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Legend City Online Fashionista Drama-fest
Should non-payment of land tier result in removal of all creator's content? by Jessica Holyoke Over on Metaversally Speaking, there is a post about a dispute on one of the new OpenSim-based virtual worlds, Legend City Online. According to the account, Simone Stern volunteered content to Legend City, as well as her name and goodwill. In return, she [...]
Full StoryLab Tries to Hide SL Downturn in 3rd Quarter Economic Report
Pay no attention to the player hours logged in September by Jessica Holyoke Fresh out of the Herald‘s Money office, (unfortunately located right next to Jimbo’s) is the 2008 Quarter 3 Herald financial report. The compilation of this particular report was a bit harder to compile as a key piece of data was missing. Zee Linden [...]
Full StoryYes You Did Protestors!
by Jessica Holyoke Yesterday, M Linden announced a dramatic change in plans for OpenSpace Sims. http://blog.secondlife.com/2008/11/05/a-letter-to-second-life-residents/ In light of the protests and the different ways OpenSpace sims are used, OpenSpace sims, those used as parks and ocean front, will remain the same price. In the future, various restrictions will be applied to keep these [...]
Full StoryLinden Jacks Land Prices 66% — Residents Outraged
Nautilus sim hit by tidal wave of angry avatar protesters by Jessica Holyoke In the wake of “Price” Jack Linden’s announcement of a 66% monthly tier increase – Openspace Pricing and Policy Changes – angry residents flooded the newly opened Nautilus sim. The protests were sparked by both a 50% increase in the upfront “purchase” [...]
Full StoryOp/Ed: Sarah Palin: The View From Gor
Gorean slave masters expected to vote for Palin by Jessica Holyoke Now that Alaska Governor Sarah Palin is running for Vice President on the Republican ticket, many groups are asking what will this mean for them: the liberals, the feminists, the inside the beltway crowd, and the business as usual oil fat cat crowd. But [...]
Full StoryWorld Stock Exchange Open for Business-mostly
by Jessica Holyoke The World Stock Exchange, WSE, is back up and running. A few new things have been added since the Exchange went down for updates in January. WSE 4.0 is active on www.wselive.com. After the updates, all balances are now in WIC’s or World Internet Currency. People who opened an account prior to [...]
Full StorySL’s Economic Statistics Hold Steady
by Jessica Holyoke Positive Monthly Linden Flow growth stays positive There are a number of theories flying back and forth regarding the state of the Second Life economy, with some advocating for less regulation as a means to make the economy flourish, and others arguing that the performance of a company is the same thing [...]
Full StoryOp/Ed: Tortured Thoughts
by Jessica Holyoke, Gorean kajira Torture has been on my mind lately, not only due to my Gorean excursions, but also in real life as well. Back in June, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was on the U.S. news magazine show "60 Minutes." He was asked why is the U.S. government allowed to torture….I [...]
Full StorySL Religious Warfare Breaks Out!!!
Scientology conflict results in copyright infringement claims, eviction by Jessica Holyoke In Sorens, a religious battle of words and accusations broke out between the Church of Enturbulation and a Scientology group. The Church of Enturbulation on Second Life has a facility that educates people about the methods and problems with the Church of Scientology. Next [...]
Full StoryOp/Ed: Whose Product Is It?
by Jessica Holyoke As reported in a few other metaverse news outlets, the fifth Second Life Birthday celebration has come under fire from residents based on certain policies. In prior years, the SLB celebration has featured content that was labeled Mature. This year, the celebration is being zoned PG and initially no builds that are [...]
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