Category: virtualreality

As you can probably tell from the new “EVENTS!” link on the left and the poll on the right, we at Abbotts Aerodrome are keen to get some group activities happening. For the freefall fans, I’ll start by hosting a weekly skydiving contest on Saturday mornings. You can also look forward to seeing high-speed, timed build-offs, where contestants work to create the best plane/helicopter/jetpack/whatever in 30 minutes.

I got my start in SL hosting events, but back then the Lindens actually gave out L$ to hosts, believe it or not. They’d send you L$500 to organize and host the event, and another L$500 to give out as prize money. These days, I don’t need that kind of incentive to want to bring people to Abbotts. I’d like to get together groups of like-minded aircraft and skydiving afficionados for a bit of cometitive fun.

If you have an idea for an event or if you’d like to host an event yoruself, please feel free to IM your idea to me (Cubey Terra) or Arrekusu Muromachi. Be sure to keep your eye on our new Abbotts Aerodrome Events Calendar to find out what’s going on in Abbotts!

Well this is it. As of this week, I have been in Second Life for five years. FIVE YEARS. My first account — Tillman Terra — was created in the first week of September, 2003. I abandoned that a few days later because I was spending several hours a day exploring SL, and I didn’t want to be an SL addict. On September 6, 2003, I came back to SL and created Cubey Terra, and I never left.

Five years later, I’ve built countless gadgets and vehicles, founded two airports, and created a virtual franchise with hundreds of locations across the grid. I spent a short time as a Linden liaison and cleaned up way too many replicators and giant penises. I tried to boost interest in SL aviation, and in doing so I gained many new friends, and many new competitors. I took fire from some of the most irrational, vitriolic trolls SL has ever produced, and then learned that trolls really don’t matter (don’t feed trolls). I’ve been mentioned and interviewed in various magazines and newspapers, but managed to escape the scandal rags. I’ve transitioned from a hobby income from my SL creations to a full-time business. I’ve also found the limits of SL in the fragility of the platform.

It’s been a strange five years, and it’s taken my real life in a direction I could never have expected. I just want to thank every Second Lifer for the most remarkable five years of my life.

Thank you.