The Greenies are off the SL grid and out across the burgeoning metaverse. They landed first about 3 years ago on Second LIfe and welcomed more than 4 million visitors. They encourage all avatars to consider the spirit of freedom and openness and to be independent of the melodramas at Linden Lab. Take one last ride of the bottle rocket and do some random stuff on the last Rezzable sim on the SL grid. It is being deleted on the 04th of July. 

Why have we finally blasted-off from the SL grid? We are just fed-up paying $295/month to a company that has no interest in its paying customers. All the noise coming out about what SL might be is just that--a lot of noise. We've had enuff.

 The Mothership Has Left!

Sunday, June 27th, 2010: The Greenies Went Home

Thanks to everyone who stopped in to say goodbye to the Greenies as they took off for the Rezzable Grid!  There was much exploding and fireworks to celebrate their departure (I'll try to post photos, soon).  All that remains is the blast crater, a bottle rocket, and a mysterious green glow. Be sure to click on the rocket to follow the Greenies and get more information about the Heritage Key and Rezzable grids- but do it soon, the sim will be gone forever after June 30th.

 Bye Bye Birdie...

This is your last chance to grab dozens of freebies and exclusive sale items at Greenies Home in SL.  We have one more BIG SURPRISE on Monday, June 28th- and then the Greenies will be moving to the Rezzable Grid for good...

I've also set up one more secret stash of FREE gifts somewhere in the sim, but you have to find the Original Greenies Table to get them... (hint: look up!). Just some goofy stuff to say thanks for years of fun. :)

We've also got a few surprises and free gifts from the Heritage Key Grid... be sure to take a last look before it all disappears...

It all happens on MONDAY, so stay tuned for final updates!

We have been too busy partying in the Greenies for the past week and we are exhausted. The big day is coming very soon. The end of June Greenies are moving to the Rezzable grid for good. They have already packed their boxes and selling some of the stuff that have been features of the sim for the past three years. So now its the time to own one  of these pieces . They are going to be a collector piece soon Hurry up and buy your copy while they are there . TP to the Greenies Kitchen now Ohh and I forgot we have tons of freebies everywhere so TP to greenies Now

 Greenies Host a Final Open House!

Come Visit Greenies During Their Final Week for Special Sales and Giveaways!

The boxes are getting packed and the red tags have gone up on the things we just have to get rid of... There are special tags on items all throughout the sim, some never-before on sale and some surprise freebies! You just have to find them!

Our final concert event is today, June 23rd- starting at 1pm SLT with longtime Greenies favorite Thumper Boucher and rounding off a wonderful three years at 2pm SLT with Trulie Telling. The moving van should be here around June 30th (but you can never tell with these fly-by-night moving companies...) so make sure to drop by the sim as soon as you can to join in the fun.

Some iconic bits of Greenies Home Furniture will be available, as well as some Greenies statues that we know you've all had your eye on!

The Greenies will finally leave the house and travel back to their homeplanet. We want to celebrate the the cute aliens contribution to Second Life and all the fans they gathered throughout the the past three years with a big party. use this chance to say good bye , bon voyage and see you again. The event starts June 18th todany ad the following week.

Please see below the Event Schedule:

June 18 Friday

12PM till 02 PM SLT - Diane Sarlah Maggs and the big 7 Seas Final Fishing Party

June 19th Saturday

07 am - 09 am SLT  DJ Sincrea Slade Gothic Metal and Opera)

12PM - 03 PM SLT - DJane Vinx Paule - Dark Refuge Party 1

03 PM - 06 PM SLT - DJane Franziska Flanagan  - Dark Refuge Party 2

June 20th  Sunday

11AM - 01 PM SLT - DJ Desterac Laval - House and Disco

01 PM - o3PM - DJane Sarlah Maggs Various 7 Seas Final Fishing Party 2

June 21 Monday

10 AM - 12PM SLT - DJane Tasty Hax Funky House

June 22 Tuesday

06AM - 07 AM SLT - Live Singer  Born Again Pagans

Greenies came to Second Life in August 2007 and instantly brought in many fans along. It has been since then the playground of Second Life where people freely and nicely played around with their cars, flew their rockets around and simply amazed by the familiar setting of a kitchen and hidden mischievous Greenies. Through almost three years, we endless amounts of music , contests, and many more live events that kept bringing our fans back to Greenies. The kitchen had an extension at some point the Greenies Lawn which brought the sunshine to the Greenies home.

Greenies Home in SL to Hold Final Event on June 23rd, 2010

My Second Life began with an alien abduction.

I was two weeks old, proudly wearing a skirt I'd made out of an Atoll terrain texture, and trying to figure out how to use the SL building tools in the Wanderton Sandbox  (at least I didn't have a cube on my head...).  Out of nowhere, I was accosted by a little green man who called himself Light Waves, and my life (in all worlds) would never be the same again.

By now, most of you are familiar with Light Waves' mischievous creations: diminutive aliens that delight in causing mayhem wherever they go; original characters that lit the spark of imagination across SL and inspired thousands of visitors over a period of three years.  

I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to build a home for these little green rascals with my talented and amazing partner, Pavig Lok, and working with the Greenies opened up the world of SL to us in beautiful and unexpected ways.

Machinima shot in the virtual world as a real-time collaboration is not so easy (even if people like Lainy Voom make it look that way.) The good ones should not be missed.  It still surprised me that virtual world devotees have not yet seen the really amazing Molotov Alva machinima series. So this is a reminder and links for the many people that I have spewed to about the series. I watched it again recently and it does a great job of laying out the virtual landscape. It captures that sense of wonder and possibility fantastically.  Show creator Douglas Gayeton touches on some of the personal discoveries that can be made while wandering the synthetic landscape, populated with random avatars controlled by real people. I personally didn't like the ending (although maybe that is sensible in fact)--but at least it is more clear than the ending of "Lost".

If you have ever seen a machinima and/or been to a virtual online area--you need to see Lainy's latest work--"Dagon by HP Lovecraft". What you will see is cinematic. It is storytelling using the newest medium of online collaboration and production. The film is a result of Lainy's singular vision, refinement of technique and artisty over the years. It is sorta scary also ;0  It will give you both the idea that machinima is a great new form as well as how hard it is to make a great one. Check it out below: