By Ashleigh Dickins.
A storm moves in over Heliopolis' double pipe breakAs much as many people like to keep the real world and Second Life separate, sometimes one can't help but effect the other. Now, as the stock markets plunge and global economics spiral out of control, Surfwatch has learned that classic surf spot Heliopolis and it's sister sim Black River Harbor in Helio Estates are up on the proverbial chopping block and the real estate is to be sold.
"I did not expect to need to do this," said the owner of Helio Estates, Carenahh Kuu, who told SurfWatch that the sale of the sims has come about due to unexpected real life expenses. Helio Estates closed and sold its Monkeh Barrel surf sim earlier this year due to economic pressures.
Black River Harbor in the morningJust last month Surfwatch reported on the seemingly forced sale of TCH Enterprises and most of the estate sims. Now it seems that Heliopolis and Black River Harbor could be just closures in a long line of sim closings affecting the surf community. Earlier this year the community was saddened to see the disappearance of the Surfline and more recently Livestrong sims. In fact, there have been at least 7 or 8 surf sim closures during the past three months.
It is common knowledge that many sim owners in Second Life are facing economic challenges and there are questions on everyone's minds, as owners scramble to find ways to keep their sims going in difficult times. "I do hate giving it up," Carenahh told Surfwatch, "I love Heliopolis."
All this leaves Second Life's surfing community hoping for the best and wondering which sim will be the next to fall.
Useful Links:
Surfwatch: TCH Estates For Sale On Ebay (26 Sep 08)
Surfwatch: TCH Headed For Watery Grave (24 Sep 08)
Surfwatch: Surfline Shuts Down (28 Jun 08)
SurfWatch Surf Reports: Black River Harbor: surfing serenity (20 Mar 08)
SurfWatch Surf Reports: Monkeh Barrel Takes No Prisoners (22 Feb 08)
SLURL: Heliopolis
SLURL: Black River Harbor
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1 comment:
*Goes to shut down Boneyard*
baaaaaahaha, just kidding. I'm hoping no other places fold though, it's really sad seeing such wonderful places, and everyones efforts to maintain them, crumble. :(
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