WELCOME TO THE WOLFHAVEN MONEY TREE HQ! 
MONEY TREE DRAMA CONTINUES  (March 1, 2009)

The guy running the Money Tree Bots just doesn't quit. 

His latest little exploit is the following:

Wolfhaven Abbot: free money for everybody, http://slurl.com/secondlife/Silla/176/39/75

He's such a bright bulb in the bunch!

For the record folks there are only FOUR authorized representatives of Wolfhaven Productions in-world.  They are;

Traven Sachs -- CEO and Owner of Wolfhaven Productions
Sybria Young -- My Life Partner and Co-CEO
Wolfhaven Hax -- Our demented Golden Apple Manager
Lachenlaud Sachs -- Our erstwhile distributor of fun

Nobody else represents Wolfhaven Productions directly, nor can they speak for us.

So if you see someone OTHER than the names mentioned above representing themselves as Wolfhaven Productions Staff ---  PLEASE --- BAN THEM, MUTE THEM, tell them to get a life (first OR second).  They've OBVIOUSLY got WAY too much time on their hands.
NOW AVAILABLE - WOLFHAVEN MONEY TREE v5.6  (February 26th, 2009)

The bots got smarter... so did I. 

Now... with IMPROVED onboard anti-bot goodness - I present to you the Wolfhaven Money Tree v5.6!

CHANGES AND FIXES 
  • IMRPROVED Anti-Bot Enabled <=====  Pay attention folks!
  • Minor Bug & Code Fixes

Available at the Wolfhaven Money Tree HQ In-world - OR you may purchase it on XStreetSL.com at the following URL  http://uncensored.xstreetsl.com/modules.php?name=Marketplace&file=item&ItemID=1232203

I will continue to work toward an even MORE improved version to be released at an unspecified date in the future.  Upgrade will be optional - but highly recommended.

RUDE CUSTOMERS?  (February 17th, 2008)

So I get an IM today from a personage in SL....  read on.... (note TS is ME - <censored> is the personage in question....)

<censored>: Please take  me off of your list so i dont get anymore notifications
TS: To which list are you referring?
<censored>: the Wolfhaven tree updates
TS: are you talking about the group or the subscriber list?
<censored>: I didnt think I was on eitehr
<censored>: but I have gotten notifications the last couple of days
<censored>: popups
<censored>: notecards
<censored>: i have already delted them but your name was on the bottom of the notecard
TS: ok check your groups for Wolfhaven Money Tree Fanatics - if you don't want notices from THAT you have to leave the group.  As to the notecards - YOU subscribed to a Kiosk at Money Tree HQ as listed in my profile - YOU have to unsubscribe to get the messages to stop
TS: to do that you have to come to the kiosk and opt out
<censored>: ok its not in my groups I know that so where do i go to unsubscribe
TS: Money Tree HQ in my profile picks
<censored>: and if I did subscribe then why am i only getting them the last couple days?
TS: there is a kiosk with a Leave List button
<censored>: wehre is it?
TS: because I only publish them when there are updates
TS: where is what?  My profile?
<censored>: Fantics?
<censored>: secondlife://Silla/179/41/74
TS: yay you found it
TS: Now just click the Leave List button
<censored>: Im a little annoyed so I dont apprecaite your attitude
TS: My attitude?
<censored>: im alraedy trying to be nice so why dont you do the same
TS: I beg your pardon?
<censored>: i shouldnt have to unsubscribe from something I not a member of
TS: You wouldn't be a member of it if you hadn't subscribed in the first place
<censored>: so if you reset your list of what ever the problem is
<censored>: you need to fix it so i dont have to jump thorugh hoops
TS: No one but YOU can add YOU to that list
TS: OR take you off it
TS: so kindly get over yourself click the button and go away - muted
You have muted this resident. Sending a message will automatically unmute them. I then waited for her to remove her name from the subscriber kiosk - ejected - and banned her.  Maybe not the nicest of things to do... but then again... she didn't do anything to inspire 'nice'. Later the same day the following was sent to one of my employees.... <censored>: Traven Sachs HAS BEEN AR ed !! How dare he force me to come to the property to unsubscribe from SPAM THAT I NEVER SIGNED UP FOR THEN BOOT ME FROM THE PROPERTY WHEN HE KNEW I WAS LAREADY LEAVEING AS SOON AS I GOT THE UNSUBSCRIBE FINSIHED I WILL MAKE SURE TO POST THIS AND THE CONVERSATION TO EVERY BLOG I CAN FIND THAT HAS ANYTING TO DO WITH SL THE WORTHLESS LOW LIFE RUDE MORONIC JERK OWES ME AN APOLIGE!!!!!

LOVELY grammar LOVELY personality. 

Folks - I make an effort to be nice to most of my clientele - but you get a great many more flies with honey than you do with vinegar.  This chick came in guns blazing - she wanted instant gratification to her (ahem..) 'requests' and didn't care who she had to steamroller over to get it. 

For the RECORD.... the Wolfhaven Money Tree Fanatics group referred to in this conversation, as well the Subscriber Kiosk I use are OPEN to the public.  Anyone can join them if they want the semi-annual notecard or two that I send out notifying Money Tree Owners and Users of changes/updates to the system.  I don't ADD anyone manually - They have to add themselves.  The Linden Labs logs will prove that out for the group, and I have logs to prove it out for the kiosk.

Why am I posting this here?  Felt like it.  She wants to Spam about me on other peoples blogs and forums... now I have a convenient place to link to if I need to (cough) reply in the public forum. 

;-) 

So my dear... as some might say... GO FOR IT!

~Traven Sachs
Owner, Wolfhaven Productions
NOW AVAILABLE - WOLFHAVEN MONEY TREE v5.5  (February 17th, 2009)

Recently it was drawn to my attention that some clever code monkey had developed a bot that could pick from Money Trees....  BRAVO I say!

Now... with onboard anti-bot goodness - I present to you the Wolfhaven Money Tree v5.5!

CHANGES AND FIXES 

  • Improved Error Correction
  • Improved Stability
  • Anti-Bot Enabled                     <=====  Pay attention folks!
  • Improved Accounting Controls

    Available at the Wolfhaven Money Tree HQ In-world - OR you may purchase it on XStreetSL.com at the following URL  http://uncensored.xstreetsl.com/modules.php?name=Marketplace&file=item&ItemID=1232203

    ON BOTS AND MONEY TREES  (February 16th, 2009)

    Well I've just had my hand forced and had to issue an update for the MoneyTrees that helps prevent Bots from picking them.  A Future release of the money trees will have an even more sophisticated Bot Detection and BAN system installed.   What does this mean?  Simple - fail the bot test and a tree picker will find themselves globally banned from ALL money trees automagically.  Some of you might ask, "Why go to all the trouble?"  The simple answer - I'm kinda sick of people exploiting MY (and others) good intentions. 

    Folks - the Money Trees were designed to HELP NEW USERS to Second Life.  NOT to become your personal permanent source of income.  Anyone who has used a bot program is guilty of taking advantage of those of us willing to help those new folks out.  Those of you who have created Alt after Alt account so you can keep picking are ALSO guilty.  

    I can ASSURE you that the day LL lets me track IP addresses via a script - is the INSTANT I will use that address to track a persons age on the trees.  I will also use those same IP addy's to BAN people who attempt to exploit my good intentions. 

    I'm going to continue to improve on the Wolfhaven Money Trees.  Look for future releases that are more bot proof and more exploit proof than before. 

    In the meantime... Happy Picking.

    ~Traven Sachs
        Developer of the Wolfhaven Money Tree
        Wolfhaven Productions

    MONEY TREES AND SIM PERFORMANCE  (September 17th, 2008)

    Twice now since the release of the Wolfhaven Money Tree v5 I've been contacted by folks asking me to investigate why their new trees aren't working properly.  Twice now I've gone to sim locations and looked at their trees (and their sims) and been forced to conclude that they've got big problems. 

    Its not the Money Tree folks... its the sims your placing them in. 

    On your Second Life client - if you don't see an 'Advanced' menu on the top menu bar, hit Ctrl+Alt+Shift+D on your keyboard.  Once you have the 'Advanced' menu - hit Ctrl+Shift+1 (thats a one) on your keyboard.  The Sim Stats summary will come up as a window on your screen.

    Look CAREFULLY at the the item on that window labeled 'Active Scripts'. 

    If your scripts are much over 6000 and you're having trouble running a money tree - its because the sim is overworked. 

    When the script load in a sim reaches a certain amount - the sim starts to reduce the efficiency of the scripts by a percentage.  For the sake of our example here lets assume it can run 6000 scripts at 100% efficiency and effectiveness. 

    If you have a sim running 9000 scripts that means that scripts are running at approximately 66% of their potential effectiveness. 

    6000 divided over 9000 = 66.667%  (or 6000/9000 = 66.667%)

    Lots of things can go wrong when you slow things down that much. 

    Check your sims.  If they're that overloaded - you need to cut back on some of the scripts your running.  Getting some of them compiled to MONO under the new SL Scripting Engine will help too.
    A FOOL AND THEIR MONEY ARE SOON PARTED  (September 17th, 2008)

    Their is someone in world right now passing notecards to Money Tree Owners (and yes I've confirmation they've been using the Wolfhaven Golden Apple HQ Money Tree List to find you).

    The notecard states:

    "Dear Money Tree owner,     We have bought the former land of BRAVO BRAVO at GARMISCH where a good year ago the official Master Money Tree List of the original money tree was. We have made from this land a place to support newbies with a money tree, freebies, lucky chairs, avatar kits, ... We also want to re-create a new Master Money Tree List in  SL. If you are interested to register your money tree at BRAVO BRAVO, that is still frequently visited by a lot of newbies, you can promote your money tree for only 50L$ per week. We will use 100% of this money to cover our tier costs and to promote this Master Money Tree List. We hope to cu soon at Bravo Bravo !" For the record - Al Bravo of Bravo Bravo - along with Sapphire Bombay (the creator of the originally Bravo Bravo Money Tree) are listed in their profiles as 'Retired'.  Look them up if you want confirmation.

    This is an effort to get you to PAY for advertising of your Money Tree Locations.  Its a big scam. 

    When Sapphire ran her Money Tree HQ - and her Golden Ticket program - it was FREE OF CHARGE to have your tree in her Master Money Tree List.  Just as it is FREE OF CHARGE today to have your tree listed on the Golden Apple Money Tree List here at the Wolfhaven Money Tree HQ as well as in the Wolfhaven Money Tree Finder HUD's currently available in world. 

    Being a part of the Golden Apple Program gets your tree listed here.  Simply owning and running a Wolfhaven Money Tree gets your tree listed in the finder HUD.  You do NOT have to pay to advertise or promote - I can assure you all that folks WILL find your trees without it. 

    If you are solicited to advertise your Money Tree for a FEE at any time on a Master List at the now Defunct Bravo Bravo site at http://slurl.com/secondlife/Garmisch/37/209/153 - I would STRONGLY suggest you Abuse Report it as an L$ Scam directly to Linden Labs.

    ~Traven Sachs
      Wolfhaven Productions, CEO


    VERSION 5.0 MONEY TREE AVAILABLE NOW!  (September 10, 2008 - Updated September 11, 2008)

    I have been working on Version 5 of the Wolfhaven Money Tree in my lab.  It is ALMOST ready.  There are some new features and bugfixes that should make your lives easier as well as prevent rolling restarts from affecting the trees as much as they have been.  
      CHANGES AND FIXES 
    • Dead Money Bug Fix applied to prevent the tree from going out of balance so often.
    • Money no longer drops to ground and lays there when 'dead' - derezzes instantly.
    • Bookkeeper Function to Add others to Bookkeeping Column Fixed.  Should now work properly.
    • Added Randomization factor to money 'withering' off the tree - no longer a straight 24 hours. 
    • Randomization factor added so that money rez is not quite so much like clockwork.  Will make it more difficult for tree hunters to 'time' things. 
    • New Version of Config card should be MUCH easier to change and set up for Tree Owners. 
    • Tree inter-sim communications are now beefier and more distributed to prevent issues with master database.
    • If the tree detects a sim restart it SHOULD rebalance automatically.
    Estimated Release Date (assuming there are no issues with testing) should be by the end of the week (13-Sep-2008).

    Oh and on a side note - TREE HUNTERS BEWARE - DO NOT GO TO THE TREE AT 4000 METER IN WHITESTONE SIM - YOU -WILL- BE INSTANTLY SENT HOME - I'm testing LOL!

    ~Traven

    AS SEEN ON CNN  (July 19th, 2008)

    The Wolfhaven Money Tree has been highlighted on CNN by Citizen Reporter Jim Sella here in Second Life.  You may link to the story here: http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-47449 


    MONEY TREE FINDER!  (July 10th, 2008)


    I've just released a device called The Official Wolfhaven Money Tree Finder HUD.  It is available at the     Wolfhaven Money Tree HQ in Silla .  There are several reasons for this - one is the exhausting amount of folks out there who are selling 'lists' of money trees which soon become invalid because trees move or diappear.  They're charging upwards of L$200 for these lists that are soon worthless.  Second - I want to level the playing field - the money trees are out there to help folks....  and now they'll be able to find that help.  The HUD updates directly from the Money Tree registry maintained by my database server.  I hope you find this to be a useful device. 

    ~Traven

    BUGS IN THE WORKS  ==  REVISITED (July 5th, 2008, 9:00pm SLT)

    Ok bug fixed - apparently the changes I made for the census allowed a problem to creep in involving special characters on the server.  So, henceforth I'll be stripping them from tree names and locations.  Look at your keyboard, see the top row.... ~ ! @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) - = + - .....   all stripped.  This does, however, fix the problem :) Sorry if this inconveniences anyone - but its for the better in the long run.


    BUGS IN THE WORKS (July 5th, 2008, 5:08pm SLT)

    I have just discovered a bug in the works of the Master Money Tree server and am working to resolve it.  The Master Golden Apple List is somewhat truncated at this time, but should be repopulated automatically within 24 hours.  I'll post again once I've squashed the critter causing the problem.


    WEBSITE UPDATE (July 2nd, 2008)

    I have had many folks ask me the question, "Just how many Wolfhaven Money Trees ARE there in SL?"  Well, we're going to find out.  Though it will only be a rough approximation based on a sliding scale.  I've added a Money Tree Census to the website.  The Master List has been renamed to the Golden Apple List on the lefthand menu.  I have added a selection called "Money Tree Census" as well.  The Money Tree Census WILL, however, let us see just how many trees are out there...  

    More to come on this in the future....


    BUG FIX! (June 28th, 2008)

    I have fixed a nasty bug on the Master List that was preventing links to sims with a space in their name from working properly.  In the doing I also changed the links to money trees to interact directly with the SL Client.  :)  


    TRANSCRIPT (June 28th, 2008)

    Just sat with some very nice folks at the SL5B sim of Physical where my Money Tree is on display and had a bit of a discussion about money trees.  I imparted a bit of history, they gave me some great ideas for future improvements - and all of them got a nice parting gift.... here is the transcript:  LINK


    WEBSITE UPDATE (June 18th, 2008)

    Ok we've made further modifications to the Master Money Tree List.  Trees are now listed using the following criteria - In order of last update (descending), as long as they have updated within the past 48 hours.  Also - we've taken the Go There and Location Columns and combined them - you may now click on the location listed in the Go There column to actually teleport to the tree listed.  Also note we've gotten rid of the table borders and used an alternating color pattern to give a 'lined' effect to the page so that more trees can be listed on less 'real estate' and adjusted some of the fonts used to reduce the size.  There will be other improvements made as we go along.  :)


    SCAMMERS BEWARE! (June 15th, 2008)

    Today I had several folks descend on me telling me that someone was doing something rather disturbing with a Wolfhaven Money Tree.  This individual was requiring that you join a group in order to pick from the tree.  Normally I wouldn't have a problem with that - however - she was charging 5 Linden Dollars to join her group.  She also had signs clearly posted stating that anyone that didn't join her group and then picked from the tree would be banned.  Not Kosher.  To further this sticky mess - I got wind that even if you joined the group you were getting banned anyhow.  Also not Kosher.  The list goes on with the other little projects this person had going on their parcel to seperate YOU from YOUR Linden Dollars as quickly as possible.  I caution you ALL to use a little common sense in your travels through second life.

    Caveat Emptor folks (Let the buyer beware).  If anyone requires you to join a group to pick from a Money Tree.... and they want to charge you Linden Dollars to do so - tell them to scratch your butt.  I have since BANNED this particular individual from running a Wolfhaven Money Tree...  if they rez one - once it talks to my server - it will cease to function. 

    I will NOT allow scammers to use my trees.  Be aware and assured that I have measures in place to prevent them from doing so.  I will also be filing a report on this person with Linden Labs regarding their activities.  I can only hope that they will do the right thing and remove this unscrupulous person from Second Life. 

    ~Traven Sachs
      CEO, Wolfhaven Productions


         HAPPY 5th BIRTHDAY SECOND LIFE! (June 13th, 2008)

     Second Life is getting ready to celebrate its 5th Birthday!  Wolfhaven Productions is a part of it with a display about Money Trees.  We've cloned the Wolfhaven Money Tree HQ and placed a very nice display on one of the Birthday Sims.  You can read more about SL's 5th Birthday at http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/SL5B.  If you'd like to see our display, please go to http://slurl.com/secondlife/SL5B%20Physical/137/28/22!


    ADDITIONAL WEBSITE UPDATE (June 13th, 2008)

    We've made an additional change to the Master Money Tree Listing.  Entries to the listing will now sort by the last TIME updated as opposed to alphabetically.  This will keep folks from using weird tree names in order to get their entry to always be at the top of the list, and make things more even, giving everyone a chance at being at the top of the listings!


    WEBSITE UPDATE COMPLETED (June 11th, 2008)

    We've made a change serverside that -should- make Listings on the Master Money Tree List more persistent.  We'll be monitoring this change closely over the next few days to be sure that it works out properly.


    WEBSITE UPDATE COMING (June 4th, 2008)

    We have some important updates coming to the website. As of now the Master Money Tree List updates a bit too slowly - when SL is having issues this can cause delays in tree updates to the list that are proving to be troublesome. We plan to make the website a bit more dynamic to allow the Master Money Tree list to update in a more fluid fashion. Check back here for more information this coming weekend. Also one other note - folks are sending support questions to Traven Sachs in-world via IM's. IM's tend to get lost in SL from time to time. Please send all FEEDBACK, COMMENTS -AND- SUPPORT QUESTIONS TO support@wolfhavenproductions.com. Be SURE to include your SL Name - your Tree Name - AND your Tree Location (SimName/Location).


    MONEY TREE v4.0x RELEASED! (May 28th, 2008)

    THAT'S RIGHT! Money Tree v4.01 Final is Released - Come and Get 'em folks! And Welcome to the new age of Money Trees! FEEDBACK and comments are welcome. Just send them to support@wolfhavenproductions.com


    BETA PHASE II (May 25th, 2008)

    We've been getting some good data from the Beta Testing currently in progress and are now entering Phase II of the testing. As we round this corner we are getting VERY close to final release. If anyone has ANYTHING to report about their trees, please let me know. Also - you folks out there picking them - FEEDBACK and comments are welcome. Just send them to support@wolfhavenproductions.com


    IMPORTANT UPDATE!!     (May 18th, 2008)

    The Version 4 Wolfhaven Money Tree has officially entered beta testing as of today! If you are interested in participating in the beta, please submit an email to     support@wolfhavenproductions.com and be sure to include the SLURL for the location where you intend to Place the Money Tree, the NAME of your location, YOUR Avatar Name in SL, and the best times to reach you. We'll get back to you as quickly as possible. Please bear in mind that not everyone who applies will qualify initially.


    WOLFHAVEN MONEY TREES SERVE A DUAL PURPOSE!

      1.  You help new folks to the game get a little extra L$ to get started.
      2.  You increase traffic at your location where you have your money tree!

    The Wolfhaven Money Tree is TOTALLY donation driven. What this means is that it doesn't randomly raid the wallet of the sponsor. It can only give out what the sponsor of the tree (or others) put into it.

    Simply rez the tree stand in a suitable location on your land. The tree stand will then rez its very own Linden Tree (The Wolfhaven Money Oak).

    If you are having dificulties with a Wolfhaven Money Tree - please contact the TREE OWNER. I maintain MY working money tree at my location in Silla!

    To find Wolfhaven Money Trees that are participating in the Golden Apple™ program, simply click the link for the Master List to the left of this page.

    Good Luck!
      WOLFHAVEN MONEY TREE v4.0
      NEW FEATURES
    • Great New Look
    • 3D Sculptie Fruit
    • Owner Access Controls
    • Golden Apple™ Daily Bonus Prize
    • Easier to Read Displays
    • Master Money Tree List
    • More Efficient Lower Lag Scripting
      and MUCH more!
    Help a newbie... donate to a Wolfhaven Money Tree today!
    You were a newbie once too!