Ambrosia Dance Club

The following is posted from the Emerald Viewer Blog. Apparently the Emerald Viewer will be no more. Read on.

The End
•September 1, 2010 • 73 Comments

This is the end, beautiful friend
This is the end, my only friend, the end
It hurts to set you free
But you’ll never follow me
The end of laughter and soft lies
The end of night we tried to die
This is the end

United we stand and divided we fall. Thus ends the final days of the Emerald Project.

Approximately 10 days ago I and a number of devs came together to reform the Emerald Team in the anxious hope of continuing the most popular TPV in Second Life. The incredible driving passion, flair for innovation, endless energy and camaraderie were all still there. Because of this, I was sure we could make this work.

Alas this was not to be. Linden Lab has made demands of the team that are impossible to meet. Among the demands not listed publicly elsewhere was to publicly release an RC without any ability to load the emkdu or llkdu files. This was do-able. The final demand was to ‘delete’ 3 key members of our team. While making this demand, Linden Lab was quite aware that this was effectively the guillotine to the project.

This is the opportunity for a fork project to develop and create a TPV version of snowstorm, which is what Linden Lab really wants. I am aware of a number of small projects underway now, and I wish them the best, the very best in their endeavors.

For you, the user, what this means is that there will not be any further releases of the Emerald Viewer after today. The existing releases will continue to operate until Linden Lab decides to terminate their access and end Emerald once and for all.

There will be one final version of the Emerald Viewer released here later today; that is, the viewer we’ve been working on for the past six months. It would be a shame to let the efforts of the developers who put so many unpaid hours into this project go to waste.

This virtual world is ever changing and must be, otherwise it will stagnate. This incredible environment will continue.

Arabella Steadham
Communications Manager,
Emerald Project

- Because there was no consensus amongst the developers about whether or not to comply with Linden Lab’s requirement to remove three core developers, Lonely Bluebird offered to leave the Emerald project only if the team voted for this. Rather than wait for any kind of vote, a hostile takeover was attempted by a portion of the Dev Team trying to gain unauthorized access to the emerald servers without knowledge of the others (including me, the server owner).

- the vote eventually took place, with a minority even voting. This few that voted did not all vote in favour of removing Lonely Bluebird. The vote took place after the takeover failed, for forms sake

- Linden Lab has made it abundantly clear and in fact stated quite bluntly that they want Emerald numbers, which at this point in time number around 50% of total Second Life logins. These have been the stats for some months now.

- The primary issue that resulted in the demise of Emerald was the attempted and failed takeover of the project, far in advance of any requirements deadline set by Lindenlab. This hostile takeover was initiated by Jessica Lyon.

Draw your own conclusions. I say its Kaput.

by Phil F. Kearny

I was recently handed this letter from Dusty Ayres, Ambrosia Dancer, that she recieved from a patron who wished to lodge a complaint about one of the staff members.

I have been reliable told that you are the owner of ambrosia dance club.

Unfurtunately i have to complain about a member of staff at your establishment
i have been coming to your club for several months now, but last week i was there a member of your staff, i believe her name was Pepper ( short, blonde, 4 legs), attacked me and left me with a very nasty case of fleas.

I have tried various remedies to remove them and have even hired chimpanzee to hunt them down, but to no avail….i have sought further medical help, and have been advised to wash daily with insecticide…which has had the unfortunate side effect of turning my skin blue…which is all well and good if i want to be a smurf, or a navi.

My lawyers have i advised i seek compensation….for such a serious incident they advise a sum of $1 linden….to be paid immediately, and the employee in question to be shaved and treated post haste, so as to prevent any further cases of infestation.

However i digress. My point is that i feel you should inspect all staff prior to employment at your club…for lice fleas ticks ect.

Regards,
a very blue & itchy miss mcandrews :P

Miss Mcandrews, I can assure you Pepper is a pest-free staff member since she receives the finest veterinary care available. She is bathed weekly in Sassy Tiger Coat Flea and Tick Shampoo which kills fleas and ticks, ends snarls and tangles, and leaves Pepper smelling as fresh and clean as a spring day. I can not say the same for the rest of the staff since they take care of their own personal hygiene. I hypothesize that it could be possible that you attracted fleas from your attendance at another venue such as that pestilent hellhole “Dance Island” prior to your visit to Ambrosia. I have forwarded your complaint to my attorney and you should expect a reply within the next year.

By Phil F. Kearny

Here is a great article about Ambrosia Dance Club that was published in the first edition of SLC Magazine. I had no idea that they were doing a story until today when I got a notecard from Ciarra Lexington informing me that she is a writer for a new magazine in Second Life and that as her first assignment she did an article on Ambrosia.

I checked it out and must say this is a slick publication. DJ Axl is very pleased to have a starring picture in the article. Check it out here http://issuu.com/slcmagazine/docs/slc_issue_1?mode=a_p