Since Sansar was announced quite a few of my SL friends who are artists, musicians and SL cultural philanthropists (yes Martha, they do exist) have departed SL or have plans to do so. The closing of so many sims and their departure has me looking for a potential new home too. I think some of us SLers can sympathize with many small town Americans who have watched business after business move out transforming their once hopeful and familiar place a shattered town.
I've been asked to move to Kitely where some part of my old community is going. Also, builders I know have been working in Inworldz. The architecture of high fidelity is intriguing but connecting with that VR now requires overcoming a big learning curve.
If the day comes that I depart SL for good I am going to miss the place. RL celebrities masquerading as noobs at Waterhead, furies, the outworlds that the info hubs became, chat lag, SL railroads, and all the rest. But, what made SL special is the people - the good, bad and ugly, thats what made this virtual world, not its technology. And sometimes you might get to know a little about their 1st life, with all its happiness and tears. Well, in spirit I am 10 SL years old but I was never the same after June 2010.
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