Celebrate Ourstock in There!
It’s that time of year again where Hippies gather to celebrate good music and good people at Ourstock! The annual festival held at Hippie Islands runs through Sunday, November 23rd.
Hippie Island invites the community to drop PAZes around the neighborhood and get in touch with their groovy side. All fun, festive and creative builds are welcome. There is quite the collection of around twenty-five eclectic PAZes surrounding the hood already. So, grab a PAZ, some fun decorations and join the party!
There are tons of fun events scheduled during Ourstock. Check the Activities Page for a longer list of events. There will be live performances, dancing, scavenger hunts, BINGO, Groovy Bug racing, Oobie the Ourstock bare foot races, quests and other exciting events. Here’s a quick peek at what is happening this Friday!
Ourstock Cannon Ball Run hosted by mademoisellefifi
Description: Get down and crazy at the Ourstock Cannon Ball Run!
Time: Friday, Nov. 14th at 1:00 PM PST
Club99 Rocks the OurStock Stage hosted by Zip
Description: Club99 kicks off the OurStock Festival with some groovy tunes. Put your dancing shoes on for a night of fun & entertainment. Hope to see you there! Let’s Party! Peace, love and music!
Time: Friday, Nov. 14th at 4:00 PM PST
CCR Grrrooovy Race 1 hosted by ccr_Gina
Description: Celebrate Ourstock the groovy way with your Hippy Groovy Buggy and some cool tunes!
Time: Friday, Nov. 14th at 5:00 PM PST
Ourstock runs till Sunday, November 23rd. There’s plenty of groovy events happening over the next several days. Check the Activities Page for more Ourstock Events. Peace, love and music!
Veterans Day Events in There
We’d like to take a moment and thank all of the Veterans who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces to protect our great country and our freedom. Your hard work and sacrifices are greatly appreciated.
The Thereian Community has planned several fun events honoring Vets on this national holiday. Make sure to save a spot for the events and sign up early.
Veterans Day hosted by Rohurd
Description: Take a tour of a large aircraft carrier in There. Show your appreciation for our Veterans!
Time: 8:00 AM PST- 4:00 PM PST
Early Bird BINGO hosted by susanszy
Description: This is a very special early bird BINGO event to celebrate Veterans Day!
Time: 3:00 PM PST to 4:30 PM PST
Veterans Day Dance hosted by susanszy
Celebrate Veterans Day and join us for a dance and Big Band sounds at the Pan Pacific Auditorium.
Time: 5:00 PM PST – 6:00 PM PST
Veterans Day Parade hosted by susanszy
Description: After the dance, let’s mount up in our patriotic hoverboats for a Veterans Day parade!
Time: 6:00 PM PST – 7:00 PM PST
Tuesday Tiki Talk Trivia Election Edition hosted by Francis_7
Description: Election Edition! Same trivia time! Same trivia FunZone. Same trivia cards though! Voice chat required to hear da host.
Time: 8:00 PM PST – 9:00 PM PSt
Affordable FunZones Available For Rent in There
FunZones are like big parks in There where you can hold events and invite your friends and fellow Thereians. We’ve recently gone through and lowered the rental rates for several FunZones! Half of the FunZone sale inventory is already gone! Grab one while they’re still available. These affordable FunZones are located in many different areas in-world and offer different types of terrain to build on.
If you are interested in owning your own zone, check out the list of FunZones available for rent. We’ve highlighted the FunZones on sale below.
Ash Field FunZone located in North Cangrejo costs 35,000T per month and is a great location for a paintball match, party or big event.
Banded Rock is located in South Cangrejo and costs 35,000T per month. The dry winds and rock terrain make for a fun paintball match.
Blue Vista located in South Cangrejo has a monthly rental fee of 35,000T. The flat desert terrain allows for easy builds. You can’t beat the big blue skies in this neck of the woods.
Have some western-style paintgun fun at Boulder Terrace. The 30-day rental period costs 35,000T. It’s located in Central Cangrejo.
Don’t forget to bring your canteen of water to this dry desert FunZone! Burning Rock located in South Cangrejo has a monthly rental rate of 22,000T.
This FunZone’s hotter than a jabenero! Cluckie’s Hideaway comes complete with desert cacti. Located in South Cangrejo, this super affordable FunZone is only 22,000T per month.
All Hallow’s Eve Events in There – October 31st
Tonight’s the night we’ve all been waiting for! Halloween is finally here and the community has pulled out all of the stops to make this the best Halloween in There! Thereians have been hard at work decorating graveyards, haunted homes and spooky haunts getting ready for tonight’s fun-filled festivities. There are many fun events to choose from. Pick a different costume to wear to all of them!
The best thing about celebrating Halloween in There is FREE Freaky Friday! New and old members can join There and play for free on Halloween night.
Tonight’s Halloween Event Line-Up
Spirits Among Us Quest
Description: First prize 15k, second prize 5k. Seven clue quest a little complicated.
Time: 8:30 AM PDT
Bedknobs & Broomsticks Quest
Description:
An apprentice witch, three kids and a cynical conman search for the missing component to a magic spell useful to the defense of Britain.
Time: 2:00 PM PDT
Halloween Prize Event Lapping
Time: 3:00 PM PDt
Come Lap the new Halloween Track out at TVB! Top Ten Fastest Laps will be entered into a drawing for your Choice of three buggy prizes!
Haunted Cross Country Racing
Description: Join us for some Halloween fun racing for parts unknown for a chance at a prize!
Time: 5:00 PM PDT
MVB Halloween Party Quest
Description: A quest for the Club99 Fright Night Halloween Party. There will be a dice roll for 3 prizes during the party for all who finish the quest. You must be present to win. Please read the rule book.
Time: 5:30 PM PDT
Halloween Costume Contest
Description: Costume contest first place prize 30k tbxs and rare TUV. All are welcome.
Time: 6:00 PM PDT
Creepy Cannery Crawl
Description: The cove convenes in Cannery Hall. Once clan has gathered – ghouls will crawl out on the pier for ghastly fare, both large and tall! Tho Hall is empty, BONES will ROLL!!! (4 PRIZES!! Bring BOOS!!)
Time: 6:00 PM
Halloween Fright Night Event
Description: Welcome to the Halloween Fright Night event! There will be Quests, Bingo, Dice Roll, Costumes, Prizes, Dancing and lots of fun!
Time: 6:00 PM PDT
Horror Movie Quest
Description: Ex;ore the darker places of There with this Halloween quest.
Time: 8:00 PM PDT
While you’re out and about Trick-Or-Treating, why not visit some of the spooky spaces our members have created? In addition to the Haunted Houses submitted for the 2014 Halloween decorating contest, here are a few more Halloween haunts that shouldn’t be missed: The Creepy Rock, ArrowWood Cemetery, Halloween Scare, Halloween Cave, Halloween Night, and Bill’s Halloween Spooky Place.
Vote For Your Favorite Haunted House in There!
‘Twas a few nights before Halloween, when all through the haunted house
Not a zombie was stirring, not even a dead mouse;
The cobwebs were hung by the basement door with care,
In hopes that an unsuspecting Thereian would be There!
Boils and ghouls, participants of the 2014 Halloween Decorating Contest have submitted their Haunted Houses for voting and now it’s up to you and any other trick-or-treater brave enough to doorbell ditch each house to find out who owns the spookiest virtual home in There.
Log on to There.com, tour the Haunted House entries and cast your vote for the creepiest most scariest place in There!
Here’s the list of this year’s participating Haunted Houses. Make sure to check out each one. Remember there is safety in numbers, so grab your friends if you’re a scardey-cat and have fun getting spooked!
Superdale’s Haunted House of Shock
KatesHappy’s Ridgeside Forest Tower
Kelayna’s Haunted House of Shorah
Co-Builders: bhrocky, KayleighLace, iFlop, Percepti0n, musicmom, Catrona,TORRAYN, RK_Falagar, ReluctantX
Catrona’s Shorah Dungeon
Co-Builders: bhrocky, Kelayna, RK_Falagar
Mr_karmapup”s Karma and Didy’s Halloween Spook
Co-Builder: didymus
Ant1977’s The House
Co-Builders: azsusie, mimi06, amxscott
Voting will take place through the night of Thursday, October 30th. The top winners will be announced at the Halloween Fright Night event on October 31st!
Good luck to all of the 2014 Halloween Decorating Contest participants. May the scariest Haunted House in There win!
We wanted to give a big shout out to coolnet560 for putting together this awesome contest for the There.com community!
Halloween Spooky Card Night
Gargoyles, ghosts and tombstones…oh my! Do you have what it takes to sneak into the cemetary and play cards among the dead? Join neighbors and friends of SeaSide Cove on Tuesday, October 7th at 6:00 PM PDT/9:00 PM EST for a game of cards at the SeaSide Cemetary, if you dare.
Sign up in advance for Halloween Spooky Card Night hosted by Greenangel. Join the SeaSide HillSide Cove Events Group for updates on fun Halloween events going on throughout October.
Fall Decorating Ideas For Your Home In There
As the days get shorter and the nights get colder, it’s time to bring some warmth back into your living space. Welcome the arrival of fall with festive decorations, both indoors and out. Thereian designers have created home furnishings, porch and patio decor full of autumnal textures and colors. Browse the Home and Garden Auctions for fall inspiration and spice up your living space for the autumn season.
Don’t have a place to call your own? Rent a ThereHouse or build your own home in a Neighborhood Lot or PortaZone. Decorate your virtual home just the way you like with items purchased from the Home and Garden section of Auctions.
Hoist ye sails, tis the end o’ Pirate Week in There!
Shiver me timbers! Tis been a long battle of fightin’ and blunderin’ as ye ol’ Wenches and Seadogs been wrestlin’ fer ye Crew List. Grab yer pegged leg, hooks, eye patch or whistlin’ shoulder parrot and join us in celebratin’ the last great battle of Pirate Week in There.
Wednesday, September 24th Pirate Events
Extreme Pirate Bingo Hosted by EmmaJean
Category: Games
Description: Avast you SeaDogs and ye wenches, a Bingo game be held here, while we take a enjoy the entertainment from the Extreme Dancers.
Time: 6:00 PM PDT/9:00 PM EST
BABS Hayride! Hosted by KatesHappy
Category: Tours
Description: We ain’t lettin’ the pirates keep us from a hootin’ hollerin’ good hayride. RIGHT?! Featuring Hayride Hoveboat by Carpenter.
Time: 7:30 PM PDT/10:30 EST
Pirate Theme Finale Hosted by B_A_B_S
Category: Adventures
Description: Who rules and who drools? Will we have a new king or queen? Last chance to wear your pirate gear.
Time: 8:30 PM PDT/11:30 PM EST
Pirate Week in There! Wenches vs Seadogs Events for Tuesday
Tuesday, September 23rd Pirate Events
Be Ye A Pirate Hosted by nickie08
Category: Quest
Description: Are you a Pirate? Think you can make it to the treasure map for a great prize? RumRunners Isle will be giving a buggy as a prize.
Time: 5:00 AM PDT/8:00 AM EST
This is an ongoing Quest during Pirate Week so check the location for additional scheduled events.
Rrrr Me Mateys! Hosted by mademoisellefifi
Category: Quest
Description: Sponsored by sidvicious2008, first prize 10k, second prize 5k.
Time: 1:55 PM PDT/4:55 PM EST
This is an ongoing Quest during Pirate Week so check the location for additional scheduled events.
Gasparilla Pirate Quest Hosted by Jayess1
Category: Quest
Description: A purported Spanish Pirate, the “last of the Buccaneers,” who is claimed to have raided the west coast of Florida during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Sponsored by RumRunner’s Isle.
Time: 1:00 PM PDT/4:00 PM EST
Scurrvy Parrrrty with Xtremes! Hosted by Gabriellaa
Category: Party
Description: Grab ye parrots n’ hooks n’ get ready to party! Scurvy pirate music for ye everyday band o’pirates! Dancing made to match the music!
Time: 3:30 PM PDT/6:30 PM EST
Walk The Plank: Musical Chairs Hosted by coolnet560
Category: Game
Description: Be aware, as you enter into the pirate ship, there will be pirates watching your every move. Dance around the chairs or get your booty kicked.
Time: 5:00 PM PDT/8:00 PM EST
Emotes With Pirates Hosted by KatesHappy
Category: Game
Description: Sea Dogs vs Wenches! Aaaarrr! Who will prevail over the abuse to reach the end first?
Time: 7:00 PM PDT/10:00 PM EST
Pirate Triviarrrr Hosted by Francis_7
Category: Games
Description: Tuesday Tiki Talk Trivia with a pirate twist! Test ye ol’ trivia knowledge!
Time: 8:00 PM PDT/11:00 PM ESt
Pirate Week in There! Wenches vs Seadogs Events for Monday
Monday, September 22nd Pirate Events
Be Ye A Pirate Hosted by nickie08
Category: Quests
Description: Are you a Pirate? Think you can make it to the treasure map for a great prize? RumRunners Isle will be giving a buggy as a prize.
Time: 5:00 AM PDT/8:00 AM EST
This is an ongoing Quest during Pirate Week so check the location for additional scheduled events.
Gasparilla Pirate Quest Hosted by Jayess1
Category: Quests
Description: A purported Spanish Pirate, the “last of the Buccaneers, “who is claimed to have raided the west coast of Florida during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Sponsored by RumRunner’s Isle.
Time: 1:00 PM PDT/3:00 PM EST
Scurvy Pirate Bingo Hosted by coolnet560
Category: Game
Description: All you scurvy pirates get your swords out and get ready for fun bingo night. Keep an eye open on your fellow pirates. Who’s going to win? Sponsored by: CCR
Time: 6:00 PM PDT/9:00 PM EST
Piratey Costume Parrrrrty! Hosted by susanszy
Category: Party
Description: Ahoy there all ye wenches and seadogs! Come dressed in yer best piratey outfit, and be ready to answer some questions in the zone box for points! Arrrr dress and talk like a pirate!
Time: 8:00 PM PDT/11:00 PM EST
Gangplank’s Capture Bacio Hosted by DUBST3P
Category: Paintgun
Description: Gangplank’s raid has pitted his crew against each other. Wenches and seadogs will compete in a capture the bacio event. The winner qualifies to take the prize. Pirate Week!
Time: 9:00 PM PDT/12:00 AM EST (Tuesday)
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