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Ordo Imperialis — One of the Big 3 in SL Combat

by Vegna Fouroux The last time the Second Life Herald covered The Ordo Imperialis was when Novus Ordo Imperialis disbanded. That’s all ancient history now. The Ordo Imperialis are now one of the Big Three in SL combat alongside their allies Merczateers and their enemies the Alliance Navy. I got talking their officer cadre after [...]

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Double Prim Land Bugfix To Scrog SL?

Aim gun at foot, pull trigger, DDOS your own game by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Shocking rumors were flying in the metaverse tonight suggesting that a Linden Lab bug fix later this week could result in a serious case of massive prim return – and possible self-inflicted denial of service on “your world, your [...]

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SpaceJunky Virtual Stage Manager Tommy Parrott

mega prims, WalMart syndrome for content creators, and hot chicks by JayR Cela Recently I had the opportunity to meet with the Virtual World band SpaceJunky stage manager;Tommy Parrott. He is a SLDeveloper an accomplished artist. The band has been taking SL and RL by storm, featured in Time Magazine and other publications. There seems [...]

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ESC to IRS: We Want Beef!!!

Giff Constable and Michael Morton refuse to repay workers for taxes the IRS says the Sheep should pay by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk After acknowledging an IRS ruling stating Second Life in-world greeters the Electric Sheep Company employed to help visitors to the CSI:NY metaverse/television cross promotional event are ESC employees rather than contractors, [...]

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Auntie M’s Secret Linden Diary

by Auntie M Linden, noobie metaverse CEO Greetings secret friends of Linden Lab! Auntie M Linden here. I am starting my second week on the job as CEO of the metaverse and I thought I’d keep a secret diary – this is my very first entry! Today I’m covering the time from the very moment [...]

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SL and POS Laptops from the Recyling Bin

Cheapskates cheer happy news from Linden Lab by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk According to an e-mail forwarded by an anonymous tipster to the Second Life Herald offices today, Linden staffer Dave Parks has mixed news for the Second Life development community, refusing to support new features on older graphics cards but also saying “cheapskates [...]

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Shuless – Episode Eight

The Dimension of Sound by Iona Nikolaidis Alexandra Shu: Did you say you are going to do the voice thing?Iona Nikolaidis: Yeah, I am gonna do itIona Nikolaidis: so I can whisper in your earAlexandra Shu: and I can moan in yours.Iona Nikolaidis: oooohAlexandra Shu: hehe!Iona Nikolaidis: hehe!Alexandra Shu: wow. I wonder how that would [...]

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Remnant Imperium Rising Privately — To Avoid Copybot

by Vegna Fouroux Overlord LawrenceJoseph Roffo says SL war community would be better off with more combat and less politics Deadlock. I think that pretty much sums up SL combat at the moment. Noob armies are the only forces that are fighting the more established armies (the later shunning each other with claims of cheating, [...]

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Shuless – Episode Seven

Smart Chicks are Hawt by Iona Nikolaidis So meeting Alex and getting hit on by her was a welcome, welcome development in Iona’s SL. It gave Iona a reason to go into SL beyond going into the Brew, playing “So who’s a man?” and harassing Newbs in sex Sims. When Alex told me she was [...]

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Shuless – Episode Six

Cyrano by Iona Nikolaidis Alex and Iona were involved for a few weeks before the idea of pulling back the curtain came up. Other avatars I had met in SL asked me for photos of “myself” before I met Alex. I brushed them aside, telling them some variation of “Second Life and Real Life are [...]

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