"We have acquired land next to the FN office," a spokesperson for the protestors announced, "and will be manning a protest there until FN go or are ejected. Wherever fascists are we will ensure they get no peace to corrupt and lie to decent people."

The announcement went on: "The whole idea of a 'race hate' group is in direct violation of Linden Lab's own Terms of Service, and if the rules are being read to say they aren’t in violation, then Lindens need to look at the rules again."

The protest began peacefully with protesters picketing the office with placards. But by the second day, protestors had begun deploying virtual weapons.

Members of the Front National responded in kind, leading to several days of colourful conflict between the two sides.

By the end of the protest, several sections of the office had been lost to sabotage or overload on the servers that host the game.

The Front National, possibly seeing the writing on the wall, disappeared without fanfare from that part of Second Life -- to be replaced by a casino that is reportedly doing a brisk trade.

But the Front National vow to return. "They're a bunch of losers," FN Officer Wolfram Hayek said about the protestors. "We're gonna tighten security and come back."