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Chad Thomas found innocent.
A lot happened in the week I was offline, so again apologies for being slow to report all this. One of the bigger stories of the past week has to be the trial of Chad Thomas in the AVG election-fixing saga. Chad was found innocent, which is just as well IMHO — he was just [...]
Full StoryFormer AVP Veep Marcus Forlourne Speaks Out: Mr-President Should Resign!
In this interview, former AVG member and subsequent President of the Calvin?s Creek Government Seth Galloway, talks to Marcus Forlourne, formerly the Attorney General and then the Vice President of the Alphaville Government. Although very close to Mr-President, Mr. Forlourne is concerned that the election supervisor was ?coerced? into resigning, and Forlourne now believes that [...]
Full StoryWinners of Alphaville Awards Announced. Same Ol’ Same Ol’?
Winners of the 9th annual (i.e. monthly) Alphaville Awards have been announced (see below for winners), but the event has been overshadowed by charges on the Stratics boards that the event has become an exercise in cronyism. Were the winners merely the same old FOOs? (Friends Of Organizers.) Coming in the wake of controversies over [...]
Full StoryMr-President misses state of union address. Is the end near?
In two important recent stories, the Alphaville Gazette reports that Mr-President missed his scheduled state of the union address. No explanation was given by his office. Meanwhile, in an interview with Marcus Forlourne, conducted by Ian, we learn that Mr-President was in fact present when discussion of the election rigging took place. Was he AFK? [...]
Full StoryAnother Day in Jessie
Jack Dayton: the little man with BIG plans So the other day I?m in my Jessie bunker catching up on back issues of Players (just the articles, honest), when fighting breaks out up top. Soon people are shooting at me with bunker piercing ammo (time to harden those walls), so I teleport up to my [...]
Full StorySSU: “We are damn proud of trashing the Capitol”
In an official press release from Co-overlord Ian, the Simulated Soviet Union has taken credit for trashing the Alphaville Government Capitol. In addition, Ian attempts to explain the idiological basis of the SSU: “At SSU, we do roleplay as Soviets. However, a common misconception is we roleplay as Joseph Stalin and his contemporaries. WE DO [...]
Full StorySSU Trashes AVG Capitol, AVG is crumbling
Photo courtesy of the Simulated Soviet Union In a shocking development, the Capitol Building of the Alphaville Government (AVG) has been trashed by operatives of the Simulated Soviet Union (SSU). Meanwhile we have received unconfirmed reports of widespread defections from the AVG to the SSU. By some accounts the military branch of the AVG is [...]
Full StoryOprah Retires from TSO
In this surprising and sad development, Alphaville’s Oprah Winfrey has announced that she has cancelled her farewell show, uninstalled TSO, and cancelled her subscription. She will be missed. Her retirement letter follows.
Full StoryOK, The Simulated Soviet Union in Alphaville
For reasons that mystify even this veteran reporter, a group of disaffected alumni of the Alphaville Government have formed a new organization in Alphaville to challenge Mr-President, and have called themselves The Simulated Soviet Union (SSU). And wouldn?t you know it: the ?brains? behind this operation are none other than former AVG Press officer Ian, [...]
Full StoryEditorial: It?s Time for Mr-President to Resign
With recent revelations that AVG officer Chad Thomas voted up to 200 times in the AVG Presidential elections, David Pierce has filed a class action lawsuit vs. Mr. Thomas. We believe that this is a classical case of an underling taking a hit for the party that is ultimately responsible. In part one of this [...]
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