Crowdfunder Saves Second Life's Hangars Liquides from Imminent Extinction -- But Cyberpunk City's Long-Term Survival Still Not Assured

From left to right: Indiegogo donors Softparade Bing (China), Hangars creator Djehan Kidd, 5Sasha (Russia), Ruby Beta Sabaea (UK), Silverhaze Koenkamp (Japan), and Bixyl Shuftan (USA)

Good news: With just days left to go, Hangars Liquides, Second Life's masterpiece cyberpunk city -- scheduled to be dematerialized at the end of this month -- has been saved. An Indiegogo crowdfunder launched by its lead creator has raised over 50% of its target goal, enough to cover its immediate land tier expenses.

"I can send a wire transfer to Linden Lab on August 1st," Djehan Kidd tells me. "I'll keep fundraising until the final goal... It is a 'by the day' approach now, but this gives me more time to think about future funding methods in the medium term future."

Donors from around the world rallied to save Hangars Liquides, from across the European Union, Finland, Russia, China, Japan, Singapore, the United States, Costa Rica, and beyond. (Some of those donors depicted above.) "It is amazing," Djehan says. "They are amazing, I feel so grateful..."

However, this initial round will only keep Hangars Liquides operational for awhile:

"This is to pay on August 1st so no one unplugs the city then," as Ms. Kidd puts it. "[The donations so far] sure released a lot of immediate pressure but this is only temporary. So yes, I better continue raising funds."

Go here to consider helping save Hangars Liquides beyond August.

Pic courtesy Djehan Kidd.

Comments

[jush]

Notice how no one from LL donated even a penny.

[snakeappletree]

Run monthly pay-to-play RPG sessions with a dedicated core team of pros. Limit the spaces. It will book up fast, months in advance. Make it worthwhile. Do this in addition to rentals.

[Pulsar]

The crowdfunding offers apartments in HL for a year in return. It doesn't look like a bad deal (even if you don't think to just support HL), especially if you count that HL folks are known for the quality of their buildings and if you have a decent computer, they show among the best lights and materials in SL, if not the best.

However, 5 regions are expensive and not everyone is a fan of the cyberpunk settings.
Perhaps if one day LL could create on demand regions, or something like that, preservation would be simpler for them and to showcase them.

[TDD123]

The fundraising was proof Djehan'work is still relevant and admired. Donations will keep coming to ensure this Sim stays active and is preserved with full functionality.

Fanboism is not enough. Lovers of art, cyberpunk and excellent craftsmanship are gathering to support this.

HL is anything, but lost.

[Yuukoc]

Remember LL has no obligation of donate, they work just as all of us, nothing to be criticized for.
I didn't know about HL until this news because cyberpunk is not completely my style but after going there is really amazing, it's very cool than people lend a hand to save it, you should not thinkg bad about LL, they're not the villians, actually nobody is, is just how this world works.
congrats for getting the founds and to the people for lending them.
atte: just a random resident xD