Not
all those who wander are lost.
J.
R. R. Tolkien
Well, it’s
that time of the year again!
Spring is
getting closer. (At least for some of
you.) Getting out and about after spending the winters indoors becomes more
appealing. (Significant Other can’t
wait.) Meeting friends and doing things with the Sun on our faces can happen
once again.
All these
things occur both in Real Life (RL) and Second Life (SL).
One of
those things that occurs every year at this time is the only remaining
Victorian STEAMpunk Hunt in SL, namely STEAM IX!
Continuing
in my unbroken stream since STEAM
VIII
and STEAM
VII
(I sometimes go walkabout inworld and miss events. Significant Other says I’m guilty of this in
RL too. What can I say other than I tend
to wander.) I’m here to blog about this
year’s STEAM event which runs from March 1st to 31st
across the Grid.
Once
again, Perryn
Peterson has outdone himself in organizing this event and bring
together many merchants and residents to partake in all that SL has to
offer.
The
starting location for the Hunt is the Steampunk
Information Center in Mieville. From here hunters begin their hunts across
126 stops with 124 vendors participating all with gifts for them. This year’s theme is “Romancing the STEAM”
and if past Hunts are any guide, the merchants will be very creative in their
offerings.
Participation
has been very good so far.
Perryn
reports that over 10,000 residents visited the starting point on the first
weekend which was a new record for Mielville with over 1,000 actually starting
the Hunt. The kickoff party was held
simultaneously with the Mardi
Gras party and over 6,000 attended that. (As I’ve reported before, Perryn does know
how to throw a party!) He also reports
that this has been the smoothest kick off yet for a Hunt.
There are
new merchants and several are already in the running for the Fave Five trophies
awarded to those merchants cited as being the best by the hunters. So, maybe there’ll be some surprises this
year!
For more
information, there are a blog and
website. Pictures of the merchants’ gifts can be seen
on the former, details of the Hunt at the latter.
My old
friend, Glorf
Bulmer, has returned to SL and as is her custom has completed
the entire Hunt (Glorf’s an overachiever.) and has reported on the gifts in her
blog
which I recommend to all!
There is
still time to visit the Hunt and see all the hard work and wonderful gifts from
Perryn and the merchants. So, please
come and enjoy! Tell ‘em web sent you!
Maybe
we’ll meet there!
As always, I’m grateful to
all inworld for their kindness and time in stopping to talk with a stranger who
was passing through their lives.
I’ve included below links to
a few pictures of the Steampunk Information Center. Hopefully, you get the sense of all that
happens in Mieville there.
I welcome feedback from
readers, please either comment on my blog or
e-mail me at webspelunker@gmail.com
.
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