Shipley was part of the original Outlands along with the sims Federal, Hawthorne, Stanford, and part of Clyde (which had the "[[Outlands Wall]" and acted as a warning sim). On 04/18/03 during a Town Hall (Town Hall 4/18/03) it was announced that the former Outland sims were now Mature, Non-Combat, and Jessie was the new combat sim. The reason for the change was because many residents moved into the Outland sims and did not want to participate in the combat but rather simply live in peace.