On The Horizon Ice12192 Dover Digital Farm System (DFS) -DreamOfEssence Reporting...

I had the pleasure of sitting with Ice1210 Dover,  To talk about the Digital Farm System (DFS), That everyone Has been talking about and all the new things that are coming out. He stated that the Digital Farm System (DFS) back in the start of October 2016.

I asked him how he started with SL, Ice Went on to tell me, A friend told him about a game that he could create and develop your own world and be able to make money , On the  System, Since he has projects going around, Making wed sites, Software applications and all kinds of things. He decided to go give SL A try to see what it would be come.

He commented  on  that when he had come to Second life, it was a very big adjustment since he has not seen a system/game similar to SL where you can make things that othersuse inside the game.

I asked him what inspired him to first start working on the Digital Farm System (DFS), Ice  share  that he has always loved the idea of farming/growing your own food in real life and in games, Ice checked out another farming system,  and saw that Second life was missing a big modern farming system, so after he did some research on what people wanted or needed in working on our own farming, That was more user friendly.

Ice said  his big first big break in Digital Farm System (DFS),  as they put it together a lot of his close friends wanted to help them test the product and they stated telling everyone at Auctions that they were running and people seemed to be very excited about it, Icerealized that everyone was telling everyone and they all wanted to try it, He also said that it went from 10 people in a few days and then in one week he had over 50 people doing the Digital Farm System (DFS).

I asked Ice who were some of his mentors along the way on making the (DFS) project,Icesaid he did not have any specific mentors as they all grew together and learned from one another and those people that started with him are still in the system and proudly doing it and helping New farmers start there farming.

I started out with  question of asking what he would recommend if someone wanting to start with Digital Farm System (DFS), He stated and suggest that they go through the learning center and see the amazing things and guide they setup there, They can get there by sitting on the teleporter in the front of the store, Ice also stated that they have a lot of useful information on the web site at, www.digitalfarmsystem.com  and IceSaid that  they also have a group called  DFS : Digital Farm System where there is a lot of people who have been doing it scent it open.

We both, talked about some of the biggest hurdles Ice faced with building The Digital Farm System (DFS), Also what was his biggest accomplishments with  Digital Farm System (DFS), Ice told me that it was a difficult question to ask him to answer as the whole system and experience has just been so amazing, and what still surprises him so much is that he now has over 3000 users registered on the  Digital Farm System (DFS) and there growing every single day with new people starting, The biggest hurdles he has faced is the issues with second life when communicating to external servers and the limitations that it has on scripting, but that just made it so that he had to find different ways to work around those issues.

What is the future With  (DFS)? and were do you see it going, Ice told me that The Plans for the future is so big for  Digital Farm System (DFS), That to have a whole range of animals, That also Ice wants to cover or be able to cater for all types of Role Play from Gor, Future, Western and anything that we implement, Ice also said that He would love for  Digital Farm System (DFS) to become a about any scenario. He stated that he also has had so many thanks and compliments, that he changed peoples Second life lives and brought their family's back together and give them something to do on here and have a lot of fun doing it.

Ice went on to tell me, The things he is currently working on is redoing the pizza so you can actually hold a slice and eat it then it and will give you the EP, He also stated that they are working on a mini games that tasks you can do thru the community and a whole Role play system where you can order items from the stores in the community for delivery and events for fire station and medical center to come deal with.

I asked Ice , Are there going to be any more animation like rolling the dough or things like that, He mentioned, he did do something like this with the Barrel Crusher to be animated as you can sit on it and it speeds up time a little bit, but the issue was people were giving him feedback as they wanted to multiple cooking recipes at once and not just do one thing at a time, everyone seems to love to multi task so Ice had to change them to the rest and be able to use multiple items at once.

Ice and I talk about, The new productsto come out with to make Beer and that I see Ice had it were you could make Juice and wine and Beer, I ask scents he has all that is there going to be something with soda coming out, Ice gave me a preview on the upcoming products, They been discussing that and still have to figure out how to do it properly, so that  you can make your own bottles and all, he has a lot of plans that hasn’t been implemented or finalized so those types of items will also be happening.

Ice ,Told me  the next animal that he will be coming out with will be sheep, That way others can make items such as cloth, carpets and ect.He elaborated, on that it is still growing and will become bigger then it is now and everyone is so excited and is looking forward to the new things to come out.

DFS Main Store
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/DFS/127/127/21

Great New Experience DFS Community Sim.
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/DFS%20Community%20Sim/138/114/21

To the Digital Farm System (DFS) Cookbook
https://www.digitalfarmsystem.com/dfs-recipes/

The land mark for The Learning Center
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/DFS/137/147/481


Facebook url...
https://www.facebook.com/digitalfarmsystem/ 

News and updates url...
https://www.digitalfarmsystem.com/news-2/ 

Preferred contact: Ice12192 Dover 

Reporting DreamOfEssence

Email: mellykissesmelly@gmail.com

A Big Thanks to Ben Usher For letting us use his farm for the photo's.

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Center Stage on Laura Potente and Lovely Laura’s Weddings- Angel Reporting

Laura Pontente is an entrepreneur who works in many different departments. She is a Manager at many different clubs and  in particular the owner of a new and improved wedding Service. They make your dreams come true and it is definitely worth your money.( Let me tell you why!!)Laura’s Lovely Weddings have been open for two months and already has ties with over 12 different vendors. They have ties with Earth Stone, Zoz nails, Bitter/Sweet Studio, Aphrodite etc.Laura was first working with clubs till she realized how much of an impact she wanted to be in other peoples SL. She decided to get people together and work on making people big day. Although she didnt know how to start in the beginning she made it work. Lets ask her a few questions….

Interview with Laura

Angel- Thank you for taking the time out to talk to me today Laura, I know how busy your schedule can be. I had a few questions about the wedding service you just opened. What inspired you most about opening a wedding Service? Why not any other service to help people?

Laura- I love making people happy and seeing people have a magical day. When you plan a wedding for someone you get to know them and learn from them. Seeing someone story unfold in front of you and know you helped, is a feeling that no money can buy. I am inspired by my clients because they are the ones I am here for and strive to give them their perfect day.

Angel- How do think the business is thriving so far? How would you say you would make someones ultimate wedding come true?

Laura- We have been growing. Vendors and other individuals believe in our cause. Which is giving a stress free wedding. We have lovely people working together and because of this we can expand and grow so we can give our clients the best.

Angel- What do you think your Wedding Service is very good at that you think others lack in?

Laura-We custom everything and we provide it all. From bachelorette/ bachelor parties, receptions, to custom honeymoons to personal shopping. We offer the FULL package.

Angel- Now I know this may be too soon to ask but I want to know your opinion already? What was it like helping your first few couples to make their day special? Was it easy? What type of problems did you run into?

Laura-With any new business you have bumps to get over. However, seeing how happy the couple was and see how easy it was for them made all those challenges worth it. At the end of the day we are there for them.

Angel- Is there anything else you want the readers to know about your service that you think will catch their eye?

Laura-We just expanded. So for our clients we offer now, baby showers, renewals, birthday parties and much more. Also, we added a movie theater, games and more for our clients to have a good time! Also partnered with Bitter/Sweet studio, so if you need any photography that is not wedding related we can now provide this additional service.

Angel- Thank you for answering some of the many questions our readers wanted to know. I can’t wait to see many more of the couples you help and hear about their amazing experience with you.

Laura- Thank you for the opportunity. This means alot to me.

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Ropa%20Valley/192/55/27

Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/Lovely-Lauras-Weddings-1575327842585778

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5th ANNUAL: BID THE LINDENS BALD - 2018 HAPPENING NOW!

The Relay Rockers are pleased to announce that Bid The Lindens Bald will make its triumphant return to the Relay For Life of Second Life April 30th thru May 9th! Bid Me Bald is an event, created by the Relay Rockers in 2007 to honor those who lose their hair to cancer treatments.  Participants agree to go bald 1 day for each L$5000 raised.

In 2017 3 Teams of Lindens competed in a Bid Me Bald Challenge and raised L$1,478,599 ($5686 USD) and the Concierge Team went bald for a total of 297 days.

This year's teams are from Product Operations, Support Leaders and Support Agents

The event is a challenge and the team which raises the least will once again go bald for the amount of days equal to the total of the 1st Place team.   The days will be shared among the team members.

New this year, Bid The Lindens Bald will be held in conjunction with the Rocker's signature multiteam event "RELAYSTOCK".  RelayStock runs Friday May 4th, through Sunday May 6th and will feature entertainment provided by individual Relay For Life teams and featuring live performances by Nina Bing, Dimi von Ludwig, Keeba Tammas & the Tiny Maniacs and Maximillion Kleene.  The event will be held on is own region 'RelayStock' and is open to the entire Second Life community.

The teams of Lindens are comprised as follows:

Product Ops:

Alexa Linden

Ekim  Linden

Grumpity  Linden

Oz  Linden

Patch  Linden

Support Leaders:

Ami  Linden

Garry  Linden

Keira  Linden

Tommy  Linden

Support Agents:

Corky  Linden

Evie  Linden

Ginger  Linden

izzy  Linden

Kristin  Linden

Madori  Linden

Sparky  Linden

TJ  Linden

Vix  Linden

Vanessa  Linden

For more information contact Trader1 Whiplash in world or visit www.relayrockers.org

P R E S S   R E L E A S E

For Immediate Release

Arizona Ballinger

Captain, 2018 Relay Rockers

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Second Pets™ is now on Facebook!

Follow us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Second-Pets-231774600708382/

Second Pets™ will be releasing more species soon.

Come see our fishes at our in world http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Chopsaw/28/162/25

Contact secondpets@secondpets.com if you have questions.

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LOVELY LAURA'S WEDDINGS EXPANDS

Lovely Laura's Weddings is growing! That's right we officially have sistered with Bitter/Sweet Studio. Not only are we offering the full package for your wedding day, but now we are offering services for after! Photos, shopping, drive in theater, bowling alley and more! We have it all! If you need any information about our services, please contact LauraPotente.

This week we our featuring our exclusive wedding package the: Live, Love, Laugh package. This package gives it all from flowers and cakes to a completely custom-built venue. Booking this package between May 7th-May 21st you will receive a 10% discount!

Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/156751373@N06

Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/Lovely-Lauras-Weddings-1575327842585778

Location:  http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Ropa%20Valley/175/63/27

Email: lovelylaurasweddings @gmail.com

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Club Crescendo is riding a wave of buzz after it's successful Grand Opening weekend

Club Crescendo is riding a wave of buzz after it's successful Grand Opening weekend April 27th through the 29th!  It was a blowout party full of themed contests and prizes in addition to the amazing DJ's and live performances by Red Heaven, Cori, and Naughty!
This weekend we pick up where we left off!  We will be open on Friday May 4th, from 6pm-midnight, Sat from 6pm-midnight and Sunday we will open at 3pm for 3 hrs of Live Music followed by amazing DJs for the rest of the night from 6pm- midnight.  Club Crescendo is the club that plays the music YOU want to hear!!!  We also have stores/kiosks and sky boxes for rental

Club Crescendo is SL's newest club! We offer a variety of music genres and welcome listener requests, as well as Live Music on Sundays from 3-6pm. Open on Friday s, Saturday, and Sunday @ 6pm-12am! Come and join us for a time you won't forget! We also have store rentals and skyboxes! Our Sploder is loaded frequently with 500 Lindens of loving to make it even more fun!

Fridays
6-8 pm- DJ Gen/ host Dani
8-10pm -DJ Kissa / host Kimmy
10-12- DJ Mena / Robbey

Sat

6-8 - DJ Fhionn / Host Dazy
8-10- DJ Mena / Host Kimmy
10-12- DJ Chris / Host Nica

Sundays

Live Music
3-4-  Red Heaven-LM
4-5- Naughty-LM
5-6- Oblee-LM

Sun 29th
6-8 DJ Nyte / Host Payne
8-10- DJ Cori / Host Robbey
10-12- DJ Chris/Host Star

Links:

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Blue%20Lagoon/126/81/3016
https://www.facebook.com/Club-Crescendo-923723697806286/notifications/

Preferred Contact info: winniekim resident or Corialote Dougall

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GeekSpeak – is our civilisation the first and only one? Join the Encore Discussion Saturday May 5th at 12pm slt

About 60 million years ago the temperature of the earth climbed by several degrees.  It has been suggested that this global warming was caused by industry.  But whose industry?  Intelligent dinosaurs?  Or alien visitors?

Is it possible that there were earlier advanced civilisations, human or non-human, that we do not know about?  A civilisation that lasted 1000 years would be simply a blip on the timeline.  There are some clues that earlier civilisations may have existed, such as an iron hammer embedded in ancient stone or a gold chain found in coal. 

What evidence should we look for?  What convincing evidence could there be? Could it be possible that our history is not what we think it is?  Come and tell us what you think in GeekSpeak.

IM Vulcan Viper if you have any ideas for future discussions.

 http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Danmu/143/127/51

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Angels & Demons Arriving in SL : Interview with Bloodlines Mars Bracken- Seersha Heart Reporting…

In November 2016, I wrote about Bloodlines and sat down for a chat with Mars Bracken.  Now as Bloodlines is celebrating their ten-year anniversary I wanted to see what has happened with Bloodlines in the past two years.  Never disappointing, the Bloodlines group is readying a new release.  From my view point, this will be a very big deal in SL.  Will it surpass prior characters?  When I last spoke to Mars, Bloodlines had a fairly new school created with many classes.  Here I am talking to Mars on what is going on with Bloodlines now….

SEERSHA: Welcome back Mars, thank you for taking some time to talk to me today.  I have a few questions, I want to jump directly to the new release of Angels and Demons first….will you tell me a little bit about each new character and how they fit into the scope of Bloodlines?  When is the release date?  Will the HUDs be on marketplace on the release date?  Where is the best place to buy the new HUD on release date?

MARS:   The new races are designed to work in a fairly familiar way with the system, but obviously provide new roleplay opportunities. We've heard from several people saying they had no interest in Bloodlines until they heard they could play a really benevolent character like an Angel, so apparently that has some appeal.
The release date for these two new races is May 4th, which is also our 10 Year Anniversary event:
https://blog.slbloodlines.com/2018/04/17/bloodlines-10th-anniversary-angels-demons-release-party/

The new HUDs will not immediately be on MP, they will be in our main stores. But soon after we should have them up on the Marketplace and in the affiliate vendors.

SEERSHA:   Will any of the existing characters merge with an Angel or a Demon character [similar to the merge of Vampire and Lycan]?  Where may interested residents get more information on these today?

MARS:  Players will be able to merge or hybridize any two races (other than human), so Angel Lycans and Demon Vampires etc. will definitely be a thing. The Fury HUD will get an update not long after the initial release, and that HUD will be able to be used for any 2-race combination, so there won't be a need for another HUD in each case. At the moment our blog is the most reliable source of information, but not much will be out officially until release day.

SEERSHA:   Was the release date of Angels and Demons delayed?

MARS:  The first time we officially announced a release date was when we talked about May 4th and our anniversary on the blog. Fingers crossed we will meet the deadline!

SEERSHA:   I am not a Bloodlines player as of the writing of this article.  I visit the SIM periodically with friends.  When I saw the Angels and Demons sign I immediately thought that Angels will be full of women and the Demons full of men.  Does your group have any predictions that you may share? [I have since revised that prediction after one woman telling me woman can be bad a$$ demons too!]

MARS:  We hadn't really predicted or imagined any gender split on the races. When we do the vendor art, we of course have to choose what character will be feature most prominently, but we try to just create a balance in the representation. We definitely know a lot of male and female avatars who have expressed interest in both Angels and Demons, so we'll just have to see how it goes!

SEERSHA: That is such exciting news!  You have spoken to me about emergent behaviors that your team notices while monitoring the players.  Did the concept for Angels and Demons come from an emergent behavior or another source? Is this the new thing you referenced to me back 2016?  Do you think there will be a significant number of 1st time players to join the game?  What does your group consider a significant number?

MARS:  Angel and Demons have been requested as races for years now. I think right after we released Lycans, people asked for Zombies for a few years, and then it shifted over to Angels and Demons. Now it seems most of our requests are coming in as Dragons, so that might be next!

We're not sure how many first time players will join because of the Angels and Demons, but it sounds like there will definitely be some. And we consider any additions significant!

SEERSHA:   Oh Dragons…interesting.  Fire breathing would do awful things to my hair.  *laughs*  Now if someone has never played Bloodlines wants to become an Angel or a Demon; will they have a level playing field for exisiting BL players?  That is can a brand-new Demon shoot to the top of achievements without old BL ties?

MARS:  Yes, we are definitely creating brand new ranking pages for Angels and Demons, which should allow people a new arena to compete and achieve in.

SEERSHA: Do you have people in world using a beta HUD of either class right now?  Will there be a lot of help for users of these new HUDs?  Where?

MARS: We do have a beta HUD that just started today, and will run for a little less than a week. We kept the test group small, it's under 2 dozen. We may expand that but we're hopeful we can work out the bugs within that group.

SEERSHA:   I was able to meet and speak to a couple of players who are your Demon Beta’s inworld this past weekend.  I have included pictures of them in this article.  Is there anything else you would like our readers to know about the new release besides the date May 4, 2018?  A link for information?

MARS: Our blog is always the best source for news, and the latest post is this one:
https://blog.slbloodlines.com/2018/04/17/bloodlines-10th-anniversary-angels-demons-release-party/

SEERSHA:   You seemed quite proud last time we spoke about the school on the Bloodlines SIM.  Will you tell me who may attend the classes and a summary of what is offered?

MARS: BLU [BLU = Bloodlines University] classes cover the HUDs, Potions, Tools, Metrics, Achievements, Liege Etiquette, and Turning, as well as Q&A sessions.

SEERSHA:   I have heard some discussing the financial aspects of the game.  Can members benefit financially from the game?

MARS: Currently people can benefit by opening a Blood or Soul Bank, or by selling or trading Rare Textures on the Marketplace. We are happy to be in a long tradition of games like Warcraft, Neverwinter, Guild Wars, and EverQuest which enable players to collect (and soon craft!) resources for trade or sale to other players.

SEERSHA:   I am a *huge* WOW fan and player.  I notice that some stores and some SIMS ban Bloodlines participants specifically yet not other RP groups.  What are your thoughts on members being banned from locations in SL?

MARS: We don't blame people for wanting to keep a strict type of roleplay or environment for their virtual experience or home, and excluding all else. Early on we realized we can't control who permits the system where, so we just focus on making the game better and better, and trust that most people will come to realize that having vampires and werewolves and angels and demons running around on their land can actually be a wonderful thing!

SEERSHA:  I wanted to ask you a few questions about products I found on Marketplace.  I found the Gorgon headpiece quite interesting and definitely see one in my future.  These are the products I would like to know more about; the “elf” , the Dark Disciple, the Grave Ghoul and the Tesla Coil.  What can you tell me about these products?

MARS:  All of these items you mentioned are from our original stores, which existed pre-Bloodlines. The Elf and the Dark Disciple were originally marketed to Harry Potter fans at their big RP sim at the time, in a shop we had called Elixir. The Grave Ghoul and Gorgon were in a store called Blood, and our sci-fi fantasy store Acid Rain. After Bloodlines came out, we consolidated all those non-Bloodlines items into one store, Crypt, and kept adding to the collection slowly over the years. Recently however we've actually taken the Crypt stores down in-world, until we can do proper updates on all those products. We love the Gorgon and the Brethren and the Elf and all the rest, but they all are definitely in need of modernization to fit in with the progressing virtual reality in SL.

SEERSHA:   Is there anything else you want the readers to know about Bloodlines?

MARS:  Just that we're always open to suggestions! We have several more big updates coming this year, including our massive RPG Expansion, but we welcome all ideas and have suggestion boxes on our sims for that purpose.

SEERSHA:   I am an avid reader of all kinds of supernatural lore, with Vampires and Lycans a particular favorite.  How is it that a player may be a hybrid of a vampire [undead] and a lycan [living]?  In most lore Vampires and Werewolves are enemies.  What is your involvement with the lore of each character?

MARS:  There are a fair few games and shows where you can be a hybrid of a vampire and a werewolf; the Underworld movie series comes immediately to mind. We try not to write too much mythology at all, so that people are free to roleplay whatever style they wish. And of course if they wish to ignore the existence of hybrids, that's ok too.

SEERSHA:   Bloodlines also has a battle or WAR HUD.  Is this a different identity or is it any current BL character participating in combat?

MARS:  War is tangential to Bloodlines, exists on the same site, and there are a fair few players doing both. We are currently making decisions about how / if War will be connected at all with our upcoming combat / crafting additions in the Bloodlines RPG Expansion.

SEERSHA:   Where are your stores located?  I am publishing the picture you gave me along with this questions.

MARS:  Our stores are located on our collection of 5 full Bloodlines islands. We just recently renamed and moved the sims, so that now the 4 race sims are spokes on the central "Mortal Crossroads", which is where the human store is located. The Angel and Demon stores (and RP areas) are being built at the moment, and there's going to be construction ongoing for a while, leading up to our RPG Expansion.

SEERSHA:   Thank you for answering all of my questions.  I look forward to the release of Angels and Demons.  I will follow up with you after the release.  I am curious to see what emergences about six months after the release.

MARS:  Thanks for the opportunity to speak, we really appreciate it.

Population of Bloodlines as of 5/2/2018: Vampires 34,889; Lycans 6,483; Hybrids 18,563 and Humans aka Blood Dolls 137,858

URL:  https://www.slbloodlines.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/slbloodlines/
Twitter: @slbloodlines
MP store: https://marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/12144

To learn more about each character click on the name for link to the BL page.  To locate stores, click on SRUL.

Mortals [Humans]
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Bloodlines%20Midland/127/128/241
Lycans
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Bloodlines%20West/236/128/241
Vampires
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Bloodlines%20East/94/99/238

Hybrids
After May 4, 2018

Angels [will be angels.slbloodlines.com]
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Bloodlines%20North/128/20/241
Demons [will be demons.slbloodlines.com]
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Bloodlines%20South/130/233/241

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