SL Shakespeare Barred from SL6B

Written by ina on Monday, 22 of June , 2009 at 10:00 pm
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Remember the SLSC
It’s true. The SL Shakespeare Company is barred from attending SL6B because the SL6B Board does not believe Shakespeare goes with their theme of “the future of SL.” I’ve tried appealing, explaining how SL Shakespeare *can* be part of that future, but, alas, the SL6B Board holds to their decision. Despite their irrationality, I’m taking the aloof approach by *not* staging a protest, but a purely “Remember Us” campaign.

You can help by rezzing a 1-prim “Remember Us” sign. It looks chic, blends in with virtually any build, and it’s low-lag on the sim. And, you get the excuse of visiting one of the two legendary theatres of the metaverse to fetch one — Blackfriars Theatre or SL Globe Theatre. ;-)

Remember SLSC Statuette light on sim resources Remember Us HoloLight's

– etc. a slightly more-bloated, but-still-brief version of *my version* of what happened –

I want to say it’s true that I was granted a parcel, but it’s not for Shakespeare; they gave me a parcel for my fledging Skin Concordance project. Dusty Linden and at least one other admin told me that Skin was more in line with their vision of the future of SL than Shakespeare, and they made a point about how I erred by applying for a parcel for each of my groups, and they had to select just one. Although this arbitrary limit was not mentioned on the application form, it was mentioned on their blog post, but in an ambiguous form of “1 per avatar/group.” (In past years, SL Birthday events had no limit in sim quota, and projects were accepted based on merit, rather than an artificial limit.) After trying to get them to see the light in Shakespeare, and failing there, I tried trading in my Skin parcel for Shakespeare. I received no further communication on the matter after that. And then, one day, I was told to re-apply by their June 15 deadline. I did that, and, the next thing I know, the admin’s gang up on me–telling me that, yes, Shakespeare was granted a parcel, but (immediately after) the parcel is negated due to how I failed in responding to them. In reality, it was the opposite thing that happened, but I think they’ve made their point clear from the beginning–SL Shakespeare is not to be allowed in SL6B. All in all, it’s a mess. There are those annoying speculative stories going on. If you’re interested in the exact facts behind what happened, I have archived verbatim all the official communication I received from the SL6B Admin’s, excluding the ones where they resorted to some very unprofessional language.

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Who is Ina Centaur?

A 25-year old American polymath of Taiwanese ancestry pretending to be old and Caucasian in Second Life. Semi-retired independent scholar also dabbling as an independent artist in new media, particularly theatre and the humanities—notably Shakespeare. Programmer, playwright and novelist. Formal academic background in http://portfolio.inacentaur.com/ina/scientist, philosophy, and bioengineering.

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