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Op/Ed: The Stratics TSO Board – Ship of Fools
by Kiss For those of us who remember the old TSO message board reading the Stratics board is downright depressing. Only God knows how many boards I have read over the years and I have never seen such a collection of inarticulate cheerleading, worthless fluff, and just plain wrong information. Based upon the total dearth [...]
Full StoryOp/Ed: Ashley Richardson is the Real Scammer
by Ian Ashley Richardson ran for president of alphaville government, and lost. She cried foul, that the election was apparently “rigged”. Is there any PROOF behind that? That is all she says, put-downs about the current Alphaville Government Administration. Her whole campaign was against scammers and mafias. She even promised to Oust them from Alphaville. [...]
Full StoryMr-President Cavorts at Mobster Wedding Party
By Pat the Rat Excuse me readers if I appear all aflutter, but I just got back from the social event of the year in Alphaville’s Underworld – the wedding of JC Soprano to his Consigliore, ChANCEs. I must confess that I missed the wedding, but managed to arrive fashionably late to the wedding party [...]
Full StoryBring back tagging! User Protest Drive Gains Momentum
Just days after the No-tagging “nerf” of the TSO relationship system has gone into effect, a protest movement has emerged both in and out of game, complete with a “Save TSO” petition/web site that allows users to express their outrage with the new relationships system. The petition site is here: http://www.petitiononline.com/mod_perl/signed.cgi?SAVETSO&1 There are already 316 [...]
Full StoryNew Relationship System Creates Reward System for Griefers
Believe it or not, EA/Maxis has topped itself on the brain-dead-o-meter. In the new relationship system they rank the top 100 sims in various categories including “most infamous” and “meanest”. Well, anyone who has read John Suler’s work on griefers will know what will happen. There will be a contest among griefers/scammers to see how [...]
Full StoryThe Second Life Way
While EA and Maxis continue to treat their customers like garbage, offering little freedom for creative play, no opportunity for the introduction of custom content, and no reward for either, Second Life has introduced tools for the introduction of creative content, user ownership of user created custom content an a generous reward program for users [...]
Full StoryInterview with EA’s Jeff Brown
EA’s Vice President for Corporate Communications, Jeff Brown, recently agreed to answer questions from a reporter from the Michigan Daily. Following is an excerpt from the interview that was prepared for publication in the Daily and leaked to the AVH. We will call the reporter “Woverine.” The interview is pretty remarkable given that Mr. Brown [...]
Full StoryMaze is back! But Maxis Fumbles the Fix
by Ian Many of you have heard about the reintroduction of The Tomb Hunters of the Lost Llama aka “The Maze”. The Maze was taken out of service in the holiday season of 2003 because of exploitation by 3rd party mazebot programs. Before that sims could literally make ten’s of millions of simoleans a day, [...]
Full StoryIs Granny Celestie Hanging up her Robe and Slippers?
Having been stabbed in the back by her scammer friend Isabella (now Viva T), Granny Cellestie has retired from her abusive granny schtick and recreated as Ms Barbara Walters, making her first appearance in Alphaville on the Oprah Winfrey Show. In this interview she talks about her career as an abusive granny and the odd [...]
Full StoryMr-President Wins! but voting irregularities cast shadow over election
The unofficial tally from The AVG Presidential election are as follows. With 880 votes cast, Mr-President has received 469 votes (approx 53.3%) and Ashley Richardson has received 411 votes (46.7%). However, all through the day there were reports of Ashley Richard supporters that were unable to vote, and it did not inspire confidence when Alphaville [...]
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