Come join the Cinco de Mayo celebrations on Tuesday, May 5th, 2020 at the relaunch of the brand-new Catacombs version 2.0 in the virtual world of Sinespace! Grab a cerveza from the bartenders and settle in!
The party begins at 11:00 p.m. UTC (4:00 p.m. Pacific Time) with the following exciting three-hour lineup of entertainment:
DJ Rosa playing authentic latino music;
followed by a set with the Jay and Les Show;
and Unruly Blues rounds the night off with the final set.
And check out the updates to the old Catacombs night club!
It’s twice the size of the old place!
Sound-to-light audio reactivity lighting
Sound-to-light audio reactivity neon signs
Sound-to-light audio reactivity to jukebox
User-controllable lighting independent of the region defaults
You might not be able to get out and party with a real-world crowd during the pandemic, but you’re most welcome to join the virtual fiesta to celebrate Cinco de Mayo in Sinespace!
There’s lots of Easter events happening in Sinespace!
Most of us are now planning for an Easter weekend in self-isolation in our homes, separated from friends and family whom we would normally spend the holidays with. What better time to explore the VR-capable virtual world of Sinespace, enter a few competitions, and perhaps win some Gold?
Here’s a complete list of events taking place from Friday, April 10th to Monday, April 13th:
PLEASE NOTE: All times listed are given in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). British Summer Time (BST) is 1 hour ahead. Eastern Daylight-Savings Time (EDT) is 4 hours behind. Central Daylight-Savings Time (CDT) is 5 hours behind. Pacific Daylight-Savings Time (PDT) is 7 hours behind.
Friday, April 10th
Midnight – 2:00 a.m. UTC: Unruly Blues at the Welcome Centre
Join Unruly Blues in the Welcome Centre for a “Good Friday Party” – an all-out extravaganza complete with trivia questions for your chance to win some Gold (Sinespace’s in-game currency).
9:00 p.m. – 10:30 p.m. UTC: Karaoke at the Blue Lagoon
Karaoke at the Blue Lagoon is always fun and especially during celebrations! Come out and sing your heart out with all your friends, or just listen to other singers from all over the world!
1:00 a.m. – 3:00 a.m. UTC: Jay and Nearly Silent Les DJ Show at Ziggies
Jay & (Nearly Silent) Les Show at Ziggies’ Nightclub. Dance to a variety of music, from 1960’s retro to modern vibes. To visit this event click on “Explore” and search for Ziggies.
Saturday, April 11th
9:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m. UTC: DJ Rosa and the “Bunny Ears” competition at the Catacombs
Join the fun at Catacombs best in Bunny Ears competition! Wear your best bunny costume or bunny ears and favorite outfit! The prizes are 2,000 Gold for 1st place, 1,000 Gold for 2nd place, and 500 Gold for 3rd place! To visit this event, click on “Explore” and search for The Catacombs.
11:00 p.m. – 1:00 a.m. UTC: DJ Yer and the “Easter Bonnets and Hats” competition at the 381 Club
Join DJ Yer, who will be hosting some awesome music, as we all arrive with our best Easter bonnets and hats. Get your Easter bonnets and hats on to have the chance at winning some GOLD!!! First place wins 2,000 Gold, and second place wins 1,000 Gold. To visit this event, click on “Explore” and search for 381 Club.
1:00 a.m. – 3:00 a.m. UTC: Jay and Nearly Silent Les DJ Show at Ziggies
Jay & (Nearly Silent) Les Show at Ziggies’ Nightclub. Dance to a variety of music, from 60’s retro to modern vibes. To visit this event, click on “Explore” and search for Ziggies.
3am-4am. UTC: Race Meet and Games with Dixie at the Desert Race Track
Race Meet and Games with a special collect-the-eggs racing quest. We’ll be racing the big track for the chance to win gold prizes. First prize is 500 Gold and second prize is 250 Gold. To attend this event, click Explore, and search for Desert Race Track.
Sunday, April 12th
9:00 p.m. -11:00 p.m. UTC: DJ Rosa and the “Best in Easter Best” competition at the Catacombs
Join us for some Easter fun with the “Best in Easter Best” competition! Get on your fancy clothes and enter the contest for your chance to win 1st place (2,000 Gold), 2nd place (1,000 Gold), and 3rd place (500 Gold)! To attend this event, click Explore and teleport to The Catacombs.
11:00 p.m. – 1:00 a.m. UTC: DJ Yer and “Coming out of your Shell” competition at the 381 Club
Join DJ Yer Playing awesome 80’s, 90’s and the best of the rest. Enter the “Coming out of your shell” competition and wear your favorite egg shell outfit. Don’t have one? Check out Kat’s tutorial below on how to make one:
Or, as always, you can purchase one from the Sinespace Shop (here or here)! First place wins 2,000 Gold, and second place wins 1,000 Gold! To visit this event click on “Explore” and search for 381 Club.
1:00 a.m. – 3:00 a.m. UTC: On the Easter Boardwalk with the Jay and Les Show at the Welcome Centre
Jay and Les, playing great tunes and randomly parting with some gold. Will you get lucky?
Monday, April 13th
2:00 a.m. – 3:00 a.m UTC: James Olmos Live at the Catacombs
Join singer-songwriter James Olmos for some great music! To visit this event, click “Explore” and search for Guitarahalla.
So what are you waiting for? Get hopping! (See what I did there? 😉 )
This blogpost is sponsored by Sinespace, and was written in my role as an embedded reporter for this virtual world (more details here).
Between dealing with the backlash I got from reporting on the Sansar layoffs, preparing and delivering my presentation for the Educators in VR conference, and that pesky coronavirus, I have not been writing as many sponsored blogposts about Sinespace as I wanted to this month. Please accept my apologies! I promise that I will be back at work on it in March!
This is my final weekend off before I head back to my paying job, so I decided to spend some quality time in Sinespace.
To find out what is going on in Sinespace, just open up your client software, click on the Community button in the blue row of buttons along the bottom, then click on the Events tab in the window that pops up:
Please note that all events are automatically listed in your local time, so there’s no need to convert between time zones!
Saturday February 29, 2020 21:00 UTC (3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. CST) Join DJ Rosa in Guitarahalla live for Latin and classic rock. Have fun dancing and maybe win some gold! To visit this event click on “Explore” and search for Catacombs.
The dark and cozy Catacombs with DJ RosaThe Catacombs (picture taken by DJ Rosa)
2. Music at 381 Club
Saturday February 29, 2020 23:00 UTC (5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. CST) Join DJ Yer Playing awesome 80’s, 90’s and the best of the rest. Silver giveaways every 30 minutes during the event! To visit this event click on “Explore” and search for 381 Club.
3. Jay and (Nearly) Silent Les DJ Show
Sunday March 01, 2020 01:00 UTC (7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. CST) Jay & (Nearly Silent) Les Show at Ziggies’ Nightclub. Dance to a variety of music, from 60’s retro to modern vibes. To visit this event click on “Explore” and search for Ziggies.
So, if you’re looking for a little virtual company, perhaps you want to check out Sinespace for yourself, why not come join us? If you need a little help getting started, here are some step-by-step instructions.
This blogpost is sponsored by Sinespace, and was written in my new role as an embedded reporter for this virtual world (more details here).
If you’ve been curious about Sinespace, the new Unity-based virtual world, there’s an event this weekend that might interest you!
Tomorrow, Sunday, February 9th, at noon Pacific Time/3:00 p.m. Eastern time, there will be a party to welcome new users and creators! Sinespace staff will be providing orientations and assisting with avatar makeovers at this event, which will take place in The Assembly region (just click on the Explore button in your Sinespace client, and do a keyword search for “Assembly” to find it):
As an incentive, all attendees will receive a promotional code to redeem for one month of Premium subscription to Sinespace! Premium membership offers the following benefits:
Your home region size (and yes, everyone gets one for free) increases from 128 MB to 512 MB
The maximum number of concurrent users in your region increases from 10 to 25 (great for parties!)
You receive 150 Gold, Sinespace’s in-world currency, per week (worth a total of 600 Gold over the four weeks of your free Premium membership!)
You get priority support
You can create events for free (basic members are charged 10 Gold per event)
For the best experience, Sinespace recommends you download and install the latest preview version of their client, 2019.1b49-beta, from here: https://preview.sine.space/download/. The Sinespace client is already available for Windows, MacOS, and Linux users, with mobile (Android and iOS) and console versions coming soon!
Here are all the details from Sinespace’s event calendar. See you there!
This blogpost is sponsored by Sinespace, and was written in my new role as an embedded reporter for this virtual world (more details here).
