Just to clarify: Chinatown (and forgotten sib Abraxas) was only planned to be around a month from the start. The original release I posted about it in Forums mentions the timeframe. And yes, lag was nasty, but the cool thing is — that’s how we’re gonna press forward in SL. If someone doesn’t get up and start digging holes for treasure or drilling for oil , as dirty as it may be, who else can get motivated?

So to fantastic builds, whether they be Linden-built or Resident-constructed, I go *clapclapclap*

To be honest I think the reason why chinatown was pulled was because it didn’t work… Pretty but lagalicious. Also if you really wanted to play an FPS you’d be in one.

I suspect the Lindens aren’t as squishy-soft and tingly about their land and builds as we are. They can always make more land essentially for free, or at least, not at the price we buy it for. They can copy their builds and lather, rinse repeat elsewhere *shrugs*. So Maxx Monde had an orgasm about an oil rig in the Linden sea and is ranting about lesser forms of human life who won’t preserve this “beauty”? So Prokofy is asking “who do I have to sleep with” to find out about the land auctioned next to Xenon Linden’s crashed airplane? *Shrugs*. As cynical as I’ve become, I was actually startled by Philip’s blase and non-committal stance. I thought at first maybe he had 10 convos going and wasn’t answering me. But it is unmistakeable that he replied to me and 2 other players with essentially “we aren’t sure what we’ll do”. I take it that Linden builds on Linden land are never auctioned as such. They are on red Governor Linden land now, not purple. But if Lindens can let go Neverland or Chinatown in 30 or 60 days, won’t they be quite capable of exploiting the Magellan fable and these builds for sales, then deleting them or letting players buy them and delete them? Players should just turn their backs on these hucksters and pool their tier, collectively purchase land, and build their own damn legends, fables, and games.