Mythica Woodland, Sunny Beach, SL

Mythica Woodland, Sunny Beach, SL

This Map shows Mythica Woodland at Sunny Beach, in SecondLife. As with the InWorldz map, we are only showing some major landmarks. There are way too many interesting spots to list them all on one map. As a matter of fact, even though I have been contributing builds for years, I still keep finding new adventures every time I visit.

Sunweaver Hwy Sunny Beach sim is one of the six Sunweaver Estates sims, that are all connected by this highway. You can also fly and sail to the connected sims.

Gathering Oak This is an open air dance club, where you can usually find others on the sim. When this sim was first being developed, I included it in my video tour of Sunweaver Estates. I pointed out that the pond had a kind of Feng Shui, that makes it a natural gathering place. I called it "the local watering hole". The club fans out from the large oak tree, from which it gets it's name, and is bordered  by homes for Elves and Hobbits. Those interested in living here can contact Erik for details. On the North side, you can go fishing in the pond, thanks to the Neo Realms Fishing that Zorro contributed. On the West side, there are teleports, a Stargate for finding new adventures and a campfire, to tell your adventures to others around.

Surfing Wave In a previous incarnation, Sunny Beach had a surfing wave. It was one of the coolest things I have ever seen in SL, so I decided to bring it back and develop it. I look forward to surfing parties and competitions. For those that don't have their own surf board, you can get a free "loaner" in the Dock area. You can also body surf, by flying into it at water level. On either end of the wave path, there are small isles with cannons on top. The cannons do not create any damage and are mostly just symbolic that this sim is a protected area. They are a lot of fun to play with and my alt, Josh X actually got so good that he bounced a cannon ball off my hat.

Woods A large portion of the sim is covered by thick woods. I find the best way to navigate through the woods is in "mouselook".

Moogles Cave There are several species of non-avatar, animated creatures on the sim. In a cave, beneath the waterfall, you will find a group of moogles. It took several tries to make this cave contain them. They are too clever for their own good. Feel free to go in and play with them, as long as you don't help them escape. There are also other animated creatures on the sim, just south of the Gathering Oak. These were inspired by some of Erik's favorite stories and built by our friend, Whiterose. I am always amazed at how clever these creatures seem, given their limited brain powers. 

Gazebo This elevated retreat offers a place to sit and contemplate or have private talks with a friend. Being on top of a hill, it offers a great view of this sim and Sunweaver Bay. Following the shore line, in either direction from this hill, you will find beaches with windsurf boards. These boards can sail all around the sim and even into two other sims

Mythica Woodland, Riven, InWorldz

Mythica Woodland, Riven, InWorldz

This map shows some major locations on Mythica Woodland at Riven, in InWorldz.  There is a lot more to be found, as you walk or fly around the sim, but this map will help you navigate by the major landmarks. When I first came here, I started by staying at the Poorman Cottage. The sim is known as Riven and was originally part of a collective of Elven sims. Most of the sim remains as it was before Sir Erik became it's owner, but there are three new areas that have been built, since I have joined him as a resident.

Bethterra is a large castle, which serves as the headquarters of the knights of Akua na Keiki and also a temple to Mother Earth. In the moat, on the South side of Bethterra, can be found the secret hideout of the Lost Boys.

Ka Hale o Sha is a small castle, where Sha now lives. The main floor is where you will often find Sir Erik and Sha, engaged in their "Fireside Chats" on the Keiki Philosophy. You may also find them sitting on the dock on the bay, on the East side of the castle.

Hobbit House might better be called a mansion, because it has two levels and is large by Hobbit standards. Built and furnished to be Erik's home, it also has a large living room, with fireplace for chats.

We will stop here, for now. Our next article will show the layout of Mythica on the Sunny Beach sim, in Secondlife. We hope you will come explore both locations and become a friend and maybe even reside in one or both sims.

SL Mythica Woodland Info

Greetings all, this is the new blog I will be using to talk about stuff and ideas related to the Mythica Woodland as there are quite a number of things I will be writing about here. It mostly pertains to ideas and stuff I have been having thoughts on for a while and wondering if much of it can be done on the Sunny Beach sim in Second Life with help from those who will want to provide assistance among other things.

The land area on the Sunny Beach sim is known as the Mythica Woodland. It is a mythical and magical place that is home to a few fairy mice such as Erik Mouse and Lilly Mouse. Even though the woodland is considered a safe haven to them, it is also home to some other various creatures such as a few mythical chipmunks and the foxy children who like to play and wander around in the forest by the great oak tree with other Mythica character creations. The theme is basically a scenic and fantasy based woodland with a waterfall or two flowing into a river in spots. Hidden behind one of the waterfalls is a cave that is currently inhabited by four moogles. There is also a pond there that is considered the local watering hole and has underground hobbit style dwellings around it.

The Mythica Woodland is publicly open to anyone who wishes to come visit and explore around as it has stuff designed to provide entertainment for visitors. Which are things such as fishing stuff by the pond as fishing is now allowed there with contests possibly coming soon, rezzers for boats and sailboats for sailing around the island, and surfboard rezzers for any who want to surf on the big wave along the north end of the sim. There is also a stargate there to hopefully bring in random visitors by stargate.

Even with all that, it has been somewhat difficult at times to attract many visitors to come hang around in the Mythica Woodland and Erik Mouse had decided that new ideas are going to be needed in order to improve it. Being unsure on what needs to be done, he winds up going to some SL Newser meetings in hopes of getting some assistance on any ideas.

This results in him getting the idea at some point of having a gathering area designed in the Mythica Woodland. Since it was a good idea at the time, it went ahead and resulted in the creation of a place called the Surf’s Up Beach Club where anyone can book a party they want to have there. After the club was built, it didn’t have a party or event there right away since Erik Mouse wasn’t sure how and where to advertise it and needed some help getting the word out about it. In late August of last year, the first party that got booked there was an SL Newser Party on a Saturday to start at Noon SLT (Second Life Time).

Since the event turned out to be very good, a decision got made for the Surf’s Up Beach Club to have an event weekly to hopefully attract new visitors to the Mythica Woodland. It seemed like a good idea at the time as another event got scheduled for the same time on the following Saturday.

Consequently, it was also the beginning of weekly events being scheduled once a week at the Surf’s Up Beach Club that started with the help of Sha with Snowy DJing there for a time.

Everything seemed to be going okay for some weeks, but then there was either a decline in club traffic or something else happened that led to the loss of the DJ. While Erik Mouse was trying to figure out what went wrong, a suggestion was made by either Sha or Snowy at the time to change the club to be more fitting for the surrounding area.

Since it was a good suggestion, Sha had gone ahead and got a large oak tree for a new club design. This led to the creation of what is now known as the Gathering Oak, which is different as it is basically a woodland gathering area rather than a club and has been nicknamed the GO for short.

Even though the weekly events are still being scheduled there, the dancing is now being done outdoors instead of in a building to be more connected with nature. After the changes have been made, there has been some improvement in club traffic for a few weeks until a new DJ was needed as backup to Snowy shortly after she stopped showing up at the Gathering Oak.

Even though Snowy had asked a number of DJs at another club if they could DJ at the Gathering Oak in her place, they declined for some unknown reason after being told who is running it.

Since Erik Mouse didn’t know what to do and was beginning to panic, he went over to see Perri who happens to be a next door neighbor to the Mythica Woodland and started to talk to her about the difficulties he is having in getting a DJ for the Gathering Oak. Being that she is a DJ, she ends up becoming the replacement DJ for the gathering area and it continued on without any difficulties.

A few months later, the gathering area became a member of the FCA or Fur Club Alliance with Perri being the president of it at the time. During one of the meetings of the FCA, it had been suggested to change the weekly event schedule from Noon SLT (Second Life Time) on Saturdays to being at 6PM SLT (Second Life Time) on Mondays instead. This was to better allow for Sha to be able to attend the events due to having trouble getting on Second Life at Noon SLT (Second Life Time). Shortly after this change was agreed upon, the weekly events being scheduled at the Gathering Oak have been switched to being scheduled on Mondays at 6PM SLT (Second Life Time) instead.

It wasn’t until recently that there were some problems going on with the Gathering Oak with events ending up in failure with no attendance. It didn’t get better right away as Erik Mouse ended up being caught in what sounds like a one sided feud going on that led to the Gathering Oak being removed from the FCA due to him not getting much help there. Now thought, it seems the Gathering Oak attendance is seeing some improvement with Geerkil as the DJ with Perri still around as backup just in case, but more will follow if there is anything for you to know about as well as other things to talk about in my next post.