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Patriotic Nigras

Abbreviation	PN
Type	Internet Trolls
Website	www.patrioticnigras.com

The Patriotic Nigras (also known by the initialism PN) are a group of griefers in the online world of Second Life.

While the PN are known mainly for the disruption of Second Life and its users, they have also established themselves on the video sharing website YouTube, where they have posted videos of their activities including server raids. Their method of attack ranges from trolling a group or individual to the manipulation of the in-game scripting engine, where they perform such activities as showering their targets with boxes covered in internet memes and shock images. These boxes then produce storms of graphical particles that block the victim's vision. They have also created avatars similar to that of the resident(s) they have been harassing and destroyed it in gruesome ways to simulate a virtual death. The Patriotic Nigras have also caused the crashing of several Second Life regions (or "simulators") by using self-replicating objects that overload the processing power of the computer running them.

To further their aims on Second Life, the Patriotic Nigras developed a modified Second Life client called ShoopedLife that allowed them to bypass many of the hardware-banning methods typically used by Linden Lab to prevent persistent griefers from accessing Second Life. In July 2008, ShoopedLife was further modified to utilize the Lua code base to automate specific functions of the regular client. In December 2008, the main developer for ShoopedLife, "N3X15," left the Patriotic Nigras, effectively ending development of the client.

History

The group was started in 2006 by an anonymous user known as "Mudkips Acronym" after a post on the website 4chan asked whether or not Second Life "was raidable". There were 143 members as of September 2007, of which around 35–60 were active. The Patriotic Nigras are said to operate hundreds, if not thousands, of Second Life accounts.

"Mudkips Acronym" resigned as leader of the Patriotic Nigras in August 2007 after a spy within the organization obtained his personal information and gave it to an anti-griefing organization within Second Life called Justice League Unlimited. The information was then quickly published on the Internet and Mudkips resigned in fear that it would be used to compromise his security. Members of the group held an election to determine the new leader, which was won by a user known online as "^ban^". "^ban^" resigned after ten months and, according to a griefing publication, handed control of the group over to a user known by the screen name "FrizzleFry101". The name FrizzleFry101 would be a reference to the album and song by American band Primus.

In February 2007, the group gained media coverage after an attack on the Second Life headquarters of politician John Edwards in which the Patriotic Nigras attacked with their avatars bearing "Bush 08" buttons and defaced Edwards's structure with feces, Marxist/Leninist posters, and obscenity. They also received coverage for an attack on a room where Second Life user Anshe Chung was being interviewed about her claims to have made the 'virtual property' equivalent of over one million dollars off the game. The room was invaded by flying penises. This incident was also blamed on the "Room 101" group.

The group was at first tolerated by the producers of Second Life, Linden Lab, but after the John Edwards attack they began to crack down and now take efforts to find and ban griefers on sight; however, the Patriotic Nigras have found ways to bypass the bans Linden Lab typically employs.

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This group also performs "raids" on the social networking game Habbo Hotel usually once a year, in which they block the pool and use the Internet meme slogan "Pool's Closed". They use avatars that look like African-American men with afros, and sometimes form offensive images with the avatars such as swastikas.

References

1. ^ Dibbell, Julian (2008-07-11). Sympathy for the Griefer:MOOrape, Lulz cubes, and Other Lessons from the First 2 Decades of Online Sociopathy. Madison, Wisconsin: Games, Learning and Society 4.0. Retrieved 2008-07-11. {{cite conference}}: External link in |publisher= (help)
2. ^ Giles, Jim. "Serious Grief". New Scientist 9:1-7 (2007). Pages 52-53.
3. Dibbell, Julian. "Mutilated Furries, Flying Phalluses: Put the Blame on Griefers, the Sociopaths of the Virtual World. Wired.
4. "nexisonline blog: ShoopedLife Broken". N3X15. Retrieved 2009-07-17.
5. Girard, Nicole. "Griefer Madness: Terrorizing Virtual Worlds". MacNews. Accessed August 10, 2008.
6. "Evidence of Script Stealing Exploit Surfaces". The Griefer Herald. Accessed August 10, 2008.
7. Fulco, Ivan. "Griefer: non chiamatemi vandalo, sono un attivista dei mondi virtuali!". La Stampa. Accessed August 10, 2008. (Italian)
8. Brownlee, John. "John Edwards Meets Second Life 'Feces Spewing Obscenity'".
9. Giles, Jim. "Virtual entrepreneurs and 'griefers' spoil the fantasy of online worlds". New Scientist.
10. "Pink penis attack on Second Life chat show". Metro. 2006-12-22.
11. "Room 101 vs. Anshe Chung. Gross Genitals Grief Graef, Commandeer CNET Conference. A Room 101 Special Report". Second Life Safari at Something Awful.

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