Hamlet names "The Power Elite" of Second Life

That sounds like fun, but even I have to ask, Cory Doctorow, WTF? I am more influential in SL.

hahahaha!

coco

Nominations for the Resident-created Top 10 are starting to trickle in:

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Remember, you can nominate anonymously by IM/PM-ing me.

Wonder if the pay per word is comparable with escorting in SL

Yo, wait until you see your external hard drive - check the folder "__TO_SIGGY_LOVE_FLIP". I made Ferran cringe!

When part Duh, I mean, Deux, come out? We need more drahma.

Regards,

-Flip

Prok had this honor before, bestowed on him by the SLH. And it is no honor coming from Hamlet, as you will see it is just another attempt to write him off. In any case, what whoever said earlier about indelibly imprinted into SL's history is true, and changing it. Whether you like him or hate him, that's true.

Well, "hilarious" wasn't coming across. Petulance was, however.

coco

Oh my. A resident created list. One popularity contest for another. I think I prefer your own list Hamlet. Democracy is much scarier. Your list at least had the validity of being a reflection of your opinion. A resident created top ten list is like voting for (dare I say it?) prom queen.

Ultimatey the point I was trying to make under my shameless ranting, which was fun, bur was ranting, is that SL does not need top ten lists, created by you or by anyone else. Yeah they are funny on letterman, but there is a lot of stuff going on in SL that is interesting as hell and would let people see more clearly what SL is about.

Putting in a plug for my own favorite. I was in Midnight City wandering around and stumbled across the exploratorium. To me its an interesting concept is design, information architecture, and presentation. This sort of project works on many levels and truly advance SL as a tool. Yes, I know the business crowd will howl that I am simply confirming some perceinved bias by LL towards educational projects, but education and training are one way that SL can takes its self beyond the relevancy of simply being a killer chat application.

Every time I turn arouns I am hearing SL is innovative and groundbreaking. Don't you think more words in the press should be deadicated to these innovations, rather than establishing some cult of personality around ten people?

By popular demand, Ask the Editor returns!

Last night Ferran and I were having a few drinks with Flipper and Jennyfur when it was revealed to us that "it" is a euphamism for "Flipper's Penis."

In the interest of promoting understanding, I offer the following translation.

Original:


Translation:
Does Flipper's Penis count as naming names if I say that I find Flipper's Penis amusing that Prokofy made the top ten. I guess Prok can get his official FIC badge now and join in the chant w[Flipper's Penis]h the rest of us.

Depends how superficial and cliquey your voters are, rilly. Not everyone is going to go for the obvious, popular or pretty. Just most of them. Because it'll be the superficial and cliquey that feel the need to vote so they can nominate their friends and people they need to asslick

I know who I rate. And I bet most of them dont appear on other people's lists either. But I'm not going to nominate them publicly or privately to any published list because these kind of lists are just sensationalism at someone elses expense, and I don't want to subject people I respect and value to the inevitable analysis and critique of their worth even if it is just my personal opinions.

I know Hamlet made it clear it was his personal opinions too, but it still comes across as a lazy piece of 'journalism' designed for the sole purpose of getting attention. Mainly because much of it is simply based on his (mostly fairly old) previous articles and not even updated with new information unless the facts fell into his lap. And unfortunately people will read it and judge those peoples 'worthiness' based on Hamlets criteria, assuming they dont have more current first hand knowledge.

How about you write something of quality on a subject everyone can identify with, Hamlet, and get deserved attention for the truth and quality of your work instead of opting for a quick cheap drama injection at the expense of other people? Just a suggestion

I agree.

Hey! The direct quote was, "When 'it' is used in a sentence without an antecedent, it usually mean penis."

You know, looking at this list, I have to wonder how many more quasi-criminal recipes I'm going to have to post before I get recognized as an influential person in Second Life. You'd think posting virus code and the means by which untraceable texture theft could be performed would be enough to get me some attention by Hamlet.

(Uh, yeah, I am kidding. He's welcome to his list. Frankly, I'm much happier being Phillip Torrone's list.)

I reject your interpretation! I am the ultimate authority! Besides, I was the only completely sober one.

And you have to admit, the above is pretty damn funny.

Really? how? where? Are you sure you're not just projecting?

I'm more amused than anything. You have to admit coco, it IS funny.

I don't have time to get on popularity lists, I'm too busy trying to win nekkie events.


Kyushu

Honestly - if it were even slightly serious it would be set up in world.

The forums is a cross section of a cross section of a cross section of SL.

And even with all that - it still comes down to prom queen

I nominate Siggy for Prom Queen.

Are we still voting??? This is SL Survivor right???


(yes I am going to get as much use out of this image as possible before it catches on)

Can I be Pr0n Queen instead?

Hell yes! And Ferran can be King!

zOMG you're in the forums! WTH!

One person who I don't think will make the list, but definitely should, is Obscuro Valkyrie. He brought vampire role-play to Second Life, and Vampire Empire and Transylvania have always been in the most popular places, from their origination in Hawthorne and Stanford to the days now on the private sims. For two and a half years, his groups have been among the most consistently popular, and he's always been quite a prolific builder.

Regards,

-Flip

I think she prefers to be addressed a Pr0n Overlord.

I can't wait until Siggy gets his hard drive back. BTW, Siggy, WTH? You listen to Alanis Morissette? /me points and laughs his arse off, after carefully hiding "Toni Basil's Greatest Hits"!

I tried to vote for ME but the checkbox beside my name was grayed out. Must I consult LL Network Admin or is this some evil FIC plot?

B, as in Bob

I agree, though I miss the castles in Hawthorne. His builds were one of the big reasons I fell in love with Second Life. I clearly remember flying through the mainland sims (the only thing there was back then and far, far smaller), and suddenly coming across this nightime realm of gothic castles with pale, elegant vampires perched on the rooftops. I was so happy to make my first, pathetic build right there, and have them as such interesting neighbors. And then Flipper moved in next door and it all went to hell..