News and Updates

Today, everyone should get auto-delivered a new version of the Thirst, Human, and Rage HUDs. The new versions are 4.21 for the Thirst and 2.21 for the Rage and Human. In order to get an auto-update, just reattach your HUD. If you don’t receive an auto-update, you can get an update at any Liquid Designs update terminal in-world.

This is a minor update to fix a memory issue that recently emerged. If you had been getting Stack-Heap Collision errors while using your radar, this update fixes that error. If you aren’t encountering this problem, feel free to continue using your current version.

You don’t need to update your fangs, claws, bite marks, or claw wounds.

The versions of the fangs, claws, bite marks, and claw wounds remain the same, and the versions in the 4.21/2.21 have not changed from 4.2/2.2. The only thing that changed in the new crate is the HUD.

This means, you can keep using all the same items that you have been using except for the HUDs. If you have custom animations in your fangs, claws, bite marks, or claw wounds, you can keep using them as-is. An easy way to make this update in your inventory is to just drag your fangs, claws, bite marks, or claw wounds into your new 4.21/2.21 folder. There is no need to copy any animations or inventory into a new version of the fangs / claws / bite marks / claw wounds.

If you have any questions about this, please comment on this post, or ask Lyle Maeterlinck in-world. Happy hunting!

We’re thrilled to announce the release of the latest addition to the Bloodlines system – The Achievements. There are dozens of challenges with multiple levels, each of which can earn you badge icons for your profile, and the envy and esteem of your fellow players!

There are achievements for completing tasks in certain timeframes, or for overall totals. Attempt to become the daily Master at a certain task, or the coveted Global Master leading the game in a particular challenge. Stats tally upwards for collective Clan rankings, showing which Family leads in achievements accomplished. Good luck to those who wish to participate, and look for more Achievements coming soon!

For more information, check the Wikia, or the Achievements Guide pages:

Achievements Wikia Page   Achievements Guide Page

The winners have been chosen for the 2013 Pub Crawl event, and they are as follows: 1st place went to Dolls of Death, 2nd place went to The Drunk Monk, and 3rd place went to Tudors: The Lounge.

We thank everyone who participated, everyone who voted, and all the players who participated in making this event a success!

If you haven’t visited these locations yet, we suggest you check them out.

This week Bloodlines is running a contest to see who can take the best Family Photo! So get your clan, pack, horde or guild together, and snap a picture.

The contest is free to enter, and you may enter as many times as you like (as long as each photo is different).

How to Enter

1) Take a photo of your pack, clan, guild or horde in SL
2) Put the texture in a notecard, along with your name and the Title of the photo
3) Submit the notecard at the Drop Box:

Bloodlines Contest Drop Box or Bloodlines Contest Drop Box South

Contest Rules

Time: The contest will run for 1 week, ending on March 14th, 2013.

Judging: Entries will be judged by Mars Bracken, Lyle Maeterlinck and Noire Luminos.

Criteria: Entries will be judged based on the overall image, but some things to consider might be setting, lighting, , and the avatars involved. Photoshopping is acceptable.

Prizes

– Top 7 entries will be hung in picture frames on Bloodlines property.
– 3rd place entry will win a full 100L Lumen or 10L Blood Tank
– 2nd place entry will win a full 150 Lumen or 15L Blood Tank
– 1st Place entry will win a full 200 Lumen Tank or 20L Blood Tank and a Bloodlines Haunt Destination System, as well as a Vial of Mars Bracken’s Lumens or Blood

For any questions, contact Noire Luminos or a Bloodlines Liaison.

UPDATE 3.14.13

The winners have been announced! You can find them listed on the Bloodlines Facebook page, and on the Bloodlines Wiki, and hanging in-world in our Vampire Temple.

Greetings everyone! We’ve added some new updates to the Haunt system that we’re very excited about. We’ve already updated the web profiles, and if you own a Haunt you’ll be receiving an updater shortly. Just rez it on the same sim as your haunt, click it, and select ‘update’.

Included in the Update:

1. For haunt owners:
– Ability to activate / deactivate your haunt from your edit haunt profile
– Ability to add managers to your haunt who can add, edit, delete events, and update your haunt profile.
– We fixed a couple of issues, like the 16 avatar sensor limit, and added options for how visitors on your haunt are counted. Just go to settings > area type, and select ‘region’, ‘parcel’, or proximity, and that’s how your haunt will count visitors. For the proximity mode, you can set the range up to 96m.
– Also, if you accidentally mess up the textures on your Haunt, you can go to settings > reset textures to reset them to default.

2. For Haunt visitors:
-You can now show your support for haunts by setting them as ‘favorites’ on the website, and they’ll show on your profile!

Thanks to everyone who had the great suggestions for these features!

This week Bloodlines is running a contest to hear your most memorable Turning stories. It could be your turning, or one you were present at and witnessed, and it can be either Lycan or Vampire. This time around we prefer “factual” stories; we promise to do more fantasy / RP stories later!

We’ll be awarding 1st, 2nd and 3rd place prizes, so take a trip down memory lane and tell us your story in 400 words or less. Please include your name in the notecard, and the title of your story.

How to Enter

1) Write out your story on a notecard, along with your name and the Title
2) Submit the notecard at one of our Contest Drop Boxes:

Bloodlines Contest Drop Box   Bloodlines South Contest Drop Box

Contest Rules

Time: The contest will run for 1 week, ending on March 1st, 2013.

Judging: Entries will be judged by Mars Bracken, Lyle Maeterlinck and Noire Luminos.

Criteria: We’ll be considering tone, narrative structure (beginning, middle, end), and of course grammar and spelling will be taken into account.

Prizes

– Top 7 entries will be immortalized in the Contest section of our Bloodlines Wiki.
– 3rd place entry will win a full 100L Lumen Tank or 10L Blood Tank
– 2nd place entry will win a full 150 Lumen Tank or 15L Blood Tank
– 1st Place entry will win a full 200 Lumen Tank (or 20L Blood Tank) and a Bloodlines Haunt Destination System, along with a Vial of Mars Bracken’s Lumens or Blood, depending on what the winner wishes.

For any questions, contact Noire Luminos or a Bloodlines Liaison.

Happy Hunting!

Noire Luminos, Lyle Maeterlinck, & Mars Bracken

UPDATE 3.4.13

The winners have been announced! You can find them listed on the Bloodlines Facebook page, and on the Bloodlines Wiki.

This week Bloodlines is running a contest to see who can take the best photo of a Lycan scene! So get your fur on, go to the most picturesque spot you know in SL, and snap a photo. Your options are wide open – hunting, fighting, running in a pack – it’s up to you.

The contest is free to enter, and you may enter as many times as you like (as long as each photo is different).

.:[ How to Enter]:.

1) Take a photo of a lycan in SL
2) Put the texture in a notecard, along with your name and the Title of the photo
3) Submit the notecard at the Drop Box:

Bloodlines Contest Drop Box

.:[ Contest Rules:]:.

Time: The contest will run for 1 week, ending on February 16th, 2013.

Judging: Entries will be judged by Mars Bracken, Lyle Maeterlinck and Noire Luminos.

Criteria: Entries will be judged based on the overall image, but some things to consider might be setting, lighting, , and the avatars involved. Photoshopping is acceptable.

.:[ Prizes:]:.

– Top 7 entries will be hung in picture frames on Bloodlines property, in the Lycan Temple, until the next contest begins.
– 3rd place entry will win a full 100L Lumen Tank
– 2nd place entry will win a full 150 Lumen Tank
– 1st Place entry will win a full 200 Lumen Tank and a Bloodlines Haunt Destination System

For any questions, contact Noire Luminos or a Bloodlines Liaison.

Happy Hunting!

Noire Luminos, Lyle Maeterlinck, & Mars Bracken

UPDATE 2.19.13

The winners have been announced! You can find them listed on the Bloodlines Facebook page, and on the Bloodlines Wiki, and hanging in-world in our Lycan Temple.

This week Bloodlines is running a contest to see who can take the best Vampire Bite Photo! So get your favorite animation, go to the most picturesque spot you know in SL, and snap a photo of you sinking your fangs into the victim of your choice.

The contest is free to enter, and you may enter as many times as you like (as long as each photo is different).

.:[ How to Enter]:.

1) Take a photo of a Vampire Bite occurring in SL
2) Put the texture in a notecard, along with your name and the Title of the photo
3) Submit the notecard at the Drop Box:

Bloodlines Contest Drop Box

.:[ Contest Rules ]:.

The contest will run for 1 week, ending at Noon SL time on January 30th, 2013. Entries will be judged by Mars Bracken, Lyle Maeterlinck and Noire Luminos. Entries will be judged based on the overall image, but some things to consider might be background, lighting, the bite pose, and the avatars involved. Photoshopping is acceptable.

.:[ Prizes ]:.

– Top 7 entries will be hung in picture frames on Bloodlines property, in the Vampire Temple, until the next contest begins.
– 3rd place entry will win a full 10L Blood Tank
– 2nd place entry will win a full 15L Blood Tank
– 1st Place entry will win a full 20L Blood Tank and a Bloodlines Haunt Destination System

For any questions, contact Noire Luminos or a Bloodlines Liaison. Also, We will be running a separate contest for best Lycan Attack later, so please only Vampire Bite photos this time around.

Lyle Maeterlinck

Lyle Maeterlinck, co-creator of Bloodlines, will be helping to host the Second Life Vampire Forums today from 9am to 4pm as part of “Vampires in Second Life: A Resident-Hosted Event“. Please feel free to come by the forums to talk about a full range of vampire topics. We would love to have the perspective of Bloodlines players at this event!

Office hours are on for this Friday:

• Where: the Bloodlines store on Liquid Frontier (click to teleport)
  
• When: Friday, July 22, from 2:30-3:30PM SL time (Pacific)

We hope to see you all there!