Protect Your Land from Grief Attacks

For the second time, Desperation West was hit by a griefer with a self-replicating scripted object. The thing was a box with a picture from The Simpsons on it, and made copies of itself until it had filled up the properties of 6 or 7 paying residents. The person who commited the attack must have been on a spree, because his account was banned from Second Life by the time I logged on to fix the problem- but this actually presented a problem for me because it meant that I could not use the Second Life Region/Estate Tools to return his objects from my island. (When an account is banned, it will not show up in the resident chooser dialog, which means you can't use any features that require you to select a resident.) To prevent this sort of thing from happening again, I'd like to recommend that you protect your land by preventing random people from creating objects on it.

Create a Land Group

Land groups allow you to prevent unauthorized visitors from doing a bunch of things on your property while granting special priveliges to your trusted friends. Creating a group costs L$100, but they are Lindens well spent! To create a group, select Groups from the Edit menu, and then click Create in the group list dialog.


Really, the only thing you have to put in the Group Information window that comes up is your group's name. The group will automatically come with some reasonable default settings and roles for members. The group will be created (and you will be charged L$100) when you click OK.


Invite People to the Group

A land group must have at least two members (you and one other resident), or it will be automatically deleted within 3 days. Invite at least one other person to your group. Some people invite their alts. If you don't have any friends to invite at the moment, IM me and I will let you invite one of my alts so you can keep your group alive. To invite someone to your group:

1. Go to Edit > Groups to open up the group list dialog.
2. Select your new group from the list and then click Info.
3. Click the Members and Roles tab of the Group Information dialog and then click the Invite New Person button.
4. In the Group Invitation dialog, click Open Person Chooser.
5. In the Choose Resident dialog, you can either search for the name of the person to invite or, if the person is in your Friends list, you can choose their calling card from the list at the bottom of the window. Once you've selected the correct name, click Select to return to the Group Invitation window.
6. If you wish to invite multiple people at once, repeat steps 4 and 5 until all are selected.
7. At the bottom of the dialog you can choose what role to assign the new people. The Everyone role is sufficient if all you want to do is let group members build on your land. (I do not recommend inviting anyone but you alts as an Owner.) Click Send Invitations when you are finished.
8. Click OK to close the Group Information dialog.
   

Set Your Land to Group

You have to set your land to a group in order to restrict access to group members. This does not change who owns the land- it only determines who's able to do what on your property.

1. While standing on your property, go to World > About Land.
2. On the General tab, click the little Set button next to "Group."
3. In the group list that pops up, select your group and then click Select.
4. The Group property of the General tab should now list your group.

Restrict Build Access to your Group

1. In the About Land dialog, take a look at the Options tab.
   
2. To prevent unauthorized people from rezzing new items on your land, uncheck the All Residents box next to Create Objects.
   
3. To prevent people from moving existing objects onto your land (like vehicles), uncheck All Residents next to Object Entry.
4. Click OK.
   

Following these steps will keep your land beautiful and stop griefers in their tracks.

Desperation Isle Rules for Visitors

Desperation Isle is a public adult playground where guests can live out dark fantasies with other like-minded folk. There are very few things not tolerated on the isle, and as a result we have very few rules- but the ones we have are important.

1. No sexual ageplay. While guests with child avatars are welcome to visit an observe, I have zero tolerance for sexual ageplay involving them. You may have a "small" avatar, but if you want to engage in sexual play on the isle, please do NOT roleplay that you are under 18.
2. No griefing. It's impossible to describe all that constitutes griefing, but generally you know it when you see it. Use of push scripts, weapons, cages, obnoxious particle emitters, intentional bumping and verbal abuse are all unacceptable unless they're part of a consensual RP. If there's any doubt in my mind as to whether a reported incident is an intentional griefing, I will warn the suspect first. But I will instantly and permanently ban any obvious griefers without warning.
3. Be respectful. Unless you're already engaged in some consensual form of RP, please address all other guests with the same respect that I hope you would give me. It is not acceptable to call a complete stranger "slut" or "whore." Again, once you're both engaged in an RP all bets are off- but you know what I'm talking about.

Reporting Violations

If you are griefed or encounter any other rule violations, please do not engage the person directly. Contact me via IM. If I am not online, contact one of my deputies if they are around, and report the situation. Note: If I'm not in-world I can sometimes be contacted via live web chat.

Helpful Guidelines

Here are a couple articles I've written about how to approach submissives you meet, and on general roleplaying style:

• Show Sub Respect!
• How to Roleplay in Style

Updates to this Post

• July 12, 2007: Added links to helpful articles. (Thanks, Princess.)
  

Imposters at Desperation Isle

There have been some incidents recently where guests of Desperation Isle were pretending to be staff of mine in order to bully other visitors. They have threatened bans against visitors who didn't comply with their wishes and have just been generally rude and strange. I ban these folks when I learn of them, but just so you know- I am the final authority at Desperation Isle. There are several people I consider my 'deputies,' including all of my slaves. A deputy's job is to ban griefers, warn individuals who are violating my rules, and to notify me of potential problems. I will list here all of the Desperation Isle deputies. If someone hassles you on the island and they're not on this list, please report them to me via IM. If I am not available, contact any of the deputies who are online and inform them of the situation. Always contact me first, though.

Friends who are isle deputies:

• Bethany Bao
• Heinie Fan
• Kelly Walcott (my partner)
• Lancelot Auer
• Vivienne Schell

And my pets:

• Brielle Branagh
• Charlotte Sin
• Evals Heart
• Leana Meyer
• Numerik Panhandle
• Ramonna Villota
• Ryuune Cheeky
• Slave Princess
• Sonya Cheeky
• Tallon Bigwig
• Whinter Paine

Naturally, if you believe one of my deputies has treated you unfairly or irresponsibly, do contact me about it at once.

Alt Orgy Contest Winners

Here are the winners for the night's contests:

• Most Sexual Encounters: Wine Jewell, with 8. (Prize: devPose Bondage Bed)
  
• Most Sexual Partners: AutomaticJack Oxide, with 3. (Prize: VR Candelabra and VR Human Chair)
• Most Treasure Chests Found: Zahara Li, with 9. (Prize: devPose Simple Bed)

Thanks for participating, folks.