Islands and other locations in Second Life

2011-05-14T17:15:56Z

174.51.20.49: /* Dystopia */ Replaced reference to Dragon Spire with current club, the Penthouse.

'''Islands''' are user-owned simulators within [[Second Life]]. You can buy your own island but the price to play is pretty steep: $1675 for start up costs and a server (you don't own the server itself though and due to multiple CPU servers, you are effectively buying space on a single CPU for your island), as well as $295 a month maintenance fee. Islands, as opposed to the mainland, get a dedicated processor to run on. Mainland sims (regions) may have to share resources with up to 3 other neighboring regions. An additional benefit is that purchasing an island allows you to contact the Linden Concierge directly with questions, bypassing the standard technical support lines and forums.

Prior to the creation of islands, every simulator belonged to a large land mass. Regions of these simulators sometimes ended up dedicated to specific groups, including the furry fandom.

==List==
There are currently a number of furry-owned or themed islands and regions in Second Life:

===[[Abbotts Aerodrome]]===
[[Image:Sl abbotts aerodrome cubey terra.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Abbotts Aerodrome]]
* Abbotts Aerodrome bills itself as "the most famous airport in Second Life". Occasionally referred to as '''Abbotts Furrodrome''', Abbotts is among the most fur-friendly airports in Second Life. The Aerodrome features free demo flights, a skydiving center, A.I. flights, and shops owned by some of the leading aircraft designers in Second Life. Founded by Apotheus Silverman and Cubey Terra in 2004, Abbotts Aerodrome is a center for aircraft development and skydiving.

===[[Alchera]]===
[[Image:Alchera1.gif|thumb|200px|The town center of Alchera.]]
* A Furry based roleplay island sim, it is based within the medieval era and holds a [[fantasy]]/Oriental theme. Opened to the public on January 20th, 2007, it is the first serious adult roleplay sim made expressly for furries and anthro players. Created as an open and friendly role play environment, it is open to all anthros of any race, mythology and preference.
Other then roleplay, it also offers quiet and relaxing oriental themed residential housing for $400L a week for 1024sq meters. Personal housing costs $150L for a room of a player’s choice plus 50 additional prims. [http://slurl.com/secondlife/Alchera/38/88/24/]

===[[AnthroXtacy]]===
[[Image:Anthroxtacysims.jpg‎|right|thumb|200px|Anthra, the main of the two AnthroXtacy home sims.]]
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*AnthroXtacy is currently situated on two sims, Anthra and Elliquiy, and is home to the AnthroXtacy night club, mall, sandbox, beach front and other various builds belonging to AnthroXtacy and renters. It is an adult theme set of sims that currently employs over 50 djs, dancers, and other kinds of staff. At the present time, the sims and business entity is owned solely by [[Tinintri|Tinintri Mistral]] and run by several other members including [[Jorona Omegamu]], [[Helios Kozlov]], [[Demetria|Demetria Heron]], [[Chazore Ayres]], [[Ty Furischer]] and [[Tayla Saunders]].

*It is also home to the AnthroXtacy brand of avatars; a collection of creators who build under the name and are also affiliated with [[Leben Shnabel|Leben Schnabel's]] Instinct avatars. Tinintri Mistral, [[Willowbay Destiny]] and [[Anissa Sorbet]] are the current creators working under the AX brand name of avatars.

===[[Castle Dark Haven]]===
[[Image:DH_Castle.jpg|left|thumb|130px|Castle Dark Haven]]
Castle Dark Haven, is an old furry castle which has been around since August 2007. It was founded and operated by [[Growl Fardel]] and [[Nilsninian Dryke]]. It is located within an ancient mystical forest in Dover and offers many attractions concealed in various surprises that may also be found by curious and unsuspecting adventurers. Due to unforeseen circumstances in his busy life Growl passed ownership to Tau Insippo. Growl still visits the the castle occassionally to chill and chat with folks.

In April 2009, Tau Insippo one of the Chess Officers took over the ownership of the Castle in hopes of keeping it alive and to continue both Growl and Nilsninian’s concepts which were, to make a home for furries to have fun, hang out and practice their building skills.

Visit Castle Dark Haven and take a tour around to the secrets and stories that lie within the Castle walls. Furthermore, have fun and chill out with friends at the Twisted Tails Club and be entertained by our Dancers whilst the Djs spin their awesome tunes to get you entertained through the day or night.

Rated mature, Castle Dark Haven is equipped with a Shopping Centre, a Dance Club, a Tavern, an Arcade, Chess room and other games room, private skyboxes, a [[yiff]] lounge, [[yiff]] dungeon and a hot tub area; all surrounded by beautiful scenic areas for peaceful relaxation.

===[[Club Flex]]===

Club Flex is an adult establishment located on Second Life. Founded by Daeron Meijer in October 2009, it was once known as The Locker - however the name change occurred due to sim and ownership change in February 2010. This premise promotes furry bodybuilding and muscular bodies mostly, although everyone is warmly welcomed to the club.

===[[Coonspiracy]]===
* Southwest corner of Noonkkot sim, a hangout for raccoons, gators, swamp foxes, and the like.

===[[Drachen & Grand Junction]]===
These two estates are run by Draconian Estates, a subsidiary of [[Draconian Enterprises]]. They are not adult oriented, and require no age verification to enter.

Home to DrachenStein as well as many residents. Both regions offer rental to those looking for a home away from the major communities of Second Life. The rates for rent are now as low as mainland rates ($25us a month or L$ equivalent of L$1600 a week for 4096 meters) The rental system is owned and operated entirely by Swythe Armistice. Entertainment can be found mainly at DrachenStein on these regions, where people come to gather and enjoy themselves.

Grand Junction is home to the newly opened Draconian Mall. A vendor outlet for independent artists. It offers a unique system where in house, highly optimized, vendor scripts issue products. The original creator of the works receives 90% of the sale, the rest goes to the Mall for upkeep. This system offers a literally rent-free service. Its owned by Draconian Enterprises.

===[[DrachenStein]]===
DrachenStein is a Dragon community hangout on the Drachen Simulator, its owned by [[Draconian Enterprises]]. It is a quiet place to get away with someone, or relax with your friends. Services are offered for event hosting and it has become a home for several wayward dragons.Themed like a large medieval castle.
[http://slurl.com/secondlife/Drachen/125/138/352 Click here to open SL and Visit DrachenStein]

===[[Dystopia]]===
*The Dystopia region is owned and run by Obsidian Stormwind and is connected with the FurNation regions (specifically FurNation Dragon).
*Dystopia is primarily a residential region, but does have one club, The Penthouse located on the eastern side of the region.

===[[EuroFur Exodus]], also called EXTRA===
* Furry themed sim especially made for french and european furries, maintained by rafa226 Lubitsch and a few members. Located in a sim named EuroFur, it moved to a sim named ''Extra''. This sim includes a club, a small shop, a beach, some yiff houses and a movie theater. Those weeks, a pet auction market have been built, and is a great success.

===[[The Forest]]===
[[Image:SecondLifeForestDeluxeApartments.png|right|thumb|200px|Treehouse apartments in The Forest]]
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* The Forest was the first furry-oriented island in Second Life.
* The Forest is under [[Anshe Chung]]'s ownership and is a part of the DreamLand continent developed by her.

===[[Fur Valleys]]===
[[Image:FurValleys-27Jun07.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Map of the Fur Valleys island chain, June 2007]]
[[Image:CubConclaveClubResurgenceDancer.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Dancing [[babyfur]] in [[Cub Conclave]]]]
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* The largest chain of furry-themed islands in Second Life to date, often known simply as '''The Valleys'''.
* The first island in this chain was founded in November 2005 by [[RedFox Costello]]. Since then, the island chain has grown, with the addition of many new islands. These include:
**'''Fox Valley''', a residential island, owned by Redfox Costello
**'''Wolf Valley and Jaguar Valley''', a residential island, owned by [[Mako Minogue]]
**'''Tiger Valley''', a residential island, owned by [[David von Foxkin|Foxkin Impfondo]]
**'''FlyinTails Airfield''', an aircraft-themed island, owned by [[Effsey Nelson]]
**'''Rabbit Valley''', a residential island, owned by Foxkin Impfondo
**'''Dragon Valley''', containing the Foxkin Rentals offices, owned by Foxkin Impfondo
**'''Ryu Valley''', a volcanic island, owned by Foxkin Impfondo
*** The [[Macro Room]], devoted to [[macro]] furries, is located here
**'''Istaria Prime''', owned by [[Crawler Woyseck]]
**'''[[Serenity Woods]]''', a recreation of the original '''The Forest''', originally run by the former The Forest guides, but now owned by Mako Minogue
**'''Critter Valley''', a residential island, owned by [[kodi Sachs]]
**'''Zeta Valley''', a [[zoophilia]]-themed island, owned by [[Wolphin Fluffball]]
**'''Neko Valley''', a residential island, owned by Foxkin Impfondo
**'''Otter Valley''', a residential island, owned by Foxkin Impfondo
**'''[[Cub Conclave]]''', a [[babyfur]]-themed island, owned by [[Raven Welesa]]
**'''[[Kit Estates]]''', a babyfur-themed residential island, owned by Raven Welesa
**'''Pony Island'''
**'''Furry Park''', a residential island, owned by [[Effsey Nelson]]
**'''Cheetah Valley''', a residential island, owned by Foxkin Impfondo
**'''Ferret Valley''', a residential island, owned by Foxkin Impfondo
**'''Meerkat Valley''', a commercial island, owned by Foxkin Impfondo
**'''Cougar Valley''', a mountainous residential island, owned by Foxkin Impfondo
**'''Lynx Valley''', a river-run residential island, owned by Foxkin Impfondo
**'''Mink Valley''', a paw-print shaped residential island, owned by Foxkin Impfondo
**'''Lemming Valley''', a residential island with steep cliffs, owned by Foxkin Impfondo, pays homage to the 1991 video game "Lemmings"

* The '''Fur Valleys''' also include many ocean regions (also known as voids), all owned by Foxkin Impfondo. Most are each rentable as an entire region, but all allow visitors and residents to sail around the greater part of the Valleys. These voids include:
**'''Dragons Void''', a rentable void, managed by [[djomnifusion Snickerdoodle]]
**'''Kitsune Sea''', a [[fox]]-shaped island, managed by [[Autumnfox|Autumnfox Vesperia]]
**'''Strianic Ocean''', a [[dragon]]-shaped island, managed by [[Stria Inbiri|Stria Teazle]]
**'''Onyx Ocean''', a rentable void, managed by [[Cera Watts]]
**'''BlueRay Sea''', a rentable void
**'''Geckos Void''', a rentable void
**'''Moonlight Sea''', a rentable void in the shape of a crescent moon
**'''Sydney Sea''', a rentable void
**'''Crocodile Rock''', a rentable void named after the song by Elton John
**'''Dolphin Deep''', a rentable void
**'''Drakes Void''', a rentable void
**'''Kitten Cove''', a rentable void
**'''Raccoon Lagoon''', a rentable void
**'''Salamander Sea''', a rentable void
**'''Yang Sea''', a rentable void in the shape of the yang half of the yin-yang symbol
**'''Yin Sea''', a rentable void in the shape of the yin half of the yin-yang symbol

===[[FurNation Worlds]]===
[[Image:FurNationWorldsLuxor.png|right|thumb|200px|The Luxor on FurNation Prime]]
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* FurNation Worlds is a group of several simulators run by the crew at [[FurNation]].
* Each of their simulators often serve a particular purpose.
** FurNation Alpha is a residential area with a japanese theme.
** FurNation Vista is a sandbox with residential areas.
** FurNation Gamma is a sandbox with residential areas.
** FurNation Prime is the welcome area and general starting point for FurNation. This also has a somewhat strong Stargate or Egyptian theme.
** FurNation Phoenix is a residential simulator.
** FurNation Mythica is primarily a residential simulator.
*** The Club called The Ark recently relocated to the east side of this simulator.
** FurNation Dragon is a residential simulator.
** Purgatory is a themed simulator connected to FurNation.
** FurNation Polaris is a mountainous residential simulator owned by Mathuen Lagerlof.

===[[FurPleasure]]===
[[Image:Market_logo512.jpg|right|thumb|200px|The FP Sim logo, with the marketplace backdrop]]
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* A mature friendly furry themed sim cluster including a popular club, shopping area and residential areas in '''FP Enigma''', Owned and run by a group of dedicated sim admins headed by [[Kit Keiko]]. The sim is dedicated to and run in the memory of [[AOD Enigma]], Providing a fun and stimulating place for all furs and nonfurs to relax and socialise
* Started as a small club in the highflyer sim, and then expanded into sprawler due to further need for space. The first sim was purchased shortly after was co-owned by Iyeyasu Muromachi (who now owns Asian Delight) and [[AOD Enigma]]. AoD Enigma passed away in 2006 at the age of 25, and the sims ownership was moved over to Foxdie Ghia and Kit Keiko.

===[[Furry Fashion]]===
* Furry Fashion is one of the largest furry-oriented clothing stores and hangouts on Second Life. It is home to the Club Mystique - a highly active club with events daily - and is one of the last non-adult furry regions. [http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Furry%20Fashion/ Furry Fashion SLURL]

===[[Furry Plateau]]===
Furry plateau is teengrid's oldest furry hangout, and was originally founded by [[Reggie Marquez]] and [[Inuyasha Overlord]]. The hangout was originally a 1024 plot for the "brothers" to live in. After some time, Reggie's account was disabled due to payment issues, and Inuyasha Overlord continue to take care of the parcel until it moved to Gordon, where it became a mainstream hangout.

After a year, Inuyasha also left the parcel due to payment issues. Shortly after, Reggie returned on an alternate account, [[Reggie Clifton]], and brought FP back to teengrid alongside [[Phox Sillanpaa]], in the hope that it would become mainstream again, which it did. Furry Plateau quickly reached the top of the pop-list with its "housing for homeless furs" - a program started in order to help new furries adjust to the community. This housing project became big enough to put FP at the top of the popular list for another six months.

The land soon became too small to contain the community and the group continued on to create the FP Peacelands alongside [[Nicelus Borelly]]. The "four founding furs" now continue the community on the sims Citivas and Leviathan. On February 5th 2009, FP will begin its build up on the Main Grid. It will remain totally PG and no "Bits or Bobbers" will be allowed upon it. Other than that hardly any strict rules will be placed upon visitors.

===[[Gay Yiffy Club]]===
* Gay Yiffy Club is a popular furry nightclub, partially due to the open and welcoming atmosphere for every species, gender or alignment (even though its name suggests to cater only to [[gay]] [[male]] furs). Originally built by [[Senjin Soothsayer]] and managed by [[Kiroja Fluffy]] and [[Darkfoxx Bunyip]]. It's not even an island SIM, yet it's traffic surpasses most islands. The club is commonly referred to by its abbreviation GYC and thanks it's popularity mostly to the very active staff containing dancers, DJs and Bartenders. The club features dance-floor, bar, darkroom, stage, pool, private rooms, lounge area and a separately located shopping area.
Unlike other clubs, public display of intimacy is not frowned upon, and even encouraged.

===[[Lost Furest]]===
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===[[Luskwood]]===
[[Image:Luskwood_platform.jpg|thumb|200px|Luskwood social platform, a primary hangout for many furs]]
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* Luskwood consists of two sims/regions, '''Lusk''' and '''Perry''', with some elements spilling into '''Clara'''; PG-rated, though not heavy on rules (for example, unlike most PG areas, weapons are allowed in Luskwood), Luskwood (started in mid-2003) is the oldest Furry-themed area in SL. Though not an island in practice (it resides on the SL mainland,) these regions are wholly owned by the Luskwood group, and can be considered its own furry-themed area.

*It is home to [[Luskwood Creatures]], the first furry avatar makers on SL. Luskwood builds many varieties of furry avatars, and is considered a sister-sim to, and administered by some of the same folks who run Taco.

===[[Meeting Island]]===
* Mature-rated furry-themed island sim run by [[Pounce Teasle]]. '''[[Raccoon Hill]]''', formerly '''[[Fae Valley]]''' from the '''Fur Valleys''' sim conglomerate, was added in May, 2006, but has since vacated. '''Meeting Island''' is best known for the furry [[escort]] establishment, [[The Seven Tails Brothel]].

===[[Mythos Prometheus]]===
* Mature-rated furry-themed island sim run by [[Sabvriel Padar]], (liberum veto) [[Solus Candour]] and [[Msakaji Yoshiro]]. Mostly a residential island, with laid back rules, several houses nestled amid beautiful landscaping, and apartments for rent up in the sky. Also hosts a small shop for vendors, and [[The Hangar]] club. Residence in the sky apartments is one of the most affordable at 100L$ per week for 100 prims, which makes them popular and causes a waiting list to accumulate for the space. The residents of the skyboxes are among the more friendly 'neighbourhood' style cliques and as a new denizen of the sim you can expect sudden visits from the other residents.

===[[Oinari]]===
* This furry themed island sim is the headquarters of [[Furry Japan]] owned by [[Fakefur Okonomi]], founder of Furry Japan. The island is divided among the officers of Furry Japan, who do a variety of experimental shops and houses. Japanese is naturally the primary language here, and visitors are recommended to bring a translator HUD or fluency

===[[Rainbow Tiger]]===
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* Originally a dance club owned by [[Spike Nico]] and an adjoining mall owned by [[Shadow Garden]] in the '''Cleary''' region, Rainbow Tiger has expanded onto a full island. Rainbow Tiger currently has: [[Club Rainbow Tiger]], a large dance club with live DJ's spinning tunes regularly as well as a swimming pool, events center, and an exercise room. Additional description is available on the Rainbow Tiger page. The Rainbow sims have been awarded Developer's Incentive awards 3 times by Linden Lab since Rainbow Tiger was founded back in Cleary.

* A second island named [[Rainbow Stallion]] was added at the end of March 2006, and is designated a residential area. In 2006, a decision was made to change the ownership of the sims. Rainbow Tiger became fully owned by Spike Nico, and Rainbow Stallion became fully owned by Shadow Garden. Then, in 2007, an additional sim [[Rainbow Canyon]] was added to give both the mall and club additional room to expand. Due to the slowing economy, Rainbow Canyon was then closed in June 2008, and a small replacement mall area was created on Rainbow Tiger. The sims are rated 'mature', and are open to all species. Currently there is a large impassible gap between Rainbow Tiger and Rainbow Stallion due to the removal of the Rainbow Canyon island. A replacement island is being developed and should be available soon.

* In 2007, a new island, Lykaois, joined the fold as the first independent sim. It is owned by Valdis Damone, and his mate Redwolf Ghia. This island is, however, a private island requiring an invite to enter.

===Rocket City FurMeet===
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*The [[Rocket City FurMeet]] sim contains an exact replica of the hotel that the [[real life]] [[convention]] is held in.
*The sim is staffed and upkept by many of the real life staff members of RCFM, headed by [[Lacy Amberwolf]].
*At the end of each real life RCFM, the staff posts a banner that states Welcome Home! to returning con-goers.
*Numerous dances are hosted throughout the year.

===[[Tartarus Island]]===
* The new home of [[The Fur Dungeon]], a club that once existed on the mainland. Underwater dungeon areas and an array of domes (including, presently, a mall and movie dome) complement the club itself. Created by [[Musuko Massiel]].

===[[TSL Fur Fest]]===
Teen Second Life (TSL) Fur Fest (TSLFF) is the Teen Grid's first [[furry]] and [[anthropomorphic]]s [[convention]]. TSLFF was founded by Ferret Surface ([[Ferret Vulpsi]]) and the first TSLFF was held in 2007 on August 17th, 18th, and 19th mainly in the sim of Unreal. The convention was mainly attended by members of the FP, FN (TSL), and Tiamat communities however the con was a grid wide event and made history as the first furry convention (or convention of any kind for that matter) to be held on the Teen Grid.

===[[The Wild (Second Life)|The Wild]]===
* Furry [[Wikipedia:Myst|Myst]] themed island owned by [[Shaun Reveal]] (under the name Shaun Wallaby, creator of [[Boston and Shaun]]. The Wild is regularly frequented by [[fatfur]]s and [[inflation|inflatafurs]], and many buildings there are made to cater to their desires. Features of The Wild include a scripts-allowed sandbox, a club, a buffet and a number of games.

===[[The Yiff Factory]]===
* The First Club was envisioned by Felix Oxide on what was called the Jar of Dirt. From here out of the ground rose the club know as [[The Yiff Factory]]. Over the coming months the club patrons and staff worked hard too establish themselves amongst the bigger popular Furry clubs, with much success this soon became a reality.

* It was later the mall appeared and the club expanded a little, in the middle of 2008 after a very successful Sausagefest (tailsale) Felix envisioned an island just for the club goers and after several weeks of none stop work Insula Cauda was created and became the stable base of Factory operations.

* However beginning of 2009 things were about too change as TYF moved too a second island due to changing circumstances on Insula Cauda, with a quick turn around TYF isle was constructed and is now the home of [[The Yiff Factory]].

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