Following proof that there is nothing left for me in SL, both from an earlier discussion and a recent event, I’ve decided to go out entirely. See comments on that post that were added while I was typing.
I’ve cancelled my account. AjaxLife development will stop, and the public service will be terminated.
You may be happy, Mercury, that I won’t send you a third IM (oh, the horror!) about the sim you took from me. You may be happy, majority of TSL (especially Shawn, Daisy Brennen and Dontay Brennen (the “FUCK YOU KATHERINE BERRY” person)), that I won’t be around to do whatever it is I do to make you dislike me so much.
And Daisy, I don’t moderate comments, unless they’re spam.
EDIT: I’ve also pulled down the donation button (there’s nothing left to donate for, so…).
EDIT 2: Found who had named me in their profile, and added links to their web profiles.
Mercury Said something like “It’s only open to mah friends!” >.>
Also I have his picture from some conference on Flickr (If you really want to “[15:46] Katharine Berry wishes to murder you. Unfortunately, she doesn’t”..
Are you answering emails still?
Mercury = Epik Phail X 3.14 ^ * ?/1
I answer emails when I’m not too exhausted and/or depressed to do so.
Also, it’s really cold for some reason. I think the heating’s off.
Dear Katahrine,
little as it might help when you drop into that ugly black well called depression, I still would like to invite you to look around you, at the comments that have followed your announcements. There are far more people respecting and admiring you out there than there are bullies snapping at your heels. What you have achieved, your brilliant mind impresses people far more talented and seasoned to life’s vagaries than those petty barkers spraying their spittle all over your blog. Don’t let a vocal minority tell you what you are worth, or where you belong.
Hugs (in-world one day, too, if you care for them).
Wow, I never knew all this happened since I left TG in June. I’m not taking sides, because I think both you Katharine and you Mercury are decent, intelligent people. You both are very creative… AjaxLife looked amazing. I would have loved to use it. As for the sim, Aura (Or whatever it should be called..) I don’t think you made the agreement very descriptive, and it sounded like, from your forum post originally that you had little or no interest in the outcome of the buyer.
I have sold my own work to people for resale, and I have been ripped off by accepting a buyer’s offer. Iv been lied to, and my wishes have been violated in turn for someone else’s benefit. But I ACCEPT it for what it is, and that I no longer have any control over it.
Mercury explains directly what he intended to do, and that he would close the sim, find builders, then reopen it to the public. As for terra forming, I don’t think you should have exclaimed you would kill someone. Mercury was not intending to offend you. You never said anything about terra-forming or appearance of the sim.
Your own dreams and visions will differ from someone else. I think you should either accept it, or you can ignore Mercury. Even though this is Marjory irrelevant, since he is now on the MG, this entire argument is blown way out of proportion.
I had said I’m not taking sides in all this, but I’m trying to give you advice from my own experience. I guess this comment is a little out of date, and that I am re-igniting an old conflict, but iv gotten into similar arguments with people. I’m a very irritable person though, and if something doesn’t go the way I want, I tend to get very angry. I have tried to apologize to all the people I have offended through my words and intentions.
With best regards to the both of you; <3
Will Szymborska (Former owner of WillMart)
Katherine, Mercury, I won’t take a side since as with many internet stories it’s very hard to tell what is true, what is false and what is just plain misunderstanding. To Mercury, I say: if you said you would do something if you obtained that sim, do it, you should try your best to keep your word.
To Katherine: please don’t quit for such a bitter episode. Bad things like that happen both in life and Second Life, and whether you’ve been tricked or not, you still managed to achieve something very few of all the people bitching here could ever dream of. You’ve assembled the very first SL web interface, you’ve been cited in an article of New World Notes… not many managed to do that. So don’t get discouraged by this bad story, and keep doing this great project that I’m sure has the potential to spark more and more interest as it grows: you have much to gain and little to lose by doing what you love, developing your pet project.