Woodbury University Returns to SL!!!
by Alphaville Herald on 13/04/08 at 7:18 pm
Exclusive interview with Tizzers Foxchase
by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk
Woodbury 3.0
Last July, Woodbury University’s educational sim was deleted from the metaverse in a controversial move by the Linden Lab governance team, and early this year Woodbury land group administrator Tizzers Foxchase was perma-banned from Second Life. However, Woodbury University is far from dead in Second Life – and today I visited “Woodbury 3.0” in IntLibber Brautigan’s Friedman sim.
The new Woodbury site — a quarter of the Friedman sim — houses a virtual worlds class being held as part of the real life Woodbury’s course offerings. Breaking from the tradition of large, imposing pseudo-gorean university builds dominated by ivy covered clock towers, the bulk of the Woodbury building is actually underground with a meeting space, creatively decorated student dorm rooms, and some surprising /b/tard paraphernalia.
While taking pictures and exploring the educational space, I marveled at the sim’s continuous soundtrack – you just can’t hear “Never Gonna Give You Up” by Rick Astley too many times. Discussion among the local residents centered around concerns about the serious business direction of Second Life.
concerned metaverse residents
Molley Mayflower: Pix – “Second Life Grid is a platform that enables your organization to create a public or secure private space using the leading 3D online virtual world technology. Discover how your organization can create its own space for communication, collaboration and community engagement. Use the Second Life Grid to hold virtual meetings, construct product simulations, provide employee training and lots more.”
Molley Mayflower: I mean why the hell do companies even bother with this piece of shit? There are so many other applications written specifically for online collaboration.
Alyx Stoklitsky: Good fucking luck, unless your target audience is furries, goreans and pedophiles
Nikola Shirakawa: don’t forget the cannibals!
Pixeleen Mistral: I don’t think they bother with this – that was last year
Molley Mayflower: Of course not, but obviously LL is still trying to tap that market.
Pixeleen Mistral: LL probably has to try to appease the investors
Molley Mayflower: Yet they drop sim prices by $650? In a flourishing economy, prices tend to go UP.
The Tengu: “ok guys everyone log into secondlife and make your avatar, huge titties and the like are not work safe. we will meet up in a privately owned company estate to conduct our meeting” – “lol boss i’m stuck in orientation island i dont know how to attach the torch”
The Woodbury crowd does not seem to be suffering from excessive Linden KoolAid consumption – but then Reuters and the metaverse consulting shops like ESC also seem to have tapered off as well.
Eventually I made arrangements for an interview with Tizzers Foxchase — an interview which took place outside of Second Life in deference to Ms. Foxchase’s perma-ban status.
artistic expression in a virtual environment
Pixeleen Mistral: So Woodbury University is back – what is Woodbury’s goal in Second Life?
Tizzers Foxchase: Give the students a blank canvas and they will create a masterpiece together. Hehe, ok maybe not a masterpiece but definitely a unique piece of art! Generation-N users no longer want to learn or be entertained in a unidirectional fashion, they want to be a part of it. Each of our virtual students carries a unique gift and talent. It is our mission to find these virtual diamonds in the rough and shape them into valuable gems.
Woodbury actively recruits and embraces potential students in Compton, California, an area seemingly out of reach from higher education. It is through these unconventional methods of recruiting and teaching, that we can break the boundaries of “traditional education.” Many of our virtual students have been shunned by Second Life society, being labeled as griefers. Woodbury has given these students a place to channel their creative energies, focusing on constructive projects while discovering their talents.
Molly’s room
Pixeleen Mistral: Do you have plans for a full sim in the future?
Tizzers Foxchase: Absolutely. Although we may not come back under the “educational discount” offered by Linden Lab, we are definitely ready to move to a full sim sometime this summer.
Pixeleen Mistral: Where will the funding come from?
Tizzers Foxchase: There have been individual student efforts to raise money for the new sim, and possibly school funding depending on the department budget for next year.
Pixeleen Mistral: What is the administration’s official stance on Woodbury 3.0?
Tizzers Foxchase: The purchase of our current location and creation of the Virtual Worlds class (taught by Madelena Rossini) have been officially approved and funded by the university.
inside Molly’s Woodbury University dorm room
Pixeleen Mistral: So this class is held in-world?
Tizzers Foxchase: Yes! You’re welcome to join us on Fridays between 2:30 and 5:00 SLT.
Pixeleen Mistral: What if I see a “Woodbury Student” griefing?
Tizzers Foxchase: Let us know. Spankings will be given accordingly. <3
Pixeleen Mistral: What about the alleged connections to the PN griefers?
Tizzers Foxchase: I am going to clarify this once and for all. NO. We are not the PN, we never were the PN. There was a time in our history when we allowed the PN to hang out at WU, but we will not tolerate intentional grid attacks from within our group.
hand made handpuppets in the basement
Pixeleen Mistral: What about the 4chan stuff in the basement?
Tizzers Foxchase: The basement is our student dorm area. We love /b/tards. We embrace them. We think they’re lulzy, and a lot of them are smarter than they appear.
Thrax Trilam
Apr 13th, 2008
in before shitstorm
Nidol Slazar
Apr 13th, 2008
This article is made of win.
also in b4 negative comments
Tenshi Vielle
Apr 13th, 2008
I want my own puppet
Alyx Stoklitsky
Apr 13th, 2008
In b4 shitstorm from anti-griefers.
Darthblueafro
Apr 13th, 2008
*waits on prok to turn her head towards us and give us a good taunting….again…*
ive been with Woodbury from the very beginning and i have seen many great and wonderful people expressing there unique talents in many creative ways. i have supported the school sense i first came to it when tizzers invited me and will continue to do so for as long as i can still hold a flame to a candle. it gave me many reasons to build, script, and voice my ideas in game.
Kalel Venkman
Apr 13th, 2008
Ah, Woodbury University. And I suppose Molley Mayflower is none other than Tizzers Foxchase. Naughty griefer, now aren’t you supposed to be perma-banned from SL?
Peter Venkman
Apr 13th, 2008
Perma-bans only work if you are a dim witted furry lover. Anyone with just a quarter of their brain left could figure it out.
IntLibber Brautigan
Apr 13th, 2008
Kalel,
Given you are banned in my sims, along with your organization, for attracting griefers to feed your “100 year war” on intertube terrorism, I dont expect to see you here. If you appear under an alt, be advised I reserve the right to have you permbanned for evading an estate ban with alt accounts as per the ToS.
Everybody else,
Come on by and check out WU 3.0. The official group is Woodbury University, which is actively policed by myself and my staff to keep out griefing influences. If you witness any member of this group committing griefing offenses in SL, please document these acts with screenshots, etc. and notify myself or BNT’s security staff for investigation.
BNT’s contract with WU specifies the relationship of BNT and WU and how reports of griefing will be ajudicated, as virtual students are, under the contract, bound to the same code of conduct as RL students, not just on campus but in the wider community, just like a RL WU student’s actions in Burbank reflect upon WU.
I also invite everyone to give these students a chance, I’ve gotten to know them over the past months and they certainly are not the sort of people as portrayed by Prokofy.
anon
Apr 13th, 2008
wow kalel thank you for informing us of that fact nobody ever would have known it
Kalel Venkman
Apr 13th, 2008
The post was not from me! I am the REAL Kalel Venkman!
hmm
Apr 13th, 2008
Bring back Tizzers!
Witness X
Apr 13th, 2008
Ah, Kalel Venkman. And I suppose you expect thundering praise as you are none other than the moral compass for SL. Loser with too much time, now aren’t you supposed to be not posting on third-party websites as per your profile?
Prokofy Neva
Apr 13th, 2008
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Probably not Kalel
Apr 13th, 2008
Hay guys whats going on in dis thread
Witness X
Apr 14th, 2008
Besides, you missed Tizzy Gazov, Apple Chemistry, Cracky Chan and Azzu Manga. If you’re going to do it, goddamnit, do it right.
Kalel Venkman
Apr 14th, 2008
That’s right Witness X, I don’t post in third-party websites because………… I AM THE REAL KALEL VENKMAN LOL
IntLibber Brautigan
Apr 14th, 2008
I am the real IntLibber Brautigan, dont listen to that poseur.
Kalel Venkman
Apr 14th, 2008
Intlibber, like so many before, you underestimate my power and the Justice League Unlimited’s influence upon the grid. Make no mistake about it. I’m already watching you and just as before, I shall bring the end of the griefer paradise of Woodbury University. Whether what could loosely be referred to as your “company” goes down with it is up to you.
Kalel Venkman
Apr 14th, 2008
I’ve said it once, I’ll say it again, I do not post on third-party websites.
This doesnt count.
-Kalel “The Real Deal” Venkman
The Pope
Apr 14th, 2008
And I’m the Pope – I posted last time, remember?
Neo Citizen
Apr 14th, 2008
Another sock puppet pissing match.
Waiter, check please.
Anonymous
Apr 14th, 2008
Kalel you are dealing with a force more powerful than you can imagine.
Kalel Venkman
Apr 14th, 2008
I’m Kalel Venkman, he’s Kalel Venkman… We’re all Kalel Venkman.
Any other Kalel Venkman’s we should know about?
Cockhoenut Koala
Apr 14th, 2008
Justice League Unlimited?
LOL!
LLOOOOOOOLL
No one gives two shits about those little kids.
Kalel Venkman
Apr 14th, 2008
SLOWPOKE.JPG
LIES. WU still has PN in it. We use it to test weapons and organize raids, just like before.
in b4 conspiracy.
Kalel Venkman
Apr 14th, 2008
He no am Kalel Venkamn. Me am Kalel Venkman!
IntLibber Brautigan
Apr 14th, 2008
I AM THE REAL KALEL
oh, wait
Hazim Gazov
Apr 14th, 2008
IntLibber Brautigan: create group
You: yup
You: what do you want in it
IntLibber Brautigan: ALLIance Navy II
You: ?
IntLibber Brautigan: You want Admiral,
IntLibber Brautigan: Captain
You: I thought we were goin with capital i
IntLibber Brautigan: Lt Capt.
IntLibber Brautigan: Lieutenant
Ethan Schuman: I GOT IT!
IntLibber Brautigan: yes
Ethan Schuman: ALLYUNCE NAVEE
IntLibber Brautigan: AllIance Navy II
Uildiar Kuhn: gonna head to emit time now
IntLibber Brautigan: whatever you think coolest Hazim
You: aiil?
Uildiar Kuhn: and ge tthis set up
IntLibber Brautigan: your the admiral
You: aight
You: so
You: group name
You: AIIiance Navy
You: capital i
You: that good?
IntLibber Brautigan: I got no group space Ethan
IntLibber Brautigan: yeah
You: charter?
IntLibber Brautigan: “Doper than Alliance Navy”
Ethan Schuman: Hehehehehhehehehehehhehee
Aryte Vesperia: Lmao.
IntLibber Brautigan: Tizzers, give hazim that image of the rank structure
Ethan Schuman: Let’s head to Emit Time
I’M BLOGGING I’M BLOGGING I’M BLOGGING I’M BLOGGING I’M BLOGGING I’M BLOGGING I’M BLOGGING
Kalel Venkman
Apr 14th, 2008
Hey guys, am I late?
Meh
Apr 14th, 2008
No one cared when they were here before, no one cares now. Only the Herald ever spoke of them.
Kalel
Apr 14th, 2008
There can be…. only one.
ಠ_ಠ
Anonymous
Apr 14th, 2008
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< ^ban^> http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/616/tizzers2if9.jpg
< ^ban^> http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/6056/tizzers3ro1.jpg
< ^ban^> Oh, I’m sorry. What was that Tizzers?
I thought I’d pass this on.
Fact Checker
Apr 14th, 2008
“Only the Herald ever spoke of them.”
If you consider US News and The Chronicle Of Higher Education “no one.” I suppose so.
Pennance Sauterau
Apr 14th, 2008
I am the REAL Nikola Shirakawa .. er, Witness X – er, Kalel Venkman – I lost track.
Kalol! Venkman
Apr 14th, 2008
“Kalel you are dealing with a force more powerful than you can imagine.”
We are the Kalel Venkman, do not underestimate our power.
Nikola Shirakawa
Apr 14th, 2008
Sweet niblets, would you idiots at least spell it right? I’ve never seen Penny’s name spelled so badly. Question for you though, who do you think really cares what name is on a comment? When 75% of the “names” on here are random and fake such as “fact checker” or “the pope” do you really think adding a name is going to make anyone notice? The comments never really add anything worthwhile, and anyone with a little bit of intelligence tends to avoid commenting for simple reasons of futility. Aside from one or two stubborn idiots like GreenLantern Excelsior, no JLU people post here. Cause, really, it serves no point. Heck, most of them don’t even really have time to “patrol” in world due to having these little things called lives. So go ahead, play your little name games because nobody else cares enough to look. None of you are real, none of you are convincing anyone you are.At least this keeps you too busy to bug the rest of us.
Nikola Shirakawa
Apr 15th, 2008
Disregard that, I’m the real Kalel Venkman
Nikola Shirakawa
Apr 15th, 2008
I AM THE GREAT AND POWERFUL OZ
economic mip
Apr 15th, 2008
Why I wish I had bought Anacapex.com
Oh well, Intlibber can continue to run his business as he best sees fit. He may want to change the 11 month auto-return on his parcels in that sim though, and perhaps the rest of his estate. I wish the brilliant Madelena Rossini best of luck in her endeavors. If Woodbury thought Linden Labs was heartless in its land policy they should have QUITE an interesting time dealing with Intlibber. I do however question why they would be in a region that brutally attacks residents with no payment info on file, and at times decides to send them home even on group owned land.
Nikola Shirakawa
Apr 15th, 2008
If you’re going to try the same joke, nimrod, you better at least make the name you say you are the Real and the typepad name match. Otherwise it doesn’t eve make sense. Idiot.
Nikola Shirakawa
Apr 15th, 2008
Sorry guys, now that I’ve had some sleep that came across a bit harsh. What I meant to say was that these little exchanges between fake names can sometimes be kinda funny, and it doesn’t really ever get old, either!
Nikola Shirakawa
Apr 15th, 2008
Sorry guys, I was extremely insensitive last night. Feel free to sodomize me with a 6-inch-diameter silver rod.
Kalel Venkman
Apr 15th, 2008
@Nikola:
“Sorry guys, I was extremely insensitive last night. Feel free to sodomize me with a 6-inch-diameter silver rod.”
LOLK, BEND OVER BITCH
Nikola Shirakawa
Apr 15th, 2008
I’m looking for some 1/2 priced black dicks… Anyone have some? Prokofy?
Winess X
Apr 15th, 2008
Come visit your sim, Int? You have loggers that collect people’s personal IP addresses. That’s pretty serious ToS breakage right there.
Think I’ll pass.
Penance Sautereau
Apr 15th, 2008
Ehn, simple method. If my name is highlighted as a blue link, as in “actually logged in to Typepad”, it isn’t me posting. And I don’t do “Alts”, it requires too much energy to maintain. I have only once ever posted to the Herald under a different name, about two or so months ago, when I posted as Peter Venkman and pretended I was Bill Murray threatenening a lawsuit over the spurious use of the name Venkman. Posted as a joke. No one noticed it, so I never tried an alt post to joke again.
As for Woodbury? I don’t give a flying fuck either way. Granted I think Tizzers is cool and shouldn’t have been banned just because asshat Kal couldn’t take a joke, but the rest of it is just silly high-school bickering between the jocks and the geeks. It’s boorish, I could care less.
Anonymous
Apr 15th, 2008
“http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/9121/tizzers1sv1.jpg
http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/616/tizzers2if9.jpg
http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/6056/tizzers3ro1.jpg
Oh, I’m sorry. What was that Tizzers?
I thought I’d pass this on.
Posted by: Anonymous | April 14, 2008 at 08:07 PM”
Notice that all that is from a year ago. HOW DO I FAILED AT PROVING SHIT.
Anonymous
Apr 15th, 2008
ONE MOAR THING MOLLEY IS BANNED NOW ;_;.
Nikola Shirakawa
Apr 15th, 2008
Actually, any web address would allow you to have a “blue name”. See for example my impersonator above, who used a disgusting pornography site instead of my personal bookmark.
By the way, yes it can theoretically be a bit funny when you do it right, but you idiots have managed to kill your meme by overdoing it. I do find it funny that somehow my name becomes a point of fun though when I really have nothing to do with it.
anon
Apr 16th, 2008
OH NO MAH IP
DEYS GONNA TRACK ME DOWN WITH DAT AYEPEE