Island of Misfits About To Close

 

It's a sad event when a community in Second Life is about to lose it's home. And for the Misfits led by FantaC Nymph Alexain (ladyfantaC Resident), this will soon be happening. It was announced in their group that the money to keep the place going is running out, and regular events were closed. While the sim is still up, it won't be for long. The Newser had a few words with FantaC about what's going on.

 

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Interview With Xavier Thiebaud

 

The Newser recently had a chance to interview Xavier Thiebaud. Xavier has been many things. In another account, he was one of Second Life's first residents in the Beta Grid. He's also been a co-founder of the popular A-List group and been involved in arts and entertainment. But he recently announced he would soon be departing this virtual world. I would meet up with him not long after, and we would talk for a while.

 

Read the interview in People.  

The Relay Teardown Begins

 

 

 Thursday June 15 was "Takedown Day" for the camps at the Relay Weekend track. And so, the builders of various camps began taking their builds down. This included Team Sunbeamers. Checking by this morning, there was little left of the build, save for the ship that was part of both their display and the one for "Roos With A Dream."

 

 What remains in many regions are the roads, the arches marking sim boundaries, and the luminaria. While unconfirmed, supposedly the last unlit one was finally lit Wednesday evening. Most were for someone or a group of people. Others were a message of hope for all.

There were some occasional scattered objects, such as a car left behind, that I was able to drive for a while. Thankfully there were some camps that were still up, at least for now, such as the Cheerleaders' build at RFL Hope. Others were partially left up, perhaps as a last "we were here" message.

For Team ACTS, they took down their camp and left a parting message: "See you next year! Go Relay!"

How long the remaining camps will remain up, is unknown.

Bixyl Shuftan

Mouse Hole Manor to Come Down

For a few years in the Sunweaver and Angel Estates, Nydia Tungsten and Brandi Streusel's castle home, Mouse Hole Manor in Sunlight Bay, has been one of the most highly recognized structures in the community. The place has served as the setting of weddings, music videos, group meetings, and a hangout for those of her Angels group. But the castle will soon be gone. Nydia told her group that the structure would soon be coming down.

For those whom want to see the castle before it fades away, Nydia's stated anyone who might have left something at the castle has a few more days to claim it. After than, Mouse Hole Manor comes down, and a new more modern structure takes it's place.

SL Video: "Farewell From Insilico in Second Life"

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From Die Villa on October 24, done in response to the announcement of the decision to close Insilico.

Misty Acres Amusement Park to Close, Sim to Be Sold

RacerX Gullwing yesterday contacted the Newser with some sad news. Tindallia Soothsayer, a valued member of his Giant Snails Racing team, would be losing her sim. And what a sim it was, having been in her hands for a decade, "Another long time sim is about to be gone. Misty Acres by Tindallia Soothsayer is in the process of being sold after 10 years. It's the home of an amusement park. Tindallia could tell you stories of when Lindens came in and made a ramp to get the bumper cars loose."

I contacted Tindallia, and she confirmed the place was indeed being sold, "I just can't afford to keep my sim any more. But after 10 years, (it) had a decent run. Lots of places in Second Life don't last half as long." Of it's origins, "I bought the sim in 2006, mainly as a home sim for myself. But after building the house, I had a ton of land left over. So I built a park. But still had room left, so I built the amusement park. (I) set everything there to free, because when I first started Second Life, I saw all this amazing stuff I wanted to do, but most were pay to play. And back then I had nothing. So when I built my park, I figured, no matter how much or how little anybody had, they'd have a place to come and enjoy. ... Plus I'd started sl as a child av. And back then, there weren't a lot of places like it nor safe places. So in building the park and amusement park I wanted to provide a safe place for children, families and all visitors to come and play in."

The number of visitors, "varied from time to time. Sometimes a lot would come, sometimes just a few. There were always people visiting though." The biggest gatherings were, "usually when I had changed the season on the sim to winter, changed everything to snow and ice, had ice skating and such. Or after I'd decorated the sim for Christmas, but it's generally around the same time and more people showed up then." No events in particular stood out, "just had ones centered around seasons and holidays."

The sim itself will not be vanishing as she has an offer. But the park will not be remaining, "completely changed, nothing I've done there will remain. ... There has been some reaction. Most are sad to see it go, as am I. It has had a definite positive impact on those that have visited. n the years I've had it, I've enjoyed providing a place people could come and play, I hope they enjoyed it too. I think they did. That I put a lot of work, a lot of heart and a lot of love in to it, and I will most definitely miss it."



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RacerX Gullwaing did a 25 minute video of the place, but you can still drop in until the place is transferred to see the park for yourself.

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Misty%20Acres/240/42/25

Bixyl Shuftan

Friendly Bear Romantic Forest

Second Life Newser found out about a romantic spot, "Friendly Bear Island." Located in GB Island North, it's a nice place to visit, with a number of picturesque scenes and couples' spots. Unfortunetly, it won't be up for much longer.

More on the location in Places.