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.

Contests at Alt Orgy 4.0

We will be having three contests at this weekend's Alt Orgy on Desperation Isle. I have some lovely high-linden prizes for the winners. The contests are:

• Most Treasure Chests Found: The first persion to collect all 12 treasure chests hidden on Desperation Isle wins the prize. The chests must be discovered during the event (I will know if they weren't). If no one manages to find all 12, I will award the person with the most finds, assuming they locate at least 8 chests. Please report the number of chests you found in IM to Wildefire Walcott before 1am. I will confirm your findings. The treasure chests are all small and have a lock that bears my initials. You can see a picture of one here. Note: In order to "collect" a treasure chest you must "buy" it for L$0. Just touch it or right-click it and click Buy. If you don't do this, I won't be able to confirm you found the chest.
  
• Most Sexual Partners: The avatar who manages to engage in sex acts with the most partners wins this one. Results are tallied by a special HUD (called The Bonometer) designed specifically for this event. Instructions follow.
• Most Sexual Encounters: A similar contest to the other one, this contest involves the greatest total number of sex acts, and also requires the Bonometer HUD. Note that 3-ways, 4-ways, or more-ways count as multiple acts (1 with each partner). Read on for instructions.

Ground Rules
These rules apply to all three contests:

• The contests run from 7pm-1am. Any prizes found or partners encountered before or after the contest will not be considered when deciding the winner. We have means to identify violations.
• Only sex acts committed on Desperation Isle count. (The HUD will only work on the isle.)
• In the event of a tie, a winner will be decided based on a random number guessing game.
• For the sex act contests, any continuous time you spend with a partner constitutes a single "encounter." If you have oral sex, vaginal sex, and anal sex (hopefully in that order) with the same partner right in a row, that's just one encounter even if it's multiple acts. If another person or people join you, you may count that as an additional encounter (even with the same partner), as the new partners change the dynamic.
• Multi-partner encounters (more than one partner) count as multiple acts. For example, if you engage in a three way, that counts as two encounters- one for each of your partners- and you must "tag" each of them to get credit.
• I will contact winners personally (probably the next day), and announce the winners here on the Desperation Isle Estates Blog.
  

The Bonometer HUD

In order to record your sexual encounters and partners, you and all your partners need to wear the Bonometer HUD. Get your free copy of it at the Desperation Isle welcome area. The HUD displays a few buttons on your screen. Here's what they do:

• Tag: This button "tags" a partner, requesting their permission to consider you a partner. After engaging in a sex act with someone, click Tag. A dialog will appear on your screen, listing the avatars in your vicinity. Click the name of the person you wish to tag. If that avatar is wearing a Bonometer HUD, they will be asked whether you two had an encounter. If they click Yes, then BOTH of you will get credit for one sex act. If it's the first time you've tagged this person, your "Partners" count goes up by one. If you've tagged that person before, only your "Encounters" count increases. Remember these are both important scores- you can lose the Encounters contest but win the Partners one.
• Report: This prints a list of partners you've had that evening and tells you your current tallies.
• Submit: This emails the results of your exploits to me. You MUST send your results to me by 1am July 1 (at the end of the orgy) in order to be considered for the contest. Please try to only send your results once.
  

Notes about the HUD:

• The Bonometer only works on Desperation Isle, and is only intended for use during this event.
• Both partners must be wearing the HUD in order to tag each other. Only one partner needs to initiate; the Bonometer will increase the encounter counts for each partner upon acceptance of a tag request.
• The HUD is copiable. To give one to someone else, just find it in your inventory, detach it, drag it onto the avatar you want to give a copy to, and then re-attach your own copy. The copy you give to your friend will automatically reset itself so they don't inherit your tallies.

Alt Orgy 4.0 on Desperation Isle

This Saturday (June 30, 2007) Desperation Isle will host the fourth in our successful series of Alt Orgies. The idea behind the event is simple: Create an alt, attend the event, and engage in a multitude of anonymous perversities with other incognito residents. It's like an X-rated costume ball. After the orgy, be sure to stop by the Who Were You thread at Second Citizen to reveal your true identity!


To help financially-challenged alts, the welcome area at Desperation Isle has a notecard giver that hands you a list of great places in Second Life to find free hair, shapes, and skins. There's another box at the welcome area that distributes free sex toys, including a landmark to a place where men/shemales can get nice looking free penis attachment.

This event is only as serious as you make it. I've seen people engage in some thoughtful RP at the events, and I've seen some very silly things there as well. There will also be a couple of contests at this event (well at least one- the other is still in planning at this point), and prizes will be awarded.

While you're there, be sure to check out our huge new area, The Cave (it's only reachable by teleporter). Just be sure watch your step!!!

Rent Box FAQ

[Updated 2007.10.20 - updated for Desperation East]
Residents of Desperation Isle Estates: I have set up rental boxes for each resident of the isle. This notecard will tell you where they are and how to use them.

WHAT ARE RENTAL BOXES?
Your rent box is just a scripted box that keeps track of your rent payments. When you pay the box the money goes to me (the landlord), but the box will tell you how many days worth of rent you've paid for and it will send you a reminder when rent is due.

WHY SHOULD I USE ONE?
The rent box will make both of our lives easier, as it will remind you when you need to pay your rent and will also give you the flexibility of paying at whatever interval you like. For example, if you wish to pay weekly, just pay for 1 week's worth of rent at a time. Want to pay monthly? Pay for 4 weeks' rent, and it won't bother you about rent being due until a month has passed. It will keep me from having to track you down whenever rent is due.

WHERE ARE THE RENT BOXES?
I have set up a skybox at around 650 meters elevation over the Desperation West club, and placed all the rent boxes there. You can also get to the rent boxes from the ground by going to the gazebo in the welcome area of the isle (near the SE corner of the Vinyl Spike club) and riding the "Rental Boxes" teleporter.

Desperation North has its own set of rental boxes, which are 750m in the air, over the Desperation Isle Productions store. There is also a teleporter to the Desperation North skyboxes near the SE center of the island, in a little stone gazebo surrounded by palm trees.

The Desperation South rent boxes are 650 meters in the air, in the NW corner of the island. You can get there by taking the teleporter in the stone gazebo down on the ground.

The Desperation East rent boxes are 400 meters in the air on the Western side of the island. There's a gazebo on the ground with a teleporter.

WHICH ONE IS MINE?
Every rent box has floating text over it that lists the renter's name and the weekly rent. Please only pay your own box. :)

WHEN SHOULD I PAY?
Your first payment is always due one week after you acquire your land, since the purchase price of the land is equal to one week of rent. Subsequent payments can be in increments of 1 to 8 weeks' worth of rent, and this is completely up to you.

WHAT IF I WANT TO PAY MONTHLY?
If you want to pay monthly, just multiply the weekly amount by 4 and pay that amount. No special changes have to be made to the box. You can pay in any interval from 1 to 8 weeks.

HOW DO I USE ONE?
Couldn't be easier. Once you find your rent box, right-click it and pick Pay. Enter the amount you wish to pay, and that's it.

I OWN OVER 4096 METERS- DO I GET MY DISCOUNT?
Yes, the weekly rent price listed over your rent box is based on the tiered pricing that kicks in over 4096 meters. If you acquire more land, I will adjust the settings on your rent box. (Please IM me if you do get more land on the island... I don't always know until I check my transactions history.)

Desperation West

The welcome area gazebo with the teleporter to the rent boxes is at Desperation West: 128, 83, 30.

The rent box teleporter is in the SE corner of the welcome area gazebo:

Desperation North
The gazebo in Desperation North has a teleporter that leads to several locations. Click the center of the teleporter and use the Next button to pick the Rental Boxes location, then click Energize! to go there. The gazebo is located at Desperation North: 145, 111, 33.