More on Halloween 2017

By Bixyl Shuftan

Second Life can get wild at times. With the ability to look more or less like whatever you like, many take advantage of it. But there's just something about Halloween that encourages people to be wilder, those who otherwise wouldn't deciding to let their virtual hair down, and those whom already weren't afraid to act a little crazy are even less so. There were no shortage of Halloween-themed events and places in Second Life, only a fraction we could mention. And before we say goodbye to the spookiness, one more look.

Saturday October 28 had a number of events. One was the Pirate Gala at RFL Making Strides, raising cash for the cancer charity.

The MSABC Honor Gala continues with Maximillion Kleene taking the stage at 3pm.
Attire- pirate/ wenches/ old-world or just come as you are! Raffles, live auction and more!

Maximillion himself came as a ghost. He certainly put a lot of spirit in his music.

Furry Fashion had a special Halloween area, which we wrote about earlier. On Saturday and Sunday, they moved their parties from their lounge to there. I managed to make their "Dark Parade."

Do you have any plans to see a parade today? Come be a part of one! Dress up for the Dark Parade that's happening now, or come listen to the music!

Nightmares and demons - the Furry Fashion Lounge has protection against their arise. Halftime is here, and it almost time to depart! Come join the Dark Parade, suit up in your darkest attire and enlist at this event now for the L$1,000 prize! It's a special commemoration in a special lounge! Get your new landmark to the halloween-themed lounge and let the parade continue through tonight! With DJ Bengt's music, we'll carry on!

Also on October 28, there was a "War of the Worlds" concert to help raise funds for Making Strides Against Breast Cancer. The event was high above the Rajasthan sim. The musical was based on the radio drama broadcasted in 1938, which created a panic as it sounded like an actual newscast.

Jeff Wayne's musical version of the scary classic story will be "performed" by the RingSlingers, with all donations going to Making Strides Against Breast Cancer and the American Cancer Society. Remember, "the chances of anything coming from Mars is a million to one, he said"...the chances of being diagnosed with breast cancer is 8 to 1!

The Gotham Island event at Creations for Parkinson's, which had been going on all month, was in full swing. There were some acts on stage going on Saturday, "All aboard the Crazy Train!"

There were a number in the audience, including Barbie Alchemi, the owner of Creations (as the minimap shows, this screenshot was taking in an intermission between acts).

On October 30, there was a Halloween parade in the Enchanted Adventured sim, named the "Parade of Nightmares."

The fires are lit, the cauldrons are bubbling. Crypt doors are creaking and tombstones are quaking. That must mean only one thing, it's Halloween season! Join us today at 2 PM on Mean Street for the ghoulish delights of Parade of Nightmares. Don't be one of those poor unfortunate souls that misses a delightfully devilish good time!

There were a number of Disney villains, some static, some played by avatars. The one doing the part of Cruella noticed me, "How do you like my coat. It's made from, fox." Boo-hiss!

Jack Sparrow also waved to the audience.

Oogie Boogie, the antagonist in "The Nightmare Before Christmas," invited me to spin his roulette wheel (in the movie, he ties Santa Claus to it). With Oogie Boogie's connection to insects, I asked, "Is it bugged?" Oggie answered, "No more than usual."

Club Cutlass has no Tuesday events, so the club had it's Halloween party on Tuesday, with the place all decked out in ghosts and spiderwebs and the floor covered in a spooky fog. Shockwave Yareach was the DJ that night, spinning a number of Halloween tunes and a couple of his music parodies.

Sunday Oct 29 had the Temple Burn. While not exactly a Halloween event, it was the main event that day.

 At the Happy Vixen, DJ Scratch did a "bewitching" performance at the Early Halloween party.

And DJ Squeaks (Brandi Streusel) did a "Dark" event, those invited to the dark side being offered cookies.

Halloween had the Creepy Crawl, organized by Xiola Linden. I missed most of it due to real life, but did catch the "Pumpkin Fight."

Taking place in the Pumpkin Fight Arena, Linden Lab didn't try to hide, much, that the game was the snowball fight given a Halloween look, the guns doing the same things.

 Normal players had a choice of pistols and rifles, pistols launching someone into the air when scoring a hit. Premium players had a rifle which would temporarily trap someone. I caught this screenshot at 3PM, when the fireworks went off.

The whole place had an erie look, a perpetual dusk with dim orange skies and shady ground.

After the Pumpkin fight, Safra Nitely, a friend of the Newser, had a party for her Darkwing group and friends. Bony arms reached up, as if trying to grab someone, or perhaps wanting someone to pull them up to join the party.

 "No, you're not getting my pizza!"

There were outfits of a number of kinds, this girl having on a simple mask. My friend ShadowRene Ivanova won the prize up for grabs.

There would be a number of places having Halloween parties that night, Furry Fashion had a big bash. But the whopper was the six hour marathon event held at the Happy Vixen's Haunted Woods.

Come one, come all to the Final Halloween Event of the Year at Happy Vixen! We're rocking the night away with not one, not two but 3 rocking Dj's spanning 6 hours of Halloween mayhem. We have DJ Naughty Nydia, DJ Squeaks and a rare treat for one and all. DJ Jasmine Hornycorn. If this lineup isn't enough to wet your musically inclined sweet tooth, we're throwing down a massive 5000L prize to be sliced down the middle for all the creeps and deadies. Shall be a night to die for! Need a date? Borrow a shovel and dig one up! Creep, crawl, slither, flap or just appear like a spook and help us rock the night away at Happy Vixen Haunted Woods on Halloween night!

Actually, it was eight hours of music, with a separate "Black and Red" event at the start with DJ Geerkil, appearing as an anthro dracolich, along with JB Racoon, of which he shared some playful banter with at times.

Then at 6PM, Brandi took over the DJ booth for two hours, followed at 8PM by her partner Nydia Tungsten, the owner of the Happy Vixen.

Nydia and Brandi were both in darkfur that night, which doesn't happen often.

 The last two hours of the event were handled by Jasmine Dawn, who built the Haunted Woods.

Initially, the prize was going to be 7000 Lindens, split into 3500 each for a separate male and female board. But some in the audience kept adding to it. In the end, the prize was a whopping 20,000 Lindens, or about $80 USD. Kanhk Windstorm won the top prize for the men, while Salurielle Shinigami (ShadowRenee Ivanova), and Mato (Matoazma Kazyanenko) split the women's prize.

Jasmine had DJed a few years ago in the past, so this was a one of a kind event with her, "And that my friends is the first and last time you shall see me dj here in this wonderful venue here at Happy Vixen. ... The music may end but you all have made me some wonderful memories." Nydia appreciated her music, and especially the haunted forest, "Jas, on behalf of 'White Vixen Enterprises' I would like to thank you for all you have done for this year's Halloween event."

The Haunted Woods had been scheduled to go down after Halloween. But people asked that it stay up a little longer.

 So the woods got a reprieve, staying up a little longer.

 But not forever. After the 7-9PM event on Sunday night, the woods fades back into the virtual mists from whence they came.

 After that, these few pictures are what will remain to remind others of Jasmine's handiwork.

And so, we say goodbye to Halloween 2017 in Second Life. It had it's share of tricks, with the lag and real life butting in. But it had plenty of treats.

Addition: Originally I had Nydia starting up the big party at the Happy Vixen, followed by Brandi. This has been corrected.

Bixyl Shuftan