Sunnydale Reborn

Hi dear friend and reader; it's been almost a year since Sunnydale SL started and with Halloween looming it's a great time to take stock.

Sunnydale regulars have been delighted not only by more tourist spots, but by their more accurate recreation which gives one the feeling of actually being on the set! Currently there are 3 iconic locations that are open to the public:

The Bronze

















The one and only nightspot of BtVS has been lovingly recreated in painstaking detail. To give you an idea of the size the figure that can be seen in front is Spike!

















Spike on the stage playing DJ! This view shows the catwalk which is familiar to BtVS fans.


The Magic Box

















The Magic Box's new facade is now more faithful to the show. Fittingly enough it's located in the commercial section of Sunnydale!

















The backroom of the magic box which has everything need to train a slayer. Giles takes a morning workout at the punching bag.

Sunnydale High School

Sunnydale High is the most iconic location of all having been the main setting of Seasons 1-3 before being rebuilt for Season 5. In Sunnydale SL it acts as the Welcome Centre and is a hug for many activites.

















Sunnydale High as seen from a slightly elevated view. The tiny speck in front is Buffy.

















A closer view of the School entrance showing more detail.


The immediately recognizable courtyard, a favorite hangout of the students.

















An aerial view of the courtyard showing the entire school.

















Buffy in the Library, where the Scoobies spent many an afternoon and the evening working out plans on how to keep Sunnydale safe.

While the piccies give you some idea there is no substitue for actually visiting and being there yourself!

Sunnydale lives only on SL!

New Appointments

Thank you to everyone who responded about the manager position at the Bronze. We have decided to expand the responsibilities to include all the entertainment events in Sunnydale. Heather Martynov has accepted the role of Sim Events Manager and Elmo Moomintoog has accepted the role of Sim Events Assistant Manager. Heather and Elmo generously contribute their talents to the Sim and always do their best to make everyone feel welcome and have fun at Sunnydale. Thank you both for accepting the new roles. Please join us to welcome them.

Sunnydale on SL Pics

Everyone and their dog is getting into SLPics.com. It's a fantastic site as you can post the pictures directly from SL right into their site.
Go check what the residents of Sunnydale-SL have been taking pics of, or publish some yourself!
http://www.sluniverse.com/pics/Default.aspx?Search=sunnydale

Summer is coming - how will that influence things?

I wonder if the summer months will prompt a fall in the amount of visitors to SD or a rise? It's hard to know as every month for this, the first year of SD, is a learning process. We have nothing to base it on - no figures for traffic to plan advertising and marketing of the sim on or periodic data on trends. It does give the freedom to try lots of different things and find out what works. With that in mind, I was considering the other day how good it would be to create a role-playing sim owners group - a place to gather and discuss the development of RP sims, share knowledge and help to advance RP in Second Life. Maybe I've created myself a job ;)

Web-site rebuild

Since our launch in december the Sunnydale-SL island has been rebuilt and changed along the way. However, we haven't changed the Sunnydale-SL website since last year. In the spirit of the spring season i'll be rebuilding it. I am not satisfied with the overall design and navigation on the site, and I know for a fact that Jude really wants the the 'what's on' page to be improved too, so I'll be starting with those.

My overall goal is to make it lighter, brighter and more clean in design. Other aims are to offer more "fun" content and get a forum up and running. I am going to be taking inspiration from the Buffy the Vampire Slayer comics from Dark Horse rather than from the TV series. I would like to also have this influence the actual structure of the site as well as just the design. We will keep you posted on it's progress as it happens.

-Mysteryn11-

Sunnydale-SL Roleplaying workshops.

The roleplaying workshops will be starting in Sunnydale-SL this month. The first four themes will be:

1. Emoting

2. DCS2.31 combat system – Getting started & basic combat /capture

3. DCS2.31 combat system – Special abilities & using the website

4. Developing character, creating RP storylines & using groups

Role Play Chapter: The Demon K'arnyth

10th April 2008


The Sunnydale vampires have summoned the demon K’arnyth (pron: kay-arnath) to Sunnydale to aid them in their goal to dismantle the champions for good in Sunnydale. The Watchers’ Council believes that K’arnyth may have the power to possess and enjoys creating chaos and disarray. No one is sure where the demon is, or who he has in his thrall.

OOC: We are continuing this RP Chapter until sunday. Let me know if you feel your character has something special to offer.

Role-play workshops

Since we started the sim back in November last year, we've had many requests for workshops. Usually these requests are for workshops to help get noobies up and running in the sim, but also to focus on more advanced aspects of roleplay. A quick search on the Second Life website events page was enough to make us realise that this is an area which has not been catered for.

We're going to start running regular workshops this month. We'll be beginning with focusing on getting everyone involved and up to the same standard in the sim. The first few will be the absolute basics: emoting, DCS combat, creating groups, & using group chat. The following workshops will then begin to focus on more advanced topics.

We'll be looking forward to seeing you there!
Myst

Is Second Life growth slowing down...

A very interesting article for us SIM owners who are trying to make our virtual lands run as both a labour of love and a business:
http://www.virtualworldsnews.com/2007/12/second-life-slo.html

Tribute to Dr00g Enoch

Our good friend Dr00g Enoch's passing was marked with a tribute night at the Black Bar last weekend.

A video of the event can be found on You Tube here:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyMwJlsyM7k

We will be erecting a permanent tribute to her in Sunnydale-SL.

RP storyline post 19/3/2008

This story is currently ongoing, so you are welcome to jump in with your character and join us.

"It has been confirmed by one of the demons underground in L.A. that the vampires passed through the city and will be arriving in Sunnydale this evening. (Sundown is from 1 PM PST today.) As of yet their plans are unknown though they are likely to take over as much of Sunnydale as possible - as quickly as possible. The slayer's intelligence suggests that the vampire group is primarily female, though this can change quickly, depending on who they choose to 'turn'."

~Pleasure is my name - Sunnydale my game ~

Hi everyone! Mysteryn11 has given me permissions to most on the Sunnydale blog, and I'll be using this to keep everyone up to date with what is going on with role-play in the Sunnydale-SL SIM.

I'm not actually 'working' for Sunnydale as such - just helping out to get things rolling, as my passion is role-playing and helping others to do so too.

I'll be posting all of the notices that are sent on the subject of role-play, plus any other useful information here.

Can't wait to see you at Sunnydale. Sharpen your stakes, and keep your incisors minty ;)

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Sunnydale%20SL/206/169/28

An interesting article on RP

An interesting article from an "outsider's" perspective of role playing in Second Life.
http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2007/04/roleplaying_in.html

A wonderful evening was had by all at the Black Bar on february 8th at 1 PST. As you can see from these pictures we were rocking like crazy to Electro House spun by yours truly DJ Myst. The party didn't even stop until 7 PST. Every friday DJ Myst will be playing at The Black Bar. See you there!

MSN Article on Second Life

Interesting one-off article on MSN about virtual worlds vs. our real world.
http://tech.uk.msn.com/features/article.aspx?cp-documentid=7217170

"The Black Bar" opening 4. january 2008.

Thanks to everyone who came to support Sam at the launch of "The Black Bar" yesterday. Sam's set will be available for download as MP3/Podcast from http://www.sunnydale-sl.com/ on the "extras" page from sunday 6th January. Sam will be playing a regular slot every week at "The Black Bar"- day is to be confirmed. I hope that you join me in welcoming Sam to the Sunnydale-SL DJs. Mysteryn11 Vollmar.