The Alphaville Herald

Superman In Disgrace – JLU Mole Haruhi Thespian Tells All

In an exclusive interview, Haruhi Thespian describes the infiltration of Kalel Venkman’s Justice League Unlimited of Second Life – a daring mission that led to the exposure of the JLU’s formerly secret wiki. The publication of the wiki resulted in revelations of the virtual superhero’s coordinated program of secret surveillance and harassment of other community [...]

Linden Lab Censors Critic of JLU Gang Leader

Henry Darkthief alerted the Herald to a troubling pattern of selective censorship on the official Second Life blog that attempts to silence critics of well known vigilante gang leader Kalel Venkman. In a thread discussing greifers and stalkers Mr. Darkthief responded to Justice League Unlimited leader Kalel Venkman’s advice that players maintain abuse report records [...]

Second Life Faction Wars: Woodbury “Raid” or JLU Drama-fest?

Chatlogs from Ahern infohub conflict
by Senban Babii

 
Drunk and disorderly? Kalel Venkman and GreenLantern Excelsior particle spamming  a club in New Grayson Station on January 1, 2010
While the Justice League Unlimited's formerly secret wiki claims that on January 5th 2010 a
"Woodbury University raiding party" descended on the Ahern infohub and
engaged in "taunting and harassing residents",
the [...]

False DMCAs Fizzle – Kalel Venkman Fingered !!!

Typepad ‘fesses up – some DMCA-disputed images, text have gone missing

by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk
Gregory Eugene Turnbow (Kalel Venkman in Second Life) has been identified as the complainant who submitted a DMCA request to Typepad that resulted in removal of content from six Herald stories covering the Second Life Justice League Unlimited.
Mr. Turnbow’s copyright [...]

SL Shrink Analyzes DMCA Crazed Caped Crusader

Kalel Venkman suffering from incomplete immersion or over-augmentation?
by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk
In a story titled O Superman the eggheads at SL Shrink analyze Justice League Unlimited leader Kalel Venkman
and seem to be asking if the DMCA wielding role play super hero – or super thug? – might be
suffering from some sort of toxic [...]

Historic W-Hat Sim For Sale – Goons Go Back to Baku

Estate owner is disgusted with Linden Lab customer service
by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk

"LL treats their customers too poorly to give them that much money" – Masakazu Kojima
The notorious WHAT sim is for sale to the highest bidder, a surprising development that will send the Something Awful W-Hat goons back to their old [...]

Auto-Bans For Copybot Clients – SL Viewer Wars Escalate

Skills Hak's client detection system & ban relay fights copybot-capable clients – Transylvania vampires warn against running griefer clients
by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs Desk
Taking Second Life anti-copying software as a service in a new direction, Skills Hak has released a client detection and ban relay system which Hak says "detects all known viewers with copybot/griefing [...]

Saints of Hell MC Implicated In Second Life Content Theft – Part 4

BIack Lisle DMCAed & disappeared – Brutus McMahon plays innocent – Saints of Hell enforcer Kran Fireguard clams up
by Coke Supply, Investigative Reporter
[Coke Supply's motorcycle copybot investigation continues - the editrix ]
A few hours after Biack Ghost account disappears,  Saints of Hell cordoned off bike store with police tape.
BIACK LISLE'S ACCOUNT DISAPPEARS AFTER [...]

Saints of Hell MC Implicated In Second Life Content Theft – Part 3

Enforcers at the Saints of Hell Sim, Brutus McMahon inspects a bike, and another theft occurs
by Coke Supply, Investigative Reporter
[Coke Supply's motorcycle copybot investigation continues - the editrix ]
MY VISIT TO THE SAINTS OF HELL SIM
I decided to take Sims up on her offer and hang around the landing point at the Saints of [...]

Saints of Hell MC Implicated In Second Life Content Theft – Part 2

Alleged thief remains free after multiple DMCA filings, using the same accounts
by Coke Supply, Investigative Reporter
[Coke Supply's motorcycle copybot investigation continues - the editrix ]
ANOTHER THEFT
Investigating further, I soon discovered that this was not the first time that Black/Biack had been caught stealing motorbikes. And it wasn't the first time the Saints of Hell [...]