Archive for 'Clubs, Casinos, and Events'
Luck Has Nothing To Do With It
A Second Life Herald parable The following is a chat log of an actual SL conversation, submitted by a pair of luckless gamblers for your edification. Not one word has been changed. Poker Player #1: you wanna hear a funny story? Poker Player #2: sure
Full StoryOp/Ed: Business Girl vs. Griefer Kin
by A Concerned Reader Like her or dislike her, Anshe Chung is one of the richest and most famous (or infamous) people in Second Life. So when she posted in the SL forums complaining about the actions of her W-Hat neighbors in Baku where she had just bought land, there were some predictable jeers, but [...]
Full StoryGolden Calf Bleats No More. Are More Club Closings Far Behind?
by Walker Spaight Even before the economic changes recently announced by the Lindens went into effect, at least one club owner in Second Life had abandoned his nightspot when faced with having to maintain it in the absence of Linden event support, according to his landlord.
Full StorySL Residents Riot Over Proposed Stipend Cuts
Actually, it was more of a loud kvetchy protest, but if the incident in A Tale in the Dessert counts as a riot, then this does too, and then some. Yesterday, at least six protest events were held by my count, and a town meeting with Robin Linden had to be moved to a larger [...]
Full StoryA False Economy? Lindens Fight for Economic Stability
by Matthias Zander Bonus decreases. Ratings price hikes. Event support disappearances. These three things that could be seen as catastrophies are the Lindens’ latest solution to the less-than-beautiful economy of Second Life. Robin Linden took the time to speak to a crowd of around 100 SL residents onthe afternoon of January 11.
Full StoryOp/Ed: Enough with the Clubs!
Artemis Fate The following essay by Artemis Fate appeared in Players, vol. 9. We are grateful to both Marilyn Murphy and to Artemis for permission to republish it here. It is, in our humble opinion, a spot on critique of the rise of club culture in SL, and how it signals a kind of failure [...]
Full StoryAvatar of the Year: One Song/Mr. Fairplay
One Song, in his golden battle suit, raises his corporate flag in Jessie Dedicated readers of the Herald know that our coveted Avatar of the Year Award (the “Avi”) goes to the avatar+alts that did the most to change the virtual news over the past year, for better for worse. This year the selection was [...]
Full StoryAvatars of the Year, 3rd Place: Ashley and Pez
Before the year closes out, the Herald is going to hand out its avatars of the year awards, beginning with third place. The award goes to the avatars+alts that changed virtual news the most (for better or worse) during the past year. This year, third place is a tie between Ashley Richardson and Mr-President, both [...]
Full StoryBallerMoMo King: “they know they can”t fuck with me”
In this interview we visit BallerMoMo King (aka sexypimp, aka YourHighness) in his private sim mansion and talk about his devastating sim-crashing attack on Reno Parks (a location we last visited to report on the Parks/Fatale nuptials). He tells all, from the reasons for the attack (dissed by Reno), to the other five sims that [...]
Full StoryIt’s Christmas Eve in SL. Do you know where your churches are?
For a variety of complex reasons I found myself stuck in the Westin Hotel in Warsaw Poland on Christmas Eve, so I thought I would check in on SL for some holiday cheer. My first thought was that I should check out some churches and see what was happening. I searched on ‘church’, found five [...]
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