Second Life's Flying Phalluses Inspire Real-World Political Prank

May 20, 2008 -

The griefers of Second Life are known for launching bizarre animated attacks against their in-game victims. Perhaps the most famous form of SL animated mayhem is - no delicate way to write this - the flying penis attack.

The Sydney Morning Herald reports that some Russian pranksters apparently adapted the Second Life stunt to disrupt a real-world political meeting in Moscow. From the newspaper report:

The meeting was being address by Russian chess champion turned Kremlin critic, Garry Kasparov, when a remote-controlled flying penis flew through the room... The device - which appeared to be a modified twin-rotor toy helicopter - caused an immediate commotion.

 

A video taken at the event shows the chopper briefly evading capture before a man later identified as a security guard leaps from the stage and swats the device with a left hook... According to the Moscow Times website, the prank was staged by "a couple of pro-Kremlin Young Russia activists" who had launched a "plastic phallus on propellers".

 


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Re: Second Life's Flying Phalluses Inspire Real-World Political

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Re: Second Life's Flying Phalluses Inspire Real-World Political

Just imagine what would happen id his was done here in America... the PtC would **** themselves at the sight of a flying penis.

Re: Second Life's Flying Phalluses Inspire Real-World Political

Hilarious.  I mean you're supposed to do a speech and out comes a flying willy! lol

Re: Second Life's Flying Phalluses Inspire Real-World Political

Following the lead of this prank in SL, did the politician have a previous career as a whore?

Re: Second Life's Flying Phalluses Inspire Real-World Political

Clearly they were mimicking a scene from GTA.

Re: Second Life's Flying Phalluses Inspire Real-World Political

I'd like to hear how the speaker responded. From the crowds laughter apparently he pulled it off

Re: Second Life's Flying Phalluses Inspire Real-World Political

I have to give them points for ingenuity. Also, that security guard is one hardass mofo.

Re: Second Life's Flying Phalluses Inspire Real-World Political

Great... Second Life is invading First Life. Thats it. I want off this rock.

Re: Second Life's Flying Phalluses Inspire Real-World Political

Good use of the term "chopper" by the original article, there.

/b

Re: Second Life's Flying Phalluses Inspire Real-World Political

I now have a feeling people all over the world are going to use a flying penis at political functions/protests.

Re: Second Life's Flying Phalluses Inspire Real-World Political

I like Mr Kasparov and am pleased that he seemed to take it like a good sport (though i didnt understand a word).

 

Also: Flying Penis Prank might be epic!

Re: Second Life's Flying Phalluses Inspire Real-World Political

I always had the feeling that "pro-Kremlin" and "griefer" would find their way to harmony someday...

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Re: Second Life's Flying Phalluses Inspire Real-World Political

I detect win here.

Re: Second Life's Flying Phalluses Inspire Real-World Political

Serious win here. I was laughing through the whole thing.

Re: Second Life's Flying Phalluses Inspire Real-World Political

That security guard was the ultimate cock blocker.

Re: Second Life's Flying Phalluses Inspire Real-World Political

"Dont worry, people. I have experience with wang blocking and slapping!"

In Soviet Russia...

Penis's... fly? O_o

Re: Second Life's Flying Phalluses Inspire Real-World Political

BLOODY EPIC!!!!! xD

Re: Second Life's Flying Phalluses Inspire Real-World Political

  very nice, we could do with a  bit more of that in politics.

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Re: Second Life's Flying Phalluses Inspire Real-World Political

And for some rteason Youtube still acts like it has no videos for me.

 

Still, a good laugh just reading the story.

Re: Second Life's Flying Phalluses Inspire Real-World Political

Update your Flash player. I get the same "video won't play/video has no sound" problems every time Adobe updates Flash. As soon as I update, the problems go away.

Re: Second Life's Flying Phalluses Inspire Real-World Political

Mildly Amusing at least. Suffice to say that it was funny to listen to how quiet it got once the rotors started.

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quiknkoldI know Biddle isnt Kotaku. he's just a employee. Its up to Kotaku if they want to punish him for being a public representative of Kotaku...well...I wouldnt be against it.10/19/2014 - 3:26pm
Andrew EisenLovely, my capture card is not (yet) compatible with the broadcaster I want to use. Let's hope my workaround works!10/19/2014 - 3:19pm
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quiknkoldas somebody who once had his skull fractured behind a grocery store as a kid because I was a nerd. Sam Biddle can eff himself with barbwire10/19/2014 - 2:59pm
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Andrew EisenWhich I find to be (in most cases) extraordinarily petty.10/19/2014 - 2:34pm
Matthew WilsonI get the joke andrew. In the social media age, if you say somthing stupid people will take it out on the company you work for.10/19/2014 - 2:30pm
Papa MidnightIt's Gawker. I'm not sure his comments can really do much to lower whatever modicum of perceived crediiblity that network of sites may have.10/19/2014 - 2:27pm
 

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