Here’s a quick update on the Karas Cove : Survive game that I was sponsoring. When I visited Karas Cove today, I ended up at some sky garden. No Survive game to be seen anywhere. When I was able to teleport down to group level, I noticed some small islands and something that could resemble a maze. Inside was Karensa Karas, the sim owner and game developer (along with Kiana Writer). When I landed next to Karensa and typed in public chat, I was ignored, either because she was AFK and using some anti-idle script, or because she didn’t want to talk to me, I don’t know.
About a minute or two later, Kiana Writer pops in world and I contact her about the game seemingly being gone. I get a reply that she and Karensa no longer work together and that I should contact Karensa Karas regarding all sponsorship deals. We chat a little longer and I point out that I sponsored the game because I was under the impression that it would run once (for the L$20,000 prize) and then be accessible to all residents later. I don’t pay L$5,000 for two or three days of advertising in a virtual game in a virtual world.
I left Karensa an IM and notecard. In the mean time I’ve contacted two other people I believe were sponsors, and I sent an IM to the original SLNN author for the article about Karas Cove. So much for promoting the sim and virtualSecond I suppose. When searching for “Karas Cove” my initial blog post turns up first. I found a couple of small posts in forums from Karensa in regards to the game starting April 1st, 2008 but there are no updates to be found. The Karas Cove group – used for the game – is gone too and everyone was kicked out some sources told me.
Updates will follow as things happen.
Tags: promotion, sponsorship
