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Mafia-esque threats
Wintermute Balut
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Join date: 9 May 2007
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05-13-2007 16:06
Right, a few days ago, I was on Abitbi, setting up a buisness selling bots, for free.


Then, these two guys come up to me, WITHOUT name tags, i've been on here long enough to know you've gotta have that. a right click gave me nothing, they theartened me with bad word of mouth and greifing if I opened. I dont know who they are, why they are, or, indeed, what they are.

So, should I threaten the Sim my shop is in, just because it makes something for free?



-Wintermute
Uvas Umarov
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05-13-2007 16:09
Just wait until they come back for "protection" money.
Alicia Sautereau
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05-13-2007 16:16
send in an AR with chat log
keep ur land secure
have some protection

they come back, file an AR with any abuse, they make 5, send in 5 AR`s, they make 50, file 50, LL will get the point as that`s how i got my problem resolved pritty damn fast (in less then a day)
Uvas Umarov
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05-13-2007 16:23
What if the avators are big and burly, with bent noses and pinstripe suits, claiming that they are "legitimate" business men?
Elinah Iredell
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05-13-2007 16:41
From: Wintermute Balut
Right, a few days ago, I was on Abitbi, setting up a buisness selling bots, for free.


Then, these two guys come up to me, WITHOUT name tags, i've been on here long enough to know you've gotta have that. a right click gave me nothing, they theartened me with bad word of mouth and greifing if I opened. I dont know who they are, why they are, or, indeed, what they are.

So, should I threaten the Sim my shop is in, just because it makes something for free?



-Wintermute


How did they hide their name tags? Did their names show up in chat history?

Elinah
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05-13-2007 16:43
If you own the land.. right button click on 'em and select freeze. It's rather fun! Simply drag out some nice prim ladies shoes and skirt and dress 'em up. Nothing says "Not gonna" like a big ol' dress up doll. Just make sure that you keep 'em frozen long enough to be entertaining. Then politely remind them that threats aren't nice and eject them. Then if they come back, ban them, as well as AR them.

Yep, landowners can have FUN with griefers!

*grins* Well, I'd say simply AR them the number of times that they show up. *shrugs* Like taking down the sim won't result in them being banned anyways.
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Brenda Connolly
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05-13-2007 18:33
Did they speak German?
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Ramble Delpaso
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05-13-2007 19:05
From: Brenda Connolly
Did they speak German?

ROFL oh that's SO wrong.

From: Elinah Iredell
How did they hide their name tags? Did their names show up in chat history?


That's what I'm trying to figure out... I've seen dance animations where the avatar moves away from his name tag as he's dancing. It might not be hard to make a 'displacement' animation so that you're standing relatively far away from where people can see your av.
Winter Phoenix
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stealth name tags
05-13-2007 19:13
From: Ramble Delpaso

That's what I'm trying to figure out... I've seen dance animations where the avatar moves away from his name tag as he's dancing. It might not be hard to make a 'displacement' animation so that you're standing relatively far away from where people can see your av.

Interesting concept. Regardless of how this stunt was performed, the names are still gonna show up on a chat log. Unless they just used sign language. Perhaps a German mafia mime troupe?
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Uvas Umarov
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05-13-2007 19:18
From: Winter Phoenix
Interesting concept. Regardless of how this stunt was performed, the names are still gonna show up on a chat log. Unless they just used sign language. Perhaps a German mafia mime troupe?



Do they use silencers?

*ducks*
Brenda Connolly
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05-13-2007 19:19
From: Uvas Umarov
Do they use silencers?

*ducks*

ppppffffhhhttt!
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Johan Durant
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05-13-2007 21:56
From: Wintermute Balut
a buisness selling bots

what
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Rocketman Raymaker
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05-13-2007 23:54
Where is your shop? how much do your bots cost?

What do they do?
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Maggie McArdle
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05-14-2007 00:21
:-/ *facepalms* and walks away
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05-14-2007 04:06
I'm managed to hide my nametag on an AV once by having an oversized prim head and short body, I've also seen them and the AV disapear using invisprims somehow too.
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Sys Slade
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05-14-2007 04:10
Maybe they're after some concrete bots :p
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Aleister Montgomery
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05-14-2007 05:05
Did they look like this?
Porky Gorky
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05-14-2007 05:12
I believe it is possible to 'hide' a name tag, but not a profile or a name entry within a chat log. right click any Av and you will get their profile listing their name (assuming SL isnt borked).
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05-14-2007 08:41
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Meade Paravane
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05-14-2007 08:50
Maybe Monday is paranoid day but a first time poster, registered this month, talking about giving away bots for free and saying that unidentifiable people harshing him in chat makes /me a little suspicious...
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