24 Hour Charity Triviathon

Starting 10am on Saturday 7th November and finishing at 10am on Sunday 8th November, Double Standards will be holding a 24 hour Charity Trivia Marathon.

We will be raising money for Relay For Life and we will have live trivia hosted by real live hosts for the whole time.
We are finalising the details but here’s the line up:-
10.00am - 12.00pm - Thorny Trivia with Thornton Writer
12.00pm – 1.00pm – Lous Clues with Lou Netizen
1.00pm - 2.00pm Analytical trivia with AnaMaria Quintessa
2.00pm - 3.00pm - Double Standards Host Traian Khandr
3.00pm - 4.00pm - Zoo Bar with Chaddington Boomhauer and Shale Nightfire
4.00pm - 6.00pm - Trivia with Lotus Ceriano and Nelly Swindlehurst
6.00pm - 8.00pm - Trivia with JoshuaStephen Schism
8.00pm - 11.00pm – Chaos trivia with Lette Ponnier
11.00pm – 1.00am - Maggies Wheel Of Fortune
1.00am - 2.00 am - Trivia with Mako Kungfu
2.00am - 3.00am – Double Standards trivia with Devin Velinov
4.00 am - 6.00 am – Trivia with Chaddington Boomhauer
6.00 am - 7.00 am – Trivia with Billy2Times Krams
7.00 am - 8.00 am - trivia with our very own host Hummingbird Forster
8.00 am - 10.00 am – Cully’s Alphabet Smart Ass Trivia with DJ Angelo

Thanks go to all the hosts for offering to help and we know this is going to be a great event. Monochrome are sponsoring some of the events as well so thanks to Jez for that. We hope you'll all turn up for at least some of the time to support this worthy cause and I look forward to seeing you:)

Double Standards moves - and more!

Finally it’s here! Double Standards is now situated on a brand new sim all it’s own! The first event took place on Friday, when Devin’s trivia welcomed all the regular faces, and some new ones to the grand opening. And we have some great events lined up for it too – read on for a very exciting one coming soon!

The 7 Seas fishing area - with a brand new lake and watefall. And tucked behind the waterfall is a cosy cuddle cave.

The trivia area with the fire and rugs that make us feel at home, and a brand new stage area for future events.

Just over a bridge is the games area, with the Greedy Greedy table, SLolopoy, Frootcake, On a Roll and Selbyword. And tucked in the corner is another cosy cave for - well - getting cosy.

The mall’s a lot bigger so hopefully a lot more stores for you to choose from as well. All in all – the place is much better and more pleasant – hope everone else thinks so too.

And we’re kicking off with a major event on the 7th and 8th November – a 24 hour charity Triviathon!

This will be 24 hours of non stop hosted trivia (none of those machines) and we’ll be raising money for Relay For Life. At the time of writing we’ve got some great hosts lined up including Lou with Lou’s Clues, Chad and Shale with their Zoo Bar trivia, Thorny trivia, Chaos, Nellotus, Mags with her Wheel of Fortune (or Misfortune ) and an Alphabet Smart ass special. We’ve also got Ana, Trai, Humm and Chad. We do have a few more slots left if anyone else wants to help out and host an event. We’re also hoping to get a couple of sponsors. This should be a fun event for everyone, and we also hope it will introduce some new faces to the world of trivia. It should provide a good showcase for all hosts and we hope a lot of fun for those who take part. Humm’s also working on a prize for anyone who manages to attend the full 24 hours.

More details and a full line up will be announced nearer the time, but we hope to see new and old faces there to have some fun, and of course we’d like to raise as much as we can for Relay For Life.

Watch this space:)

Thunder and Lightning

Meet Thunder and Lightning - our horses. Why am I telling you about them? Well not only are they part of our family, but they represent everything good about Second Life. Lightning is the white horse and hardly surprising that he's Maels. Thunder is the cute little black horse, and the best present I could have had.

Lightning on the left, looking after Thunder on the right.

I never really thought about owning a horse, but it was my special surprise rez day present. And it was a surprise. A package got delivered - I opened it. Hey presto, there was a horse standing in the living room. She wouldn't fit in the lift to go outside either. Having got over that little problem I set about seeing what she could do. (Good job SL allows us to move things by editing them)

Now no disrespect to anyone else who makes horses, but Mael spent a long time looking for one, and I believe he found one of the best on SL. (And I'm very grateful that he didn't choose the one that provides something to put on your SL rhubarb). The people who made Thunder and Lightning quite obviously have an RL love for horses, and it shows in the time they've put in to creating their SL animals.

In sl terms, these are quality items. Not only do they look the part, but they act it too. When we put them in their paddock, they neigh and whinny, stamp their feet, swish their tails and move their ears. Exactly as you would expect an RL horse to be. I've spent many a time just standing watching them, and it really is as close to watching the real thing as you can get. You even get a pose ball and brush to groom them too.

When you ride you can trot, gallop and even jump. I haven't quite managed to time the jumps yet, but Thunder does very well even if I mistime it. Having never ridden a horse (except for a pony trek when I was a kid and my horse just followed the one in front), I can't comment on how realistic riding Thunder is. I do know that it's very relaxing after a stressful day, and even more relaxing standing brushing her. You can even get them to do tricks too, and each pose has been carefully designed.

In fact they are so realistic I found myself talking to Thunder once - and I mean talking. I think that's how you can tell the quality items - you really do interact as if they are the real thing.

We hear a lot about what's bad in SL - the lag, the failing tp's, the griefers and beggars - that it's nice sometimes to remember that there are still some good things to be found. To me Thunder and Lightning represent everything that's good. Yes, they cost a few lindens, but the time and effort that went in to them makes them worth it. The creator has gone to great lengths to make something as realistic as possible, and they have certainly succeeded. The poses, the moves and the sounds have all been painstakingly made and created and there are so many different styles and sizes available too. Thanks to their efforts we now have to additions to our SL family, which are every bit as real as they could be.

It's nice to be able to stand looking out of my window at something which reminds me what Second Life should be about. Creativity, design and caring people.

And let's see if this link works - they came from AKK Ranch.