CNBC Loves Philip

Glorious Leader Philip Rosedale/Linden will appear on U.S. Television tonight on CNBC’s “The Business of Innovation”. The show website lists him in the “People and Technology” segment (Segment 2, So Immediately following the first commercial break).

For those of you that just can’t wait untill 9:00 PM EST, or don’t live in the US, see the video here. For an Global Schedule, click here.

Comments and Foul Play — No Surrender for the CN.

This is an announcement and report regarding the Herald Article: Marathon Battle at The Woofer

It would appear that some people are incapable of refraining from foul play. While we do not know whom the individuals are whom caused this, it is evident that there are four different accounts claiming to be Inuyasha Deere in the Herald Comment Sections. While The true email address of Inuyasha Deere is: SanteeCooperKat@comcast.net

The four false emails are;

CNSucksMerczRule@hotmail.com

fuckyou@hotmail.com

IshdadyeRulez@hotmail.com

cocks@iliketosuckthem.com

And the question is, how did this happen, and how easy is it to happen? It’s actually rather simple. In order to create a post on the herald, all you have to do is go to the comment section, type in a false name, a false email, and a post. I just posted as Blinkie from the false email of blimieicecream@Meow.com (Don’t try to email me on it, it isn’t mine, and to my knowledge, it’s not an actual email.) There is no review before the comment is posted or otherwise — although there should be the opportunity to remove the comment after it is posted.

So, the other questions that exist are;

1. Who could have done this,

2. Why?

3. Why hasn’t the Herald removed these false comments?

In the humble conclusion of this reporter, the Merczateers may have been behind these articles, as is produced by IshdadyeRulez and CNSucksMerczRule@homail.com. However, this is not the likely case scenario, and if anything, someone else would have wanted someone to believe that the Merczateers were behind these posts to cause disturbances — which did occur at the MOSCOW meeting as a result of these imposter posts, and which is how this issue was brought up.

What can be said of this is that;

1. The CN never issued a surrender to any of the SL Militaries that the false Inuyasha Deere has stated in the comment section of the Herald.  Bruno Ziskey of the Spartans will back that Sparta has never recieved a claim.

2. All Commenters are strongly encouraged to consider getting a Permanent Login so that their identities cannot be duplicated on boards.

3. While it is possible to see to this point which messages were posted by highlighting the blue text of the poster’s name, this will not be usable in the future due to people now knowing that they can exploit the email by not having it checked and being able to post without owning the actual email.

4. All posts made by SanteeCooperKat@comcast.net up until the end of April 26th, are actually made by Inuyasha Deere. Of course, there were other persons claiming to be Inuyasha before that date, so each post must be individually identified. However, all posts after the post made by the first Blinkie post on April 27th, or after posts made after the April 26th date hold the potential to be counterfeit, even if signed by SanteeCooperKat@comcast.net.

-Areth Gall

Second Life Sky Navy — Flying High And Large

This is part 2 of our look into the Military world of Second Life. Look for Links to other featured articles at the bottom of this article.

The Second Life Sky Navy is a weird type of romance. Imagine a trio if you will, of a guy, his car, and his girlfriend. Everyone knows that cars have needs – Everyone. They need their muffler fixed. The right type of fuel. They need to be taken out and driven and loved and let free every so often. So replace the car with a flying battleship that is hybrid with an aircraft carrier, keep the girlfriend and give her combat boots, and place everyone in the middle of the Sim of Endless Love. NOW you have something remotely close to the Second Life Sky Navy.

The Second Life Sky Navy, also known as the SLSN, started out with Steve319’s passion for building warships. Steve319 and Penny Cao both lead the SLSN. They originally started by building ships in the Sandboxes, looking for competition, and seeing if they would be fired upon. Then, the group sat up a small camp at Bondi Beach. Of course, more cars, or ships, in this matter, always require more garages. And so, the small base quickly expanded to consume half of that sim. During the residence there, they entered into combat with a group called the ZI, or Zeridium Army. The Zeridium Army featured more members than the SLSN, but the Sky Navy fought gallantly, even after their first fleet flagship was reportedly stolen and sold to the ZI. Yet, the SLSN survived, and is stronger than ever. They recently moved to the sim of Endless love, where they own the entire sim. Their goal is to protect the sims of Ohara, which is the region Endless Love is in, as well as to become one of the best militaries in SL. They have opened up divisions in infantry and air force to further meet their needs.

The SLSN enjoys an alliance with the Alliance Navy, and participates in STABLE as well as MOSCOW negotiations. STABLE is the treaty through which the Alliance Navy is seeking to improve the SLSALT through open meetings with interested militia. MOSCOW, previously called ANSUCKS, was the Merczateer’s similar treaty.

Despite being a smaller militia member-wise, and roughly a year old, the SLSN has already displayed its combat effectiveness against today’s players. In a joint effort with the Alliance Navy, the SLSN drew in enemy fire in preparation for the Alliance Navy to begin Operation Crucifix. Operation Crucifix was a 36+ hour-long assault on the Merczateers’ bases. Note: Some people have stated 38 or more hours. While this may be true, no one is in denial that it was at least 36 hours long.

 

Steve was nice enough to take me on a tour of his base one morning. I was able to see several of the constructions there and take note on the area and its combat capabilities. Endless Love is sat up to essentially what to me, felt was based off of Vetnam-era design. It features mainly open land without limits, a small firebases that can easily oversee all that ground, some cliffs, and a few better defended main structures. The scenery is actually rather enjoyable, and enjoys what appears to be a well planned defense.

The SLSN flagship is the ‘Ares’, a medium sized fleet vessel similar to the Lj-Darkwolf in size. A medium sized vessel is one that cannot be linked as one object because it is too large for the SL link limits. They are in the process of producing similar craft, like the Pegassus and Titan, and are quite capable of building other forms of weaponry. Ares itself sports 16 dual barreled turrets and two Quad Barrel Artillery turrets, admist other weapon capabilities. They have a small member base with approximately fifty people in their group, and they are growing. Their leadership appears to be well-tempered and only time will tell what this group can establish.

If you are interested in contacting or joining the Second Life Sky Navy, Steve319 Cao and Penny Cao are both open for messaging.

 

SL Military Article Links (Picture Gallery is Below);

SL Militia Introduction: It’s a Good Year to be a Spartan April 22, 2007

Editorial: The Worst Article I’ve Ever Wrote April 15, 2006 (An Oppinionated Look on SL Militaries due to the introduction of ANSUCKS, and a lookback on Militaries and other guild occurances)

Orbituary: Jordan Witherspoon Dec. 16, 2006

Report: Pear-Tree Tosses Tea-Crates of Cheer! Dec. 2, 2006

Editorial By Simon Lamenth: The Novus Ordo Imperialis Oct. 7, 2006

Reporter Impersonations

 Editor’s Note: The entire employee list for Metaverse Communications and the SL Times is available online at metacomm.awardspace.com/staff/.

Don’t forget to check out our latest featured report: It’s a good year to be a Spartan

The SL Times has recieved reports that its reporters have been running around and shooting people. We would like to state that these events are not true — or at least, that the individuals are not real SL Times reporters. The only two actual people on the SL Times staff are myself (Areth Gall) and Simon Lameth (The Owner of the SL Times). We are looking to hire additional staff members, but have not had anyone apply.

Yet, the point is, if you see anyone besides myself or Simon Lameth with an SL Times tag on, they are an imposter. Please Check the Metaverse Media Group if you have any doubts as to whether or not someone is a member of the SL Times. And to avoid confusion, make sure that group is owned and created by Simon Lameth.

I wish that I didn’t have to make these reports, but… let’s see. I’ve had people burn down my home, create scamming accounts that have my name, such as DonationstoArethGall Chernov, and DonationsastoArethGall Chernov, tell people that I had cancer and that they were taking donations for me, and now that I suddenly get back on SL and start interfering in the same group’s territory (SL Militaries), now this occurs.

I’m sorry that you guys have to put up with this crap just because of me.

Q and A: What would you ask a SL Military?

Note: Please ensure that you see the article on the SL Militia, Sparta: Its-a-good-year-to-be-a-spartan

During a recent meeting, it was suggested that I take up questions from you, the readers, on questions to ask SL Militaries. Ask any personalized questions towards a particular military that you would like to see answered, or any generalized questions that you want all to answer. Either leave them here or IM me on SL. My SL name is Areth Gall. I’ll try to take at least some of these into consideration when I go to interview.

It’s a good year to be a Spartan

It’s a good year to be a Spartan. After all, with movies such as ‘300’ being produced, isn’t being a Spartan hot? But Bruno Ziskey makes it even hotter. With such ships as the SNS Hydra, a corvette class cruiser, and the SNS Orion, a frigate, what isn’t there to consider cool?

Bruno Ziskey, leader of the Second Life Militia ‘Sparta’, invited me to one of his training and construction facilities. There, I met with one of his fleet personel, Apone Moller. I also met Jenny Witherspoon, a Plebe still training to graduate from the Spartan Agoge. Plebe is the Spartan’s rank of recruit or cadet, and it was their delight to run me through one of their training drills on entering hostile buildings. For a trainee and someone trained for fleet combat, the duo cleared out the building with decent speed and minimal communication problems. They still need work on checking around the sides of walls, but it was fairly impressive alone to see that members were trained in how to enter a building. Add in the trained coordination, and you can see that Sparta could very well be a force to be reckoned with in the future.

After their display, I got to speak with the two on how they felt about Sparta. Their replies were of joyous excitement, and it quickly became apparent why. While Sparta only has roughly twenty members, their group is well knit and features a lot of pride. And while words could be said on how much they enjoyed their group, their actions speak much more clear and loud. Only a few hours after the interview would Jenny Witherspoon donate her parcel of rented land to Sparta for a larger military base, now called Lakonia, in Chrysanthemum Island. Apone also showed off his Corvette, the Hydra. The flight was very smooth for a non-physical vessel.

 

After our discussion, Bruno showed me exactly what the Spartans have to be proud of – a year’s worth of research and construction of small fleet vessels. I define a small fleet vessel to be one that may be large enough to be linked in one piece, but must use non-physical method for movement. Sparta has quite a few of these vessels, and they are only making more. In addition, Sparta has several mechanized units, APCs and Tanks, and has plans to make mechanical walkers as well. Add in a destructive arsenal of weaponry, and you have a sure bid for power.

Ten-Thousand Hits

Yesterday, the Second Life Times blog reached 10,000 visits!

Editorial: The Worst Article I’ve Ever Wrote

Author’s Note: I want to state that I do not normally do military related articles. I try to stay out of it due to my potential to hold bias. And I do not believe that I will be able to keep my bias or my personal experiences out of this report, due to the nature of it. This report was made off of various accusations from many groups. In order to quell the potential of adding hostilities for giving names, I am not going to release any full quotes or provide the names of those interviewed. I will also state that I wish I had more time to collect information and develop this story. I have been on it since Friday night, and I have only scratched the surface…

 

 

 

After the Novus Ordo Imperialis shut down, the SL Military world found itself reshaped. Crowds of ex-militants swarmed Tethys, attempting to lay siege to the primary enemy of the Ordo’s original title, the Alliance Navy II. Many of those involved were previously of the Alliance Navy. This included those that originally fought for the Alliance Navy against the Alliance Navy II, such as Sly Axon and Timmahy Widgets. Of course, the Alliance Navy II was also originally founded by those whom were in the Alliance Navy and decided to oppose it. This was my last ‘conflict’ experience as a reporter in the SL Military world, before I went on my three month hibernation.

 

I returned the night of a meeting. This meeting was about forming a treaty called ANSUCKS, or at least, that was how it was presented. It was formerly know as and is probably heading back to the name of MOSCOW. It’s point? Establish a common ground for militaries that promotes cooperation and fun between groups, provides general weaponry for all militaries that sign MOSCOW, and isolates groups that are unwilling to agree to basic standards that were to be discussed at the Friday night meeting and later meetings. Weapons would be supplied by a system called GunGrade, from whom the supplier is not yet decided. WGA and Titan Industries Inc (formerly the Novus Ordo Imperialis) are potential candidates. The downside to GunGrade? Upgrades would have to be bought, and it is unknown if the models provided would be custom orderable or how many different models of gear would be available for militaries. The quality of this gear is unknown, and the current discussion of MOSCOW is that ALL MEMBERS would be restricted to GunGrade weaponry.

 

 

Present at the meeting were the following military groups. Some of them are not allies, and some even consider others as enemies;

The Federation, Sparta, Imperia, Merczateers, Charleston Revolutionary Navy, The Soviet Red Military, The Second Life Sky Navy, and Corsair. More may have been present, but those were the ones still there by the time this reporter was granted permission to enter. The Alliance Navy, however, was not present. Why? There are several reasons, and several reasons were given. Because the Alliance Navy wasn’t considered to be ready by some of those involved. Because some felt that the Alliance Navy would try to take over the meeting or interrupt it. But, considering that the Merczateers were mediating the meeting, it’s not surprising. Because the Merczateers have been at war with the Alliance Navy since shortly after I left.

 

What started as a dispute over intellectual property turned into a shooting when Nanao Mahfouz went to the Mercateers headquarters. And this escalated into a conflict, of which the highlight was Operation Crucifix. Operation Crucifix was a powerful assault where the Alliance Navy attacked the Merczateers Command Base for a day and a half. By comparison, the Novus Ordo Imperialis’ largest concentrated attack lasted for only four hours.

This apparently has led to hatred, as one of the representatives for ANSUCKS stated to the Alliance Navy: “ANSUCKS wasn’t just about equalizing combat in SL and making it fun again. It was about forcing you all to open your eyes and see just how much you are in fact HATED by this community.”

 

Now, a few facts about SL Militaries…

Live Help, Now Ratings. What Else Will LL Take Away?

Linden Labs announced today that the new beta grid will feature (or is that not feature?) the ratings system. Instead, they hope 3rd party websites will replace the “less and less useful” ratings system.

This reporter has only received 2 ratings, and therefore doesn’t mind the removal.

Lindens Close Live Help

Everything “Swell” and “A-O.K!” In Second Life.

According to an announcement in the LL Blob, Linden Labs will be shutting down the 24/7 Live Help feature. “[W]ith the next viewer release we will be removing the Help Request IM feature that currently lives under the Help Menu.” said Robin Linden, Vice President of Community and Support. “Although this step may seem to be removing support, what we are actually doing is shifting our resources into a more efficient configuration to increase the level of help that is available to SL Residents. You will still be able to ask questions directly through email and on the phone, and of course the Knowledge Base is always available (and we’re adding new articles daily). Volunteers who have been helping you in Help Request will now be available on Public Help island, and you can get direct help there.”

What we don’t know yet is if Public Help island will be a lag-fest or lag-free.