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Spend this spooky Halloween season in one of the most vibrant virtual communities in the metaverse!
3rd Annual Trick or Treat event in Bellisseria!
Creep or crawl over to Bellisseria this Halloween season to snag some candy and win prizes! This is an interactive event open to *everyone* where Residents living in Bellisseria can host Candy Buckets on their parcels. You don’t want to miss the paranormal partygoers and creative costumes throughout Bellisseria during this virtual Trick-or-Treat.
Plus, there are prizes to be won for all who participate! The event starts on Thursday, October 12th!
2023 Halloween Shop & Hop
The 2023 Halloween Shop & Hop is almost here with 320+ participating merchants across 16 shopping regions bringing you loads of spooktacular fun! Every store will have at least a 20% discount on all items and a new and exclusive gift available for free or a gift certificate valued at L$300 or above!
We can’t wait until it formally opens to the public on Thursday, October 5th at 9am PT - but who wants to wait when you get early access?! If you are ready to shop now, join the official Second Life Birthday group inworld and you’ll be granted access right now, before the general public.
Before you jump inworld, you can get a sneak peek at many of the items that will be available in the official Second Life Shop & Hop Flickr pool. Don’t forget to share photos of your haul too!
To visit the 2023 Halloween Shop & Hop - start at any one of the Regions - but be sure to visit them all to see everything that's available. Happy shopping!
Keep scrolling to the end of this post for a complete list of all 320 participating Shop & Hop Merchants in alphabetical order!
Halloween Last Names
The following Halloween-themed names are only available for a limited time.
Batty
Morbid
Calavera
Shadow
Vampurr
Stoker
Reaper
ShiverWe will continue to make additional updates to the available last name pool, so if these options aren’t for you, stay tuned for future updates. You can also suggest your favorite name on our suggestion form, the new names were chosen from there!
For more information about the costs and how-tos involved in name changes, read the Changing your username FAQ. Click to change your name now!
Halloween Premium Gift!
Our Halloween gift for our Premium members is this red tractor along with some smaller gift. Pick it up at one of our Premium Gift Collection Spots on the Destination Guide, available starting October 5th.
Halloween Premium Plus Gift!
Our first exclusive gift for our Premium Plus members will include a color-changeable tractor + trailer. Pick it up at the new Premium Plus users-only Sandbox Radiantia, available starting October 5th.
Halloween Haunted Neighborhood
Once again, the Millbank region has undergone a spooky overhaul, with numerous Linden Homes getting a haunted horror theme. Visit the Halloween Haunted Neighborhood (opens October 5th), grab a red balloon, explore the many haunted houses, and see the scary sights!
Halloween Haunted Tour
Our classic Halloween Haunted Tour (opens October 5th) is back again for a limited time. Are you brave enough to enter? Hop in a coffin and enjoy the wild ride through the twisted mind of madness!
More Haunted Destinations!
Explore even more haunted destinations listed on the Destination Guide where ghosts, goblins, and other scary surprises lurk around every dark corner.
There is so much to do this Halloween season, so grab a costume and hit that teleport button now! Happy Halloween!
A complete list of all 320 participating Shop & Hop Merchants in alphabetical order is below:
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Happy Wednesday!
We’re writing to remind everyone that we’ll be holding our monthly Web User Group meeting today at 14:00 SLT in our usual meeting place, where we’ll be discussing our status with ongoing projects and our near future plans for our web properties. As always, we’ll leave plenty of time for Q&A from the community. This meeting is conducted using voice. We're happy for you to contribute in voice or in text, but you'll need to have your voice settings activated. We look forward to seeing you there.
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The Concierge and Land User Group meeting is a monthly, public meeting for discussion and education on Second Life, useful to both Mainland Residents and Estate owners.
Topics include any issues relating to Customer Relations/Support or concerning Land in general (mainland, islands, Linden Homes, estates, auctions, etc.).
Join Wendi, Vix, and members of the Land team, on Wednesday at 12pm PT at Linden Estate Services. All are welcome.
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We have some important planned maintenance for our internal systems coming up on August 10th from approximately 6:00am - 7:30am SLT. In order to upgrade these systems, we will need to take several services down including: new logins, registration, marketplace, payments and payouts. There may be other errors or issues seen across the entire platform.
As soon as the work is complete we will post an update on our Status Blog atSecond Life Status, so be sure to subscribe to updates to be notified as quickly as possible.
We apologize in advance for this disruption and especially appreciate your patience.
While we aren't expecting any in-world problems once the maintenance is complete, if you notice any new issues with everyday operations, please let us know as quickly as possible. You can file a Jira issue to communicate directly with our development team, or contact our support team if that's more convenient. No one knows the world of Second Life as well as Residents, and we value your input and assistance as we continue to update the grid's fundamental technologies. Thank you!
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Hi Everybody!
I would like to introduce a new member of the Linden Support team, Boxy 5000.
Boxy 5000 is a virtual assistant/support bot trainee.
But wait, wasn’t there already a chatbot who answered questions for premium users? Indeed there was! Boxy 3000 was the earlier model of the trainee chatbot.
We are learning from some design flaws and moving forward with a more advanced bot. Boxy 3000 has been re-invented and given an extra 2000!
But wait a second time! Won’t this bring about the machine apocalypse? Not just yet–Boxy 5000 is more advanced and learns as they go but Skynet is still a few upgrades away.
The upgraded bot will be a 24/7 support option for both premium and non-premium residents! (Previously only available for premium customers.)
Boxy will have the ability to answer commonly asked questions, keep you up to date on current issues, help with ticket submission and in some cases handle a support request.
Boxy has uses for all residents, from early adopters to fresh new faces.
For new and more casual residents Boxy is available to help them find the support they need.
For our seasoned veterans Boxy can offer support options for some specific requests. Specifically, Boxy will be able to submit an abuse report on your behalf and in some cases help with the restart of a region!
Boxy will continue to learn as we go. Boxy might not have all the answers currently, but we will continue to review questions posed and help the bot to better answer your support queries.
We realize that a chat bot is not a substitute for a customer support representative, and this bot is not meant to be. It is however meant to help when we are unavailable or may be experiencing higher call volumes.For premium residents Boxy will only be the first point of contact before being passed to a support representative during office hours. Utilize Boxy to help better explain your issue once you are transferred to a support representative. Outside of office hours Boxy can help or create a ticket for when we are back in the office.
The ability to get an answer to your question or to get your issue resolved without having to wait until our Support Lindens are available is Boxy’s primary directive.
Anyone interested in saying hello to Boxy can access it by logging into our support portal. The Boxy 5000 chat widget should appear in the bottom right hand corner of your screen.
Boxy 5000, it’s advanced…
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