Something Awful's Second Life Safari

I told you earlier that I had finally gotten a Second Life account and was attempting to study and report on the culture and customs, Diane Fossey-like, of those who plow the Linden fiefdom.

Alas, no scoop will save me from playing second fiddle to Something Awful’s Second Life Safari, a new bi-weekly column from the goon squad’s grid contingent.

What poses a threat to us apparently invulnerable electronic explorers? Why, we are risking our (second) lives! Ever since a group of goons created a group that memorably forced down the price of virtual land and recreated September 11th in-world, Linden Labs has declared that Something Awful forum members are outlaws by default. Right now, they're attempting to have a few goons prosecuted under federal law, claiming that setting off virtual nukes or grey-goo attacks qualify as VWMD's. That's right. "Virtual Weapons of Mass Destruction", which have apparently left Iraq and gone digital!

A quick rundown: a bunch of Something Awful Second Lifers, known on the grid as W-Hat, built a shitload of extremely ugly and laggy structures on their land in order to devalue neighboring plots and make them easier to purchase. Then they built a really hilariously terrible Twin Towers, complete with flames.

They grief, grey-goo, and generally make a nuisance out of themselves, and that means they have all the most entertaining content.

Second Life Safari Index [SomethingAwful]