Experiments in virtual diplomacy
Posted by myg
There are two kinds of land developers in Second Life: those who give a shit, and those who do not.
Topgol currently has one of each. One developer bought up a bunch of Topgol, and seeing the value of cooperation, built his properties with respect to the theme we have going on here. We are a Philadelphia themed sim, but what is unusual, nay, special about Topgol, is that we are just a bunch of random residents who wandered in, loved the idea and decided to cooperate. We don’t know each other outside of SL, we don’t make any money from our ventures (hey, we’re not against it, but that’s not how this came about). We just realized that if we worked together we could keep the place looking decent and we’d all enjoy it more. And through that cooperation we actually became close friends.
The second type of developer is the type who does not give a shit. He bought a bunch of property and rented it out and as you can almost make out above, his tenants have posted shitty awful ad cubes in the center of the town, on the edge of our properties. They have built a god awful ugly mall. You can see this shit from the roof of Clockwork now, and man, that pisses me off.
We’re trying to come up with a solution. Something reasonable. I reached out to one of the tenants, but no response. I don’t know if that’s because the dude speaks no English or not. But regardless, we need an approach here that encourages cooperation. Next step is to approach the land developer.
So I ask you, dear readers, what do you think will be more persuasive. Uzis? Or no uzis?
nukes
ah, another fine option for contemplating…
i think i can see those cubes from my house, which is like 1847465 sims away. reel me in, el muchacho big mall…. reel me in….
Uzies sucks, AK-47 FOR EVERYONE!!
My, my, everyone opts for the violent solution. Okay, maybe not Anna.
I say, build a huge, huge, huge wall along the edge of our property at the edge facing that mall and tower of ugly signs. On it we write a variety of things, or maybe a series of flashing signs, including a choice takedown of Richard Palace (fuck yes, I’m naming names), an etymology of the word “muchacho” and the implication that a strip club with said name might be skirting some age play issues, and anything I can think of that comes as close to libel without actually crossing the line that I can think of.
Then I say we go into the club and mall every night en masse and stage protests. Also, we go to other sims where Richard Palace owns land and organize the residents there. Then we write about it at least once a week. Maybe broaden it into an investigative series on the shadier practices of the so-called land barons of SL. Make a big enough stink so my friend Adam Reuters takes note of it and writes about it in the semi-RL press. Are you Googling your name, Richard Palace? Have your tenants take these signs down. Failure to do so will not be pleasant for anyone. Take that however you want.
I am so down with that plan, Burgess! Sign me the fuck up!
Awwww, they took the signs down!
We claim victory.
*sighs* I hate to confess but am I really the griefer princess? I mean.. the wall is a neat idea of Alex. but think of adding “Full Bright” at the side to the suckers as well as a script which let the wall constantly flash in different colors at that side too? Maybe even add full glow…
Hmm I really should let me check if there is something seriously wrong with me.. But I soo love to be cruel! *giggles*
No Vanny, every story needs an evil genius! We claim you for ours!
Hi everyone,
If anyone has problem with my group residents at topgol or any other land, you can always IM or write a notecard to me first.
So glad to see you read M is for Myg, Richard
. Glad to see this article caught your eye.
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