Archive for April, 2004
Bring back tagging! User Protest Drive Gains Momentum
Just days after the No-tagging “nerf” of the TSO relationship system has gone into effect, a protest movement has emerged both in and out of game, complete with a “Save TSO” petition/web site that allows users to express their outrage with the new relationships system. The petition site is here: http://www.petitiononline.com/mod_perl/signed.cgi?SAVETSO&1 There are already 316 [...]
Full StoryNew Relationship System Creates Reward System for Griefers
Believe it or not, EA/Maxis has topped itself on the brain-dead-o-meter. In the new relationship system they rank the top 100 sims in various categories including “most infamous” and “meanest”. Well, anyone who has read John Suler’s work on griefers will know what will happen. There will be a contest among griefers/scammers to see how [...]
Full StoryThe Second Life Way
While EA and Maxis continue to treat their customers like garbage, offering little freedom for creative play, no opportunity for the introduction of custom content, and no reward for either, Second Life has introduced tools for the introduction of creative content, user ownership of user created custom content an a generous reward program for users [...]
Full StoryInterview with EA’s Jeff Brown
EA’s Vice President for Corporate Communications, Jeff Brown, recently agreed to answer questions from a reporter from the Michigan Daily. Following is an excerpt from the interview that was prepared for publication in the Daily and leaked to the AVH. We will call the reporter “Woverine.” The interview is pretty remarkable given that Mr. Brown [...]
Full StoryMaze is back! But Maxis Fumbles the Fix
by Ian Many of you have heard about the reintroduction of The Tomb Hunters of the Lost Llama aka “The Maze”. The Maze was taken out of service in the holiday season of 2003 because of exploitation by 3rd party mazebot programs. Before that sims could literally make ten’s of millions of simoleans a day, [...]
Full StoryIs Granny Celestie Hanging up her Robe and Slippers?
Having been stabbed in the back by her scammer friend Isabella (now Viva T), Granny Cellestie has retired from her abusive granny schtick and recreated as Ms Barbara Walters, making her first appearance in Alphaville on the Oprah Winfrey Show. In this interview she talks about her career as an abusive granny and the odd [...]
Full StoryMr-President Wins! but voting irregularities cast shadow over election
The unofficial tally from The AVG Presidential election are as follows. With 880 votes cast, Mr-President has received 469 votes (approx 53.3%) and Ashley Richardson has received 411 votes (46.7%). However, all through the day there were reports of Ashley Richard supporters that were unable to vote, and it did not inspire confidence when Alphaville [...]
Full Story3&1/2 Hours to Go: Race is Deadlocked
Ok, as of 6:30 Eastern time, with 496 votes cast the vote is deadlocked at 50% for Ashley and 50% for Mr-President. It doesn’t get any better than this!
Full StoryWith 5 hours to go: Ashley cries Foul!
With 5 hours left in the election, 332 votes have been cast, with Mr-President holding onto a razor thin lead. Thus far 54.3% of the votes have been cast for Mr-President and 45.7% for Ashley. Meanwhile, Ashley has contacted the AVH about apparent irregularities in the vote counting: “I have been getting dozens of messages [...]
Full StorySSG founder issues directive: Vote for Ashley!
Apparently incensed by Mr-President’s relationship with Mafia Boss JC Soprano, SSG co-founder PM Cruiser (one of the typists for the Mia Wallace avatar) has taken a break from his SWG pursuits and issued a directive to past and current members of the SSG: Don’t vote for Mr-President –Vote Ashley. Readers of the AVH will recall [...]
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