Normally, Christmas is all about family, eggnog, and warm fires. 🤗🥚🔥Not… streaking on a racetrack and carousel through a snowball fight? 🏎️❄️
TL;DR: Ledger dropped the ball on everyone hard, and we couldn’t safely connect any wallets until they fixed their oopsie. 🤦
To their credit, they made quick work of the issue, and we’re all back on track. 🙏
But for maximum safety, we all shed our usual skins, took our newly-naked avatars, and did what any well-adjusted group of digital artists, collectors, enthusiasts, and memers would do:
A naked metaverse sprint. 👀
Where else but the longest-running, community-first metaverse hub, where lightning strikes every Thursday at 7 pm UTC, do you find such festivities? 🕖
After some haphazard coordination, the anonymous naked avatars began pouring into the HyperFy parcel. 🚪
The process was surprisingly smooth – the WIP Community is used to on-the-fly shenanigans, which may partially explain how we could self-organize so seamlessly. 💅
…sort of. Some of us may or may not have tried to start avatar uprisings, and I sort of forgot I was dressed as a coffee cup. Small details that we quickly ironed out. 🍌☕
We then zipped over The Philosopher’s Maze in Voxels, a seemingly quaint yet sprawlingly large maze contained within one of the parcels there. It’s easy to get turned around. 😵💫
It was unexpectedly surprising to see these glowing white, naked avatars fly through the maze – two speedy fly-bys actually gave me a jump scare! 🙀
Even more scary than the lightning-fast naked avatars were the risks taken by some of the WIP Crew… Matthew accidentally braved fate, and we all learned that some NFT assets automatically load. 🕶️
And seriously, no Matthews or NFTs were harmed during the making of this screenshot. 🦺
With the maze complete, it was now time for something completely different. Something for which some of you came VERY prepared. 🏎️
With our engines now heated, we hopped over to CodeTrip City, a fantastic collaboration between Paradox and NineOverZero! 🤝
This wasn’t our first lap on the track – we took it for a spin earlier this year, and many of us were chomping at the bit to redeem ourselves. 😤
But before that, we were all a bit ready for some holiday cheer, so we stopped by the Pixelcahin Cabin in Voxels for some milk and cookies. 🍪
With cheer in our hearts and burning rubber on our minds, we were ready to rock and roll to the racetrack. 🏍️
We popped over the Code Trip City, and before we knew it, we were over the line and sprinting down the track!... 🛣️
…okay, while I wasn’t able to redeem myself, a lot of you did REALLY well. 👏😄
There’s a jump halfway through the track that I can never quite land – Metageist caught an epic clip of it. 📸
With some of us taking home the gold and redeeming our driving records (not me… next time, though), we were ready for our WIP Christmas capstone event! 🎅
Our unclothed cohort then dropped into the heartwarming Christmas venue made by VoxVienne, complete with its own festive merry-go-round and snowballs! ⛄
The environment is adorable – the shopkeepers wish you holiday tidings, and the interactive balloon lets you see the world from above without needing to brave the cold! 🎈
We’re not sure what the legal weight limit is for these types of machines… but no clothes mean lighter avatars, right? 🤔
Christmas is a beautiful time of year. ✨
It gives us a warm, fuzzy sort of feeling knowing that you can get a year-sized dose of holiday cheer, complete with friends, fun, and festivities, right here at the WIP Meetup.
We at the WIP wish everyone a fun, safe, and meaningful holiday season celebrated the way you love the most. ❣️
Hopefully, we’re somewhere on that list – this coming week is officially WIPmas, and we’ll be dishing out holiday goodies galore! 🎄💝
So join us then on Thursday, 7 pm UTC, and remember to follow us on Twitter and join the Discord! 😉