Archive for 'Scammers, Griefers and Goons'

Shock! Philip Linden Invites Plastic Duck to Apply for Job at Linden Lab

What happens when notorious griefer Plastic Duck (aka Patrick Sapinski) inquires about the job of CTO Jedi at Linden Lab? Behold: Hi Patrick, thanks for the contact! I don’t think you are a fit for the operations role, but you might want to apply for one of the engineering positions, from the description of your [...]

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Shock! Video Celebrating Cyber-terrorism Wins Second Prize in Fox Sponsored Contest

Just a few weeks ago, Fox News was lamenting the virtual terrorism (and ageplay) in Second Life and calling upon Democratic Presidential candidate John Edward Edwards to condemn it. Today, Fox sub-sub-sub-sub- division Fox Atomic celebrates those exact very same cyber-terrorists by honoring a griefer-made machinima video celebrating Toronto-based griefer Plastic Duck. More shocking still: [...]

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Simone’s Account Hacked

Prokofy Neva, Community Affairs Prominent Second Life designer Simone Stern reported to the Herald today that her work account had been hacked this morning and L$400,000 stolen (an estimated $1500 US) from the account. In a heist similar to another large theft two weeks ago at DarkLife, the hacker first transferred funds from Simone’s work [...]

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Toronto Star Reveals Plastic Duck’s RL Identity

by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Infamous uber griefer Plastic Duck’s RL typist was apparently outed this morning by Murray Whyte of the Toronto Star in an article titled (Virtual) reality bites. In addition to speaking with the elder statesman of virtual journalism – the Herald’s own Urizenus Sklar – and discussing the departure of [...]

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Ninja Looters of Infamy: Are The Patriotic Nigras Really Pathetic Posers?

In a shocking new twist to a story that already has more kinks than a pubic hair, reliable Herald sources inform us that despite their bragging on sites like 10 Zen Monkeys, the Patriotic Nigras did not initiate the attack on the John Edwards Headquarters in Second Life. According to our sources, the attack was [...]

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10 Zen Monkeys: “Patriotic Nigras” e-Terrorist Group Responsible for Attack on Edwards Headquarters

Not Virtual Republicans, but pimply, attention starved, adolescent losers. Imagine that! 10 Zen Monkeys is reporting that there is strong evidence linking the recent griefer attacks on the Edwards Headquarters to the Second Life griefer organization known as the “Patriotic Nigras’. This would not be surprising if true. The attack certainly had the earmarks of [...]

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Edwards HQ Vandalized. Campaign Blames Virtual Republicans.

It’s bad enough having Fox News excoriate you for not staffing your HQ and calling on you to denounce virtual underage sex brothels, but now there is the problem of Republican griefers. According to an Edwards campaign worker, it was not pretty. Shortly before midnight (CST) on Monday, February 26, a group of republican Second [...]

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Is Ginko’s Alleged Ponzi Game About to Implode? Will Linden Lab be Held Liable?

The Journal of the Business Law Society at the University of Illinois College of Law is running a well documented article on Second Life’s Ginko corporation, which claims to have the equivalent of $475,000 US invested in it but which some have called a ponzi scheme, Meanwhile, Philip Linden has comparedGinko to the Grameen Bank [...]

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Island Land Scamming, Anyone?

Former residents claim Valentines day eviction massacre in “The Tropicana” sim, hire SL/RL lawyer to arbitrate island land dispute by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk I met one of a rare breed Saturday. Joshua Sao is a 5 month metaverse resident who owns “The Tropicana” island sim yet cannot recall when he bought his island, [...]

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Herald Correspondent Attacked by Bill Cosby, Investigation Launched

by Jimbo Quality [Editor's Note: Jimbo's investigation into the perpetrators of the attack described below is continuing. As is the Herald's into how this guy get to write for our paper in the first place.--Walker Spaight] If you’re like me, you often find yourself camping a camping chair at a place like the LV Casino [...]

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