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For Immediate Release
31 October 2022
Radio Nightingale & the NeoVictoria Project present their 2022 Halloween Event
This live radio event, broadcast on Radio Nightingale’s Steampunk channel, will celebrate all things spooky and scary. Gabrielle Riel Morningstar to Disc Jockey. There will be prizes for best costumes!
Halloween will be celebrated all around the world with costume parties, bonfires, divination, haunted attractions and trick-or-treating! We’re having a costume party in the NeoVictoria Skyclub and it’s a steampunk theme. Dress your avatar in scary Steampunk, Victorian, Mecha or Goth styles and join us in Machinima SIM . The party is not a roleplay event and is open to all adult Second Life residents. However, child avatars are not permitted.
There will be contests for best costumes. The lucky top-three winners of the popular votes will receive Lindens! Party starts at 6 PM, SL-time.
Tap the image to go to its Flickr page, where you can see the 360-degree effect.
About Radio Nightingale: Formerly known as Radio Riel, they are an internet-based public radio station supported by listeners and sponsors. Radio Nightingale produces six audio streams providing a unique selection of music, spoken-word, drama and additional programming to inform, educate and entertain, twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.
Stream: http://steampunk.radionightingale.org .
Contact for Radio Riel: Gabrielle Riel.
About The NeoVictoria Project: NeoVictoria is a unique dark roleplay platform that brings creative people together in a supportive and collaborative environment. The goal of The NeoVictoria Project is to create a virtuous circle where roleplay becomes filmed story.
Website: http://www.neovictoria.net.
Contact for NeoVictoria: Asil Ares.
PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
18 September 2022
We are Twelve Years Old!
September 2022 marks the NeoVictoria Project’s twelfth anniversary. Over the years, we have transcribed more than two-thousand roleplays to our community website, produced almost one hundred machinimas, sponsored ten Fantasy Faires, and welcomed hundreds of players into our community.
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.]
Talk Like a Pirate Day 2022
Radio Nightingale & the NeoVictoria Project present “Talk Like a Pirate!”
This live radio event, broadcast on Radio Nightengale’s Steampunk channel, will celebrate “International Talk Like A Pirate Day”. Gabrielle Morningstar to Disc Jockey. There will be prizes for best in male and female costumes! Argh!!!
Monday, 19 September 2022
Time: 6 PM to 8 PM, SL-time (aka Pacific)
Gabrielle Riel to disc jockey.
Asil Ares to host.
There will be prizes for best in pirate and pirate-adjacent costumes!
NeoVictoria will have a Halloween Costume bash to celebrate one of our favorite holidays. Radio Nightingale will broadcast the event on both Radio Riel Main and Radio Nightingale 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.
Monday, 31 October 2022
Time: 6 PM to 9 PM, SL-time (aka Pacific)
Gabrielle Riel to disc jockey.
Asil Ares to host.
There will be prizes for best in male and female costumes!
This is the NeoVictoria Project’s ninth year sponsoring the faire; this year, we’re sponsoring the Fairelands Junction, which is the heart of the faire and the jump-point to all the other regions. All monies raised are donated to the American Cancer Society as part of their Relay for Life fundraiser!
Meet and Greets at Bassett Town
We are doing meet-and-greet events on Faust Steamer’s western steampunk-inspired region named “Bassett Town“.
These are out-of-character events where players from the NeoVictoria community will be available to discuss the project, the story-world and how to get involved. [There will even be a stage where folks can practice role-playing!]
From 3 pm to 5 pm, SL-Time (or Pacific-time) Hosted by Asil Ares
The NeoVictoria Project invites all citizens and wanderers of the Fairelands to join us for our Meet-and-Greet in our home on the Bassett Town SIM.
We’ll be chatting with folks about the storyworld, what it’s like to roleplay in NeoVictoria, and how to get involved. These events are Out-of-Character (OOC), so no pressure to roleplay! Also, gifts and games.
MariahMaximilliana's "Enjoying my weekend in NeoVictoria"
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Dancing at the party in the skyclub
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NeoVictoria 2021 Photo Contest Award Party
Mandy Bergamasco gets their prize
Mandy Bergamasco
Viktor Savior gets their prize.
Viktor Savior
MadMechaMessiah gets their prize
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Report from the 2021 Photo Contest Awards Party
Event Details
Time: 5 January 2022 from Noon to 2 PM, SL-time Location: NeoVictoria Skyclub, Machinima SIM Event Type: OOC Party Organized By: Asil Ares
Event Description
The votes were counted and it was time to toast the winners of the project’s 2021 photo contest. DJ Malachi Kolache of Club Friction spun a fabulous collection of tunes and did a great job as our MC. Asil showered the winners with Lindens and the crowd showed them love. Plus, all who attended received a souvenir 2022 calendar featuring the winning photos! If you could like a calendar, visit the skyclub to get your free copy.
Winners of the 2021 NeoVictoria Photo Contest
Below are pictures of the winners by their photos, which will remained staged at the skyclub for the next ten months. Links lead back to the original photo on Flickr.
The NeoVictoria Project presents the 2021 Photo Contest Award Party!
The votes have been counted!
And we’re having a party in the NeoVictoria Skyclub to celebrate the excellent work and reward the folks who did it! Live DJ Malachi Kolache of Club Friction will be spinning tunes and there will be a very special souvenir given to all the folks who attend.
Date: Wednesday, 5 January 2022
Time: Noon to 2:00 PM, SecondLife-time
Location: NeoVictoria Skyclub on Machinima SIM in Second Life
About The NeoVictoria Project: NeoVictoria is a unique dark roleplay platform that brings creative people together in a supportive and collaborative environment. Built with a Steampunk aesthetic, the goal of The NeoVictoria Project is to create a virtuous circle where roleplay becomes a filmed story. Website: http://www.neovictoria.net. Contact for NeoVictoria: Asil Ares.
One vote per avatar; vote only for the photos you love!
The main criteria was the image was related to our storyworld and was captured on the land level of the Machinima SIM or the NeoVictoria SIM in Second Life in October and November.
Trade Wars, Episode V:
The Portal Imp Guild Strikes Back
Our November and December roleplay event
Portal imps are essential to the function of the Sidhe Empire on account of being the only ones who can reliably navigate the portal network between the empire’s worlds. Naturally, they’re a huge part of the transport industry. As the story of this sim-wide opens, shipments just suddenly stop. Any attempt to contact the Portal Imp Guild are met with endless transfers of department. Even low-ranking guild members can’t get a straight answer at first. But then word gets to them that there’s a strike going on, and most of those imps end up being part of the strike.
What has caused this state of affairs? Some imps strike for the want of full citizenship. Others say it is a coupe within the senior management of the guild itself. Still others hint at a puppet-master in the shadows who is playing a longer game and the Portal Imps are simply their first gambit. Conspiracy theories abound.
Whatever the truth, for the citizens of NeoLondon, this strike means shortages of goods that begin as an inconvenience but soon escalate to life threatening.
We kick this sim-wide off on Saturday, 20 November 2021 at 4 PM, SL-time. Meet in the marketplace.
Want to play an imp?
Grendel’s Children has a FREE portal imp avatar. We’ve used it for years as the standard portal imp avatar. Comes with wings and a tail and a free AO.
Put yourself in fly-mode before you teleport in. Once there, navigate to the location. The vendor is on an upper level, turn the viewer’s beacon on and follow the arrow.
Please join us for an out-of-character town hall. We’ll be discussing the state of the project. We are doing two townhalls, the first for folks in the UK and EU, and the latter for the folks in the Americas.
The NeoVictoria Project Presents Our Seventh Clockwerk Gala
Join us at 3 PM, SL-time
An afternoon of roleplay, celebrating the Sidhe empire’s clockwerk warriors!
Dress your avatar in Steampunk-style, pick up an NRT HUD in the Visitor Center, and join us in the tavern for an afternoon of roleplay. Excellent opportunity for new players!
Time: Thursday, 11 November 2021 from 3pm to 5pm, SL-time Location: Victoria Inn & Tavern, NeoLondon [NeoVictoria SIM] Event Type: in-character party (known, and unknown, characters welcome) SLUrl: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/NeoVictoria/134/203/756
Background on the Clockwerk Balls
Often sponsored by local veteran associations, “Clockwerk Galas” are very popular affairs, serving as fund-raisers and recruitment. The most amazing is held every Fall in Old London on Old Earth. It runs a fortnight with the oldest houses vying to raise the most money with fantastical parties and auctions. The “Royal Clockwerk Ball” closes the festivities; it’s held in Buckingham Slithen and all the Court attends. Here the most valiant of the year’s warriors are awarded the Sidhe Cross.
The NeoLondoners are planning one evening of celebration, in the Victoria Inn and Tavern. All clockwerks are welcome. All proceeds going to the local widows and orphans fund. [This is roleplay; no actual money is being raised.]
and Strand Constructs (golems of pure machine consciousness).
To learn more about how to play a clockwerk character in the Neo’Verse, read the excerpt on the Cyborg Concordance on this site and join in the fun!
About the Roleplay: In NeoVictoria, we do free-form dark roleplay. Free-form means there is no script; scenes evolve out of real-time character interactions. Dark roleplay means that characters often act in aggressive, predatory, criminal and/or plain uncomfortable ways. We use a simple dice-based wearable HUD called the NeoVictoria Roleplay Tool ; avatars must wear this to see roleplay chat. The item is free and available in the out-of-character skymall.
Players do not have to be a member of our group to roleplay here; we ask newcomers 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.]
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