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Kabalyero is an avid online gamer from the Philippines.

Remember my post about Samurai Japan? You know, mikeD Streeter’s newest RP (Role Play) Sim which is also part of what is now known in Second Life as the RPG Empire. Well, the good Emperor of Samurai Japan kinda gave me a cool title which is “Scribe of Japan”. LOL!

Anyway, I’ve recently created a few items that might help those new to Samurai Japan get started. The items I created are not Super Duper Mega Complex like those you’ll see from the more active members of the empire but I think they’re good enough to get newbies to the region started.

Male Kimono

Let’s start with the Kimono. I created a Kimono for those male avatars new to Samurai Japan. Currently, I have one style with two variations; 1. white/red kimono, and 2. white/blue kimono (actually, I have 2 styles but the first style is FREE FOR ALL).

These two male kimonos are FREE to those new to Samurai Japan. You can grab a copy at my new home in Second Life, Kabalyero Kidd's Castle. Just touch the pictures and the items will be delivered to you. Just remember to activate the Samurai Japan group first.

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Whoa! That’s like $350 USD per month! The contest is titled “Second Life and the Public Good: A Community Challenge” by the USC Network Culture Project.

The USC Network Culture Project invites the residents of Second Life to imagine new ways that virtual worlds such as Second Life can be used to make a contribution to the public good.

We are currently accepting proposals from groups, organizations, or individuals for projects that show how Second Life can enhance, develop, or sustain the public good. The best submissions will be selected based on how well they demonstrate the significance of virtual worlds for making an impact on society or culture.

Up to three finalists will be selected by community vote. The finalists will be provided with a $100,000L per month building stipend (and land, if required) for three months to execute their proposal. The projects will be showcased in Second Life at the State of Play conference to be held in Chicago, October 2008.

Projects may address any social need and could include conservation, human rights and international justice, global peace and security, reproductive health, digital media and learning, or juvenile justice. Proposals should provide a clear description of how the project uses the abilities of Second Life to advance the project goals and should provide clear metrics for assessing the success of the project. [Read Full Details Here]

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RPG Empires in Second Life is composed of The Roman Empire, The Spartan Empire, Samurai Japan, Medieval England (still being built) and its accompanying surrounding regions. If I counted correctly, it is made up of 12 regions all dedicated to Role Playing.

New to RPG Empires is the opening of its own Orientation Island. This island is all about helping newcomers understand what RPG Empires is all about. Information about the current empires can be obtained here and there are friendly volunteers who will assist and help anyone who needs it. So, don’t hesitate to ask them any questions about RPG Empires.

(RPG Empires Orientation Island)

(The Landing Point)

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One definition of God is, “the creator of all things or the creator of the Universe”. In Second Life, I guess we can call someone who created his own universe (multiple regions) a God, right? Well, at least that’s how I would like to term it in this post.

A few days ago, the creator and owner of the following regions; The Roman Empire, The Spartan Empire and Samurai Japan (there are others more); mikeD Streeter, sent me an unexpected message. In his message, he was asking me if I still need land. It was very unexpected indeed.

When I got the message, I immediately logged in to my account (Kabalyero Kidd) and contacted him in-world. As it turned out, he offered me a piece of land in one of the region he owns and, of course, I happily and thankfully accepted his very generous offer.

The land was located at his Animate Me Poseballs region and it was 3536 sqm. in size. It’s a very large piece of land and he told me that I can do anything with it. The only restrictions where (from what I remember):

• no malls
• no campers
• nothing that will lag or crash the region (which, of course, I will never do)

You don’t know how excited I was. In fact, I was so excited that I spent the entire day just searching for items to place on that land. I’ve always wanted to have my own castle and now I can with this very large piece of land.

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Recently, Earn2Life launched there very first Photo Contest in Second Life entitled “Live Nature of the Digital World.” The contest is open to all Earn2Life members so if you are not yet a member of Earn2Life then now is a good time to join.

The contest will run from May 1, 2008 to June 15, 2008 but entries will only be accepted from May 1, 2008 to May 15, 2008. So, you still have a few more days to take some photos and enter the contest.

Below is my entry!

This photo was taken at Cybertopia Zoo.

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The entire Roman Empire and neighboring regions mourn the death of one of its greatest emperor, his Imperial Majesty Enrich Decimus Augustus Caesar.

From what I gathered, the great Emperor led the great Roman Army in a massive attack of Nordhaven and in the battle that followed, a Nord blade took down the Emperor of Rome.

It was also brought to my attention that the Emperor was sick due to poisoning. Apparently, during their invasion of Egypt to rescue the Emperor’s brother, Prince Skyyy, a Nord Mercenary appeared from nowhere and caught the mighty Emperor with a poison arrow on his back. The mercenary was caught but his majesty didn’t recover quickly. He didn’t die but he suffered greatly

At the battle in Nordhaven, the Emperor of Rome refused to surrender thus causing him his life. He sacrificed his own life in honor of The Roman Empire.

The fallen Emperor was immediately taken to the Temple of Vesta but it was already too late. Not even the Gods were able to bring the Emperor back to life.

On the same day, a new Emperor was declared. DonPelayo Cortez, brother to his majesty, was announced as the Roman Empire’s newest Emperor.

This is the on-going storyline in The Roman Empire. The Roman Empire region is a very active Role Play region in Second Life. Everyone is encouraged to participate in any of the on-going storylines.

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Here is another big bucks of a contest from Koinup but this time they’re looking for Second Life photos captured in Windlight.

For those who still doesn’t know or who are still using an old viewer, the latest Second Life viewer now comes with Windlight. Yes, it’s no longer in First Look. It is now standard to the current and future viewers. I first learned about this from Shay Daviau of Samurai Japan. You see, I’m one of those who doesn’t like to update their viewers often. LOL!

Back to the contest, the contest started last April 18, 2008 and will end on May 7, 2008 (which is tomorrow for me). Yes, I’m also surprised that I didn’t learn about it sooner but still I was able to submit a couple of entries. Well, actually you are allowed to submit two entries but each must be shot in a different region and must use a different Windlight setting.

Below are my entries:

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Yesterday, I found my little and very humble place in Second Life GONE! For no apparent reason (if there was any then I surely didn’t know about it), all my objects were returned to me. I asked Richard Palace about it by sending him an instant message which, unfortunately, he did not receive but, at least, now he knows about it.

Anyway, complaining (I’m not really complaining) about it will not return my objects back to their original places, so I spent a few hours today returning (almost) everything back to where they were before. Well, not exactly to where they were. You see, I kinda did a little rearranging of the place and I also removed some objects which I don’t really need and brought back the nature look.

Before, my place was located 500 meters above the ground and looked like a huge floating capsule made of rock.

Now, it looks like a floating island.

Currently, the size of the land I’m renting is only 512 sqm. Once, the land I was renting at Scaramanga grew to a total of 1,536 sqm. but I had to reduce it back to 512 sqm when First Opinions Panel (my biggest Linden Dollar earning machine) stopped their referral program. I used to earn around 10,000 to 20,000 L$ a month in Second Life but that greatly dropped when First Opinions Panel stopped paying for referrals. It’s not that big but for me, it’s more than enough to keep my place and to buy my avatars a few items.

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I regularly login to my Second Life account to check my place at Scaramanga which I rent from Richard Palace of Palace Lands. Today, I logged in only to find my place GONE!

Yes, my place was gone, 3 Stars and a Sun was nowhere to be seen! I was greeted by a long list of messages telling me that my objects were returned to me. I was very surprised at what happened. I’m also confused because I have not received any messages from Richard Palace to why my objects were returned to me.

There I was standing on an empty land. I even checked the sky above me just to see if my place was there but it was not. I thought maybe my rent has expired but my rental box still have 22 days in it. I also sent an instant message to Richard Palace asking him what happened but he was not online at that time.

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