A Gallery of OpenSpace Price Protests

Residents abuse SL to express displeasure with Linden Lab pricing action by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Sifting through the pile of video and still images of the last week of resident protests, patterns emerge. One group of protests seem to target well known brands such as Sony, IBM, Dell, and Orange, while others aim [...]

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Who Is Buying Ultra-Luxury Virtual Land?

Soaring auction prices for Linden’s new Nautilus land during OpenSpace protests by Curious Rousselot October 30, 2008: We are now into our third day of protests over the recent price hikes of Openspace SIMs but earnings from the land auction appear to be unchanged. The Herald has been paying close attention to the bidding war [...]

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LL Censors Goon’s Name – Forgets Profile & Objects

Rising cost of Linden Governance Team to blame for OpenSpace price hikes? by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk In the week since Jack Linden’s announcement of a 66% virtual land price increase, the grid has seen nearly continuous protests and discussion of what prompted the price gouging. To better understand Linden Lab’s cost structure and [...]

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Is Jack Linden Lying?

Mainland prices in free fall – LL tries to hide 7-10% monthly declines with bogus OpenSpace claimsThis is why we can’t have nice things by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk I have long been a fan of Aminom Marvin’s work with scultpties – a trip to his store in Sculptomancy sim is reccommended. But since [...]

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The BILD’s AvaStar: Game Over

Reliable ally of Linden Lab stops publication by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk The BILD’s bold adventure in virtual world journalism ended two weeks ago when The AvaStar met the same fate as that of Reuters Second Life, and stopped publication. The AvaTard also announced it expects to take down the The-AvaStar.com and AvaStar.de web [...]

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Vryl Valkyrie Nukes 3000 Member OpenSpace Protest Group

Replacement +SOS+ group gains 1755 members in one day by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk Vryl Valkyrie achieved a certain notoriety after deciding she knew the best way for residents to protest Linden Lab’s surprise OpenSpace sim price hikes. Although Cube Republic had started -SOS- (Save our Sims) protest group, he was eventually persuaded to [...]

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Tenshi Morigi — Post 6 Grrrl

[Tenchi Morigi's photo shoot took place under beautiful cherry trees on her Givenchi sim. As we are both in the same timezone, it was a nice experience to meet at a time when only 20,000 residents were online. Things rezzed within seconds, there was no lag at all. It was photographer's heaven. Tenchi is one [...]

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Open Spaces Protest Closes Nautilus Sim!

Spontaneous resident protests fill, then crash LL’s Nautilus showcase simProtest overflows into neighboring regions by Curious Rousselot Nautilus Shalim (from Yamm) Around 1:30 SLT on October 28, 2008 the region of Nautilus – Shalim experienced something you don’t normally see on mainland regions as new as it is. Avatars, including this reporter, were unable to [...]

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Linden Jacks Land Prices 66% — Residents Outraged

Nautilus sim hit by tidal wave of angry avatar protesters by Jessica Holyoke In the wake of “Price” Jack Linden’s announcement of a 66% monthly tier increase – Openspace Pricing and Policy Changes – angry residents flooded the newly opened Nautilus sim.  The protests were sparked by both a 50% increase in the upfront “purchase” [...]

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Zito Corleone Dead Again

Corleone mafia leader could miss SL Herald’s 5th anniversary celebration by Pixeleen Mistral, Criminal Affairs desk Nicholas mafia makes quick work of Corleone mafia boss burial A runner for the Nicholas mafia swung past the Herald offices recently to drop off a picture of what appears to be a tombstone for rival mafia boss Zito [...]

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