Chouchou photo by Loverdag
Potential good news for Chouchou, the beloved, dream-like Second Life sim that is scheduled to be closed down within the next few days. After an impassioned protest by many SL community members, Linden Lab staffer "Patch Linden" posted an appeal in the community:
Your calls have been heard! I need the region owner to contact me directly (via email or through support) to start the process of entering the region into the Second Life Region Preservation Society. I have not seen contact from them so far.
I have also not received word from Chouchou's owners juliet Herbele and arabesque Choche, the Japanese music duo who created and own the sim, since they or their manager told me last week that they planned to take Chouchou down. I've reached out to them again, and I'm also in touch with Patch, so I can connect them directly. However, we may need more help from the community:
If you personally know juliet or arabesque or anyone directly affiliated with Chouchou the music duo, please let them know Linden Lab wants to chat with them, and have them get in touch with me.
More updates hopefully soon!
Hat tip: Iriana Perez Marzo
Maybe, like their music, some things fade into memory, until the last note resonates into the ether and all that is left is a distant dream once shared by many people.
Posted by: It's only a game | Thursday, May 23, 2019 at 07:59 AM
Linden Lab really needs a way to have artistic creations like this put into a bank of regions that can be loaded by request. Even if there was a 10 minute wait period to view it, or only a dozen or so can be up at any given time, it would be better than having these running all the time or losing them forever.
Posted by: Summer Haas | Thursday, May 23, 2019 at 08:17 AM
thank you for this blog. I have shared this post on my blog... I hope we can all save Chouchou!
Posted by: AmandaMagick | Thursday, May 23, 2019 at 11:52 AM
Never heard of this "Region Preservation Society." Why didn't it save other worthy sims? Virtual Starry Night, Greenies Home, etc.
Posted by: Shmoo Snook | Thursday, May 23, 2019 at 01:21 PM
So hang on a second a region preservation society owned by a linden or linden labs hmmmm has tried reaching out im gonna guess that if it doesnt appeal to linden labs in some way its not deemed worthy of saving shrugs been in sl for years and this is the first im hearing of such a society no wonder there isnt much to do in sl anymore bleh
Posted by: Nocturnengel resident | Thursday, May 23, 2019 at 01:32 PM
Going to play the devil here by pointing out a few things.
I never could find that place in search it was like they wanted it hidden from others.
Agreeing with Shmoo Snook, why did they let go other even greater sims.. what the hell did they do for the Pillars of Hercules?! what about Blackwater?! nothing! she was banned for no reason (Had not even logged in for 3 years) with the most well known and rare prim art on the grid deleted by the lab! one of a kind work! by the most talented people the grid ever had! her alt told me they just banned her overnight and refused any kind of support ticket...someone paying for a history sim for a decade to benefit the grid just gets crapped on by the lab then ignored like they never existed..Blackwater really showed what kind of limits the rims could shine past (back when building a sim meant using your mind not the marketplace)
If their so worried why not bring back the Black Swan, I know for a fact they have a copy. funny how that all those sculptures from 10 years ago look better then mesh we have today! =)
Agreeing with Summer as well..why not just have a history month to showcase sims since birthday regions for the last few years have looked like a yardsale area.
Posted by: Better then Ezra | Thursday, May 23, 2019 at 01:56 PM
The preservation society saved the SS Galaxy cruise ship in 2015.
Posted by: Pulsar | Thursday, May 23, 2019 at 06:53 PM
Is there a list of preserved sims or something? How can we get to them? SL let a lot of lovely places die, nowadays most of the 'nice place' sims are the same old countryside with a cutesy cottage in it, or forgotten urban town.. id kill for some unique places to explore again.....
Posted by: Rosier | Friday, May 24, 2019 at 12:40 AM
April Fools Day is everyday at LL.
Posted by: Joey | Friday, May 24, 2019 at 12:53 AM
Just copybot the Sim and repost it?
Posted by: Anonymous | Friday, May 24, 2019 at 09:19 AM
I wish we could just buy the rights on things like this so that those who care can preserve beautiful masterpieces.
Posted by: Michael S Brown | Friday, May 24, 2019 at 12:39 PM
HAmlet - would LL allow you to set up a fundraising kiosk to see if there's enough community support to keep it open?
Posted by: phanrepublic | Monday, May 27, 2019 at 03:20 PM