Go4Goal Hunt

All good things come to an end...

2010-07-13T06:51:00.000-07:00

Spain won the World Cup! Yayy - so congratz to our spanish friends :-) Also things come back to normal a bit. The dancefloor from the Go4Goal Closing Party found its way back in the inventory and the Go4Goal Signs disappeared since the hunt is officially over.
So - the last thing to do is closing the blog also. And herewith we officially close this blog here with all the rantings, all the showcases of the huntgifts, all discussions about trademark issues and all the fun stuff we published here :-)
And we want to take the opportunity to answer some maybe open questions.
First of all: Yes - there will be another hunt. There are no dates for the hunt yet and nothing is fixed. There is not even a name or an application phase for the hunt - but lets put it that way: We have some ideas.
Yes - we will keep the Sports Hunt Group up and running since we definitely will do a sport related hunt in the future again.
Yes - all vendors of the Go4Goal-Hunt will be the first to know when we start a new project. Honestly - this one ran quite smooth and that is also because of you guys. We received very flattering compliments on the hunt from all around the world and even from Linden Labs themselves. But this seems a bit unfair to us cause you guys did a terrific job and reacted so quick on troublespots and problems - so this is definitely to salute everyone involved in the hunt. You guys rock!
And while we are at it: It is time to shout thanxx to many people. Without them this one would not have been possible to do: First of all the vendors in the "second row" who missed the application deadline or had some problems with their internetconnection who gratefully jumped in some open places that popped up after the hunt started. You guys have been so quick - without you we still would have some troublespots.
A big hug goes out to every blogger out there who accompanied the hunt with their marvellous entries. That helped so much to spread the word about the hunt.
And last but not least all the hunters who did the hunt. I mean - what is a hunt without hunters, right? :-) Also the "inofficial" hintlists we received and the love and some ideas about what to do better and stuff. This is very much appreciated since we try to grow on that :-)
Ok - thats about it. The hunt is over and the blog is closed. The Go4Goal-Team Marcuz Palen, Dagmar Haiku, Manuel Ormidale and Paco Pooley is sending out kisses and hugs to everyone. And be sure that we all will see each other again with further projects... :-)

Oh - this one we nearly forgot: Yes - we are taking a little break to recover before we jump in the planning phase of another crazy thing ;-) But please feel free to drop us notes or IM's ^^

What are you waiting for? :-)

2010-07-10T10:23:00.000-07:00

The party just has started. Brillant music, fantastic crowd and lots of nice stuff, freebies and dollarbies provided by the vendors of the Go4Goal Hunt. Come over NOW and dance to the tunes of:

Miranda Milestone 10 a.m. - 12 a.m.
M4TT Humphreys 12 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
AOD 2:30 p.m. - 5 p.m.

Don't be shy - just grab your cab here
More fun than a box full of monkeys ;-)

Can`t wait till tomorrow

2010-07-09T11:08:00.001-07:00

When hearing that there will be a end of the hunt party i got very excited and wanted to watch everything. I sat on the roof and used some glases to watch Paco and Manuel decorate their backyard. But i got very bored but on the other way i wanted to see how all the store owners put their items in their boothes. So i grabbed a football and started to play with it. Sometimes i kicked it by mistake in a booth heared an angry grunting and the ball got kicked back to me. But of course i managed to catch it again. Manuel stood behind the party sign and yelled at me to stop.
But of course i didn t. I even went on and tried to make him play football with me.
The party will take part tomorrow at the 10th of July from 10 am SLT till 5 pm SLT. A lot of vendors have a booth there and show some of their items. So if you rushed through the hunt you have a chance to see now what other things the shops build who took part in the hunt. For example the dress on the picture's is a dollarbie from Hasi's and sold at the party yard and the poses are from Juice.

Dress: Hasi`s Babydoll Dress orange (1 Linden at the go4goal party (its allready available)
Poses: Juice - 6 Football Poses (200 Linden)

The Party's coming closer

2010-07-08T04:03:00.000-07:00

Yeah, it's coming closer. The big event wich close the Go4Goal Hunt. All vendors say thank you to the hunters who made this hunt so great. So YOU are invited the Go4Goal Closing Party. Keep an eye on the blog for informations about the DJ Line-Up and direct teleport coming soon.

Go4Goal Closing Party

2010-07-05T13:24:00.000-07:00

Yeah ... the world cup final is coming closer. And wonderful teams played for the finals. Time for us, to celebrate the great Go4Goal Hunt.

So mark the date, and join the party.

All fixed!

2010-06-26T03:56:00.000-07:00

The last three days have been surprising and meant a lot of work for everyone connected to the hunt. But I am very happy to say - all is fixed again! Yayy!
And even more - you already did the hunt? Maybe you should do it once again, cause many shopowners did a brand new gift for you soccerfanatics out there! So here is the new sneek-peek on some of the provided gifts. Fasten your seatbelts, strikers ^^

You loved the last cute shoulderbear from Chehalis? Good news, cause here is another one ;-) Cute, cuddly and with a faible for soccer (of course)

Also our friends from Joseph made another soccer sweater which is available by today at their place. Good idea to check back at their place - face it! You just can not have too much sweaters in your virtual closet.

Be greedy ladies. You liked the outfit provided from K! Fashion - wahey - here is yet another sexy one for you. And if you want to have that african vibe also then better check out the leopard print boots.

And again something new for you to wear. IC DESIGN have been very generous and designed these neat soccer shirts for you.

The USC Texture Tomb sends you on a safari with new textures for building, decoration and working with. Bring something african to your virtual home :-)

And not enough - these are just SOME of the new gifts to get at the Go4Goal Hunt. But we are right now in the process of working on another surprise for you guys! So better be posted on this blog - cause more is yet to come.

Organisers Notes regarding Trademark Violations

2010-06-24T05:41:00.000-07:00

Dear vendors, hunters and whom it may concern,

the last days brought some unsecurities to the hunt and this note is to sort them all out. First of all – and maybe the most important news to everyone: The hunt is still on and it will run til its end 11th July 2010. :-)

Nevertheless we have to look into these trademark and copyright issues. Therefore I will take the opportunity of this blog to make several things clearer (hopefully)

As you probably know we have been contacted by Linden Labs regarding possible trademark violations. That does not mean that the guys from Linden are the bad guys who want to spoil the fun for everyone. See it as hint that there maybe could be some copyright issues with your huntgift or also maybe with some sales items you are providing. There are no good guys or bad guys in this game. Copyright protection is a really complicated topic. And also I will tell you all out there that Linden Labs are huge fans of the hunt and are quite supportive.

What am I allowed to use and what not?
In this special case FIFA protected nearly everything that stands in relation to the World Cup in South Africa. That means: every symbol, every logo, every mascot, the cup itself but even combination of words containing "World Cup" are registered trademarks and must not be used for any kind of item. This also goes for logos of sportswear manufacturers like adidas, puma, nike, ...etc. And it also concernes the new soccerball the teams are using in the match.
BUT: This does not count for flags like i.e. the South African Flag, the German Flag...etc. as long as you use it not in an insulting way (burning flags, ripped flags...etc.). This also does not count for the old soccerball we use as huntitem (the one with the octagons on it).
So if you have used any of the above mentioned symbols or words better remove them. And here comes the challenge: We are in SECOND LIFE and everything is possible here. You can make up your mind about a "fictional" sports manufacturer on your own. Do not use three stripes but two or four. Do not use the Nike-Hook but a wave. Do not use the puma but a kittycat or a coyote. You see - the range is wide open and all of us in SL are quite creative in making things up - a small logo should not be the point of just giving up ;-)

Picture- and Personal rights:
This is also a very tricky one. It can cause problems if you use photographs of soccerplayers, trainers and even arenas for your gift. Many people are not aware of that also pictures of avatars in SL count under personal rights! So if you use i.e. Pictures of hunters in your store for your huntblog this can be a violation of personal rights of SL-residents. Of course you can always ask them if you are allowed to use the picture and if they agree you are absolutely on the safe side.
So if you have used pictures of celebrities for one of your items (either for the hunt or in general on sales items) better replace them with i.e. a leopard or zebra pattern. Nearly anything goes as long as you made it on your own and not just took it out of google picture search and pasted it on your item.

What is this all about? I mean - i give away the item for free...
That is right - we all do not make money - either virtual or real life currency - out of this.
BUT: The FIFA and also the sport manufacturers payed really big money to protect their brands. That includes also the possibility to sell their brands to i.e. broadcaster who are allowed to use them during the games. On the bottom line FIFA could come to the idea to sell their logos and brands to one vendor in SL exclusivly and make money out of it. And that is where the problems start: If the vendor pays the FIFA for using their brands on his clothing, furniture or whatever, the vendor needs to be sure about that he/she is the ONLY one using the brands. The very same goes for picture copyrights and personal copyrights.

OMG - they gonna get your ass in jail for that...
Nope, they are not. We are the organisers of this hunt and we did not violated any of the above mentioned trademarks. But as organisers we do want to stress this issue to all people out there. By the way - this is exactly the same thing Linden Labs did with us. And again - it is not that Linden Labs wants to cancel the hunt or all the fun. It is - like we do now - to make people aware of possible issues.

OMG - they gonna get MY ass in jail for that...
Nope, they are not. Even if you used a symbol or did a trademark violation by just not knowing about the rights. But therefore it is essential that you all check with your huntgifts AND your salesitems in the store if there is such a thing like the above mentioned problems. And if there is - alter that a.s.a.p. Use "Soccerfun South Africa" instead of "Wold Cup 2010" or even "The Beautiful Game" (which is very british by the way ;-) ). Remove the issued logos and brands from your huntgifts AND from your gift-promotionshots! Like said above - use your imagination. If your store is on a sim called "Posemuckelhausen" make up your mind about the gears of the "Posemuckelhausen Soccer Team" (even if they did not made it in the finals of the cup ;-) ).

Final thoughts about trademark violations and copyright protection:
Without bragging the Go4Goalhunt is right now one of the most awared hunts at this time of the year which is quite natural since the World Cup is up and running. The above written stuff is specific for the vendors of the G4GH. But that also goes with every item that can be seen offworld - may it be a movieposter, a motorcicle, a comicbook character or whatever. It has been a grey area in SL for a long time - but since this issues hit us like a bolt of lightning the last two days this is the possibility to check and doublecheck and also to discuss this topic. In fact a discussion would be quite helpful - so let us know your thoughts about that - either via e-mail or IM's or notecards. We will publish them here in this blog (if you allow us) with making your name/avatar name invisible. The blog is a wonderful tool to share and so is also the Sports Hunt Group.

We provide here again the link to the trademark guidlines provided by FIFA:

Trademark Guidlines

In any case: If you have any questions or still feel insecure about that topic - you can always call Manuel and myself inworld. :-)

Hugz and Love

IMPORTANT READ!

2010-06-22T17:16:00.000-07:00

Dear readers, hunters and vendors,
we received an e-mail today from Linden Labs regarding possible trademark violations with the huntgifts. That means the usage of copyright protected logos, symbols, signs but also logo-writings and mascots.
We have informed the shopowners with the issued huntgifts inworld already via notecards or in IM's. Most of them will alter their huntgifts to something that they made up or are free to use (like flags or selfmade illustrations of soccerballs...etc.). Nevertheless: we highly recommend that every shopowner doublechecks with their gifts if there could be a legal issue with it. If you are unsure about it - here are the trademark guidelines provided by FIFA:

TRADEMARK GUIDELINES

Also we have removed the issuable promotionpictures of the huntgifts from this blog and replaced them with a placeholder. Of course we will show the new and altered huntgifts as soon as we receive the new pictures.
I might happen that some landmarks in the gifts lead to places who have taken out their gift because of above mentioned issues. So hunters - please check the hint-page here - we update it as soon as we have the information.
Thank you for your support

Facing the end of the group matches...

2010-06-22T02:24:00.000-07:00

Oh yeah - the group matches are nearly over and it is getting more and more tense in South Africa. We have seen some surprises - good ones and not so good ones yeat. I guess these gifts will surprise you in a good way :-)

Feeling like you scored? Show everybody in Second Life with these neat soccer pose set from Milestone Creations.

This denim dress is the second gift from K! Fashion - remember they have hidden two balls in each of their wings of the store!

These fan outfits come from IC DESIGN and as you can see in the pictures - there are some for the boys and some for the girls also.

Want to make your own soccer home or just a place to show your soccer appreciation? No problem at all anymore cause USC Texture Tomb donated these texture boxes for some individual World Cup Fun.

Get excited!

2010-06-21T00:40:00.000-07:00

inally the matches heaten up a bit. This weekend we witnessed some really great and surprising games in the telly. Time for some excitement... ;-)

This nice suit is the gift from Lemania Indigo Designs - and do not get fooled by the pretty lady on the picture boys: This one is unisex :-)

22769 casual couture donated two gifts for the hunt - this is one of both: The south african trainer for boys and girls.

And finally something to decorate your home: Icarus video and lightning designed this unique lamp with ontouch lightning for the hunt.

Ready for some soccerfun

2010-06-20T06:26:00.000-07:00

And again we dive deep in soccergears and stuff that is absolutely essential for a nice fair game of soccer.

Of course you can kick some balls barefoot but we highly recommend these cleats from DUH!

The POLBRESION MANKESI shop donates many shirts for some nice soccer action on the green and also for beeing perfectly dressed as fan.

The La Quintessenza Art Gallery has put not one, not two, but four original soccerartworks in their gift. But not enough - they provide you also with this nice soccergear.

X-Clusive Animations made up their mind for a brillant gift: A goal with an arguing animation between the referee and the keeper. Really funny!

Reading about the hunt 2.0

2010-06-19T06:31:00.000-07:00

The hunt made it again into the blogs. Here a list of them:

Arya Braveheart has a lovely blog where she shows what she loves in sl. She wrote three entries about the go4goal hunt. And she added some lovely pictures she made herself.
http://aryasheart.blogspot.com/2010/06/be-vewy-vewy-quiet-im-huntin.html

http://aryasheart.blogspot.com/2010/06/going-on-hunt.html

http://aryasheart.blogspot.com/2010/06/score.html

Carson Caiben did it again. And wrote again about the hunt on his blog. This time he had a look at the skins.

http://carsoncaiben.wordpress.com/2010/06/12/skins-and-soccer/

He also posted this on Fabfree.

http://fabfree.wordpress.com/2010/06/12/skins-and-soccer/

http://fabfree.wordpress.com/2010/06/14/doin-the-hell-bop/

http://fabfree.wordpress.com/2010/06/15/collegiate-life/

http://fabfree.wordpress.com/2010/06/15/lounge-lizard/

http://fabfree.wordpress.com/2010/06/16/not-too-shabby/

http://fabfree.wordpress.com/2010/06/18/cross-your-tees/

And the blog about skins and soccer is also findable here:

http://coolweather.dreamhosters.com/general/skins-and-soccer.html

Here an other blog from Carson:

http://slchiccritique.com/?p=43295

This blog entry is really special. It shows nearly all gifts which are available in the hunt. I have no clue how much time it took to do this entry but i could imagine that it must have been a while. Its really impressing. And i have to admit it made me grin, as all items are shown on a male avatar.

http://congrejo.wordpress.com/2010/06/16/g4g-geschenke/

The hunt made it again on the Fashion and freebies for men blog.

http://ffform.blogspot.com/2010/06/look-of-day_16.html

http://ffform.blogspot.com/2010/06/no-good-headline.html

Amarelo is a very colourful blog and they wrote about the hunt. The picture they used for the blog entry is fun.

http://florheld.blogspot.com/2010/06/your-world-cup-love-on-second-life.html

Its tricky to say something about Rio Diary as its a bit tricky to understand the language but the hunt is in it.

http://happilydiary.slmame.com/d2010-06-11.html

Here the vintage outfit from 22769 got blogged. And also a skin which isn t in the hunt but looks like it is worth to grab it.

http://laerkelevenquesl.blogspot.com/2010/06/22769-g4gh-vintage-girls-hunt-itensmash.html

Here the outfit from lnl got blogged and also some more football related items. And paco one of the organisators of the hunt is abused as slave.

http://lookwhathecatbrought.blogspot.com/2010/06/arrr-do-what-i-want.html

http://lookwhathecatbrought.blogspot.com/2010/06/playing-alone.html

Some football related items from the hunt are also shown here:

http://mimundosl.blogspot.com/2010/06/fanaticos-de-futbol-mundial.html

Shayariel also wrote again about the go4goal hunt.

http://shayariels-world-of-sl-fashion.blogspot.com/2010/06/megan-likes-jesy.html

The hunt even made it on free*style.

http://slfreestyle.blogspot.com/2010/06/goooooooaaalll.html

The blogger of this entry seems to love the jeans from d-design very much:

http://www.sldiscovery.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=22&Itemid=36

The lamps from the hunt are shown here:

http://xantheaudeburgh.wordpress.com/2010/06/12/ultra-cute-table-lamps-g4g-hunt-prize/

And last but not least four entries on topsecret. This is an other blog for men and shows nice pictures of the hunt items.

http://topsecretfinds.blogspot.com/2010/06/italia-ti-amo.html

http://topsecretfinds.blogspot.com/2010/06/go4goal.html

http://topsecretfinds.blogspot.com/2010/06/sophistishapes.html

http://topsecretfinds.blogspot.com/2010/06/stylesuckscom.html

Blame the referee!

2010-06-19T06:29:00.000-07:00

Todays post is totally on shirts, jumpers and the referees. So better get this one started :-)

Josef crafted this neat World Cup Sweater with sculpted sleeve cuffs for the Go4Goal Hunt.

Juice is gifting you this goalie soccer shirt also with prim cuffs.

Dogstar sends you to a safari with this unique shirt.

After yesterdays matches it really is not easy to post this one ^^. But nevertheless: G-Series donates the full referee outfit complete with whistle and hopefully not so many yellow and red cards like seen on friday.

Trousers galore, and no trousers at all

2010-06-18T00:37:00.000-07:00

As you can imagine we have lots of tricots and jumpers with national flags in the hunt. But todays post is dedicated to trousers that can be found in the huntgifts.

These brown jeans are the gift from D-Design. They have an unisex fit and nice subtile african patterns and tucks for that special African flair.

B Side Couture donated these flowerish Beach Shorts with sculpted cuffs and drownstraines.

PEER kicks it like Beckham with the unisex Beckham-denims in grey stonewash style.

And finally the third gift from GESAMTKUNSTWERK is a complete soccer ball avatar with jumping animation. And as you might have guessed - you need no trousers at all for this one ;-)

Something to dress up

2010-06-17T01:40:00.000-07:00

Here is a nice mixture of gifts you can find with the Go4Goal Hunt. Something to dress up, something for your shoulders and something skindeep - so lets get this started :-)

(coZy in heLL) Wonderland donates two gifts. There is this cute African skin with tribal tattoos for the girls and the "Love for South Africa-Tee" for the lads.

As you probably know - it is winter right now in South Africa. Style Extrem thought about that and put the stylish unisex windbreaker in South African Style in their gift.

Like said in the previous post the guys from GESAMTKUNSTWERK have crafted many gifts for the hunt - so this one here is also to find in their soccerball. Obviously it is the fan-gear from the German team - so make a guess from which state the owners come from ;-)

Chehalis Design did a brillant job to combine the topics soccer with Aouth Africa. You can find the cute shoulder-bear together with the soccerball-necklace hidden in their store.

Spotlight on accessoires

2010-06-16T00:32:00.000-07:00

In todays post we will have a closer look on the accessoires you will receive when you find the soccerballs in the hunt.

These neat necklaces for male and female soccerfans can be found at Secret October.

This unisex soccerbelt in denim stlye with flexi chains comes with a resizer and was donated by Cortes 'n' Rossini.

GESAMTKUNSTWERK made a couple of gifts for the Go4Goal Hunt. This is one of them - the green arena-playground hair.

COGOO gifts a real showbag for soccerfans. You can expect a cute soccerbra, a couchpotato tee and also a couchpotato goal animation - like we will see in many livingrooms these days ;-)

And what is a couchpotato without a decent soccersofa? This one is the gift from Simply Basic.

2010-06-15T02:07:00.000-07:00

Dear vendors and bloggers,
a befriended blogger thankfully passed us a notecard regarding possible real life IP RIGHT VIOLATIONS. We want to stress here that ALL OFFICIAL LOGOS of the soccer world cup are registered trademarks - same goes for the official soccer outfits of all the teams fighting for the cup right now. I also want to explain that this hunt is all about fun and devotion to the games in South Africa and that none of you vendors and bloggers are gaining virtual or real life sales with this hunt.
But nevertheless - to be on the safe side and not to face some RL legal problems - it might be clever to AVOID these trademarks. If you have used them please consider to exchange them to something you made up on your own (like we did with the hunt sign).
For you bloggers also - please avoid to use official logos or photographys as background for showing off the goodies of the hunt. You can find a very good explanation about legal stuff with links to official websites here.
Thanxx for your support and consideration :-)

Baggys on the soccerfield

2010-06-15T01:52:00.000-07:00

Every soccerfan wants to look good while he is cheering for his team. So todays post is devoted to stylish baggys you will receive as gifts in the hunt.

These baggys come with a texture changer (for the right flag of your team) and also with a flag to wave and cheer. It is donated by AoD-Designz.

Fico Style bring you this up to date baggy outfit with beacon.

Also Fashion Evolution donates an outfit containing baggies and a neat yellow poloshirt.

And finally NUX System build a splendid playground for some soccer action for you: A complete soccer field.

On Safari

2010-06-14T01:04:00.000-07:00

The theme of the hunt is soccer but also Africa, since South Africa is hosting the World Cup 2010. In todays post I will focus on the wonderful creations with the african vibe again to show off the creativity of the shopowners and also introduce you to items that you normally will not find with other hunts. Also most of the todays items come from shops which never actually have attended a hunt before - so there are many new shops to explore with this one - or in other words: Welcome to the hunt-safari :-)

This cute "Majordoll"-Dress with Zebrapatterns comes from Orquidea and is the perfect fit for a Safari.

These outfits for her and him are donated by a shop called CACAO - a shop for traditional african clothing.

Going wild with this unisex tribal necklace from PA Designe.

And finally resting from todays safari on this deluxe fireplace from Fearless Nation.

Showing off some soccer appreciation

2010-06-13T03:29:00.000-07:00

Soccer is big fun - and these accessories and special items transfer some of the fun in your second life...

This cute soccer-tattoo for the boys and the girls is the gift donated by White widow - let your body be the canvass for some ink-art.

Watching too much soccer on the telly can make your eyes go screwy ;-) Show everybody your appreciaton for soccer with the soccer-eyes from Dark Desires Custom Tattoos by Layla.

These sweatpants from A:S:S come together with the "outch, that hurts"-pose and the crotch soccerball. Believe me boys and girls - these pants give you a way cute butt!

NG Creations have put these african coloured soccershoes in their gift. For the boys and for the girls (with high heels - cause girls want to kick it with style ^^). Both versions have "kick-action"

Since the German Team is playing tonight (sorry for beeing biased on this one) I really hope that the German trainer Jogi Loew got the striker distracting defence line from Wisent-Animations... ;-)

Reading about the hunt

2010-06-12T10:34:00.000-07:00

The goal has been blogged and not only once. Several blogs showed items from the hunt.
Here we like to link the blog entries we have found yet.

Fashion + Freebies for Men is one of the top blogs for freebies for men in second life. And you could find three blog entries about the go4goal hunt there.
go-for-goals
some-more-stuff
get-ready-for-more-colour

Carson Caiben writes for several blogs and has also an own blog, named Mens Where?. There he wrote two times about the go4goal hunt.
he scores
go 4 goal

He also wrote those entries on FabFree – Fabulously Free in SL. This is one of the biggest second life freebie blogs and always worth to have a look at.
he scores
go 4 goal

Shayariel Teardrop has a wonderful blog named Shay and the SL Shopping Gang. She is very fast in blogging and makes amazing pictures. To say it short that girl has talent and i have to add she is very nice and helpful.
helele-go-4-goal-with-22769
waka waka and allez ola ole g4g you
goal there can only be one winner
more g4g hunt goodies

Resas Freebie corner is a german blog about freebies. They wrote a entry about the whole hunt.
the-go4goal-hunt-in-sl

Shiawase Ltd. as the wonderful slogan: "When other dream, we do!". And they wrote also an entry about the whole hunt.
The Go4Goal Hunt

I suppose nearly everybody knows Make him over. They organize great hunts for guys and the site is always useful for mens fashion. And the hunt also made it on that site.
dressing up by eros

Giandra Button from Mi Mundo SL wrote a great entry about the gift from crayon design. Have a look at the pictures they are amazing.
sur africa

Now its getting embarrassing as i have to write about my own blog entries. At the moment i write for two blogs look what the cat brought and sldiscovery.
I wrote those for look what the cat brought:
on safari
going to watch the game
go 4 goal preview

Sldiscovery is a site which is much more than a freebieblog. Its about the many things in second life so they also write entries about exhibitions or great places to visit. I wrote an other safari blog for them.
on safari

There are many many more blogentries out there cause some bloggers write for many blogs simultaniously. If you like to give your items to a blogger it might be a good idea to have a look at this site: slfashionconnection .
If you found a blogentry which is not mentioned here feel free to send the link to Paco Pooley or Dagmar Haiku.

From Africa to Dortmund

2010-06-12T00:47:00.000-07:00

After the African related items yesterday we will show you today some more soccerrelated gifts from the hunt again. But let's start with a gift that makes the perfect crossover between Africa and Soccer ;-)The "soccer-ostrich" and the "pose-ostrich" are donated by Country Of The Kings Of Fantasy. The pose-ostrich comes with plenty poses and hides his head in the sand and rases it up by your command.

Talking 'bout poses. These soccerposes have been used for many blogentries and gift-pix of the Go4Goalhunt. No Strings Attached provided them as gift for the hunt.

So you can see the above mentioned poses also in this giftshot. It is a unique South-Africa-Tee (for him and her) and a fan-wristband. There are two soccerballs to find at stylesucks.com!

And finally for todays post SOMAPOP included not only this Baron Munchhausen-Soccerball but also soccershirts galore (and also one of Borussia Dortmund ^^)!

Something African 4 U:

2010-06-11T06:28:00.000-07:00

Since we have showed off some of the soccer hunt gifts already we decided to bring some South African feeling to your screen. These are some of the gifts you will receive during the hunt :-)

The "African Queen"- and the unisex "Safari"-Outfit can be found at Crayon Design

The matching "Leopard Print Boots" are one of the two hidden gifts at K! Fashion
and this wonderful "African Hut" is the donated gift from PrymWynly

Stay tuned for some more Huntgifts to be displayed here in this Blog. Next time we will focus more on the soccer side ;-)
Happy hunting :-)

Hints for you ...

2010-06-11T03:32:00.000-07:00

Dear Hunters,

the vendors have prepared a lot of hints, to make it probaly a 'lil bit easier for you to find the hidden soccerballs.

22769 casual couture | TWO SOCCERBALLS HIDDEN #1 & #2 we love to be with green
B&T Atelier | Hopefully the soccer ball can stand the heat.
>> NG Creations << | ... don't be lazy, come on for some soccer action and jump for the ball ...
White Widow |Why don't you look me in eyes?
Cacao | Those men in Nigerian dress have just kicked the ball -- must be a goal!
Wisent Animations | Take a seat, make a break and in a COUPLE of minutes you can go on :) Happy Hunting!!!
Petunia | no hint given yet
B-Side Couture | no hint given yet
Pasarella | Freebies are good and so are special sales
stylesucks.com | TWO SOCCERBALLS HIDDEN #1 & #2 you can touch´em, but you better not kick´em...
LGJC Productions (ADULT) | click on the easel for a hint
Tivenchy | "for perfect nights"
DiBoutanical Garden Center | Go Bananas
SOMAPOP | 2nd floor, look for wood:-)
ORQUIDEA | Hanging out with 2 blushing brides
DUH! | I wish my team good luck!
PrimWynly | Do you need EXTRA TIME to find the ball?
Schwarz | no hint given yet
Dark Desires Custom Tattoos | Please touch the hint-giver next to the 'Upcoming/Current Events' Sign for all Dark Desires Custom Tattoos hunt hints... thank you and good luck! :)
Crayon Design | TWO SOCCERBALLS HIDDEN #1 & #2 sometimes it helps when you turn on the lights
Elite Couture Designs | follow the road towards twilight eclipse onto the steps
Juice .:. Fresh Menswear | no hint given yet
Architextures from Baily Studios | This obstacle stands in the way of your goal.
Guhl / Silverline | Balls on the Floor
*Josef* | How do you keep your balls cold in the African heat ???
AoD Designz | no hint needed ;-)
PP Games Corporation | Hidden like a mouse, you will find the ball
COGOO | Who knows... cats knows!
DRAMA-ZONE | a woman with three balls
{coZy in heLL} Wonderland | no hint given yet
Toritire Clothing | no hint given yet
Fico Style | Shoes are not for walking :-)
La Quintessenza Art Gallery | If you like the art you can enter the gallery, but the ball is out between the falling water and the house of God
LnL Square | Click the red "I" at the Landing Point for an updated hint!
Milestone Creations | Even Wizards play Soccer. (The teleporter might help.)
Chehalis Design | no hint given yet
Action | OUT OF HUNT PLEASE JUMP TO NEXT LOCATION
Icarus video and lighting | I love watching myself
X-Clusive Animations (ADULT!) | See easel instore for hint
GESAMTKUNSTWERK | Find it at the safest place
Alexohol Fashions | no hint given yet
USC Texture Tomb | I kicked the ball hard and long and then lost it among the sale boxes.
TKO Total Knockout | no hint given yet
M&M Deco | the field is green, the ball is round
Hasi's | no hint given yet
SR Leatherwerkx | "Bounce, bounce, bounce I go. You could look high, But best to look low!"
Angel's Heaven | OUT OF HUNT PLEASE JUMP TO NEXT LOCATION

A:S:S | Go Play with water
Caladesi island Company | Cheap shoes are nice, but cheap shots arnt
K! Fashion | TWO SOCCERBALLS HIDDEN #1: The Lion doesnt sleep tonight, #2: eighth stiff neck when sleeping in the afternoon?
Frosted Myst Pillows and More | no hint given yet
Connaught Empire | You better do what she says or you will get a red card!
G-series* | Where do you sit when you watch football at home?
Pestique | This football is just hanging around!
Cortes'n'Rossini | Water goal!
Pink Pet Shop | ask the African drum
D-Design | When the ball hits your head you see all black
'No Strings Attached' | no hint given yet
Curvy Silhouettes Shapes | It's dark in here..I need some light!
Dogstar Mens Casuals | Support your balls !
Sek's Eclectic Kreations | oh no, I have kicked too high. Now i am stuck on the end of this S.
Secret Oktober | no hint given yet
Dark Vision *Gothic Pictures* | no hint given yet
**ETINCELLE** | no hint given yet
Style Extrem | no hint given yet
Same as it never was | no hint given yet
NUX SYSTEM | no hint given yet
PEER | no hint given yet
Frosted Myst Literature and Arts | no hint given yet
Fashion Evolution | Look out the window
Dirty Devil Designs | Look up !
IC DESIGN & BOE | Soccer can change the world!
Simply Basic | no hint given yet
Lemania Indigo Designs | The Playing field is our main store area, search the center store to score your Goal.
Candy Doll | no hint given yet
Fearless Nation | Aim high and stay grounded and you'll be sure to win the prize!
PK Private Collection | no hint given yet
London Girl | no hint given yet
Polbresion Mankesi shop | no hint given yet
PA Designe | no hint given yet
Country of the Kings of fantasy | A Bush can hide an ostrich
Earthly Delights | Someone kicked the ball in the water
Thunder 'N Lightning | how to get the ball out of there without shattering it?

Friendly warm up match

2010-06-10T14:22:00.000-07:00

To prepare for the hunt and being better in finding the footballs Paco, Manuel, Marcuz and me decided to work on our football skills. So we met in the park and worked a bit on running the ball.
I thought that would be enough but the guys wanted more. And forced me to play football with them.
So Manuel and i formed the team decent long trousers.
Our competitiors Marcuz and Paco formed the team sexy hot shorts and had the need to brag about their strength. Manuel and I tried our best to stare them down. But they simply looked away.
Then we started playing.
And Marcuz managed to goal.
Paco was the only one who did not wear decent football shoes but he was quite good with the ball.
We started trying to get the ball into the goal again.
But Team sexy hot shorts got disqualified because Paco started to distract Manuel and Marcuz used this to goal again.
Manuel and I have been a bit sad about our missing abilities but we suppose that we won as the others got disqualified.
But somehow we still liked each other after finishing the match.
We spend about i would say two hours to make the pictures for that. If anybody wants to see more of them. Have a look at Manuel's flickr site.

So our clothes:

Marcuz:
Outfit: 22769 vintage : Spoque (Go4Goal Hunt gift 0 Linden)
Shoes: ::Duh!:: Unisex Soccer Cleats (Go4Goal Hunt gift 0 Linden)

Manuel:
Outfit: 22769 G4G Huntgift (Go4Goal Hunt gift 0 Linden)
Shoes: ::Duh!:: Unisex Soccer Cleats (Go4Goal Hunt gift 0 Linden)

Paco:
Outfit: La Quintessenza Art Gallery : sl soccer outfit home (Go4Goal Hunt gift 0 Linden)
Shoes: :: Caladesi Island Company :: Male Prize G4G (Go4Goal Hunt gift 0 Linden)

Dagmar:
Top: Juice - GOALIE Soccer Shirt (Go4Goal Hunt gift 0 Linden)
Trousers: A:S:S - G4G Hunt gift (Go4Goal Hunt gift 0 Linden)
Shoes: ::Duh!:: Unisex Soccer Cleats (Go4Goal Hunt gift 0 Linden)

The poses we used are the hunt gifts from no strings attached and X-CLUSIVES ANIMATIONS .

Flickr Group for everyone

2010-06-09T04:52:00.001-07:00

Dear Hunters and Vendors,

We just founded a flickr group for posting pictures of the gifts but also fun pics with the gifts or pictures made during the hunt. So feel free to join and to share the world cup madness :-)

The group can be found here: http://www.flickr.com/groups/go4goal/

The Huntchain

2010-06-08T15:21:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone, finally the huntchain is ready and all landmarks are checked. Just to give a look and on the nice stores we have in the hunt.

Hint's will be released on June 10th,2010.

Two Walkthrough within 24 Hours :-)

2010-06-08T10:51:00.000-07:00

Organizing a hunt can be really stressful. Thank god we can rely on good friends who help us out a bit when things go crazy (like full perm soccerballs that refuse to modify - sorry for this insider ^^). So our Go4Goal-Referee Marcuz Palen did the Walkthru with us not one but many times again and all over again - back and forth. As you can certainly tell - this guy knows now every shop in the hunt by every pixelbrick ;-) So this one is to salute the swedish troublesolver! Without his help we would not have come that far :-)

Applications closed

2010-06-03T07:35:00.000-07:00

Yeah ... it is time .. just a few days before the soccer teams will start kicking in Southafrica for the Worldcup.
And we close the application process and start building the huntchain.
We'll send out all necessary stuff to the vendors these days ... So please, if you don't recieve a package from us, or just to send a hint or a picture of your huntitem - feel free to contact Manuel Ormidale (manuel.ormidale@googlemail.com) inworld.

Clock's ticking ...

2010-05-05T04:24:00.000-07:00

Hello all,

to those who have filled an application for the hunt ... THANK YOU, you're great! To all others .. WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR ? We're allready at the 66 mark right now, and as the soccer teams prepare to go to South-Africa, we're going to warm up as well. And you won't miss it, would you? But the only way to get part of it is to send your application for the Go4Goal Hunt 'til June 1st in world to Paco Pooley or Manuel Ormidale.

You've lost the application, no prob, on the right side you find it in written letters, just copy and paste it to a notecard, fill it out and send it to us.

So the clock is ticking ...

The Go4Goal Hunt (G4GH) – a hunt dedicated to the soccer championships in South Africa 2010

2010-04-11T05:32:00.000-07:00

Greetings,

Welcome to the G4GH webpage. Right now we are right in the application process but we are really glad and proud to have such a great amount of high quality shops already in the hunt. So – this one will become really, really great :-)
We – this is Paco Pooley (the guy with the glasses) and Manuel Ormidale (the guy without the glasses ;-) ). We run a little shop called 22769 casual couture and we just do love hunts. That’s why we came up with the idea to do something to accompany the soccer championships 2010, cause nobody else did.

So what can you expect from the hunt?
The themes of the hunt are of course sport, especially soccer obviously, and on the other hand South Africa. So you will find gifts like casual sportswear, tricots, animations and gestures, but also some traditional South African wear, nice african furniture and many fun stuff.
Also we are very proud that we have already some shops confirmed in the hunt that are rather new or have never before attended a hunt, but still provide high quality items. So there are many new places to explore :-) You can have a sneek when you hit the SURLs of the so far confirmed stores in the right coloum.
Oh – and you have to look for an oldfashiones soccerball.

The hunt will be circular – so you can start at any shop that has the huntsign out. We will also found a hunters group where you can share hints and stuff. The hunters group will be addicted to sports in general since we plan to make some other sports related hunts also.

And here is the Timeline:
Now – 1st June:
Collecting Applications, confirming Stores
Publishing the participation Stores with SURLs on this website
1st June – 10th June:
Sendout of the new huntsigns (excluding the application form and including the hint-notecard)
Publishing the hints on this webpage
Publishing the provided pictures of the hunt gifts
Sendout of the Huntbox with the next Landmark and all scripts in
9th June:
Walkthrough and fixing problems
11th June – 11th July:
The hunt is up and running – yayy!

So – if you are a store owner and like to be part of the soccer-team – you can find the application form below. Just copy and paste it in a notecard and send it to Paco Pooley or Manuel Ormidale inworld. We will come back to you asap :-)

Apllications running

2010-03-08T09:48:00.000-08:00

Howdy,
we are organising the gridwide "Go4Goal-Hunt" - a hunt related to the soccer worldchampionships in Africa 2010. The hunt is running in exactly this timeperiod, starting 11th June and ending 11th July 2010 (hey - there is lots of time inbetween the matches for the hunters to run into your shop ;-) ).
And here is the beef:
Max Numbers of stores: 100
Accepting Applications until 1st June 2010
Hunt-Blog: http://go4goalhunt.blogspot.com
Gifts:
The gifts for the hunters should be related to the championship. Use your imagination. It can be a soccer outfit, gestures, soccer poses, fan-articles. But you can also create something Africa-related - even Bongo-Drums would be appropriate :-)

To participating please send a notecard with the following information to Paco Pooley (and please be so kind to rename it into: Go4Goal-Hunt - your name - your store) InWorld

Name of Store:
Landmark for the Store:
SURL for the Store location:
Contact person:
Type of Store:
Item you might create (optional - only if you know):
Picture of item (optional - if you have it already):

The usual yadda yadda:

If you are accepted, we will notify you within a week the latest.
First come, first serve (as always)
If something changes (store location, dropping out of the hunt for whatever reasons) please send a notecard to Paco Pooley OR Manuel Ormidale
Display the hunt-poster outside your store (you will receive the poster after you have been accepted)
Soccer is interesting for men AND women - so please be so kind to make sure that your huntgift suits to male and female hunters (unisex items, outfits for him AND her...)!
We will send out the huntboxes with the landmarks beginning June.
This hunt will be circular - means: the last store leads to the first in row (makes it easier for the hunters)

If you have any questions or suggestions please IM Paco Pooley or/and Manuel Ormidale or drop us a notecard. We will come back 2 u asap.

And most important: Have fun! Cause the soccer championship likewise the hunts is all about that: Having fun :-)
Best regards
Paco Pooley & Manuel Ormidale