Inflicting pain on 'griefers'
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Tito Gomez
Mi Vida Loca
Join date: 1 Aug 2004
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12-23-2004 10:45
An article regarding Griefers. It briefly mentions "The Second Life Herald", but it is overall interesting reading. "As online-game companies court new and wider audiences, many are running into an old problem: "griefers," a small but seemingly irradicable set of players who want nothing more than to murder, loot and otherwise frustrate the heck out of everyone else." .... Full article at: http://news.com.com/2100-1043_3-5488403.html- T - |
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Nolan Nash
Frischer Frosch
Join date: 15 May 2003
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12-23-2004 10:51
The best way to beat a griefer is to completely ignore them.
Like it says in the National Parks; Don't feed the bears. A good rule of thumb if you don't want them coming back at night, which also seems to be when the griefers like to attack in SL. They surely realize that no LL presence at night equals feeding time.
I have been guilty of wrangling with them in the forums, however I generally adhere to the philosophy of ignore and/or report when they strike in world.
Good article Tito, thanks for the link.
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Dragon Stryker
Destroyer of Heavens
Join date: 4 Jun 2004
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12-23-2004 12:18
I experienced some minor griefers last night while shopping. A group of 4 or 5 pirates came into the store and started swatting myself and the designer, all while in pirate character which was funny for the first 10 seconds. I started doing the whole "stay behind me I'll protect you!" thing to join the theme, and attached my melee combat and knocked them out of the store, only to have them return whining to me about it and saying they'd abuse report me if I did it again. I apologized to the "Captain". lol Should I have knocked them out? Probably not. Should I have just ignored them? I did for about 15-20 seconds, but they just kept going at it so I got into "character" also. I learned my lesson: Just because someone is griefing you, doesn't mean they can handle being griefed back.  |
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Torley Linden
Enlightenment!
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12-23-2004 12:45
LOL, that's turning the tables... arrr matey!Sometimes I think it would be funny if, in addition to the "Mute" command, there were some sort of magical button -- how about "BAN-ISH!" -- to send GREEFER KIN to another "dimension" -- in that, they could see you and think they were affecting you, but if you had them on this kind of "Ubermute List", they'd pass through you like a ghost repeatedly and nothing they did would distract you from building the next great SL ball of yarn(next?!).  Flashmobs inworld may bother some -- they don't concern me until, say, some of the people involve start shooting and hurling verbal abuse. I know I've partaken in a few myself (i.e. mosh-hopping, all wearing a specific silly attachment, running in circles, etc.) but I like to make it clear to bystanders that if this is bothering them, for them to please let me and the others doing it know, so that we're aware.  |
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Chosen Few
Alpha Channel Slave
Join date: 16 Jan 2004
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12-23-2004 13:51
From: Dragon Stryker I experienced some minor griefers last night while shopping. A group of 4 or 5 pirates came into the store and started swatting myself and the designer, all while in pirate character which was funny for the first 10 seconds. I started doing the whole "stay behind me I'll protect you!" thing to join the theme, and attached my melee combat and knocked them out of the store, only to have them return whining to me about it and saying they'd abuse report me if I did it again. I apologized to the "Captain". lol Should I have knocked them out? Probably not. Should I have just ignored them? I did for about 15-20 seconds, but they just kept going at it so I got into "character" also. I learned my lesson: Just because someone is griefing you, doesn't mean they can handle being griefed back. Pirates attacking a store? Why didn't you just show them your Captitol One card? Always works on TV.
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Aimee Weber
The one on the right
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12-23-2004 14:14
My wings used to be loaded up with orbiters and anti-push scripts, but once you "get into it" with someone you lose the moral high ground. So if someone griefs me I don't fight back, I just report them.
Fortunately I am RARELY griefed. Well, except by my friends *cough* Dragen *Cough* Ezhar *cough* Casval *cough*
-aimee
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Torley Linden
Enlightenment!
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12-23-2004 14:24
"The secret of Aimee's wings" Film at 11  |
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Aimee Weber
The one on the right
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12-23-2004 14:35
From: Torley Torgeson "The secret of Aimee's wings" Film at 11 There are so many scripts tucked inside my wings you have no idea. I think they account for about 80% of the lag in SL. -aimee |
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Torley Linden
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12-23-2004 14:48
From: Aimee Weber There are so many scripts tucked inside my wings you have no idea. I think they account for about 80% of the lag in SL.
-aimee What else do you currently have in there? |
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Aimee Weber
The one on the right
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12-23-2004 16:10
From: Torley Torgeson What else do you currently have in there? They let me know who is around me, they have my hugger in there, my animation override script and anims are in there, high speed flight, no push, orbiter...a bunch of others but most importantly...THEY FLAP! YAY ME! -aimee |
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Maeve Morgan
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12-23-2004 16:14
/me has wing envy
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Aimee Weber
The one on the right
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12-23-2004 16:54
From: Aimee Weber They let me know who is around me, they have my hugger in there, my animation override script and anims are in there, high speed flight, no push, orbiter...a bunch of others but most importantly...THEY FLAP! YAY ME!
-aimee OH and they make me smile. LITERALLY. There is a script that keeps my av's mouth SMILING. |
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Maeve Morgan
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12-23-2004 17:15
Where did you get thet script Amiee? my avvie always looks like she has PMS
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Aimee Weber
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12-23-2004 17:22
From: Maeve Morgan Where did you get thet script Amiee? my avvie always looks like she has PMS LOL! I don't remember who gave it to me. I can send it your way if it's privs allow it. -aimee |
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Maeve Morgan
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12-23-2004 17:22
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Vincent Stravinsky
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12-23-2004 22:19
Hmmm
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Jesrad Seraph
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12-24-2004 05:05
From: Aimee Weber They let me know who is around me, they have my hugger in there, my animation override script and anims are in there, high speed flight, no push, orbiter...a bunch of others but most importantly...THEY FLAP! YAY ME! More inspiration ! Thanks ! I'll make my armband do all that, too. |
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Aimee Weber
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12-24-2004 20:35
From: Jesrad Seraph More inspiration ! Thanks ! I'll make my armband do all that, too.  Armbands don't flap! |
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Siggy Romulus
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12-24-2004 20:48
From: Aimee Weber Armbands don't flap! Bet I could make one that does 
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Aimee Weber
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12-24-2004 20:52
From: Siggy Romulus Bet I could make one that does LIAR! You will just make regular armbands and then YOU will flap. And when you trick me you and your friends will laugh and laugh at me!  -aimee |
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Siggy Romulus
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12-24-2004 21:02
From: Aimee Weber LIAR! You will just make regular armbands and then YOU will flap. And when you trick me you and your friends will laugh and laugh at me! -aimee Next time I'm in world I'll give you a 'hug' Edit : my friends won't laugh at you -- I couldn't afford to pay them all this month.. so I don't gots any hehehe. Siggy.
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Aimee Weber
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12-24-2004 21:04
From: Siggy Romulus Next time I'm in world I'll give you a 'hug' Edit : my friends won't laugh at you -- I couldn't afford to pay them all this month.. so I don't gots any hehehe. Siggy. YAY!! |
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Kortsu Mysterio
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12-25-2004 20:01
the thing about that pirate thing is I was friends with the owner of that store, and I adn't bothered her in a couple weeks, se we gathered up some people and went over there in pirate gear, not intneding to do any harm, other than talk in pirate jargon and run around aimlessly, HARDLY griefing, mostly just funny. hell, if you hadn't startted knocking the guys so hard they had to reset SL, we would of played along with you, hell, I love it when people play along. I however do not enjoy being hurled 3 sims away when I am out goofing around and not even displaying a weapon.
if any of the guys on my crew had a weapon out and was using it without provocation, I got mad, I've been around SL since april and really would NOT like to get banned
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