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FAO: Ima

This.

nina node news

nina wants, well...see for yourself.

"how many people are familiar with utherverse? this is that red light game yes?"

"i knew there were quite a few that came from the rlc. im just thinking about how a non-sl virtual world can be better represented on gV."

"can we please avoid drama in the no drama thread?"

"my goal wouldnt be so much an active recruitment exercise so much as an effort to make gV more relevant to existing utherpeeps. im not really concerned how it might 'go over' so far as drama and such. im not really into that sort of thing. i simply see something that needs to be done and am looking to do it."

"i cant believe we dont have a list of all known virtual worlds! see, this is what i was on about earlier. gV needs a list of virtual worlds at minimum, and a detailed review of each of them at best."

"the question is if theyd rather have me cluelessly importing rss and posting not only shallow content, but possibly inaccurate or outdated content... or perhaps give me a bit of guidance?"

"this isnt about direct recruitment. its about gV fitting its role better. sure, we could just roll out a dead empty node for every virtual world running. but i was thinking more in line with articles or write ups on different things. maybe even using the gV integrated wiki for something. whatever it is, it must be done right. there is no super rush to get anything done immediately."

Links:
http://gotvirtual.net/community/threads/utherverse.2496/
http://gotvirtual.net/community/threads/strange-new-worlds.2504/#post-113604
http://gotvirtual.net/community/threads/utherverse-redlight-center-virtual-world-on-thegrid-a-mature-area17-nsfw-red-thread.1180/

Prokofy Neva Interviews GreenLantern Excelsior of The Justice League United (JLU)

Prokofy Neva said...

 "...I don't feel that the Justice League United (JLU) got to tell their side of the story, in part because GreenLantern Excelsior, a leader, was suspended from the forums for 'disclosure' or publishing real-life information (in this case, of the already-self-exposed RL information of Deadly Codec, who died of AIDs)." 

GreenLantern Excelsior said...

"First, please don't call us vigilantes. JLU is a Neighborhood Watch in Second Life. All we do is observe and report. Linden Lab takes any enforcement action that's necessary."

 

(You know it's epic when the SLU summary thread is 3 pages.)


Links:
http://secondthoughts.typepad.com/second_thoughts/2011/08/interview-with-greenlantern-excelsior-the-whistleblowers-are-just-doxing-each-other-like-a-circular-.html
http://secondthoughts.typepad.com/second_thoughts/2011/08/sluniverse-summer-privacy-panic-blockbuster-or-the-griefers-violin-concerto-vs-the-jlu.html
http://www.sluniverse.com/php/vb/general-sl-discussion/63541-summary-thread-jlu-harvesting-ip.html
http://www.sluniverse.com/php/vb/general-sl-discussion/63339-jlu-harvesting-ip-addresses.html
http://www.sluniverse.com/php/vb/general-sl-discussion/63716-jlu-enemies-list-list-people.html
http://www.sluniverse.com/php/vb/general-sl-discussion/54211-lobotomy-some-tights-streaming-comic.html
http://www.sluniverse.com/php/vb/members/greenlantern+excelsior.html
http://www.secondcitizen.net/Forum/showthread.php?t=14597
http://www.secondcitizen.net/Forum/member.php?u=774
http://alphavilleherald.com/2011/08/jlu-shamed-green-lantern-excelsior-turns-his-back-on-sluniverse.html
http://alphavilleherald.com/2011/08/jacon-cortes-slams-justice-league-unlimited.html
http://alphavilleherald.com/2011/08/palefires-open-letter-to-kalel-venkman.html
http://alphavilleherald.com/2011/09/interview-with-green-lantern-excelsior-of-the-jlu.html
http://www.myspace.com/greenlanternexcelsior
http://twitter.com/#!/GLExcelsior
https://my.secondlife.com/greenlantern.excelsior
http://kryptonradio.com/2011/04/10/stark-reality-exclusive/
http://kryptonradio.com/2011/08/31/truth-and-lies-the-league-response/
http://thelistsl.blogspot.com/
http://mylifeinsecondlife.blogspot.com/2009/10/just-mortal-with-potential-of-superman.html
http://secondthoughts.typepad.com/second_thoughts/2011/09/the-eyes-of-texas-are-upon-you.html


ETA1:

"Spy vs. Spy: Kalel Venkman Replies to Query About CheerGirl's Allegations" by Prokofy Neva on Second Thoughts


ETA2:

Pixeleen Mistral interviews (and harangues) GreenLantern Excelsior for The Alphaville Herald: "Interview With Green Lantern Excelsior of the JLU"


Pixeleen Mistral said...

"you guys need to stop doing secret things - because there is a large group that does not trust you at all now and that groups seems unlikely to give up anytime soon"

GreenLantern Excelsior said...

"They will never give up as long as JLU exists."

Imnotgoing Sideways said...

"Preeeeeeeecisely. (^_^)

So, please, stop existing and let the good people of Second Life have fun, for once. (^_^)y"

Internet Death Threats

How do you know when they are the real thing and not just the hyperbole du jour?

Has Mulch been issuing them?  Veiled or otherwise?  Is he "ashamed of his history"?  What is his "history"?

Is Clancy ashamed of whatever it is he is "planning to do"?

Will there be a confrontation?  A confession?  Will this story blow up or will it stay "off the record, on the QT, and very hush-hush"? Confidentially inquiring minds want to know.

Links:
http://gotvirtual.net/community/threads/so-i-couldnt-ignore-tarzan-anymore.2497/page-2#post-113263
http://gotvirtual.net/community/threads/so-i-couldnt-ignore-tarzan-anymore.2497/page-2#post-113269
http://gotvirtual.net/community/threads/so-i-couldnt-ignore-tarzan-anymore.2497/page-2#post-113520
http://mulched.blogspot.com/2007/08/internet-death-threats.html

Virtual Worlds

How many are there?  Who do they cater to?  What are the pros and cons of each?  What kind of reviews do they get?  Who has this info?  Where's a list with good and quick at-a-glance info and links?  There are gaming blogs and sites all over the place, right?

We had a list of virtual worlds on RLetc.com that was pretty extensive, some 30 or 40 sites or more on the list, but it would take me a while to build up a list like that again, I think, assuming I should decide to, that is.

I'll start here.

1. 3D Chat
2. Active Worlds
3. Blue Mars
4. Cybertown
5. DC Universe Online
6. Dungeons & Dragons Online
   
7. Entropia Universe
8. EVE Online
9. IMVU
10. Inworldz
11. Muse
12. OpenSim
13. Second Life
14. Star Trek Online (STO)
15. Utherverse
16. World of Warcraft

I think I'll end there too.


There's a lot of 'em about!  (I say we get together a petition to get Scott Jennings to do a review and keep it current.  Who's with me?  lol  I'd try to wrangle Stephie, but I'm averse to claw marks.)


Here are some sites that list and review virtual worlds:

1. Game Ogre
2. mmohut Game List
3. Virtual World
4. Virtual Worlds 3D
5. Virtual Worlds Review

Links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Mars
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons_Online
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eve_Online
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_life
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek_Online
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utherverse
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_of_Warcraft
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_world
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_environment
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massively_multiplayer_online_game
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MMORPG
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Interaction_via_MMORPGs
http://acrossthegridwithlindal.blogspot.com/2011/07/other-worlds.html
http://iliveisl.com/
http://www.virtualworld.com/
http://mmohuts.com/gamelist
http://www.virtualworldsreview.com/

The path that led me to a great guy...(and a woman who loves her cat)

1.  I subscribe to Broken Toys, so I saw this, "OMG OMG OMG OMG GIRLS YOU WONT BELIEVE THIS I ALMOST DATED A GAMER AND I *LIVED*," and naturally had to look.

2.  I clicked a link that took me to an article called ""My Brief OkCupid Affair With a World Champion Magic: The Gathering Player” UGH UGH UGH" on NerdPuddle (great name) written by Kiala who describes herself thusly* in her bio:

"Kiala are a perfessionel righter. You may have seen her words on Nerdist, io9, SFWeekly, the Portland Mercury, GeekWeek, and Heartless Doll. She hates being sober and would marry her cat if the goddamn GOP would let her. She loves you in your private parts."

She sounded cute and her pic was cute... maybe Jon Finkel should hook up with her.

3.  I clicked on the links that led to the original article on Gizmodo, "My Brief OkCupid Affair With a World Champion Magic: The Gathering Player," which appears to have been written by Alyssa Bereznak (the editor of Gizmodo, can that be right?**), and Finkel's Wikipedia page.  (ETA:  Reported unedited version of the original article.)

4.  I discovered Finkel, a 33-year-old, award-winning, professional Magic: The Gathering player.


I'll tell you what I learned about the guy, and it's not what the author of the Gizmodo article learned, which she says was...

"Google the shit out of your next online date. Like, hardcore."

Fair enough.


This is what I learned:



1.  Jon Finkel is an alpha male.
2.  Jon Finkel is a closer.  (Jon Finkel to the author of the original article:  "You should go out with me. :)"  Result?  She went out with him.)
3.  Jon Finkel is probably a good conversationalist.  ("We started talking about normal stuff—family, work, college.")
4.  Jon Finkel is probably a good date.  ("We met for a drink later that week." "Jon had bought us tickets for a one-man show based on serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer's life story."  Okay, the choice of subject matter could definitely be up for debate...creepy, ironic, innocent, funny?  Bet it made for great post-show conversation.  Regardless, the man bought drinks and two tickets to a show, showed up, dressed appropriately, on time.  He appears to have been both courteous and chatty.  Sounds good to me.)
5.  Jon Finkel is a real man.  (He has a beard and eats goat cheese.)
6.  Jon Finkel has friends and admirers.
7.  John Finkel, in the words of someone who does not even appreciate him, is "widely revered" within his professional circle.  He's even been compared to Chuck Norris.  (See # 1.)
8.  Jon Finkel is kind of famous.  (The man has his own Wikipedia page and people compare him to Chuck Norris.)
9.  Jon Finkel is a good sport with a sense of humor and perspective.  (Finkel Tweets:  "Apparently I'm enough of a (grade d) celebrity that even my uneventful dates make the news." "Id like to thank everyone for their messages, and Im sorry I cant reply to them all - especially all the date requests from cute nerdy girls" "At that point I just thought she was a nice girl, which I still mostly think. God knows we've all made poor decisions in our lives.")
10.  Jon Finkel is an investor.  (Which means he has money and he may even know how to use it.)
11. Jon Finkel is a managing partner at the hedge fund Landscape Capital Management. ("Jon was thin and tall, dressed in a hedge fund uniform with pale skin and pierced ears.")
12.  Jon Finkel is highly-motivated, passionate about something and successful.  He also appears to be well-groomed, considerate, gentlemanly, generous and likable.  Ya know, a good date, possibly even "a catch."
13.  Jon Finkel will probably get a lot of dates out of this unfortunate article.  Good for him.


Seriously, I read an article in which a highly-motivated young man with passion and interests and gainful employment took a woman out on a date, bought her drinks, took her to a show and made nice conversation and...what was the problem again?  From where I sit, which I admit is way over here, it doesn't look like the problem was his.  I think he can count himself lucky she not only cut bait so quickly, but so widely advertised his availability.

(Btw, many of the comments I've seen about the article are in line with mine only much more succinct, i.e. "I don't get it.")

p.s.
Don't be mislead by the title.  I'm ten years older than this guy and I live on the other side of the country.  He's all yours, girls.  (Besides, I'm rooting for Kiala).

p.p.s.
Young women?  There will likely come a time in your life when you appreciate the fact that your man has a hobby that keeps him busy.  Consider men who play golf.  Then consider women who hand their men their golf bags and push them out the door at least once a week.  Think on that a while.

p.p.p.s.
Many, many people in the U.S. play games these days, even, I know this will surprise you, online games, card games and fantasy roleplay games.  Not all of them have won over $300,000 playing games though.  And not all of them are number one with the trophies to prove it.

p.p.p.p.s.
Going on dates with people you've met on OKCupid is not a hack or infiltration.  It's, ya know, meeting people online and then going on dates with them.  You might be surprised how many people do it.

p.p.p.p.p.s.
Is it a lie or sin of omission to not mention in your dating profile that you are the world champion of a game?  No, don't be silly.  It is, however, a great topic of conversation for a date.

*I don't care what they say I'm using it anyway.
** I ask because she writes for Gizmodo and dates via OKCupid...and she thinks Finkel's a geek and that he "inflitrated"...do I really need to explain this?

Links:
http://www.brokentoys.org/2011/08/29/omg-omg-omg-omg-girls-you-wont-believe-this-i-almost-dated-a-gamer-and-i-lived/
http://nerdpuddle.com/my-brief-okcupid-affair-with-a-world-champion-magic-the-gathering-player-ugh-ugh-ugh/
http://gizmodo.com/5833787/my-brief-okcupid-affair-with-a-world-champion-magic-the-gathering-player
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2011/08/my-okcupid-affair-with-a-world-champion-magic-the-gathering-player/
http://gizmodo.com/people/alyssaberez/
http://www.kotaku.com.au/2011/08/alyssa-bereznak-just-reminded-us-that-women-can-be-predators-online-too/
http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2011/08/29/full-disclosure-should-your-dating-profile-out-you-as-a-geek/
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501465_162-20098934-501465.html
http://twitter.com/#%21/Veronica/status/108273465269813248
http://gizmodo.com/5818612/the-day-i-discovered-that-im-an-ok-cupid-asshole
http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/jyiaw/awesome_parody_of_the_atrocious_alyssa_bereznak/
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/112671-An-Apology-to-Jon-Finkel
http://jezebel.com/5696882/horrible-online-dating-stories-to-keep-you-single
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DECaN66tm0k
http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/showthread.php?t=104597
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a7/Shadowmage_infiltrator.jpg
http://twitter.com/#!/Jonnymagic00/status/108320602032570368
http://twitter.com/#!/Jonnymagic00
http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/205984/20110830/alyssa-bereznak-gizmodo-magic-jon-finkel.htm
http://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2011/08/30/the-science-of-gawkers-nerd-baiting/
http://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2011/08/30/online-dating-etiquette-101-dont-name-people-in-recounting-your-horror-stories/
http://www.blogworld.com/2011/08/30/revenge-of-the-nerds-why-baiting-your-readers-is-a-bad-idea/
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2011/08/magic_the_gathe.php
http://blogs.laweekly.com/informer/2011/08/alyssa_bereznak_gizmodo_magic.php
http://canv.as/p/brhcd
http://www.cnbc.com/id/44341150
http://www.examiner.com/rpg-in-national/critical-fumble-the-real-motivation-behind-the-magic-dating-article-gone-awry
http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2011/08/mamas-dont-let-your-babies-grow-up-to-date-alyssa-bereznak/
http://blog.newsok.com/nerdage/2011/08/30/jon-finkel-is-all-right/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/blogpost/post/jon-finkel-magic-game-master-and-the-travails-of-dating-online/2011/08/30/gIQAHeIypJ_blog.html
http://blogs.laweekly.com/informer/2011/08/alyssa_bereznak_gizmodo_magic.php?page=2
http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/jz3u7/iama_jon_finkel_ask_me_anything/
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/alyssa-bereznak/1a/590/423
http://www.salon.com/author/alyssa_bereznak/index.html
http://www.salon.com/life/feature/2011/04/04/my_father_the_objectivist

ETA:  Just like not all dogs are poodles, not all Objectivists are your father.

Clancy "Tarzan" Sullivan, Morgan Genna, Interloper Yu, Oh my...

I'm so curious.  I must know more.  Who's got the inside scoop?  Kick down with it already.

(And yes, I've heard the story about alleged pervy PMs and pics.  I want the bigger picture.)

Bon mots:

Clancy Sullivan said...

"Suggestion: Make Second Life and this forum your hobby instead of the only reason you draw another breath, and it'll all work out well."

Clancy Sullivan said...

"We Mormons are discriminated against, though. Does LL think we're going to put up with this? Big Love on HBO isn't enough, we need multiple partner slots in SL"

Clancy Sullivan said...

"Mother Teresa was a tool for the advancement of Christianity which has historically done more to impoverish people than Wall Street and its direct agents have had a chance to. So, I'd have to choose Milken because he and his tribe have done less harm, at least so far."

Clancy Sullivan said...

"For those looking to get hardcore with their complaining please consider this: Hanes and Fruit of the Loom men's underwear typically sell for the same price yet the latter product is garbage compared to the former.

Wanna get all steamed up? This could be your issue."

Clancy Sullivan said...

"I got some junk mail today. One piece was an offer to enroll in medical school. The other was from a webhosting company telling me how I could become rich and famous as an internet forum administrator.

I'm having such a hard time deciding which career would be the most promising."

Clancy Sullivan said...

"Clancy is all me. He is a little more intelligent and he picks his battles more wisely but he still all me. "

Clancy Sullivan said...

"I don't call strangers sexual nicknames, though, unless I'm having sex with them."

Clancy Sullivan said...

"There is a little drama queen in all of us..."

Is it all "off the record, on the QT, and very hush-hush"? Confidentially inquiring minds want to know.



Links:
Clancy Sullivan SLU Profile - http://www.sluniverse.com/php/vb/members/clancy+sullivan.html
Morgan Genna SC MKII Profile - http://www.secondcitizen.net/Forum/member.php?u=136
Morgan Genna SLU Profile - http://www.sluniverse.com/php/vb/members/morgan+genna.html
Tarzan / Clancy gV Profile - http://direct.gotvirtual.net/community/members/clancy.45/
Interloper Yu SLO Profile - http://z15.invisionfree.com/SL_Offworld_Forum/index.php?showuser=117
Interloper Yu RLetc Profile - http://www.rletc.com/member.php?832-Interloper-Yu
Star Fleet Command SL Quadrant Clancy Sullivan Profile - http://slquadrant.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=viewprofile&user=clancysullivan
SL Forum Archives, Clancy Sullivan - http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&biw=1259&bih=668&q=+site:forums-archive.secondlife.com+%22clancy+sullivan%22+second+life
SL Forum Archives, Morgan Genna - http://www.google.com/search?q=morgan+genna+site%3Aforums-archive.secondlife.com
Tarzan Headline on Forum Confidential - http://slconfidential.blogspot.com/2011/07/tarzan-loses-his-grip.html
Lucifer's Conjecture on SC MKII - http://secondcitizen.net/Forum/showpost.php?p=336657&postcount=84
TarzanTheApeMan Twitter Page - http://twitter.com/#!/TarzanTheApeMan

Monna Says Goodbye on SC MKII

The time has come (SC MKII)

ramonna says goodbye (gV)

Remember Catfish?

At least no one got shot in that story.

"Watch the full story on "The Sixth Sense," a "20/20" special, Sunday at 9 p.m. ET."

Boy meets girl online.  Boy turns out to be man.  Man kills rival for girl.  Girl turns out to be woman.  Families abandon man and woman.  Man goes to jail.  Woman goes home.  Gets back on the internet.

Links:
http://www.talhotblond.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOQHVyGtRoY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9WP3AgvDbE
http://abcnews.go.com/US/online-love-triangle-deception-end-murder/story?id=14371076
http://www.wired.com/politics/law/magazine/15-09/ff_internetlies
http://www.670kboi.com/rssItem.asp?feedid=114&itemid=29715812
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/tips-identifying-fake-facebook-profiles/story?id=14379498
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catfish_(film)