Resident Eshala Tabacznyck (OU student and T175 Cafe moderator Teresa Flannery) has given permission for her slideshow of last weekend's event to be posted here.
http://learn.open.ac.uk/file.php/5201/Video/sssl_nomusic_low2.wmv
Showing posts with label treasure hunt. Show all posts
Showing posts with label treasure hunt. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Saturday, August 15, 2009
Summer social event draws record crowd
I arrived in-world (http://tinyurl.com/q38ba3 ) at daybreak today to start a thunder storm as the back-story to Aseret's treasure hunt. What a lovely surprise it was to find two avatars there already, eager to start the hunt.
It was a sign of good things to come. From 9am until lunch time there was barely a moment when there were less than seven or eight avatars in Open Life Ocean and Open Life Village. The figure peaked at about eighteen - virtually unprecedented for ten in the morning!
Xara, Mulberry, Kickaha and Shailey aboard HMS Primafore
Pictures are already appearing on the Flickr stream. You can see octopus riding, mini-submarines, beach volleyball and lots more here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/36723816@N05/
If you come along today, please upload your pics by emailing them to the special Flickr address available from Kickaha. They are added to the stream immediately.
The subject line of the email becomes the picture's title, and body text of the email becomes the picture's description. If you want to add tags, simply add them to the end of the email, after typing tags:
For example, the email below resulted in the Flickr page shown at the very bottom of this post.
It was a sign of good things to come. From 9am until lunch time there was barely a moment when there were less than seven or eight avatars in Open Life Ocean and Open Life Village. The figure peaked at about eighteen - virtually unprecedented for ten in the morning!
Xara, Mulberry, Kickaha and Shailey aboard HMS Primafore
Pictures are already appearing on the Flickr stream. You can see octopus riding, mini-submarines, beach volleyball and lots more here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/36723816@N05/
If you come along today, please upload your pics by emailing them to the special Flickr address available from Kickaha. They are added to the stream immediately.
The subject line of the email becomes the picture's title, and body text of the email becomes the picture's description. If you want to add tags, simply add them to the end of the email, after typing tags:
For example, the email below resulted in the Flickr page shown at the very bottom of this post.
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Aseret's Treasure Hunt
OLiVe resident Aseret Quintessa (A215 student Teresa Moore) has responded to residents' calls for another treasure hunt by creating her own. It will run all day on Saturday 15 August on Open Life Village in Open Life Ocean, in parallel with our Sun, Sea and Second Life event. The in-world publicity poster and notecard are reproduced below.
Treasure Hunt -$L250 Prize
Due to a violent storm on Open Life Ocean, the good ship Olive sank and scattered her cargo of gemstones.
The strength of the storm was such that some gems may even have washed up on the beaches around the Village Island.
To Hunt
You will have to search the beaches around the village and under the sea to find the gems.
When you find one click on it and 'buy' it. It will be set to $L0 so you don't need money. Once you have 'bought' it click on it and choose TAKE to save into your inventory. Make a folder with your name on and once you have finished searching pass the folder over to Aseret Quintessa.
If I am not inworld open my profile and drag the folder into the box marked GIVE ITEM.
The winner is the person with the most gems at the end of the day.
Bonus
* Out there somwhere are 4 Fire Opals each worth $L 50!
Good luck!
Treasure Hunt -$L250 Prize
Due to a violent storm on Open Life Ocean, the good ship Olive sank and scattered her cargo of gemstones.
The strength of the storm was such that some gems may even have washed up on the beaches around the Village Island.
To Hunt
You will have to search the beaches around the village and under the sea to find the gems.
When you find one click on it and 'buy' it. It will be set to $L0 so you don't need money. Once you have 'bought' it click on it and choose TAKE to save into your inventory. Make a folder with your name on and once you have finished searching pass the folder over to Aseret Quintessa.
If I am not inworld open my profile and drag the folder into the box marked GIVE ITEM.
The winner is the person with the most gems at the end of the day.
Bonus
* Out there somwhere are 4 Fire Opals each worth $L 50!
Good luck!
Friday, July 17, 2009
X marks the spot as treasure hunt hits the spot
A prize treasure hunt held across the Open Life regions last weekend has proved a big hit with students and staff alike.
The hunt opened at 10am on Saturday, with the first correct finishers submitting their solutions in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Lots of people attempted the treasure hunt, and feedback on the OUSA SL forum was positive. There is a general feeling that it should become a regular event.
The prize and trophy were awarded to Strangie Vaher at the T175 party that night.
The treasure hunt will remain available in-world for a few days, so please feel free to try it. The starting point is here: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Open%20Life%20Village/85/56/30
The experience of designing and running the treasure hunt will doubtless prove useful when we create an in-world scavenger hunt as part of the orientation programme.
The hunt opened at 10am on Saturday, with the first correct finishers submitting their solutions in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Lots of people attempted the treasure hunt, and feedback on the OUSA SL forum was positive. There is a general feeling that it should become a regular event.
The prize and trophy were awarded to Strangie Vaher at the T175 party that night.
The treasure hunt will remain available in-world for a few days, so please feel free to try it. The starting point is here: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Open%20Life%20Village/85/56/30
The experience of designing and running the treasure hunt will doubtless prove useful when we create an in-world scavenger hunt as part of the orientation programme.
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Opening night
Open Life Ocean and Open Life Village opened last Saturday at 8.00pm with a party and Easter Egg hunt, that encouraged people (and a pink rabbit) to move all over the island.
We displayed a list of successful applicants and their assigned addresses. 24 of the parcels are claimed. 25 of the houses are occupied (one person has failed to “buy” their plot.) Another 12 people have confirmed by e-mail that they will be moving in. That’s 37 out of 61 definitely taken. All of the unclaimed ones were offered to ex-Sholokhov residents who have not been seen for a while. They have until 17 April to accept the AUP etc and move in, as there are 17 still on the waiting list.
Three allotments have been taken. Initially, the allotment scheme was only offered to those who had applied for houses but failed to get one. We will advertise the remaining ones more widely soon.
We displayed a list of successful applicants and their assigned addresses. 24 of the parcels are claimed. 25 of the houses are occupied (one person has failed to “buy” their plot.) Another 12 people have confirmed by e-mail that they will be moving in. That’s 37 out of 61 definitely taken. All of the unclaimed ones were offered to ex-Sholokhov residents who have not been seen for a while. They have until 17 April to accept the AUP etc and move in, as there are 17 still on the waiting list.
Three allotments have been taken. Initially, the allotment scheme was only offered to those who had applied for houses but failed to get one. We will advertise the remaining ones more widely soon.
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