Archive for 'Mafias, Gangs and Virtual Governments'
Justice League Unlimited’s BrainiacWiki Papers Coverup?
Kalel Venkman now playing whack-a-mole with file sharing sites by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk The leaked Justice League Unlimited "BrainiacWiki" papers have been yanked from 5 file sharing sites – an apparent coverup attempt by embattled JLU loyalists wielding copyright infringement claims – but it may be too late for this sort of damage [...]
Full StoryJustice League Unlimited Secret Wiki Unmasked by The Wrong Hands
Roleplay police recruit copies, distributes 1700-page wiki – JLU superhero threatens DMCA, legal action by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk The Justice League Unlimited's secret Brainiac wiki used to track suspected griefers, record JLU meeting chatlogs, and plot strategies to entice the Linden game gods into banning players was published to at least 5 public [...]
Full StoryStolen Goods Free-For-All At Burning Life
Who is the culprit – what will LL do in response? by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk a wonderland of stolen content – courtesy of the Neillife viewer? Tenshi Vielle at Shopping Cart Disco just broke a shocking story – a huge cache of pirated content has been passed around at the Burning Life. [...]
Full StoryXDeth Absent & Bearsy Bloobury – Sim Crashing PN Griefers!
Interview with Post 6 Party crasher!! Exclusive!!! by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk "in a world of user generated content where you can remain anonymous, people are bound to find exploits… like a fun sport, you know?" – XDeth Absent It was no surprise that XDeth Absent was pleased that Linden Lab finally got around [...]
Full StorySea of Drama to Link Soviet Woodbury to W-Hat Goons
More artistic mashups now possible? by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk A new sim – Soviet Woodbury – appeared on the map just south of the W-Hat goon’s WHAT sim Saturday, marking the end of a forced migration for one group of residents displaced by the collapse of Intlibber Brautigan’s BnT land empire. Woodbury [...]
Full StoryHow Secure Is Second Life – Really?
Reformed über-griefers Plastic Duck and DeadlyCodec disagree on security analysis by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk It was pure coincidence, but shortly after Linden Lab released a compulsory client update to address "a potential security issue" last week I ran into Timeless Prototype and Huns Valen at Philip Linden’s swank new house in P Squared [...]
Full StoryOut Of Touch Egghead To Pontificate on Second Life
Herald founder keynotes 2009 Compass Interdisciplinary Virtual Conference The Herald's own Urizenus Sklar – who is widely believed to be self-identical – will present a virtual keynote titled "Virtual Communities, Virtual Cultures, Virtual Governance" for the Compass Interdisciplinary Virtual Conference Monday October 26. Virtually viewable here http://compassconference.wordpress.com/2009/10/26/ludlow/ after the virtual presentation Monday – the virtual [...]
Full StoryW-HAT Goons Protest Supports Babyfur Rights in Second Life
by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk A group of W-HAT goons recently staged a noisy protest in Archers sim in support of the rights of babyfur avatars in Second Life. Babyfurs – the diapered underage segment of the furry society – have had ambiguous support from the greater community, at best. However, apparently in the [...]
Full StoryEXCLUSIVE: FrizzleFry Interview — Part 2
Second Life griefing gang leader on governance, weapons, and mafia wars by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk In the second half of the Herald's interview with notorious griefer FrizzleFry, he takes responsibility for crashing the farewell party for Robin Linden, discusses how the PN griefing gang is governed, the arms race with Linden Lab, the [...]
Full StorySHOCK! Spamhaus Blacklists Linden Lab – E-mail Reputation Ruined!!!
Real Life heartbreak: metaverse postcards blocked, love letters lost by Tenshi Vielle Are you wondering why you haven't been able to send in-world to email postcards recently? The answer could be that Linden Lab's mail servers have been added to the Spamhaus real-time black list – a move that flags e-mail from Linden Lab and [...]
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