We’ve just received a very sad message from Second Life.
The Galaxy, one of the great builds of the Second Life World, is being closed and deleted from the Second Life grid from March 1st.
The effect of the world econimic downturn is having an effect inworld too, and the Galaxy project is unable to sustain itself. After two years to the date of this project’s start and large amount of resources spent with no recovery in sight, the financier of the Galaxy have decided to end the project.
Bill Stirling, the owner and designer of this fabulous three-sim build, has said that if no serious action comes forth to save the ship by Feb 15th, the Galaxy will be destroyed in a spectacular sinking event on March 1st. It promise to be an event of a life time, just like the Galaxy herself has been but, to be honest, one which we really wish we didn’t need to witness.
We wrote about the launch of the Galaxy in our second issue – which you can read here, with a specially commissioned fantastic cover. Later, we presented two Meta Makeover shows from the Galaxy – one a cabin makeover, and the second looking at more recent changes.
And both Prim Perfect and Meta makeover teams were delighted to joined the Galaxy’s one year celebrations, where we all had a wonderful time!
A Galaxy Museum is planned in Second Life and the current website will survive as an archival site. Bill and his team feel that they would like to preserve the “Galaxy Experience” and her memories as much as they can. There is even a possibility of a book with collections of stories and images from the Galaxy, “Life on the Galaxy”. All of us here at Prim perfect and Meta Makeover will be happy to contribute to that – we’ve had some very happy times on the Galaxy!
If you’re a fan of the Galaxy, make sure you pay your farewell visit soon. And for those of you who have never been … go now. You will have a chance to see one of the most spectacular builds in all Second Life – but for the last time.
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