{"id":6755,"date":"2022-04-10T09:39:39","date_gmt":"2022-04-10T14:39:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.zoha-islands.com\/?p=6755"},"modified":"2022-04-10T09:39:39","modified_gmt":"2022-04-10T14:39:39","slug":"breaking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zoha-islands.com\/blog\/breaking\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING:"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"entry-header\">Tempura Restored to Second Life As a Preservation Sim After Belated Outreach by Linden Lab<\/h3>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div class=\"entry-body\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341bf74053ef02942fa36ff4200c image-full img-responsive alignnone\" title=\"Tempura Second Life Linden Lab Restored SLurl\" src=\"https:\/\/nwn.blogs.com\/.a\/6a00d8341bf74053ef02942fa36ff4200c-800wi\" alt=\"Tempura Second Life Linden Lab Restored SLurl\" width=\"800\" height=\"388\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Just received this fairly excellent message:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Dear Tempura island friends, lovers, visitors:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341bf74053ef0282e14e62ef200b img-responsive alignnone\" title=\"Mr Eel Tempura Island\" src=\"https:\/\/nwn.blogs.com\/.a\/6a00d8341bf74053ef0282e14e62ef200b-320wi\" alt=\"Mr Eel Tempura Island\" width=\"320\" height=\"320\" \/>We would like to inform you, that after our decision to close Tempura, we were contacted by Linden Lab and made the decision to accept maintenance of our region by joining The Second Life Region Preservation Society provided by Linden Lab.<\/p>\n<p>We have received so many messages from SL residents about closing Tempura and we are very happy that it will exist still.<\/p>\n<p>Please enjoy Tempura sim as you have been in all these years. We would like to express our gratitude to Linden Lab who recognized and decided to keep Tempura as part of Second Life existence. Thank you everyone who loves Tempura!<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Kikunosuke Eel\/Tempura Island Team\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>P.S. Special Thanks to Mr. Wagner James Au for his support<\/p>\n<p>And <em>thank you<\/em>, Mr. Eel and team! So that said, <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.secondlife.com\/secondlife\/tempura%20island\/128\/128\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">click here to teleport to Tempura in all its preserved glory<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This restoral happens two weeks after the blog <a href=\"https:\/\/nwn.blogs.com\/nwn\/2022\/03\/tempura-second-life-nature-sim-sl.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">reported its imminent departure<\/a>, which strongly suggests the Linden team scrambled to save it after its departure. Last week I had suggested this might happen, while warning that there&#8217;s a flip side to preservation:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Even when Linden Lab takes a sim over, that doesn&#8217;t mean what&#8217;s meaningful about it will continue on. An active user community, first and foremost, brings meaning to the virtual world.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>May that community continue on. Here&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecondLife\/status\/1512216957528985601\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the official announcement<\/a>:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<br \/>\n<div class=\"entry-more\">\n<div id=\"sl-dg-widget\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/lecs-destinations-secondlife-com.s3.amazonaws.com\/img\/1178\/60da52a088b3b850409174.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"657\" height=\"394\" \/>\n<h1>Japan Tempura Island<\/h1>\n<p>Established in 2008, Tempura Island has been a popular destination for socializing, romance, and healing. Explore the forest, dance in the ballroom, wander through the temple and meditate amidst the Japanese motif.<\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/secondlife.com\/destination\/1178?sourceid=dgw1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span id=\"sl-dg-widget-btn\">Visit in Second Life<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Welcome back to Tempura Island in Second Life! Established in 2008, Tempura Island has been a popular destination for socializing, romance, and healing. Explore the forest, dance in the ballroom, wander through the temple and meditate amidst the Japanese motif.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>Thanks to Tempura staffer Polly Reina for the help!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Have a great week from all of us at Zoha Islands\/Fruit Islands<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tempura Restored to Second Life As a Preservation Sim After Belated Outreach by Linden Lab Just received this fairly excellent message: Dear Tempura island friends, lovers, visitors: We would like to inform you, that after our decision to close Tempura, we were contacted by Linden Lab and made the decision to accept maintenance of our &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/zoha-islands.com\/blog\/breaking\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6758,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,3,4,5,6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zoha-islands.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6755"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zoha-islands.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zoha-islands.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zoha-islands.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zoha-islands.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6755"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/zoha-islands.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6755\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zoha-islands.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zoha-islands.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zoha-islands.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zoha-islands.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}