Isle Kingdom of Merlot

The description of the place did not mention anything specific about role play and I did not see any information about it anywhere in the sim but they do ask in their group charter that people be in period clothing and it is not even mandatory. I guess people can come wearing anything (or nothing) and it will be okay.

Being a Homestead sim, it is understandable that there are lots of empty spaces or open spaces everywhere due to a very low prim count but I think they have laid out the place nicely. They were able to squeeze in a small pier where a Viking Longboat is docked, a couple of list for jousting, a course for barrel racing and horse jumping, a small tavern, a field for archery and a couple of castles. Also, the limited resources available to a Homestead sim will surely lag the sim during an event specially on events that use horses like jousting and horse jumping.

The Isle Kingdom of Merlot also has its own group. The name of the group is also Isle Kingdom of Merlot. Currently, they only have 6 members but the group is open enrollment so anyone can join. I guess those interested can join in and maybe help build or take part in building a new community in Second Life.

Anyway, I really enjoyed my time in the Isle Kingdom of Merlot. I know there is not much to see here but I love exploring new places and looking around a new place is very enjoyable to me. I have taken a few snapshots of the place for everyone to look at (see photos below) and for those who wish to visit the Isle Kingdom of Merlot, the SLURL http://slurl.com/secondlife/merlot or you can just click HERE!

Back in Medieval England, the King prepared for war. He summoned his messengers and sent messages to all his knights to come defend the kingdom. Unfortunately, the King had no choice but to defend the kingdom alone.

With his Queen by his side, the King of Medieval England was successful in fending off the invaders but he failed in protecting the kingdom. One of the invaders was successful in setting the kingdom ablaze as the King of Medieval England did to Nordhaven.

The battle ended as fast as it started but that does not mean the war between Medieval England and Nordhaven is over. I am quite certain that both side has not yet forgiven each other for the destruction both of them has done to one another. The flames may have died down but the fury and anger that ignited it is still there.

As a foreign observer, I did not take part in the conflict but you can. Become a Knight in Medieval England and help defend the Kingdom against the Barbarians of Nordhaven.

Carmarthenshire Dock

The landmark that I have dropped me on a dock where I was greeted by a sign that says “No OOC Beyond This Point”. LOL! Around the landing area are some things of interest like a box of FREE Clothes that does not give anything, a big board that lists the sim’s schedule of activities, two teleporters, some chairs and a few other objects.

Also, found in the landing area are two ships and a castle like fort. I am not sure if the two ships are sailable and I did not bothered to try if they were. I have a bad experience about trying out things or objects when visiting a new sim. He he he!

Carmarthenshire Dock

Just north of the Landing Area is the Town Square and it is surrounded with different buildings. I did check a few of the buildings like the Pub and there are some houses for rent as well. The Pub does look very cozy and rooms are available for rent for only 50L$ a day.

Rent a room for 50L$ a day!

Coming out of the Pub, I then walked west of the sim where I found a couple of rental houses. I continued to walked west until I reached the edge of the sim. I was looking for a path to the Marketplace but did not find any so I traced my steps back to the Town Square. The path that lead me to the edge of the sim and then back is not a boring path because along the path are stuff to see.

Carmarthensire!

Back at the Town Square, I then entered the Castle gates. I wanted to go to the fair grounds but the gates lead me to the Castle Ballroom. I looked and looked everywhere but I did not find any path that leads to it. I do not want to use a Teleporter but I had no choice because some areas can only be accessed through it. I found a Teleporter just outside the ballroom and used it.

Ballroom!

I first went to the Sword Arena which was way up in the sky. The arena looks amazing with good details and above it is a floating island that is kinda evil looking. I then went to visit the Jousting Area and it was a pretty big area with three jousting fields or lists. From the way the lists are setup I think the two further lists are for jousting practice and the one with the stands is for tournaments.

Sword Arena

There is also this round shaped arena but I do not know what it is for and a little further down is a Market Area. The Teleporter lists it as Old Marketplace. From there I teleported to the New Marketplace which was still very much empty, my guess is that they are still moving, and right beside the New Marketplace is the Fair Grounds.

My visit to Carmarthenshire ended at the Fair Grounds but there are still much more places to visit and explore around the sim. I am very much sure that I have missed a few spots around the sim and did I mentioned that I only visited MERLINS FOREST which is only one of the two sims that makes up Carmarthenshire? The other sim is MERLINS SHRINE but I will leave this one for you to explore.

Overall, I like what they did in Carmarthenshire. The only two places that I did not quite like are the two Market Areas. Why? Because both looked very disorganized and I find that using a Teleporter to get there (at least that was how I did it) will not be very appealing for a shopper but that is just me.

Anyway, I enjoyed my visit to Carmarthenshire and if you are interested in medieval/fantasy/arthurian roleplay then you’ll find a notecard with all the information you will need to get started at the Old Marketplace. The information box thingy located at the landing area does not have any information in it. LOL! For those interested in medieval combat, Carmarthenshire has it too.

Come and visit Carmarthenshire today or visit their website for more information!

My Snapshots of Carmarthenshire!

Welcome to Lakeshire

If I remember it correctly, I received there rules and other information notecards upon landing and, as always, I strongly suggest that you read and understand them before moving forward. I kinda hesitated after reading the Rules but since nobody was around, I fought off my hesitation and went inside.

The first thing I looked for here at Lakeshire was there Tournament Grounds and I found it just left (depends on where you are faced) of the gates. Inside are arenas for Archery, Melee and Jousting.

Entrance to the Tournament Grounds

The Arenas for Archery and Melee Fights are right beside each other while the Jousting Arena is located a little at the back. Looking at the setup, it is safe to assume that tournaments involving Archery, Melee and Jousting are held here (DUH!). When are these tournaments held? That I do not know! Ha ha ha! Sorry, I didn’t see any schedule posted anywhere and if there was any then I guess I missed it.

The Archery Range

Jousting Arena

Near the entrance area are merchant stalls/space for rent. Checking the rental vendor, I learned that it cost only 300L$ for 30 days to rent that particular space. A few houses are also available for rent and the one I checked cost 600L$ for 30 days. If you are interested then you can always drop by and visit the place to verify the information presented.

House for Rent

Vendor Space for Rent

By the way, for those wanting to rent a home here at Lakeshire I would just like to inform you that I only found one toilet. My guess is that you’ll have to share it with your neighbors and the public. Ha ha ha!

The Toilet!

Located at the other side of the street, which faces the toilet, is a platform where they hang people. I tried it myself and it looks very uncomfortable. So, if you are in Lakeshire then don’t forget to “Respect the Law”.

Hanging Around!

Lakeshire is a very small medieval village but they do have a huge Castle and in front of the castle is a small Clock Tower where you can just sit back and enjoy the surroundings.

The Clock Tower

Lakeshire is a nice medieval town to visit. It’s not big but I think it has enough elements for a Second Life resident to enjoy both roleplay and combat.

If you wish to check out Lakeshire then you can find it in-world at Multiples of Lust (103/1/22).

Feudal Nippon

I just love visiting Feudal Nippon. The people are very warm, friendly and accomodating. Just a few seconds of my arrival at the sky arena, 10 or more people immediately greeted and welcomed me. I don’t know many of them but that didn’t stop them from being nice and friendly. LOL!

For the Group Archery Tournament, participants were divided into two groups and each group was assigned their corresponding areas on the sky arena. The areas where each group was assigned is found on each side of the sky arena. As I understand it, each group will have to shoot each other from that distance and location until only one remains standing.

When the shooting started, I didn’t know where the archers were. I couldn’t see anything but I could hear the arrows flying. I had to increase my draw distance to see what’s happening because the distance between each group was a little bit far. Using my camera, I was able to view and take snapshots of the participants in action but, unfortunately, a brief power failure ended my visit to Feudal Nippon.

I guess it’s fun when you are the one shooting but, since I was a spectator, it was a little bit boring to watch. Action was almost non-existent. Most were just standing there shooting their arrows until they die. Between sword fighting and shooting arrows, sword fighting or melee combat has more action and it’s more fun to watch than a group of people shooting arrows at each other. LOL! Don’t get me wrong because I’m sure it was fun for the participants! He he he!

Anyway, because of the power failure I was not able to finish the tournament. Also, I wasn’t able to say goodbye to the Emperor of Feudal Nippon properly because of that.

Snapshots

I went to Feudal Nippon wearing a Gladiator outfit which I bought from JTL designs for only 200L$. I do have a Japanese outfit but since I was not going to RP with them I decided to keep my Gladiator outfit on and stayed far away from them. I just used my viewer’s camera controls to pan and zoom to where the action is.

Today, they are out to acquire an object from a dragon that lives on top of a mountain. The questors organized themselves at the foot of the mountain and then climbed up as a group. On top of the mountain, the Dragon awaits there arrival. The role of the dragon was played by Ryutatsu Yuitza and he was a mighty big dragon.

The questors looked very small when compared to the dragon but to initiate combat the dragon changed into a more human like form. The fight between the dragon and the questors started but the dragon was too strong for all of them. The dragon crushed them in seconds.

The questors prepared for their next wave of attack but this time one of the questors was given a special weapon that will help them in slaying the dragon. This time the dragon put up a great fight but eventually he was defeated. He then changed back to his normal form and flew away.The questors went down the mountain with the quest item in-hand.

I wasn’t able to follow the story afterwards but it looks like a lot of fun. I’m sure the story will continue and more quests will follow this one so if you want to become part of the story or any future story then drop by Feudal Nippon today.

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As always, my visit starts at the landing area where you will find a teleporter that will take to, what it seems to be, four major locations on the sim. These locations are; 1. Arena of the Gods, 2. Harem, 3. Bast Temple and 4. The Pyramid. Of course there are other locations that were not listed like the Market, the Bathhouse and others. Oh, I almost forgot the mighty Nile River.

The sims version of Nile River runs across the middle of the sim starting from the landing area. It actually splits the sim into two with bridges connecting each half. While I was walking along the banks of the river, I noticed two animals. An alligator and a family of hippopotamus. I didn’t see any fish though but maybe it’s because I didn’t look closely enough.

They have a small market composed of a couple of tents and they have items for sale like skins, furnitures, jewelries and others. A few meters from the small market is the Sphynx and Pyramid. Inside the Pyramid is a box and a coffin. I didn’t see anything else inside.

Not far from the Pyramid is an Egyptian Temple. Inside I saw two idols and a small garden. Near the temple is the HQ. I would assume that HQ means “headquarters”. I guess this is where they plan and strategize their future battles, wars and raids.

Moving further to the edge of the sim I reached the shore where I big ship is marooned. I then crossed the river to reach the other side where I found what they call the Queen’s Tent. Based on the name alone, I can say that this is the Queen’s personal place in the sim. LOL!

Next to the Queen’s Tent is a Bathhouse and a structure with thrones inside. Beside it is the Harem which looked like a club to me but according to Google a Harem is a place in the Arab household where men are forbidden. I guess it’s just the name of the place.

The last location I visited is the arena which they call Arena of the Gods because it was located way up in the sky. To get there, I used one of the teleporters that are near major locations in the sim.The arena looked very different than the other arenas that I have seen because I didn’t see any walls around it (see snapshot). The feeling of falling was all over me while I was walking around the arena.

My visit of Egypt Vallery of the Gods ended at the arena. During my time there, I didn’t see anyone which is good in someways because I was not in period clothing. I try very hard to not upset anyone in the sim that’s why I usually visit when there are no people in it.

Anyway, Egypt Vallery of the Gods is a nice sim with lots of sand, sand dunes and open spaces. It has RP relations with Nippon and Medieval England, at least that is what I know, so you’ll have lots of RP fun if you are into roleplaying. My only concern is that the sim is an open space sim and we all know that open space sims are not recommended for normal day to day sim use but if they’re able to cope with the lag issues then I guess it’s fine.

Finally, I would like to invite everyone, roleplayers and non-roleplayers in Second Life, to come and take a look at Egypt Valley of the Gods.

At the common area, you will find a calendar of the sim’s upcoming events, a sign that gives out information about the sim in a notecard, a dummy named Goody Throckmorton and a carriage stop. The carriage stop works like this, you touch it and then a ridable horse drawn carriage appears in-front of you. You can then ride the carriage and it will take you to various locations around the sim. I only rode it to take a quick snapshot but did the exploring on foot.

Around the common area are empty houses and in one side is a church. Information about the church can be acquired by touching the small sign pasted near its door. Beside the church is a small cemetery with a crazy looking skeleton dancing under a tree. I also found a sword in a stone that acted like a donation/tip jar because if you want to pull out the sword then you must pay it at least 1 linden dollar for the chance but I don’t think the sword can be pulled out of it though.

Other locations worth mentioning are the Lagswell Hall where I found a small flower garden infront of it, the Wharf where I found some torture devices, the London Globe, the Bulwark and the Market where, obviously, you’ll find medieval items for sale. Oh, I almost forgot, the Jousting Arena where jousting tournaments are held. If you wish to participate in the jousting tournaments then simply join the SL Jousting Association for tournament news, updates and events.

Finally, I ended my tour of Renaissance Island at the Bulwark where I thought I would find an arena for melee combat but instead I found cannons. Anyway, the best way for anyone to appreciate Renaissance Island is by taking a look at it personally. So, drop by and take a tour around Renaissance Island.

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In my initial visit to Sydney Harbour 1808 I landed underwater. I tried to get out of the water by sitting but unfortunately I haven’t rezzed enough yet to see any chairs to sit on. I teleported back home and tried again at a later time. After a while I received a message from the owner of Sydney Harbour, GaiaGirl Gigamon, informing me that she has fixed the landing area. I went back after a few hours and this time I landed on the pier infront of the Rum Rebel Inn.

I started my personal tour of Sydney Harbour 1808 around the Rum Rebel Inn and move around it until I got to the other side. The sim has two land masses separated by a body of water. The Rum Rebel Inn is located on the south side of the sim and I got to the north side after crossing some hanging bridge which is over a huge rock formation.

The entire sim is like a big port with huge ships docked all over the place. I guess the huge ships are the main attraction of the sim because there are just so many of them. Actually, I haven’t been to a sim with that many big ships before so to me they’re that many already. LOL!

There are also shops at Sydney Harbour and you’ll find them around the Rum Rebel Inn. I also found a church, a prison, a courthouse and a lot of empty houses.

Anyway, I enjoyed my little tour of Sydney Harbour 1808. Ms. GaiaGirl Gigamon did a wonderful job with Sydney Harbour. So, if you are looking for a new place to visit and hangout in then drop by Sydney Harbour and enjoy the amazing ships that are docked around it. Regarding RP and Combat, please send an IM to GaiaGirl Gigamon or just drop by Sydney Harbour to get more information.

By the way, Sydney Harbour 1808 is also listed in our RPG Sims Directory where you can check out other RPG Sims and if you know or own an RPG Sim in Second Life then, please by all means, list it in the directory. It’s FREE!

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I landed at the docks near a tavern named Calico Jack’s. I’m not a pirate expert but according to Wikipedia Calico Jack “was an English pirate captain during the early 18th century. His nickname was derived from the calico clothing he wore.” I guess it’s a fitting name for a tavern. In the tavern were three people but I can only remember the names of Kurt Jiagu and Antigua Jewell. Kurt Jiagu was busy talking to another visitor of the sim. All three of them left afterwards but I was able to ask permission to look around the sim.

The most important thing to remember in exploring new sims is to first read and then follow their rules. If it’s an RP/Combat sim then it is always best to wear a visitor tag or an observer tag so that you won’t interfere with any RP that may be happening. In the landing area is a crate which contains a Pirate starter set and the visitor tag. I already have a visitor tag which I can customize to suit the sims requirements but I still grabbed the starter set because of the free swords and suits inside.

The sim has a nice Island feel to it and there are many places where you can hangout and relax with your special someone. For example, I found two cave formations along the shore furnished with poseballs. The houses near what seems to be a church are fully furnished with beds, chairs, couches and others

Like most, if not all, RP/Combat sims, they make some money by renting shop spaces or vendor spaces. Most of the shops are located along the docks but some are found behind the tavern. I also found a rental box beside a big ship. I’m not sure if its for the ship or for the space and on one of the ships that were docked around the island, a lady named Rachel Boram was just standing there in a pose.

For those interested in combat, sea battles are held on Saturdays at 5:00PM SLT, Thursdays at 12:00PM SLT and Sundays also at 12:00PM SLT. If you wish to learn more about it then I suggest that you come here at Jabberwock or contact the owner.

I enjoyed my little tour of the island and as I’ve said there are 4 more other sims but I’ll just let you explore that for yourself. The people that were there when I landed were accomodating and friendly. No, I didn’t get a chance to talk to them but I did observe how they accomodated another visitor besides I’m not very chatty!:)

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More Snapshots

Here are a few more snapshots of the sim. I’m no professional photographer but I do hope you enjoy them.