This was posted in another forum, i could edit the linden bashing part out but that would be censorship, and im against that, please read though as i would like to have a reply (even if its 4 weeks late)
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Indeed Linden Labs do seem to be slipping
Second Life was great, virtual sandbox that all can enjoy, the many spaces allowed to build for non land owners and the antigreifing team were on top of their game, yet linden labs have created a exploit that is being used for and against peeps
Freebie accounts without need for ID
Yes freebie accounts have been argued (OMG hundreds of teh same peeps exploiting chairs/traffic (now cured by linden labs?), and the no ID part has been argued too (wait, they can greif me, get banned and return to greif me more? WTF?) but theres also a different side..
Being banned without proof or reason
Ive been banned on my main account (Kornation Bommerang) and subsequantly my alts on the same card and my IP address is no longer allowed in SL, this caused by someone turning to SL and claiming me to be underage. As i only work 3 days a week due to illness i earn little and spend (spent?) a lot of time in SL, enjoying my social network made inworld and using the money i made inworld to buy land etc.
I havent been on a foreign holiday since i was 16 (my 5year passport has ran out) and not able to drive, meaning i dont own a passport or driving license. I probably can get a birth certificate but that has to be gotten from the registary office in the district you was born in, and i live a fair distance away from there, and you still have to pay for it.
While origionally i laughed it off and asked 'what do i do now?' to linden labs, via the email address they gave to me, heres what i got...
No reply
1 week later, resend just incase
Replied by a blank message from Micheal Linden, responded yes, but with no info
2 weeks later, email No 3
No reply, my 'No ID' alt now unusable due to IP being banned, also rendering my brother unable to use his second life accounts (He moved in after loosing his flat)
4 weeks later - resend email with all other emails attached and the email sent from micheal
no reply
Grrrrrrrrrrrr
'why not phone?' you ask - i suffer from a fear of telephones (telephnophobia), i can just about use mobiles to text and thats about it, using the phone physically makes me sick, ive included this info in the emails.
'prove to them your over 18 then!' - already did when i opened the account using my bank card, also using the card to buy teirage (before i got ill), i could also provide pay slips, bank documents, etc and have written in the emails that this can be done
' eh dont beleive ya, what ya look like then?' - the only photo i have on my pc now is one from download festival - http://www.doorstep.co.uk/~kornation/me.jpg , this is my one 'holiday' a year, and ive been to each download festival and the ozzfest that preceeded it at donnington park for the last 5 years
'last 5 years? how old was ya when you went to the first one then?' - 18
'hang on that makes you now...' 23, suffering from arthritic pains, muscle spasms and occasional sudden sleep/blackouts (caused by hormonal disorder/s - still having tests to see why and what can be done about it)
This has lost me my pride and joy of being able to meet people, be creative and have fun in the precence of freinds, even if they live in america (Stillpink Sandgrain, Tea Gupte, Ladybunny, Catnip, the entire PA group etc) or Canada (Clinton Oddfellow, hey i had to add him somehow) they are still freinds, if i wasnt ill ive woulda walked away from this by now, but this ment a lot to me - being able to participate in the relay for lifes and being present at the yearly 'SL Birthdays' made it more fun - even being able to speak to Lindens about bugs in the preview grids (even getting to tell Phillip Linden about a teleporting bug in one yonks ago). This has also left me unable to continue in my dutys for Ginko Technology and finish helping out the rebuild of North Paris (the colloseum and casino i built there were being packed away and i am needed to open mods on certain parts to finish the packing)
i just want to be able to meet my freinds, and finish my projects i had inworld - If this is read by a linden - please reply to the emails ive sent and tell me how i can get back in sl
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just to add that this account is my brothers, bought on his card back in the ID needed days, as mine was, his birthdate is 26/3/84 and mine is 22/2/83 just for comfirmation
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