SKY Strikes Back
Via this notice on WSE Live (to be deleted by Luke soon, no doubt):
Delisting
Submitted by: Sky Island Estate (SKY)
Date: March 11, 2008SKY is delisting from the WSE. My reason is simple; Anshe Chung (Third Party) is an investor in our company and in the WSE. She allows avatars to break the forum rules, bashing us on the SLExchange.com. I will not continue to support those that do not support us.
I have made a list of all the SKY shareholders. We will either regroup on a different exchange or pay each person for their shares. Because Third Party is not a valid avatar name he/she will not be refunded.
Good luck with your SL companies.
Take care.
Paris
On Paris Druart's website (ParisDruart.com):
March 11, 2008
We are delisting SKY from the World Stock Exchange. My reason is simple; Anshe Chung (Third Party) is an investor in our company and in the WSE. She allows avatars to break the forum rules, bashing us on the SLExchange.com. I will not continue to support those that do not support us.
I have made a list of all the SKY shareholders. We will either regroup on a different exchange or pay each person for their shares. Because Third Party is not a valid avatar name he/she will not be refunded.
Ouch. It is a pretty well known fact that the WSE has Anshe Chung and others hiding behind the name 'Third Party' - and LukeConnell Vandeverre has said over and over that Linden dollars represent a limited license right... so it seems that Paris has turned the tables in that regard.
I guess when you make a game, you better lookout for those rules.
Paris Druart hasn't responded to me inworld yet, but it does seem like she has said what she wanted to - and set a tone that is a little defiant in its own way. Whether this was a good move or not is open to debate - but it certainly is a bold move, and one that seems to be based on something quite odd in most business:
Principle.
It is hard not to respect that.
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So I talked to Paris. Sort of.
Second Life Consultant
Oh dear
She does herself no favours does she. Maybe she's stressed, maybe she needs to hire a PR department.
I'd be interested to hear her view
There have been a lot of complaints about Paris Druart, leading to people throwing a wobbly in the official forums about deleted and locked threads on the subject. I don't know if people are trying to deliberately undermine Sky estates or whether there are communication problems but that name has been coming up a lot lately with regards to people claiming they've been victims of an estate scam.
Unlike the official forums, SLExchange threads are less likely to be deleted and locked and of course names can be named at SLExchange.
Man that's rough. I will be
Man that's rough. I will be interested to see how this one turns out. To delist and then deny the fourth largest holder their equity is not something I would do. Ecspecially when the holder is the WAL-MART of SL. That takes MAJOR guts. I guess it won't hurt Anshe though, still L$200K is a lot of money to just cut off. Welcome to the Wild West. I wonder if she tried to talk to Anshe (or Anshe's people) about it or just acted arbitrarily. Anshe really doesn't do the day to day management of SLX. She just an angel investor from what I understand.
It is all a bit peculiar.
But then, anything surrounding WSE or Anshe Chung is usually a little peculiar. I honestly don't know what to make of it yet.
I do have a feeling that this will quietly blow over, though.
Second Life Consultant
can someone post a link to
can someone post a link to this supposed bashing of SKY on slexchange forums? and how is Anshe responsible for that? she doesn't control that site, merely owns minority share.
I'd like to see that to.
Frankly, I don't have time to find that stuff. Contact with Paris Druart was made, and she basically said that she had written what she intended to.
I'll try asking a more focused question. Perhaps she'll show some links.
Second Life Consultant
Links
They took my island
I lost my island was ripped
Beware estate owners
Which starts off as a thread about a dodgy tenant and turns into Paris bashing.
Yes, that's one side.
Now, is this the side that Paris is complaining about?
I think I'll shelve this one for now. Just another one that will run its course.
Second Life Consultant
Paris did complain
In some of those threads, I think she posted a "I won't be back here" comment. I would like to hear Paris' version of events because if someone is trying to undermine her by unethical business practice that's a concern for us all.
I´m one if the major
shareholders of SKY, right after Anshe Chung.
Paris told:
"I have made a list of all the SKY shareholders. We will either regroup on a different exchange or pay each person for their shares".
Nothing happend until now :(
And when i google her name or look at the forums i expect my money gone forever, no matter what she says.
Let´s look how things work out there.
Sportsbets Writer
Sportsbets Writer
about the forum posts,
about the forum posts, bashing is so iz to do..
follow the convenant, be ok with her.. and you ll never have trouble..
be dumb.. & you have it.
she only need to learn how to answer without making ww2 with the 2nd word..
that s all..