I, too, Protest.

(This is a repeat of a message I have posted on the Neualtenburg forum, on the possibility that Ulrika gets a twitchy edit button finger again.)

I have never cared for the melodrama of the forums, so I'll try to be a brief as I can, while covering all points.

Back... nearly a year ago, now, an eternity in SL time... I was looking for a place to build a certain project I had in mind; a tribute museum to the Dark Tower fantasy series, by Stephen King. This was to be my first land purchase besides my actual First Land, which I had since sold. I happened to learn of Neualtenburg's reincarnation as a private sim; at the time the tagline was, as I recall, something along the lines of "Work. Play. Govern!", emphasising that Neualtenburg was an attempt to fairly share the scarce resources of a sim in the same way they are in the real world; a "government", and that government was democratic in form. The price seemed fair and the experiment interesting, and so I became the first citizen to join the city in the post-mainland days, and my build was the first aside from those that had been transplanted from Anzere.

As time progressed, I grew concerned. I have tried to back Ulrika, as the history of the forum and in-world transcripts will so, even though we have vastly different outlooks. She believes good can be done by a government, this being the core of socialist belief. I believe, at best, they can fail to do evil; their only redeeming feature is the prevention of greater evils. Nonetheless, it is also my belief that widely differing opinions are needed in any society; despite disagreeing with much of what she has ever said, I felt her presence was necessary.

Despite all of this, Ulrika left the project for her own reasons. So be it. However, in combination with her threats to tear down all of her contributions if she didn't get her way, the recent vandalism of Sudane Erato's post in the Neualtenburg Project forum clearly shows what little regard she has for her own political experiment. Therefore, as an authorized manager of the sim, I instituted a suspension - the ban was never intended as permanent - until the SC could review the case as a precautionary measure, since a non-citizen silencing a citizen through a loophole in the forum software was surely serious business.

Clearly, there has been much disagreement, and the following shitstorm is truly Ulrika's natural element; she has always spent more time stirring excitement in the forums than spending time in-world since I have joined the project. To this day, I think I have only seen her avatar "face to face" once, at the Neualtenburg Expo. I have said some hasty, angry things, this is true; I have been playing Ulrika's game. I shall do so no longer.

Effective immediately, I have removed Ulrika's ban. I resign my post on the Scientific Council. I resign my mastership in the Artisan Guild. I resign my seat on the Representative Assembly. I ask Sudane to remove my "sim manager" status. From this date, I refuse to acknowledge the government of Neualtenburg, and will only respect it as an entity to the extent that the sim owner - namely, Sudane Erato's alt, Rudeen Edo - does so. I do not leave the project at this time; if you want to be rid of me, you'll have to kick me out the door, friends.... but I am through with lies and role-play. Either Neualtenburg is a bold new experiment in group collaboration and self-government... or it's no different than ElvenGlen, Caledon, or innumberable other sims that have a "government" that exists at the whim of the sim owner.

And the symbol of my hopes for Neualtenburg, the Tower, has fallen, O Discordia... not that anyone who isn't me or a Steven King fan cares. I may build something else on the land, should my residency in the sim survive the month; I may abandon all but my little event stage and return to the fun-loving builder, instructor, and Primtionary host I used to be. The Tower itself may even return elsewhere, but it will not be in Neualtenburg.

Thank you for your attention. I have resolve to say no more on this matter on these forums; it is finished.

Well this satifies my requirements. Now I won't have to leave Neualtenburg.

Whether or not Neualtenburg will still want me for my support of Ulrika Zugzwang remains to be seen.

My dad always told me to never trust a politician. And if I wanted a a furry, little, pet I could get a caterpillar.

If Neualtenburg dont want you Kendra, theyre all mad, and you should stage a coup

The foundation of player 'government.'



Unfortunately, the current land ownership model doesn't allow for anything else. Neualtenburg IS no different than any other community. The land owner holds all the cards, everyone else either dances to the same tune or takes a hike. Welcome to Second Life, Aliasi.