DevinVaughn

Interesting. It reminds me of the colonial Spanish forts in Texas, New Mexico, California, and perhaps also Cuba, Mexico, and Puerto Rico. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Colonial_architecture Tampa has large Cuban influence that can be seen in Ybor, so perhaps that might be a nod to Cuba?

Oh, I just saw this post and it reminded me of the Tampa Theatre! I think this must have been a design trend where there was a Spanish influence? Here is the Tampa Theater, built in 1926 Many Many detailed pictures inside and backstage here: https://www.cltampa.com/tampa/photos-one-year-later-tampa-theatre-reopened-to-the-public-last-weekend/Slideshow/12387847

haha Fun! I don't have current dance videos, but if you don't mind a blast from the past, here is Gothmas by Gaslight 2015, and JapanFair 2014 UPDATE: This is a longer video I made back in 2015 when Winter Wonderland first opened, there is some silly dancing at 1:22. XD

The Halloween Hunt was fun, I liked visiting homes and seeing decorations and inspired by a few house's decor. I did about 100, not really winning anything, but it was fun. And fun to see visitors. I really hope this style of hunt returns for..... *drumrolls* EASTER!!! Let's do it again for Easter Egg Hunt!

I made a copy of the Rules. It didn't say to create a story, but when I submitted mine it did ask for a story. It confused me too. I thought 1/3 of the vote being for an original idea character (not seen before) would be important. ... Meanwhile, I've seen the "dress carousel" in SL before Mesh came along, even blogged one back in 2014 from Likka*House. (you can see here ) But the original part of the winning entry was a new design using the "dress carousel" trope. Credit for Artistry. Boudoir does this style of creation for as long as I have been in SL and it an Artform they seem the best at. Taking things like a skeleton and turning it into an elaborate wearable AFK art, or something wild along those lines. lol There were other parts of the Rules that confused me too. And I was very fortunate for a kind Linden to answer some questions I raised. ...But still, there was confusion never the less for many who did this contest, myself included. I hope next year things are more clear.

I really love that LL did this contest, and the prize was very generous. This was the first time they did it, so missteps are likely. My suggestion moving forward: Instead of only 1 winner taking a huge cash prize, break it up and give love and encouragement to the many creative people of SL. One category for: Halloween Original Costume Creator( from scratch with either their own mesh, textures, and/or 100% legal full perm mess/textures.) One category for: Halloween Stylist Guru (person who uses legit created items from SL designers to create an unique and original costume) Honorable Mentions of all types of flavors as long as it follows the Rules. And a prize for everyone who enters. (A 2021 Linden Bear in Costume?) Also, in the rules I would make it clear that photo skills and background setting are not part of the judging. A simple White background, with NO photoshopping, is preferred. The Focus is the costume itself. P.S. I would like to add moving video, or Animated Gifs, to accepted form of entry. Some entries for Originally Created Costume Designs might be animated and have effects only possible in SL.

Oh fun! I will join in! 1) what are you doing for halloween this year? This was my first time handing out candies. This year, I moved near my sisters home, and they are as crazy about Halloween as me. They have 20 years of Halloween decorations, 50% of thier home is decorated for Halloween all year too. Its the The HOUSE to come for Trick or Treating. Even during these Covid times, there were about 200 visitors. All very polite. Kids of all ages. 2) do you even celebrate halloween? Are you kidding, its Best Holiday of the YEAR!! 3) do you have any special traditions for halloween that is uphold every year? Nope. Every year is different. Some things go on for a long while but things change over time. For example, in the 2000s I would go to Universal's Halloween Horror Nights. It started the year where I live getting hit with 3 Hurricanes. To be honest, I was traumatized by it. But I got the idea to go Halloween Horror Nights, Orlando was messed up too, but the show goes on. And I was just Blown away! The costumes, setting, music, jump scares... I don't scream. I laugh. I laughed and laughed and laughed so hard the back of my head hurt. And on the way driving home, I suddenly realized all that heavy weight and stress from the Hurricane season was gone. I literally felt lighter. And it taught me a powerful lesson... Its good for us to scream and laugh and be scared by things we know aren't really going to hurt us. It was a MAJOR stress reliever. I highly recommend it. Sports Games might be another way to just get loud and scream and release all that pinned up stress. 4) what is your favorite thing about halloween? Many things. I lean Gothic, so its like suddenly my comfort zone becomes mainstream for a bit. I also love all the Costumes. And Parties. Humor and fun loving. Its like the very best of all other major holidays with none of the downside (Christmas, Easter, Valentines, Thanksgiving). Its pretty low stress and just fun. Unless you didn't make your costume until the last minute. lol 5) what do you dislike about halloween? Negative stereotypes. (Devil, demons, serial killers, drunken assholes misbehaving, etc etc) Really do NOT like having a good holiday slandered or having bad people mess it up for the rest of us.

Update... here is what I saw when I mistook the "7" for a "1" . The rare was #2, and not both #1 and #2 came up. Also, the cue shows you 6 plays inadvance.

Hello all. Popping in with my point of view. First, I have love/hate with gacha as much as everyone else. And also I love Halloween. I used to love The Arcade when it first opened, but then it became less and less interesting to me content wise. I've been following the details and law in regards to gacha and how SL was effected. I have wondered and brainstormed myself what will happen next, and what can replace Gacha, and if The Arcade and other Gacha based events will return in a new format. And if they do, will I hate it? The answer is Yes, The Arcade is back. Is it still gambling? No, its totally legit. You know what you will get before buy it. Is it still fun? Surprisingly, YES! Infact, I was stunned just how much better it performed than a normal gacha. I scored a ton of rares easily! Why? My guess is the HUD is personal to you only. No more Sniping your hardearned Rares. It makes me wonder just how many times I played a machine to get the rare to come up and someone else snatched it from under me. Also, I knew exactly how many Dupes it would take to reach the rare (if I could see it in my cue). And I found even then, just playing was far cheaper than buying resells in the marketplace that were more then double the pull price. Normally, I only limit what machines I look at to only the ones I really really want to play. BUT with this system, I couldn't resist to look at each and every machine to see if my 1st pull was a Rare. If it was an item I would be happy to have, I played it. In the past, I never would have. And Rares that were on the first pull, i asked if any of my friends wanted it. Since my friends have similar taste as me, it was a no. lol So in the future, I will skip machines that have zero appeal to me or my friends. I don't do resells. I DID HAVE ONE PROBLEM THOUGH! The "7" ball and the "1" ball look the same. I thought the #1 rare was coming up but it was a common 7 that was turned to the side, and thats what threw me off. I felt stupid. I would like for this to more clear in the future. fyi, 1 ball is a red, 7 ball is purple. ACTUALLY, 2 PROBLEMS! The Vendor pictures on some machines were not clearly labelled what item was for that ball number. Vendor pictures need to be improved on a few machines. OR you automatically get a notecard when you play the machine with details of items inside and their numbers. To get around this, I just Right-clicked on the machine and brought up the edit menu to see what items were inside it. lol Also, for clothing items, be very careful what buttons you choose on the popup. The numbering system is not friendly. Example: PA107b, PA107c, PA107d etc PA107b is for Lara, PA107c Lara flat, PA107s, Legacy... etc p.s. I got everything I wanted on my first trip to the event. But I might return to see what ball numbers I get after the reset on SL midnight.

You may need to do this yourself using prims.

Thanks for sharing your work! I haven't messed in Zbrush or Substance Painter yet, but I hope to soon.

My default is almost always = height 80, or 7'2" or 2.19 meters Sometimes for pictures I will go smaller to get more of the avatar in the image frame, height 50, 6'69" or 2.04 meters And for godly characters will go extreme with height 100 and deformer boosters for even taller, 8'77" or 2.67

Sure I'll play! This is my most recent blog post for the Engine Room: The final, screenshot, and background. I take multiple pictures to make a final image. NOTE: the screencap and bkgd shot are not exactly what I used in the final, but gives you an idea what it looks like while I build an image.

I had all my Florida Christmas / Beach theme Christmas decor ready to go. *crosses fingers and toes, hopes for Christmas miracle* About 2am EST last night, I gave up my beloved corner/beach houseboat, and jumped around on houses to scoop up other creation theme packs, but now you can't find any houses. And the mailboxes don't work. So you can't change the styles or grab creation packs. I even found an empty lot on a Victorian sim. oO

WHOA! That is totally the same island, just hallowed out inside! XD XD XD OMG that day that island went on sale was MADNESS. So many people at the border waiting to rush in. Like the Oklahoma Land Rush. I was hitting that Refresh button so hard. XD Wow. I live in Deno. I think its a nice spot, because I have some beach land to the side, and long narrow stretch infront that makes for a great addition for the skye beach.