PRESS RELEASE
 For Immediate Release
 20 September 2021

We are Eleven Years Old!

September 2021 marks the NeoVictoria Project’s tenth anniversary.  Over the years, we have transcribed more than two-thousand roleplays to our community website, produced almost one hundred machinimas, sponsored nine 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.   Everyone is invited, and everyone is welcome.  Come and celebrate with us!

The NeoVictoria Project presents “The Nightmare“

Ten days of non-stop roleplay! This series begins on Monday, 20 September 2021, when a deadly green fog makes its appearance in the sewers under the city. Everyone is invited to roleplay with us!

SCHEDULE FOR THE SIM-WIDE

Monday, 20 September: Beginnings

• Start: 10 AM, SL-time
• A green fog appears in certain spots in the NeoLondon sewers. Townfolk begin to feel its effects.
• Location: The Sewers [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 sewers.]

Tuesday, 21 September: The Fog

• Start: Noon, SL-time
• The fog, and the effect, begins to spread.
• Location: Marketplace [NeoVictoria SIM]

Thursday, 23 September: Creeping Dread

• Start: Noon, SL-Time
• We now have a full flung pandemic, with characters in different stages of the disease. The healer gets caught up.
• Location: Apothecary [NeoVictoria SIM]

Saturday, 25 September: Bodies Pile

• Start: Noon, SL-Time
• The town healer has found a way to stop the progression of the disease by putting the infected into stasis chambers. The main nave of the cathedral becomes the impromptu holding area.
• Location: Cathedral of Air and Darkness [NeoVictoria SIM]

Monday, 27 September: Solutions

• Start: 10 AM, SL-time
• A possible cause it reveals and the search for Doctor Akai commences.
• Location: Apothecary [NeoVictoria SIM]

Tuesday, 28 September: Breakthrough

• Start: Noon, SL-time
• The loci of the infection is revived. Doctor Akai and the mortician contrive a way to revive the townpeople in stasis.
• Location: Marketplace [NeoVictoria SIM]

Thursday, 30 September: Wrap Up

• Start: 3 PM, SL-time
• The treatment is applied to the remaining infected and the fog fades from the sewers.
• Location: Cathedral of Air and Darkness [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 2021 Photo Contest

We will 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 12

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.

• 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

About the Featured Picture Image

Henry Fuseli’s “The Nightmare” was created in 1781 and became of the artist’s best known works.  He recreated it on several occasions.  It suggests what the sleeper feels, not what they see.  When planning this SIM-wide, this painting was one of our inspirations.

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!

Radio Riel & the NeoVictoria Project present “Talk Like a Pirate!” As always, we kick-off our anniversary celebration with a live radio event, broadcast on Radio Riel’s Steampunk channel, that celebrates “International Talk Like A Pirate Day.”

• 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