YIFF Club of Second Life

YIFF was founded on October 24, 2011, by Leopard Adored as YIFF's builder, along with co-founder SorrowDragon as YIFF's general manager.

Within 2 weeks of opening it's doors to the public, YIFF became the first and only furry club to grow to reach over 25,000 in traffic in such a short time span. By YIFF's 2nd month it had grown to become one of the top three Furry clubs of Second Life, soon holding the #1 top spot consecutively month after month from February 2012 to February 2013 until stricken with some LL love (simulation glitch, patched June 2013).

 

Timeline

• October 22, 2011, YIFF sim is created by Leopard Adored.

• October 24, 2011 - YIFF Club v1 build completed and the club opens silently to the public already experiencing a steady flow of visitors based on name search alone. v1 Club built by Leopard Adored.

• October 29, 2011 - Official Grand Opening Event, L$ cash and prize giveaways to a busy packed club.

• January 1, 2012 - SorrowDragon becomes co-owner.

• January 26, 2012 - YIFF claims the top SL furry club ranking, and holds for approximately one year.

• February 2012 - YIFF Club v2 build completed, bigger, stronger, faster to accomidate the heavy daily traffic. v2 Club built by Leopard Adored.

• July 2012 - YIFF Club v3 build completed, becomes the first furry club in Second Life to incorporate Mesh building technology into more than 50% of its build and appearance. v3 Built by Leopard Adored and Shronin Wolfenhaut, in AutoCAD and Zbrush.

• September 2012 - The YIFF sim expands, a mall and marketplace section is opened for furry shopping convenience, featuring some of the popular avatar vendors and accessory shops.

• January 1, 2013 - SorrowDragon acquires and becomes sole owner of the YIFF sim, club, and groups, Leopard Adored departs from all YIFF matters.

• January 2013 - YIFF v4 build completed, one final departing gift by Leopard Adored. v4 Club built in Zbrush by Leopard Adored, however on later date, during a sim-wide total redesign, many parts rebuilt in Autodesk Maya 2013 by SorrowDragon.

• July 1, 2013 - YIFF becomes the first club to adopt Linden Labs' Materials feature into more then 65% of its build/appearance, offering users of Advanced Lighting, higher quality & 3D depth details to many club surfaces and fixtures.