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1. 5 letters game

   Goading Ambient Mediocrity Elicits Daring DEEDS

2. Easter video message at Sedgewick Church

   Easter weekend video message from the Reverend Billy Graham. On behalf of the Duke and Duchess of Avon, we invite you to visit the church in Sedgewick, this Easter weekend. Come anytime, to see a recorded message. Just click on the TV in the church. http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Sedgewick/185/193/22

3. 2025 Second Life concurrency statistics are out

   You've been socially engineered from the first day you walked onto SL. You just done it so often for so long, you consider it normal.

4. 2025 Second Life concurrency statistics are out

   They could've tested this on April 1st, missed a great opportunity there.

5. Voice Service Disruption on April 1, 2026

   On April 1st, some of you experienced issues with inworld voice, including trouble connecting or unexpected audio drops. We know how important voice is for socializing, events, and everyday interactions in Second Life, and we take disruptions like this seriously - this is why we’ve been careful in rolling out the updated Voice Services. What Happened Earlier in the day, we expanded the new Voice service to a larger number of regions, and the system began to experience increasing strain as usage grew. Over time, this led to parts of the system becoming overwhelmed, which prevented new voice sessions from being established and caused instability for existing connections. As the system attempted to reroute traffic to keep things running, the added load created a ripple effect that impacted multiple regions. How We Fixed It Once our engineering team identified the issue, we acted quickly to stabilize the service by expanding capacity and redistributing traffic across additional resources. This allowed voice connections to recover and return to normal operation. What We’re Doing Next We’re taking several steps to reduce the likelihood of this happening again and to improve how quickly we respond if it does: Better monitoring and alerts so our engineers are notified immediately when issues begin Increased system capacity to better handle peak usage Improvements to traffic management to prevent cascading failures during high load Ongoing infrastructure review to ensure long-term stability and scalability Looking Ahead: WebRTC Voice This incident underscores why we’re continuing to invest in our next-generation voice system - and why we’ve been so carefully pressure-testing our systems during the rollout. Our WebRTC-based voice service is designed to be more resilient and scalable, while also delivering a significantly improved experience. Residents can expect crystal-clear audio that feels more natural and immersive, ultra-low latency for real-time conversations without frustrating delays, and near-instant connections when joining voice channels. WebRTC will also open the door for new features such as transcription and text-to-speech. These improvements will not only enhance everyday communication, but also help ensure greater stability as voice usage continues to grow across Second Life. Thank You We appreciate your patience while we worked to resolve this issue. Your reports helped us quickly understand the scope of the problem, and we’re committed to continuing improvements to make Second Life more reliable for everyone.