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Lab Breaks Vehicle Brakes – Causes Hundreds of Fatal Accidents
AnnMarie Otoole suspended after Q&A-challenged Lindens nerf prim-physics switch Linden Lab’s unfathomable player disciplinary actions scaled new heights of absurdity with news that AnnMarie Otoole was slapped with a 3 day suspension after her vehicles were broken by an error in Linden Lab’s latest “upgrade” to Second Life server software. Apparently the Lab’s latest server [...]
Full StorySLCC 2011 Drama!!! Avatar Identity: Privacy and Transparency in Social Media
Mysterious threats leads to last minute SLCC program revision – a pattern of harassment? The first indication I would be playing another round of Second Life as a real life alternative reality game came a few hours before the SLCC 2011 panel discussion on Avatar Identity: Privacy and Transparency in Social Media. I was eating lunch, [...]
Full StoryThe Artemis Fate Interview: Justice League is Unnecessary and Overzealous
Longtime SL resident asks Linden Lab for statement on anti-griefer groups’ limits by Robble Rubble [In Robble Rubble's exclusive interview with Artemis Fate, Ms. Fate - a respected class-of-2003 resident - points out that the Justice League Unlimited and similar anti-griefer vigilante groups are superfluous and attract exactly the sort of behaviors they claim to [...]
Full StoryCheergirl Allen Smacks Justice League Unlimited
Anti-vigilante war in Second Life escalates I’ve known Cheergirl Allen for years, but never thought of her as particularly active in the Second Life political scene. However, that changed recently – a development that cannot be good news for Kalel Venkman and his Justice League Unlimited faction. Cheergirl’s organizational skills and connections have never been in [...]
Full StoryCosbycoin Hack Pops Bitcoin Forum Bubble
CosbyCoin “zing” takes Bitcointalk.org offline Bitcoin - a peer-to-peer virtual currency – has reached the point in the media hype cycle were the inevitable backlash takes hold, and the Bitcoin ecosystem becomes a target for high visibility hacks. The latest incident took place yesterday, when the bitcointalk.org forums were converted into a Cosbycoin ad site, complete with pictures [...]
Full StoryEvent Horizon — Post 6 Grrrrrrl
[I was strolling through the park the other day and had the good fortune to run into Event Horizon, who has an incredible avatar and who I was very pleased agreed to pose for us. Event is charming and witty and with her smarts and good looks, her shoot was a breeze. It is an [...]
Full StoryInterview With Green Lantern Excelsior of the JLU
Green Lantern Excelsior in the Bronyville sim before Bronyville was deleted (file photo) This evening I chatted with JLU spokesman Green Lantern Excelsior hoping to discover why Kalel Venkman has been unwilling to discuss the JLU’s Brainiac wiki leak situation in anything other than heavily moderated forums. While Green Lantern could only speculate on Kalel’s [...]
Full StoryJacon Cortes Slams Justice League Unlimited!!!
Prime Minister of Antiquity: “It is the responsibility of Linden Labs to take action immediately” Former allies of the Justice League Unlimited are taking pains to distance themselves from Kalel Venkman’s vigilante gang as revelations of an apparent on-going program of Second Life player stalking and black ops continues to unfold. Over the weekend I was lucky [...]
Full StoryJLU Shamed – Green Lantern Excelsior Turns His Back on SLUniverse
Superheros “standing in front of a monkey cage and being pelted with waste products” For almost a week, a particularly ugly chapter in Second Life’s social history has been playing out on both theListSL.blogspot.com and the SLUniverse.com forums. While it is impossible to know if all the claims being made are true, the sheer body [...]
Full StoryPaleFire’s Open Letter to Kalel Venkman
Have griefers turned the JLU into a paranoid collective? When I approached Peter Ludlow at the Society of Cinema and Media Studies in May 2010, I never would have guessed that my research would cause so much concern among anti-griefing organizations, and by that, I mean specifically Kalel Venkman. Here’s why I am writing this [...]
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