http://www.metaversejournal.com/2009/12/22/metaplace-announces-its-closure/ Coverage of news, issues and events occurring in virtual worlds or those who create those worlds Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:32:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.metaversejournal.com/2009/12/22/metaplace-announces-its-closure/comment-page-1/#comment-207000 Virtual worlds predictions for 2010 : The Metaverse Journal – Virtual World News Sat, 02 Jan 2010 12:29:01 +0000 http://www.metaversejournal.com/?p=2439#comment-207000 [...] also a fairly safe one. There’ll be company and/or platform failures. Some may be bought out, but like Metaplace in the past week, there’s going to be some outright shuttering of some environments. I have some specific ones [...] [...] also a fairly safe one. There’ll be company and/or platform failures. Some may be bought out, but like Metaplace in the past week, there’s going to be some outright shuttering of some environments. I have some specific ones [...]

]]> http://www.metaversejournal.com/2009/12/22/metaplace-announces-its-closure/comment-page-1/#comment-206994 Metaplace – final concert : The Metaverse Journal – Virtual World News Fri, 01 Jan 2010 22:06:11 +0000 http://www.metaversejournal.com/?p=2439#comment-206994 [...] As discussed last week, Metaplace is closing its doors. That closure comes into effect in the next few hours, and as a farewell founder Raph Koster is holding a farewell concert. It’s just started, with REM’s ‘End of the World’ the opening song. How many virtual world execs would get up in front of an audience of people who are losing their world and put it on the line musically? Not many, but I’m not surprised that Raph Koster has done so. [...] [...] As discussed last week, Metaplace is closing its doors. That closure comes into effect in the next few hours, and as a farewell founder Raph Koster is holding a farewell concert. It’s just started, with REM’s ‘End of the World’ the opening song. How many virtual world execs would get up in front of an audience of people who are losing their world and put it on the line musically? Not many, but I’m not surprised that Raph Koster has done so. [...]

]]> http://www.metaversejournal.com/2009/12/22/metaplace-announces-its-closure/comment-page-1/#comment-206972 2009 predictions review : The Metaverse Journal – Virtual World News Sun, 27 Dec 2009 03:42:13 +0000 http://www.metaversejournal.com/?p=2439#comment-206972 [...] – We couldn’t have got this one more wrong given Metaplace has announced its closure. Closures are expected in a competitive environment but this one was a real [...] [...] – We couldn’t have got this one more wrong given Metaplace has announced its closure. Closures are expected in a competitive environment but this one was a real [...]

]]> http://www.metaversejournal.com/2009/12/22/metaplace-announces-its-closure/comment-page-1/#comment-206971 Laura Ess Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:09:45 +0000 http://www.metaversejournal.com/?p=2439#comment-206971 I'm very disappointed with this. I had just discovered Metaplace and it seemed to me that it was all that Lively should have been. I'm very disappointed with this. I had just discovered Metaplace and it seemed to me that it was all that Lively should have been.

]]> http://www.metaversejournal.com/2009/12/22/metaplace-announces-its-closure/comment-page-1/#comment-206970 Metaplace: Shut Down « Wir sprechen Online. Tue, 22 Dec 2009 10:23:22 +0000 http://www.metaversejournal.com/?p=2439#comment-206970 [...] Shut Down Metaplace.com is closing on January 1, 2010: 70,000 virtual worlds will vanish from the Internet; http://j.mp/8dyizq [...] [...] Shut Down Metaplace.com is closing on January 1, 2010: 70,000 virtual worlds will vanish from the Internet; http://j.mp/8dyizq [...]

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