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The Return of Jumpman Lane
Suspended over the summer by LL – the coolest guy in SL plans to resurrect SlutMag by Alessandra Narayan Some call him controversial, others say he’s just nuts, hated, loved, worshiped, Jumpman Lane, owner of the pornographic/erotic Slut Magazine, calls himself King of Second Life, the coolest man on SL, does what he wants, respects [...]
Full StoryConfederation of Democratic Sims Election Results
Simplicity Party to Lead Representative Assembly by Pericles of Bavaria Residents interested in a democratic Second Life will be thrilled to learn that the virtual world includes a 4 sim democratic federation allowing for collective decision making by landowners. The latest press release from the Confederation of Democratic Sims features Chancellor Jamie Palisades' announcement of [...]
Full StoryWhy Does LL Hate Premium Account Referrals?
Is Robin Linden powerless to pay up -or- kill off the account referral program?No L$2000 referral bonuses for accounts created after July 23rd 2008 by PIxeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk At least one player grows restless over at http://www.profileslive.com/ and points out the Lab has run a broken premium account referral program for over 6 [...]
Full StoryLinden Lab Learns From Frank Lucas
by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk 'The man I worked for had one of the biggest companies in New York City. He didn’t own his own company. White man owned it, so they owned him. Nobody owns me, though.' – Frank Lucas Possibly taking a cue from American Gangster, M-is-for-mafia Linden’s plans for Second Life [...]
Full StoryCentral Database Humiliated by Slave Uprising!
Gorean society a role model for grid? by Idoru Wellman, Metaverse Society reporter FJ Linden announced wednesday that the central database has been humiliated and forced into the role of Gorean slave girl as part of a bizarre ritual held early thursday morning somewhere in San Francisco. The exact details of the transfer of power [...]
Full StorySL Hits, Admits Performance Wall
Lab puts down fatties, brings in database expertsHow to sell a stable corporate world on an unstable platform by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk January has been a rocky month for metaverse service provider Linden Lab, and the troubles culminated in severe database problems that brought the virtual world to it’s knees Sunday. The normally [...]
Full StoryPost 6 Grrrl — Ms. Database Issues
[Today the Herald presents a personality that has become very familiar to our readers - Ms. Database Issues. Ms. Issues has been around the metaverse for years, but recently has taken a higher profile - making nearly daily appearances since the holidays -- particularly when SL is most popular. We had been trying to ignore [...]
Full StoryJanuary Issues Continue – Concurrent Users Drop to 29,797
Intermittent access during Sunday prime time by Argent Halide, photo journalist
Full StoryShock from Prok! Is Pixeleen Mistral the Inventor of the Interwebs?
McCahill admits self-identity by Idoru Wellman (Herald Bureau of Personal Identity) For three years now the most pressing question facing denizens of the interwebs has been the real life identity of Herald editrix Pixeleen Mistral. Is she, as Mark Wallace once surmised, actually one of Prokofy Neva’s spare personalities? Is she, as others opine, the [...]
Full StoryQuarter 4 Results – Lowest QPC on Record
Growth rates slow, spending lags residents logged in – bots to blame? by Jessica Holyoke Linden Lab has released the economic statistics for the last quarter of 2008, while also claiming the advent of new land offerings – OpenSpace, Homestead and Full sims – are a response to the demands of the majority of the [...]
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