Risque Tempest

Before the war was the pandemic and before that were DMCA complaints. I understand the lack of updates. I have 3 Genus heads (two I paid for). I wore them frequently despite not liking their hud. Then I started using AK. But when EvoX came out, AK got permission to use their UV. And then they started a new line of heads using EvoX. At the time, basically the only difference between the Advance series and new one was EvoX (something they didn’t even create). LeL instead updated their regular Evo heads with the new UV. What AK did is worse than understandable lack of Genus updates. I love LeL’s huds and their animations. I won’t go back to Genus, but that has nothing to do with their business practices. Sorry for being off topic.

So far Belleza has had a sale on their new bodies twice (that I know of) since their release. So I think Belleza may realize they set the price too high.

Nicely done! I use both the Lucybody and free Classic Meshbody for my alt. I prefer Lucybody, but I don’t recommend it to anyone brand new because it costs 250L to get the BOM activated. The free Meshbody comes BOM ready. Also, shoes (unless it goes above the ankle), nails and rings made for Legacy fit on the free Meshbody.

It was awful. I always had a hard time matching the skin color.

True, the unappealing ad didn’t help. I think shape’s hands are too big, and it made the hands look masculine. The neck doesn’t look attractive either, but it could just be the picture. Also, it seem like no one was making anything for this body. I’ve seen more things for sale for Prima than for C&C. Maybe the creators kit was too hard to get or too difficult to use.

I agree, she should have been upfront about her intentions to close the business (if she knew then that she was closing). This has hurt the brand’s reputation. But TMP was able to come back and be successful so maybe it won’t make a difference if Slink reopens.

I think part of the reason she closed is because it was no longer worth the investment. Majority of designers do not sell anything for Slink male and original Physique bodies and support for HG has greatly declined. There’s too much competition. The bodies would have to be updated and bring something new to the market.

Based on the wording in her Black Friday ad, I suspect she had already decided to close. I wouldn’t call it immoral, though. The bodies and huds can still be used for now. I doubt Belleza has plans to update its older bodies but still sells them. It’s not like it would be if Legacy closed and no longer supported its web based hud. it’s very unfortunate for C&C users since she was basically the only designer making clothing for it. She must be truly done with SL to not even stay open on the marketplace and sell only fashion.

I can’t imagine the time and money that was poured into making an optimized performance body with first of its kind features. I’m sure she was devastated when it flopped. Siddean badly misread the market. Maybe if C&C was a curvy body like HG that still has some designer support, it would have had some success. Adding in the difficulties in her RL, she decided to close. Understandable, but I think she should have given some advance notice. I’m sure there are Slink users who would have liked a chance to make final purchases as she did make and sell clothing and accessories for the bodies she created. I suspect she had been planning to close at least since November because her Black Friday ad said once in a lifetime. Slink lost the chance to have a profitable closing sale (not the bodies but the fashion).

I doubt LL has any desire to purchase something that flopped. Yes, C&C was an optimized performance body with first of its kind features. But curvy is the trend now, and C&C is a slender body. Maybe if the body was based on the more curvy Hourglass (that some designers still support), it would have had some success. I don’t think most SL users care about optimization. If they did, bodies that I have been told are “breaking the grid” wouldn’t be so popular. Even with BOM, bodies are still being made with alpha cuts.