PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release 17 September 2019 [Updated 2 October 2020]
We are Ten Years Old!
September 2020 marks the NeoVictoria Project’s tenth anniversary. Over the decade, we have transcribed more than nineteen-hundred roleplays to our community website, produced almost one hundred machinimas, sponsored eight Fantasy Faires, and welcomed hundreds of players into our community.
For the next two months, we celebrate this success with a mixture of roleplay and out-of-character events and the unveiling of a delightful addition to the main SIM. Everyone is invited, and everyone is welcome. Come and celebrate with us!
Talk Like a Pirate!
- Date: Saturday, 19 September 2020
- Time: 7 PM to 9 PM, SL-time (aka Pacific)
- Gabrielle Riel to disc jockey.
- MadMechaMessiah to host.
- There will be prizes for best in male and female costumes! Argh!!!
- Location: The skyclub in Machinima Sim
SLUrl: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Machinima/98/127/703
ROCKtoberfest!
Beer, bratwurst, and brütal krautrock all day! Different themes planned for every hour.
- Sunday, 20 September 2020
- Time: 4 PM to 8 PM, SL-time (aka Pacific)
- MadMechaMessiah to disc jockey.
- Location: The skyclub in Machinima Sim
SLUrl: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Machinima/98/127/703
The NeoVictoria Project presents “A Royal Visit (with Love and Strife …and Zombies)“
Ten days of non-stop roleplay! This series begins on Monday, 21 September 2020, when it is revealed that a Sidhe noble has planned a visit. Everyone is invited to roleplay with us!
SCHEDULE FOR THE SIM-WIDE
Monday, 21 September: Tales at the Tavern
- Start: 4 PM, SL-time
- Lucinda distributes copies of the latest issue of the NeoLondon Times announcing the visits. Citizens discuss and gossip.
- Location: The Victoria Tavern [NeoVictoria SIM]
- SLUrl: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/NeoVictoria/193/130/29 [OR from the final round of the tour, use the scripted teleport for the Tavern.]
Tuesday, 22 September: The Captain Arrives
- Start: 11 AM, SL-time
- The NeoLondoners greet the Captain’s arrival via airship on the roof of the Cathedral. A party follows in the main nave.
- Location: Cathedral of Air and Darkness [NeoVictoria SIM]
Wednesday, 23 September: Attending the Grave
- Start: 10 AM, SL-Time
- The Captain makes a pilgrimage to his sister’s grave.
- Location: Graveyard of the Cathedral of Air and Darkness [NeoVictoria SIM]
Thursday, 24 September: To Lay a Trap
- Start: 10 AM, SL-Time
- The Captain makes the rounds, visits with the citizens in the cathedral, including a conversation with Cerridwen.
- Location: Cathedral of Air and Darkness [NeoVictoria SIM]
Friday, 25 September: Party at the Castle
- Start: 4 PM, SL-time
- The Captain hosts a party and announces a hunt for the following day.
- Location: Bowley Castle [NeoVictoria SIM]
Saturday, 26 September: The Charmed Hunt
- Start: Noon, SL-time
- The Captain organizes a hunt near the fairgrounds …there may be zombies, there will be murder.
- Location: Soltice Fairgrounds [NeoVictoria SIM]
Sunday, 27 September: The Scene of the Crime
- Start: 2 PM, SL-time
- Auditor Haskell investigates the murder.
- Location: Soltice Fairgrounds [NeoVictoria SIM]L
Monday, 28 September: An Arrest
- Start: 4 PM, SL-time
- Auditor Haskell makes an arrest
- Location: Marketplace [NeoVictoria SIM]
Tuesday, 29 September: The Trial Begins
- Start: 11 AM, SL-Time
- What will we learn?
- Location: Courthouse, townhall [NeoVictoria SIM]
Wednesday, 30 September: The Trial Concludes
- Start: 10 AM, SL-Time
- Secrets are revealed
- Location: Courthouse, townhall [NeoVictoria SIM]
In NeoVictoria, we do free-form roleplay. This means there is no script; scenes evolve out of real-time character interactions. Dark roleplay means characters may act in aggressive, predatory, criminal, and plain uncomfortable ways.
We use a simple dice-based wearable HUD called the NeoVictoria Roleplay Tool; avatars must wear this to see the roleplay chat. The item is free and available in our Visitor Center and various locations on our out-of-character SkyMall.
Players don’t have to be a member of our group to roleplay here; we ask newcomers to take a tour of the Visitor Center in NeoVictoria SIM to learn about the storyworld before joining in the roleplay. [Observer tags are also available for players who want to visit the land level, but not roleplay.]
NeoVictoria’s 2020 Photo Contest
This year, we’ll use Flickr for submissions. Winners to be announced at a special party at the end of November.
- Shoot on our land level.
- Publish to Flickr.
- Include your picture in the NeoVictoria Group and the SL Pic of the day Flickr groups.
- One picture per avatar.
- Runs 15 October to 15 November.
Halloween Extravaganza 11
In association with Radio Riel, NeoVictoria will have a Halloween Costume bash to celebrate one of our favorite holidays. Radio Riel will broadcast the event on both Radio Riel Main and Radio Riel Steampunk.
Dress your avatar in scary Steampunk, Victorian, Mecha, or Goth style and join us in Machinima SIM. The party is not a formal roleplay event and is open to all adult Second Life residents; however, child avatars are not permitted.
- Saturday, 31 October 2020
- Time: 6 PM to 9 PM, SL-time (aka Pacific)
- Gabrielle Riel to disc jockey.
- MadMechaMessiah to host.
- There will be prizes for best in male and female costumes!
- Location: The Skyclub in Machinima Sim
SLUrl: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Machinima/98/127/703
NeoVictoria’s 2020 Treasure Hunt
- Roleplay tools and theme-appropriate objects! All free and all new.
- Runs the entire month of December.
- Location: The in-world OOC tour in NeoVictoria SIM
SLUrl: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/NeoVictoria/133/202/756