Yes its Shocktober… and its vewy scawy….

So we have put together some bits and bobs… our own gestures and some halloween Zombie head and a Tam O Shanter scottish outfit including kilt, and sporran.

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Yesh.. we had a bit of an event today.

We marched tiny heads held high to make our tiny voices heard by the lindens who politely ignored us all.. yay!

But hey it was fun and we managed to squeeze in a tiny riverdance!

UPDATE – THIS IS STILL SUPER IMPORTANT – BUT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE IT AFFECTS US TINIES… BUT BIGGY DRAGONS AND STUFF IT DOES! SO SUPPORT IT!

NO MORE TINY ANIMATIONS?? O.O

Linden Labs has proposed eliminating avatar deformation – this would mean NO NEW Tiny animations (not to mention no new animations for dragons and other macros). Avatar creators have posted an alternative that asks LL to continue supporting deformation and fix its deficiencies, rather than simply eliminating it. It’s very important that anyone who uses a non-standard avatar type (aka US!) submit a vote for this on the official LL discussion portal called JIRA. If LL isn’t shown that this is of high priority to a majority of users, Tinies and Macros may quickly be forced into stagnation. JIRA easy to use and securely connected to the LL network.

HOW TO USE JIRA
www.seawolf-monsters.com/wiki/KB/OtherIssues-JiraVoting

WHAT NEEDS YOUR VOTE
http://jira.secondlife.com/browse/VWR-2374

Taylor Flanagan and SL blogger extrodinairre.

Well… ok we didn’t see much of Art Walk… having got ourselves into trouble waffle bombing  innocent bystanders… I had a look round, and we will post more pics soon.

While visiting works by Taylor Flanagan, particularly enjoying her 50’s retro scene, and a view of a moonlit pirate ship, as if by magic the shop keeper appeared.. no erm.. Taylor herself appeared!.  We had a lovely chat, its most enlightening to have a chance to speak to the people exhibiting their work.

As is always the case in Raglanshire, something unexpected catches you out, and this was no exception.  I wondered around and met up with Etheria (tiny builder) as she appeared to have a load of Italian biggies loitering around her shop and looked like she needed company.

Etheria thought it might be amusing to follow the biggies and see what they were up to… and as every tiny does, be generally friendly.  We tried to say hello to numerous biggies who mostly vanished into a poof of teleportation.  But then all of a sudden….. over at Extravirtual a gang of Pirate Troll/Orc types appeared to cause general disarray, mayhem and general trouble (in good humour though!).  They took the shop hostage, and made themselves known! we decided it was time for a tiny helicopter with waffle bombs – yes the one I got into trouble with earlier – and we took to the skies amid shouts of support from random biggies that were watching the going’s on… The pirates tried to grab the chopper, but we cleared them to waffle attack them most succesfully… well all until they discovered that waffles tasted good even out of a helicopter bomb bay. (and with puppies on top).

Eventually they decided it was time to free the shop, clean up and leave.  I haven’t laughed so much in ages! (well except since the last really funny thing to happen in Raglanshire!)

I promise to take more images soon!

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Yes we’ve been spending a lot of time in Raglanshire lately.  This is the land of Tinies, and a fun place it is too.

We were introduced to the game of Frootcake, which appears can become VERY competitive! (Just ask Lucy as things came to a head during her first game when one Tiny laid into her a little to excessively!)  But generally its a very happily played game and the spirit of “cake-jacking” and “extortion” are all excepted practices by those that play regularly.  (all these come with Tiny gestures! so makes it all the more fun as a corus of  “STACKAGE!” rings out around the pub.

The object is to gather a suitable cake to cash ratio to end up with as little as possible… or as much cash as possible! – each cake = a size, that subtracts from your cash..but each cake may also bring you money as each person that passes the cake has to pay a coin… do you get the picture?  we are starting to slowly!

It would seem that Raglan has also slipped into Wild West mode currently (raglan is always alive with themed events) so I have been busy making clothing! so far a hat and leather jacket with shirt combo… oh and a load of gestures I “tinyized” from well known films (blazzing saddles beans eating fart sketch)

I also tried out the tiny cannon, by being a cannonball – and flew a massive 330m, nice work! (got lost finding my way back to the square though!)

But being us we love building so we’ve also built a Tiny robot fox, and a bunch of borg add-ons and gestures (with trebeks own fair voice!)

The thing with Tinies is that somehow all that is human vanishes and really tinies pretty much exist to have fun, you can wonder up to a tiny you’ve never spoken to before (if you’re a tiny) and have a good old natter about things.  I have been dragged over to see other tinys homes elsewhere, had races with tinies (using his home made tiny beach buggy), spent some nice relaxing time in a pool… had gesture matches that seem to consist of finding the funniest thing to say before going “ON A STICK!” – if you’re a tiny you know EXACTLY what I means!  Raglan really makes me feel like remaining tiny all of the time instead of only 98% of my inworld existence!

Being small has never been so much fun!

Trebek almost somewhere half decent on the FROOTCAKE board.

Did I mention Lucy played too? she was a bit good...

The Indians had a camp nearby

Cowtinies have a sudden attack of Ducks...

I am looking quite dapper.

Its my hat and I'll wear it if I want to!

Its my important jacket

Don’t you just love the Tinys?  then get ofver to raglanshire…

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The gathering of Dragons

Trebek was introduced to the land of Dragons, or the Isle of Wyrms to be exact by a member of the Tiny community.

Trebek found himself being lucky enough to be “chosen” to receive a dragon avatar, which was the Storm Dragon, a bringer of storms and lightening.  Much appreciative of this prize he has been parading around as much as Possible and visiting the Cathederal where the Dragons reside.

It is an incredible sight, and a truely detailed avatar, which makes becoming a Dragon such an honour!

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I found this article, and yet again people confused by the concept of second life, and believing it to be the perfect dating tool, write scathing articles about how bad and unsafe SL is.

Click here to see this Daily Mail article

It gets me that they can’t cope with the fact its a game, its a very different game I grant you, immersive, and yes some people achieve a perfectly resonable real life relationship from it, but for the most part its a virtual world where we can live the life we can only dream of for one reason or another in real life.

Could I exist as a wolf in real life? well no not really, so how could I ever get away with all the comments like “I could, so eat you up today” in the real world? or change my looks at the drop of a hat (well, mouse button), I often wish my wardrobe was as easy as it is in SL.

I’ve existed in Second Life for over two years, I am married and have children, three of which, that keep my real life busy and full of fun.

But there are times in an evening where you wish to relax, I log on to SL and PLAY THE GAME!! its a game you know, its not social networking, go to facebook etc for that.  People trying to achieve real love in a virtual world created from peoples imagination are very likely to fail, most of us choose to keep real life where it belongs as real life and never discuss it except with people we’ve met and chosen as friends in the game.

I adore SL because I have a creative mind, that does not find time or money to be realised in the real world, but in SL I create anything I want, boats, houses, scultpures etc .

If people play the game as a game they will get enjoyment from it, don’t make it your real world, for its just make-believe!

By Trebek Raymaker

Almost ready for release is the new Catamaran houseboat, Harrier.  Its a static home, where you can live in style, be the envy of other water dwelling residents.

Features a large bedroom, which includes our trademark Love Bed, and switchable wall lights.

This opens out onto the large living area, that includes a bar area, and comfy seating area with a designer table.

The Boat features an upper control deck, perfect for a bit of you time away from everyone else.  The rear mounted steps feature attractive blue glow lights to help you find your footing after a late night party.

We may develop a sailable version is dynamics and interest allows but for now its a perfect home.

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Eternitys first Luxury Caravan (trailer).  Its a replica of a real life holiday home caravan, and features two bedrooms, a kitchen and dining / lounge area.  If thats not enough it also features a crackling fireplace, working lights, two door bells, lockable doors, and tintable windows.

As always with Eternity products you can live in comfort, because this also includes one of our luxury Love Beds too!

Its roomy and will look great whether it is in a trailer park (seriously a step above the Bubba-Joes) or in a nice picturesque location.

Finally it features a full rezzer to help you locate it.

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The Corsica Beach House is a two storey house, put it in a water sim, or shore line, even just on land.

It features tintable windows, lockable doors and a fantastic view from the roof patio – with sun screen.

The real trick with this property is that the coloured accent at the front can be changed by its owner.  So you could have several properties, and make them all individual, or just keep your house looking different whenever you want.

The upstairs floor features is own small balcony/patio area.

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