EVENTS OF THE WEEK IN NWN: post here!

I'm going to try out a weekly event listing in NWN-- on Mondays, I'll highlight 3-5 events for the upcoming week. If you'd like an event to be considered in that listing, post the description and event link here, or send them to me via IM or e-mail [email]hamlet@secondlife.com[/email]

Main guidelines:

1 - Events for the coming week must be received by Sunday 11:59pm SLT.
2 - Non-commercial events preferred.
3 - Events with artistic, cultural, scientific, social, political, creative, and/or educational value preferred.
4 - Bonus consideration given to game-related or machinima events.
5 - Bonus for events with "I've never seen *that* in SL before" value.

YOU'RE ALIVE!!!

I am looking forward to this.

Hi Hamlet -

Not sure if you're familiar with the Shelter, but we're a non-profit rec center for new residents. We're supported by the community with donations, and we have several events at the Shelter you might be interested in checking out:

---Payment Podium

Payment Podium is a Trivia Game-Show in the style of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. Contestants are randomly selected from the 'studio audience' to come up and answer questions with increasing difficulty for cash prizes. Audience participation is encouraged, and a good time is had regardless of whether you're chosen as a contestant.

Payment Podium is Sunday/Tuesday/Thursday Nights at the Shelter @ 6pm PST

Event Link for 3/7 - Hosted by Travis Lambert
Event Link for 3/9 - Hosted by Sumar Morgan
Event Link for 3/12 - Hosted by Dolmere Talamasca

---Trivial Obsession

Hosted by Carl Metropolitan from NCI (New Citizens, Inc), Trival Obsession boasts some of the toughest trivia in Second Life. Also ran in a TV Game-Show format, have your thinking cap on for the tough questions Carl comes up with.

Trivial Obsession is Monday/Wendsday Nights at the Shelter @ 6pm PST

Event Link for 3/6
Event Link for 3/8

---Building Shelter

Created by Dolmere Talamasca & Mera Pixel, 10 Contestants have 10 minutes to use the Second Life build tools to create objects based upon a theme. After the 10 minute period, the audience votes on their favorite creation, and the creators win cash & item prizes.

All items created become freebies for the community. Browse the freebies from past games at the Shelter!

Building Shelter is Sunday Nights at the Shelter @ 4:30pm PST

Event Link for 3/12

---Second Fortune

Created & hosted by FireEyes Fauna, Second Fortune is similar to the TV game show Wheel of Fortune. Contestants are selected at random from the studio audience: Guess a letter, solve the puzzle... win a prize!

Second Fortune is Saturday Nights at the Shelter @ 6pm PST.

Event Link for 3/11


Thanks!

Hamlet, could please clarify this for me? Do you mean that, e.g., a new Slingo-like game or Tringo-like game event will be given more consideration than those events with one of the following values?:

artistic
cultural
scientific
social
political
creative
educational

Hi, Hamlet!

This week at the Photography Studio in Grignano people can create entries (by using the provided backdrops as a base for their own compositions) for the contest LETTERS.

Entries close on the 11th, I hang the exhibit on the 12th, awards are given out on the 13th. and the exhibit remains up for around two weeks.

Photography Studio SLurl

Awards Ceremony on March 13th

Complete information is copied below.
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The Photography Studio in Grignano Contest 12: LETTERS

The theme is very loose, as always, and any interpretation is good -- the more creative and interesting the better. ARE THEY LOVE LETTERS? ALPHABET LETTERS? DEAR JOHN? POSTCARDS? ARE YOU ON THE STAMP? IN THE ENVELOPE? Anything you can squeeze into the theme is good. The postman - the letterbox - ancient writings on a stone - baby's ABC blocks - tattooed words - avatars forming letters - surprise me.

SURRENDER DOROTHY
The SKY backdrop could have skywriting, billboards - you think of it.

Backdrops will be up from February 25th through March 11th,
Entries accepted until March 11th at 5:30pm
The show will go up on the Sunday - and we will have an awards ceremony on Monday.
Prizes will be: 400L, 300L, 200L, 100L, 50L

To Enter:
3 Entries
Use backdrops provided upstairs from the Photography Studio to make Second Life screenshots
You can manipulate in a graphics program if you want.

Title it with your name + title <---= so I don't lose it in my inventory
Send it to Osprey Therian with MOD permission so I can resize it, and COPY perms if you feel expansive.

> a new Slingo-like game or Tringo-like game event will be given more consideration than
> those events with one of the following values?

Probably not, unless funds collected for the game are explicitly going to a valid non-profit, for example. I'm more interested in new games and new game experiences. In any case, I'm going for 3-5 events a week, and hope to have at least one of them be game-related.

I forgot to mention three more preference criterion:

6 - Event announcements that come with an event-related screenshot that can be published in NWN, attached to the post or linked to here.
7 - Event announcements that come with a SLURL.
8 - Event announcements that include an official Event link in the post. (Might as well make that point explicitly.)

Are you still a Linden, Hamlet?

coco

Tuesday at 7 PM and Saturday at 4 PM

Vagabonds Yacht Club races in Sanchon sim and 20+ connected water sims for RL-style yacht racing. Bring your Flying Tako 2.x or 3.0, and sail round the buoys and round the continent. We continue Le Grand Prix de VYC with a great way to work on your open water sailing skills and racing tactics. See SL yacht racing at its most realistic with both beginners and SL's best sailors. Spectators welcome!

Every Sunday from 2 to 4 pm, the Starboards Yacht Club hosts a regatta in the beautiful Hollywood Sim. Come early and you can get some instructions in how to sail the marvelous Tako sailboat.

This is a marvelous opportunity to have great fun in a beautiful setting.

Link to Event Post
http://secondlife.com/events/event.php?id=169048&date=1142200800

Link to Event Discussion:
/273/34/90231/1.html

SLURL
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Hollywood/89/154/24/

Again, preference is given to posts which include an official event link. That way, readers have a direct way of joining the fun, and/or creating a reminder of the event of later.

OK, here are the links:
for this week:
tuesday: http://secondlife.com/events/event.php?id=168960&date=1141786800
saturday: http://secondlife.com/events/event.php?id=168961&date=1142121600
and next week:
tuesday: http://secondlife.com/events/event.php?id=169312&date=1142391600
saturday: http://secondlife.com/events/event.php?id=169313&date=1142668800

and here is a SLurl to the site: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Sanchon/164/70

This weekend's selection:

http://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2006/03/sl_events_of_th.html

Collecting Events for next week! Remember the guidelines and preferences, and submit here.

Come learn to sail and race in Hollywood Sim (a finalist in the MVA Award for Most Notable Private Sim).

Lessons at 1PM on Sunday:
http://secondlife.com/events/event.php?id=172320&date=1142197200
Games at 2PM on Sunday:
http://secondlife.com/events/event.php?id=172324&date=1142200800
Races at 3PM on Sunday:
http://secondlife.com/events/event.php?id=172328&date=1142204400

Since July 9 of 2005, I've held a game called Blitz Building. Played it intermittently, but with the help of the FFRC, it's become a regular event in SL.

Event Listings:
Scafell
Make
NCI (for Newbies) (Wasn't listed for the 13th at time of this post.)

Pics can be found:
Here Theme was "People Mover"
Here Newbie Blitz Building Theme was Child's Toy
Here Theme here was "Action"
And Pic from the very first one ever held will be dropped on you in world as well) The theme for that one was "Novelty Hats"

SLurl 1
SLurl 2
SLurl 3

Check it out Hamlet...it's a blast!

Hamlet, I really hope you are getting IMed like crazy in-game with events, since it looks very quiet here in the forums. Have you thought about having a sports page to cover the results of these sorts of sporting events? There is generally a nice backstory for weekly competitions and that might be a better way to promote the idea that there is more to SL than shopping, *ingo, camping chairs, and sex balls.

Anyway, we optimzied Sanchon for sailboats and pirate battles so we will win no awards for outstanding builds. It is empty on purpose... (minimal lag).

What you haven't seen in SL before is long distance sailboat races in the mainland...

for this week:
tuesday: http://secondlife.com/events/event.php?id=169312&date=1142391600
saturday: http://secondlife.com/events/event.php?id=169313&date=1142668800

and here is a SLurl to the site: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Sanchon/164/70

Sorry I missed your events, Pixeleen, though I do encourage you to post future events here.

The week's events:

http://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2006/03/sl_events_for_t.html

Unfortunately I cannot attend (work begins at that time), but as a Group Officer I'm posting this for Carlos:


Spring Equinox Celebration
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Program of the Mandala Bead Games Spring Equinox Celebration.

Mind & Hart Bio-feedback interfaces in SL :
Multi Player MindSurfer and LightStone demo.

Tao Chi - Energy Alchemy Meditation :
This eXPerience at the Mandala Temple triggers the awareness
of the Energy Body and its link with the Universal Energy Fields.

Surfing the Sea of Synchronicity :
Consultation of the Element Dice to Sense the Universal Intent
and its mysterious plans with our lives, in the coming season.

Shaman Drum and Dance Session :
Celebration of the Spring Equinox at the Aztec Temple.

Mandala Mystery Movies in SL :
First version of the RL + SL Integration video :
Surfing the Third Wave.

Following the happenings there is time to dream and chat about the Mandala Bead Games Projects and the Inner Life Projects in Second Life.

Officers and members of the Mandala Bead Games Group or of the InnerLife Tavarua Group can contribute to the Celebration Program. Contact Carlos Tapioca if you want to present something.

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Event: http://secondlife.com/events/event.php?id=166568&date=1143000000
SLURL: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Tavarua/220/220/?title=InnerLife%20@%20Tavarua&msg=Spring%20Equinox%20Celebration

InnerLife Project: http://gaeacoop.org/cgi-bin/InnerLife/index.cgi

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--Alan

Hi, Hamlet! Is this still the place to post events?
As part of the anniversary celebrations:
Event Link:
Nova Albion Photography Contest
SLURLIFICATION

The Photography Studio is celebrating the second anniversary of the city by holding a contest open to photos of Grignano, Miramare, Barcola, and Sistiana OLD AND NEW. I'm hoping to get some cool old pictures - meanwhile, come down and I will help you get started taking new ones.

The city is very photogenic!

5 Entries is the limit.
Title it with your name + title + put a date in the title if it would be cool. Send snapshots to Osprey Therian - give me a shout so I know to look for them.


I will start hanging the exhibit on March 22nd at 5:30pm - if you have late entries I will try to get them into the show.
We will have an awards ceremony, time TBA.
Prizes will be: 400L, 300L, 200L, 100L, 50L

The Photography Studio is located in The Brownstone East, Grignano
Grignano is a pg sim.

Any events to announce for this week? Quick, announce here by Noon!

Second Life Garden Show : Mar 27 - Apr 2
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Svarga/128/128/25/?x=520&y=350&img=http%3A//www.sluniverse.com/pics/60125.jpg&title=1st%20Annual%20Second%20Life%20Garden%20Show%2C%20Mar%2027%20-%20Apr%202&msg=Come%2C%20relax%2C%20wander%2C%20view%2C%20vote%20for%20your%20favourite

Based on a traditional UK annual event called a "Garden Show". Landscape Artists and gardeners amateur and professional compete to build themed gardens in small areas usually no larger than 1/4 acre.

Svarga Events bring this event into SL by providing an entire sim for people to build themed gardens on small plots. With a judging contest and prize giving at the end. Free entry, open to the public on 27th March.

Please come and support the wonderful creativity of some of SL's best landscape artists by voting for your favourite build.


(
not sure why the island isn't showing up on the web map, it is there really
and the TP works from the SLURL . publicly accessable and visible from the mainland on the main in-world map.
)

oh! and Hamlet, thanks for this service, most appreciated

Teh latest events, and a bleg for more listings!

http://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2006/03/events_of_the_w.html

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http://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2006/04/sl_events_of_th.html

Latest events here:

http://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2006/04/sl_events_of_th_2.html