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AvaStar Moves to Silence Critics: Issues Bans, Files Frivolous Abuse Reports, and Seeks Real Life Information on One Critic.
It’s times like this we wish we weren’t so “fairly unbalanced” all the time, because it is very important to us that you take this particular story seriously. We aren’t kidding, and we aren’t poking fun this time. The Herald has seen many hamfisted efforts to silence critics through the years, but this one is [...]
Full StoryHome for the Holidays
By Dyerbrook, Dept. of Family Holiday FunYes, home is the place, where…when you have to go there, they have to take you in. Tired of lag, grey squares, missing textures, bots, bits, and bobs? There’s always The Sims Online, home for many of us who write, read, and comment on the Herald. TSO is where [...]
Full StoryCampBots Draining Casino Owners
By Prokofy Neva, Dept. of Rumours, Conjecture, Conspiracy Theories, and Inside Dope for Inside Dopes You’ve seen CopyBots. You’ve seen anti-CopyBot spamming defeaters. You’ve seen anti-anti-CopyBot defeaters. And now…you can see hordes of spam CampBots…like zombies…with Greek names! Surely there’s an ageplay/furry angle in here, too — we’re working on it! Word is starting to [...]
Full StoryChristmas Grid Attack
By Prokofy Neva, Grief-Watch Dept. Thousands of red Santa-capped green penises rained down on Second Life in the closing hours of Christmas Day on the grid, sending many residents into a panic to try to return the self-replicating objects before they displaced builds — and crashing SL entirely for others. The grid-wide spam attack was [...]
Full StoryShock! Herald Paparazzi Catch Cardie Mahoney at Crayonista Christmas Party
Black Christmas Special from Pat the Rat. In a truly shocking development that so clearly illustrates the lack of moral compass in the English speaking world it is going to make me vote Republican for the first time ever, a Herald Paparazzo infiltrated the Crayonista “Christmas Party” — and I put this in scare quotes [...]
Full StoryUri’s Predictions for 2007
Well, you’ve survived the warmup acts. For weeks now you’ve been exercising your fake smile muscles as you read the predictions that tell us about the MSM being duped by the Herald and dead hookers in Philip Linden’s car, but all along you wondered: When will Uri finally give us *his* predictions? And I understand [...]
Full StoryLand Rush!
Land frenzy has prompted some hustlers to chop up larger parcels into smaller newbie plots of only 256 m2 or ad sales parcels of 16m2 that can sell at 100 times the cost of a residential parcel. By Prokofy Neva, Dept. of Virtual Estate OMGODZORZ1111 land is through the roof! A crappy 512 m2 is [...]
Full StoryAgePlay Slut Asks, “Where Da Tweeners At?”
by Heartun Breaker, syndicated advice columnist. HEY HEARTUN~ As a 43 year old woman who came to Second Life to explore AgePlay as the slutty kid I wasn’t in real life, I am perplexed by the LACK of people into this kind of scenario… I’d have expected dozens of people exploring this kind of fantasy. [...]
Full StoryCat Nicholas – Post 6 Grrrl
[Editor’s note: Cat Nicholas is this week's purr-fect Post 6 Grrrl! I want to join neko lovers everywhere in the metaverse in thanking the legendary Marilyn Murphy, the visionary behind Players, SL’s in-world erotica magazine for these fabulous photographs. Hop into your favorite lap, curl up and enjoy!] hmmm… where to start yay -giggles- first [...]
Full StoryCookie-Cutter Corporate Sims – But No First Land for Residents?
by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk New Second Life residents are enticed to upgrade their accounts to “premium” status with the promise that paying for a premium account allows purchase of virtual land. But in the official Linden answers forum, complaints about the difficulty finding discounted “first land” are rising as residents remind LL that [...]
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