Archive for 'Mafias, Gangs and Virtual Governments'
Nicholas Mafia Patch Illicit Viewers — Trash Sephora Gang Site
The Linden Lab crackdown on third party viewers may be having unintended consequences — at least one in-world mafia has released a collection of what are claimed to be patched illicit viewers that can circumvent the Linden blocks on banned Second Life client software. Apparently, to be a gangsta means running a viewer with extra [...]
Full StoryIn the Belly of the Beast: Harry Linden Cheaps Out on Bears
Apparently erasing all signs of Woodbury from the grid became Harry Linden’s top priority sometime wednesday morning. I had just stopped by the Woodbury parcel in Ravenglass sim to take a picture of the plot when all the objects present disappeared! Despite the destruction, I was elated – the reclusive Lindens were almost certainly in [...]
Full StoryEmerald Viewer: 76000 Unique Users Could Be Wrong
Earlier this evening, lead Emerald viewer developer Fractured Crystal claimed that 76,000 unique users run the Emerald client – a significant portion of the active Second Life community and clear indication that the Emerald viewer is the most popular alternative to the official Second Life client software. But ongoing rumors of questionable conduct on the [...]
Full StoryVirtual Vigilantes – Eggheads Are Watching the Watchers
Over at at Henry Jenkins blog and MIT’s Center for Future Civic Media site, part one of Herald founder Urizenus Sklar’s think piece Watching the Watchers: Power and Politics in Second Life traces the evolution of both the online world griefing phenomena and the virtual security operations that have emerged to counter griefers. Posting the [...]
Full StorySuperman In Disgrace – JLU Mole Haruhi Thespian Tells All
In an exclusive interview, Haruhi Thespian describes the infiltration of Kalel Venkman’s Justice League Unlimited of Second Life – a daring mission that led to the exposure of the JLU’s formerly secret wiki. The publication of the wiki resulted in revelations of the virtual superhero’s coordinated program of secret surveillance and harassment of other community [...]
Full StoryLinden Lab Censors Critic of JLU Gang Leader
Henry Darkthief alerted the Herald to a troubling pattern of selective censorship on the official Second Life blog that attempts to silence critics of well known vigilante gang leader Kalel Venkman. In a thread discussing greifers and stalkers Mr. Darkthief responded to Justice League Unlimited leader Kalel Venkman’s advice that players maintain abuse report records [...]
Full StorySecond Life Faction Wars: Woodbury “Raid” or JLU Drama-fest?
Chatlogs from Ahern infohub conflict by Senban Babii Drunk and disorderly? Kalel Venkman and GreenLantern Excelsior particle spamming a club in New Grayson Station on January 1, 2010 While the Justice League Unlimited's formerly secret wiki claims that on January 5th 2010 a "Woodbury University raiding party" descended on the Ahern infohub and engaged [...]
Full StoryFalse DMCAs Fizzle – Kalel Venkman Fingered !!!
Typepad ‘fesses up – some DMCA-disputed images, text have gone missing by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Gregory Eugene Turnbow (Kalel Venkman in Second Life) has been identified as the complainant who submitted a DMCA request to Typepad that resulted in removal of content from six Herald stories covering the Second Life Justice League Unlimited. [...]
Full StorySL Shrink Analyzes DMCA Crazed Caped Crusader
Kalel Venkman suffering from incomplete immersion or over-augmentation? by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk In a story titled O Superman the eggheads at SL Shrink analyze Justice League Unlimited leader Kalel Venkman and seem to be asking if the DMCA wielding role play super hero – or super thug? – might be suffering from some [...]
Full StoryHistoric W-Hat Sim For Sale – Goons Go Back to Baku
Estate owner is disgusted with Linden Lab customer service by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk "LL treats their customers too poorly to give them that much money" – Masakazu Kojima The notorious WHAT sim is for sale to the highest bidder, a surprising development that will send the Something Awful W-Hat goons back to their [...]
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