Privateer - Aley Arai closed it on grounds that Linden Lab won't communicate with its investors

Remember this sim? Sad news...



I have no further information other than what I can provide you with via the photographs I just snapped. Lauren Weyland shared the news with me on June 25th, but I'm just barely catching up to all the news after being away one month.




See also:
* Privateer Island - It's getting better all the time
* Aley's Privateer Island - Part I
* Aley's Privateer Island - Part II

Fantastic ape avatar - Who made this?

Second Life is a misery tonite... Now I've crashed, and logins have been disabled. :( This would be bad news most any time, but tonite it is terrible because I had just discovered the most astounding avatar.

All the info I know:
His name is apes later, and he rezzed today: 4/4/2008. He doesn't speak... at least not to me. I found him at Privateer Space, and he was going through a series of precision animations with a long baton. The animations were perfection. But look at this avatar! Sadly, I was just about to film him when I crashed, and this is all I have.


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I tried to inspect his face, but could not. Is this a skin on an ape's shape? Who made this? The effect, I have to tell you, was mind-bending!

One more shot, sadly a poor one... but I will post it here to give you a better idea.