Archive for 'Miscellaneous'

newz from DG: BODIES, BRAWLS AND BRUISES

By Dana Grove In what has become a recent trend lately in Dan’s Grove, fights have been breaking out between rival gangs and mafia families at the local skill houses. The latest big brawl was seen at Annie’s Bodyworks, owned by the lovely Annie Depressant’. Several LLC (Living Legends Crew) and Angeletti’s went at it [...]

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Introducing Humdog: Pandora’s Vox Redux

There have been a couple of editions to the editorial board of the AVH lately. Our good friend The Phantom now has posting powers, and we are also joined by humdog (Montserrat Tovar in game) who I have never met in r/l but who I have known in vr since 1992. By way of introduction [...]

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EAsucks.com gets to the bottom of EA’s tech support problems

By The Phantom I you think that uri is tough on EA, you should check out EAsucks.com. Just to whet your appetite, here is a little piece that I think finally explains to us what is going on in tech support (and customer support) over at EA. http://www.easucks.com/images/joke/8.jpg

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TechTV Questions ESRB Rating for Alphaville

This story aired a couple weeks ago, but I just now located the online version of the segment. In it, TechTV questions the appropriateness of the ESRB rating systems for MMORPGs, and issue which has been addressed by the AVH on several occassions. The TechTV opener: Hot Topic: Big Trouble in AlphavilleThe Mafia’s running the [...]

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Moscow’s Izvestia: TSO is Harming America’s Children

A number of news organizations, ranging from the New York Times to CNN have picked up on the story of the Alphaville Herald and EA’s attempts to silence it for shedding light on the inner life of Alphaville. Recently the Moscow daily newspaper Izvestia jumped into the fray, recounting the story of the termination of [...]

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Mr-President Responds: Affair with Relina fabricated by her sister!

Special from Pat the Rat (AVH gossip columnist extraordinaire): In an AVG Press release, Mr. President has denied having a sim relation with Relina, but has acknowledged that two of the screen shots are authentic (one of him kissing Relina next to the ice cream stand and the other with Relina in the Bathroom while [...]

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Bring 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 [...]

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3&1/2 Hours to Go: Race is Deadlocked

Ok, as of 6:30 Eastern time, with 496 votes cast the vote is deadlocked at 50% for Ashley and 50% for Mr-President. It doesn’t get any better than this!

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With 5 hours to go: Ashley cries Foul!

With 5 hours left in the election, 332 votes have been cast, with Mr-President holding onto a razor thin lead. Thus far 54.3% of the votes have been cast for Mr-President and 45.7% for Ashley. Meanwhile, Ashley has contacted the AVH about apparent irregularities in the vote counting: “I have been getting dozens of messages [...]

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Interview with Mr-President

In this interview conducted by Montserrat Tovar, Mr-President defends himself from the allegations by The Teflon Don that he enlisted the Soprano family for help with his elections. He also defends his remark that Ashley left the debates earlier to watch the Sopranos. He suggests that there are important ideological differences between him and Ashley, [...]

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