Archive for 'Scammers, Griefers and Goons'
Say It Ain’t So, D3adly — Avatars United Takes A Hit, Yet Again
You don’t hear much of d3adlyc0d3c lately, except on the comment sections of various blogs. You definitely don’t see him in Second Life. Did the deadly disease get the best of him and take his hacking career down? Not really, says D3adly. But he seems to have gotten “less” deadly, that’s for sure. Explaining that [...]
Full StoryNicholas Mafia Patch Illicit Viewers — Trash Sephora Gang Site
The Linden Lab crackdown on third party viewers may be having unintended consequences — at least one in-world mafia has released a collection of what are claimed to be patched illicit viewers that can circumvent the Linden blocks on banned Second Life client software. Apparently, to be a gangsta means running a viewer with extra [...]
Full StoryEmerald Viewer: 76000 Unique Users Could Be Wrong
Earlier this evening, lead Emerald viewer developer Fractured Crystal claimed that 76,000 unique users run the Emerald client – a significant portion of the active Second Life community and clear indication that the Emerald viewer is the most popular alternative to the official Second Life client software. But ongoing rumors of questionable conduct on the [...]
Full StoryVirtual Vigilantes – Eggheads Are Watching the Watchers
Over at at Henry Jenkins blog and MIT’s Center for Future Civic Media site, part one of Herald founder Urizenus Sklar’s think piece Watching the Watchers: Power and Politics in Second Life traces the evolution of both the online world griefing phenomena and the virtual security operations that have emerged to counter griefers. Posting the [...]
Full StoryWorlds Collide at Virtual Pet Memorial Service
by MIllennium Sands, Urban Riots Desk Danny06 Aya is a grown up guy in First Life, but in Second Life he’s a boy. His real life typist suffers from a traumatic brain injury (TBI), and it seems likely that his avatar reflects the true state of the way he experiences his life. When Danny06 Aya’s [...]
Full StoryAuto-Bans For Copybot Clients – SL Viewer Wars Escalate
Skills Hak's client detection system & ban relay fights copybot-capable clients – Transylvania vampires warn against running griefer clients by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs Desk Taking Second Life anti-copying software as a service in a new direction, Skills Hak has released a client detection and ban relay system which Hak says "detects all known viewers [...]
Full StorySaints of Hell MC Implicated In Second Life Content Theft – Part 1
Motorcycle and parts theft copybot outrage! by Coke Supply, Investigative Reporter [In this multipart tale of dark dealings in the Second Life motorcycle and parts trade Coke Supply delves into the shady activities of Black Lisle, AKA BiackLisle, of the Saints of Hell Motorbike Club to reveal anastonishing level of complicity amongst the group's leadership [...]
Full StoryPlexus Linden Gives Second Life Superman Copyright Dance Lessons?
Cozy, classified relationship and implausible deniability by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Did Plexus Linden encourage Second Life's copyright-challenged Justice League Unlimited to tap dance around potential IP infringement issues with a wink and a nod, while promising the JLU in-game super powers? JLU leader Kalel Venkman's vigorous pursuit of whack-a-mole takedown actions against sites [...]
Full StoryJLU Wiki Leak: Second Life Abuse Report Frenzy
Real and imagined offenses against the laws of the Metaverse? by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Resident conflict in Second Life is to be expected as quasi-anonymous avatars with different meta-games and loyalties play off each other, but detailed information about the extent of the problems have been hidden — until now. A partial snapshot [...]
Full StoryRole-Play Superman Tries Coverup Of JLU Wiki Leak
Kalel Venkman claims dozens of copyright takedowns — says Chan community corrupts minors by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk According to correspondence provided to the Herald, Kalel Venkman claims to have succeeded with copyright complaints to several dozen web sites redistributing the Justice League Unlimited “Brainiac Wiki”. The secret wiki was leaked after Venkman’s JLU [...]
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