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Holiday Issue of Frenzy is here

The volunteer ztylist crew who put together the community magazine Frenzy have outdone themselves this time, with a huge December holiday edition.  For those who don't know, Frenzoo.com is an online world for 3d creation and chat, and Frenzy is its magazine put together by the community.

Na'Vi avatar style on Frenzoo

My personal favorite was the review of the new film Avatar by James Cameron, which is particularly interesting because of the tie in with avatars and graphics with the creative Frenzoo community.  Worth a read!

Click the magazine cover or here to read the mag online or you can download the PDF version here.

Pink glove dance: Frenzoo users show heart

With the festive season approaching, it's a great time to share some of the heart warming things Frenzoo users are doing to give back.

One member of our online world Frenzoo, BriellaDream  posted in the forum about a pink glove dance that her local hospital was doing, and urging the video to be passed around:

In her words:  "Please pass it along breast cancer effects women in your life, even some men.  Remember these wonderful people who get breast cancer are your sister, mothers, grandmothers, aunts, friends, lovers, teachers and more. So put on your pink gloves and dance."

She even went further to make the pink gloves and equip them on her beautiful avatar, we think it turns out kitchen-tastically fashionable!

 

We also launched a new charity initiative on Frenzoo called Charity Angel, which is a special account which will donate to charities such as Unicef on behalf of members who make the gift of Gold Coins to the Charity Angel account.  Since the launch a couple weeks ago we've had a number of members show their heart and make contributions.

That's what this season is all about, this positive community spirit makes our hearts all warm and gooey...

Facebook, Mac and Online worlds

This one from the "Around the Blogosphere" department. There are a couple of interesting new posts that are worth a read if you are a Frenzoo virtual follower. 

The first one over at the Koinup blog is an article contributed about online worlds for Mac.  If you're an OSX'er and into the whole avatar and virtual life scene, it's worth a read - covers who support and don't support Mac and why, as well as a whole bunch of future trends and predictions.

The summary?  Things are looking up for Mac users in the land of online worlds

The second piece is over at the VRFashion blog, and it's all about Facebook - take a look at the article here.  This is a particularly interesting space as it's something Frenzoo hasn't done anything on, but is moving fast.  Time to get our thinking caps on...

Enjoy the weekend reading everyone ^^

Advice Session and Pre Christmas Speed Dating Event

In this week of december, Frenzoo's online world is marked with two interesting chat events.

 

On Thursday 10 November an advice session is scheduled from 10:00 pm - 12:00 pm (Est. Time), for those people in need of advice for their personal or relationship problems. This session will be hosted Mr. Therapist, a guy therapist in our community. If you have problems that bother you, pour your heart out and share it.

 

As the last one was considered a success, a second speed dating event is coming up, this time with a Christmas theme. This Pre Christmas Speed Dating Event will take place on Sunday 14 November from 09:00 pm - 11:00 pm (Est. Time). Make sure to be there and don't miss the chance to meet your more interesting people or even your first virtual love on first sight.

Again, credits to Brad for organizing this speed dating event on Frenzoo.

Fantasy avatar art contest - and the winners are...

It's not every day you get to be a judge (well, unless you are one), but I recently got that honor for a huge fantasy avatar art contest on Koinup.  Being a big fantasy fan and right in the middle of playing an elf in the RPG Dragon Age, this was right down my alley.  It's not often easy to make your own avatar so special, but a pleasure to see the pros at work.

There were many high quality entries from Second Life, IMVU, The Sims and yes even a few popping up from Frenzoo's online world. The competition was fierce and it was hard to judge with such a wide array of different styles of 3d avatars and takes on the contest theme.

One of the main winners and my personal pick was the following stunning take on a modern elf beauty:

Celtic Woman - Orinoco Flow by Marty86

We were also proud that one of our community was chosen for a special mention:

Fantasy by MissElle

Full list of winners:

Winners
1. Avatar Category
Fortune's told by Musique 
Orinoco Flow by Marty86

2. Scenery Category
Memories of Blue by Crystalship Rehula
Planet of the observed  by Novadyszel

Special Mentions
Lost Eden by Rocapc
Chain by Csteph
Dream On by Musique
Raven by Tary Allen
Fantasy Frenzoo  by Queen Elle
Get Lost  by Cactus
Rustica by Tary Allen

Well done to all who entered!

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In the meantime, here are some excellent sites for Frenzoo avatar lovers:

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If you haven't already read it, it's a good time to check out issue 2 of Frenzy community magazine:

Issue 2 - Blood Thirsty Edition

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Online Speed Dating in 3d

"Nervous anticipation

The frenzied typing of vibrant souls

Hearts set a flutter

Seeking virtual love

Or simply a new friend to chat with"

The first ever Speed Dating event in the 3d online world of Frenzoo took place on Sunday night and was a big hit. 

A throng of ladies and hardy band of brave guys engaged in this, the first large scale chat event, and by the feedback a good time was had by all.  There was some drama when the number of chat sessions went way up during the event, but the engineers sorted it with admirable calm (phew - no broken hearts)

Two ztylists enjoying a new found connection 

ps - many thanks to Brad, the organizer of this fun first speed date. I'm sure it won't be the last <3