The Superstar SL Drag Race

Casting for the 2017 edition of The Superstar SL Drag Race opened today. You have until September 15, 2017, to join! 

Be an authentic Drag Queen and L$50.000 and more prizes will be yours!

Read all the contest information, all about how to participate and what the rules are at the Posesion Production website. 

Grand Re-Opening of Gay Fun World Today

Rico Bluestar & Evan Greymyst are proud to announce that the 

Grand Re-Opening Celebration of Gay Fun World 

is today Saturday April 18, 2015, at 12-4 PM SLT

DJ Ralphy with host Joe kicks off the party 12-2 PM SLT with a Non-Naked Nooner Party at The Bunker Club (SLurl)

Contest: Best in Leather/Lace L$2500 (Split Top 3)

After that the party moves on to the new club FlamBOYants (SLurl), 2-4 PM SLT, with DJ's Evan & Rico

Contest: Best in Ripped L$2500 (Split Top 3)

Finally the re-opening party ends with a firework show staged by Ryce Skytower.

Sponsors Include RGDW, JBC, Tori's Stylez, Tomcats Web Comic & PBM Enterprise

Rico and Evan promise us hot sploder action at both parties.

Results of GA WinterFest 2014 Photo Contest

I have been remiss in my duties towards you, my few but dear readers, and have not reported the outcome of the GA WinterFest Photo Contest, SecondLife section. 

There has been a lot going on in my SecondLife, but the delay could possibly also reflect my disagreement with the jury's choices. Below are the top three in the competition according to the jury's decision.

"Catching Snowflakes"
Lycx Resident
Winner - 1st Place

"Snowshoeing"
Tomais Ashdene
First Runner Up - 2nd Place

"Over the Top"
Benjamin Glendale
Second Runner Up - 3rd Place

GA WinterFest Awards Today at 10 AM SLT

Oh lordie, lordie, this will be exciting, this could be a great day for the the laird and his consort!

There will be an award ceremony today at the GA WinterFest for Best Booth Contest and the Best Photography Contest. 

I know that my Tomais entered into the photo contest by sending in his contribution. I also know that didn't apply anywhere for the booth contest, but who knows, perhaps no application was needed for that!.  

Your transport to the Winterfest sim!

WinterFest Photo Contest: Submissions Requested

As part of the festivities for WinterFest 2014 the Gay Archipelago is requesting submissions for their winter themed photography contest.

Prizes will be awarded in each of the two categories First Life (or as the announcement says "Real Life") and Second Life Photography:

First Prize: 2500 L$

Second Prize: 1000 L$

Third Prize: 500 L$

Entries must be winter themed and must not include nudity.

Sponsored by the GA Winterfest and will be displayed on the Winterfest sim.

Entries will be judged by a panel of three judges.

Rules:

• Must be original work
• Must be winter themed
• Submit a maximum of two photographs, one per category, per avatar name
• Photo-editing tools and techniques outside the viewer are allowed
• No location, sim, or business can appear in the photograph
• No text or logos can be added to photographs

All submissions must be sent to patrickdevonanderson by December 8th, 2014, included in a notecard with the full SL name of the submitter.

It may be a good idea to keep in mind that the Winterfest's main theme this year is "Gay Archipelago 2034", but that's just a thought, I really don't know more than the announcement says, which by the way was forwarded to me by my buddy Nikolai Warden.

SecondLife's Got Talent - 2014

I was talking with my dear friend Garth Raleigh, the former Lead of Gay Archipelago and now an esteemed statesman, when he sent me this press release for "GA's Got Talent". It takes place on December 20th 2014 and is one of the events of this years GA WinterFest.

Garth has assured me that the contest is open to all residents of SecondLife (whether or not you live in the Gay Archipelago), hence my choice of title for this post.

GA's Got Talent - The official rules for all contestants

1. This event is for contestants to get experience with performing and of course to have FUN. And for the audience to see a great show and watch the talented contestants.
2. Drama and 'cat fights' are not allowed. All contestants are equal and we expect them to play fair (this includes ALL 'People's Choice' audience voting' issues. no exceptions)
3. Contest management reserves the right to eliminate any contestant(s) not following contest regulations properly at all times

The Application

• Make a choice what act you want to do at stage. It can be a SOLO or a DUO. Because we expect a big crowd, the second performer can be a duo singer, a dancer or assist with a magical act. 

• For the background of the stage we need a texture or snapshot (landscape format), NOT low pixels. else it looks blurry. 

• Some objects can be rezzed on stage if you are not a pixel size queen. We ask that you avoid heavily-scripted items completely (note - Contest managers will monitor prim usage and take appropriate actions to ensure stable prim counts & scripting behavior during the contest, including immediate return of unauthorized items or heavily scripted items) 

• Please choose a 'stage name' for this performance. Your 'Stage name' can be the artist name or be related to the kind of act you do. 

• Music can be the song you like to perform OR the background music of a magical act. Your music choice should be in MP3 format and will be given to our host DJ to assemble the show stream.

• Your performance/act should be no longer in time than 5 minutes and 50 seconds

• There is no theme... so you can be opera singer, rapper, dancer Rudolf Nureyev or Houdini. 

• This contest bears a 'Mature' rating, as does the GA Coronal Estate in general. Contest management reserves the rights to reject any submitted applications for performance that are deemed in poor taste (see "Community Standards' guidelines in Second Life should you have questions. 

• You will need to schedule rehearsal times for your performance well in advance of the final performance. This will be done through the Contest managers so as to allow normal stage operations, maintain fairness of competition and quality of the overall show.

• COMPLETE AND RETURN the application provided below BEFORE NOVEMBER 20TH, 2014 to Othon Weiland 

The prizes

The winner can win L$5000, the first runner up can win L$2500 and the second runner up can win L$1000.

If two or more contestants get the same votes they have to share the money (for instance: 1 and 2 get each 3750 (5000 + 2500).  

The prize money is donated by the GA community. The hosting estate will supply the technical equipment.

The voting

A contest board will be rezzed for the people's choice. This will be 1/5 of the total votes.

Four judges with knowledge of fashion/costumes, animations/dancing, performing will watch the show and send their votes to Othon Weiland.

The show

GA's Got Talent will take place on December 20, 2014, as part of the Gay Archipelago WinterFest. 

At the start and also at end of the show, when the judges are sending Othon Weiland their ranking, performers of Theater on the Hill will perform. These performers are permitted to take part in the contest.

Othon Weiland

The event is sponsored by the Gay Archipelago and the GA Coronal Estate.

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Contestant Application
Create a notecard named "GA's Got Talent (Your name here)" containing the following information.Name Contestant:
Stage Name (artist):
Song :
File music:
Background set :Set object(s):

Send your application to Othon Weiland at the latest on November 20th, 2014.

The Finals of Miss Wigstock 2014

Are you ready?

The big event is today at 12 PM (noon) SLT.

Join us at GreyMyst Rainbow Pavillion (VIP Seats) to see the Miss Wigstock 2014 contestants compete for the sash, tiara and L$22.500 in cash.

DJ Evan will spin the tunes for the show.

There will be special performances by past and present Miss Wigstocks, Juve and Hotboy and the divas Othon and Oliver.

Thanks to our sponsors: Hug's Clothing, RGDW, Robys Style, N4RS, JCNY Jewelry, Greymyst Estates and Corinthia Isle.

Miss Wigstock 2013 (LM added)

Prepare yourselves for the event of the season! Today is the day for Glamour, Bling & 'Cha-Ching'.

The 5th Annual Miss Wigstock contest is being held today, 12 PM (noon) SLT, at The Theater on the Hill (SLurl) at Gay Archipelago.

I am going in elegant, award winning at OrmDricka 2010 or 2011. drag attire with a few minor adjustments (but I cannot find the post I did on that victory) and I am looking forward to seeing you all there.

Rumor has it that the SLebrity Mr. Eddi Haskell is going to be one of the judges at the event... so if for nothing else you should come to take a look at that sexy piece of man meat!

...shit, only 8 hours to get ready why am I wasting my time talking with ya´ll?

P.S. Guyke, ma´ buoy, get your ass in gear! I need high-heeled shoes that fit my feet!

P.P.S. I went wild and crazy and have created a completely new look with the help of my new friend BM Oh and Diana and Carol!

Bock Wins Again - Almost...

The laird celebrates the added funds

Today Swedish blogger Sven Idyll announced the winner of the contest that he has been running on his blog Sven´s(k) Idyll the last week.

The contest was to pick out the common denominator for ten videos presented one at a time.

Video 1 Fool´s Gold med Thin Lizzy. (The singer in the band was Phil (Philip) Lynnot, so we get PHILIP)
Video 2 Walk of Life med Dire Starits. (The singers name is Mark Knopfler, so we get MARK)
Video 3 Thats´s all You Need – The Faces. (Rod Stewart was part of the group during this time and he is the singer in the song. Rod´s real name is Roderish, so we get RODERICK)
Video 4 Online Venting – Rosedale. (Easy, we keep ROSEDALE)
Video 5 Dave Gahan – Kingdom. (Another easy one, we keep KINGDOM)
Video 6 Norah Jones – Humble me. (We keep HUMBLE)
Video 7 Outkast – B.O.B. (We keep BOB)
Video 8 Ulf Lundel – Kom in, Kom in. (We get KOMIN)
Video 9 Riverside – Second Life syndrome.( We keep SECOND LIFE)
Video 10 Ledtråd CEO – White magic. (CEO is the lead here)

We now have Philip, Mark, Roderick, Rosedale, Kingdom, Humble, Bob, Komin, Second Life and CEO, what do they have in common? Mix around a bit and you have four of the CEO´s in a company. The company's product is Second life.

LINDEN LAB is the common denominator and the correct answer.

Sven tells us no one managed to get the correct answer but that Bock McMillan (that's me!) after only six clues had been presented guessed on "Second Life" and is therefore awarded a consolation prize - or as he so kindly calls it encouragement prize - of 250 Lindens.

SP2011 Photo Contest - The Results Are In

Photography by Jeff Ellsworth

Photography by Bock McMillan

At last the long awaited deliberations of the Second Pride jury reached us today, as I received a mail with the following message:

SECOND PRIDE 2011: PHOTO CONTEST RESULTS

Decision was extremely tough to make and we couldn’t make everyone a winner but we’re delighted to announce the winners:

1st Prize ex-aequo: Bock McMillan (L$ 3,000) and Jeff Ellsworth (L$ 3,000);

2nd Prize ex-aequo: Scotty a.k.a. "The Bad News Bear" (L$ 1,000) and Dakar Etzel (L$ 1,000).

Click HERE to read PRISM and see the other pictures.

Next contest comes for Halloween and the theme is "Gay Halloween in SL" so get ready to join! Further information about this new contest will be provided very soon.

Please spread the word among your friends. Thank you and once again congratulations!

My warmest congratulations go to Jeff, Scotty and Dakar!

Update on the SP 2011 Photo Contest

Photo by Bock McMillan

I have informed you about the Second Pride Festival, 1st Annual Photo Contest earlier (see post).

I got the following note card in the Second Pride group on September 15th, 2011.

"Dear Members,

We received a huge number of creative submissions for the Second Pride 2011 Festival Photo Contest.

In fact, because there were so many great pictures to choose from, we’ve decided

1/ to delay the official announcement of the winners until September 30th

2/ to give a few additional rewards 

As planned, the winner will receive L$ 3,000 and will be published on front-cover of Prism. But 2nd, 3rd and 4th best pictures will also receive L$ 1,000 and will be published in Prism.The best pictures received will be published in Prism as well. 

For those interested in seeing the photos submitted, please visit:http://www.flickr.com/groups/1698746@N21/pool/   (you will need a Flickr account and join the group) 

The pictures we received are wonderful examples of what can be done when the LGBT Community decides to work together, hand in hand. We truly enjoyed reviewing all of the contest submissions, and look forward to seeing more of your creations in the future!

We’re planning a new photo contest very soon and of course you can get ready for the Festival 2012 photo contest. 

Thank you everyone!

Sincerely! 

Pierrick Lubitsch"

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I wish everyone taking part in the contest the best of luck!

Second Pride Photo Contest

The board of the Second Pride Festival 2011 today announced that a photo contest is to be held on Flickr

The board asks that you please visit http://www.flickr.com/groups/1698746@N21/  and add your photos. The best photo will land on the cover of PRISM - The Second Pride newsletter, as well as receive a cash prize.

So get over to the Festival and start snapping away!

The Winner

It is with great joy I present to you all the second place winner as decided by the votes of the jury Apollon Allen.

Along with the honor Apollon will also receive the diploma above and 25.000 L$. You can see all three of the original contributions here.

This is the distribution of the jurors votes for Apollons wonderful contributions.

As you can see from the score sheet a majority of the jurors voted for Apollons pictures. Three jurors had them as winner, while one juror had them in second place and two others had them in third place.

Apollons contributions received a total of 105 points from the jury, making them the unthreatened winner of the contest.

My warmest congratulations to you, Apollon!

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I would now also like to extend my heartfelt thanks to everyone who took part in my project for art and peace in SecondLife "Nakna avatarer i SL" ("Nude Avatars in SecondLife") by sending me all your wonderful contributions.

Thanks also to the jurors for taking the time, the effort and pains to judge all the contributions from your very own point of view.

Second Prize Winner

It is with great joy I present to you all the second place winner as decided by the votes of the jury Qju Hapmouche.

Along with the honor Qju will also receive the diploma above and 5.000 L$. You can see the original contribution here.

This is the distribution of the jurors votes for Qju´s wonderful contribution.

As you can see from the score sheet one juror had this picture as winner, while three jurors had it in second place and two others had it in third place.

The contribution received a total of 82 points from the jury, placing it clearly in second place..

On Christmas Day, December 25th at 12 pm (noon) SLT, I will post the winner as decided by the votes of the jury.

Third Place Winner

It is with great joy I present to you all the third place winner as decided by the votes of the jury Millimina Salamander.

Along with the honor Millimina will also receive the diploma above and 2.500 L$. You can see the original contribution here.

This is the distribution of the jurors votes for Millimina´s wonderful contribution.

As you can see from the score sheet one juror had this picture as winner, while two jurors had it in second place and another one had it in third place.

The contribution received a total of 75 points from the jury, placing it clearly in third place..

Next Sunday December 19th at 12 PM (noon) SLT, I will post the second place winner as decided by the votes of the jury.

Second Special Award

This picture of Stella Guardian and her lover Eon Abbot really hit the right cord in me from the start and it keeps doing so every time I see it!

It is with great joy I present to you all the winner of the second "Special Award" Stella Guardian. Along with the honor Stella will also receive the diploma above and 2.500 L$.

You can see the original contribution here.

Thank You Jurors

Sketch of the O J Simpson jury by Bill Robles

Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, the function that you have performed is one of the least important tasks that you will ever be called upon to fulfill. With the return of your votes, your service in this project is complete.

I know that your efforts with this project has involved sacrifice on your part. I trust you end it knowing that you have made a meaningful contribution to the process and hope that you have enjoyed the experience.

You have been a serious, attentive and extremely diligent jury. It has been my pleasure to have worked with you. On behalf of everyone involved in the project, I thank you each and everyone of you.

I greatly appreciate your willingness to serve and your service. You are now discharged. Thank you very much!

Big hugs and kisses on the cheeks,
Bock

(I confess! I just adjusted the "thanking of the jury" that American judges are instructed to give when a jury is discharged after a trial to suit my purposes and added the kisses and hugs.)
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Facts about the jury
The jury consisted of 21 persons. (15 women and 6 men, 14 Swedish and 7 Internationals representing Europe, Australia and the North and South Americas).

Considering that I asked 27 persons I was totally overwhelmed by the response and willingness to take part. Only one who was invited declined to take part due to real life emergencies, while five did not respond at all.

Attention jurors 3 and more about the contest

The contest for best picture in my project for project for peace and art in SecondLife "Naked avatars in SL" is soon coming to an end.

Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, please let me remind you that your votes must be filed in my email or inventory at the latest on November 30th, 2010, at 12 AM (midnight) SLT (that´s December 1st, 2010, 09.00 EMT.)

Looking at the score sheet I can see that the outstanding votes can still change all the three winners... This is going to be exciting!

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For those of you not selected for jury duty let me give you the plan for announcements in the contest.

All announcements will be made at 12 PM (noon) SLT on the following dates

First Special Award - Sunday November 28th, 2010, 2.500 L$,
Second Special Award - Sunday December 5th, 2010, 2.500 L$,
Third Special Award - Saturday December 11th, 2010, 2 500 L$,

Winner Third Place - Sunday December 12th, 2010, 2.500 L$,
Winner Second Place- Sunday December 19th, 2010, 5.000 L$ and finally 
Winner of Best Picture- Saturday December 25th, 2010, 25.000 L$.


The newly created "Special Awards" are my own capricious choices, while the three winners are the result of the votes from the jury. Please note, the fact that someone gets a "Special Award" does not mean they cannot also win by the jurors votes.

The Contest - Jury Reminder: Only 5 Days Left

Dear friends in the jury, this is to remind you that I will need your results at the latest on November 30th 2010.

That´s only 5 more days!

Attention jurors 2

 

Due to the fact that I have received several votes on the contributions listed below, I must again stress that votes are not allowed for the following contributions in the contest for best picture in the "Nakna avatarer i SL" ("Naked avatars in SL") project:


# 1 - Bock McMillan (my own contribution),
# 38 - withdrawn from the project by the contributor, 
# 95 - Hedda Millar (my own contribution), 
# 97 - Wild Zepp (my own contribution), 
# 100 - Ars Northmead (my own contribution), and finally 
# 108 - not a contribution to the project

If I receive votes on the above mentioned contributions the juror will be contacted again and asked to deliver new votes.