Folks:

I don't know if this is a new scam or not by Wili Clip, but while hunting today I noticed that about every third coin (or so) noted that the coin was "not in working order" and to try back at a later time.  However, it is my experience that when the server is down, no coins can be collected.  It is not a haphazard process like it is today.  The fact that this was happening repeatedly throughout the day is someone odd.  Just thought all of you would find it interesting.  This seemed the most pronounced at Business Park, which is the HQ for LGH.  If it is a new scam, let's just say I would not be surprised.  Here is the exact message:  Sorry, this coin is not working right now. It should be back shortly.

You got it buddies.  All I know is at this point it will take court orders to get information that is of any quality.  If he allegedly has a $600,000 plus house, like I've heard, then I don't see why he needs to keep it.  :=)   

Thanks everyone.  I thought for the longest time, I was just imagining things.  I see now that this man has no ethical and/or moral guidelines;  neither does Sting.  If my lawyer continues to see the big picture, there will eventually be some accounting that will take place and sadly SL may be culpable too.  The fact that my lawyer has not booted me to the curb is reassuring.  This person could have done so long ago.  In fact, has has an avatar herself/himself and has been snooping around and has had one for some time.  Life will get even more interesting soon.  I got mad when my friends were being mistreated.  Then I decided to do some digging.  The forum has been a God-send is all I can say.  I'll keep you posted if a class action lawsuit is warranted.  I'm hoping my lawyer will consider this process.   

P.S. I forgot to mention that again, 46,310 number makes no sense that they are not group members.  As a group member you have access to chat and announced rushes.  Need I say more? 

Wow is all I can say.  I do hope someone can tell me who the LGH hierarchy folks are other than Brda.  Again, Sting clearly has an unremarkable but perfect American accent.  If my lawyer is as aggressive as I believe this person to be, any information would be appreciated.  It may be difficult to go after Brda if he resides in Slovenia, which is what I currently understand, but if she is part of the company and is indeed American, this will be a God-send.  The hierarchy includes, at least what is listed currently, the LGH game master (7 avatars), the LGH administrator (3 avatars), the LGH elder (5 avatars), the game lord (5 avatars), the senior LGH elder (1 avatar), the senior LGH game masters (5 avatars), and the smartbot bots (3 avatars) according to the group profile for LGH on Firestorm. By the way, remember the once 125,000 "plus" members (a few months ago) and the current 47,810 members?  It seemed to change overnight, but I suspected it was still over-inflated.  Indeed, if you go to group profile, it officially lists only 1500 members.  Granted some people who hunt may not be "group" members, but could the number be as high as 46,310 of them not being group members?  Also, why do we have to sign in every two months other than for someone to have access to our IP's?  The fact that there is an external ATM may also grant access to IP's, which is definitely against LL TOS.  The rationale for the sign-in every two months was to keep track of how many group members there were.  in that record keeping of numbers (which was the rationale given) does not seem to be accurate, one must assume that this was a smoke-screen for the sign-in process. I also believe (but again, can't prove yet) that some players have been given special privileges.  Players and owners know who these people are.  This mystery keeps deepening every time you turn around is all I can say. 

I don't know if TerryDavidd is a girlfriend of Brda, but she is high up in the hierarchy.  Evidence of nationality?  I can say this with 100% surety (from a source I absolutely completely trust) that she has a "perfect" American accent--not a Southern accent or an unusual accent where you might be able to identify the person such as someone from the Bronx,  Philadelphia, or Wisconsin or something like that.  At least this friend heard her speak once.  I think she left voice chat open accidentally.  There were children in the background.  Someone I know thinks she is from Houston, TX.  I have no evidence to support that though.  She appears to have children.  Sadly, she can be condescending in in her interactions, dominating, and quite disrespectful.  In chat, I can almost tell when she's going to explode.  I know we're getting close when she asks something like, "What exactly do you mean by that?"  She often assumes a parent persona and treats people like children versus the adults that we all are.  When people challenge her, she tries to reason with them, but her reasoning is circumstantial and sometimes quite perplexing because it does not make sense if you are really listening.  I think she either does not know how to answer questions in clear and concise ways or is purposefully playing dumb at times.  Yes, she writes poorly.  I don't know if that is intentional or if she is simply not a good writer.  Someone said she has chronic pain issues which she blamed the poor writing on.  If Brda has a Slovenian girlfriend, then this American tie is quite interesting.  How are they associated, I am not sure to be honest. 

I estimate that if people have been in the game for a year or more (as an owner) their losses might be in the hundreds of U.S. dollars.  That is, if they have regular rushes.  Of course, they charge 50% tax.  I suspect (can't prove, but strongly suspect) that LGH and their friends swoop in to capture as much of the other 50% of coins/gems that they can.  Like I said earlier, sometimes when you show up at a rush, the same people have beat you there.  That seems a bit coincidental to me.  Also, some folks are on ALL of the time. 

I do know that JR, a previous owner, once said he was spending $40,000L a month on the game.  He did share that with me personally when I was using one of my alts before he exited the game.  He exited when they decided to create the rule that you can't have a "no steal" SIM, which chased a few people out of the game.  Ironically I believe one SIM has no stealing now.  Of course the TOS never changed in this domain.  It does "not" say (as an owner that you must allow stealing) unless they changed it recently. Thus, I think they prune people out of the game, players or owners, if there are personal issues. Regardless, there is a new coin game in town.  Again, I suspect some people will defect--PLAYERS and OWNERS.  It will be interesting to see what happens is all I can say. 

Well, all I can say is given what I have found, TerryDavidd lied when she says she is not being compensated for her time, at least if the the Market Place advertisement can be taken at face value.  It may be that since Brda is Slovenian he is protected from some criminal prosecution in some jurisdictions, but she is American from what I can tell.  She is his voice, and appears to be compensated in some way.  Regardless, Sting is legally responsible in the jurisdiction in which she resides (she is culpable just as surely anyone in the game is if they have "insider" information).  This is even more true if can be demonstrated that Sting holds an investment in the company in that she has lied in this situation.  We are talking about "International" fraud so I am actually excited about what I heard from my lawyer this morning.  My lawyer is still "very" interested in this case because this individual (I am not identifying the gender of my lawyer) sees a big picture, especially if 1000s of lands were swindled over time and LL has done "nothing" to curtail the fraud (perhaps what might also even be considered money laundering) if some articles about Second Life can be believed. Their disinterest in curtailing the fraud (Linden Labs) is disconcerting.  How I view it is that LL is basically creating a climate where fraud can actually freely occur. 

The fact that TerryDavidd creates rules of her own regarding the game, underscores how high up she is in the hierarchy.  It also demonstrates how culpable she is in this process especially since these rules are not reiterated in the official LGH TOS. She and others in the LGH hierarchy should be treated as culpable for their actions.  My guess is that if these individuals are not alts of Sting or Wili, then legal actions against them could be highly fruitful.   

Regardless, even though Sting (AKA TerryDavidd) has noted several times that gems rezz 12 to 48 hours, I have documented evidence (that legally cannot be contested) that some gems have rezzed sooner than 12 hours (10-11 hours).  Especially then you know that for some time rubies were rezzing at the same rate as silvers.  All it would take is a subpoena to gather the names of the main owners of the game and their alts as well as information regarding rezz times and collections by these same players.  Many of the same players get the high ticket gems.  It would take another subpoena to force Brda to produce an accounting of his income since the game's inception (2011).  If shareholders join with hunters and landowners, this would be one heck of a class action lawsuit. 

Regarding the LGH hierarchy and their alts going after their own coins/gems. In the Second Life world, we have no assurance (because frankly there is no transparency—no records to examine) that insider liberties are “not” taking place.  Thus, we can only assume that GM’s are “not” using insider knowledge when they hunt (which I am sure they are on record as stating).  However, the reality is is that we cannot support that supposition without independent evidence.  According to a UCLA Law Review, the author notes that insider trading law is basically “the use of an entrusted position for self-regarding gain” (Kim, S. H., 2014). This is found at: http://www.uclalawreview.org/insider-trading-as-private-corruption-2/  Insider trading is reported as private corruption and one can certainly relate this construct to this game (Kim, S. H., 2014, para. 1). There, appears to be, at least to me, a game-related conflict of interest.  It is my professional opinion that GM’s should not participate in the games themselves in order to avoid any appearance of what might be construed as corruption.  They should be paid for their time and adequately paid, which is again implied in the Market Place advertisement.  If playing the game is too exciting, then a commitment to being a GM should not be made.  However, even if this organization were to create a rule that GM’s can no longer hunt, without transparency, we would not know if this rule was being respected.  I have a number of other concerns, but for now I will leave it at that.     

Okay, here is a just tidbit of what I know.  I suspect Brda is monitoring this chat forum so it will be interesting to see if the advertisement changes on the MarketPlace (MP) in the next few days.  It makes no difference.  I will record this conversation (in a way that cannot be legally contested) which includes the date/time as I have done over the last couple of years with LGH MP advertisements.  In fact, I also recorded the current MP advertisement (dated today--April 6, 2016).  You folks should do the same.  This is documentation I have been storing for a rainy day in addition to fraud reports to LL regarding this issue, which have resulted in no changes to date. 

First, the MP advertisement states there are over 125,000 players.  On the Goldtokens website, it reports over 47,000 players.  This is false advertisement.  On the MP, coin/gem package ads list the following rezz times for coins/gems: scraps (every 15 minutes), irons (every 1 hr) bronzes (every 3 hrs), silvers (every 9 hours), golds (every 15 hrs) and emeralds/rubies/diamonds (every 24 hrs). Here it is as listed on the website as of today (April 6, 2016).

PACK INCLUDES
▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔
► 20 x Scrap Coins (0.05L$ reward - 30s wait time to claim — 15 minutes delay between appearances)
► 20 x Iron Coins (0.1L$ reward - 60s wait time to claim — 1hr delay between appearances)
► 20 x Bronze Coins (0.2L$ reward 120s wait time to claim — 3hr delay between appearances)
► 20 x Silver Coins (0.5L$ reward - 240s wait time to claim — 9hr delay between appearances)
► 20 x Gold Coins (1L$ reward - 300s wait time to claim — 15hr delay between appearances)
► 20 x Emerald Gems (2L$ reward - 300s wait time to claim — 1 day delay between appearances)
► 20 x Ruby Gems (5L$ reward - 300s wait time to claim — 1 day delay between appearances)
► 20 x Diamond Gems (10L$ reward - 300s wait time to claim — 1 day delay between appearances)

The reality is that all is good until we reach the silvers. The fact is is that silvers rezz every 6 hrs, golds every 12 hrs, and gems every 12 hrs mostly (although they formally state in chat that the time can vary from 12 to 48 hrs).  Again, this is advertising that is formally misrepresenting its claims. 

Again, when people "buy" these packages, they are buying a package which contains false misrepresentation.  Now you can say Brda is either hampered by memory loss or low intelligence because the MP ad and reality do not line up or you can say he intentionally misrepresents the information on the MP ad.  Personally, I like the latter interpretation.  Regardless, anyone who purchases the coin/gem package is definitely not getting what is advertised.  As hunters we know this process all so well, and as I noted earlier, I see the same people again and again so my personal belief is that the number of players are seriously over-inflated.  By the way, when I said shareholders (earlier) may be hunting as well, I meant the LGH hierarchy not you folks.

There are a lot of alts in this game, but again, I suspect these are LGH hierarchy alts and/or their friends.  Also, there was a period of time when rubies (which should rezz every 24 hrs according to the MP ad) was rezzing like silvers (every 6 hrs), which they attributed to a "programming error." Finally, as noted earlier, people who "man" chat, hunt their own game. They say they can do that because they do not get paid.  However, this is found on the MP ad:

ABOUT TAXES
▔▔▔▔▔▔▔
✔ Your taxes fund our servers, customer support staff and development team for new improvements.

● 50% tax when paying into your items. Amount after fee is added to item's balance.
● Accounting is stored on an independent web server giving you 100% security of your funds.
● Money is paid to our bank avatar that holds your funds safely for you.

Note that it says by the check mark that taxes serve, among other things, "customer support staff."  So they do get compensated in some way.  It says so in the MarketPlace advertisement.  Plus, they are the ones that fix problems with coins/gems so one has to assume they have access to information that the normal hunter does not.  You would have to be an idiot to not believe that they do not have access to additional resources (at the minimum Sting, AKA TerryDavidd and her numerous alts).   

Finally, they know our IP's because they have an ATM (external servers).  Plus, as a member, you have to sign in every two months to their external website.  Again, everyone knows they have our IP's which is in direct violation of LL TOS.  Anyway, all of you shareholders, look at the MP ad NOW.  See if it changes in the next few days.  Then you know Brda is monitoring this forum, which you probably already know.  However, what he cannot do is change the evidence I have gathered thus far.  I have also recorded the rezz times of coins/gems in a way that cannot be contested legally.  I have contacted a litigation lawyer and provided the evidence to this individual.  I have reported Brda to LL.  I have reported Brda to the Department of Justice for fraud.  I have reported him to the Federal Bureau of Investigation--Internet Crime Complaint Center for fraud.  I have asked CNN Money Investigations to examine the parent company of SecondAds and all its games in conjunction with Second Life.  Now let's see what happens to that advertisement.  Today is April 6, 2016.     

I came upon this website some time ago but was surprised that it keeps growing significantly.  As a former Linden Gold Hunter, I consistently noticed that no matter how fast I arrived at gold rushes, others had beat me there.  It seemed to be the same avatars on a consistent basis.  I know the line that is often given is that Internet connection speed, LL issues, a weak graphics card or graphics card issue, a full cache, etc. may be creating problems.  However, I often wondered, "Are delays built in so that Linden Gold hunt hierarchy (people who help out in chat to include Sting/TerryDavidd and their alts can arrive and clean up the high ticket gems)?"  P.S. my Internet connection speed is extremely fast at 300 Mbs and my graphics card has been a new nVidia GTX 970.  There are other questions.  At one time there were over 120,000 players in the Goldtokens community.  As I am looking now, there are over 47,000 people in this community, yet, "Why do I see the same people again and again at the hunts?" That is, why are hunts NOT "sold out" as they say on a regular basis--that is, "Why aren't the SIMS holding capacity--100 people when a rush is called?"  Why does Business Park, at times, have only a handful of people there when there are over 47,000 players?  The only conclusion that I can draw is that the community number is significantly over-inflated and/or LGH hierarchy (alts and their associates/friends) are not only charging outrageous taxes to landowners but they are also swooping in to take the rest of the money.  Over time, I talked to landowners past and present who were willing to share their concerns with me.  Those who did share, shared some very interesting things and not a few feel there is significant fraud occurring in this game.  Let me say that LOTS of concerns emerged but I will only note a few here.  "Why are LGH hierarchy (especially those who are involved with chat) allowed to hunt their own coins/gems?"  Anyone in the legal profession understands that this is a glaring conflict of interest.  The hierarchy freely admits that they hunt as themselves or with their alts.  However, they report that this is valid because they are not paid. However, who would man a chat room for 12 hours straight (day in and day out) without some form of compensation?  Would you?  I sure would not.  If they are not paid for their time, then what is in it for them?  Are they closely tied to Brda, perhaps family members?  Are they shareholders?  Who knows?  Anyway, I have been snooping around . . . I have amassed a significant amount of information.  Rules are seemingly made on the fly and players and landowners must accept these rules, even though they are not in the TOS, or risk being banned from the game.  Based on the information I've accumulated, let's just say that I firmly believe that the game is riddled with fraud.  I also believe that TerryDavidd is just as culpable as Wili Clip in this game.  I believe there is cause to consider a class action lawsuit.  Anyone interested in the information that I have amassed over the years, please contact me.  Someone might ask, "Why the interest?"  Number one, I love mysteries.  Number two, some friends of mine have not only been hurt but mistreated by these people.  Number three, I do believe in holding people accountable for their actions.  I may not have all the information you folks have amassed over time, but I may have unique information.  If someone contacts me, I will put out on this forum the name(s) of the contact and ask whether the group feels it is a trusted contact.  I hate to be so paranoid, but given what I know about LGH, there is reason to be paranoid.  P.S.  Keep up all the good work folks.  P.S.S. Another gold hunt entity is now in town in SL.  I imagine that a number of folks (players and owners) will be defecting soon.