The first Metaverse Association Contest “Gadgets & Tools”, to be held in Second Life,  is about the challenge to create a smart gadget or tool that adds something to the functionality of Second Life and / or between Second Life and “Real Life”.
The contest is meant for individual developpers, and contestants who want to take part are asked to subscribe on personal title.

Rules to subscription are:

• Just individual subscriptions (so not groups or teams)
• The gadget or tool to be submitted can either be a Second Life tool or a Second Life -/Real Life-tool
• Subscription before 12 May (so we have time to make a sort of presentation scedule and all preparations needed to make this a success.
• Agree to present the gadget or tool in English or French on 19 May 2009, between 20:00 and 23:00 (Paris time / 11.00 am - 2.00 pm SLT) to the jury and an audience. (Max 10 minutes)

Info needed to subscribe:

• Avatar name
• Name of the gadget or tool
• A short description of the tool/gadget (max 100 words)
• How many prims it needs to be shown (so that we are sure to save enough prims)
• Whether you want to show slides (or video) with the presentation
• Your URL, if you have one.
• (optional) If possible a screenshot or picture of the gadget or tool
• (optional) portrait and short bio of the participant, for the metaverse galerie.. but of course this can also be done at the Galerie and then we can help with this.

Offers:

1. First prize: 3000 L$ and a shop at Metaverse Shops for 3 months to sell or give away tools and gadgets. (30 prims) from 20 May until 20 August
2. Second prize: 2000 L$ and half a shop at Metaverse Shops for 3 months to sell or give away tools and gadgets. (15 prims) from 20 May until 20 August
3. Third prize: 1000 L$ and half a shop at Metaverse Shops for 3 month to sell or give away tools and gadgets. (15 prims) from 20 May until 20 August

All other participants: the option to sell (against 20% commission) or give away the presented tool in the Metaverse Shops.( 5 prims)

Jury

Because we really consider that the creations brought in are  the precious “fruits” of creative and smart minds, we want to treat them fair and with respect. It is therefor that we really want to try to bring together a group of people, of whom we know that they understand the importance of innovations and development.

For this reason, and of course because we don’t want the honored members of the jury being bribed or blackmailed We will only announce the full jury only short before the actual contest.

Subscriptions can be send inworld on a notecard to Mallory Destiny, PhilippeO Janus or ssm2017 Binder.