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GOM’s Zeppi Schlegel: This bodes well for the future
GOM strike price for Linden Dollars While residents of Second Life are generally opposed to the Linden’s new restrictive monetary policy, Gaming Open Market’s Zeppi Schlegel (aka Jamie Hale) thinks it is a good idea in principle, and he thinks that their execution of the policy is not that bad either. (Club owners will survive [...]
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 StoryEditorial: Raise Taxes, But Do It Right
by the SL Herald editorial board Philip Linden is well intentioned, but he needs to put his money supply where his mouth is. Tightening SL monetary policy to stem a declining exchange rate and fight property price inflation is a good idea. Unfortunately, the measures announced by Linden early Tuesday morning in one Second Life [...]
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 StoryThe Second Life Crusades
The Second Life Crusades: Lindens Crack Down on BallerMoMo’s Crew in the UAE by Mr Fairplay and Walker Spaight While the motivation behind the move remains unclear, it seems that Braveman Drago incurred the Linden wrath on Friday and was subject to the same ban that took the Second Life of infamous gang leader BallerMoMo [...]
Full StoryJames Miller’s Dispute Resolution Proposal
We’ve been thinking a bit about dispute resolution here, and I think the following proposal by James Miller deserves closer consideration. Basic idea is that it gives users the option to take their case before a jury of peer avatars (or alternatively going to the Lindens). As it stands I personally think there is too [...]
Full StoryOp/Ed: Schwanson Schlegel Blasts the Lindens
On New Years Eve Schwanson finally vented about troubles he was having with Second Life and Linden Lab, and if the discussion on the SL Forums are any indication, the problems are not isolated to his case (and of course we all have experienced the recent downtimes). In Schwanson’s case the complaints range from loss [...]
Full StoryNannies with Badges
During the State of Play some months ago, there was a special session on dispute resolution with Robin, Cory, and Phillip Linden attending, in addition to a number of anthropologists, lawyers, and industry types (eBay) that were experts in dispute resolution. What the concensus of the experts seemed to be was that the Lindens should [...]
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 StoryAvatar of the Year, 2nd Place: Sir/Father Callahan
This choice might surprise some, but not after you hear the facts. Over the past year, Sir/FatherC/Ian has been all over tso, and SL, and usually in the middle of some dramma or other. Beginning the year as a small time simolean dealer, he made a name (and drammatically changed gameplay) by acquiring zillions of [...]
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