

Brie made Knightsbridge a very welcoming friendly place to be, shop owners would move in and stay there, realising what an excellent service they were getting. Brie saw us through the seasons, the beautiful Christmas lights in the Knightsbridge roads were so tastefully done, I don’t think any real life streets could come close, but that is Brie all over, she has exquisite taste and knows how to present the area so people wanted to be there. We had street parties in the summer, fireworks and live gigs. Brie and Seany made the Underground Club a place where regulars go back time after time. They joined in the fun with the clubbers as they both dj’d with Brie also hosting. Sean
y, as the club manager, was skilled indeed at doing the club up for different theme nights, just recently we had a ‘Back To The Future’ theme complete with a road layout and DeLorean sports car in the middle. I remember Halloween themes, Valentine parties, Christmas and New Year’s Eve Balls, Seany did a brilliant job. But it wasn’t only the decorations, people went to the club to be with Brie and Seany, they felt at home in the company of these two wonderful people. Brie is the ultimate people’s person, she’s an organiser, strong but with a caring sensible side that I can only describe as very professional. I never forgot the first time I heard her take the stage at a sim owned by the media group Orange, she was there representing the London sims and spoke out faultlessly, no apparent nerves and in her own warm way, which made people listen.

Brie was in charge of Hyde Park too, being the SL Gateway for new people, she used her organisational skills again to train ‘Greeters’ to perfection, making sure that the new people got off to a great start.
There has been a re-shuffle of management posts in the London sims, and it would appear that a different business process is being used, bringing Knightsbridge and Ken
sington into line with Mayfair. This new strategy may bring in more money to cover the very expensive upkeep of the sims. However, I personally think, that there needs to be a balance, whilst I greatly admire the business prowess of making as much profit as possible, there also needs to be the human factor, those special people who make you feel welcome and want to stay. I asked Brie and Seany how they felt about what has happened and Seany told me that they felt like they have been pushed out.

The London sims without Brie and Seany? Well I for one just can’t imagine London without them, Virtual London will be losing part of its heart and its main strength, it is a very sad day indeed!
Janey Bracken