Crystal Craze - An Interactive Game in SL- GiaBlossom Reporting...

A one-of-a-kind game, Crystal Craze brings traffic, fun, interaction, crafting, and creativity for both landowners and hunters. While I was trying out the system, I found it beneficial to boost traffic in a small-owned parcel with my limited funds. While hunting, I made friends and discovered that some people are playing the game to raise money for Relay for Life of Second Life, which benefits the American Cancer Society as well. It's their way of volunteering for a cause. 

As a land owner if you would like to build up traffic at your venue, the simplest way is to buy the Land Owner Crystal Spawner or the Land Owner Clusters Spawner for just 1L$. Place these spawners on your land and pay them the amount you would like to distribute. Alternatively, you can also pay the kiosk at the HQ Landmark. You can deposit or  withdraw funds including changing password from this kiosk. The crystal hunters would land at your venue and boost the traffic. These are unlike afk camping chairs, the hunters need to be active. The best thing about it is one cannot use alternative accounts. So, you know you get unique traffic visitors everytime. To be a Crystal Craze affiliate and supporter, one has to talk to the support team. 

While I was visiting HQ, I met Nikina Kodawari (kodawari), who explained to be the difference between crystals and clusters. “Crystals are the most common game form, crystal craze uses. You can rez the crystal spawner and then pay it and it will use the funds to periodically spawn crystals that people will come to your sim and pick them up. When the spawner runs out of funds the spawner will deactivate itself. While, Clusters on the other hand offer a different kind of collection where the people will click it to activate a timer before they can claim their reward. After a few minutes, the cluster will be able to be claimed and they will need to return to the cluster to pick it up. It's kind of like those old traffic games like Coin Hunt.”

Gia (giablossom): How much traffic is expected? Can the sim crash, has it ever happened?

Nikina Kodawari (kodawari): I'm sure it probably happened before but I've never seen it. Normally traffic isn't quite that crazy unless you spawn a huge amount of rezzers in the same area and then prompt some x10 events and everyone tries to come in at the same time. But even then I doubt the sim would outright crash, instead some people just can't come in.

Sometimes, as a hunter one can witness few people running at abormal speeds. Moving faster than normal speed is against the rules of the game. In case of an issues, its best to record and CC the support team to investigate. Nikina Kodawari (kodawari) also adds, “But most of the time people aren't moving too fast, they just have an AO that animates differently, like people using roller skates It doesn't give them an advantage, it just looks like they move faster when they don't. The crystal craze basket has a system that can usually detect when people have a faster sustained movement than normal and it will lock itself. But it isn't perfect and sometimes people find ways to get around it.”

Gia (giablossom): Could you explain  the hunter side of this game?

Nikina Kodawari (kodawari): Sure! The idea of a hunter is to pick up a crystal craze basket and explore hosted sims to collect crystals, and clusters. Each crystal provides a small bit of XP that over time will allow the hunter to level up and increases the capacity of the basket. The crystals have to be brought back here to HQ and turned in for $L rewards So it creates a constant cycle of people going into sponsored sims and collecting crystals, then returing to turn in at HQ and empty the basket, then returning to different sims to continue hunting more crystals and clusters.

Gia (giablossom): What does the levels do? Why will someone want to level up?

Nikina Kodawari (kodawari): When you start, the Crystal basket can only hold a few hundred crystals. At level 100 the crystal craze basket can hold 1 million crystals. The more crystals you can collect at a time means you can hold more capacity to make more L$ quicker without returning to HQ. Also there are other rewards for leveling up like different textures for the Crystal Craze Basket, as well as various group titles like Crystal Craze Hunter, Adept, Master & Legend.

Gia (giablossom): What is the crafting station about?

Nikina Kodawari (kodawari): Different things can be created by crafting such as limit break potions and skins for the crystal craze basket. There is a limit of how many crystals can be collected at one sim without a hunter needing to find another place to hunt. The limit break potion will increase that limit and allow people to stay in one place longer. You gain crafting ingredients by simply collecting crystals and also interacting with the Vote beacon. There are other potions like Purple Love Juice Potion that makes purple hearts come out every time you collect a purple crystal. But the limit break potion is the one thing that most people craft and want to resell. You can check the prices by clicking on the media board right next to the crafting station. The potions generally range between 15L to 20L per potion. 

At the HQ, one can see different contest boards. The Weekly XP Contest is who gained the most XP this week by collecting crystals and clusters. The winner be rewarded with the L bonus on the kiosk. The Top Donations isn't actually a contest, it just shows the names of people who have donated in Crystal Craze's lifecycle. Nikina Kodawari (kodawari) further adds, “The weekly social contest is an experimental contest that is just here for now. It's still being worked on but at the moment it just keeps track of group chat and gives people points for saying thank you to event coordinators and sponsors.” All visiting individuals can increase the prize money on these boards by donating in the prize pool. 

When asked, how long she has been playing this game and what keeps her going, Nikina Kodawari (kodawari) answers, “I enjoy Crystal Craze as a concept. What I mean is that it provides a unique thing in SL that makes it feel more alive. Most traffic games involved people just afking (like a camping chair).  Crystal Craze is an incentive for people to get out and explore new places, meet new people, and seeing people moving around and doing stuff makes SL feel more dynamic and involved. It helps SL as a whole feel healthy in my eyes. When new people can join the game and be lead to Crystal Craze as a way to generate their first Ls they can come here and make friends and see more of the SL world rather then just stumbling around by themselves and thinking they can never have anything without paying RL money. So for that reason I feel like Crystal Craze is a great thing for SL as a whole and I enjoy volunteering some time and energy to the team here. The more people are enjoying Crystal Craze, the more they are playing SL and in the long term that keeps SL going which is the ultimate goal. At least that is what I feel like is most important. The more people being here and enjoying their time in this world the better off we all are.”

Gia (giablossom) - Did you meet people while hunting too, and did you make friends?

Nikina Kodawari (kodawari): Absolutely. I learned about Crystal Craze by accident because I was on a nearby parcel visiting a friend on the mainland and suddenly one of the neighbors' parcels exploded in traffic. And I had to know what was going on and why there was suddenly so many people over there. Turns out it was a crystal craze event. So I followed it back here to the HQ and found out that I can use CC to find new places to explore so I would occasionally come here and click on their board just to find cool new lands to look at and see what other people are building. Eventually, after about a few months I decided to join CC because I was coming here so much.  I had started to see the same people over and over again and naturally you eventually just start to make friends and chat and get to know people. And that's how it all started for me.

Gia (giablossom): Would you like to share a ballpark figure on how many Lindens you made since you joined?

Nikina Kodawari (kodawari): Me? Honestly, I have never withdrawn funds from CC and never used it to gain L$. Hahaha, I'm an exceptional case that I've never needed this for the L$ benefits.  I'm mostly here enjoying my time as a sponsor and mentor.

When one is up for exploring, or just bored to the bones lazing around, I would definitely recommend this game. It is fun, active and above all we get to meet many others. A good way to make friends. 

Visit Crystal Craze HQ: https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Eduisland%202/64/7/1000

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SL’s Top Haunted Locations & Tours - GiaBlossom reporting

There are hardly a few days to go until October 31st to pass by this year. We don’t want to miss the special places decorated by landscapers all over the grid. My first search was to find a few locations suggested by travelers, landscape photographers, bloggers, and vloggers. For this I found a Facebook group, called Public Landscapes; so I went around exploring and clicking a few sneak peek pictures of my own. 

The first place I sorted for you is called, “Der Spooky Haunted Halloween Island” suggested by Kayla Woodrunner. You can visit the Landmark-  http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Nykus/186/245/21 We enter after our helicopter crashes into a small island off the maps. The quiet environment spooks you till you cross a horde of zombies coming at you. A merry-go-round that brings about the evil inner child. A toxic pathway leads to burning moving skeletons. 

The second place has a horror and autumn vibe to it. It will be much more fun if you visit with your family. The place was suggested by Susann DeCuir. It’s called “LeLoo’s World Boo-Fest”. Landmark - http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Friends/31/140/32 We step into the market of Halloween goodies, you can buy some for your home or your memories. As we enter, a sudden whirlpool of autumn breezes through the cornfields. You feel the err in the atmosphere when the scare happens. Ghosts! As you walk, you see a witch house at the far end of the fields and some smelly soup cooking in a cauldron that makes you want to puke. But beware, a witch might end up lurking behind you.

The third place, I would suggest for you is the “All Hallows 2024” established in 2016. Maia Macabre returns this year with another haunted meandering, autumnal hoodoo, darkly roaming beings. LM - http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Moochie/170/200/23 It was suggested by Silvana F. Demina. This place should be among the top 3 on any list. We land in the middle of nowhere via a goods train. As you turn around, there are spooky shadows under the golden shades of autumn trees. As we walk the single lonely pathway In the middle of the dense jungle, it leads to an opening on a deck where an eerily individual, Alexandria Dassin is serving “Hot drinks for Cold hands” To see an actual human being zombified terrified the soul out of me. I ran further away crossing over to the little island hoping none of these zombies saw me as I reached a small church. But a shadow lurked there too and it lured me away from the place for good. This place is not for any feeble heart. 

“The Haunted Halloween Tour” Landmark - 

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Haunted%20Halloween%20Tour%201/15/183/178 If you think, nothing can scare you in this life, think again. What starts as a simple tour in a coffin of two, the tour takes some sudden turns and shows the haunted stories. I could write an entire article on this location, but that would spoil all the scare for you. At a point in this tour, I had to look beyond the computer screen to realize I was not in that scary frightening world wishing this torture would end soon. 

If something like an interactive group tour is something that interests you. A 500L$ Ticket (Marketplace -https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/New-Orleans-Haunted-History-Tour/26412701?)  to the Haunted History of Witchcraft & Voodoo in New Orleans is just what you are looking for. Kaiden and Pandora Tray have gone above and beyond to create this personalized tour. It’s a once-in-a-lifetime experience. 

Credits - Kaiden Tray

Additional Information - 

Public Landscapes - https://www.facebook.com/groups/881653512598287

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From Farm to Table - GiaBlossom reporting

The Farming concept was first seen with the introduction of Harvest Moon in the gaming world. It gave the communities and cults for games a reason for immersive roleplay. Back in 2009 when Farmville hit the world up a storm, no one knew how big the business would be. Second Life gamers were also not behind in bringing the concept in-world. 

In 2010 we saw the introduction of Guardian de las Sombras, easier known as G&S. It focused on medieval fantasy communities to help them get into immersive roleplay. We had also seen the introduction of Life where not only the energy but also the hygiene of an avatar was introduced making it more real. Then came the Digital Farm System in October 2016. In 2017, a year later, we heard the introduction of the Aura Roleplay system. And the latest introduction in BeYou, which is similar to Life and is slowly taking the grid by storm. The estates like Blossom Meadows  are relaunching itself as the family community roleplay integrated with BeYou homes. 

Earlier we used to see crops used for farming. Crops like wheat, hay, tomato, rice, sugarcane, corn. The basics that could be cooked to make the animal feed for farm animals like cows-bulls, hens-roosters, goats, sheep etc. Then we saw the introduction of carpentry, mining, backsmith, fishing among other activities as well. Overall, in all the systems you will find these activities. As the growth of secondary markets began we also saw the expiration of the goods in certain systems, the first being G&S. Like all changes, it was met with both positive and negative reviews. 

We have also witnessed various breedables over the years from fantasy to farm to domestic and wild animals. We have also seen fairies breed. And more important, we have also seen plants as breedables, called the Plant Pets. With the introduction of mesh, people wanted to see more realistic elements. We saw a number of new full perm mesh designers in the grid. This helped the farming industry as well. From water towers, windmills to crops to farm animals to food. And these days we have flowers as well. 

Flowers grown are used in further production and creating Limited/ rare items for recipes. 

Creativity has no limits. Immersive roleplay is so deep that every step you take will bring you to new opportunities. Flowers, trees, bushes which were once made just for landscaping are now used in farming systems. The same that were used for landscaping with the same prim count are used to decorate sims and create an interactive world. Unlike the breedables, the farming scripts use a lot less memory and usually low lag. There is also no physical element, that is the animals are movement restricted leading to no collision which also helps in keeping the lag down. However, for a new farmer it's always good to start small and build up from there depending upon your spare time and involvement. There are many farm barons who give a small piece of land for farming. Either you can ask in respective groups or look out for the advertisements. 

Since 2016, the secondary market for the Digital Farm System has grown to over 4500 active members. They also started with the Digital Living System to enhance the life-like living in Second Life. It is seen that the older the systems get, there are more number of people who join and the prices in the secondary markets fall. For example the same recipe in G&S will sell for 27L$; while in DFS it will sell for 152L$ and in beYou it sells over 300L$. (All prices fluctuate and are in approx estimates). Farming enthusiasts who love to mint Lindens from the secondary markets, will grab the next opportunity in a new system. Also, the scope of expansion and improvements gets higher with any new systems. 

To keep a business afloat it is important to keep the change alive. The Digital Farm System introduces new recipes every month. This recipe is dedicated to the monthly cooking champion. Sometimes, these recipes are available to be cooked for a limited time only. Like all limited items the prices for these are fairly high. This system also  introduced flowers by TSpot Home and Garden in a number of recipes to add fragrance with the added fruity flavours. 

The flowers are used for essential oils, cooking oils, fragrance, decoration of furniture, decoration of food platters, cakes, limited recipe items, edible flowers as well. Flowers like roses are the best sellers during valentines month. Other varieties of flowers like lilies, chives, lavenders, baby’s breath, wild flowers, daffodils, daisies, carnations, Geraniums are a score and are available in various colors. The flowers like all plants come with certain fixed uses; which means they can be harvested for that many times. However, DFS introduced the concept of Forever plants. Forever plants can only be received from Farm Stash Boxes and Grab Bags available each month from the MainStore. These plants are resold in secondary markets at very high prices. Each Sunflower Forever plant is sold at as high as 10,000L$. The other Forever flowers are Chives, Daffodils, Lavenders and Wild flowers. For example in the month of May 2020 a new limited variety of wild flowers were introduced, the “Wild Flowers Mothers Day Blue Dolly”. Not only are flowers used in flower baskets, but it is also incorporated with animals as cute decorations like the Limited DFS Sow/Boar - Happy Mother Day. 

The prices for the flower markets like all other raw materials increase with the number of uses for each basket. For example a Geranium basket will sell at 5-6L$ each. Each harvest gives 1 basket. The prices of the harvests are based on a number of factors. They are: number of harvests, number of days to harvest, number of times they are pruned, the further uses in production of recipes, amount of energy it took to prune and harvest. 

Unlike G&S and Aura, DFS and beYou have more modern food platters. They ask the players to suggest recipes that could be incorporated. Hence, we have cuisines from all over the world. We have various flavours of icecreams, fragrance of soaps, creative influx of cakes for all occasions fitting all taste buds. Syrups, milkshakes, dips and sauces are just a few among the long list. 

These days these recipes have found a place in the non-roleplay environment as well. A few years back at wedding parties, birthday celebrations, baby showers and other occasions we used to find a brunch table giving out a list of food items from its menu. Then we saw placemats being used as restaurants with a similar concept as well. Now we will see clients asking for specific food for their celebrations. Event planners can now arrange for food tasting and complete custom orders. The old foods used to just have the eating and drinking animations, the new ones have the added advantage of being eaten with energy. 

Second Life is an escape from reality and we may or may not have a reason to party. These systems are an added dynamics that are built not only for active roleplay but also encourage opportunity at every level. There are farmers, cooks, carpenters, miners, blacksmiths, traders. The limitless opportunity to earn for not only the players but also mesh designers. Earlier we used to see just simple plating in the form of prims, then we saw sculpts and now we see mesh. From fish to meat, crops to flowers, fresh herbs to spices, fruit trees to pine trees (harvested for wood); we are all growing. 

Additional Information - 

Digital Farm System by Ice12192 Drover - https://www.digitalfarmsystem.com/

TSpot Home & Garden by Teresa Matfield - https://marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/46024

Guardian de las Sombras - https://gstrading.info/

BeYou - https://www.beyouworld.com/

Aura Roleplay Systems - https://aurarpsystems.wixsite.com/aurarp/single-post/2017/04/24/Welcome-to-the-information-page-for-AURA-Role-Play-Systems

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AVIE POLL- What do SL Men & Women look for in the perfect partner - GiaBlossom Reporting

Finding love in Second Life is just as hard as finding one in Real Life. It is said that it happens when you are not looking. How much of this is true, I don't know. I am yet to experience one but I have seen many who have been together for years and their love has transcended to real life. 

For those like me, we wonder who would be our perfect be? Almost a week back I asked this random question, “What do you look for in a Perfect Partner in SL?” to find out what others think of it. What I expected was a few of my friends and family to reply back. After 10 hours, however, there were over a 100 replies to this random question and still counting. A random question turned viral.

Credits - Sherief (idetective), In the picture are Avi Hunter and Keira Yiwama, Sherief and Sarah.

In this short article I might not be able to share all the views of all the people who participated by replying to the post. But thanks to them, I wanted to share their views with you dear readers. 

Lori Jamee Sandalwood Loeffler - COO at The Best of Second Life and the founder of Models giving back says,”Honesty, loyalty, trustworthy, treats me really well and always has “our” best interest in mind, not just mine. Well, now you know what I have in Matt. No lies, no hiding things - it’s comfortable, like it has always been there and I never doubt anything that he is saying to me. He keeps his word every time. Ability to communicate! Add that to the list - you have to be able to talk to each other openly freely.”

Morgan Whitfield Firehawk - Miss Virtual World 2020, designer/owner of HEELS, founder of Care and Hope Center says, “I too find loyalty very important. Also someone who is supportive and listens to you. Plus having things in common.”

Cain Saunders who recently got engaged says, “How would I describe her? Ever been outside on a really cold day where the wind almost feels like a knife cutting you. Then you walk in a house and its nice, warm and welcoming. She is that house. A day where your working outside, and the sun is beating you up and you feel like you have taken a shower with your clothes on. You go inside and the air is on and you get a refreshing cold drink. She is that drink and air. When you visit a tourist site like Niagara Falls for instance, and you see the power, beauty and are in awe of what you see. That's her. When your a kid on Christmas morning, and you open up the present to reveal you got exactly what you wanted. That’s her. When a tragedy happens and it is pain and suffering and hurt, but then the love after all people coming together to show love and support. Showing power of togetherness, showing the ability to rise above hate. Yes that's her. So yea those are just a few examples of how I would describe my Tam.”

Rose Mikaelson -- Founder of Miss Globe Universal says, “Someone who is honest, truthful, respectful, loyal, protective, share common interest but not afraid of being different, similar taste in music, style, grace, appreciation, unique, passion, balance life, support, values family and friendship, peaceful, chivalry, understands how to operate a business and loves dogs to name a few.”

Fiore Quintesson says, “Agree, honesty and loyalty. No mind games. No alts games. My ex gave it to me in a fat pack. But thanks to him I met the one I love with all my heart. Raffaelo Monastir is the one who suits me in everything and a man I dreamt in RL and SL.”

Starbaby Perl says, “If you are looking for a perfect partner, then make an alt and have him/her as your partner. It will be just like playing Barbie and Ken. You can make him look and act any way you want.”

Kye Mae says, “It's hard when many say I just keep it in SL. It's hard not to as there is a person behind that avatar. I mean you must be so emotionless to not even feel anything towards them. I met my partner in sl, but we never did play SL, we took it to rl and 10 years later we are still married. So good things do come to those who are genuine and want to have trust, love and loyalty.”

The data I took was from the first 24 hours of all the answers combined. Here are the qualities that most people are looking for in broad categories. 

Honesty, Loyalty, Trustworthy, Keeps couple interest in mind, Keeps promises, Communicates, Similarities, Comfort, Inspiring, Dissimilarities, Appreciate, Personality, Gives space, Nothing perfect, Waits to be intimate, Not perfect, Has money, Is a Friend, Pet Lover and Not interested.

In the picture are Avi Hunter and Keira Yiwama

A perfect partner according to me is someone who balances my personality with similar and dissimilar tastes. Someone who has fun like a friend, scolds like a sibling and loves like a lover. 

Additional Information

The Facebook posts - https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=988244524929966&id=100012332823417&comment_id=988593884895030&notif_id=1593529011607463&notif_t=feed_comment&ref=notif

https://www.facebook.com/groups/155844374435030/3526444977374936/?comment_id=3527689047250529&notif_id=1593488609847704&notif_t=group_comment&ref=notif

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A day on the Surfer’s Bay VIP beach with Persia Bravin - GiaBlossom Reporting

An amazing face of a clean wave, or even a heavy awesome wave and sometimes with the wind conditions you get a choppy wave too. The best part for me while surfing is if you can get a glassy green room, inside the barrel before the waves break. At Surfer’s Bay VIP, you could either go on a dawn patrol or firing (just a fun surf). For a grommet or an inexperienced young surfer there are teaching lessons available too. But that is not all, this place offers the whole experience of a vacation. 

The islands pan across 3 sims with blue sea crushing to the sides. The flora fauna and the rocks are an amazing addition to the beauty. Persia Bravin and Duncan Blackburn are the two business minds: partners who have made Surfer’s Bay VIP a grand success over the years. 

They have built a community for over 7000 members who love to surf, chill, and party by the sea. 

The best DJs and best bands on the grid cater to you. Photographers and bloggers across the grid come to take pictures and take part in the contests. Last month, Surfer’s Bay VIP hosted surfing competition for the Second Life Surfing Association (SLSA)

I got a chance to talk with Persia Bravin; you might recognize the name as she is one of the SLE Press as well and has been with SL Enquirer since 2008. She used to host all of the early Miss Virtual World Pageants with Frolic Mills. A resume and a name for herself you cannot beat in SL. And yet, she is the most humble lady. Her advice is something that I am going to take with me through my journey. “The most beautiful people are the ones who keep it real in both SL and RL”.

GiaBlossom: Hi Persia, thank you for your time with SL Enquirer. I went to Surfer’s Bay VIP and was in awe and the beauty and serenity it gives to the soul. Is Surfing one of the activities you love and share with your husband Duncan Blackburn?

Persia Bravin: Surfing was what brought Duncan and I together! Three years ago, I owned my own surf sim called Indigo, but I used to enjoy exploring other surf sims too because SL surfing is a real passion of mine. I found the old version of Surfer’s Bay and got chatting to Duncan about owning a surf sim and all the pleasures and pain that go with that. We were friends for around 5 months before anything romantic happened and used to support each other a lot with our separate sims

GB: If it is not too much to ask, I read in Duncan’s profile that Surfer’s Bay VIP is a gift to you. Am sure there will be a very cute story behind how you both met. Would you like to share your story with us?

Persia Bravin: Surfer’s Bay VIP is a joint project between me and Duncan. He decided to get rid of his old sim and I did the same with mine and we pooled our resources and creative vision to create the current Surfer’s Bay VIP! Two years later, we have added another two sims as part of the estate and have grown group membership to nearly 8,000 people. Surfer’s Bay VIP is not just a sim for us though – it is a community and a place for people to come and relax and pretend that they are on RL vacation! Our belief is that RL is hectic and crazy enough so SL should be a place to relax. I love the real-life island of Bali, so I took a lot of inspiration from there to create all the sims and we always try to create a proper vacation vibe in everything we do.

GB: Who will say is the better landscaper among the two of you?

Persia Bravin: That is such a tricky question! Because luckily, we both enjoy doing different sim tasks. I hate terraforming, but Duncan enjoys it, so he does that part plus all the technical aspects of running a sim. Whereas I love plants and flowers in my real life, so I am responsible for how the sim looks and feels. We have got good at dividing up sim tasks over the years and because of our RL time zone differences, we like to leave each other ‘to do’ notes about what needs doing next! But what is great is that despite the pressures of running three sims, we have never argued once in three years – but maybe that’s because he knows I am always right!!

GB: Surfer's Bay VIP has so much to offer. And you can actually be a part of the island. Would you like to add a little about the rentals?

Persia Bravin: We have boat rentals and also a selection of beachside houses for rent across all three sims but these are very popular and rent almost as soon as they become available. If you are interested in our rentals – or anything else we do! - check out our website: wwww.surfersbaysl.com

GB: With everyday parties going on, the place has over 7000 fan followers. What are the other features it offers?

Persia Bravin: We are well known across the grid for our amazing surf waves and we always place the best waves available in world on all sims. I also LOVE teaching new surfers how to take to the waves and we have built a good reputation for teaching new surfers, so pop on over if you always want to try SL surfing! Live music is really important to us too, so we have a lot of live concerts each week plus tribute concerts of famous RL bands. We also have a lot of features on sim for members that you don’t find often such as all members can set any sim as their home location, you can rezz your items or photo props anywhere on sim plus we have changing rooms for male and female avis available if you need somewhere quiet to rezz shopping bags and change. But if you were to ask what I personally love most about Surfer’s Bay VIP, it is the sense of community and support. Our thousands of members know that we operate a safe and fun group and estate and both Duncan and I are really proud of that!

GB: What are the other big projects that we might see in future?

Persia Bravin: Well! We are considering adding yet another sim to the estate. This would also have surf waves and rentals! We would also like to increase the live music events we do. We recently hosted a big surfing competition for the Second Life Surfing Association (SLSA) and we would love to host more in the future! 

GB: Do you have a team that helps you in making Surfer’s Bay VIP a success? Would you like to say something to them via this podium?

Persia Bravin: This is a good time to say thank you and to acknowledge the INCREDIBLE team we have at Surfer’s Bay VIP – our DJ’s, Lifeguards and especially our General Manager, Ember Firehawk , because we couldn’t do it without these amazing people! Surfer’s Bay VIP is all about the people and we have the best in Second Life working with us and supporting what we do.

GB: Would you like to summarize the experience at Surfer’s Bay in just 5 words?

Persia Bravin: Chill, surf, party and enjoy!

White sands and lush green jungles take you back to the tranquility, myths, and history of the caves, waterfalls. Sip a cocktail or dance on the beach with your loved one. Dawn, sunset or starry night romance is always in the air. 

Additional Information - 

Website - https://surfersbaysl.com/

Landmark - http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Hidden%20Valley/158/96/21

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