Second Life Event Interrupted by Flying Penis Attack
Second Life Event Interrupted by Flying Penis Attack
December 21, 2006
There was some animated mischief afoot when former Virginia Gov. Mark Warner visited massively multiplayer online game Second Life earlier this year.But nothing like this.
CNet's Daniel Terdiman reports that an in-game interview he was conducting with a well-to-do Second Life purveyor of virtual real estate was interrupted by a griefer who launched a disruptive flying penis attack.
Terdiman's account raises all sorts of issues about the manipulation of in-game economies and social interactions in the virtual world. From the article:
On Monday, Graef visited CNET's Second Life bureau for a discussion about her business, how best to set up businesses in Second Life and the nature of competition there.
Unfortunately, as the interview was commencing, the event was attacked by a "griefer," someone intent on disrupting the proceedings. The griefer managed to assault the CNET theater for 15 minutes with--well, there's no way to say this delicately--animated flying penises.
...the interview was attacked again, and the protester even managed to crash the entire server on which Chung's theater is held.
Airborne manly equipment aside, Terdiman's interview with Second Life real estate magnate Ailin Graef of Anshe Chung Studios is fascinating and worth a read. Sadly - or perhaps fortunately - we have no screen shots of the event. Use your imagination...
GP: Thanks to Valleywag, where we first stumbled upon this story.
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You knew someone was gonna say it, didn't you? :)
nightwng2000
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I'd make a silly avatar, like a Weiner dog on roller skates with a satellite dish coming out of my eyes, and just explore the world, waiting for the inevitable "Flying Hitler heads sining Bette Midler" attack.
Also, Room 101 gets major bonus points for the name. If I had the 3D modeling or scripting skills, I'd be right there with them.
Seriously though, that crab has made history!
But you can't just read this article without laughing. I'm sorry. It's immature, but it's so freakin' funny...
*Dies*
I figured as much for SL's official reaction. I was thinking more of the general public. Would they understand that this is akin to a protestor bursting in on live coverage, or would they pull a Superbowl and try to hold SL accountable for content not 100% under it's control...
(as an aside, in Canada they just have to put a disclaimer saying it's live, and they have no control, so if something happens, tough. ;))
It has screenshots, and video.
Usually, when a sim-spamming attacker (using anything from multiplying dildoes, million-poofers and whatnot) is caught, reported and found guilty, the scumbag is permabanned, both on IP and mail-adress.
PheonixZero: well I suspect that it multiplied on a few sec's delay (most sim-nukes tend to do that).. So the first (few) active one would most likely have rezzed properly, texture/color and all, and the rest would look just like it.
What's kinda sad though, is that you can actually find shops that sell Sim-nuking briefcases.
Stuff has to be approved by someone to get in world and they're no scripting. It's harder to make items this way, but no flying penises. The world's kept nice and PG13.
There.com - No Extra Appendages http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwRFEWjng_M
Okay, I'm done. Is there any indication this kinda stuff doesn't happen on the SL teen sever? *cough*segregation?*cough*
I must seem like some shrill Communist the way I hate on Blackboard (the software and the company.) Sorry, it’s like paying half your income in tax to support the needy and watching your money go to your wife- and child-beating loud alcoholic as...