Sep 27
And they’re off!!
Today’s the day! Are you going to race and see how many roses you can find?
The grand prize winner receives 45,000L!!
There are over 203 participating locations and Roawenwood is proud to be a part of this wonderful event. SLURL’s for participating merchants can be found on the Hope Hunt Blog along the side. You can also search events for the hunt, some have made event listings for it.
There are 10 roses hidden at my main location on the five blades sim.
Lil note (( Sept 28th)) :: Seems like one of my roses is M.I.A. While it’s sorted and all I guess there is only 9 at the moment. Bleh, but at least they all seem to be working right!
Each rose has a gift inside.
You can pick up the HUD to keep track of how many roses you find at the landing point, just click the spot on the sign for the Hope Hunt to receive.
The hunt and race lasts from Sept. 27th – Oct. 17th.
Good luck and cross your fingers that all goes well!
Sep 22
Not much to say because I’m still workin hard on getting things around for October. Trying to not release too much, trying my best to be patient and not do what I usually do which is to release as I go.
Ohhhh I almost forgot! The Hope Hunt and Race starts on the 27th. The concept of it is not only a prize hunt, which I will admit that I have placed out 10 roses… and each rose has a prize. So that means at Roawenwood you can get 10 different prizes from the roses when you find them to click. The race part is where you go around to different participating vendors and find their roses too. The person who finds the most roses ends up winning a prize pot of lindens.
This is a race that had to be redone from earlier this year due to some issues with the database, which is supposed to be fixed to run smoother now. The prizes are as follows (if nothing has changed, which I don’t think they have.)
The Grand Prize is 45,000L
2nd Prize is 25,000L
3rd Prize is 10,000L
So what else am I doing or up to lately…. hmmmm…. ohhhh, well I did get some stuff together and a few ideas for some discount type camisks. I know that not everyone has the lindens to be able to spend a lot, so I am trying to offer a special selection of items in the clothing area for less than what I normally charge. The first offering of this type is a set of sheer camisks, 9 different colors.
I picked up one of those lucky dip things from the lucky chair place, I’m thinking of throwing some of them into that too, so then you could get em for free. *chuckles*
Till next time…. I hope ya’ll have a great week.
Jul 08
Hello hello!
Today kicks off the beginning of Gorfest… a two sim event with Gorean vendors and such for the RFL. I have a spot over there with some brand new products and my RFL vendors set up. The RFL stuff is coming to a close this month so the limited edition silks and such that I have out in the vendors will be picked up and no longer available soon if you haven’t gotten them yet.
The event goes from today until the 13th with events, fashion shows, dj’s and a whole lot of fun for everyone if they want to wander. I’m hoping it will have a great turn out!
Go go go!! Support the Relay for Life! It’s a great cause and I’d love to see folks get involved.
http://gorfest.wetpaint.com/
Gorfest, a celebration of music and merchants Goreans in Relay for Life, will take place July 8th through July 13th with a kickoff celebration on July 8th at 6pm slt. The event will be held over two full sims and all are welcome.
Gorstock will highlight music talent from vocalists to tribute bands, dance parties and more. There are 60+ merchants with the huge variety of clothing, furniture, accessories, toys…the list goes on. Please join us for this fun-filled event and help us move a step closer to finding the cure for Cancer! 100% of your donations go to Relay for Life which benefits the American Cancer Society.
All times and events are subject to change.
Schedule of Events: All times are SLT. Events are daily starting Wednesday, July 8th and continuing through Monday, July 13th
July 8th 6-8pm slt Kickoff Party with Grace Loudon with live DJ, Sponsored by [Rustic] by Grace Loudon
DJ-Grace Loudon
July 9th 7-9am Dance Party with live DJ Relkin Warrigal Sponsored by Chartre Designs and Chardonnay Jubilee
10-noon Fashion Show (SA-EELA, Nenya Eun – TENTATIVE)
1-3pm Dance Party with live DJ Relkin Warrigal-Sponsored by Chartre Designs and Chardonnay Jubilee
7-9pm Live Music with Riviin Levasseur (Vocals and Acoustic)
July 10th 11-1pm Dance Party with live DJ Chuck Morgridge
7-9pm Dance Party with live DJ (Gretchen Sondergaard-has stream)
Sponsored by Lylanah Demar and Gorean Garden Center
July 11th 10am Killer Auction-Host Karlotte Shelman
11am DJ Chuck Morgridge
1-3pm TRIBUTE BAND: IN EXTREMO Featuring Medieval-Rock
6pm Goreans In Concert (Need Performers!)
Etana Vella-Tentative
Grace Loudon
Blue Irvine
Cancifer Ogg
July 12th 3-4pm Live Performer-Muldar Watts (Acoustic and Vocals)
6-8pm Dance Party with DJ Relkin Warrigal – Sponsored by Beautifully Sinister and “Ripped”
July 13th 1-3pm Dance Party with DJ Gretchen Sondergaard – Sponsored by Beautifully Sinister and “Ripped”
4-6pm Sleepwalker – Megadeth Tribute Band
7-9pm Closing Celebration Dance and Contests sponsored by [Rustic] by Grace Loudon-DJ Dream Resistance
Jun 24
Well… sadly due to some issues the most recent hunt that I was quite excited about seems to be having enough problems that they are rescheduling. I’m going to paste the letter that we got through the group so ya’ll know what’s going on. I do have some updates for the store but that will come in a different post. I don’t want to muddy them up.
As we promised earlier today, a decision has been made regarding the Hope Hunt + Race. With great sadness, we have determined that the event should be halted and rescheduled for later this year. This is the best way to preserve the integrity of the Hope Hunt + Race, and the Relay for Life which is the reason behind it all.
The problems we experienced were not due to a lack of preparation. We were well prepared. We have an excellent database system, and the scripts were all thoroughly tested during May and early June. The scripts and database worked as expected during the event.
The problem, without being too technical, is that each click of a Rose created an HTTP request/response between SL and the database … and the servers simply could not handle the volume. Our problem, as has been said before, was that this event has been such a HUGE success. We were too successful for the servers to handle.
That is what caused the problems you experienced–Roses giving messages with bad or missing information, and Roses “locking up” (due to lag in the HTTP communications). The script/database system was good–but it did not have the server resources needed to process the volume of information generated.
These issues will be resolved, and the Hope Hunt + Race will be successful. This is not something that can be fixed easily or quickly, though. Any solution that would enable us to finish the event on schedule would be a quick-fix, degrading the experience for everyone involved. Therefore, we will reschedule the event when the server issues have been ironed out.
For the participating merchants, the Roses which are currently out will automatically delete themselves, as planned, on July 5; you can delete them before that time if you would like to do so. When the Hope Hunt + Race is rescheduled, you will be given the same number of Roses for the event.
For the hunters, the event will restart when it is rescheduled. This is the fairest and most equitable solution for everyone.
We appreciate your patience and understanding. This has been exciting and fun … and a bit frustrating, perhaps. Know that we look forward to continuing to work with you as we make this event a success, and we will keep you posted as those plans unfold.
Thank you for your support, encouragement, and participation. Please let us know if you have any questions.
Sincerely,
Sidda Jubilee &
Arete Diplomat
So I guess that is it for that for now… sadly. Hopefully it will sort itself and it will be able to go on at a later date.
Jun 21
Today kicks off an event that I wanted to explain a lil bit. It’s more than your typical hunt where you race around for freebies and it is a great cause.
The Relay for Life Hope Hunt and Race is a two week hunt that begins on June 21st and runs until July 4th but more than just a freebie hunt it is also a race. During the hunt your objective is to find as many of the yellow roses as you can within the store or sims that participate throughout the grid. The one who finds the most will be awarded the grand prize. Ties result in the splitting of the prize monies so you’ll want to try your best.
Each time you find a rose, you click on it and it will tell you how many are left in the sim or store that you are in, and it will also give you the SLURL for the next place to hunt. Some roses have prizes in them… some do not but that’s ok, because each time you find a rose you work your way up in the race to win the Grand Prize!
The Grand Prize is 45,000L!
2nd Prize is 25,000L
3rd Prize is 10,000L
The Roawenwood is proud to be a participating merchant and has hidden within its main location 20 roses to be found, some of them have prizes in them. All proceeds go to the Relay for Life.
A great cause and a lot of fun, I hope you all enjoy!
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