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Re-posted on behalf of DJ Azraella.
Why Never Neverworld.
There is something particularly bleak about a community calling itself “The Friendly Grid” while apparently treating abusive behaviour as a problem best solved by telling the person on the receiving end: “You have a mute button.” Welcome to Neverworld Grid, where, judging by my experience, “friendly” may be less a standard of conduct than a decorative slogan attached to the front door.
I was a DJ in a virtual worlds for years lately as a visiting performer at Neverworld. By the point this incident occurred, however, my personal circumstances had changed. I am dying. That is not written for melodrama or sympathy. It matters because it explains what it cost me physically to be there at all. Despite being seriously ill and largely confined to bed, I got out of bed and DJed one final event to say thank you to my audience for supporting me and to draw people in one last time, which also helped to promote Neverworld Grid.
The reward was memorable, although perhaps not in quite the way their promotional department might prefer. During the event, I was verbally attacked and abused by a member of Neverworld Grid.
Behind every avatar is a human being. The fact that an interaction takes place in a virtual world does not make the behaviour, or its effect on another person, imaginary. The following day, despite the physical toll, I got out of bed again and raised a formal complaint with the owner of Neverworld Grid. I expected, at minimum, the complaint to be taken seriously. What I encountered instead was dismissal. No action was taken against the resident. My complaint was pretty much ignored and seen as nothing other than an interpersonal issue despite the fact I was a victim of one of their residents.
And then came this: “You have a mute button.”
And there, in five small words, lies the much larger problem. Of course I have a mute button. A mute button is a useful tool for an individual. It is not a substitute for moderation. Those are two entirely different things. A mute button allows the recipient to stop hearing somebody's behaviour. Moderation determines whether that behaviour is acceptable within the community in the first place. Confusing the two produces a wonderfully convenient system for administrators: the offender remains, the complainant makes them disappear from view, and management is spared the disagreeable business of actually managing anything. Problem solved. Well, invisible, which is apparently close enough. Imagine applying this philosophy anywhere else. Someone behaves disgracefully in a cinema and the management responds: 'you can use ear-plugs.' One can only admire the efficiency. No difficult confrontation. No standards requiring enforcement. No possibility of upsetting a patron who may have a life-time ticket. Just mute and carry on.
Neverworld Grid presents itself with the tagline: “The friendly grid.” That is precisely why this incident matters. If you advertise friendliness as part of your identity, then friendliness ceases to be merely a pleasant aspiration. It becomes a claim about the community you operate. And claims should survive contact with reality. A genuinely friendly community is not one in which nobody ever behaves badly. Such a place does not exist outside advertising copy and unusually optimistic children's television. A friendly community is one in which antisocial behaviour is taken seriously when it occurs. It is demonstrated by what administrators do when unfriendliness becomes inconvenient. That is the test. Not the logo. Not the website. Not the slogan. Not smiling avatars standing beneath carefully selected promotional photographs. The test comes when somebody crosses the line and management has to decide whether its proclaimed standards actually mean anything.
In my case, I believe Neverworld Grid failed that test spectacularly. I cannot state why the owner chose not to take action. Only the owner can answer that. But users are entitled to ask uncomfortable questions when enforcement appears absent.
What behaviour actually results in consequences?
Does a resident's financial contribution affect how complaints concerning them are handled?
Are paying residents subject to precisely the same behavioural standards as visitors are?
What happens after a formal complaint?
And perhaps most importantly: What behaviour would actually be serious enough for Neverworld Grid management to intervene rather than telling the recipient, “You have a mute button”? These are questions created by the apparent absence of action. If Neverworld Grid wants people to believe that payment of tier guarantees renters a friendly safe place, there is a very simple way of showing it: Have standards and apply them.
There is another unpleasant implication to the “you have a mute button” response. It transfers responsibility. The person accused of behaving abusively does not apparently need to change their behaviour. Instead, the person experiencing it must change theirs. You must mute. You must avoid. You must adapt. Management remains comfortably above the unpleasantness while the individual affected quietly rearranges their virtual existence around somebody else's deplorable conduct. That isn't moderation. It is outsourcing moderation to the victim. And it creates an obvious incentive for the worst personalities in any community: behave however you please as long as you keep paying. Eventually you can achieve the remarkable distinction of being peacefully surrounded by people who either tolerate you or cannot see or hear you. Community harmony, achieved through selective deafness as decreed by management.
There is another aspect of this which a mute button cannot undo: the physical effect of the encounter has already happened. Verbal abuse is not experienced solely as words arriving through speakers or appearing on a screen. Human beings respond physically to confrontation and distress. The body does not first consult the graphics card to determine whether an attack is sufficiently real to react to it. For a healthy person, that reaction can be deeply unpleasant. For somebody who is dying, already seriously ill and functioning with greatly diminished reserves, the consequences of that stress can carry considerably greater weight and could even be the last stress that body can take. And once that distress has occurred, telling the person “you have a mute button” is not a remedy.
The button cannot take you backwards in time. It cannot prevent the encounter that already happened. It cannot erase the stress already inflicted. And it certainly cannot answer the question of why the behaviour that caused the complaint apparently attracted no consequence. There is a peculiar cruelty in dismissing that distinction which no amount of virtual-world branding can disguise.
I did not expect sainthood. I did not expect somebody to erect a statue of my avatar outside the welcome centre. I expected basic human decency and a complaint to be treated seriously.
Apparently that must be the 'Super Ultimate Friend of the Owner' premium feature. Neverworld Grid calls itself friendly. People considering investing their time, creativity, communities and money there should understand what “friendly” meant when my complaint was placed in front of its owner. Because communities reveal themselves not through their slogans but through the behaviour they are prepared to tolerate. Anybody can write: “We are the friendly grid.” The interesting question is what happens when somebody isn't friendly. In my experience, the answer was depressingly simple: Nothing. The complaint was effectively binned. Apparently making bad actors into clouds is your only option meanwhile Management avoided doing anything meaningful other than preserve a monthly tier payment. And the slogan will survive. Perhaps that is the most impressive achievement of all. In virtual worlds, apparently even irony can be rendered in 3D.
Neverworld Grid also seems very keen on telling people that it isn't Second Life.
Second Life gets plenty of criticism, some of it deserved. One complaint you hear is that region owners can make their own rules and, if you don't follow them, eject or ban you. That can certainly be irritating. People can make ridiculous rules. People can throw you out for reasons you think are unfair. Give somebody control over a virtual patch of land and occasionally they begin behaving as though Buckingham Palace has asked for the keys back. But there is another side to it. If you enter somebody's region, you know they have rules and that breaking them can have consequences. If you behave badly enough, somebody can actually do something about it. After my experience with Neverworld Grid, I find myself wondering why removing that is supposed to be an improvement. If the alternative to somebody saying “These are the rules here” is somebody behaving abusively and the person being abused getting told “You have a mute button,” which system is actually friendlier?
There has to be some middle ground between petty little dictators throwing people off regions because they don't like the colour of their shoes and a free-for-all where nobody wants to intervene.
Rules can be abused. So can the absence of rules. The difference is that when there are sensible community standards, ordinary people know where they stand. Don't abuse people. Don't deliberately disrupt things. Don't make somebody else's experience miserable. Hardly tyranny. And if somebody does cross those lines, there should be consequences. Neverworld seems to dislike the way people in Second Life exercise control over their own regions. Fine. But what is being offered instead? If the answer is greater freedom, then whose freedom are we talking about? The freedom of somebody to enjoy an event without being abused? Or the freedom of somebody to behave however they like without anybody in authority becoming involved? Because those freedoms collide eventually. Mine did. And apparently I had a mute button.
Then there is the question of tier. People pay to be on grids like this. That makes it reasonable to ask whether somebody who keeps paying can expect considerably more tolerance than somebody who just visits but still contributes to the success of the grid. I cannot prove that this is what happened in my case. But the response I received certainly gives me reason to ask. If somebody pays tier and behaves disgracefully, what happens? Are they warned? Are there consequences? Or does everybody they upset simply get reminded where the mute button is? Because if the practical message becomes: Pay your tier and management will look the other way, then who exactly does that attract? Most decent people don't need immunity from basic standards of behaviour. Creators don't need it. DJs don't need it. People running events don't need it. People who simply want somewhere pleasant to spend a few hours don't need it. The people who benefit most from a place where bad behaviour carries few consequences are, rather obviously, the people most likely to behave badly. That seems an extraordinary foundation for something calling itself “The Friendly Grid.”
There is nothing wrong with wanting to be different from Second Life. But different does not automatically mean better. If Second Life says, in effect, “behave yourself here or somebody may throw you out,” while Neverworld's answer to abuse is “you have a mute button,” I know which approach now looks more like a community and which looks more like an incompetent Management avoidance strategy. Being different is easy. Being better requires rather more than a tagline. If Neverworld Grid believes this account misrepresents its standards, it can explain them.
What happens when someone reports serious verbal abuse? What behaviour actually results in action?
Are paying residents treated exactly the same as everyone else? And why was “You have a mute button” considered an adequate response to my complaint?
Those answers would tell people considerably more about Neverworld Grid than any slogan ever could.
Until then, perhaps the tagline deserves a small amendment:
“Neverworld Grid — The Friendly Grid. You have a mute button.”
or
" Welcome to Neverworld the Friendly Grid where you may have to mute your fellow residents"
or perhaps as almost happened in my case:
" Neverworld the Friendly Grid (we let you away with murder just keep paying you'll see)"
The bottom line has to be this:
If you claim friendliness you automatically accept a duty of care to all users. and paying doesn't excuse unfriendliness. Community standards you claim must be enforced swiftly and across all tiers of membership and extend to visitors. I was told my abuser hadn't broken any TOS. I guess there is no actual TOS beyond the owner's mood. Yes you guessed it my abuser is a friend of the owner.
My final advice to anyone looking for a new home...lift the carpets before you decide.
I won't see a resolution to this issue or see Virtual again but that doesn't mean you can't learn from my experience.
Azraella.
Why Never Neverworld.
There is something particularly bleak about a community calling itself “The Friendly Grid” while apparently treating abusive behaviour as a problem best solved by telling the person on the receiving end: “You have a mute button.” Welcome to Neverworld Grid, where, judging by my experience, “friendly” may be less a standard of conduct than a decorative slogan attached to the front door.
I was a DJ in a virtual worlds for years lately as a visiting performer at Neverworld. By the point this incident occurred, however, my personal circumstances had changed. I am dying. That is not written for melodrama or sympathy. It matters because it explains what it cost me physically to be there at all. Despite being seriously ill and largely confined to bed, I got out of bed and DJed one final event to say thank you to my audience for supporting me and to draw people in one last time, which also helped to promote Neverworld Grid.
The reward was memorable, although perhaps not in quite the way their promotional department might prefer. During the event, I was verbally attacked and abused by a member of Neverworld Grid.
Behind every avatar is a human being. The fact that an interaction takes place in a virtual world does not make the behaviour, or its effect on another person, imaginary. The following day, despite the physical toll, I got out of bed again and raised a formal complaint with the owner of Neverworld Grid. I expected, at minimum, the complaint to be taken seriously. What I encountered instead was dismissal. No action was taken against the resident. My complaint was pretty much ignored and seen as nothing other than an interpersonal issue despite the fact I was a victim of one of their residents.
And then came this: “You have a mute button.”
And there, in five small words, lies the much larger problem. Of course I have a mute button. A mute button is a useful tool for an individual. It is not a substitute for moderation. Those are two entirely different things. A mute button allows the recipient to stop hearing somebody's behaviour. Moderation determines whether that behaviour is acceptable within the community in the first place. Confusing the two produces a wonderfully convenient system for administrators: the offender remains, the complainant makes them disappear from view, and management is spared the disagreeable business of actually managing anything. Problem solved. Well, invisible, which is apparently close enough. Imagine applying this philosophy anywhere else. Someone behaves disgracefully in a cinema and the management responds: 'you can use ear-plugs.' One can only admire the efficiency. No difficult confrontation. No standards requiring enforcement. No possibility of upsetting a patron who may have a life-time ticket. Just mute and carry on.
Neverworld Grid presents itself with the tagline: “The friendly grid.” That is precisely why this incident matters. If you advertise friendliness as part of your identity, then friendliness ceases to be merely a pleasant aspiration. It becomes a claim about the community you operate. And claims should survive contact with reality. A genuinely friendly community is not one in which nobody ever behaves badly. Such a place does not exist outside advertising copy and unusually optimistic children's television. A friendly community is one in which antisocial behaviour is taken seriously when it occurs. It is demonstrated by what administrators do when unfriendliness becomes inconvenient. That is the test. Not the logo. Not the website. Not the slogan. Not smiling avatars standing beneath carefully selected promotional photographs. The test comes when somebody crosses the line and management has to decide whether its proclaimed standards actually mean anything.
In my case, I believe Neverworld Grid failed that test spectacularly. I cannot state why the owner chose not to take action. Only the owner can answer that. But users are entitled to ask uncomfortable questions when enforcement appears absent.
What behaviour actually results in consequences?
Does a resident's financial contribution affect how complaints concerning them are handled?
Are paying residents subject to precisely the same behavioural standards as visitors are?
What happens after a formal complaint?
And perhaps most importantly: What behaviour would actually be serious enough for Neverworld Grid management to intervene rather than telling the recipient, “You have a mute button”? These are questions created by the apparent absence of action. If Neverworld Grid wants people to believe that payment of tier guarantees renters a friendly safe place, there is a very simple way of showing it: Have standards and apply them.
There is another unpleasant implication to the “you have a mute button” response. It transfers responsibility. The person accused of behaving abusively does not apparently need to change their behaviour. Instead, the person experiencing it must change theirs. You must mute. You must avoid. You must adapt. Management remains comfortably above the unpleasantness while the individual affected quietly rearranges their virtual existence around somebody else's deplorable conduct. That isn't moderation. It is outsourcing moderation to the victim. And it creates an obvious incentive for the worst personalities in any community: behave however you please as long as you keep paying. Eventually you can achieve the remarkable distinction of being peacefully surrounded by people who either tolerate you or cannot see or hear you. Community harmony, achieved through selective deafness as decreed by management.
There is another aspect of this which a mute button cannot undo: the physical effect of the encounter has already happened. Verbal abuse is not experienced solely as words arriving through speakers or appearing on a screen. Human beings respond physically to confrontation and distress. The body does not first consult the graphics card to determine whether an attack is sufficiently real to react to it. For a healthy person, that reaction can be deeply unpleasant. For somebody who is dying, already seriously ill and functioning with greatly diminished reserves, the consequences of that stress can carry considerably greater weight and could even be the last stress that body can take. And once that distress has occurred, telling the person “you have a mute button” is not a remedy.
The button cannot take you backwards in time. It cannot prevent the encounter that already happened. It cannot erase the stress already inflicted. And it certainly cannot answer the question of why the behaviour that caused the complaint apparently attracted no consequence. There is a peculiar cruelty in dismissing that distinction which no amount of virtual-world branding can disguise.
I did not expect sainthood. I did not expect somebody to erect a statue of my avatar outside the welcome centre. I expected basic human decency and a complaint to be treated seriously.
Apparently that must be the 'Super Ultimate Friend of the Owner' premium feature. Neverworld Grid calls itself friendly. People considering investing their time, creativity, communities and money there should understand what “friendly” meant when my complaint was placed in front of its owner. Because communities reveal themselves not through their slogans but through the behaviour they are prepared to tolerate. Anybody can write: “We are the friendly grid.” The interesting question is what happens when somebody isn't friendly. In my experience, the answer was depressingly simple: Nothing. The complaint was effectively binned. Apparently making bad actors into clouds is your only option meanwhile Management avoided doing anything meaningful other than preserve a monthly tier payment. And the slogan will survive. Perhaps that is the most impressive achievement of all. In virtual worlds, apparently even irony can be rendered in 3D.
Neverworld Grid also seems very keen on telling people that it isn't Second Life.
Second Life gets plenty of criticism, some of it deserved. One complaint you hear is that region owners can make their own rules and, if you don't follow them, eject or ban you. That can certainly be irritating. People can make ridiculous rules. People can throw you out for reasons you think are unfair. Give somebody control over a virtual patch of land and occasionally they begin behaving as though Buckingham Palace has asked for the keys back. But there is another side to it. If you enter somebody's region, you know they have rules and that breaking them can have consequences. If you behave badly enough, somebody can actually do something about it. After my experience with Neverworld Grid, I find myself wondering why removing that is supposed to be an improvement. If the alternative to somebody saying “These are the rules here” is somebody behaving abusively and the person being abused getting told “You have a mute button,” which system is actually friendlier?
There has to be some middle ground between petty little dictators throwing people off regions because they don't like the colour of their shoes and a free-for-all where nobody wants to intervene.
Rules can be abused. So can the absence of rules. The difference is that when there are sensible community standards, ordinary people know where they stand. Don't abuse people. Don't deliberately disrupt things. Don't make somebody else's experience miserable. Hardly tyranny. And if somebody does cross those lines, there should be consequences. Neverworld seems to dislike the way people in Second Life exercise control over their own regions. Fine. But what is being offered instead? If the answer is greater freedom, then whose freedom are we talking about? The freedom of somebody to enjoy an event without being abused? Or the freedom of somebody to behave however they like without anybody in authority becoming involved? Because those freedoms collide eventually. Mine did. And apparently I had a mute button.
Then there is the question of tier. People pay to be on grids like this. That makes it reasonable to ask whether somebody who keeps paying can expect considerably more tolerance than somebody who just visits but still contributes to the success of the grid. I cannot prove that this is what happened in my case. But the response I received certainly gives me reason to ask. If somebody pays tier and behaves disgracefully, what happens? Are they warned? Are there consequences? Or does everybody they upset simply get reminded where the mute button is? Because if the practical message becomes: Pay your tier and management will look the other way, then who exactly does that attract? Most decent people don't need immunity from basic standards of behaviour. Creators don't need it. DJs don't need it. People running events don't need it. People who simply want somewhere pleasant to spend a few hours don't need it. The people who benefit most from a place where bad behaviour carries few consequences are, rather obviously, the people most likely to behave badly. That seems an extraordinary foundation for something calling itself “The Friendly Grid.”
There is nothing wrong with wanting to be different from Second Life. But different does not automatically mean better. If Second Life says, in effect, “behave yourself here or somebody may throw you out,” while Neverworld's answer to abuse is “you have a mute button,” I know which approach now looks more like a community and which looks more like an incompetent Management avoidance strategy. Being different is easy. Being better requires rather more than a tagline. If Neverworld Grid believes this account misrepresents its standards, it can explain them.
What happens when someone reports serious verbal abuse? What behaviour actually results in action?
Are paying residents treated exactly the same as everyone else? And why was “You have a mute button” considered an adequate response to my complaint?
Those answers would tell people considerably more about Neverworld Grid than any slogan ever could.
Until then, perhaps the tagline deserves a small amendment:
“Neverworld Grid — The Friendly Grid. You have a mute button.”
or
" Welcome to Neverworld the Friendly Grid where you may have to mute your fellow residents"
or perhaps as almost happened in my case:
" Neverworld the Friendly Grid (we let you away with murder just keep paying you'll see)"
The bottom line has to be this:
If you claim friendliness you automatically accept a duty of care to all users. and paying doesn't excuse unfriendliness. Community standards you claim must be enforced swiftly and across all tiers of membership and extend to visitors. I was told my abuser hadn't broken any TOS. I guess there is no actual TOS beyond the owner's mood. Yes you guessed it my abuser is a friend of the owner.
My final advice to anyone looking for a new home...lift the carpets before you decide.
I won't see a resolution to this issue or see Virtual again but that doesn't mean you can't learn from my experience.
Azraella.
 | Ⲙⲁꞅi: Azraella, I am so deeply sorry. Reading this broke my heart. Behind every avatar is a real human being, with a real life, real struggles, and real feelings. Sometimes we forget just how much courage ... 4 hours ago |
NEW store at the Garden Towers Mall: The Wedding Planner. All the decor items you need to make your wedding beautiful. Exclusive wedding builds ready to go.
Welcome to the Railway station with teleports to all stations on the CCI Grid
Willkommen auf dem Bahnhof mit TP zu allen Stationen auf dem CCI Grid.
| | CherylFurse: looks great :-) 2 days ago |
Legacy Shopping Style
Wenn Mode reden könnte, würde sie hier vermutlich sagen: „Ich bin nicht hier, um mich anzupassen – ich bin hier, um die Schaufenster zu dominieren.“ Zwischen lässigem Streetstyle und „Ich hab’s mit Absicht übertrieben“ ist alles dabei. Die Shoppingmeile sieht aus, als hätte sie gerade beschlossen, dass Jogginghosen und Glamourkleider dieselbe Daseinsberechtigung haben – und ehrlich gesagt, sie hat recht.
Die vier Damen wirken, als hätten sie sich abgesprochen, um sämtliche Stilregeln gleichzeitig zu brechen. Von „Ich geh nur kurz Milch holen“ bis „Ich bin der Grund, warum du stehen bleibst“ ist alles vertreten. Wenn das hier ein Casting wäre, hätte die Modejury längst aufgegeben und einfach applaudiert.
Wenn Mode reden könnte, würde sie hier vermutlich sagen: „Ich bin nicht hier, um mich anzupassen – ich bin hier, um die Schaufenster zu dominieren.“ Zwischen lässigem Streetstyle und „Ich hab’s mit Absicht übertrieben“ ist alles dabei. Die Shoppingmeile sieht aus, als hätte sie gerade beschlossen, dass Jogginghosen und Glamourkleider dieselbe Daseinsberechtigung haben – und ehrlich gesagt, sie hat recht.
Die vier Damen wirken, als hätten sie sich abgesprochen, um sämtliche Stilregeln gleichzeitig zu brechen. Von „Ich geh nur kurz Milch holen“ bis „Ich bin der Grund, warum du stehen bleibst“ ist alles vertreten. Wenn das hier ein Casting wäre, hätte die Modejury längst aufgegeben und einfach applaudiert.
Like all things seasons come and go as such we are doing an update on the region with less snow and more of a Northern European Summer there is a new store open at the welcome area of the village and the bay area is being increased. Horse riding on both regions enjoy.
| | MaraWindsong: For those of you that often visit us or our Neverworld Grid there is now a new Fishing Game on Neverworld its fun and you can find the areas on the map. My favourite is the Camping grounds you can see... 3 days ago |
New version 4.1 one of OAR convert is out available at https://maze.bz/OARConv.html. I have successfully made it so it will upload linksets! So sketchfab had better look out. It also maintains the faces and texture put on the links! It also uploads rigged avatars. All with NO VIEWER at all! Feel free to ask if you have any questions
I visited my family's homeland last week on the Chaleur Bay in New Brunswick, Canada. I have been back for a week now, and I feel like my life is not even real anymore. It is burned into my DNA. I belong there!
I recieved my review from yesterday evening...I have no words because of the emotions...I'm simply touched to the Soul and that is what the evening was about.
DEAR FRIENDS... WHAT AN EVENING!!!
There are evenings that end... and evenings that remain in the heart.
The evening we shared together was undoubtedly one of those!
Our extraordinary DJ Yana Dakota literally blew us away with a truly unique, elegant and exceptional performance.
Her music swept us away on a journey of emotions, memories, energy and romance, keeping us engaged from the very first song. A rich and refined musical selection that began with the great hits of Paul Simon, The Rolling Stones, Fleetwood Mac, Toto and Bruce Springsteen, through the emotional performances of John Farnham, together with Mitch Tambo, and of course, Michael Jackson, along with some wonderful covers that made the evening even more special.
Every song seemed to arrive at exactly the right moment, creating a different atmosphere: romantic, elegant, captivating... until we all rose from our chairs and let ourselves be carried away by the music.
And then... the venue!
A simply spectacular dance hall, with the distinctive shape of a grand piano, within the enchanting Isola della Luna. A truly picturesque setting, enhanced by refined and elegant decorations, which created the perfect atmosphere for another NewLifeItaly experience.
Once again, we would like to thank our Yana Dakota for her professionalism, her creativity and her ability to transform music into emotion.
And a huge thank you to all of you who make it all possible.
NewLifeItaly never stops!
We already have our heads and hearts turned toward the next appointment... and there is only one thing we can tell you:
WE ARE READY TO AMAZE YOU AGAIN!
Stay tuned, because the next event could give us another evening to create, and above all, to experience together.
With love,
The NewLifeItaly Staff
DEAR FRIENDS... WHAT AN EVENING!!!
There are evenings that end... and evenings that remain in the heart.
The evening we shared together was undoubtedly one of those!
Our extraordinary DJ Yana Dakota literally blew us away with a truly unique, elegant and exceptional performance.
Her music swept us away on a journey of emotions, memories, energy and romance, keeping us engaged from the very first song. A rich and refined musical selection that began with the great hits of Paul Simon, The Rolling Stones, Fleetwood Mac, Toto and Bruce Springsteen, through the emotional performances of John Farnham, together with Mitch Tambo, and of course, Michael Jackson, along with some wonderful covers that made the evening even more special.
Every song seemed to arrive at exactly the right moment, creating a different atmosphere: romantic, elegant, captivating... until we all rose from our chairs and let ourselves be carried away by the music.
And then... the venue!
A simply spectacular dance hall, with the distinctive shape of a grand piano, within the enchanting Isola della Luna. A truly picturesque setting, enhanced by refined and elegant decorations, which created the perfect atmosphere for another NewLifeItaly experience.
Once again, we would like to thank our Yana Dakota for her professionalism, her creativity and her ability to transform music into emotion.
And a huge thank you to all of you who make it all possible.
NewLifeItaly never stops!
We already have our heads and hearts turned toward the next appointment... and there is only one thing we can tell you:
WE ARE READY TO AMAZE YOU AGAIN!
Stay tuned, because the next event could give us another evening to create, and above all, to experience together.
With love,
The NewLifeItaly Staff
LIVE SET AT THE BEACH 🌴
Adrian is on now at SNB, playing by the beach until 6 PM PDT.
Come over, grab a drink, dance, hang out… or just stay for the music.
We’re here. The beach is open. 😎
[]~(￣▽￣)~* JOIN US NOW *~(￣▽￣)~[]
Until 6 PM PDT
📍 mk3.org:5002:Sexy Naked Beach
Adrian is on now at SNB, playing by the beach until 6 PM PDT.
Come over, grab a drink, dance, hang out… or just stay for the music.
We’re here. The beach is open. 😎
[]~(￣▽￣)~* JOIN US NOW *~(￣▽￣)~[]
Until 6 PM PDT
📍 mk3.org:5002:Sexy Naked Beach
🚨 RIGHT NOW until 4:00 PM! 🚨
Are you still standing around staring at your inventory? Those pixels aren't going to party themselves! 😂
Grab your mates... or come adopt some new ones! Around here, strangers only stay strangers for about 30 seconds before someone hands them a drink and drags them onto the dance floor. 😜
👙 Swimwear is recommended... but let's be honest... this is Sexy Naked Beach, and we all know some people treat "recommended" as a hilarious suggestion. 🤣🙈
🌞 Sunshine, music, laughs, dancing, questionable decisions, and enough chaos to keep the Lindens scratching their heads!
📍 Taxi: mk3.org:5002:Sexy Naked Beach
Come for five minutes... leave four hours later wondering where your shoes, towel, and dignity disappeared to! 😂🍹🎉
Are you still standing around staring at your inventory? Those pixels aren't going to party themselves! 😂
Grab your mates... or come adopt some new ones! Around here, strangers only stay strangers for about 30 seconds before someone hands them a drink and drags them onto the dance floor. 😜
👙 Swimwear is recommended... but let's be honest... this is Sexy Naked Beach, and we all know some people treat "recommended" as a hilarious suggestion. 🤣🙈
🌞 Sunshine, music, laughs, dancing, questionable decisions, and enough chaos to keep the Lindens scratching their heads!
📍 Taxi: mk3.org:5002:Sexy Naked Beach
Come for five minutes... leave four hours later wondering where your shoes, towel, and dignity disappeared to! 😂🍹🎉
| | Aphra Hendrix: interesting new picture style, very reduced information... 8 days ago |
More Than a Workout... It's a Community.
What started as a simple New Year's resolution between two friends has grown into one of the most enjoyable parts of the day.
💪 Daily Workouts
🪑 Monday – Friday
9:00 AM Grid Time – 15-Minute Seated Workout
🏃 Monday – Friday
2:00 PM Grid Time – 15-Minute Standing Workout
No special equipment is needed. Just show up, move at your own pace, and have fun.
Come see why so many people say it's become one of the best social events of their day.
Join us on Discord:
https://discord.gg/kfuBrakJnt
Move a little. Laugh a lot. Make some friends.
We'll save you a spot. 💚
What started as a simple New Year's resolution between two friends has grown into one of the most enjoyable parts of the day.
💪 Daily Workouts
🪑 Monday – Friday
9:00 AM Grid Time – 15-Minute Seated Workout
🏃 Monday – Friday
2:00 PM Grid Time – 15-Minute Standing Workout
No special equipment is needed. Just show up, move at your own pace, and have fun.
Come see why so many people say it's become one of the best social events of their day.
Join us on Discord:
https://discord.gg/kfuBrakJnt
Move a little. Laugh a lot. Make some friends.
We'll save you a spot. 💚
🌴🚨 FLASH PARTY ALERT! 🚨🌴
🤣 FROM RIGHT NOW... UNTIL THE GRID CRASHES! 🤣
🚨 Emergency Bulletin! 🚨
A mysterious outbreak of FUN has been detected at SNB, and experts have completely lost control of the situation.
Scientists recommend teleporting immediately before the laughter spreads to the rest of the grid.
🎉 THIS IS A FLASH PARTY!
No planning.
No excuses.
No bedtime.
We're partying until the grid taps out first! 😂
Expect:
🎶 Tunes louder than your neighbour's complaints.
💃 Dance moves that void your avatar's warranty.
🕺 Air guitar solos with absolutely no guitar.
🍹 Drinks appearing faster than inventory can load.
🤣 People yelling, "One more song!" for the next three hours.
⚠️ WARNING!
Possible side effects include:
• Losing your friends... then finding five new ones.
• Falling off the dance floor while standing perfectly still.
• Clicking "Sit" and ending up in a palm tree.
• Laughing so hard you forget where your AO went.
• Teleporting home by accident... then coming straight back.
💀 If the grid crashes...
We blame the dancing.
💀 If your viewer crashes...
We'll pretend you fainted from having too much fun.
💀 If your internet crashes...
We'll save your place on the dance floor... maybe.
🏝️ SNB – THE PLACE TO BE!
No schedule.
No rules.
No dignity.
Just laughs, music, and glorious chaos until somebody accidentally presses the wrong button.
🚕 Taxi: mk3.org:5002:Sexy Naked Beach
😂 FLASH PARTY!
NOW... UNTIL THE GRID DECIDES IT HAS HAD ENOUGH OF US! 🎉🌴🤣
🤣 FROM RIGHT NOW... UNTIL THE GRID CRASHES! 🤣
🚨 Emergency Bulletin! 🚨
A mysterious outbreak of FUN has been detected at SNB, and experts have completely lost control of the situation.
Scientists recommend teleporting immediately before the laughter spreads to the rest of the grid.
🎉 THIS IS A FLASH PARTY!
No planning.
No excuses.
No bedtime.
We're partying until the grid taps out first! 😂
Expect:
🎶 Tunes louder than your neighbour's complaints.
💃 Dance moves that void your avatar's warranty.
🕺 Air guitar solos with absolutely no guitar.
🍹 Drinks appearing faster than inventory can load.
🤣 People yelling, "One more song!" for the next three hours.
⚠️ WARNING!
Possible side effects include:
• Losing your friends... then finding five new ones.
• Falling off the dance floor while standing perfectly still.
• Clicking "Sit" and ending up in a palm tree.
• Laughing so hard you forget where your AO went.
• Teleporting home by accident... then coming straight back.
💀 If the grid crashes...
We blame the dancing.
💀 If your viewer crashes...
We'll pretend you fainted from having too much fun.
💀 If your internet crashes...
We'll save your place on the dance floor... maybe.
🏝️ SNB – THE PLACE TO BE!
No schedule.
No rules.
No dignity.
Just laughs, music, and glorious chaos until somebody accidentally presses the wrong button.
🚕 Taxi: mk3.org:5002:Sexy Naked Beach
😂 FLASH PARTY!
NOW... UNTIL THE GRID DECIDES IT HAS HAD ENOUGH OF US! 🎉🌴🤣
My Tears
Sometimes I wonder when we stopped truly seeing each other. Too often, people meet with hatred, prejudice, or indifference, even though deep inside we all long for understanding and a little kindness.
This tear is not only a symbol of my own sadness. It carries the sorrow of everyone who suffers when love is replaced by hate, when words become weapons, and when we forget that we all share the same sky.
Perhaps a single tear cannot change the world. But it reminds us that compassion is still alive. And as long as compassion exists, hope has not disappeared.
💜
Sometimes I wonder when we stopped truly seeing each other. Too often, people meet with hatred, prejudice, or indifference, even though deep inside we all long for understanding and a little kindness.
This tear is not only a symbol of my own sadness. It carries the sorrow of everyone who suffers when love is replaced by hate, when words become weapons, and when we forget that we all share the same sky.
Perhaps a single tear cannot change the world. But it reminds us that compassion is still alive. And as long as compassion exists, hope has not disappeared.
💜
| | Max Hill: Your text is very moving and imbued with a beautiful humanistic sensitivity: the image of the tear lends a powerful emotional depth to your words. I also love the way you link the personal with the co... 13 days ago |
Dancing at Eagles Diner, Wolf Territories Grid
@dune art
Taking a stroll around the old town in After Dark and met a sweet newspaper boy, trying to sell me a story about a Jack the Ripper. I think it's bogus, there is no danger here.
New Atlantis City in the Sky.
| | MaraWindsong: Our shops on the ground are now open there is a region opensim teleporter available plus Language Translator follow the Trail and arrow signs. 16 days ago |
free men wears
disguise shop
Happy Tuesday! Have a wonderful week. :)
◥▧▧▧ NEW in da House DJ Mandy ▧▧▧◤
◥▧▧▧▧ TOADAY 12PM Grid Time ▧▧▧▧◤
█◄♫►█ ⇨ ᴡʜᴏ : DJ Mandy
█◄♫►█ ⇨ sᴛʏʟᴇ : Techno-Trance-Vibes
█◄♫►█ ⇨ ᴡʜᴇɴ : 26th July 2026 -- start is 12pm Grid Time
█◄♫►█ ⇨ ᴡʜᴇʀᴇ: C/C/C-Shoppe-Center-Events
█◄♫►█ ⇨ GRAB YOUR FRIENDS and come :))))
◥▧▧▧▧ TOADAY 12PM Grid Time ▧▧▧▧◤
█◄♫►█ ⇨ ᴡʜᴏ : DJ Mandy
█◄♫►█ ⇨ sᴛʏʟᴇ : Techno-Trance-Vibes
█◄♫►█ ⇨ ᴡʜᴇɴ : 26th July 2026 -- start is 12pm Grid Time
█◄♫►█ ⇨ ᴡʜᴇʀᴇ: C/C/C-Shoppe-Center-Events
█◄♫►█ ⇨ GRAB YOUR FRIENDS and come :))))
🎶 ANNOUNCEMENT! 🎶
Well... I changed my mind! 😄
The Blues & Blues Rock playlist has been put back on the shelf for another time.
Instead, we're turning Monday afternoon into one big Disco & Club Mix Party! 🕺💃
Get ready for the very best 70's & 80's Disco Classics, extended club mixes, funky grooves and dancefloor favorites.
Expect artists like:
✨ Chic
✨ Donna Summer
✨ Earth, Wind & Fire
✨ Sister Sledge
✨ KC & The Sunshine Band
✨ Imagination
✨ Kool & The Gang
✨ Shalamar
...and many more!
📅 Monday the 27th
🕐 1PM – 3PM Grid Time
📍 NewLifeItaly Grid
DJ Yana is back from holiday and ready to fill the dance floor!
So grab your dancing shoes, invite your friends and let's party together!
🎧 See you on the dance floor! 💃🪩🕺
Well... I changed my mind! 😄
The Blues & Blues Rock playlist has been put back on the shelf for another time.
Instead, we're turning Monday afternoon into one big Disco & Club Mix Party! 🕺💃
Get ready for the very best 70's & 80's Disco Classics, extended club mixes, funky grooves and dancefloor favorites.
Expect artists like:
✨ Chic
✨ Donna Summer
✨ Earth, Wind & Fire
✨ Sister Sledge
✨ KC & The Sunshine Band
✨ Imagination
✨ Kool & The Gang
✨ Shalamar
...and many more!
📅 Monday the 27th
🕐 1PM – 3PM Grid Time
📍 NewLifeItaly Grid
DJ Yana is back from holiday and ready to fill the dance floor!
So grab your dancing shoes, invite your friends and let's party together!
🎧 See you on the dance floor! 💃🪩🕺
💚Have a nice day everyone.💚
Welche lustvolle Kleidung für Bondage- und SM-Liebhaber gibt es?
Es gibt mehr als Lack und Leder....
Zeigt es uns !!!
Heute ab 19 Uhr im Tosca
Tante Bea on Air
Wir freuen uns auf euch
What pleasurable clothing is there for bondage and SM lovers?
There is more than lacquer and leather....
Show us !!!
Today. at 10 SLT
Aunt Bea on Air
We’re looking forward to seeing you
Es gibt mehr als Lack und Leder....
Zeigt es uns !!!
Heute ab 19 Uhr im Tosca
Tante Bea on Air
Wir freuen uns auf euch
What pleasurable clothing is there for bondage and SM lovers?
There is more than lacquer and leather....
Show us !!!
Today. at 10 SLT
Aunt Bea on Air
We’re looking forward to seeing you
New at The Shops at Stonehaven and at OSHBC's store!
We have just added several items to the stores. Now that the Littlefield Admins have time to work on our RLV scripting we are thrilled to offer the following new items!!
Steel and Rubber Cuffs (arm and leg)
Padded Cuffs (arm)
Leather Cuffs (arm)
Female Chastity Belt
Male Chastity Cage
Plug Panel Gag
And a few fetish clothing items...
The Female Belt and Clothing are for Athena based avatars only at this time (sorry everyone....).
The other items will work with any avatar.
All of the items have been scripted by us and for the first time in OpenSim - they RETAIN the locking and keyholder status on relog and teleport!
We have done some Hypergrid testing and their operation is quite random depending on what version of OpenSim the grid you are hypergridding to is running.
We've seen about an 80% success rate when HG travelling, although if scripts are not active where you Hypergrid to, you may not be able to manipulate the menu.
We have hundreds of other items in the works... Stay tuned...
We have just added several items to the stores. Now that the Littlefield Admins have time to work on our RLV scripting we are thrilled to offer the following new items!!
Steel and Rubber Cuffs (arm and leg)
Padded Cuffs (arm)
Leather Cuffs (arm)
Female Chastity Belt
Male Chastity Cage
Plug Panel Gag
And a few fetish clothing items...
The Female Belt and Clothing are for Athena based avatars only at this time (sorry everyone....).
The other items will work with any avatar.
All of the items have been scripted by us and for the first time in OpenSim - they RETAIN the locking and keyholder status on relog and teleport!
We have done some Hypergrid testing and their operation is quite random depending on what version of OpenSim the grid you are hypergridding to is running.
We've seen about an 80% success rate when HG travelling, although if scripts are not active where you Hypergrid to, you may not be able to manipulate the menu.
We have hundreds of other items in the works... Stay tuned...
| | CherylFurse: This sounds fantastic!!! After years I was waiting for it - now it should come now in opensim. 80 % success rate when HG traveling is super!!! Much more than I had expected. Everyone told me 2022 when... 23 days ago |
Trucks, New delivery, 100 to choose from
Modern, Classic, also Construction Trucks, Semi Trucks, Haulage Trucks, Fuel Trucks, cant list all you need to see.
Take a look at my regions
Boats Region
hop://login.friends-grid.com:8002/Alina's%20Boats/516/457/23
Alina Custom Vehicles
hop://login.friends-grid.com:8002/Alina's%20Vehicles/369/301/22
Alina Motorcycles
hop://login.friends-grid.com:8002/Alina's%20Motorcycles/181/361/22
Alina Aviation
hop://login.friends-grid.com:8002/Alina's%20Aviation/539/498/21
Alina Race Cars
hop://login.friends-grid.com:8002/Alina's%20Race%20Vehicles/915/185/22
More than just vehicles, lots of accessories.
Modern, Classic, also Construction Trucks, Semi Trucks, Haulage Trucks, Fuel Trucks, cant list all you need to see.
Take a look at my regions
Boats Region
hop://login.friends-grid.com:8002/Alina's%20Boats/516/457/23
Alina Custom Vehicles
hop://login.friends-grid.com:8002/Alina's%20Vehicles/369/301/22
Alina Motorcycles
hop://login.friends-grid.com:8002/Alina's%20Motorcycles/181/361/22
Alina Aviation
hop://login.friends-grid.com:8002/Alina's%20Aviation/539/498/21
Alina Race Cars
hop://login.friends-grid.com:8002/Alina's%20Race%20Vehicles/915/185/22
More than just vehicles, lots of accessories.
The Sliding Boat Ride is ready.... with 6 sits inside the little boat....
Try it in sunset environment if you are a couple ... for a romantic touch...
Yes our 3 lucky mascots have a ride too...
I just finished it
just for our 3 chickens ;-)
sorry no more empty sit in the ride ....
| | CyberGlo CyberStar: Announcing the grand opening of 'CHICKENTOPIA' !!!! In chickentopia, you can purchase a chicken in remembrance of your loved one. The chicken can either roam freely or be housed in one of our chicke... 26 days ago |
Today brought some unexpected challenges, but we turned that energy into something creative and meaningful. We’ve released a brand‑new original song inspired by everything that happened, and we’d love for you to play it, like it, and subscribe to support the work we put into it.
The video and cover art feature scenes from Pride Park at Darkheart City and Unicock Club, both of which you can visit anytime to enjoy the spaces shown in the song. Even when plans fall through, our community continues to shine, create, and move forward together.
Thank you all for your support, your loyalty, and your love.
We’ll always rise, rebuild, and make something beautiful for everyone.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQGXWnxwCxk
The video and cover art feature scenes from Pride Park at Darkheart City and Unicock Club, both of which you can visit anytime to enjoy the spaces shown in the song. Even when plans fall through, our community continues to shine, create, and move forward together.
Thank you all for your support, your loyalty, and your love.
We’ll always rise, rebuild, and make something beautiful for everyone.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQGXWnxwCxk
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