I don't know if I can open up, I've been opened enough (part V)

Grab bag of random reactions for the new policy.

From Teegle:

Concerning the future of Gachas:
Mon, Aug 02 2021 11:58:29 AM PDT

As some of you have probably heard, Linden Labs will be ending gachas at the end of this month. Though this will have very little effect on Teegle, unfortunately this does mean that the few gachas Teegle does have will be discontinued by the end of August. Teager is still deciding what she wants to do with them afterward. We will be keeping you posted!

Official Announcement:
https://community.secondlife.com/blogs/entry/8586-policy-change-regarding-gacha/

From Apple Fall:

Hello everyone,

In light of the recent news, we have decided to open gacha exchanges for a limited time for those who missed out on the exchange in February 2020. These gacha exchanges is a chance for you to swap your no copy items to copy/modify. Please read attached notecard.

Thank you.

The attached notecard:

Apple Fall Gacha Exchange

How does it work?

☛ Send a notecard to Elvi Peppermint. In this notecard: Please include your name, your username only (calling card will be better). You do not need to list any of the gachas you want to exchange, this will only matter when you are contacted. Please allow up to two weeks to be contacted, we will go in order of the notecards received.

☛ In the mean time, while you wait to hear back from Elvi. Please prepare a folder of the items you would like to be exchanged for the copy/modify. If it is a full collection, please make sure they are in a sub-folder of the folder you have created with the collection name. We will appreciate organized folders much more and will help speed up the process.

☛ You will be contacted via notecard called: Apple Fall Gacha Confirmation. What to do now? We ask that you please read the notecard, follow the instructions and make sure everything is correct. Otherwise it will be returned to you. We will check the items to make sure they are by Apple Fall, and make sure it matches the item name. We do check everything.

☛ The following sets are exchangeable:

• Barber Shop
• Christmas 2013 Dining set
• Christmas 2014 with Holly
• Christmas Bake-Off
• Dolly
• Farmhouse
• Gatekeepers' Lodge
• Homme
• Kitschmas
• Laundry
• Mayfair
• Pantry
• Paris Loft
• Petit Ami
• Robin Buffet
• Stature I
• Stature II
• Tea Time
• Tiffany's

All other sets are not available for exchange, so it will be returned to you if you send it in. Only Elvi is handling the exchanges so please do not chase Apple Pancake or Elvi for your sets to be returned. We will be going in first come, first serve order.

Gacha exchanges will be accepted till 30th of September 2021. This is the final time we will do this.

From Contraption:

Dear Contraptioneers,

We've long moved away from gachas since 2019, and they only continue to exist in the back of the store to remain fair.

However, for the musical machine collections currently sold, they will be packed mod/copy for a high price. This price is to cover the UNUSUALLY HIGH PRODUCTION VALUE they exceed.

You have until Sept 1st to roll the musical gachas before they get packed into high priced (5k+++) fatpacks.

(The less complex ones will range 1.5-3k).

Love,
Walton

From AII:

As of August 31st Gacha’s will no longer be allowed within second life, source - "https://community.secondlife.com/blogs/entry/8586-policy-change-regarding-gacha/"

Aii and Ego Gacha Discontinued Date - August 20th 2021

Since this change is being made we've decided to leave our gachas up until august 20th after this date, we'll be canceling the gachas and they will no longer be acquirable. We may consider re-releasing some of the gacha items again as regular products in the future.

Continued in part VI!