Saturday, August 25, 2012

2nd Lt. Frederiko Laval is Promoted to Captain!


Kudos to 2nd Lt. Frederiko Laval, CO of the 1st Squadron, who was promoted to Captain today, by Major General Giano! 

Flying Tigers' Awards Ceremony/Muster Recap



Today the Flying Tigers' Awards Ceremony/Muster was held at the WW2 Memorial. Flying Tigers' CO's, active duty, reservists, and civilian members were honored with a variety of military decorations! The event started with the Golden Tigers flyover, where the demo team showed off their new Nexgen Aviation Hawks. Here is a complete list of honorees:

ARMED FORCES RESERVE MEDAL RIBBON
Lt. Col. Thorn Blackflag

BASIC MILITARY TRAINING HONOR GRADUATE RIBBON
2nd Lt. Leo Ravenheart
2nd Lt. Jimi Xi

CIVILIAN ACHIEVEMENT AWARD MEDAL RIBBON
Mr. Rob Fenwitch
Ms. Ava Jhamin

COMMENDATION MEDALS:

(23RD WING RECIPIENTS):
Colonel Skye Tracer, 75th Fighter Squadron
Colonel Gagi Binder, 38th Rescue Squadron
Captain Gokyu Ugajin

(11TH SQUADRON):
Captain Yan Aboubakar

(38TH SQUADRON):
Captain Gokyu Ugajin
Captain Chastityno Weston
Captain Paul Partridge, Golden Tigers
Major Toscha Vayandar, 23rd Fighter Wing Headquarters

(SPARTANS):
Colonel Gagi Binder
Lt. Col. Zara Xorbun
2nd Lt. Frederiko Laval (promoted to Captain)

(74TH SQUADRON):
Captain Chastityno Weston

(75TH SQUADRON):
Brigadier General Vickster Kuhn

LONGEVITY SERVICE AWARD
General Marcus Warbunsee (ROC)
Brigadier General Vickster Kuhn
Colonel Gagi Binder
Lt. Col. Zara Xorbun
Lt. Col. Thorn Blackflag
Lt. Col. 1Tsecret Spy
Lt. Col. Guapo Alex
Lt. Col. Skye Tracer
Brig. General Matrix Amiot

MERITORIOUS UNIT AWARD RIBBON
General Marcus Warbunsee (ROC)
Brigadier General Vickster Kuhn
Colonel Gagi Binder
Lt. Col. 1TSecret Spy
Lt. Col. Zara Xorbun
Major Nil1965 Resident

OUTSTANDING VOLUNTEER SERVICE MEDAL RIBBON
2nd Lt. Elrik Merlin for his service at the 2012 Relay for Life Event Weekend


Below is a video of some of the winners:


View more photos of this event:

Golden Tigers Debut New Planes!



At today's Awards Ceremony/Muster, the Golden Tigers Demo Team, debuted their new planes! Special created Nexgen Hawks, with orange livery filled the skies above the ceremony as the Golden Tigers did a great flyover to start today's events!  The Golden Tigers were lead by Brigadier General Vickster Kuhn and you can check out the photos of the Golden Tigers below:

Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Flying Tigers' Awards Ceremony/Muster!



Join us at the WW2 Memorial, as we honor our commanding officers and active duty members of the Flying Tigers in Second Life! The awards ceremony will be held on Saturday, August 25, 2012 at 12pm slt! Below is a list of award recipients:



LIST OF AWARD CITATIONS & RECIPIENTS

MERITORIOUS UNIT AWARD RIBBON:
General Marcus Warbunsee (ROC)
Brigadier General Vickster Kuhn
Colonel Gagi Binder
Lt. Col. 1TSecret Spy
Lt. Col. Zara Xorbun
Major Nil1965 Resident

LONGEVITY SERVICE AWARD:
General Marcus Warbunsee (ROC)
Brigadier General Vickster Kuhn
Colonel Gagi Binder
Lt. Col. Zara Xorbun
Lt. Col. Thorn Blackflag

COMMENDATION MEDAL

(23RD WING RECIPIENTS):
Colonel Skye Tracer, 75th Fighter Squadron
Colonel Gagi Binder, 38th Rescue Squadron (Former 23rd Wing Unit, during the award period)
Captain Paul Partridge, Golden Tigers
Major Toscha Vayandar, 23rd Fighter Wing Headquarters

(SPARTANS):
Colonel Gagi Binder
Captain Gokyu Ugajin

(11TH SQUADRON):
Captain Yan Aboubakar

(38TH SQUADRON):
Captain Gokyu Ugajin
Captain Chastityno Weston
Lt. Col. Zara Xorbun
2nd Lt. Frederiko Laval

(74TH SQUADRON):
Captain Chastityno Weston

OUTSTANDING VOLUNTEER SERVICE MEDAL RIBBON:
2nd Lt. Elrik Merlin for his service at the 2012 Relay for Life Event Weekend

BASIC MILITARY TRAINING HONOR GRADUATE RIBBON:
2nd Lt. Leo Ravenheart
2nd Lt. Jimi Xi

ARMED FROCES RESERVE MEDAL RIBBON:
Lt. Col. Thorn Blackflag

CIVILIAN ACHIEVEMENT AWARD MEDAL RIBBON:
Mr. Rob Fenwitch
Ms. Ava Jhamin

Sunday, August 12, 2012

Sports Festival Weekend Recap!



Yesterday, the Flying Tigers' 16 Day Sports Festival, held a 4 hour weekend party! The Sports Festival is in honor of the real life Olympics! Yesterday's events kicked off with DJ Cath, who was joined by host AJ! Guests partied outside the New London Village's tennis complex:



The party later continued with DJ Heath and host Amy:



Today is the last day of our Sports Festival! Join us for a 2pm slt event with DJ Anakin and Host Cath and a 4pm slt System of a Down Tribute Concert!

Sports Festival Blog Spotlight: Everything Designs




1.  What inspired you to start your business or organization in Second Life?
(Row )Inspite of these Ava age been in sl over 7  years,  i have always loved,looking at other builders work and have great respect for them... I decide one day to give it a  go and never looked back. My passion is building and creating.   I love Fantasy building  and landscaping.  I work with Spike my SL Husband, RL boyfriend , when we got together,  we inspire each other.. now we build everything, from landscape items ,Weddings, furniture , breedable homes and displays, as well as sim designs.

2.  Tell us about your business or organization:
Everything Designs and Photography  really does touch on Everything, hence the name , Photography and building are our passion. We have a half sim, from there we run our Photography business , shops, and landscape,/ Garden center. We Photograph everything from weddings, people, and location shots. We are very proud recently of a sim promotion we just finished ,  20  complete graphic displays of the two sims, including   area and Characters  of the rp sim Cranberry cove.  As well as sim designing..... We make Business Logos, Personal celebration banners, for wedding, birthdays, promotions. On the build side we make Custom and premade wedding sets, cakes, invitations, trees, plants flowers, House and homes, furniture, Celebration balloons, party invitations, cakes... Breedable homes and displays.. we can conduct a marriage cermony too if some one needs a official to marry them .yes yes !!! we make Everything .

3.  What are some exciting plans for the future for your business?
Expand and go where our imagination takes us, we both feel our own imagination is our only limit.
Our land, shops changes with the seasons, we are already planing Autumn and Christmas, our main goal, if to have a full sim, full of our creations to share and have an amazing time together doing it! :0

4.  As you know, our 16 day sports festival is taking place to honor the Olympics. What is your favorite Olympic sport?
Track, and Cycling .

5. How long have you been in Second Life?
7 Row almost 7 years, Spike almost four years

6.  What made you first join Second Life?
Saw Secondlife on a TV program and thought i would try it... same thing for Spike.

7.  What are some of the strangest things you have experienced or seen in Second Life?
oh lordy what a question...hahaha what have i not seen? a 16 foot penis? a half man half Elephant.
a bible with legs.. after all this time hard to answer but then that the thing about Sl never will you see it all.

8.  If you could invite anyone from RL into SL, who would it be?
Lee Evans a British comendian ( something about Mary & Mouse trap actor) mostly because i would then love to see his show after when he did a gig talking about second life ..

Sports Festival Blog Spotlight: Helping Haven



Helping Haven is a great spot where new residents in Second Life can get advice and attend classes! Helping Haven was kind enough to set up an exhibitors booth at our 16 Day Sports Festival! Lily Swindlehurst, one of the owners of Helping Haven was kind enough to answer some questions about the organization:


1.  What inspired you to start your business or organization in Second Life?
I had been a helper for several years on another sim, when that area closed four of us, Aullere Ocello, Notfragile Gausman, CharlesDe Beaumont and myself Lily Swindlehurst started up Helping Haven in September 2011. We had found that helping people was something that we all enjoyed and got a lot of satisfaction from.

2.  Tell us about your business or organization:
Helping Haven is a team of over 100 voluntary helpers who assist both new and old residents with their Second Life questions and problems. We also offer  free classes on various Second Life skills and many events to which all are welcome. We have a website which displays our full calendar as well as more information about Helping Haven: http://helpinghaven.weebly.com
Our SL url is: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Isle%20of%20Creation/11/248/22

3.  What are some exciting plans for the future for your business?
We hope to have some live acts soon performing on Haven. We would like to exhibit more at events, such as the Flying Tigers ones and also at SL9 B which we enjoyed. To continue expanding our website.
To have an even more varied class options and bring in new teachers.

4.  As you know, our 16 day sports festival is taking place to honor the Olympics. What is your favorite Olympic sport?
Athletics.

5. How long have you been in Second Life?
Over 5 years.

6.  What made you first join Second Life?
I read an article in a British newspaper about virtual worlds which sounded interesting.


7.  What are some of the strangest things you have experienced or seen in Second Life?
I think maybe some of the amazing places that have been built by residents and also some of the wierd avatars.

8.  If you could invite anyone from RL into SL, who would it be?
My best friend.

Friday, August 10, 2012

Flying Tigers' Sports Festival - Days #11-#14 Recap



This past week has been very busy at the Flying Tigers' 16 Day Sports Festival! On Monday, DJ Cath started the week by playing to a packed crowd! Host Amber was on hand to keep the crowd laughing and in good spirits:



On Tuesday, guests were treated to a rock set by DJ Anakin, who has definitely shown his face around at the Sports Festival Greek Stage:



DJ Anakin also rocked the crowd for two more days, including Wednesday:



And last night:



Join us at the Sports Festival this weekend, as we have three full days of closing events!

Sports Festival Final Weekend!



This weekend marks the end of our 16 day Sports Festival which was in honor of the real life Olympic Games! We have 3 days of great music, events, contests, a special sports fashion show, and of course shopping and exhibits by our great list of exhibitors! Below is this weekend's schedule of events:

Friday, August 10, 2012:
-12pm slt  - DJ Anakin

Saturday, August 11, 2012:
-11am slt - DJ Cath
-1pm slt - DJ Heath

Sunday, August 12, 2012:
-11am slt - L'Amour Management Sports Fashion Show
-2pm slt - DJ Anakin
-4pm slt  - System of a Down Tribute Band Concert


Monday, August 6, 2012

Sports Festival Day #10 Recap!



Yesterday, guests at our 16 day Sports Festival were treated to a special event--a Lady Gaga Tribute Concert! The tribute band, played over 90 minutes of everyone's favorite Lady Gaga's hits and invited everyone to be a part of the Monster Ball:



After the Lady Gaga Tribute concert, DJ Anakin with Host Rinka, had a 2 hour event:



DJ Anakin was joined by the Second Life Cheerleading Squad, who put on a very sporty 1 hour performance:

Sports Festival Days #6, #7, and #8 Recaps!



Our Sports Festival continued throughout last week, with 3 days of events on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. On Wednesday, guests played sports and were treated to the tunes of DJ Sweetdizzy and DJ Anakin:



Thursday the party continued with DJ Cath and DJ Anakin:



DJ Anakin also rounded off a solid week of events:


The Sports Festival continues on until Sunday, August 12, 2012 where we will have 8 hours of events for you!

Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Sports Festival Blog Spotlight: Z3 Arms & Technologies



Today's Sports Festival Spotlight is on Z3 Arms & Technologies, which is owned and operated in Second Life by Don Kobichenko. Don also provided our shooting range and boxing arena for our 16 Day Sports Festival! Don was kind enough to provide answers to some of our questions about himself and Z3:


1.  What inspired you to start your business or organization in Second Life?
When I first heard of a game where the content is all user-created, it was intriguing enough to take a look. Then some friends of mine wanted to start up something, but we didn't want to do the same things sooo many others were doing. Well, long story short, many of them went AWOL, and so there was just me to carry the torch of empire, being the only one in my circle who logs in more than twice a year.

VICE and WW2 were among the first things I ran into in SL, so I decided to explore that. First I went into combat and then I went into gun smithing, for this most solid combat system.
I've been thriving on taking my builds and the technology behind them beyond the standard, especially in the last year.

I'm proud to say that this business and the art of weapons development behind it have brought out the best of my creativity and ingenuity, although not everyone shares in that assessment.

2.  Tell us about your business or organization:
Z3 is the current evolution of the Arms & Arms Technology front geared at producing top quality and revolutionary VICE arms.

I'm nearly a one man show, when it comes to final products, but I owe a lot to modelers and other coders who've made contributions to my work.

I don't davel into every single combat system in SL for one reason: VICE was my first love and I never saw a decisively better system to this date. It has it's shortcomings and that's why I've used Z3 to do my utmost to demonstrate what VICE can do. I've done that in two ways: As a fighter, I have a good idea about the look and feel people expect from their weapons and I try to capture it in what I build.

 Secondly, I have used my know-how to develop technology that transcends the combat system to new heights, my original goal being to preserve the system's life and extend it's use. Currently, this is Z3's focus: extending and proliferating the use of VICE.

3.  What are some exciting plans for the future for your business?
Mainly, I plan to produce as many developer kits as possible, because I believe it's long time for the power to produce fun toys to go into more player's hands. I also plan to spend the year poking around with our super-secret BLT technology, to see what new weapons and modifications are possible.

I want to continue to evolve and change the system so that it can stay alive and stay fun for players.

4.  As you know, our 16 day sports festival is taking place to honor the Olympics. What is your favorite Olympic sport?
I'd have to say, hockey or Basketball (Go, team USA!).

5. How long have you been in Second Life?
Allllmost 2 years. Maybe a little more, now. Seems a lot longer.

6.  What made you first join Second Life?
Some friends told me you could build and program things here, so I tried it out, because I was fascinated by that concept.

7.  What are some of the strangest things you have experienced or seen in Second Life?
Well.. the whole slave RP that goes on here hit me pretty hard. A lot of SL is a culture shock when you first start. Of course I'm used to most of it, by now and have found my element.

8.  If you could invite anyone from RL into SL, who would it be?
 Maybe some of the smart people I know who could contribute to my business or make their own way here.

You can purchase items from Z3 by visiting their marketplace shop or in world at the Sports Festival!

Sports Festival Day #5 Recap!



Yesterday was day #5 of our 16 day Sports Festival! Events started with DJ Mia and host Tamara for 2 hours! DJ Mia played a 1980s set and guests danced and of course shopped:



After DJ Mia, DJ Anakin started a 2 hour rock set and everyone danced to a variety of rock songs, from present day to 1980s:



In the evening, everyone was treated to a special 90 minute wrestling show by Virtual Attitude Wrestling or V.A.W., which is owned and operated by Vince Aftermath.  You can view the live stream recording of this event for a limited time:


Watch live streaming video from forcetvnet at livestream.com


You can view photos from the wrestling show below: