Archive for 'Mafias, Gangs and Virtual Governments'
Saluting an Officer
The Herald sends its condolences on the death of Second Life resident Jordan Witherspoon, who passed away recently at the age of only 28. Jordan was a member of the Alliance Navy, a role-playing group that was committed to policing portions of SL on its own (though opinions as to its beneficence differed, depending on [...]
Full StoryAs Lindens Stand Down, SL SWAT Stands Up to Griefers.
What happens when the Lindens make good on their threat to stop responding to abuse reports — when all they offer us is their Rumsfeldian advice that we simply have to “pull up our socks” and stand up to one million unverified idiots that *they* let into the world while huffing their Northern California grown [...]
Full StoryThere Ought to be a Law
Rube-Goldberg-style government plan for Neufreistadt; best to eat sausage than watch how it is made. By Prokofy Neva, Communitiy Affairs Dept SL is teeming with lawyers and judges! With Big Business coming into SL, can the litigators be far behind? Law, after all, is a business, too. Remember those two college kids who made the [...]
Full StoryResident Government?
By Prokofy Neva, Community Affairs Desk Daniel Linden has just posted an announcement on the Official Linden Blob that the much-maligned Abuse Report system, generally acknowledged as ineffective or even abusive itself, is going to get an overhaul. But rather than add Linden or resmod hands to review some 2,000 reports coming in per day [...]
Full StoryNovus Ordo Imperialis Disbands
Paramilitary organizations scramble to recruit displaced NOI soldiers. A victim suffers the cruel wrath of the once proud Novus Ordo Imperialis. Photo via Second Life Times. By Case Officer, Herald Soldier of Fortune Desk 15 months ago, SLH reporter Clarence Calliope reported on the sandbox patrols of the virtual paramilitary organization, the Alliance Navy. Five [...]
Full StoryColonia Nova: Civilization on the frontiers of Second Life
Confederation of Democratic Expands [editor's note: Saladin Salyut was a member of the original team that proposed the Colonia Nova project and will be a landholder in what is hoped to be a new democracy in Second Life. Here Mr. Salyut describes the project and their plans.] by Saladin Salyut Colonia Nova has opened to [...]
Full StoryBanned CopyBot Girl GeForce Go’s Identity Revealed?
Is a former cornfield resident an alt for GeForce Go? by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk nimrod Yaffle’s sister? Reports at the Second Citizen web site forums indicate that CopyBot salesgirl GeForce Go may have had an alternate identity – the well known nimrod Yaffle. These reports have raised some eyebrows since nimrod was originally [...]
Full StoryAnshe to Honor Residents’ Vote: Dishonest PR Flacks to be Banned from Dreamland Continent
Dishonest PR added to previous list of bannable offenses: griefing, theft, violation of intellectual property, sexual harassment, online rape and distribution of child pornography Anshe Chung, owner and developer of virtual real estate on the Dreamland Continent (a region supported by 400-500 simulators that constitutes 10% of the land mass and 10% of the population [...]
Full StoryResidents of 400 Dreamland Sims vote to Ban PR and Marketing Flacks!!!!!
Residents vote unrepentant flacks off of 400+ islands! In one of the most significant developments in the history of virtual worlds and Massively Multiplayer Online Games, Residents of the Second Life gated community Dreamland have voted to ban unrepentant PR Flacks from their 400-500 Sim region. Conservative estimates suggest that Dreamland consititutes 10% of the [...]
Full StorySL SHOCKER! – SLLA Hires Freelance Hit Squads
L$1000 bounty for hits on Electric Sheep, Millions of Us, Rivers Run Red – Aimee Weber hit jobs discounted to L$500 by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk SLLA now paying freelance shooters Addressing the dearth of entry level jobs in SL, the Second Life Liberation Army today placed a bounty on a number of high-profile [...]
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