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Finally, Skewl is Kewl
I took an hour off from war reporting yesterday to drop in on a course being taught by Ancient Earth (AE) member Archaegeo Platini, and while I was AFK and up to my neck in IMs for much of it, I have to say that for the first time ever I had the impression that [...]
Full StoryOne Song?s Worst Nightmare: FMFN Alums Inhabit Mall Wall
There I was, walking along the New Jessie Wall, which separates Jessie from the site of One Song?s future mega-mall, when I ran into ex-TSO uber-scammers and Free Money for Newbie aums, Mimi, Kim, Brad and Mary — now members of ?The Dysfunctional Family? in SL. ?What you guys doing here?? I asked. Turns out [...]
Full StoryWAR!
Tensions on the Jessie/Stanford border exploded into the first battle of what will doubtless be a protracted and technologically advanced virtual war, as mega-mall developer, land baron, and gang leader One Song entered Jessie amid a hailstorm of gunfire and tracking turret fire from the techsols and WWIIOLers. Clearly sporting fancy scripts that rendered him [...]
Full StoryRuby Wilde vs. Land Baron One Song
Life on the Jessie/Stanford Border gets curiouser and curiouser. As reported earlier, One Song and The Associates have bought up most of the sim of Stanford, but remaining small patches were still owned by me and Ruby Wilde. I traded the Associates for another piece of land, but negotiations with Ruby broke down in a [...]
Full StorySkirmishes Break Out on Jessie/Stanford Border
The tensions along the Jessie/Stanford Border boiled over last night and Jeff Linden was called in to mediate a charge by James Few that One Song had hit him with a spamming script that followed him back into his home territory. Following is an edited transcript of key elements of the exchange. As noted earlier, [...]
Full StoryTensions rise on the Jessie/Stanford border.
One Song and Tank Levy of the Associates recently purchased nearly the entire sim of Stanford, putting them in a direct path between the teleport hub and the most popular location on Second Life, Club Elite. It also puts them smack on the border of Jessie. No one knows for sure what kind of project [...]
Full StoryInterview with an 8 year old gamer grrrl.
In this interview with talk to 8 year old CTRL Key (pronounced, she informs me, ?control key?). She fills us in on her adventures in games both online and offline, including TSO and Second Life.
Full StorySir/Ian leaves TSO
Sir may only be 16 in r/l, but he has cast a long shadow over events in alphaville over the past year. He has been a simolean dealer, a temporary accounts broker, and a dealer of cannons and other rares. He was the PR officer for the Alphaville Government during the elections, a past reporter [...]
Full StoryChad 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 [...]
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