Old photos of Kitely

Kimm Starr · Post by **Kimm Starr** » Thu Sep 01, 2022 2:20 pm

Hey all! Time to dust the old photo albums. We are looking for any old photos you guys have of Kitely for the Kitely Birthday celebration in 2 weeks. You can post here or send to me Kimm Starr. Thank You!

Graham Mills · Post by **Graham Mills** » Fri Sep 02, 2022 8:19 pm

I'm sure others will have better memories and better pix but here's a few to get started:

Baroque Ball at the end of History Month in August 2016
https://flic.kr/p/2nJ7srd

The hub that Serene Jewell built (with others) for the same event
https://flic.kr/p/2nJdAYH

Prim building contest on EYDIS (2016)
https://flic.kr/p/2nJeFAY

Music at Wizard's Retreat, Thyilea (2014)
https://flic.kr/p/2nJdE8V

Landis Island by Geoff Quinnell when it had a model of part of the London Underground railway (2014)
https://flic.kr/p/2nJeTDB

Refugee camp by Daden (produced as training aid, 2014)
https://flic.kr/p/2nJejAr

An attempt by yours truly to build a virtual typewriter as a Christmas present, apparently from 2013
https://flic.kr/p/2nJc9QL

I started in 2012 but nothing immediately to hand from that era.

There may be some interesting images on Ener Hax's archived blog https://web.archive.org/web/20150102050 ... veisl.com/

Dot Matrix · Post by **Dot Matrix** » Fri Sep 02, 2022 9:49 pm

Thanks for the link to Ener's blog, Graham. Downloaded Greythane's installer for SoaS on the Mac, and to my amazement it is working on a 2021 M1 Pro MBP! This could be very useful.

Anyway, I've several OARs saved from when Paislee and I first joined Kitely, again in 2012 (my first avie, Dot Macchi, joined on 29 March 2012). By coincidence I was already planning to run an archive world with builds from the past. I'll also dig through my screenshot archives.

There are some builds from the early to mid 2010s still in Kitely:
https://www.kitely.com/virtual-world/Il ... Center-OLD
https://www.kitely.com/virtual-world/La ... ity-Island -- a showcase world from early days

The following were joint builds from those early days but cannot be accessed now:
Kitely Mentors Group Hangout (the original destination for the weekly meetings)
Kitely Plaza (a city style build on a 2x2)

This is the earliest photo I have for one of the Devokan Storybuilders' builds in Kitely (24 April 2012 -- it was loaded from an OAR built originally by Paislee on OSgrid):

Devokan Starfyre on Kitely by Dot Macchi
At that time we had regions both in OSgrid and on Kitely, but over the months we moved solely to Kitely. If you search on Flikr for "devokan Kitely" you'll find quite a few more photos, including some of areas within Kitely Plaza.

Here's a photo of the draft build for the transfer station, dated 27 September 2012. Originally the framework structure was placed in a hollow cube using a stylised rock texture; Ada Radius supplied the animated star background sphere used in the final design.

Vertex by Dot Macchi

This one is one of my favourites. It was taken at an Echo Starship concert on Time Vault in February 2015. Concert goers could pick up a dragon and fly up to some of the sky builds.

Into the unknown by Dot Macchi

And here's the concert at ground level:

Echo Starship in concert on Time Vault, Kitely by Dot Macchi

Kimm Starr · Post by **Kimm Starr** » Sat Sep 03, 2022 4:45 pm

Wow, but did you Guys' deliver. Thanks so much!

Graham Mills · Post by **Graham Mills** » Sat Sep 03, 2022 7:38 pm

Serenity Island by Lawrence Pierce is at least 11 years old judging by his videos.
https://www.kitely.com/virtual-world/La ... ity-Island

Karima Hoisan has been building steadily over the years. Judging from her blog, Heresy of the Intimate dates to 2011.
https://www.kitely.com/virtual-world/Ka ... e-Intimate

Blogs https://karimahoisan.com/tag/kitely-vir ... on-demand/

Dot Matrix · Post by **Dot Matrix** » Sat Sep 03, 2022 8:58 pm

Another longstanding creator and educator in Kitely is Zuza Ritt -- watch some of her machinima made in Kitely here: https://zuzaritt.com/

Sally Cherry · Post by **Sally Cherry** » Sun Sep 11, 2022 9:29 pm

If you still are looking for photos, I have "early days" photos including Kitely Mentors Meeting on the Island (2012) and Community Meetings (2013 -2022).