A Former Players Perspective – Eros Island
By Moonlightvisionz (Guest Writer)
Eros Island WILL be shutting down, that has been confirmed. Eros Island management team stated profusely how they’ve “tried” to contact Utherverse and those involved, yet no one has responded. However, BlowTorch, Crash, and Illusive have used all of their “hard earned money” over the past 2 years (from residents of ErosIsland) to buy a new platform. It’s actually not a “new” platform, it’s a platform that has a server engine from 2004. This new platform is 3DChat.com, and BlowTorch, Crash, and Illusive are the “sole owners”, promising the Eros Island community there is no connection at all to Utherverse.
Many perks were talked up about 3DChat.com, seemingly with ErosIsland completely sunken underwater now. A few perks that were spoken about are Blow Torch’s “junk hanging out” and people being “able to fart”. Many of the amazing features offered to Eros Island members that they will be able to use in 3DChat are basic features pretty much used in other existing virtual worlds. It was also just mentioned in the Town Hall meeting that there are STILL 3DChat users in the 3DChat world, and how “they are in for a big surprise” once BlowTorch and Crash take over. Many questions are being asked from members, with many promises being made by BlowTorch and Crash that EVERYTHING will be ready and up and running by this Saturday; consequently, they are continuously asking for the members of Eros Island to “give them time” over and over and over again. It was also pointed out that there were 617 members online in ErosIsland and how “amazing” this was for BlowTorch, he then asked how many people were actually listening online.
3DChat.com is “up” right now; however it was stated that it is running on “very weak” hardware, and asking Eros members not to “expect a lot”; consequently, again… it has been stated this will be “completely ready” by this Saturday, in two days. Neither owner knows whether or not they will be able to have DJ streams, and one member asked about their clubs from Eros Island, will they be able to transfer. BlowTorch says he “does not know”. And AGAIN, everything will be ready by “this Saturday”, but “please, give us time”. The site that was purchased by BlowTorch’s hard earned money has not been used since 2004, the Facebook page has not been updated since 2013. This platform was also bought without knowing ALL of the issues the former owner had with the it. It was also pointed out that all Eros content belongs to Utherverse, and neither BlowTorch nor Crash have access to the source code; however, later it was also stated that the Eros Island members will have “everything” they had in Eros Island ON 3DChat, and that they have all databases from Eros Island. Again, Crash tells us there is a “massive list” of things that need to be done, “please bear with us”, however, they have continuously promised they will have “everything ready” by this Saturday.
Also stated is that everyone who has paid memberships in Eros Island WILL have their paid membership in 3DChat.com as well. BlowTorch is not sure for how long, and he has not promised any kind of refund offered for clams previously bought in Eros Island. There is also NO existing Marketplace, but it has been promised that “we will work as hard as we can on a Marketplace”, and that they might have it running “as soon as possible”. It was also stated that the community can “build the world” because evidently, the 3DChat world was never finished. It was also stated “there is no billing system”; however, again… everything will be “ready” by this Saturday. BlowTorch and Crash stated they really “aren’t sure” how the billing system works, and Crash has pointed out that the source code is totally new to him, and they aren’t even sure if all the features are working properly, but “they will be fixed and all running by Saturday”.
So, BlowTorch welcomes all to login and try it out themselves, and then states no one can probably log in yet because it’s not running. Good luck to all of the members of Eros Island!