Well, coincidentally, I've just been visiting one. I don't think SL is for me though...it's just too...virtual.
Since the announcement, various glimmers have appeared on the horizon. Cyan are still in talks with Gametap about things, the Guild of Writers are actually doing a lot better at making their own Ages than they were last time I looked (though there are still a few where they forgot to Write in friction and other small details: skateboarding down a one in two slope without benefit of skateboard is quite an experience) and some sober-minded people have put forward what seem to be workable models for reviving Uru as a living thing again without having to seek funds from a corporate demon. (Someone said something about running it on steam...I'm not sure how ecologically sound that is, but hey, if necessary I'll get out and pedal.) So it all hinges on whether Cyan can get the rights back, and what they want to do with them once they do.
Five days later, and there are possibilities again.
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Since the announcement, various glimmers have appeared on the horizon. Cyan are still in talks with Gametap about things, the Guild of Writers are actually doing a lot better at making their own Ages than they were last time I looked (though there are still a few where they forgot to Write in friction and other small details: skateboarding down a one in two slope without benefit of skateboard is quite an experience) and some sober-minded people have put forward what seem to be workable models for reviving Uru as a living thing again without having to seek funds from a corporate demon. (Someone said something about running it on steam...I'm not sure how ecologically sound that is, but hey, if necessary I'll get out and pedal.) So it all hinges on whether Cyan can get the rights back, and what they want to do with them once they do.
Five days later, and there are possibilities again.