Second Life 6th Birthday

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Watching Philip's Speech

Philip Linden will provide some closing remarks at the Second Life 6th Birthday celebration on June 29 at 11 am SLT with a speech from the SL6B main stage. There is limited seating available, so if you are unable to access the stage you have a couple other options.

To watch on the web, head your browser to http://www.treet.tv/live.

You can also get a free Treet TV for your home from XStreet, or visit Treet's Northpoint Studio in Second Life and pick one up there. Deed the TV to your land and away you go. The SL6B opening remarks will be on the Live channel.

There will also be some Treet TV monitors set up in SL6B Android and SL6B Futurist, and SB6B Hologram for your watching pleasure.

SL6B Main Stage:

http://slurl.com/secondlife/SL6B%20Uplink/34/228/46

http://slurl.com/secondlife/SL6B%20Void/231/224/46

http://slurl.com/secondlife/SL6B%20Hologram/29/27/46

Overflow Locations:

Android Stage, http://slurl.com/secondlife/SL6B%20Android/127/127/29

Futurist Stage, http://slurl.com/secondlife/SL6B%20Futurist/13/121/24

Synchronity Amphitheater http://slurl.com/secondlife/SL6B%20Hologram/198/105/40


PLEASE NOTE: This is NOT your last chance to see SL6B. The gates will be open for another week for your exploration!!


Happy Birthday Everyone!

June 23, 2009— marks 6 FULL years of Second Life. To celebrate 6, and our passage into year 7, your fellow Residents have been busy for months, planning a 20-Region party around the theme "The Future of Virtual Worlds". Come by after 10 am SLT, as they turn on the lights and throw open the doors. Philip Linden will start the event at 10 with a talk at the main stage. And the exhibitors have a lot to show you. See what they think the future will be like! They've created a burned-up meteor called Dallier's Hope with hundreds of exhibits awaiting your exploration, from the hilarious to the deeply thought-provoking. http://tr.im/SL6Bexhibits

Hundreds of events are planned as well: great music, panel discussions, demonstrations, tours, treasure hunts and more. http://tr.im/SL6Bevents

The party runs through June 30, with a closing speech by Philip on June 29 at 11 am SLT. Mankind Tracer, Resident Choice Award Winner will kick off the exhibition on the 23rd. Internationally renowned band SpaceJunky will close the event with a 2 hour concert.

We hope to see you pop in at one of the points below.

The Paradox Main Landing Point & Cloning Station

http://slurl.com/secondlife/SL6B%20The%20Paradox126/127/194

http://slurl.com/secondlife/SL6B%20The%20Paradox128/98/187

http://slurl.com/secondlife/SL6B%20The%20Paradox104/128/188

http://slurl.com/secondlife/SL6B%20The%20Paradox128/152/187

http://slurl.com/secondlife/SL6B%20The%20Paradox151/128/188

If it's too crowded there, here are some other good starting points:

Cryo Information Station Titan Information Station Volunteer Headquarters Main Stage Android Stage Futurist Stage Nexus Amphitheater Linden Time Capsule Machinima Podism Observation Tower SL6B Birthday Cake The Last Rainmaker UFO Crash Site


About The Theme

We are LIVE from Dallier's Hope, 800 Light Years away we are spiraling through outer space on a Meteor disovered by Space Explorer Ghorman Dallier in 2499 while searching for new worlds to inhabit! Although we're too far away from the sun to see it and any flora has to be kept in an AEC (Artificial Environment Chamber.) we still know how to throw a party!

The future is open to all sorts of interpretation, and to encompass the future, we looked to the past. In the beginning of Second Life, pioneering residents looked over this vast, empty landscape that was full of potential and promise. Everything was new to everyone, the concept of virtual worlds, the way we would adapt to custom content, how we would use the tools provided to us and incorporate our own vision was all still yet to be discovered. It all began with an great open space, and the inspiration provided by the seemingly simple idea "Your World, Your Imagination."

Six years later that world is merely a memory as time has moved at warp speed with the advancements of technology and adaptability of the platform. A few hundred users quickly became over a million. It has become a staple in education and commerce on a global scale. Never could have those early residents of that vast open world predict how Second Life would evolve.

With that in mind, we took our Exhibitors far away from the green grasses and sandy beaches of their Second Life Grid and sent them into the stratosphere as the first colony of Dallier's Hope. A vast, open landscape waiting to be developed by the first new residents of the future of Virtual Worlds. What becomes of this great "Rock" remains entirely up to them, how they adapt and harness the power of their imagination to make something from next to nothing as they share their personal visions of what they believe the future holds.


Exhibitor Directory

http://tr.im/SL6Bexhibits


Events Calendar

http://tr.im/SL6Bevents


Event Blog

Read the Dallier's Hope Messenger for the latest news from "The Rock". http://dalliershope.wordpress.com/


Event Policies

Many thanks to Phaylen Fairchild, Poid Mahovlich, and the other Lindens and volunteers who put these event policies together. It's through our collaborative work that we set the foundation for future events to just get better and better.

Maturity Rating

In order to ensure a comfortable experience for every Resident, the whole of the event will be accessible to general audiences. The Second Life 6th Birthday Celebration takes place on the main Second Life Grid and is for Adults 18 years and older. The following guidelines are in effect, and are the same PG guidelines we followed last year:

"PG Areas are designated to be free from sexually explicit language or behavior, swearing and other forms of aggressive language, violent behavior and/or imagery, including horror. Gambling for Linden Dollars is also prohibited." This is taken from the Knowledgebase Article found here.

Linden Lab and the Resident Organizers reserve the right to determine when an edge case is no longer appropriate.

Exhibitors may provide landmarks to Mature regions, provided they are properly marked as Mature.

Exhibit Policies

Important Dates


Performer Information

If you would like to DJ at SL6b, please use this form to tell us about yourself and your availability! Live performers may IM Glimmer Silverstar for information.


Builder Information

Builder Policy

TOXIC MENGES Aeon Quantum Virtuocity Cryo

TRINITY SERPENTINE Titan Void Uplink Velocity

POID MAHOVLICH Atomic Dimension Polaris Callisto

KIT MAITLAND Nano Nucleus Hologram Portal

JEWELKICKER SPEARMANN Futurist Android


Event Staff

If you are thinking of volunteering to work at SL6B, read this: The Second Life Birthday Production Team will be a no-drama zone. It's goal-oriented, get-'er-done work, all accomplished behind the scenes. While it's very fun and satisfying, it is no place for a big ego or someone who needs to be the center of attention or in control. It's collaborative. "Team" is a big word around here; be prepared to work with others and be good at reaching a goal, even if it's not the road you might have chosen if working alone!

Administration, Project Management

Estate/Build Out/Exhibits

Entertainment

Publicity

Community Services

Event Group

If you would like to keep informed, please join the group "Second Life Birthday" in-world. That will be our primary means of internal communication with the community. Externally, please keep watching the blog for news updates, and this wiki as an information repository.


Announcing SL6B, June 23 — June 29, 2009

On June 23, 2009, Second Life turns 6 years old. Hey! This is your second half-decade! Now you're *so* much more sophisticated than 5, but still hovering near the oven, anxious to devour the cake, and wondering what 6 has in store for you. Or, for that matter, what about 7? 10? 15? Where do the years go, anyway?

Since you're never content with things as they are, the event this year is a challenge to Residents: show how you intend to make things in 5, 10 or 100 years. The Birthday theme this year is The Future of Virtual Worlds and we're betting you have some pretty awesome visions to share of the future you're building here. How will Virtual Worlds work? How will they look? How will they be part of everyday life? How will we learn, socialize and evolve in them? How will they affect your beliefs, and be affected by your actions?

Once again, Linden Lab has set aside 20 regions for the Birthday celebration, and Residents are building their particular future to share with you. The event infrastructure is nearly complete, and it looks great. It's a little dark, and a little shiny. It's a little inspiring, and a little dystopian. It's decidedly 3- dimensional. Think in light. Think in concept. Look up. Look under. Look in and listen closely.

Applications to build an exhibit are now closed. We will be reviewing all submitted applications next, and hope to have announcements going out to accepted exhibitors by June 1. Exhibitors will have a full 2 or 3 weeks on-site to build. The event will open June 23, and officially run for a week, (though we will keep the gates open for a week beyond that so that plenty of people can come by for a visit).


Watching Philip's Speech

Philip Linden will be opening the Second Life 6th Birthday celebration June 23 at 10 am SLT with a speech from the SL6B main stage. There is limited seating available, so if you are unable to access the stage you have a couple other options.

To watch on the web, head your browser to http://www.treet.tv/live.

You can also get a free Treet TV for your home from XStreet, or visit Treet's Northpoint Studio in Second Life and pick one up there. Deed the TV to your land and away you go. The SL6B opening remarks will be on the Live channel.

There will also be some Treet TV monitors set up in SL6B Android and SL6B Futurist for your watching pleasure. Grab some coffee and donuts, and bring enough for the rest of the crowd!

SL6B Main Stage:

http://slurl.com/secondlife/SL6B%20Uplink/34/228/46

http://slurl.com/secondlife/SL6B%20Void/231/224/46

http://slurl.com/secondlife/SL6B%20Hologram/29/27/46


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