News and Updates

Bloodlines Party: Party Like It’s 1984

January 12th, 2024 by Mars Bracken

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We’ve decided that time is not allowed to progress anymore, so instead of 2024 we’re ringing in 1984! Join us for a party filled with music, dancing, and raffles of rare textures.

When: Saturday, January 13th, 12-4pm

Suggested Attire: 1980’s

Where: Bloodlines Mildland / West

DJ: Lord    Host: Maze Atheria   Decor: Lilahceleste Belar

Zodiac Textures: Capricorn

January 12th, 2024 by Mars Bracken

Another Zodiac set is out! Again, for ease of keeping track of the releases, we’re attempting to do the new set on the 1st of every month (rather than on the exact dates of the Zodiac calendar) so please keep that in mind. They are in Piper’s Prize machines for Legends Coins now, and the L$ machines are at their respective regions below!

.:[ Nexta Machines ]:. ~ Bloodlines Midland

.:[ Nexta Machines ]:. ~ Bloodlines East

.:[ Nexta Machines ]:. ~ Bloodlines South

.:[ Nexta Machines ]:. ~ Bloodlines North

.:[ Nexta Machines ]:. ~ Bloodlines West

New Features! The Eternal Shrine, Amnesty Program, and The Prestige Update!

December 22nd, 2023 by Lyle Maeterlinck

Today we are releasing three updates to Bloodlines that we are excited to share with you!

The Eternal Shrine

This update is intended to make the stat listings and rankings more fresh and current. What this update does is move old accounts into a separate stat ranking called The Eternal Shrine. Any players that haven’t logged in by wearing their Bloodlines HUD in over a year are moved to The Eternal Shrine, where they are ranked only among other members in the Eternal Shrine. Members in the main stat listings are ranked among other players that are currently playing, or players that have logged in in the last year. If you are in the main stat listings, you may notice that your rank in various listings or your generation has gone up, this is a result of some members being moved to The Eternal Shrine. If someone is moved to the Eternal Shrine, all they need to do to get back to the main stats is log into Second Life and wear one of their Bloodlines HUDs. Find out more detail in The Eternal Shrine Guide.

The Amnesty Program

This program constitutes a second chance for many accounts that have been banned over the years. Some people that have been banned in the past for violating Bloodlines Terms of Service or Second Life Community Standards over the years have been granted amnesty. Bloodlines has been around for 15 years now, and many people come to us asking to have their accounts reopened, having realized they made mistakes and wanting to correct them. What we’ve always said is that if we give one person another chance, we have to do it for everyone. This is us giving that chance to everyone. Well, everyone that we believe is safe to offer another chance. Accounts with especially egregious violations, such as deliberate, premeditated malicious activity, or that we believe constitute a danger to the community will remain permanently banned. This does not apply to region or estate bans, this applies to bans from the Bloodlines game. The accounts that have been granted amnesty have violations that we believe are unlikely to occur again. But, as always, we will be vigilant and respond to reports of violations of our terms of service and Second Life community standards by applying our standard moderation procedures. If you are banned and want to find out if you have been granted amnesty, all you need to do is wear your Bloodlines HUD. You will be asked to agree to the Terms of Service again, and once you do, your Bloodlines account will be automatically reactivated. If you are banned and you have not been granted amnesty, and you want to appeal, please send a notecard to Lyle Maeterlinck in-world, and we will review your case. We had a huge number of cases to review, and we may have missed people who should have gotten amnesty.

The Prestige Update

This is a fun one that we have had some requests for from the community. The Prestige Update allows you to “Prestige” or “Level Up” certain all-time achievements. Which means, you can keep your current levels, but stack them in a similar way to the daily achievements. With daily achievements, you can stack the levels every day, and now with all-time achievements, you can stack the levels each time you Prestige that achievement. Prestiged achievements are indicated with a numbered laurel across the top of the achievement badge, and each subsequent level has a new look. We have updated the combined top player achievement rankings to rank prestige progress and total prestige levels above total medals and total achievements. The benefit of this is that it will allow more fair competition in the rankings, and allow newer players a chance to climb all the way to the top of the rankings by using prestiges. This update won’t affect daily achievements, The Soul War, or family achievements, only certain individual all-time achievements. Read more in The Prestige Guide.

Nexta Set: Sweet Dreams Reapers

December 16th, 2023 by Mars Bracken

We’ve added a Sweet Dreams texture set to Reapers. There are machines at all 5 regions below. This set will be available until midnight of January 15th, 2024 when the machines will explode!

.:[ Nexta Machines ]:. ~ Bloodlines Midland

.:[ Nexta Machines ]:. ~ Bloodlines East

.:[ Nexta Machines ]:. ~ Bloodlines South

.:[ Nexta Machines ]:. ~ Bloodlines North

.:[ Nexta Machines ]:. ~ Bloodlines West

Season 15!

December 15th, 2023 by Mars Bracken

We are pleased to announce Season 15!

As a reminder:

  1. DOUBLE TEXTURE REWARDS – We’ve added many more prize options along the path, as well as double the collectible texture rewards. There are also bonus Soul Reaper textures on intermediate steps, and a crown texture for season completion.
  2. SEASON LENGTH OF SIX WEEKS – The season runs to January 31st, which is only six weeks rather than two months.
  3. 15% EASIER COMPLETION – The points total for completion is 35,000 instead of 50,000. That means you’ll get all the rewards, with 15% less time and activities to achieve them.

As usual with Seasons, you will earn points for doing challenges, the points increase a progress bar, and when you reach checkpoints you unlock rewards. Both Bloodlines and Legends activities are included in the challenges. The rewards are a wide mix including but not limited to: Bloodlines Products, Legends Products, Metrics, Resources, Rare Textures and Gift Cards.

The Seasons HUD is available free in vendors at our RP regions.

For full reference information, check out the Seasons Guide.

CURRENT SEASON DURATION

The current season will run to midnight on January 31st, 2024.

Merry seasoning!

Collect Winter Treats!

December 7th, 2023 by Mars Bracken


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our annual winter treat quest is live! You can go to any of the our sims and click on any of the characters (they can be alive, dead, animal, or human, but they won’t be inanimate objects) and they *may* give you something to snack on. There are 18 treats to find in all and each gives you 20 stamina. This mini game is only available for a limited time, so get the treats while you can!

Seasonal Winter quests will be available through midnight on 12/31.

*Note: We’ve also shifted the “Winter’s Warmth” quest start to Patrick Sawyer’s cup of cocoa, to help cut down on accidental cross-quest chatter.

Legends Hoard Trophy: Bloodstone

December 6th, 2023 by Mars Bracken

Hello Legends! These textures are available now in the Prize Machine, and will be at least for a month. These take 20 Bloodstone Resources to purchase. Happy hunting!

Zodiac Sagittarius Textures

December 4th, 2023 by Mars Bracken

Another Zodiac set is out! Again, for ease of keeping track of the releases, we’re attempting to do the new set on the 1st of every month (rather than on the exact dates of the Zodiac calendar) so please keep that in mind. They are in Piper’s Prize machines for Legends Coins now, and the L$ machines are at their respective regions below!

.:[ Nexta Machines ]:. ~ Bloodlines Midland

.:[ Nexta Machines ]:. ~ Bloodlines East

.:[ Nexta Machines ]:. ~ Bloodlines South

.:[ Nexta Machines ]:. ~ Bloodlines North

.:[ Nexta Machines ]:. ~ Bloodlines West

New Quest: Seasonal Sleuth

December 2nd, 2023 by Mars Bracken

Posy Trumane is in need of some top secret assistance this season! Report to her shop and let her know you’re ready to help.

This is a seasonal quest, which will run until December 15th, when it will go away for another year.

The quest starts by touching Posy’s Pumpkin Pie on Badlands.

Bloodlines Party: Ghost Town

December 1st, 2023 by Mars Bracken

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You’ve wandered into an old western town that’s been deserted for ages – or has it? Join us for a party filled with music, dancing, and raffles of rare textures.

When: Saturday, December 2nd, 12-4pm

Suggested Attire: Old West / Cowboy / Cowgirl / Ghost

Where: Bloodlines Mildland / West

DJ: Lord    Host: Maze Atheria