Pixel Scoop

It takes a certain level of arrogance, I feel, to appoint yourself Overlord in the war against griefers. But it seems there are no shortage of people doing just that. There are an increasing number of groups in game who claim to be there to protect us all and so on. What the real purpose of these groups is, in my humble opinion of course, is plain and simple ego-boosting, power tripping and a fairly pitiful excuse to use their pixel guns ‘for the good’ of avatar-kind. I can’t decide what I find more pitiful…the fact that people set them up or the fact that others (in some cases in their hundred) join them!

Some of the most popular ones, in their group charters, are somewhat excessive too! Take this one, for example. “The Griefer Slayers are all about killing every annoying Griefer in SL!!! So if you hate Griefers and think they should all die, sign up for this group.”

Erm, is it just me that thinks that’s a little excessive? Granted, griefers are assholes. But death?! Wow… if the death sentence can be applied for prim littering then we have some serious proportional punishment problems.

But as well as being a little psychotic, I think anti-griefer groups just encourage the griefers, personally. These pathetic little people who wander around shooting stuff and leaving spamming style prims all over the place thrive on the attention they get from it. You know… the ‘Oh look at me. I can’t do anything at all in the world other than leave this crap lying around…so that’s what I will do’ types. Ignoring them, I find, often serves as a wonderful means of getting them to go away. Responding does nothing more than encourage it.

So to the Anti-griefing groups, seriously… stop wasting you’re time. You’re not frontline soldiers. You are not mafia. You are not missionaries. Give up the game. Ignore the griefers and they will go….