Well it’s official… Metaplace is now in open beta and I have finally decided to start up a real blog. Sure, sure I did alright with my MySpace blog, but MySpace is so passé now so I thought I would step up to wordpress.com. This will be my final blog post here, but feel free to keep in touch at my new blog
schuylerbain.wordpress.com.
It is my hope to cover all things online gaming and virtual world living at least the ones that interest me. As many of you may know I am a huge supporter of live music in online games and virtual worlds. I will most likely be providing reviews of virtual performances and venues as well.
My current passion is Metaplace. Read the official announcement from the man himself, Raph Koster, below. Something I find very cool about virtual worlds and Metaplace in particular is I have had the ability to chat with Raph directly in world and on the message forums. Interestingly enough Raph has been directly involved with two of my all-time favorite online games; Ultima Online and Star Wars galaxies. It is no wonder I am really digging Metaplace and have high hopes for it as it moves forward. It is well worth checking out, but keep in mind it is still early open beta and needs helping polishing up for launch.
Stop by and say hello -
Schuyler Metaplace is now officially in open beta.
This means that the NDA is lifted. Please feel free to blog, write, tweet, or post pictures of or about Metaplace.
Users no longer need keys to get into the site. You can simply point people to http://www.metaplace.com to register. We've got some glitches to fix with the friend inviting, but those will be dealt with shortly.
For us, this is a huge milestone on a long journey, but it's far from being the end. We have a lot of learning to do now that we are open, but in many other ways, we expect to keep going much as we have. We have a long list of initiatives for the next several months, and we look forward to seeing what all the new users ask for too.
We couldn't have done it without you. Thank you all again!
[source: http://www.metaplace.com/community/metastream_event/1023281]