Yesterday in the City

 Here we all are at last nights Hazel O'Connor concert, keeping it all safe and virtual!

London City Uplifted

This will not come as a surprise to the astute regulars at London City. We were moved into the cloud two weeks ago. 

We kept it quiet because we wanted to know about any issues out of the ordinary that we should report back to the Lab.  As we are sure you are aware, making this known early on, could have resulted in a lot of erroneous errors being reported, which are nothing to do with the cloud system.

What we know so far about our life in the cloud is that the region's performance and general health is exceptional and out performs the non-cloud regions.

We are actively feeding-back to the developers and they are working tirelessly behind the scenes to get the whole system perfect, with a challenging end of year target.

A couple of problem things you may have noticed during our testing is, profiles being slow to load, teleport in/out issues, and sometimes failing to attach a Hud or clothing when changing outfits in London City.

To workaround these issues, if teleport fails, walk into one of our connecting regions and try again, and the same with changing clothes.  It has never been a great idea to change outfits in a very busy region, so walking across to one of our others, is best practice anyway.

These issues are being worked on, and it is why we wanted to help with the testing phase.  

We hope this answers your questions.

This story has been published with the agreement of Linden Lab.

Spooky

Here's some pictures of last nights Frightmare in London.  Thanks to the team for putting on this wonderful show whilst I was away having my ears permed.

Don't forget today at 11am SL (7pm UK) its Substation with Coffee and Bailey, and then it is Worlds End on the London City North beach from 1pm SL (9pm UK).

World Mental Health Day

Have you noticed how much more open people are about their concerns, as we all pull together to help each other through this turmoil?  

If there is one benefit to this sudden new world of ours to take forward with us, it is this wonderful community spirit and support that being a Resident in Second Life, has given to us all.

All of us have been profoundly affected this year. At times our brains have felt like a burnt out old walnut, but we plough on.  World Mental Health day is for everyone, more so than ever this year.

Have a great day, and let us celebrate our solidarity and the care we have shown each other.

The Cranberries, on Saturday

Image courtesy of Soundcloud

Appearing in London City for the first time, we have another Tribute Premier for you.. The Cranberries.

The Cranberries were an Irish rock band. They rose to international fame in the 1990s.

The band remained active until 2018, when lead singer Delores O'Riordan, who was touring at the time, tragically drowned in her bath in a London hotel room.

Their most famous hits include, Zombie, Salvation, Dreams, Ode To My Family, When You're Gone, Pretty, Hollywood, Linger, Dreaming my Dreams and many more.

Enjoy The Cranberries show here in London City, with DJ Santis presenting Party in The Park at 12pm SL time (8pm UK) and the show an hour later at 1pm SL.

And the winner is..

Last week we asked you to vote in our fictitious Election poll, to decide who should be President.

We included one-term Jimmy Carter as the only living former president who could in theory have another term in office.

Jimmy was added as a protest vote.  A candidate you could vote for, when the alternatives were lacking.

We knew that some people would feel so strongly for Trump or Biden, that they would log Alt's to vote twice, but we seriously doubted anyone would feel so strongly to log an Alt to vote Carter.  

With this in mind, these are the results of the London City, Presidential Election.

136 votes were counted before the machine jammed.. of which:

Trump: 47  (35%)

Biden : 54  (39%)

Carter: 35  (26%)

So with 39% of the votes Biden wins our election, even if some people did use some skulduggery in their voting.

It also speaks volumes that so many voted to give Jimmy another chance. Presumably they thought that neither of the real candidates is up to it.

Thanks for taking part.  Another fun poll soon!

Substation today

More scary goings on with Bailey and Coffee at Substation today at 11am SLT and Worlds End at 1pm SLT.  

The ghoulish Dorothy Squires was last nights show and here's some pictures from the event..

Boo!

 And so it begins...

Visit the Cemetery here: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/London%20City/103/169/24

London City Frightmare

Experience some ghostly goings-on and paranormal panic, as London City invites you to participate in this annual Frightmare. Themed Halloween club events through October and concerts from the Crypt, each and every weekend. For event details see mainlandlondon.blogspot.co.uk

Visit in Second Life

Last night at the knees up

 

Saturday evening saw the magnificent Eurythmics in concert here at London City.  Today sees our Drag due, Coffee and Bailey at Substation from 11am SLT and Katty sprawled on the beach from 1pm SL.

For those of you concerned with my accident last night, where I slipped in my kitchen but managed to get the Johnny Walker glugging into the glass, mid-fall as I glided on the wet floor to my doom; my hangover is gradually fading.  I couldn't return the overfill of Johnny to the bottle, cos there was ice in the glass already.  Like a trooper and for King and Country, I drank it. Hence my predicament today.  True story, even though most of you thought it was a highly convenient accident.  It was a miracle.

Imaginary Election Time

 

It is 'imaginary election time', so we thought, that just for fun, we would give you a third choice.

President Carter only served one term in office, so is the only eligible living former President who could theoretically return to The White House and serve again.  At the time he left office, he was most unpopular but has substantially redeemed himself with his humanitarian work.

The question is, given the two candidates and our fictitious one, who would you choose for the next term in office?

Vote here:  http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/London%20City/71/207/23

Here we go again..

It is Lockdown Eve, here in the UK.  It is time to brick up the chimney, and decorate the tree with barbed wire, as we await the latest round of restrictions.

There will never be a better time than now to dust off your avatar and log in to Second Life, where the pubs can trade whatever hours they like, you can meet with hordes of family & friends, and social distancing is something that only happens in the real world.

London City is open and will remain open for your business and social needs.  We will continue to run events each and every day, a big party every Saturday, a concert every week - and of course, social interaction on voice and text with the thousands of visitors who use the hub area to discuss important things, like Bakes on Mesh, Garage Sales and does my bum look big in this.  

Move bag and baggage into the virtual world and relocate here, it is a much happier place.  Before you do, maybe do a bit of panic shopping for essentials like beer and wine.

We're in it together, and the party starts now.

See you in-world!

Sunday Sunday

The weekend so far..

Don't forget today its legendary drag queens, CoffeeQueen and Bailey in Substation playing their old wax cylinders at 11am SLT, then Inch High Private Eye, (Katty) at The Worlds End on the Beach from 1pm SLT.