We are having our first Bloodlines themed event on Friday August 16th 2013 from 4:00pm to 7:00pm SLT.
Come one, Come all. Take the long fall and join us for a mad hatter ball! We will be giving away some free Bloodlines items, too! The winners will be randomly chosen and announced by the DJ!
Join us at Bloodlines “Goth in Wonderland” event location.
We would like to give everyone a heads-up that we are preparing to finally make some much-requested updates to the Bloodlines stats. We are adding two new stats pages, one for Hybrids, and one for Humans.
This means that if you are currently a Hybrid (both embraced and enraged), and you are currently in the Vampire or Lycan stats for Generation or Royalty, you will be moved to the Hybrid stats. This means that instead of only two players being Generation 1, now there will be three. This also opens up two more slots in Generation 2, four more in Generation 3, eight more in Generation 4, etc. If you are a Hybrid currently in the Vampire stats and want to stay there, you will need to drink the Wolfsbane potion, and if you are currently a Hybrid in the Lycan stats and want to stay there, you will need to drink the Nightshade potion. You don’t have to do this yet. As we get closer to launching these changes, we will let you know exactly when it is going to happen.
For Humans, this means you finally get your own Bloodlines homepage and separate stats. We’re adding rankings for Cider Wealth and total amount of humanity converted into blood or lumens.
We’re also going to be making some updates to the site to make them easier to navigate and access on mobile devices.
The Mandrake Potion
Introducing The Mandrake Potion! This potion has hypnotic effects on the drinker, and can be used to insure HUD-for-soul transactions.
We know that one of the biggest challenges of hunting new players and bringing them into your clan is the possibility that they are not who they appear to be, and that they will not fulfill their part of a bargain when someone wants to pay their way into the clan. If a new person agrees to transfer their soul to you in exchange for a Bloodlines HUD, you can splash the Mandrake Potion on them, and if you gift the HUD to them within 24 hours, their soul will be transferred to you. If you don’t buy them the HUD in that period, the potion will wear off and have no further effect. If you have questions, you can find all the details on the Mandrake Instructions Page.
In order to cover up the foul taste of the Mandrake root (we had to add it, it’s the magic part), we’ve added a refreshing lime-mint flavor to this potion, which should also be helpful for when you get up-close and personal for a few bites or scratches with your new minion!
The Mandrake Potion is available now at the main Bloodlines stores, and in Human, Thirst, and Rage accessories affiliate vendors. If you own a set of affiliate vendors, please click on your vendors and update them, and the Mandrake Potion will be added to the vendors.
The winners have been chosen for the 2013 5th Anniversary event, and they are as follows: 1st place went to Crimson Moonlight, 2nd place went to Castle Roleplay, and 3rd place went to Fangbangers.
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.
We’re excited to announce an official grid-wide Bloodlines Event – The Bloodlines 5th Anniversary Party! It’s been an amazing 5 years, and we’d like to celebrate.
The event will start on May 1st 2013, and run for 1 week. During that week we’ll be connecting participating Haunts up via the website and the HUDs, so that you can easily travel from event to event, while discovering new Bloodlines-friendly locations. It also means you may have a chance to hang out with Mars Bracken and Lyle Maeterlinck, who will be visiting events as well.
For Haunt owners, this event means a chance to raise awareness of your clan land, club, bar or RP area! The Anniversary Event will provide an influx of new visitors, as well as give you a chance to network with other Bloodlines friendly locations. Players will be able to vote on their favorite Haunt they visited during the week, and the top 3 Haunts will get banners that will run on the Bloodlines homepage.
Getting involved is simple:
Location Owners – If you already have a Haunt, just log into your profile, Edit Haunts, and opt-in via the radio button for the 5th Anniversary Event. Lyle and Mars (and everyone else participating) will be picking party Events to visit based on 1) The photo in the Haunt profile and 2) The Haunt description text, so be sure to put in as much inspiration as you can! Also feel free to use the Haunt Events calendar to schedule specific times for performances, etc.
Bloodlines players – On May 1st, The 5th Anniversary Event will automatically generate locations in your HUD, under the Haunt button. We’ll also make it clear on the website which locations are participating, so you should be able to easily find the next great location to visit!
At the end of the week on May 6th, there we’ll wrap it up with an official party on the Bloodlines sims, so be sure to stop by. See you there, and thanks to everyone for making Bloodlines a vibrant RP community for 5 years running!
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).
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
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.
– 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.
The Pub Crawl starts today! You can now go directly to pub crawl locations by pressing the Haunt button on your HUD and selecting ‘Pub Crawl’. This will give you 6 randomly selected locations that are part of the Bloodlines Pub Crawl. We also have a listing of participating Pub Crawl locations on the Bloodlines website. Also, DON’T FORGET TO VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITE LOCATIONS! You can vote for your favorite haunts by logging into the Bloodlines website, and pushing the ‘vote’ button on the profiles of your favorite Haunts! Get out there and try some Vital Blood, Moonshine, or Cider at your favorite Bloodlines Haunts!
Prize Announcement – In addition to winning a 20L tank of Blood (or Lumens), the 3 best bars will get a banner which will rotate on the Bloodlines home page for 3 weeks (1st place) 2 weeks (2nd place) and 1 week (3rd place).
We’re excited to announce an official grid-wide Bloodlines Event – The Pub Crawl! It will start on St. Patrick’s Day, March 17th 2013, and run for 1 week.
The Pub Crawl is an event for bars in Second Life. Anyone owning a Bloodlines Haunt can opt-in, and anyone with a HUD will be able to participate in the crawl.
What specifically does this mean for Bloodlines players? It means during that week we’ll be connecting participating Haunts up via the website and the HUDs, so that you can easily travel from bar to bar, and meet up for a drink with people while discovering new Bloodlines-friendly locations. It also means you may have a chance to hang out with Mars Bracken and Lyle Maeterlinck, who will be on the crawl as well.
For Haunt owners, this event means a chance to get your bar or club on the map! The Crawl will provide an influx of new visitors, as well as give you a chance to network with other Bloodlines friendly locations. Players will be able to vote on their favorite Bars, and prizes will be awarded at the end. Also, Lyle and Mars may visit your bar during the event and share with you a bottle of Vital, Moonshine or Cider, and chat about Bloodlines.
Getting involved is simple:
Bar Owners – If you already have a Haunt, just log into your profile, Edit Haunts, and opt-in via the radio button for Official Bloodlines Events. Lyle and Mars (and everyone else participating) will be picking bars to visit based on 1) The photo in the Haunt profile and 2) The Haunt description text, so be sure to put in as much inspiration as you can!
Bloodlines players – On March 17th, The Pub Crawl will automatically generate locations in your HUD, under the Haunt button. We’ll also make it clear on the website which locations are participating, so you should be able to easily find the next hot location to crawl to!
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!
