One of the things we've been working on here in the background, here at Massively, is a big writeup of one of the most promising, detailed and downright spectacular role-playing settings in Second Life: The City of Osgiliath (formerly Lond Ernil).
This amazing site, spread across six simulators was due to open this week, and we had a delicious feature planned to whet your appetite for role-playing in the Third Age of Middle Earth, in one of the largest cities in the Southern Kingdoms of Gondor. The group staging the setting has poured in over US$10,000 leasing the simulators from the owner during the build-out phase.
Unfortunately, the whole site has been destroyed in a single stroke.
Carlbotd Truss, the owner of the six simulators leased by the group sold them all yesterday, apparently without notice before or after the fact. Nobody apparently knows why, at the present time.
The community itself is in shock and is trying to arrange alternative venues. Group managers, such as Nick Lassard, are refunding paid rent to community members.
The community members are stunned at the moment, some creators are angry, and many are seeking alternative role-playing venues within Second Life. This is a huge, huge loss for this community, and a tremendous waste of time and money. Those of you who visited the site after we highlighted it back in April will appreciate the amazing detail and scope of this lost treasure.
