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| The '''Patriotic Nigras''' is a group of ]s in the online multiplayer game ]. | |||
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| The Patriotic Nigras exists solely to disrupt and abuse members of the online world ]. They attack there targets ''en masse'' showering the victims with racist or obscene images or creating storms of particle that block the victims vision. Another one of there common tactics is to make there avatars very similar to those of the players they are harassing and then to destroy there avatars in gruesome ways.<ref name="new sci">Giles, Jim. "Serious Grief". '']'' 9:1-7 (]). Pages 52-53.</ref> | |||
| On ], ] a second life embassy maintained by ] was attacked by members of the PN. The attack lead to widespread media coverage of the group.<ref> ''] blog network''. Accessed August 10, 2008.</ref> | |||
| == History == | |||
| ⚫ | The group was started in ] by an anonymous user known as "Mudkips Acronym". They had 143 members as of ], ] around which 35-60 were active.<ref name="new sci" /> The Patriotic Nigras are said to operate hundreds, if not thousands of accounts in second life.<ref>Girard, Nicole. ''MacNews''. Accessed August 10, 2008.</ref> | ||
| "Mudkips Acronym" resigned as leader of the PN in ], ] after an anti-greifing organization ''Justice League Unlimited'' dug up personal information on the co-leader of the the Patriotic Nigras N3X15 including his phone number and published it on the internet, MA resigned in fear the something similar would happen to him.<ref name="new sci" /> | |||
| The group was gained media coverage after an attack on the second life headquarters of ] and an attack on a room where second life user Anshe Chung was being interviewd after making over one million dollars in real world money off the game was invaded by flying ].<ref> '']''.</ref> | |||
| The group was at first tolerated by the produces of second life ] but after an attack on the second life headquarters of ] where the group gained substantial media coverage ] began to crack down and now take efforts to find and ban greifers on sight.<ref name="new sci" /> | |||
| == References == | == References == | ||
Revision as of 19:00, 10 August 2008
The Patriotic Nigras is a group of Griefers in the online multiplayer game Second Life.
The Patriotic Nigras exists solely to disrupt and abuse members of the online world Second Life. They attack there targets en masse showering the victims with racist or obscene images or creating storms of particle that block the victims vision. Another one of there common tactics is to make there avatars very similar to those of the players they are harassing and then to destroy there avatars in gruesome ways.
History
The group was started in 2006 by an anonymous user known as "Mudkips Acronym". They had 143 members as of September, 2007 around which 35-60 were active. The Patriotic Nigras are said to operate hundreds, if not thousands of accounts in second life.
"Mudkips Acronym" resigned as leader of the PN in August, 2007 after an anti-greifing organization Justice League Unlimited dug up personal information on the co-leader of the the Patriotic Nigras N3X15 including his phone number and published it on the internet, MA resigned in fear the something similar would happen to him.
The group was gained media coverage after an attack on the second life headquarters of John Edwards and an attack on a room where second life user Anshe Chung was being interviewd after making over one million dollars in real world money off the game was invaded by flying penises.
The group was at first tolerated by the produces of second life Linden Labs but after an attack on the second life headquarters of John Edwards where the group gained substantial media coverage Linden Labs began to crack down and now take efforts to find and ban greifers on sight.
References
- ^ Giles, Jim. "Serious Grief". New Scientist 9:1-7 (2007). Pages 52-53.
- Girard, Nicole. "Griefer Madness: Terrorizing Virtual Worlds". MacNews. Accessed August 10, 2008.
- "Virtual entrepreneurs and 'griefers' spoil the fantasy of online worlds". New Scientist.