Comments on: Web of Berzerk Squids Guard SL

By: Gia Mertel

Gia Mertel — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 13:44:31 +0000

I am in Canada, Mountain time, at about 11:30 I was not allowed on. Which seriously worries me because I am totally addicted to SL now. I was wondering if this happened to anyone else?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 12:58:18 +0000

I had the same error screen over the weekend… but only when i tried to access SL on my laptop (running windows vista). my desktop (running winxp) showed the normal login backdrop.

…the plot thickens…

By: Nicholaz Beresford

Nicholaz Beresford — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 04:46:07 +0000

The interesting thing is that over the weekend (without a word on the blog) it was impossible for hours to login to the grid or reach the support site through Germany’s largest phone and internet carrier (of course that could also be the backlash for the ageplay TV debacle).

Probably Mr. Squid unplugged a routing device in order to plug his bubble bath into the socket

By: Lisae Boucher

Lisae Boucher — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 03:55:52 +0000

Lol. That’s the fun part when you use Linux instead of Windows. All those references to animal names and other funny names. Second Life runs on lots of Linux servers. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_cache is an open-source web cache and proxy server.
But you’re right. It’s funnier to think of squid as some person with dozens of tentacles touching all the connections to Second Life. Which is actually what it does.

By: Bobby Troughton

Bobby Troughton — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 22:06:31 +0000

Oops my comment got cut up here’s what was missing:

‘Michael Linden’s avatar is described by eyewitnesses as a small, “violently pink chibi squid,” in wierd “Flying Spaghetti Monster” mode. He could have been mistaken for an underwater creature in the sea of Blister.’

By: Bobby Troughton

Bobby Troughton — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 19:25:46 +0000

<"No way to prove any of this of course but I would suggest the all keep an outlook for a "squid linden" in the future as his presence could spell upcoming doom."> That reminded me, the article "'Broadly Offensive' Raid in Blister" said: <"Michael Linden's avatar is described by eyewitnesses as a small, "violently pink chibi squid," in wierd "Flying Spaghetti Monster" mode. He could have been mistaken for an underwater creature in the sea of Blister">

By: Reg Baxter

Reg Baxter — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 16:52:16 +0000

Hmmm. Well there are 40,000 plus in SL right now – maybe this Mr “squid” is the new guy they hired to enforce the login “limit” that LL was taking about a while ago then “seemed” to drop.
This does seem to me effective and also keeps them from having to tell the difference between verified and unverified accounts which saves them extra computing time.
In this case it also gives them plausible dependability of any wrong doing on their part which would cut down on direct blame for any HTTP/1.0 proxy issues on their part.
No way to prove any of this of course but I would suggest the all keep an outlook for a “squid linden” in the future as his presence could spell upcoming doom.

By: Economic Mip

Economic Mip — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 15:37:18 +0000

What you are seeing here simply means they made some technological blunder on the page that serves as the login backdrop. It does not affect game play. (Actually it helps game play in that people are not logging on, so Second Life has been a pleasant lag free experience today.)

By: AAAAAAAAAAAAAA

AAAAAAAAAAAAAA — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 14:30:06 +0000

Seriously though, it’s just downtime. With something as big as SecondLife, you have to expect these things.

By: AAAAA

AAAAA — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 14:27:33 +0000

Lolwut