Archive for January, 2004
Op/Ed: The Case Against an Adults-Only Server
By Lady Julianna Contrary to proposals made by Urizenus in recent press interviews, I think age-segregated servers are a very bad idea. The game would die if Maxis were to create an adults only server.
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This should blow a few minds. Blew mine. Web Server Statistics for alphavilleherald.com
Full StoryMaxis: Scammers Masquerading as EA Employees
There a series of important new announcements from EA Rep Tigger, posted on the Stratics Board, which all players in TSO should be alert to. One involves a player masquerading as a Maxis employee, the other involves a web site which players are being directed to, and which contains a Trojan Horse virus which will [...]
Full StoryGrounded!: Detroit Free Press Calls Van’s Mom
In case you wonder where Evangeline has been lately, perhaps his absense has to do with The Detroit Free Press Calling his mom as part of a story which was published today: Sex and the Simulated City: Virtual world raises issues in the real one. From the article: “From her home in Florida, the boy’s [...]
Full StoryInternational Simcon Cancelled: Informal Gathering to Take Place
Organizers have issued a press release announcing that the International Simcon will not be held as a formal gathering as originally planned. Persons who paid have reportedly already had their paypay accounts refunded. The news is not totally gloomy, however, as an informal gathering will still take place in Dearborn. Naturally, questions have been raised [...]
Full StoryFree Money roomies break with Van: Racist-themed Welcome Property Emerges
Story by Los, Deep Max, Anonymous, and The Eye In the wake of recent crackdowns on the Free Money for Newbies (FMFN) scam site, but driven largely by interpersonal conflicts, two new scam sites have emerged in Alphaville, both operated by FMFN alumni. The first house, currently number 2 in the Alphaville Welcome Category, is [...]
Full StoryInterview with SARP’s AJ: Hey, you’ve got us all wrong!
SARP is the acronym for the Jolly Pines based organization Sims Against Ridiculous Payouts. The organization is a kind of indigenous sim special interest group that campaigns against payouts to sims for just showing up or spending time in skill and money houses. In the past, these payouts have been fueled by the cheap money [...]
Full StoryOP/Ed: TSO Failure Analysis
By Kiss I?m a 44-year-old Manager for a company that develops simulations and software for the military and have been playing TSO since Beta (November ?02). I have never been a member of any of the Mafia?s, never received or given an enemy link other than to play with my friends, and have pretty much [...]
Full StoryTo Be Or Not To Be? That is the question when it comes to new content on TSO
By The Phantom To be or not to be. This, it appears, is the question on many players’ minds recently. In a recent announcement by Maxis employee and senior TSO Community Rep Tigger (the only TSO official who bothers to speak to the community) on the Stratics boards, we have been informed that Blackjack and [...]
Full StoryInterview with Selene Moon on Wicca and Witchcraft in Alphaville
Recently, Selene Moon came by the offices of the Alphaville Herald and asked one of our staff members why we haven’t written any stories on the Wiccan community in Alphaville. Good question! And while there are some key Wiccan community members that we want to interview eventually, we thought we would start by talking to [...]
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