I’ve been in Second Life for three
years and recently felt an impulse to
research second life’s historical regions.
In this article we are going to travel back in time to the first years of SL.
If I was asked to give a different tittle to this topic, It would be “A virtual
nostos”.
My main resource for this task
was the SL’s historical museum, which provided me with valuable information.
Second life opened its doors to the first residents in
2002-2003. It was named LindenWorld and
then it was renamed to Second Life. At this time the grid was made up
of 16 regions. Da boom, the first sim created. For most it holds a reference to
the Big Bang theory conception of the virtual world. Da boom is a nice water
front area with a lot to see and discover. I personally enjoyed the view of the
marina and Lindens Playground. http://slurl.com/secondlife/Da%20Boom/128/128/2
As I mentioned the first second
life resident, I was curious to see her first home. This lovely mansion was originally built by
Steller Sunshine way back during the Alpha (early, early testing) days of
Second Life.
All other builds created during
Alpha were deleted except for the Mansion and another build by Steller which
was a cabin, her first home; The mansion which resides in Clementina, was given
by Steller to the Linden's to preserve it for the cross over from Alpha to Beta
testing. The mansion was home to Steller through-out the Alpha testing phases,
and was the location for many of the first parties in Second Life and other
memorable events. With its beautiful view, great architecture, fantastic use of
prims, and friendly environment, this mansion still stands as one of the great
historical builds in Second Life. You can visit it here http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Clementina/189/122/62
The Ivory Tower of Primitives at
Natoma, is anoher historical locations. It is actually a library where you can
find out more about SL’s building system. Useful tutorials and building lessons
will give you a start if you are interested in building. Of course today we
build with mesh so prims seem a bit obsolete but primitives were the raw
material our virtual world was once built on so anyone who would like to start
learning the basics in creating stuff should start from there. http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Natoma/204/166/28
Moving on my journey to SL’s
historical locations I stopped by Abbotts Airport, which is the oldest of its
kind and well-known of the high-quality planes and other aircrafts. It is a safe place for new comers to visit
after the welcome area. http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Abbotts/96/212/27
My next stop was the first
freebie shop on the grid since 2004. YadNi s Junkyard is a paradise for
newbies, it offer a variety of high-quality stuff from clothes to weapons. They
also have a free learning area for new residents who want to make their first
steps. http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Leda/214/25/53
I’ve been running around many
historical places until this final presentation. During my journey I always had
a feeling that something is missing… and then … It was there, A Castle. Blackmoor Castle’s construction
started in early September 04’ and is still on going. Research was performed on
various RL castles. Blackmoor draws some exterior influences from Cinderella's
Disney World Castle. So, Let the fairy tale journey begin!!! http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Stillman/27/191/59
I hope you enjoyed your tour of
historical destinations in Second Life. Learning the history behind Second Life
and being able to go back in time and see how things once where gives us a
better perspective of how far we have come in the virtual world.
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