wanted to share the location on my blog.

News and Brews Cafe and Giano Journal Launch Party 10-12-14

Kathy Nikolaidis and I have opened up a small coffee shop, The News and Brews Café, In Giano Properties, a light role play "real" type community.  We have made up a news/journal, The Giano Journal,  and will be having a launch party for both tomorrow/Sunday 10-12-14 at 4pm SLT with DJ Love.  Please join us.  http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Smithfield/128/128/17


And if you'd just like to view the Giano Journal online you may view it here: http://issuu.com/kathynikolaidis0/docs/giano_journal