Drow Science at the Sci-Fi Fair

My Steampunk/Dieselpunk Pub at the Sci-Fi Faire

Since the Sci-Fi Convention earlier this year was so successful, the organisers have decided to hold second event this year too. The Sci-Fi Faire:

"To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Star Trek TV & film franchise the sci-fi alliance in second life has organised a convention covering 3 sim from September 7-11, with over 80 booths set up by residents to promote their trek and sci-fi groups, content made in world  and services. The event supports  “The American Cancer Society”  with donations and exposure.

The sims called “Vulcan” and “Qonos” are used for housing the booths whilst “Risa” in the centre being used for entertainment."

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I'm not sure if its going to be a regular thing. But it would be certainly nice for the community to have such a happening twice a year. There is always so much to see and discover!

I am also happy that I finished the interior for my Steampunk Pub right in time. Impeccable timing, isn't it?

See you at the Faire!

Garrett Wang (Harry Kim) at the Sci-Fi Convention!

The Sci-Fi Con is over and while I am looking back at a beautiful, well-organized and very friendly event (ok, there must have been a few incidents between different fan-groups, but nothing I am aware of), I have one last goodie for you:

A video of the Q & A Session with Garrett Wang (Voyager's Harry Kim at the SL Sci-Fi Con!

During the two-and-a-half hour recording Wang talks (amongst other things) about his time at Voyager, fan-produced films and reprising his role in the MMO Star Trek Online.
And yes, it is no fake! I was following the Facebook thread about getting him into Second Life for appearing at the Con and I couldn't really believe it, until a few days later it happened!
Sadly due to time-zones (and I assume that might have been the case for more of us) I was not able to participate the Q & A so right now I am listening to it for the first time too.

A really exciting and kind move of Wang to participate in the fun and many thanks to him and Steve Atlanta who established the contact and got him in.

There is also a audio-version of the session available at Soundcloud.

Sci-Fi Convention Blog

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Edit: I just finished listening to the audio and found it very entertaining and interesting too. Wang was absolutely unpretentious and friendly and gave a lot of insight about his time in Voyager. He also wasn't shy of giving his opinions on Star Trek's back-then producer Rick Berman or J. J. Abrams 2nd Star Trek film. There was clearly somebody speaking who is as passionate about Star Trek as its fans.

Here They Come!

Is there a better way for a title when you write about start of the Sci-Fi Convention than with a quote from our favourite space opera? I don't think so!

The opening of the Convention is now only a few hours away and I am positively quite excited! I made a little stroll around the sims the other day and my first impression is very, very good.
You don't have to believe me though - just take a look at the pictures I received:

Courtesy Lani Global

Courtesy Lani Global

Courtesy Lani Global

Courtesy Lani Global

For my own plot at the exhibition I had a very special idea: Since I have so many large ships to show and since one already would pretty much fill the parcel, I decided to have rezzer-system instead which lets visitors pick what they want to see! Emma did - as always - a fantastic job. Not simply scripting, but scripting it in a way that it is pretty easy to set up the scenes - wonderful!

Always an impressive view: the Cerberus-Class Cruiser,

...something more peaceful: The Daedalus...

...and the mighty Prometheus-Class!

See you at the Convention! Here is your taxi to the Drow Science parcel - enjoy!

P.S. Steam-Gonk loves you all!

Gonk, gonk, goooonk!

Sci-Fi Convention 2016

This years SL Sci-Fi Convention is just a few days away now. Yay!

So far the Sci-Fi convention has grown bigger and better every year and I am looking forward how it will be this time. It is also pretty cool to be part of it, I have to add. It is one of the occasions where the community can show what they are capable of and present their vision of the future.

The convention will start on March 18 and will go till the 27th. Though for me and the other exhibitors it will kind of start already in two days, when the building period on the sims begins.

For more information, please visit their blog. See you there!