Scenes From The Newser Party

 

By Bixyl Shuftan

 

On June 22, the Second Life Newser had it's anniversary party. It was held at the Happy Vixen beach club.

 

Although the actual anniversary date was June 5, the party couldn't be held the following Saturday because of the Relay Weekend. Saturday June 15 was out because it was Father's Day Weekend. So the party would be held later in the month.

DJ Snowbuns played the music for the two hour event, with Isa as her hostess.

 

My SL wife Charlee was going to DJ for part of the time, but had some trouble. She did manage to make the party.

DrFran Babcock, who used to write for the Newser, dropped by to say hello. 

 

 DJ Jenny of Club Cutlass also showed up, as a darkfur Star Trek Catian.

 

 

Nydia, the owner of the Happy Vixen, and a longtime supporter/contributor to the paper, also came by. 

There would be a contest (come as you are) with a 1500 Linden cash prize. It was won by Kamida Delec.

 

Sorry to say Gemma Cleanslate and Dancerina Starlight couldn't make the party due to events in real life. 

I would have a few things to say at the end, "While I may be the face of the paper, it takes a number to keep it running. There's the team behind it, Gemma and the other writers over the years, longtime supporters such as Nydia, my wife over here, who puts up with me as I write away, and who's supported me to no ends." She grinned and I kissed her , "Thank you for putting up with me, my angel. ... And of course thank you the readers, without whom the paper would have no reason to (be)."

Nydia would have this to say in response, "Bix, you are too modest,  you built the Newser up from scratch. and it has built up it's own momentum, and you are the single biggest driving force behind it. the writers write for you out of love,  but the readers came for your content. and you have guided that content up to where you are today. Thank you for giving us a place to read about what happens here, not just in our community but the entire SL world and MORE."

It was quite a party, with lots of fun held by all.

Once again, special thanks to the Newser's supporters, and the readers

Bixyl Shuftan

The Newser Anniversary Party

 

 By Bixyl Shuftan

 

 

 Monday June 5 was the anniversary of the founding of the Second Life Newser. A couple days before that, on Saturday June 3 at Noon SL time, there was a party to celebrate.

 

 

I was there, taking a break from the "Ruby Avatar Challenge" that took effect the night before.  

For the first hour of the event, the tunes were provided by Charlee Shuftan (Charlee Amethyst).

 

 

For the second hour, DJ Grease (Grease Coakes) played the music, some of which won't be heard again until his session at the upcoming SL20B.

Among those there was Newser reporter Gemma Cleanslate, one of the original team in 2010.

There was Minty Melody (DJ Minty) of Furry Fashion.

There was Cynthia Farshore, a leading member of the Relay's Team Sunbeamers whose efforts helped make this season the team's best.

There was DeniseUnicorn Toonie, who was recently approved to be an exhibitor at the SL20B.

There was Herman Bergson, the professor of Gemma's Philosophy class

There was Miyuki Naidoo, a longtime hostess of the Happy Vixen.

The "Bell Hammies," who frequently appear in Gemma's articles, also made an appearance.

Nydia Tungsten, the club owner, was also there (still in her Relay avatar challenge appearance). Club manager Snowy (Skylark Lefavre) was unable to make the event due to real-life. At one point, there were twenty-five people at the club, not including a few who had to leave earlier or showed up after.

The initial 250 Linden prize was boosted to 3050 by Nydia Tungsten. The result of the "Come As You Are" contest was a four-way tie between Varestenia Varriale, Kylee Gracemount Frost (JD013) and Gemma Cleanslate.

 

It's been a busy, but fun, thirteen years. Here's to more.

Bixyl Shuftan

The Newser's New Year's Party

 

 By Bixyl Shuftan

On Saturday January 7, it was the day for the Newser's New Year's Party.

The Newser usually organizes two parties a year for it's staff and fans. Usually they're at a club. But by request they were on top of the paper's office at the HV Community sim. As the picture shows, at one point there were 24 in the sim, most at the party. 

 

 

When the time approached for the party, I headed over in my rocket, passing some homes in the Sunweaver community.

 

And soon got to the top of the office.

Rita Mariner was first there. Although at the hospital at the time, for a few days, she had occasional access to Second Life through her laptop.

DJ Snowbuns / Snowy HunniBunni Lefavre (Skylark Lefavre) played the tunes for the first hour.

 

Dancerina, one of the writers. was there fairly early, around the time the party started at 12 Noon.

Roving reporter Gemma Cleanslate arrived after a little while.

So did Jarden Alexis, head of the Premier Business Center, was also there.

Eventually, Gemma had to put a temporary cover over the opening for the stairs so no one would drio down by accident.

A serpentine girl who commented she was nicknamed "The neon noodle."

Ranchan Weidman on the left, the builder of the SL Newser office.

At 1 PM, DJ Grease Coakes took over the stream, dressed up in the Victorian outfit he wore at the SL19B.

Putting the Viewer at Midnight, the nron lighting was more visible.

DeniseUnicorn Toonie's horn was quite visible.

It was quite the party, and a little fun for the Newser team. For those who missed the party, don't worry too much. We're planning an anniversary bash in June.

Happy 2023

Bixyl Shuftan

 

Events

The Second Life Newser Party

 Saturday June 5, 2010 was when the Second Life Newser would first start publishing.  Publishing big stories about events at the time such as the layoff of a third of Linden Lab's staff and the stepping down of it's CEO at the time, it would soon gain a following and eventually become the leading newsletter covering the news of the people, places, and events across the virtual world. Eleven years later, it's still going strong, and time to take a moment to celebrate with a party. It would be held on Saturday June 5 at the Bouncing Bunny Beach Club at the SunWaterThree sim, just a couple sims from the Newser office building in HV Communnity.

Just before the event started, I met up with Velani, and Grease Coakes, whom would be the DJ for the first half of the three hour event. 

Before long, he was spinning the tunes.

Snowbuns (Skylark Lefavre), the senior manager of the BBBC, soon showed up, still in the pink red panda avie from her "Bid Me" event, along with hostess Niki (blue and purple).

Reporter Anita Kimono, whom earlier wrote under her other account Kayly Iali, soon appeared.

Then came Gemma Cleanslate.

And GoSpeed Racer, real-life novelist and Second Life DJ. 

SL personality Prokofy Neva also came by.

Cynthia Farshore dropped in, having spent much of the day with the RFL Track Sunbeamer camp.

The Red Rocket drink machine got some attention, notably for it's better interactivity compared to earlier models of soda dispensers. 

It worked on Penny Shuftan's (Deaflegacy) pony avatar too.

For the Come As You Are contest, of which club staff were oked to enter as this was a special event, the result was a tie between Gemma and Snowbuns. After 1:30 PM, it was Snowbuns' turn to DJ.

More would continue to show up such as hostess Kylee (purple).

Penny would win the CAYA contest in the second half of the party.

After 3PM, people gradually went about their ways, drifting to other places and events, such as Relay events. It was a nice few hours to celebrate the Newser's success and endurance.

It should be noted that at times, the conversation turned to Ebbe Linden, who's passing was announced only yesterday. We talked a little about him. It was also brought up that in a sense history was repeating for the Newser. Just a week after it came about, it was covering the layoff of a third of the Lab. And on it's anniversary eleven years later, it was covering the passing of Linden Lab's CEO. 

No doubt we''ll cover a number of such stories as time goes on.

Bixyl Shuftan