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Anyone see this about feuds in SL?
Camille Serpentine
Eater of the Dead
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11-04-2004 08:23
Did anyone else see this? or did I miss the thread on it?

http://www.wired.com/news/games/0,2101,65562,00.html?tw=rss.TOP
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Willow Zander
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11-04-2004 08:25
i missed that... *slaps self for missing nakedness*
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Camille Serpentine
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11-04-2004 08:26
no slappings allowed!
only spankings!

:D
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Willow Zander
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11-04-2004 08:29
YAY for camille... SHES A STAR!!!

spank away :)
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Hank Ramos
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Posts: 2,328
11-04-2004 08:34
There are feuds in SL? omg :D
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Camille Serpentine
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11-04-2004 08:34
Oh the joys of spanking a Willow! :D
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Willow Zander
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11-04-2004 08:36
i aim to please... i either squeal... or keep quiet? or just writh around in pleasure.. or agony.. whatever floats yer boat ;)
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Camille Serpentine
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11-04-2004 08:39
oh no - its for your pleasure too Willow! :D

I start nice but then get down to business. ;)
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Merwan Marker
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11-04-2004 08:46
Feuds in SL?

Disagreements in SL?

Where...?


*blinking
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Surreal Farber
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11-04-2004 09:02
Thanks for posting that Camille. The need for some form of Linden sponsored contract and arbitration process has been becoming more evident. I'm glad to see that LL is aware of it.

A recent example where this would have been helpful. A sim owner sold their sims. The businesses set up in those sims had paid their $L to rent that space in advance. At a minimum they should have their unused rent refunded. At the moment it is up to the whim of the former sim owner... Losing both capital and a retail outlet can be enough to sink a fledgling business.

And before anyone boo-hoos that. Regardless of if you count it in $L or US$. $$ simply represents time. Either time spent scripting, building, doing graphics (learning all those skills too) OR real life time sweating at the real life job.


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Einsman Schlegel
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11-04-2004 10:25
Spank? *perk* ;)
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Devlin Gallant
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11-04-2004 11:42
I would rather spank a monkey. Perferably mine. :D
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Trinity Serpentine
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11-04-2004 12:22
Spank a monkey with a willow? *scratches head*
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Elle Pollack
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Join date: 12 Oct 2004
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11-05-2004 09:45
I think the article brings up an interesting question:

Would you be willing to pay for a conflict resolution or mediation service to deal with problems in Second Life? If so, how much?
Zippity Neutra
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Join date: 29 Sep 2004
Posts: 191
11-05-2004 12:48
Well, I really like the idea of someone paying Square Trade US$20 to resolve a dispute. I mean, at recent exchange rates a Seburo costs what, US$5-7? And that's one of the more expensive objects I've seen in-world so far. Land... well, forget I even mentioned land prices. Plenty of threads on that already, thank you. ;)

Point was, facilitate something like Square Trade acting as arbiter. It'd be a clean, defined mechanism for how to resolve your dispute, and I think the US$20 price tag would cause a lot of potential disputes to resolve themselves or go away.
Elle Pollack
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11-05-2004 15:27
From: Zippity Neutra
Point was, facilitate something like Square Trade acting as arbiter. It'd be a clean, defined mechanism for how to resolve your dispute, and I think the US$20 price tag would cause a lot of potential disputes to resolve themselves or go away.


Or would it just drive them under the surface? Having the mechanism is no good if no one's willing to use it, and you're less likely to bring in any for-profit, non-Linden arbitration if people aren't willing to pay.