Sin Under Florida Sun! Sheep Meet Stroker: Sex-Toy Services for Second Life?

by Alphaville Herald on 30/04/07 at 11:54 am

Img_2011Herald Correspondent Pat the Rat infiltrated the recent corporate retreat of metaverse services providers Electric Sheep Company in Tampa, Florida, and returned with photos that clearly show the Sheep hooking up with Second Life sex mogul Stroker Serpentine (a former Herald Post 6 Man). Here’s Sheep CEO Sibley Verbeck (in hat) and Stroker (in horns), obviously celebrating their newly coined strategic “partnership.” And the evening descended from there, faithful reader. Are the Sheep hooking up with Stroker? Will open-source bots soon be spidering your skybox? How soon before Linden Lab introduces a new class of X-rated sims? Even Pat had to shield those paparazzi eyes before the evening was out. After the jump, behold…

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Electric Sheep resident futurist Jerry Paffendorf turns his mind to the future of sex

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Jade Lily, not quite able to replicate his Second Life avatar, even with the help of Stroker’s accoutrements

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ILL Clan / ILLectric Sheep machinimist Frank Dellario contemplates filmmaking in the Stroker era

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Before closing the deal, the Sheep took time to put Stroker’s products through their paces

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Stroker (on right) with Sheep and SecondCast producer Johnny Ming, who’s looking a bit too happy

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New Sheep uniforms

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In return for his investment, Stroker insisted the Sheep take one of his employees on board; she can be identified by her blond hair and willingness to cozy up to current Sheep employees

23 Responses to “Sin Under Florida Sun! Sheep Meet Stroker: Sex-Toy Services for Second Life?”

  1. urizenus

    Apr 30th, 2007

    All I can say is that I am shocked by this.

    Shocked!

    Shocked, I tell you.

    Did I say I was shocked?

  2. Shraud Deadlight

    Apr 30th, 2007

    Ahhh the depravity. So refreshing. So original. No sheep!!?? Victor Shakapopulis is outraged, I tell you, outraged! Deep in the hill country of Greece, an elderly man weeps.

  3. Prokofy Neva

    Apr 30th, 2007

    So…after they burn through the CBS grant money on stuff like this, what next?

  4. Artemis Fate

    Apr 30th, 2007

    Where was this anyways? The “Holy shit I got paid 50,000 dollars for Amsterdam” party?

  5. Gaius Goodliffe

    Apr 30th, 2007

    “what next?”

    They buy the Herald?

    I know, wishful thinking… :p

  6. Anonymous

    Apr 30th, 2007

    Next?

    Coming soon! “The Sheep Do Vegas!” Co-directed by Dellario and Serpentine!

  7. Nacon

    Apr 30th, 2007

    Awww… The herald wasn’t invited to their party? Had to steal all the photos from their site I bet?

  8. shockwave yareach

    Apr 30th, 2007

    You know, the phrase “Sex and Sheep” used to mean something nasty. It didn’t even involve computers. :)

  9. John Endwahl

    Apr 30th, 2007

    I’m sorry but this is just gross. It’s adolescent boys whacking off at prim cubes.

    I guess I’m with the griefers on this one. Speaking of which, how come the Herald never covered the paperboy & co affair?

  10. Tenshi Vielle

    Apr 30th, 2007

    lmao, awww, Jerry’s got a winkie on his head.

    I heard you could pop into this party if you wanted… it’s just the getting from point a to point b that deterred most people at this time of year: FINALS WEEK zomg

  11. Mark Wallace

    Apr 30th, 2007

    oh the Herald was there, Nacon. Pat the Rat is still recovering.

  12. Jerry Paffendorf

    Apr 30th, 2007

    > Electric Sheep resident futurist Jerry Paffendorf turns his mind to the future of sex

    Hahaha, yes, as you can see I was dutifully testing out some of Stroker’s top secret brain-implant technology. :p

    Long story short, Stroker threw a shindig at a place called [drum roll] Shepherd’s. We went, we saw, we drank, we danced (or in my case approximated dancing), we posed with shwag, and good times were had by all. Stroker, that was a fun night, and as it’s been said before, thanks for the mammaries! :p

    OK OK back to work, gawkers.

  13. Cocoanut Koala

    Apr 30th, 2007

    While you were busy having a good time, there were – and still are – a lot of people with a lot of unanswered questions about your searchbot on the LL forums in a thread caled, “Automated Burglary.”

    Perhaps you could address some of those, particularly how the aggregated information is going to be used.

    coco

  14. Prokofy Neva

    Apr 30th, 2007

    Yes, Coco, thanks for the non-mammary memory there, we’d like to get some answers to not only Herald articles about the Sheep Scrape, but if you think it’s just me, then go to the thread called “Automated Burglary” and answer that!

    I’m all for societies having elites, especially elites that live to excess, live large, think big, are creative, do interesting stuff, to give fodder for the tabs that we working stiffs can read during those brief respites from our prim-pushing labour on the grid. But…we just want you to be *quality* swells, not just plain swells. And, not rip off the people with stuff like that search thing.

  15. Lewis Nerd

    May 1st, 2007

    I think that ESC should go and find something else to mess about with, and leave Second Life alone. After all, it’s not like they actually do anything that benefits anyone except themselves, is it?

    Lewis

  16. FlipperPA Peregrine

    May 1st, 2007

    Heaven forfend anyone EVER has a good time, with a little immature fun! And thank gawd Pat the Rat wasn’t at my place this past weekend!

  17. Stroker Serpentine

    May 1st, 2007

    I was pleased to facilitate some wanton depravity in my backyard. I can assure all interested parties that the Sheep are working hard to provide some innovative technologies to enhance EVERYONE’S SL. Even Lewis’. (P.S. There are already X-Rated Sim’s on the grid…they are just invis to most) ;P

  18. Randy

    May 1st, 2007

    Funny, I was in Clearwater over the weekend visiting my family and something smelled off. It stunk like sweat socks, fun, and digerati. I called Jerry this morning and confirmed that he was indeed in Clearwater. We mourned that we were but two ships passing in the night. Or in this case and ship and a manure taker whose Captain had one to many the night before and woke up with a new cranial implant…

  19. Wendy Bouchard

    May 1st, 2007

    I go to Shepards all the time. Looks like i missed a fun party, next time i want an invite *pout*

    P.S. the Rumrunners ther are excellent

  20. Lynette Radio

    May 1st, 2007

    I have no recollection of the events in question at Flip’s, but it did involve some of the usual suspects.

  21. MSGiro Grosso

    May 10th, 2007

    Damn and I was in Sarasota…on vacation…not caring about anything but white sand and warm water and relaxation and food and drink.

    By the way, where was the scandal? No strippers from the DC Madame? No donkey show? No Les Moonves and Pacman Jones throwing 10 grand and the air and demanding you guys do a rain dance? No illegal cock fighting? Put some more effort into next time boys. ;-)

    Marc

  22. Anonymous

    May 10th, 2007

    The early 1990s called. They want their shirt back Stroker.

  23. Kitty Tandino

    May 30th, 2009

    WooT!
    Love that smile Stroker :)
    and i want that shirt!!!!!!
    MINE!!!!!
    Give it up mister man!

    <3 hugs!

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