Lively - Last Things Last

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Permalink Reply by Bruce Lehmann on November 21, 2008 at 1:00am

Guess they dicided that it wasn't going to be the platform they thought it was. Too bad

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Permalink Reply by Bruce Lehmann on January 8, 2009 at 8:41pm

As reported on Hiperia 3D and on a associate's blog (http://3donthewebcheap.blogspot.com/), Lively is back as New Lively. From their FAQ:

"Why did you create newlively?

In November 2008, when we were informed about the closure of Google Lively, we were among all those users who felt disheartened. In Google Lively we made many friends and this way of networking in Lively had become a part of our life. We felt that it was imperative to do something for the benefit of all Lively users. We wanted to lead current Lively users out of disappointment and distress, and allow them to return to the space where friendships and 'homes' were once established. To this end we created Newlively. Taking into consideration that Lively users had formed strong emotional attachment to 'Lively', we were therefore willing to do our utmost best to make Newlively resemble the original Lively as closely as possible. Although we were fully aware that this project would involve a large amount of work, we felt that as long our users were happy, our efforts would become extremely valuable. "

You can read the rest at:
http://www.newlively.com/help/faq.jsp

It is going to be interesting to see what Google thinks of this and where this will all go. More power to the people that are trying to keep it going.

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Permalink Reply by ẅîLď˚†нϊЙģ on January 8, 2009 at 10:28pm

Hi Gary:) Never say never, particularly where GOOG's concerned.

This 3D IM experiment was goofy and cartoon-like on purpose. GOOG didn't want to attract a huge number of users, so they purposefully made the UI too silly to attract huge, active membership.

While the LIVELY that people know is finished forever, its re-incarnation at a *higher level of being* than the old cartoonish UI is rolling as we speak. It'll require a bit more serious hardware and it'll differentiate between under- and over-18's. Thematically, GOOG's making "no comment" about the thing ~ or more like *what thing??* as GOOG might put it lol.

Keep your senses open to receive the Mothership's First Encounter With Humans .. public beta ETA July 2009.

Closed beta started in 2006. You already have seen the first or basic result (Lively). GOOG needed to test muchos and their tests taught them what they needed to know. In most cases LIVELY confirmed what GOOG had guessed.

When they go public with this upgraded 3D IM service, the intro will surprise lotsa folks lol. They're talking about releasing it at a very special venue.

Further clues are available on Bethesda's Fallout 3 (*Big Town* quest) and Valve's Left 4 Dead (playing in *Versus*
mode only ~ eye out for news in 3rd chapter of L4D while boarding the jet and helicopter taking you back to civilisation).

PS Another of our members has announced that a newly resurrected LIVELY has just been announced. True. However, it has nothing at all to do with the company, Google Inc, nor are they involved in that project. It's a mod which an outside team used to keep the old LIVELY alive. Why they'd go to the effort is beyond me lol. But there you have it.

~Amy:)

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