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Philip Linden: “Welcome to Second Life, Griefer!”
By Prokofy Neva, posted and edited by Undercover Hat Through one of those strange set of circumstances that make you cry, “Only in SL!,” the very first person to make it from Orientation Island to the newly-launched Help Island the other day was an avatar sporting the name Griefer Overlord. So I am told on [...]
Full StoryRate my Linden .com
How’s my driving? Rate Second Life Support: by Pat the Rat Are you concerned about Linden behavior? Have you ever gotten mad at the way a Linden has treated you? Most people are so grateful that the Lindens are *there* that they don’t think of them as problematic, behavior-wise. They are so earnest, and so [...]
Full StoryAnshe Declares War on Ginko: “It”s a Ponzi Scheme!” (Lindens block discussion. Transparency is first casualty.)
SL Power Player and Business Girl, Anshe Chung By Dow Jonas A fierce debate about trust in financial institutions is rocking the business community of SL, pitting SL’s largest land baron, Anshe Chung, said to own SL properties valued at U.S. $200,000,against Nicholas Portocarrero, SL’s largest savings and investment bank owner, reportedly holding more than [...]
Full StoryAnnouncement: Nightly Meditation for Troops
meditation for safety of soldiers in IraqDate: Every NightTime: 8:00PM – 9:00PM Linden Time (60 minutes) Location: Shivar (226,187) Host: Montserrat Snakeankle Category: Charity/Support Groups Cover Charge? No If you have a friend or loved one in Iraq, please come to Tenaya Cathedral at Shivar for a time of quietness and good intention towards all [...]
Full StoryLindentown Provokes Land Baron Outcry: Stop GOMing us!!!
by Dow Jonas Sim crashes and texture upload failures, “I see grey people” and frozen avatars – all the joys of the new Second Life software update 1.7 and its patchlets have played havoc on SL’s volatile land market in recent weeks as both would-be first-land stakers and land dealers give up when they can’t [...]
Full StoryTigger Fired?!!!
Veterans of TSO will remember Tigger as the Maxis rep on the Stratics Boards. As reported by Father Callahan in the Herald one year ago, she departed EA/Maxis for the greener pastures of SOE, where she was the community relations rep for SWG. But according to sources playing SWG, she has now been removed from [...]
Full StoryPolitical Speech or Land Extortion? Or Both?
by Prokofy Neva Huge, bright blue spinning signs calling on Americans to IMPEACH BUSH and RESTORE U.S. CREDIBILITY have spread like kudzu all over the Second Life grid in recent weeks on numerous plots for sale. Many residents — even those who share the billboard artist’s sentiments about the U.S. president — are increasingly angered [...]
Full StoryCamping Chairs: Slowly But Surely, SL Catches up to TSO
Uri and Prok earning big bucks doing what they do best: nothing! Ever so slowly Second Life is becoming more like TSO. We’ve had the mafias. We’ve had the gnome building tables. But now we can make bucks just by sitting in a chair and doing nothing. It’s a win win situation. Noobs get paid [...]
Full StoryHerald Literary Suppository: Pencil Me In!
Humdog talks about prehistoric writing instruments. Loyal lifetime readers will recall the contributions from Herald reporter Humdog. Let’s see, there was her interview with Mrs. President Chomsky during the TSO Pet Culling scandals, her ever so insightful “History of the Board Ho” essay, and who could forget her review of Waiting for Godot, performed in [...]
Full StoryPost Six Grrrl Silkie Muir
The Herald is very happy to bring you this week’s Post Six Grrrl, Silkie Muir! Silkie loves living out her fantasies in the world that SecondLife presents, and as her first interest, lists (let’s try to act surprised here) SHOPPING! Our thanks to Heart Wishbringer and Joe Stravinsky for photographing and submitting this Post Six [...]
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