Reminder: $5000L on offer for forum sign-up competition
August 10, 2008
A couple of weeks back we relaunched our forums and there’s been a number of people sign up and start contributing. For any forum’s success there needs to be a critical mass of participants and there’s certainly not that yet.
To help get things kick-started we have a competition running. Any person who signs up on the forums between now and the end of August goes into the draw to win 5000 Linden Dollars. It’s not a huge prize but if you’re looking for a virtual worlds community to be part of anyway, it’s certainly a nice little incentive. If you’re not a Second Life user you can easily cash the Linden Dollars out for US dollars (we’ll explain how).
So jump in and register and join the community.
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Weekly newsletter now available
August 1, 2008
Over the past few months we’ve had a number of people ask if we could supply a regular virtual worlds newsletter - we’ve now created just that. If you subscribe to it, you’ll receive all the stories published that week in a newsletter format.
To subscribe look for the section as shown above - it’s on the right hand side of our front page.
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Relaunching our forums (and a competition)
July 19, 2008
When we first launched in late 2006 we also had forums, which were moderately utilised on those first months, particularly by the ABC prior to the launch of ABC Island. We closed the forums down mid-2007 due to lack of activity and some technical problems with the platform we were using.
I’m really pleased to re-launch the forums which can be found here or via the ‘Forum’ link at the top of this site. The focus is widened and the actual design fits better with the overall site.
On the downside, due to a database corruption I wasn’t able to import all the previous posts into the new forum - it’s literally a blank slate so if you’d previously registered, you’ll need to do so again. Sorry!
If you’ve got a point to make, an event to promote or just want to mix with other virtual world residents, please use the forums - that’s what they’re there for.
To celebrate the relaunch, we’re offering 5000 Linden Dollars to a lucky someone who posts on the forums by the end of August 2008. We’ll get a random number generator to give us a number - the person who posted that number post will be the winner. Example: if the random number was 77 - the person who posted the 77th post wins the prize.
So jump in, start a discussion and maybe you’ll be rewarded for your efforts beyond the rewards of forum interaction 
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Five jobs on offer at Metaversum (Singapore or Germany)
July 13, 2008
Metaversum, creators of Twinity, have a bunch of jobs up for grabs.
The roles are varied and can be based in either Singapore or Germany - check our jobs board for more info.
If you’re looking to recruit, why not use our free jobs board yourself?
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Introducing The Metaverse Journal book store
July 1, 2008
Please bear with me while I make an announcement of self-interest. As part of the ongoing process to make The Metaverse Journal an ongoing viable financial concern, we’ve set up an Amazon book and clothing store.
You can access it at any time by clicking on the ‘Shop’ link at the top of this page. We’ve chosen a large bunch of key virtual worlds books as well as some clothing from Amazon’s range and every time you purchase something we get a small percentage.
If you’ve got a book or other item to suggest for addition, do let us know in the comments.
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Introducing: Feldspar Epstein
June 22, 2008
Over the past eighteen months or so The Metaverse Journal has grown slowly but surely - our readership has grown every single month since our launch in late 2006. We have two intermittent contributors in addition to myself but the time’s come to expand the number of writers. Therefore, I’m extremely pleased to introduce Anastasia Vesperman (SL: Feldspar Epstein).
Anastasia is based in Melbourne and has been involved with virtual worlds for more than ten years. Her brief is wide: to bring one story weekly on anything inspiring or interesting happening in Second Life or other virtual world.
I’ll let Anastasia introduce herself further but suffice it to say I’m thrilled to have her on board. Please make her feel welcome
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Jobs board redux
June 9, 2008
Last month we introduced our jobs board. Since then we’ve had feedback that it was too USA-centric so we’ve switched to another provider.
The best news about this is that posting jobs is free at this stage. We may introduce a small fee in the future but at this stage the most important thing is getting a central place where virtual worlds jobs can be advertised.
To post a job:
1. Click on the ‘Job Board’ link at the top right of this site.
2. Click on ‘Post a Job’
3. Enter all the required details – you can even add your organisation’s logo if you want.
4. Click on ‘Checkout’ - because I’ve set it up as a free service at this stage, your ad will automatically appear for nothing after being cleared.
Any job related to virtual worlds is welcome - whether it be an in-world bartender or consulting project to government, feel free to advertise it.
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