Winter Burn 2021

Artists and creative builders, you are invited to participate in Burn2's Winter Burn event. Get a plot, then create your camp or artistic vision of "what makes things stick together".

If you are a new artist just discovering the art of prim slinging, don't let "I don't know how to make anything" stop you from learning! We encourage participation and learning, sharing knowledge and guiding each other. Fellow creatives will be on hand to help you along and coach you. Novice builders can benefit from workshops hosted by volunteers in the spirit of the Gifting principle.

Established and new, up-and-coming artists alike are enthusiastically invited to bring their creations to the Deep Hole playa.

Each builder is part of and responsible to the community and fellow participants, to build in a manner that does not adversely affect others.

In addition to the Winter Burn theme, PLEASE read and strive to practice the Ten Principles of Burning Man.

As with all Burn2 events, artists must agree to follow the Decommodification Principle, as required by the Burning Man organization: No tip jars, no group joiners, no in-chat promotion spam, no club advertising. We do encourage you to enhance your SL profile and direct people there for more information about you.

NOW, THE RULES

In this context, when we say "artist" we are referring to both artists and builders.

It is a fact of life that in any big community there will be some rules to help things run as safely, smoothly, and as fairly as possible for all in the community. For that reason we ask all artists to respect the following:

• Please keep all parts of your build inside your designated plot. Plots are square, set up in two sizes (described in the sidebar at right) and clearly indicated with plot markers.
• You can visit the Burn2 playa to see the layout. Plot availability is limited because the event is on one sim. Signups are first come, first served.
• Stay within the LI limit for your plot size (found in the sidebar at right). Be considerate of your neighbours and the sim with this limit!

Because we are not using cut parcels for this event (in order to be more generous with LI allowances), plot radios and parcel media settings are not available.

• NO commercial or promotional items, and no landmarks or slurls to off-playa locations.
• No items may be set for sale for greater than L$0 (zero lindens).
• Since the largest build plot is 25m x 25m, megaprims and prims larger than your plot size are not allowed. Height limit is 25m for for 25m x 25m plots and 20m for 20m x 20m plots.
• Mesh is allowed, but please use it wisely.
• No Temp-on-Rez objects.
• Objects that slightly overhang your plot boundary are fine, so long as the overhanging items do not prevent movement under them (make them phantom). They may not encroach on any neighbour's plot. Objects outside the plot boundaries ("MOOP", or "Matter out of Place") may be returned to you - but we will make every effort to first contact you and ask you to make adjustments if needed.
• Please keep texture sizes as low as possible (512x512 or its equivalent) and reuse textures when possible - this makes your build rez quicker and "pop" for visitors.
• Do not use any scripts that require interacting with the region server or external servers/databases, such as scanners, visitor logs, etc. Keep script times to .02ms or less, if possible.
• Minimize the use of lag inducing physical objects.
• Make objects phantom wherever you can. One exception would be an object that is meant to be walked on.
• Use glow sparingly. The effects of glow multiply in an area, so if few sources, strive for a maximum of 0.5, if a lot of glow sources, a total maximum of 0.2.
• Lighting should also be kept within the boundaries of your plot wherever possible. Keep the brightness and radius so that you accomplish this. If you need assistance, ask one of the event staff to help you.
• NO 11th HOUR BUILDING: Please understand, we are a community! Building alongside each other is a great way to get to know your fellow creatives and make friends! Build deadline is 11pm (23.00) SLT on Wednesday, 27 January 2021. This gives us one day to check all builds and have any needed changes or adjustments made on Thursday, before we open Friday the 29th of January.
• If you do not understand any item stated above, please ask! Not sure about something you want to do on your build? ASK! We love people to be better informed and feel better about what we do and why.
• **After the end of the event, we practice "Leave No Trace" and pack everything back up. This is the responsibility of the builder - do not leave it for us to return items. We like to ask artists to please leave builds in place through the week after the event closes, so visitors can enjoy the builds when things are quieter. The "Leave No Trace" deadline for Winter Burn is Friday the 5th of February, no later than 11 PM (23.00) SLT.**
• If your creative vision does not quite fit in with all that is outlined, please call on placement lead iSkye Silverweb, or the event lead (3V (3vilyn)) to discuss ways that this may be achieved.