Here in the UK, Monday and Tuesday are both Bank Holidays. Yes, it is a 4 day Christmas this year.
We hope you can join us for more responsible drinking and partying and we wet the baby's head as the good lord intended. Pop up parties throughout the holidays and of course the big one on NYE from 12pm SL
We asked you to vote for one option in two simultaneous polls.
We asked "I believe in.." Santa or Jesus. A very interesting result in so far as Jesus was way ahead, when the poll was first opened during the primetime for American residents. As soon as the Brits logged in, Santa did so much better and almost caught up. That should tell us all something!
In the end, hearts won out over heads, with 53% of those polled, expecting Jesus to come down their Chimney on Christmas Eve, whilst 47% are expecting Santa to turn a few fish and a mouldy baguette into a veritable Christmas Day, fish soup feast.
In contrast, we also asked if you had a wish that you could make come true, would you rather have World Peace, or a million dollars deposited in your bank account?
Voters were a lot more practical for this poll, with only 39% wanting world peace and 61% entering into the Christmas spirit, by taking the money!
Thanks for voting. Another user poll is coming "soon".
The lovely people from Norway have given us a beautiful tree for Christmas, which is so much better than the one they gave us this year in RL. High Priestess CoffeeQueen blessed our tree with a beautiful prayer, then cast down the RL version with fire, like the good Christian she is.. Christmas really is coming!
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| RL Tree 2021: CoffeeQueen tells the people of Norway to shove their tree where the sun don't shine. |
Last night we were treated to Amy MacDonald and the Big Band sound in the lead up to the festive season. Thank you to all who attended.
A reminder that today at 11am SL time (7pm UK) to join Madame Bailey and CoffeeQueen in Substation for some retro sounds. Then Katty on the beach for Worlds End at 1pm SLT (9pm UK) for music, quizzes and trivia.
The lovely people at 'No Shot', have created an exclusive new range of clothing for Freebie Megastore.
Today's offer is a Demin Jacket, Demin Skirt and a top with and without arms, which is colour changeable.
Check back regularly as this line is will be added to daily, throughout next week!
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The lovely people at 'No Shot', have created an exclusive new range of clothing for Freebie Megastore.
Today's offers are a colour changeable Flirty Striped Mini Dress, a Flower Dress and High Strap Sandals. These Freebies are made to fit every conceivable body type, and are yours for a click of a button.
Check back regularly as this line is will be added to daily, throughout the week!
After a confusing week, where our Daylight Saving had moved and the USA clocks had not, we are at last in sync again, as the American clocks catch up. This means that here in London we are back to the usual 8 hours ahead of Second Life time and we couldn't be happier.
Today at 12pm SL / 8pm UK, join Bailey and Coffee for Substation and at 1pm SL / 9pm UK, Katty will be legs akimbo on the Beach with World's End.
Here are some pictures of Sir Tom of Jones, who appeared in London yesterday.
Meanwhile, you know that it is heading to that certain season of the year that you either love or hate, when you see the return of the Clucky Bucker. Good luck, we're all counting on you!
With well over a hundred Halloween destinations to choose from in the Second Life Destination Guide, we have whittled them down to what we believe to be the Top 25 haunts to visit!
Go through the scary Halloween Portal located in the London City Hub, to enjoy some great builds and frighten yourself silly.
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| Astronaut, William Shatner, lands on Earth. |
It was so exciting to see William Shatner, aged 90, become the oldest man in space today, as he blasted off aboard the Blue Origin starship.
The six man crew under Kirk's command, naturally returned safely.
Visibly awestruck, perhaps shaken and very emotional, Shatner touched back down to earth 12 minutes after take off.
He stood alone, from the other astronauts, collecting himself and processing what he had experienced. He was speaking aloud his thoughts, which gave huge insight into the emotions involved with this, the most extreme sport he has ever been involved with, and there have been many.
On landing he said, "I hope I can maintain what I feel now. I don't want to lose it. It's so much larger than me and life."
He was already a Starfleet legend before blast off, so the only title we can bestow on top of that, is that of Astronaut.
Watch the stream below to see the take off, and the landing footage and interview, from 22 minutes in.
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| William Shatner beaming with pride |
Due to forecasted winds on Tuesday 12 October, Blue Origin’s mission operations team has made the decision to delay the launch of NS-18 and is now targeting Wednesday 13 October,” the company said in a statement.
Stardate: 111021.2.30pm BST.
Wishing William Shatner and the rest of his crew aboard the Federation Starship USS Blue Origin, the very best of luck as they blast into space today on a top secret mission.
The Captain, 90 year old Shatner, has come out of retirement once more, to save the world as we know it.
James T. Kirk and his crew of just three (presumably Spock, Dr McCoy and Scotty), will launch at 1.30pm GMT which is 2.30pm in the UK on Tuesday!
Hailing frequencies are open thanks to Lt. Uhura, so you can watch it live everywhere on this planet on every news station.
Good luck Jim!
Watch it live here: Live Stream on Youtube
British-American Rock Band, Fleetwood Mac, appear in London City with a brand new show.As always, its all true and unbiased..
Lovingly dedicated to the memory of the victims and brave souls who lost their lives in an atrocity that shook the world on September 11th, 2001.
Brand new clothing for Signature Gianni, Belleza, Slink and Classic Avatars!
The incredibly generous people from 'No Shot' fashion, have created and donated ten brand new and exclusive Male clothing items to the Freebie Megastore.
This male clothing is exclusive to London City and won't be seen anywhere else in Second Life, and they are available completely Free of charge!
Visit Freebie Megastore to collect these items http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/London%20City/104/212/24
and please visit the No Shot store for other free items and introductory offers
Our builders have been busy rebuilding the London City Community Gateway, from the ground up.
Based on real life Hyde Park, the largest green space in London, the new Gateway build offers a fun way to impart information to new residents, as well as engaging them in various activities to be found in the region.
Hyde Park, built in 1637, is steeped in history, and where possible we have included as many features that you would expect to find in the park, with handy (i)nfo icons that can be clicked for information about each attraction.
We have also included the beautiful Chinese Pagoda, the Diana Memorial, The old Police house and a nod to Battersea funfair, whilst including tours and information boards to assist new residents on their initial visit.
Residents can visit the Dell Cafe and the Lido with their friends, ride a hot air balloon, and even try taming an eagle! If they get stuck, specific help boards will assist, can be clicked for more information, and also a link back the relevant knowledge base for expanded help.
In concert on Saturday: Dolly Parton, the Tribute show in London City.
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| 2011 - Buildings destroyed in Croydon during London Riots |
Today commemorates the 10th anniversary of the London Riots, which lasted from 8th to 11th August 2011.
Living in the London area, this was very much on our doorstep and fellow Londoners will remember just how frightening it was, to see huge gangs of thugs smashing up everything they saw, looting every shop they went past and then torching buildings and peoples homes, massively overwhelming the police for those 5 days.
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| Our World's Worst Gacha to be destroyed!? |
In a decision bound to cause severe upset, Linden Lab has blogged that the immensely popular Gacha systems used by thousands of content creators, will cease to be allowed beyond August 31st.
The post reads:
Due to a changing regulatory climate, we’ve had to make the difficult decision to sunset a very popular sales mechanism for content in Second Life. It’s widely known as "gacha", and is defined by a chance-based outcome as a result of a payment.
We know that creators plan their content releases far in advance and will need to re-tool their products, so to mitigate the impact to those affected, we are giving a 30-day grace period, until midnight SLT on August 31. After that time, selling content via gacha machines will no longer be permitted in Second Life. Enforcement won’t start until September 1; after that date an Abuse Report for “Gaming Policy Violation” will be the preferred method of reporting this content to Linden Lab.
We will continue to allow any sales where a payment is given for a known item, which means that items that had been purchased as “gacha” will be allowed to be re-sold as long as the buyer knows in advance the item and quantity they will receive. We will, of course, still allow fatpacks, and any other currently-allowed distribution mechanisms.
We did not make this decision lightly and we understand that it will impact creators as well as event organizers and certainly the shoppers! We look forward to fun creative ways of engagement that will come instead.
We realize that this announcement may leave the community with questions. This forum thread is going to be monitored and we will answer any related questions in there.
Great Britain, where it is either 10 below freezing, or 100 Fahrenheit.
GB is currently "enjoying" a heatwave with the mercury hovering around the 90+ mark. This may not sound exceptional to many in warmer climates, but you need to remember that in the UK where it is "never hot" or it "never snows", not only do we not possess a single snow plough, but we are still waiting for Air Conditioning to be invented.
This little island of ours crammed with 68 million people is melting. It was with some relief that we could all enjoy a dip in the Olympic sized swimming pool yesterday in London City. We also broke out the fans to keep the visitors nice and cool, and what a fun time we all had, talking for hours, without hardly a moan about the weather (he lied).
Come chill your heels here whenever you wish. Drink plenty (of water!) and bask in the sunshine.
