Last chance to see …. the exhibits

A selection of photos from the Flickr group – and a reminder that this is the last chance to see the fabulous builds that made up the SL9B Community Event … as they’re all coming down tomorrow!

Here are some recent shots of the exhibits with – as usual – links where the photographers have given them!

SL9B Rollercoaster Time, photographed by Veleda Lorakeet

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Build at SL9B, photographed by Deoridhe Grimsdottir Quandry

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Build at SL9B, photographed by Deoridhe Grimsdottir Quandry

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SL9B – UWA Arts & Machinima (Carmsie Melodie), photographed by Gianna Borgnine

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SL9B – The 1920s Berlin Project (Jo Yardley), photographed by Gianna Borgnine

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Black Rose Mermaid Fountain (Vivienne Daguerre), photographed by Gianna Borgnine

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SL9B – Safe Waters Foundation (Zohee Goldshark), photographed by Gianna Borgnine

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SL9B – Safe Waters Foundation (Zohee Goldshark), photographed by Gianna Borgnine

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SL9B Works (Eliza Wierwight & Contour), photographed by Gianna Borgnine

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SL9B – Bad Katz (Katz Republic), photographed by Gianna Borgnine

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TAOsitTING at SL9B, photographed by Harlequin Rhode

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Across the Sims, photographed by Eliza Cabassoun

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The forest:

The Forest, photographed by Ami Tamura

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A view of Egypt, “before it disappears forever” as KT Syakumi says:

A view of Egypt, photographed by KT Syakumi

Last chance to see … the Stages of SL9B

A selection of photos from the Flickr group – and a reminder that this is the last chance to see the fabulous builds that made up the SL9B Community Event … as they’re all coming down tomorrow!

First of all, the stages, photographed by Ami Tamura. The Cake Stage

The Cake Stage, photographed by Ami Tamura

The Egyptian Stage:

The Egyptian Stage, photographed by Ami Tamura

The amazing all-Mesh Lake Stage:

The Lake Stage, photographed by Ami Tamura

The Lotus Stage:

The Lotus Stage, photographed by Ami Tamura

The Sunken Stage:

The Sunken Stage, photographed by Ami Tamura

Part of the Auditoria:

Auditorium A (one of four auditoria at SL9B), photographed by Ami Tamura

To submit your picture as a possible picture of the day, join the Flickr group SL9B Community Celebration and send your picture in!

SL9B Community Celebration – Pictures of the Day: Closing Out the Events

Yesterday marked the end of the SL9B events – although the sims will be open for exploration until Wednesday 27th at 11.59pm SLT.

In the mean-time, here are some final pics of the day … and once again, links given when supplied by photographers!

First of all, events at the Cake Stage ended with dancing and a firework display:

Bewell’s Fireworks Presentation at the Cake Stage at SL9B, photograph by Christopher Organiser

And the usually slightly more staid Auditorium had its party too!

SL9B Greeter Party, photograph by Christopher Organiser

Earlier, there had been a spectacular show with light and firs by the ChangHigh Sisters:

ChangHigh Sisters at SL9B, photograph by Peippo Shop

And finally, a view of one of the other celebrations going on this weekend – from the Mankind Tracer Pub Crawl and Street Fair:

Mankind Tracer and Maximillion Kleene jamming at the Majestic, photograph by Shali Starsider

SL9B Community Celebration – Pictures of the Day: Final Day of Events

Here’s a selection of pictures of SL9B which is today holding the final full day of celebrations.  The sims will remain open for another three days for people to visit and enjoy … it will close on June 27th at 11.59pm slt and then it will all be gone – so visit while you can.

Once again, links given when supplied by photographers!

First of all, a taste of the amazing parties at the DJ stage aka the Egyptian stage on Shindig, photographed by Kagemaru McMahon.

SL9B Shinobics with DJ obi Galli, photographed by Kagemaru McMahon

A lovely atomspheric view of the Cake Stage by KT Syakuni:

The Cake Stage, photograph by KT Syakumi

Daniel Voyager has some great pictures of people partying – including this view of the Lake Stage:

Partying at the Lake Stage, photograph by Daniel Voyager

Briarmelle Quintessa stopped by at Prim Perfect tearooms to pick up the cute cookie bears made by Sway – and her friend Chywe stopped by to say hi & also pick up the adorable bears!

Collecting Birthday Bears, photographed by Briarmelle Quintessa

Here’s an exuberant view of Hoedown by Tamzin Xigalia:

Celebrating the Birthday! Photograph by Tamzin Xigalia

This is a lovely view of one of the Dream Seeker Estate builds, taken by Crap Mariner. Dream Seeker Estates are one of the main sponsors of SL9B, having donated ten estates for the celebrations.

Dream Seeker Estates at SL9B, photograph by Crap Mariner

Hilde Gynoid has taken some lovely photographs of the Lotus Train (the train on the viaduct by the Lotus stage, but she has taken the opportunity to explore inside the train too!

Inside the Lotus Train 1, photograph by Hilde Gynoid

And another image:

Inside the Lotus Train 2, photograph by Hilde Gynoid

To submit your picture as a possible picture of the day, join the Flickr group SL9B Community Celebration and send your picture in!

SL9B Community Celebration – Pictures of the Day: What will you be looking at this weekend?

Our Flickr photographers have some suggestions of things that you could be looking at – if you join us at SL9B! (Links given when the photographer has supplied them)

Here is a selection, starting with a glorious image from Hoedown:

Cartolina da Second Life by Pallina60 Loon

People have been getting in the mood for SL9B – here’s Briarmelle Quintessa at the Egyptian stage:

Briarmelle Quintessa at the Egptian stage, a self-portrait

And here’s Deoridhe Grimsdottir Quandry exploring Maya Paris’s build:

Music and Bright Lights, created by Maya Paris, photographed by Deoridhe Grimsdottir Quandry

And here is a great collection of towers at the build:

Towering SL9B builds, photographed by Pygar “Chicken Boy” Bu

And a picture of a really cool party where people got into the retro mood!

Party at the Bay City Pavillion, photographed by Pygar “Chicken Boy” Bu

To submit your picture as a possible picture of the day, join the Flickr group SL9B Community Celebration and send your picture in!

SL9B Community Celebration – Pictures of the Day: The Best Side of Second Life

Yesterday, after a hectic day of talks and events at SL9B, I relaxed at the end of the day by taking a podcar ride with a friend.  And we did stop of several times: the Herdthinners pub on Hoedown, so that I could introduce him to the world of Kevin and Kell – and take a picture of Tara Yates’ beautiful Lotus Flowers (and bunnies) at the same time (for today’s Prim Perfect jigsaw); Loki Eliot’s wonderful School Project onKittyCatS SL9B Birthday Bash – which gives us all excellent reasons to love the poor old Lindens; and finally ending up at a very awesome roller coaster created by Takni Miklos and Apollosmile Resident on Jamboree  – there are some other amazing fairground rides opposite at Jahman Och’s Pando Carnival and Amusement Park, but I decided that my stomach wouldn’t take it so late in the day/early in the morning!

Part of the SL9B School Project by Loki, photographed by Draxtor

These were just a few random places that caught my eye as I travelled – but it occurred to me that this really is the best of Second Life, created by the most wonderful community coming together and working to create something awesome, something that we can cherish and remember.  Sometimes, when it seems that the main pulic conversations about Second Life are about negativity, it’s good to walk around the twenty sims and see what we can achieve.

So … here are some more pictures from the Flickr group to enjoy (and, with the final weekend coming up, to go and visit too).

First of all, a wonderful view of the Train that is part of the amazing Lotus Stage, created by Dogpatchy Dagostino and here photographed by Spanki Moulliez.

Stop, train! – at the SL9B Lotus stage, by Spanki Moulliez

Next, an exhibit by Schism Productions in KittyCatS SL9B BirthdayBash, photographed by Ami Tamura:

Exhibit by Schism Productions at SL9B, photographed by Ami Tamura

And now, from the Safe Water Foundation on the Gala sim, Mermaids Danicing. As Serafin Galli, the photographer says:

Gather of mermaids dancig together in the Safe Waters Foundation display pond.
No sharks here … just nice relaxing music and a lot of talking about the life undersea

Mermaids Dancing at SL9B, photographed by Serafin Galli

The next few images are lovely – but don’t come with exhibit or name information. If you are of the persuasion that needs all your photos tagged so that you can go and visit them, look away now.  The rest of you … enjoy – and then get out on the sims and go and see if you can find them!

Nascent Nebulae SL9B – photograph by Caro Fayray

Black Rose Mermaid Fountain at SL9B, photographed by lareinefroide

To submit your picture as a possible picture of the day, join the Flickr group SL9B Community Celebration and send your picture in!

SL9B Community Celebration – Pictures of the Day: So Many Wonderful Things

There are so many wonderful things on display at this year’s Birthday Community Celebration that we are just going to sit back and let us enjoy the pretties taken from our Flickr group SL9B Community Celebration …

Please note – slurls provided when submitters have given them.  If not – you’ll have to grab a Hud or grab a pod car and go explore!

Don’t forget to visit the time capsule – and to drop into it something that you have made this year!

SL9B Time Capsule, photograph by Pygar Bu

Where Fantasy Becomes Reality exhibit on the DreamSeeker SL9B Negen sim at SL9B:

Where Fantasy Becomes Reality, photograph by Ami Tamura

Travelling SL9B by pod car! Photograph by Ceoln

Enjoying the Fun in Hoedown by GoddessAphrodite SusanSensual

 

To submit your picture as a possible picture of the day, join the Flickr group SL9B Community Celebration and send your picture in!

SL9B Community Celebration – Pictures of the Day: Today is The Day!

Finally, after five nail-biting weeks, the day has arrived and the sims will open at 11am SLT.

The Cake Stage, scene of the Opening Ceremony, by Toxic Darkmatter

There will be an Opening Ceremony on the Cake Stage, and we’ll be telling you more about that shortly. Don’t worry if you can’t make it inworld for that, or can’t get to the stage – it will be streamed to all the public areas, and you’ll also be able to watch it on TV on the web. As I say, more details shortly.

In the mean-time, some pictures … and start planning your lag-free outfits – with help from Harper Beresford and Toady Nakamura.

Schedule Board for events, set up and photographed by Crap Mariner

Yesterday’s Press Day has led to some lovely new photos, including a series from Imara Pey:

An Image of SL9B, photographed by Inara Prey

And here is her view of the Lake Stage:

The Lake Stage, photographed by Inara Pey

SL9B Community Celebration – Pictures of the Day: Nearly there!

SL9B opens tomorrow!

The builds are mostly completed, and there are some amazing photos on the Flickr group – here is a small selection of today’s.

First, the welcome area – and the Lotus stage beyond by Zuzu Ritt – and Zuzu has a great collection of pics on Flickr showing the evolution of the Lotus stage!

Welcome Area (and Lotus stage behind) – photograph by Zuzu Ritt

Next – Raglanshire produces something fun!

Finished Shroom by Chaffro

Crap Mariner’s literary build – this one comes with an awesome number of links to literary events around the grid!

Crap Mariner’s Book Build

Finally, a lovely underwater build, showing off the Sl9B’s water sims.

Mer Garden at SL9B, photograph by Shiran Sabra

To submit your picture as a possible picture of the day, join the Flickr group SL9B Community Celebration and send your picture in!

SL9B Community Celebration – Pictures of the Day: Now we have moving pictures

Moo Money has made a completely awesome machinima of the work in progress at the event.  If your appetite hasn’t been whetted by all the pictures on the Flickr group and that we’ve shown here … well – just look at this!

The machinima includes pictures of the Lotus Stage in progress – KT Syakumi has taken some more recent pictures of the stunningly lovely Lotus Stage – and the fantastic train that has been created by Donpatchy Dagostino.

The Lotus Stage and the Train, created by Donpatchy Dagostino, photographed by KT Syakumi

As KT says: “I really think we have the best builds ever this year.”

Here’s another view …

The Lotus Stage and the Train, created by Donpatchy Dagostino, photographed by KT Syakumi

And here is a resident build, the Thothoscope

The Thothoscope at SL9B, photographed by Crap Mariner

And here’s part of a stunning display from the 1920s Berlin Project:

1920s Berlin celebrates the 9th birthday of Second Life, photograph by Jo Yardley

And a beautiful garden created by the Plumpers BBW Club, promoting their community with size acceptance and awareness in Second Life:

SL9B – Plumpers BBW Club

And last – but by no means least – and overview of the Cake Stage – which gives you some idea not just of the great four sim stage, but also of of the myriad exhibitor areas that are being created.  And this is just a small section.

The Cake Stage, created by Mikati Slade, photographed by Silverfox Rainbow

To submit your picture as a possible picture of the day, join the Flickr group SL9B Community Celebration and send your picture in!