Archive for September, 2004
WTF Part II: Dragon’s Cove to be Wiped
by: Father Callahan With the out of hand situation of expolitation, reported in this article, where a sim bought a grass island within days of the city opening, EA has decided to wipe Dragon’s Cove. And no I am not insinuating that the article had anything to do with it, for any of you who [...]
Full StoryClub Elite moves to Private Sim
Big John Jade flies over Elite Island Long at or near the top property for dwell, and an important site for entertainment ranging from lap dancing to parties for SL gang leaders, Club Elite has also long been plagued with hellish lag. With the recent move to a private island — Elite Island– all that [...]
Full StoryThe MOMI Team “Raids” Cheaters in TSO’s Dragon’s Cove
Earlier today, MaxisKyle released a press note that stated “MOMI” is cracking down on cheaters in the new “hardcore” Sims Online city known as Dragon’s Cove. He said an apparent exploit has entered the ‘fair’ city and players were able to accumulate a substantial amount of money in a small time frame. Kyle also noted [...]
Full StoryEssay: A History of the Second Jessie War
Stanford is an old, laggy simulator/server, strategically situated between the Jessie combat sim and the Federal sim, which until just days ago was home to Club Elite, the most popular destination in Second Life. Stanford was nevertheless a fairly sleepy sim until last month when a Second Life gang named ?The Associates? bought up two [...]
Full StoryCaptain Will on BBC Online
We’re going to see a lot of Will Wright as the Sims 2 release approaches, but this intereview in BBC Online is special because…well because Doc Pete is mentioned too! What does Will think about the shady side of virtual life?: “it makes the game more interesting.” We couldn’t agree more. Don’t miss the audio [...]
Full StoryWTF: Rare Islands Purchased in TSO’s “hard core” Dragon’s Cove
Both islands are purchased, the one of the right is just empty at the moment. Update: Because the Dragon’s Cove Gazette (not www.dragonscovegazette.com , but dragonscove.tblog.com) has taken photos from this story without attribution, we would like to remind people of the License for use of thes materials. The Alphaville/Second Life Herald would like it [...]
Full StoryHerr Doktor Professor Ludlow on German Public Radio
Well, our very own nutty professor and resident media ho, Doc Pete, has resurfaced in the infosphere — this time on German Public Radio. Since our German ist sehr schlect we don’t really know what he’s talking about (hell, we don’t know what he’s talking about when he speaks English), but we think it has [...]
Full StoryTigger escapes the 11 city hood for greener pastures
Tigger! [sorry for the delay in reporting this -- earlier draft got nuked. The Good Father's fault I am sure. --Uri] By: Father Callahan According to Sims Stratics sub-Minister of Thought Control, Leah, and this notice on the SWG boards, Ex Senior Online Community Representative for TSO, Tigger is now working on the ‘Star Wars [...]
Full StoryDragon’s Cove Opens with a Zap
Houses *zapping* It’s here, it’s finally here! After almost 1 month of waiting, delays, and other EA “natural” diasters, Dragon’s Cove is live. When the city opened (and still even happening while this story is being printed) there were “zaps” on the map of new houses being created. However, what comes with this [over] population, [...]
Full StoryThe Game within the Game, part 2: Virtual Barn Raising
As reported earlier, I recently bought a private sim and we are currently knitting it together with the simcast sim so we will have two sims dedicated to a medieval themed PvP Dungeons and Dragons type game with D&D-type combat elements, as well as crafting and quest elements. One of the really great things about [...]
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