SL Grid Issues Over Weekend

As I posted yesterday, we had a roleplay battle to give New London's Dalek mothership one hell of a send-off.  Unfortunately, Second Life was experiencing major league grid issues that caused a roll back of the TARDIS region.  I was supposed to DJ a dance event at the New London Maldovarium, but the grid problems forced me (and pretty much everyone else) off line.  What's more, the region itself was rolled back to a slightly earlier time in the day, undoing most of the dismantling of the Dalek mothership.  This also resulted in my contest board and my favorite tip jar, both of which were no-copy, to be deleted forever.  Fortunately, I was able to buy a new contest board that is copy-permission and which has more textures to fit a wider range of color schemes.

So today we did another roleplay battle to re-destroy the Dalek mothership, which you can read about here.  And notices sent through the New London-affiliated groups presented a new Wordpress-based blog for New London.  The Doctor Who Zone blog will apparently still be maintained for relating Whovian-themed events, but the main focus now is on TARDIS region as a London-themed one with less emphasis on Doctor Who.  I doubt this will placate certain parties, but oh well.

Phoenix Industries owners Nonamei Scribe and Koschei Yuhara are in the process of moving to another city in real life, so they'll be off line most of the next week, appearing only sporadically until they are settled in their new place.  Any questions may be directed to Phoenix Industries group officers, or wait until Nonamei and Koschei return.  They're working on developing ground level for the mainland region they're on, so be sure to check the PI Support Group for updates.  To visit the Phoenix Industries main store, you can go here:

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Villeneuve/147/177/3497

We're also located in TARDIS region where the old Archangel Network stall used to be.

http://slurl.com/secondlife/TARDIS/204/152/2690

I'll keep you updated on further developments.  See you later!

Phoenix Industries Booth at the Convention

Here are some snapshots taken of the Phoenix Industries crew at this year's convention.

Raife discovers the Dune exhibit!

 Live long and prosper.

 Kat Kassner looking sexy at the canon Maldovarium display.

Laredo Lowtide strikes a pose.

Rod Roddenberry, ladies and gents!

Phoenix Industries Booth

Koschei Yuhara

Nonamei Scribe

Winners of the Ugly Sofa contest.

The prize hunt TARDIS box was hidden in plain sight.

The teleport link for the Plasma console was the Plasma PB mk. II.

 The Plasma PB mk. I took people to Phoenix Industries main store.

The Master's Mainframe showed people the way to the Dark Wanderer console.

 My variation on the 11th Doctor's PB took people to the Library console.

From left to right: Koschei, Nonamei, and Syaoran.

 Phoenix Industries was kind enough to share its booth space with Sci-Fi Enterprises.

Koschei, Nonamei, Raife, and Syaoran.

 Chilling on the couch.

Aw, they stuck us in a corner!  Ha ha, it was okay though.

Well, that's about it for the pictures.  The booth had to be moved, apparently, from the southwest region to the southeast one because lag was so terrible in the other one.  The second location was right next door to the south region, which hosted the dance parties, and was close to the New London canon Maldovarium build.  Sandwiched in between, as you can see, was the replica of the Power Rangers headquarters.  Phoenix Industries received a number of compliments on the booth display, which is good because Koschei Yuhara put a lot of work into making it.

Both Phoenix Industries and Sci-Fi Enterprises made their introduction at the convention this year, and next year should be even better.  Raife tells me he plans to become a sponsor next year.  That's pretty much it for updates on the convention in this entry.  Thanks to all who visited and showed their support!



Second Life Sci-Fi Convention 4 (July8th-10th)

Yo!  Has it really been a year since the last SL Sci-Fi Convention?  Yes it has!  Phoenix Industries and Sci-Fi Enterprises are doing a joint display of their wares this year.  If you'd like to pay us a visit in-world, you can do that by clicking the link below:

http://slurl.com/secondlife/SLSFC4%20Southwest/70/69/41

Below are some of the ass-kicking consoles Phoenix Industries has on display, as well as a freebie sonic screwdriver ad by Sci-Fi Enterprises.

Neat, huh?  Again, to visit the booth at the convention, click the link here:

http://slurl.com/secondlife/SLSFC4%20Southwest/70/69/41

See you there!

Open House at Phoenix Industries Platform!

Phoenix Industries is having its first open house at its platforms in Villeneuve, showcasing upcoming console builds for Second Life.  Among the builds featured are the Plasma (http://slurl.com/secondlife/Villeneuve/71/160/2083), Energy (http://slurl.com/secondlife/Villeneuve/71/164/2017), and Cosmic (http://slurl.com/secondlife/Villeneuve/79/166/1979) consoles by Syaoran Nootan, the Dark Wanderer (http://slurl.com/secondlife/Villeneuve/66/193/2005) by Koschei Yuhara, and the Library (http://slurl.com/secondlife/Villeneuve/108/200/2002) and Zero Console (http://slurl.com/secondlife/Villeneuve/93/191/1978) by me, Archangel Mortenwold*.

Scripting is proceeding on already-submitted builds.  The Phoenix Industries system will have role-play features, voice controls, built-in random landing system for the flight controls, cloaking and crash effects, and more.

Phoenix Industries will begin beta testing its new system this Saturday, June 25th.  To that end, they are seeking people to run their consoles through the paces.  Interested parties should get in contact with Nonamei Scribe and Koschei Yuhara.

Anyway, feel free to drop by any time today and check out what Phoenix Industries has on offer.  I'll be online most of today to help answer questions.  Any other questions, please feel free to join the product support group in-world at http://world.secondlife.com/group/3da541bc-97f2-9527-0e5c-47b83a8055b0.





*: For obvious reasons, my builds will be heavily inspected to make sure they're on the level.  For further details, please see previous postings.

Third Annual TARDIS Expo at New London - Day One

TARDIS region is hosting the Third Annual TARDIS Expo, a two-day event for builders to display their TARDIS exteriors, party, and network.  Here's the landmark.

http://slurl.com/secondlife/TARDIS/175/201/1701

The queens of AFK.  Moohoohaha!

"Who ya gonna call?"

DJ Kat takes the stage!

Ooh, sparklies!

Kickin' it, Kat style!