Archive for August, 2012

Happy Birthday to you K-9s

Happy Birthday to You Happy Birthday to You Happy Birthday Dear K-9s Happy Birthday to You!

Hey guys thats right its a Monday to celebrate! I hope you guys are excited as we here at Amaretto are! Thats right we are celebrating the 1st Anniversary of Amaretto K9s this week. On August 22, 2012 the Amaretto K-9s will have been on the grid for one year!

On September 1, 2012 our Amaretto Horses will have been a Secondlife staple for 2 whole years now!! Beginning on August 20th and ending on August 24th any kennel that drops from your Amaretto K-9s has the chance at being an Amaretto 1st Birthday K-9!

These will be random and can come from any breeding combination of K-9s! These partying k-9s get the eyes from the parents but the collar can pass to offspring! So I had to share you with these guys!

 

 

Take a look at these cute guys!! Don t forget about the Birthday Celebration that is coming up and I hope to see you all there! Until next time happy breeding everyone!

Super Exciting!!

For my connection today I would like to re-post Dakota’s connection because she covered some really exciting things coming up. So please read this connection and see what’s “in the stars”.

As many of you know we have a couple of major milestones coming up for Amaretto Ranch Breedables. On August 22, 2012 the Amaretto K-9s will have been on the grid for one year! On September 1, 2012 our Amaretto Horses will have been a Secondlife staple for 2 whole years now!!
So in typical Amaretto fashion we have some “out of this world” surprises lined up! The first surprise we have lined up is that we are actually going to tell you what a couple of the surprises are!
Beginning on August 20th and ending on August 24th any kennel that drops from your Amaretto K-9s has the chance at being an Amaretto 1st Birthday K-9! These will be random and can come from any breeding combination of K-9s!
Beginning on August 28th and ending on September 1st any bundle that drops from your Amaretto Horses has the chance at being an Amaretto 2nd Birthday Horse! These will be random and can come from any breeding combination!
There will be a combination Birthday party/Celebration for both the K-9s and the Horses on September 1st. We will have a day full of concerts, performers and giveaways that will last from 9am slt to 5pm slt! We will be announcing full details for the “star studded” event soon and as usual don’t worry you will not need to be present in order to win any of the prizes! As I said we will be releasing full details of the Amaretto Celebration 2012 very soon so don’t “space out” mark your calendars for September 1st and help us celebrate! (We did, read about it here http://amarettobreedables.com/connection/?p=3502 )

Don’t Miss the Fun !!!

Check the Amaretto Calendar, underneath your profile picture on the Amaretto Website, so you can mark your calendars for the fun events we have each month. We do send notices out before the events as a reminder, but if you check out the calendar, you can plan ahead.

 

Yesterday was the Luau and everyone had an awesome time there. We had dancing, a sploder, 2 swimming pools, and lots of food and beverages.

 

Every Saturday we usually have Club Amaretto at 5pm slt.

 

Ready to go fishing? We have another fishing tournament planed for August 31st at 10am slt. Plan on bringing your fishing rods and having a great time.

 

We look forward to seeing all of you come out and have fun with us.

University Website

Happy Friday everyone!

 

Many of you have been taking classes at Amaretto and we would like to let you know today about the Amaretto Ranch University website where you can see what classes you have taken and what classes are available! We have placed terminals out at all the classrooms and at the landing point at Amaretto University and it’s very quick to sign up for the website.

http://amarettoranchuniversity.com/index.html

I actually signed up myself while writing this blog!

I went and touched the terminal; a blue drop down box came down and asked me to type in my email address. Once I typed that in and hit send it asked me to wait in local chat then it sent me another message with my user name and a temporary password.  You will then go to the website and put that information in and wham bam! That easy! Now you can keep up with all your class studies!We are in the process of inputting all the classes that you have already taken at ARU and you will have that information at your fingertips each time you want to attend classes.  We also have started planning what we think will be one pretty amazing Graduation party for those that finish the classes. Of course no Graduation party would be complete without presents, so if you haven’t taken all the classes yet you better get moving!

Now I would also like to mention that there is a Class Suggestion box right beside the Terminal at the landing point.  We need your help in coming up with more new and exciting classes at the University. Let us know what classes you would like to see offered at ARU by dropping a notecard with your suggestions on into that suggestion box.  Don’t be surprised if one of us contacts you and asks for your input on the class you suggestion though!

With your help and your desire to breed amazing Amaretto Horses we can make Amaretto Ranch University the place to be!

Info On Holding Your K-9!

Happy Thursday everyone! Today I wanted to talk about something exciting! The new 1.5 K-9 update! One new exciting feature that has been added to the K-9s is the holding animations!! Below I will go over briefly how to use this feature and I have also included pics of me using the large, normal, and tiny animations.

Instructions for Using the Holding Animations.

  1. Please be sure to turn off animation and movement
  2. Pick up your K-9 and wear it from your inventory
  3. Then click the K-9 to get a blue drop down menu
  4.  Once the drop down menu comes up click the “holding” button
  5. The choose either large, normal, or tiny from the size menu
  6. The K-9 may need some adjusting

I hope everyone is enjoying the update and I hope you are as excited as I am to breed the new 1.5 starters and see what goodies lie beneath!!

Until Next Time…………………..

 

 

 

Great News About K-9’s

Happy Hump Day Everyone !!!!! I have some great news today the K-9 Update is out Version 1.5 . Please read the information below !!

***IMPORTANT NOTE***After Wednesday August 29, 2012 we will NO longer provide support for K-9s that are NOT v1.5*** So please update your K-9s!!!!

Update v1.5 Fixes/Changes:

Fixes:

1. Fixed nulls showing in stats

2. Fixed tail sizes

3. Fixed nose showing in stats

4. Fixed GPS animations button

 

 

Changes:

1. Added new holding animations

2. We have retired the following Non-Starter eyes:
Black with Gold Glitz
Sky Blue with Gold Glitz
Black with Turquoise Glitz
Crimson with Turquoise Glitz

3. We have retired the following Non-Starter collars:
Checker Atomic/White
Checker Hotrod/White
Checker Imperial/White
Checker Iris/White
Checker Ivory/White
Checker Onyx/White
Checker Petal/White
Checker Sky/White
Checker Suede/White
Checker Summer/White
Checker Tangerine/White
Checker Atomic/Black
Checker Hotrod/Black
Checker Imperial/Black
Checker Iris/Black
Checker Ivory/Black
Checker Onyx/Black
Checker Petal/Black
Checker Sky/Black
Checker Suede/Black
Checker Summer/Black
Checker Tangerine/Black

Somethings you need to know about the updater:

1. It will not work if there is more than one updater out. It gives you a message that there are 2 updaters out please remove one. If you continue to try and update your K-9 It will give you another error message and have you pick one updater up and reset the other. (touch and wait 5 seconds to reset)

2. It will not update pregnant K-9s. The reason being the updater can potentially abort the pregnancy. Waiting to update your pregnant K-9s will not effect the K-9s functions, they will continue to eat, move, animate etc. When they give birth to the kennel, then you can update them. The kennel will be the old version and need to be updated when birthed.

3. The updater will not work on sims with a high load. Dilation needs to be above .65 and region fps must be above 25 for the updater to work. You will get an error message that says the sim dilation is too low, we have enclosed a sim monitor that will display these values for you. Just rez on your sim next to the updater.
Update Instructions:

Single Updater: Place the updater near the K-9 that isn’t updated and click the K-9 and click the update button. The K-9 will be updated and the settings will be the same as before the update process. ***DO NOT PICK UP K-9s OR THE UPDATER UNTIL IT HAS COMPLETED THE UPDATE PROCESS***

Bulk Updater: Place the bulk updater in the middle of your K-9 breeding area, click the updater and adjust the settings you want your K-9s to be set to after the update process, then click the update K-9s button on the updater menu. This updater has the ability to update all K-9s that are not v1.5 in an entire region. However, depending on sim performance it may only do the K-9s in a 96 meter radius. Do not remove the updater until it has completed updating all K-9s and the hover text above the updater reads FINISHED. ***DO NOT PICK UP K-9s OR THE UPDATER UNTIL IT HAS COMPLETED THE UPDATE PROCESS***

 

 

Updaters can be found at all K-9 locations:
http://amarettobreedables.com/pages/locations

There will be a combination Birthday party/Celebration for both the K-9s and the Horses on September 1st. We will have a day full of concerts, performers and giveaways that will last from 9am slt to 5pm slt! It will be a “star studded” event and as usual don’t worry you will not need to be present in order to win any of the prizes! So mark your calendars for September 1st so you do not miss the “out of this world” celebration!

9:00- Get this party started!!

9:30- cutting edge concerts pays tribute to…….The Eagles

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11:30 Dazzlers- Dazzlers Inc. is a team of dancers, and spokes models in the virtual world of Second Life, combined with the beautiful models of SL Illustrated and Timeless Model Agency. Appearing and performing at charity events, paid performances and appearances, and modeling events throughout SL. Each member of Dazzlers Inc. is carefully chosen not only for their avatar’s appearance, but for the personality behind the avatar… Dazzlers Inc. are ladies and gentlemen in every sense of the word, displaying grace and style in everything they do. Their poise and intelligence carry them well beyond being merely performers, making this team the perfect choice for any event where you want the best and classiest professionals to add a touch of exciting glamour and beauty.

1:00 Maximillion Kleene – If music feeds the soul, Maximillion Kleene is the food of the gods. His dynamic musical range and smooth groove provide many a listener with a virtual buffet of auditory temptations. Max started his music career with formal study of piano at the Royal Conservatory but quickly realized that it was the guitar guys who got the chicks. By 19, he was seriously immersed to the very center of his musical soul in AC/DC and from there branched out to experiment with sounds that range from Pearl Jam to Foo Fighters to Jason Mraz. Max brings high energy and a vast repertoire of quirky, classic, and current covers to Second Life. Oozing charisma and charm, he provides his fans with an hour of musical magic.

2:30 Hogan Bailey – Hogan has been singing and performing since before the age of 14. His passion continued to grow as well as his experience. Hogan’s vocals will be impressive to all. He brings to SL many years of RL experience and a very long song list, of much variety to choose from.

4:00 “The Lohners” – Lacey plays her original songs on bass, ukulele and guitar, accompanied by her real life husband Lugg Lohner on drums and backing vocals, to backing tracks from the studio recordings. Lugg Lohner is a professional drummer, currently playing in many show bands and rock bands. Lacey and Lugg perform songs by Sting, Cliff Richard, Tracy Chapman, Matt Finish, Bachelor Girl, Joan Baez, Pretenders, Eartha Kitt and many more.

 

Great new stuff for the month of August!

Hey guys its Monday and you know what thats means ! Its Ava’s connection today ! Ok so what new exciting news do i have to share with all of my favorite breeders today ??
Well let see……..

Oh! Have you guys seen all the new great stuff thats been coming out of Amaretto?
Like: the new palomino show horse! Well as you guys know Beginning August 5, 2012 to September 4th, 2012 any bundle dropped from the breeding of any 2 Palomino horses had the chance at being an Amaretto Palomino Show horse. So i have included the pic below!

If horses aren’t your thing maybe k-9s are sooooo maybe the new Best in Show Pug is more your style.
Beginning August 5, 2012 to September 4,2012 any kennel dropped from the breeding of any 2 Pug K-9s had the chance at being a Best in Show Pug. Heres a snapshot of it in the wild!

Just when you thought I showed you all the new stuff that has came out in the first weeks on the month of August there is the birthstone eye! Gladiolus Peridot! Isnt it lovely? To have a chance at one of these birthstone eyes these exciting Non-Starter eyes as they are randomly dropped into bundles at the time the bundle drops. Your horse needs to be version 3.5 and higher for this eye to drop. Pic below!


So with all the exciting new stuff there its hard to keep up! So keep your eyes peeled for all the great and exciting things going on at Amaretto!

Celebrate good times, come on! (Let’s celebrate)

There’s a party goin’ on right here
A celebration to last throughout the years
So bring your good times, and your laughter too
We gonna celebrate your party with you!

 

As many of you know we have a couple of  major milestones coming up for Amaretto Ranch Breedables. On August 22, 2012 the Amaretto K-9s will have been on the grid for one year! On September 1, 2012 our Amaretto Horses will have been a Secondlife staple for 2 whole years now!!

So in typical Amaretto fashion we have some “out of this world” surprises lined up! The first surprise we have lined up is that we are actually going to tell you what a couple of the surprises are!

Beginning on August 20th and ending on August 24th any kennel that drops from your Amaretto K-9s has the chance at being an Amaretto 1st Birthday K-9!  These will be random and can come from any breeding combination of K-9s!

Beginning on August 28th and ending on September 1st any bundle that drops from your Amaretto Horses has the chance at being an Amaretto 2nd Birthday Horse!  These will be random and can come from any breeding combination!

There will be a combination Birthday party/Celebration for both the K-9s and the Horses on September 1st. We will have a day full of concerts, performers and giveaways that will last from 9am slt to 5pm slt! We will be announcing full details for the “star studded” event soon and as usual don’t worry you will not need to be present in order to win any of the prizes!  As I said we will be releasing full details of the Amaretto Celebration 2012 very soon so don’t “space out” mark your calendars for September 1st and help us celebrate!

WOW!! A New Instructor at A. R. U.

If you have been taking classes at Amaretto Ranch University,you are pretty familiar with who the instructors are. Well if you missed tonights class on Beyond Second Life K-9s, you did not just miss an awesome class, you missed our new instructor Jaysin Cooperstone. A lot of people attended tonights class and Jaysin did a great job teaching tonight and he will be teaching other classes too. Come out to the classes and earn your Diploma, and Masters. Watch for the announcements for the A.R.U. Website, it will be coming soon.