Gimme Six – Aero in Second Life

Six places I love to hang out…

CHEERTOPIA

It’s the greatest place I’ve ever been in virtual space. It’s the home of SLCS, the Second Life Cheerleading Squad. It’s really just a football field with a million bleacher seats, but there are so many great people there who work together and care about each other and about SLCS. And, hahaha, yes, that’s me on top of a human pyramid – who ever thought I’d do that! 😛

Cheertopia is open to the public. There’s a million practices there and you can come watch. Or maybe think about joining the squad. SLCS practice is mostly at Cheertopia and then events can be pretty much anywhere.
♦ Cheertopia ♦

Second Life is an MMO but not really a game. There aren’t goals or quests, you just do whatever. It’s free to join and pretty much everything you want to do there can be free too, but if you want your own apartment or fancy clothes (yes please) then you’ll probably end up spending money there.
secondlife.com

SPANKIES

hahaha, yes, I’m picking a store as one of my favorite places, lame I know. But I picked it partly cause Spankies has SO MANY awesome leotards and skirts and sweaters for cheer and gymnastics, but mostly because the owner, Adriana Princess is one of the awesomest people I’ve ever met online.

Right before I discovered SLCS I used to play SL as a teenager, and I decided to start an SLHS group (Second Life High School.) With cheer uniforms,duh! So I asked Adriana if she’d make uniforms for us. She was so fast and did such an awesome job and was so nice! I paid her double what she asked for and I still felt guilty for not paying her enough! I know she’s a “merchant,” but honestly I’ve never had so much fun or been so happy working with anyone IRL, so Spankies is totally one of my favorite places.
♦ Qyest ♦

DANCE ISLAND

There are so many awesome dance places in SL that it’s really hard to just pick a few to tell you about. kk, it’s actually not hard. There are so many awesome places, but here’s the 3 awesomest: Dance Island, IYC, and Tunaverse.

Dance Island, the name pretty much says it, huge lit dance floor, awesome DJ’s, sexy people, 2 levels, awesome music. Fun, fun place! Oh, BTW, when you arrive you’re a ways from the club… they make you walk thru a bunch of shops before you get there – hahaha hot dance club and savvy marketers! Anyway, there’s giant moving arrows on the ground to get you to the club, so it should be pretty easy.
♦ Dance Island ♦

IYC

The International Yiff Center, is a Furry club. I’ve never actually tried being a furry, but I just love to go dance there anyway. Not to be stereotyping about it, but maybe it’s kind of like going to a gay bar. You know how gay guys are usually more fun to dance with than straight guys? Well, maybe it’s kind of the same thing. Like being a furry makes you less inhibited or more out of the box or IDK, but it’s just such a fun place. Honestly IDK why more, hahaha “straight” people don’t go there! Lucky they don’t I guess or it’d be overrun and then back to normal. Anyway, IYC is probably the craziest funnest place I’ve ever danced.
♦ IYC Addictions ♦

TUNAVERSE

IRL Tuna Oddfellow is a magician, and his dance club is pretty magical too. He does the most immersive light & video shows I’ve ever seen IRL or ISL. It’s crazy. Once the show starts you don’t even really know where you are, you’re just dancing / swimming in a sea of streaming video. Tuna’s place is like being on ecstasy. Not that I would know of course.
♦ Dragonhenge ♦

Like most dance clubs in SL, Tunaverse is free and all-ages, BUT, unlike places like Dance Island, IYC, etc, which run 24/7, Tuna’s amazing video+music stream only runs a couple of times a week, I think Wednesday nights and Sunday midday, North America time. In SL you could join his group to be informed.

KANNONJI ZEN RETREAT

hahaha, I know I talk a lot about cheer and dance, but this is my other favorite place. It’s pretty different. But it’s really nice to calm down sometimes. Also, IRL you can close your eyes or have a nice cup of tea or whatever, but online we’re kind of like constantly wired, so Kannonji is such an interesting way to be wired and calm at the same time.
♦ Snowlion Mountain ♦