SL17B Celebrations Update

Linden Lab have officially confirmed this week that Second Life 17th birthday celebrations will be taking place in mid June 2020. The full opening is scheduled for Friday 19th June 2020. Applications will be opening in two weeks time for a variety of roles.

The SL17B theme will be Vacations and Road Trip. The SL17B Music Festival and the SL17B Shopping Event will be happening again this year.

The SL17B Music Fest will be held on the 19th and 20th of June. There will be two days of live music performances featuring many musicians in Second Life. Sign Up Here – submissions close on 18th May 2020.

Linden Lab To Reveal 5th Linden Home Theme At 10am SLT Today

Today at 10am SLT Linden Lab will be revealing the brand new 5th theme for Linden Homes as part of the Home & Garden Expo 2020. The Reveal region near the American Cancer Society Island will open up to the public. Yay.

The LH themes so far are traditional, trailers, houseboats and more recently Victorian homes. It will be most interesting to view the new theme.

At 11am SLT today tune into Lab Gab episode 15 featuring Patch Linden and the Moles. Find out more about the new Linden Homes and SL17B preparations.

For more details about the new 5th LH theme see below…

02/26/2020

The American Cancer Society is excited to host the 5th Linden Home Reveal as part of the 2020 SL Home & Garden Expo. Residents are welcome to take a tour of the new Linden Home theme that will become available at 10am SLT on Friday, February 28, 2020. Residents can land on the American Cancer Society Island and walk to the Reveal region following the directional signs from there.

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/American%20Cancer%20Society/128/128/25

“We are always grateful for our relationship with Linden Lab and are honored to host the Themed Home Reveals,” says Stingray9798 Raymaker, American Cancer Society staff Director in Second Life. “We hope to use this opportunity as a way to educate the residents of Second Life that the American Cancer Society is here to help cancer patients and caregivers from around the world, and to give our Second Life community a means to fight back against a disease that has taken too much.”

This marks the 5th Linden Home theme that will be added to the Bellisseria community, alongside the previous 4 themes: traditional, trailers, houseboats, and Victorian. Residents of Bellisserria are sharing theories with one another in the Bellisserria forum and a queue of avatars has been sighted on the American Cancer Society island.

Please spread the word.

 

Linden Lab moves to Plan B for Sansar

https://youtu.be/Av1D3UCsr0o

Ebbe Altberg confirmed on Friday 21st February on Lab Gab episode 14 that Linden Lab is no longer continuing to sponsor Sansar financially. The lab are now looking for a plan B for Sansar going forward.

No deal has been done yet.

Ebbe said the following below…

So as you might have heard, sadly we have decided that we, as Linden Lab, couldn’t continue to sponsor the project financially, so we’re looking for a plan B for Sansar to continue. I can’t say much, but we’re having very interesting conversations with several parties to help that project move forward, which I’m really excited about. But no deal is done yet, so people will just have to be patient and see what happens with it, but yes  it is true that Linden Lab going forward will focus entirely on Second Life and Tilia. I’m still busy making sure that Sansar finds a great home and that the great work that that team has started can continue.

Linden Lab will now focus entirely on Second Life and Tilia going forward which is good news indeed. They remain in a strong financial position at this time. More investments are coming now for Second Life.

Other Important Updates

• Linden Lab is still developing a companion app for Second Life. There is still no ETA. Testing could start soon like in the next few months for IOS first followed with a Androud version.
• No confirmed date for deployment for Name Changes but Name Changes will be around US $20 cheaper for Premium Plus members
• No ETA for launch date for Premium Plus
• 8 names confirmed for the first list of last names > Conundrum, Dismantled, Huntsman, Littlepaws, Nova, Ravenhurst, Wumpkins & Yeatley + Winners will be informed via e-mail
• The cloud uplift project due to be completed before the end of 2020
• Transfer costs for buy-down / grandfathered regions is to be reduced from US $600 to US $300
• There are roughly 5,000 new accounts logging-in to Second Life every day
• There are plans to introduce 2FA

Lab Gab Episode 14 this Friday with Ebbe & Grumpity

At 11am SLT this Friday (21st) episode 14 of the new Lab Gab series will go live featuring Ebbe Altberg CEO of Linden Lab and Grumpity Linden the VP of Product.

Strawberry Linden will be speaking to the both of them about the 2020 roadmap for Second Life. There will be updates on a whole range of things.

There could be new updates on Sansar during the episode.

Fill out the Google Form and submit your questions today

Please spread the word about this special episode.

Linden Lab updates about Second Life future & latest news on Sansar

On 13th February Linden Lab a blog post about an update to Second Life which is rather interesting to read through. Apparently Linden Lab have made some personnel and operational changes recently. A few employees have officially left the lab but the good news is that the team has strengthened more.

Linden Lab is continuing to invest heavily in Second Life going forward with many exciting developments happening pretty soon including new Linden Home themes, a new mobile companion app, the launch of last names which will be available in the next few weeks. There will be more new features, improved performance and usability updates soon.

The full blog post reads this…

There’ve been quite a few rumors about changes at the Lab and their possible effects on Second Life and Tilia. The truth is that we have made a few operational and personnel changes to ensure that we continue to stay strong for the next decade and beyond. This means that we had to say goodbye to a few employees, but at the same time we also strengthened our team by bringing back some heavy hitters who will help make Second Life better than ever.

So, Second Life is still here and still strong. We’re continuing to invest in its future and you’ll see the results of our commitment this year as we roll out a new mobile companion app, new Linden Home themes, performance and usability improvements, and a number of other new features and enhancements. The ability to change names will be available in the next few weeks, too.

These changes reflect our commitment to making SL strong for many years to come. To infinity and beyond!

Sansar Update – (13th Feb) 

Ebbe Altberg posted a update on the official Sansar Discord channel saying that there have been layoffs. Ebbe confirmed that Sansar is up and running. The future is unclear at the moment.

The lab are still in discussion about the next steps for Sansar. The problem is there will be many that will be speculating about these latest changes. Just have to wait and see now what will happen in the days and weeks ahead.

So, I’m only going to say this tonight as it’s late. We can pick up the conversation in the following days. Yes, there were layoffs today. A truly wonderful group of people. But as you can see Sansar is up and running. We are still in discussion about next steps. Including with the wonderful group of people. More to come. Don’t give up yet. Go create and have fun. Not much point in speculating until we can tell you more.

More updates soon.

Last Names Update – Still No ETA On Roll Out

There is still no confirmation on when Last Names will be rolled out.

It will apparently roll out when the remaining blockers are fixed. Progress is being made. I would imagine the lab will probably announce it on the official Second Life blog within the next month or so.

There were 2, 300 entrants & to up 6, 900 names to sort through. Winners will be announced very soon is what I’m hearing.

I will blog more when updates become available. Stay tuned.

Bellisseria continent expanding eastwards – February 2020 Update

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It appears that the Bellisseria continent is now expanding eastwards at a steady rate. New regions have been added just recently here (SSPE1053 to SSPE1062). Landscaping of these new regions in some places hasn’t begun yet. 

The size of the Bellisseria continent is pretty huge now and it’s still growing. In the weeks ahead you can expect this new area to get much bigger indeed.

Keep a watch out. 

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RFL of SL Kick Off 2020 – Bellisseria Fairgrounds!

> Relay For Life of Second Life kicks off its 16th season on Saturday 15th February at 10am SLT.

> Three locations this year – The Bellisseria Fairgrounds, the Home & Garden Expo AND on Facebook LIVE!