SL 2011 year recap on what happened

It’s near 2012 now and its time to look back on what happened during 2011 in Second Life . Check out the month-by-month recap below of news and events that rocked 2011…

January 2011

• The 1000 Avatars Project was featured on the Second Life Destination Guide on 7th January
• New Web Based SL Profiles introduced by Linden Lab on 8th January
• The Gnubie Store closed down In Second Life on 10th January
• Rod Humble started the new job of being CEO of Linden Lab on 20th January
• Teen Grid officially merges with Main Grid on 21st January
• Jessica Lyon announces partnership with new OS Grid “SpotOn3D” on 25th January

February 2011

• Mega Prims disappeared across the grid on 2nd February
• Rodvik Linden Meet and Greet on 4th February
• Linden Lab changes Office Hours to User Groups meetings on 9th February
• Bay City Teen and Main Grid regions merged into one big land mass on 10th February
• Linden Lab announces new SL Community Platform on 16th February
• RedZone HUD was forced to ask to reveal alt accounts on 25th February

March 2011

• Tribute to Sabrinaa Nightfire, Talented SL Artist who sadly passed away on 6th March
• Linden Lab Calls Facebook “The Best Place” to Find Second Life Content on 8th March
• Big buzz on the blog post by NWN called Second Life Users Hate and Fear of Change on 16th March
• Linden Lab introduced basic mode and advanced mode for the viewer on 18th March
• VWBPE 2011 was a big success this year between 17th & 19th March
• SL Fashion for life raised 4.7 million Linden dollars on 24th March
• BURN2 Spring Event opened with great joy and excitement from the SL community on 25th March
• Ormand won Pop Art Lab Machinima Expo 2011 on 28th March

April 2011

• Linden Lab launched a new Dash Deal Test Program for Marketplace Merchants on 6th April
• Linden Lab announced SL Viewer Beta with Enhanced Avatar Physics on 7th April
• There was sad news when AM Radio announced closure of his regions on 10th April
• Tateru Nino announced that Second Life user-concurrency falls to lowest levels in two years on 10th April
• Feathers Boa announced an early retirement from Second Life on 13th April
• Linden Lab launched new interactive Second Life signup pages on 17th April
• Linden Lab is worth roughly $232M, according to Sharepost on 25th April

May 2011

• Linden Lab changed the Welcome Screen on 3rd May
• There was mass deletion of staff user pages from Second Life Wiki on 9th May
• Bay City celebrated it’s third anniversary in Second Life on 13th May
• SL was listed on 11 most influential online worlds of all time via PCWorld on 17th May
• Facebook removed hundreds of SL FB avatars accounts on 20th May
• Linden Lab announced the new Search project viewer on 25th May

June 2011

• Linden Lab hosted a load test event to help test/break SL group changes on 2nd June
• There was outrage over disputed logo SL8B on 13th June
• A second Second Life for Duran Duran on 16th June
• SL8B opens & Second Life turns eight years old on 23rd June
• Lost Gardens of Apollo shuts down in SL on 26th June
• Linden Lab introduced new SL avatars in the Library on 29th June
• Rod Humble talked about virtual goods during Bloomberg Interview on 30th June

July 2011

• Paisley Beebe calls it quits on 2nd July
• Treet.TV announced big changes on 7th July
• Google+ suspends avatar accounts during the summer on 8th July
• Firestorm surpassed LL V1.23 viewer usage  on 15th July
• Relay for Life weekend & Relay For Life raised $371, 670 US dollars between 16th-17th July
• New SL social web profiles went live on 26th July

August 2011

• Meeroos master account blocked by Linden Lab on 1st August
• Announcement of Abbotts Aerodrome closing on 2nd August
• Brinda Allen passed away in her sleep on 11th August
• SLCC 2011 keynote highlights on 13th August
• OWN Network Documentary on Second Life on 16th August
• SL Viewer 3 comes out of beta with Mesh on 23rd August
• SL Relay for Life 2011 Raises $375K From 115K Donation on 29th August

September 2011

• Jessica Lyon announced the Phoenix project turned one years old on 3rd September
• Pop Art Lab celebrated it’s 3rd year anniversary in Second Life on 4th September
• Firestorm Beta 3 with Mesh Support on 6th September
• KirstenLee Cinquetti announced that her viewer will be discontinued on 8th September
• Weekend deal: Second Life premium memberships discounted on 9th September
• Metaverse Week in Review turned four years old on 12th September
• Help People Island closed down after six years in Second Life on 24th September

October 2011

• Grendel’s Children celebrated it’s 5th birthday party in Second Life on 7th October
• Linden Lab joins Plurk SL community on 7th October
• Luskwood celebrated it’s 8th birthday party in Second Life on 17th October
• Linden Lab releases new Viewer 3 user interface on 18th October
• Builders Brewery big glitch hits 16, 700 group members on 20th October
• SL Shakespeare Company, Primtings, and sLiterary Closing on 22nd October
• Video game-designer and Maxis co-founder Will Wright now a Linden Lab director on 25th October

November 2011

• First annual InWorldz Dreamz & Visionz art festival opened on 1st November
• Linden Lab finally responds to Bring Back Last Name Options on 1st November
• Gracie Kendal reached the big milestone of 2000 avatars on 3rd November
• Official Second Life Facebook page reached 200, 000 likes milestone on 6th November
• New Linden Helpers Beta program launched on 11th November
• Save 50% when you sign up for a Premium account on 24th November
• SL user concurrency stays below 70, 000 during 2011 on 30th November

December 2011

• FJ Linden no longer with Linden Lab on 12th December
• Translation failed message on 14th December
• SL Last Names are coming back hopefully in early 2012 on 13th December
• Kirsten’s SL Viewer Development Ends Because 1000s of Its Users Declined to Help Fund It on 19th December
• Exodus SL Viewer: Appealing Successor to Kirstens Viewer on 26th December