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AVG gets New CIA Chief
The Alphaville Government has replaced its CIA Chief Fans, who left the game recently following altercations with noted scammer and opponent of the Alphaville Government, Mr. President Bradley. In his press release, the new Director, named Alex Sanchez, promises to be a much tougher customer. He has already thrown down the gauntlet to the “Enemies [...]
Full StoryMob Hits get Serious: Former Soprano Member gets the “Moe Green Special”
by The Teflon Don Many have heard of the term Moe Green Special before. On the Sopranos TV show perhaps? Maybe on The Godfather where the Moe Green Special originated? For some of you, you have heard it somewhere else. Whispers of a tactic in the game that can take everything you own and love [...]
Full StoryNew York Times Picks up Alphaville Elections
The New York Times article on the Alphaville Elections is now up athttp://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/01/technology/circuits/01sims.html?ex=1081400400&en=e5984c6cc0bf6db8&ei=5062. There is a cute picture of Ashley Richardson on the online version. I noticed that the article used the term ‘gievers’ instead of ‘griefers’. Perhaps the most significant revelation in the article is that they now quote EA as saying that TSO [...]
Full StoryMaxis Plans Customer Humiliation Joke for April Fools
I decided to move this up from an earlier thread, because it deserves a topic of its own. Tomorrow, as an “April Fools joke”, all avatars in TSO will have monkey faces, and when you try to type out messages your sim will blurt out (in chat) some stuff about bananas and parts of a [...]
Full StoryEA’s Jeff Brown Speaks Out!: Sex in TSO is impossible!
Jeff Brown, infamous smack talker, cheetah deleter, midlife crisis poster boy, and EA’s Director of Corporate Communications has circulated a press release to a number of media outlets (including CNN and Tech TV). In it he argues that cybersex in TSO is impossible and that simoleans have no real world financial value (hence cyber-prostitution is [...]
Full StoryInterview with the Anti-President: Mr. President Bradley
In this interview, Mr. President Bradley tells us why he is opposed to Mr-President and the Alphaville Government, and charges that it is based on an illusory utopian vision for tso and that it (particularly former CIA Director Fans) is hypocritical and prone to break its own rules. He is equally critical of opposition candidate [...]
Full StoryRichardson Denies Past Scammer Ties
In a strongly worded statement, AVG Presidential Candidate Ashley Richardson has categorically denied any past ties to scammer properties, charging that the scammers themselves have started the rumors to discredit her. She has also demanded that the AVH remove mention of such rumors (sorry Ashley, can’t do that). Her statement (also posted as a comment [...]
Full StoryDiary of a Newbie #4: meeting Evangeline
By Montserrat Tovar at first i was not sure what i had walked into: i am a newbie walking around, exploring, working hard not to get bored out of my mind. i had not yet visited any newbie places so I dropped into the welcome category. i found a triple x house for newbies, and [...]
Full StoryNerfed Again!: New Social Interactions Introduced in TC
Scammers, trial account sellers, and bot makers say “Thank You Maxis!”Mafias Laugh.Stratics Board Ho’s inexplicably think this will improve the game. The new social interactions have been introduced in Test Center, and after they are debugged they will move to the rest of TSO. At a time when TSO players have been crying out for [...]
Full StoryEA Pulls Plug on Earth and Beyond!
In a shocking announcement that does not bode well for other EA run MMORPGs, EA yesterday announced that it was going to pull the plug on its Earth and Beyond MMORPG. Additional information on the move can be found here. What makes the annoucement shocking is that EA essentially expressed the same committment to E&B [...]
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