|
Title: Funding, name change, invite-only beta Post by: Raph on October 22, 2008, 09:37:55 AM Today we announced that Areae is no more — there’s just Metaplace. Easier to spell and say, and it gives you the chance to focus on just one name to make fun of. And also that we closed a Series B funding round, with Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz joining the funders. And that we are now into invite-only beta — there are invite keys on TechCrunch and GigaOM right now, and there will be more scattered about soon.
The beta site is up now too, with a link to the press release. Title: Re: Funding, name change, invite-only beta Post by: Slyfeind on October 22, 2008, 11:10:04 AM OMG that was your 666th post! END OF DAYS!
Hm, weren't you developing your own MMO via Metaplace? Does all this shifting around change anything? Title: Re: Funding, name change, invite-only beta Post by: Raph on October 22, 2008, 12:30:36 PM We've spent all our time on enabling other people to make stuff, really. I made a simple little shooter, and we did a puzzle game of mine, but the bulk of the effort has been towards enabling you, not me. (Is that too marketingy?)
Title: Re: Funding, name change, invite-only beta Post by: Slyfeind on October 22, 2008, 01:34:40 PM YES END OF DAYS! I still hope you make another virtual worldie thing. And I'm sure I'm not the only one!
Title: Re: Funding, name change, invite-only beta Post by: Signe on October 22, 2008, 03:09:46 PM Congrats on both your new company name and your Number of the Beast post! :yahoo:
Title: Re: Funding, name change, invite-only beta Post by: Raph on October 22, 2008, 04:38:39 PM I don't want to know how you got 12,000+. :P
I guess that means your next milestone is 66666. Title: Re: Funding, name change, invite-only beta Post by: Signe on October 22, 2008, 06:26:08 PM It's not so hard when most of your posts consist of one sentence or less. (http://i.somethingawful.com/forumsystem/emoticons/emot-aaaaa.gif)
Title: Re: Funding, name change, invite-only beta Post by: Jayce on October 22, 2008, 08:15:21 PM I've now tried three various invite keys that were each all used by the time I got there :heartbreak:
edit: four Title: Re: Funding, name change, invite-only beta Post by: Raph on October 22, 2008, 10:09:19 PM very soon now (say, a week), the current f13 people in will be able to invite you guys in
so you should make nice with the ones who got lucky... Title: Re: Funding, name change, invite-only beta Post by: Raguel on October 22, 2008, 10:40:18 PM very soon now (say, a week), the current f13 people in will be able to invite you guys in so you should make nice with the ones who got lucky... Considering the people who hang out here, I think a witty insult would work best. :why_so_serious: Title: Re: Funding, name change, invite-only beta Post by: Yegolev on October 23, 2008, 06:24:07 AM Hilarious pictures also work.
Title: Re: Funding, name change, invite-only beta Post by: AngryGumball on October 23, 2008, 02:46:04 PM very soon now (say, a week), the current f13 people in will be able to invite you guys in so you should make nice with the ones who got lucky... It was my understanding that making nice with anyone on here was impossible to do part of being part of this community when joining. As in none of these people are nice *zing* Title: Re: Funding, name change, invite-only beta Post by: Raph on October 23, 2008, 05:50:51 PM That's not true! I am nice. There are others of us, but we mostly lurk quietly for fear of attracting the attention of anyone else.
Title: Re: Funding, name change, invite-only beta Post by: Lantyssa on October 23, 2008, 08:47:42 PM Nice person! Get 'em!
:vv: Raph is nice, though. He introduced me to the late-night folks at Meatspace yesterday like I was an old buddy. It made me feel all warm and fuzzy. Title: Re: Funding, name change, invite-only beta Post by: Raph on October 24, 2008, 04:29:16 PM See? I'm a saint.
Title: Re: Funding, name change, invite-only beta Post by: Signe on October 24, 2008, 05:09:03 PM And you're an angel, too!
|