Archive for 'Mafias, Gangs and Virtual Governments'
Costello Family Hosts Katrina Fundraiser
The Costello Family is hosting a Benefit Party all weekend this weekend to raise money for those devastated by Hurricane Katrina. the Party will last for 48 hours at Heavens Island starting at 6am game time Saturday September 3rd and will continue on throught til 6am Monday September 5th. There will be 2 parties, Hypnotic [...]
Full StoryPermabanned??? Did Xaph get the Moe Linden Special?
Permabanned? Virtual Brutus, Xaphon Mendicant, in Happier Times According to a number of reliable sources, Xaphon Mendicant has been either banned or permabanned for his role in the betrayal of the Space Monkey Corporation and the theft/liberation of its land in Jessie. Since his actions only involved using his privileges as a group officer to [...]
Full StorySL Land Heist! XLS Operatives wipe out Space Monkey Corporation
XLS Officers Sweet, Cyanide, and Xaphon Just a few days ago we reported a tale of betrayal on EVE online in which a corporation was infiltrated and its property (valued at about 16K US) was stolen. Just yesterday a similar heist went down in Second Life, when the Space Monkeys had 8K square meters of [...]
Full StoryEVE EXTRA: $16.5k Heist/Assassination Breaks Ubiqua Seraph Corp
Read all about it! After a months-long infiltration operation, the Eve Online corporation Guiding Hand Social Club managed to work its agents high into the ranks of the Ubiqua Seraph corp (corps are Eve’s version of guilds), from whence they pulled off what is being called the biggest heist/coup/assassination in Eve history, making away with [...]
Full StoryDefending the Beachheads of Second Life–or Just Griefing the Griefers?
by Clarence Calliope Jim Herbst, defender of SL’s sandboxes, snaps a salute Sandboxes have always been an important part of Second Life culture. Free for all to use and with practically no restrictions on prims or content, sandboxes are the preferred stomping grounds of landless newcomers and experienced builders alike. These unsettled simulators are scattered [...]
Full StoryGosh w-hat a Surprise: W-Hats in the Middle of SL Hack Mess
Screenshot of the W-Hat property. Well, it looks like the recent hacking episode on SL – in effect, a hack that allowed users to view protected scripts for objects like the Seburo Compact Exploder – has been isolated and is being fixed, but guess who is in the middle of it – Plastic Duck and [...]
Full StoryDarkSide Mafia Attacks BlackHand Mafia
by Gina Fatale In the last two weeks a series of attacks have been planned out and executed against what is left of the BlackHand Mafia. All from the orders of Boo Cinquetti, one of the Godfathers of DSM. Mr. Cinquetti was kind enough to grant the Herald an exclusive interview and provided some pictures [...]
Full StoryA Window on the Teen Grid
Teens pour into SL’s new “Teen Grid” As reported by Hammie Linden in New World Notes, the Second Life Teen Grid has its first blog, called Second Age, under he stewardship of Aesop Thatch, who is a fine writer btw. Early stories cover the clubs, a recent influx of noobs, and of course the Young [...]
Full StoryThe Confessions of Ario Gomez: mobster, prankster, or racist fucktard?
by Gina Fatale Ario Gomez formerly the infamous John Gotti from TSO (think back to SSG wars), wants to set the record straight on why he was kicked from his family in SecondLife, The Blackhand Mafia. Ario is currently serving a 13 day ban from SecondLife for what he claims was a prank but Lindens [...]
Full StoryTalking about Talking
Cindy and Prok As the flap over the board banning of Prokofy Neva degenerates into a series of thoughtful and productive discussions, you might think the Herald would lose interest. Well, ok, we have, but that doesn’t mean we stop posting (i.e., it’s a slow news day). Prok called upon Cindy Claveu to lead a [...]
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