If you tell us you want to have events on your camp, we will be strive to place you well on the sims for lowest possible visual lag. If you provide us with a schedule we can try to place camps in such a way that they do not interfere with each other's activities too much. (This does not mean camps cannot have events going on at the same time - it means if we see there are overlapping schedules we may try to place you in such a way that there is as little interference as possible between the camps.) Regions have limits to how many avatars can be on a region at the same time - this is another reason we ask this question, so we can try to avoid "full sim" situations as much as we can.

If you do not answer this question accurately and we find that you have an active camp that will adversely affect others, we may move you to a more appropriate spot. While sound volume is not an issue at Burn2, lag levels are a concern. Avatars bring lag, and so when a region gets too crowded, things can stop working and people can't have fun.

"Active events" are: music, parties, performances, meditation sessions, readings, etc. Anything that brings multiple people to your camp at the same time.

**NOTE: Very active or "big draw" camps will not be placed on either the Man or Temple regions. This is an effort to avoid having "full sim" situations when people want to be able to visit the Temple or Man. Those sound camps will be placed in other regions instead. Let us know! Please show your communal effort in making this possible and be as clear as you can, to help us give you the best placement that we can.

HUBS (Humans Uniting for Better Sustainability)

If your camp is going to be part of a village, let us know. Tell us which of the other camps will be part of that village so we can make our best efforts to group your camps together, in what we call HUBS villages.

A village can be composed of two sound camps with complementary schedules, with a couple of smaller camps placed nearby.

It could be a large sound camp and smaller sound camp (they share a stage and schedule), plus art camp, and friend camps all grouped together.

Art villages are also possible! A group of artists who want their camps to be near each other. They could even share a schedule of activities or shows in their village for the public to know about!

A group of camps with people all in the same RL time zone.

All sorts of possibilities here!

We have the Builder's Guildelines. The Ten Principles are the same at Burn2 as at Burning Man. We also must follow the rules as set out by the Lindens in the Terms of Service. Not having read these things is not a defense for breaking them. Knowing these rules is YOUR responsibility.

Get familiar with these:
Linden Lab Terms of Service
Maturity Ratings
Ten Principles of Burning Man
Builder Guidelines

We do have a second set of rules governing the "low rules" sim, named Anarchy. This may sound fabulous on the face of things, but it does come with responsibility. If you have a problem with another plot owner, you must sort it out with them. We are all adults, and it is not the job of Burn2 staff or Burn2 Rangers to be your parents. How people use the "low rules" sim this year, will determine if we have it again next year.

New at Burn2: HUBS (Humans United for Better Sustainability)

In 2022, we offered camps the opportunity to manage their own schedules and stages through Burn2's website. Those who tried it, found it gives them great advantages: better control over their own scheduling, ability to cancel and reschedule. We're going to offer this again this year!

This year we are taking this a bit further. We want to emulate a system that was first used at BRC in 2022, called HUBS (Humans Uniting for Better Sustainability). It is a system that is designed for camps to partner up and share resources such as power, water, transportation. Placement has always tried to place camps together when requested, but HUBS camps who are partnering together at BRC to share resources get priority placement.

But what resources are there in a virtual world? Sound stages. Art installations can be shareable experiences for participants. Common areas for activities. Share the same schedule among participating camps. Shared schedules can feature not only music on the shared stage, but also activities on partner camps in a HUBS village, such as art installation shows or activities that bring Burners together. Camps can be those that are complementary in what they feature or their active hours, or they can be sound camps that are willing to share the stage and schedule resources together. Even a group of camps of people in the same RL time zone! All sorts of possibilities here.

This is our effort to "echo" Black Rock City just a bit more, but in a virtual way. Communal effort and civic responsibility can be magical!

Participating in a HUBS is not required. We just encourage this because it is such a Burnery thing to do! For a little light reading about HUBS, you can visit this page: https://help.burningman.org/hc/en-us/articles/4415023661204-HUBS-Humans-Uniting-for-Better-Sustainability-

So you want to form a HUBS!
Communicate with the groups or camps that you want to partner up with.

Decide who will be the contact for your HUBS. A HUBS is like a village, a cluster of camps grouped together that share resources.

Let us know! There will be a Plot Owner Questionnaire with additional questions to help us group your camps into HUBS villages if you want that. We want to give you the best placement we can!

IMPORTANT NOTE:
A HUBS village is NOT a 4096sqm (or any size!) plot that is shared among several groups. Each group needs to purchase their own plot in whatever size suits their needs. A large camp can be an "anchor" for the HUBS village, with other smaller size camps placed adjacent to it.
** As always, we will do our very best to give you great placements.