Teen Grid Action Committee

Teen Grid Movements: Jokes?

ralphschnook — Fri, 01 May 2009 03:55:28 +0000

Since the Teen Grid’s creation and just about since the time Ralph Schnook was a wee SL toddler, there have been clear examples of attempts at Teen Grid movements and groups fighting for a cause, the fight for legalization of gambling after the grid’s creation, the inter-grid commerce movement, and the grid merge group all examples of such groups.
These groups have been surprisingly ineffective as opposed to the successful revolutions of early Second Life in the time frame of 2003 against the ‘prim taxes’. These ‘revolutionaries’ had more aggressive action, making them more effective and noticed by Linden Labs.

But how do we act as a Teen Grid, a secondary grid as seen by many, something that won’t be noticed no matter how aggressive we act within our own borders? That, Teen Grid, is the right question, and that is what we should be asking ourselves when we create these groups that we may or may not stick with.

Copybot Spotter on Plurk and Twitter

Vaughan Vendetta — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 18:38:40 +0000

Greetings! I’ve set up a Plurk and Twitter account for posting new updates and photos from the Cross-Grid Copybotted Content Flickr Group.

Fan or friend the Copybot Spotter on Plurk or follow its tweets on Twitter!

~V.

Changes to Teen sims; Def deleted, Haven reclaimed, Tierheim for sale

tgactioncommittee — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 17:06:51 +0000

Linden Lab recently deleted the resident-owned sim Def, in light of the permanant suspension of owner Livi Beebe due to dual-accounting on the Main Grid. Beebe, who was a controversial figure under heavy suspicion of content theft, managed the sim as home to her store, also named Def, as well as a rental sim to numerous other stores and businesses.

Hunter Trommler, owner of popular rental sim Haven, which had been rented at a monthly rate to Sin Kovacs, reclaimed the sim and renamed it to Ecbatana. His plans for Ecbatana remain undisclosed.

Zombie Pye, long-time owner of Tierheim, has decided to sell the former home to FurNation TG at a negotiable price. Pye had been a highly popular avatar designer and weaponsmith until his account was hacked and a majority of his furry avatars were opensourced at full permissions. Pye says he plans to leave Second Life for good. FurNation TG has since moved to Zybez Atlas’ sim, Aegis.

First Annual Resident Choice Awards open to Voting

tgactioncommittee — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 06:50:21 +0000

Linden Lab announced earlier this week that the First Annual Resident Choice Awards was opened to resident voting on 35 categories, which include, “Favorite nom-nom-y Prim Food Artist” and “Favorite creepy place to be a Goth”, among others.

Head to the here and vote for your favorites!

Cross-Grid Copybotted Content Flickr Group yields positive results

tgactioncommittee — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 20:58:54 +0000

It’s been just nearly two weeks since the Cross-Grid Copybotted Content Flickr Group was opened, and in that small time span, a growing list of successful accomplishments have sprung up.

- Main Grid Resident Tonk Tomcat identified his TonkTastic respirator, and sent an E-mail to the support team for removal.

- Main Grid Resident Elysium Eilde helped identify this Malinger Chair from Rustica Medieval and Castle Furniture, and it was removed from a freebie bazaar on the Teen Grid.

- Main Grid Resident Nimil Blackflag identified this Gritty Kitty hair by Noam Sprocket, who subsequently filed a removal ticket, with the help of the TGAC.

- Teen Grid Residents and TGAC members Arwyn Quandry and Vaughan Vendetta contacted Armidi after identifying several Armidi items, including boots and handbags.

These given, there is still a large amount of copybotted material that needs to be dealt with. This hair and hat, this mask, and this messenger bag are a few examples of “John Doe” items with no confirmed identification. We’re also on the lookout for anyone that recognizes these unconfirmed goggles and gas mask.

If you want to help out, new Spotters are welcome! Join the group at: http://www.flickr.com/groups/1066102@N23/pool/

– The Committee.

Teen Grid Resident Kaika Alter talks on transferring, Teen Grid

Vaughan Vendetta — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 21:22:22 +0000

This week, I received news that TG Resident Kaika Alter will be turning 18 and transferring to the Main Grid in April. A good friend of mine, Kaika has nearly three years of experience on Second Life under his belt. I’m always curious about people’s take on their past in Second Life, so I took the opportunity to interview Kaika about his time on the Teen Grid and plans for the Main Grid.

Vaughan Vendetta: When did you learn of Second Life?

Kaika Alter: I learned of Second Life from a friend in school. He told me that there was a very fun game were you could build anything, and meet people from all over the world. I googled the website and joined back in August of ’07.

VV: Did you register on the Teen Grid?

KA: Yes, I did.

VV: What are your feelings about transferring to the Main Grid? Any apprehension?

KA: I’m excited to see what the MG will hold in store for me, but I am also sad to leave the TG, along with many friends I have gained through-out these years.

VV: Do you know anyone on the Main Grid?

KA: Currently, I know only those whom I’ve met in TG and have also transferred there. Once I’m in the MG, I’ll go and catch up on what I’ve missed with them, from however long it’s been since last we’ve talked.

VV: Haha. Well, it’s good that you won’t be entirely alone.

VV: So, what do you like best about the Teen Grid, and what could use improvement?

KA: What I love about the Teen Grid is all hospitality in it, with most of the members having a grand time in here. If I were to change something things, I would do only minor things, because the warmth it already has is more than great for anyone who wants to be here.

VV: All right. Well, we wish you the best on the Main Grid.

KA: Thank you. I will surely miss the Teen Grid and everyone in it.

Teens transferring from the Teen Grid to the Main Grid is not a frequent occurrence, but when someone’s time come to transfers, you’ll most likely hear about it. The benefit of TSL’s small population is the resulting tight-knit community.

A few well-known TG names have transferred recently, including blogger Daniel Voyager and scripter Ryan Dayton, and quite a few more will join them later this year, including blogger Arwyn Quandry, businessman FoXxfire12 Thatcher, clothing designers Wicked Loudon and Anna Normady, and furniture designer Brooke Barmy, to name a few.

Are you transferring to the Main Grid soon? We’d love to hear your story. E-mail us at tgaction@gmail.com!

~V.

’nuff said

jayclostermann — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 18:31:43 +0000

[11:27] Jay Clostermann: Your shoes are [copy]botted.
[11:27] Kannibal Ziplon: cool

’nuff.

Handling Content Theft

tgactioncommittee — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:17:34 +0000

Metaversally Speaking’s Prad Prathivi wrote this extensive and comprehensive guide to dealing with content theft. Highly reccomended if you’re lost with what to do if you’ve been the victim of CopyBot, GL Intercept or other theft.

This Attitude Needs To Change

arwynquandry — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 23:49:10 +0000

While browsing through a shop, I came across a girl wearing a pair of boots that I knew from a copybot evidence picture. After checking to confirm what they were, I sent an IM to the person wearing them, and this conversation ensued:
[16:28] Arwyn Quandry: Hey, where’d you get your boots from?
[16:28] Bootgirl: There cb’d/
[16:28] Bootgirl: .*
[16:29] Arwyn Quandry: Mhm, I noticed. That’s why I asked
[16:29] Arwyn Quandry: Did you bot them yourself?
[16:29] Bootgirl: No.
[16:29] Bootgirl: I dont wanna get in any sorts of trouble,thats why i dont cb ;].
[16:30] Arwyn Quandry: Though, why wear cb’d stuff? Isn’t that kind of promoting illegal activity and giving MG creators the finger?
[16:30] Bootgirl: Oh
[16:30] Bootgirl: Idk
[16:30] Bootgirl: I dont rele care ^_^

This is the kind of attitude that’s allowed copybotting to become so pervasive, this attitude of, “Oh, it’s not my problem”. If you know something is copybotted, why wear it? I refuse to buy things from known or even suspected copybotters, no matter how much I like their work. If I learn that something in my inventory is botted, I won’t wear it. I refuse to promote this culture of permissiveness, this, “Oh, they’re not over here, it’s not an issue” feeling. If you know it’s botted, don’t use it!

Trolls

Vaughan Vendetta — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 21:35:45 +0000

Life is full of trolls. When they ruin your day, you’ve made theirs.

So how are we to deal with these pests of society?

The incentive of trolls is the key to the equation. The answer is extremely simple: “for teh lulz.” Trolls get their kicks and giggles from seeing people irritated, enraged, confused and upset. The victory is in knowing that you’ve successfully trolled someone so hard, they’ve gone over the edge.

Teen Second Life has a gratuitious amount of trolls. Most of them harass newbies and Lindens in-world with pointless rants on anything from burgers to white supremacy. Furries are a special target for trolls, as well. Keep a cool head and remember that becoming upset will only mean, as a /b/tard troll would put it, “You lost the game.”

And at the end of the day, solace in the fact that internet trolls are the people who have been trolled in real life.

~V.