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And they’re off - The Pond Cup

Started by Lowell Cremorne · 11 months ago

Today I received notification that Telstra are running an event to coincide with the Melbourne Cup on their Ponderosa sim. Direct from the announcement:
” - Ten virtual horses racing for a prize of $5,000 Linden, plus 2nd and 3rd place prizes
- The âPond Car Park%E ... Continue reading »

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Marsoups
1 year ago

I went to this event and I must say, this was probably one of the worst organized events I've found on SL...

The announcer refused to use text as a communication tool, and had his microphone turned on the whole time ... He did have a good go at giving a sort of running commentary, but then after the race there was a half hour where we listened to him typing and breathing into the microphone, without any response or any inclincation of what was actually going on...

I think the majority of folks where standing around in IM, waiting for something to happen. Very unclear , and confusing... While it's a good start, let's hope they can better that next year..

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