I used to regularly post a list of recent helpers (and also promoted their regions). I haven't been doing that for a month or more. I'm going to start doing those acknowledgements again, for people whose help I can easily track -- people responding to posted requests.

Unfortunately. much of the help is being done in group chat. You know, group chat, where the comments scroll away out of sight, much like the front page box -- a problem this group, with posts, was supposed to cure.

What do posts have that chat doesn't? Threaded conversations. Conversations anyone can read, follow, and easily understand, and benefit from, at any time. Chat is just one endless stream. I just can't read all that to make out who all is being helpful.

I'm not quite sure yet what to say about why people are using chat instead of posting. It seems to be a way for people, who are largely non-helpers, to engage the small group of helpers more quickly. However, overall, I think it's detrimental to the group.

What would really be helpful is if people responded to requests made in chat by saying "please post that in the group." However, I'm bemused, and resigned to the group doing what it does, regardless of the original purpose and process of requesting and getting help.

Join us for a Double Feature at the Worlds Fair Movie Dome! Sunday, July 21st at 4pm Grid Time. Bring Friends! All are welcome! The fair doesn't open until March 2025 but we'll be showing movies every Sunday for many months to come.

Movies: grid.wolfterritories.org:8002/OpenSim Worlds Fair/1009/983/24

Visit our website for more information about the fair.
https://www.opensimworldsfair.com/exhibit

Sunday Brunch Blues with DJ Kith on the Bayou Belle every Sunday Morn at 9:00AM (SLT)!!
Region: Bayou Belle at Wyldwood Bayou Rockin' The Blues
Event 2024-07-14 09:00 SLT
Added by: Kith Whitehawk✦
Details:
Get up, grab your breakfast and come on down to The Bayou Belle to chill with DJ Kith & The Tribe for coffee and relaxing blues!! DJ Kith may be a lousy cook but he's a fabulous blues DJ! He's got the blues that will both ease your troubles from the previous week, put a smile on your face and give you the motivation to head into the next! No better way to start your day than with a heaping helping of DJ Kith and some chill blues! See you there!!

wyldwoodbayou.com:8002:Wyldwood Bayou Rockin' The Blues

A once a year all French Wolrd Music. Berets, wine,
garlic and baguettes available. Join us for 2 hours of great fun 🙂 Tourists welcome! Sat 13th July 2024 at 4 pm.
discoverygrid.net:8002:LooseCannon

hop://discoverygrid.net:8002/LooseCannon/634/778/109

hop://discoverygrid.net:8002/LooseCannon/974/859/23

Hello everyone 🙂
Today 11:00 am -12:30pm at Speakeasy Swinghard at AMV! Always so much fun and such a friendly group of people ready to have a good time!
Hugs and hopefully see you there!!
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Map us at: alternatemetaverse.com:8002:AMV Events

DJ Rosie spins Grooves in Motion at Hot Daddy's tonight 6-8PM
Region: Wyldwood Bayou Hot Daddys
Event begins: 2024-07-08 18:05 SLT
Added by: Kith Whitehawk✦
Details:
Get your groove on as DJ Rosie spins music about Movement. If you are “Running on Empty” you will get your fill of great tunes. It will “Spin you Right Round and even make you “Jump” or “Move Like Jagger”. Join us for a great night of music that will keep you in motion dancing with the Tribe.

wyldwoodbayou.com:8002: Wyldwood Bayou Hot Daddys

TRANS EUPHORIA AGAINST TRANSPHOBIA by Mattie @ Stark Islands Rainbow Club
Region: Stark
2024-07-11 11:00 SLT
hg.zetaworlds.com:Stark

This event is dedicated to all trans people who have to fight against discrimination and transphobia and for their right to be seen as they are. No one chooses such a life voluntarily. Being born in the wrong body is painful and not everyone wants to or can change their body to the opposite gender.
Stark Islands supports trans people as well as all other queer people. Even if it's just for the opportunity to virtually immerse yourself in a different body for a short time.

Be who you are!
We love you!

Come join Littlefield Grid for our 12th annual Independence Day BBQ and Dance Party!
Live DJ, Rides, Free Party Favors, Swimming and fun for all!
Fireworks every hour on the hour!!

8pm Pacific Time - Saturdy July 6th 2024

◂◄◀ RED VELVET LOUNGE PRESENTS ▶►▸
» Date: ❈ ∵∴ FRIDAY JULY 5th
» Шhen: ❈ ∵∴10:00am (1000h) ∵∴ ❈ ROGUE GALAXY
» Шhere: ✫ BELLINI ISLAND - RED VELVET LOUNGE ✫
» Шhat: • LIVE SINGER •
» Dress: ❈ ∵∴CASUAL CHIC∵∴ ❈
◂◄◀ MAP ▶►▸HG.OSGRID.ORG:80:BELLINI ISLAND

You just landed in Novale's Welcome Camp, what could you do next?
Suggestion 3: Discover,Capitain Kelso's Underwater Tour
The quick way to reach the underwater station: click this dedicated Teleporter

DJ JAMES & AND HOST JAMI BOGBAT
♬·.¸·´·.¸.-BADASS HARLEY LOUNGE·.¸·´`·.¸.-♬

♬ WHO: DJ JAMES & AND HOST JAMI BOGBAT
♬ WHAT:MIXED
♬ WHEN: 6-8pm GRID TIME
♬ WHERE: THE BADASS HARLEY LOUNGE
♬ COME DANCE WITH US!!!
♬ BRING YOUR FRIENDS AND SONG REQUESTS

hop://alternatemetaverse.com:8002/Badass%20Club%20Land/395...

Hello dear friends, I wanted to invite all of you to the opening of the exhibition that presents Art & Friends and the artists who do excellent creative work.
Friday the 28th at 12 noon. Grid Time
Good music from DJ HAZIEL.
We will wait for you!!
hg.osgrid.org:80:Arts-&-Friends

John Rocky Live at Marigold Bay at 4pm today
John brings his wealth of real-life experience. His shows are in English and have often been described as being "beautiful," "groovy," "retro to modern," "heart-touching," and "rocking." Each show can featuring pop, rock, hard rock, metal, 80's, 90's, and even some classic rock ballads! Today his covering bands include Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith, Black Sabbath, Guns'N'Roses, Journey, Metallica, Mr. Big, Whitesnake, Queen to Originals, and more.
hop://login.osgrid.org/Marigold%20Bay/2248/1078/22

♬·.¸·´·.¸.-BADASS HARLEY LOUNGE·.¸·´`·.¸.-♬

♬ WHO: DJ JAMES & AND HOST JAMI BOGBAT
♬ WHAT:MIXED
♬ WHEN: 6-8pm GRID TIME
♬ WHERE: THE BADASS HARLEY LOUNGE
♬ COME DANCE WITH US!!!
♬ BRING YOUR FRIENDS AND SONG REQUESTS

hop://alternatemetaverse.com:8002/Badass%20Club%20Land/395...

Live from Rockin' The Blues! It's Saturday Night with DJ Kith! 7:30PM-9PM!
Region: Wyldwood Bayou Rockin' The Blues
Event begins: 2024-06-22 19:30 SLT
Added by: Kith Whitehawk
Details:
Blues man DJ Kith continues our Saturday Night Blues Party!! DJ Kith is gonna ROCK OUR HOUSE with the most exciting blues anywhere!! Kith's sets are guaranteed to be fresh and full of surprises, so if you like your blues with an edge... Grab a friend and hop the first gator down to Rockin' the Blues on Wyldwood Bayou Grid! This party will be full of fun, friendship and awesome blues tunes!

wyldwoodbayou.com:8002:Wyldwood Bayou Rockin' The Blues

I've been encountering a strange phenomenon for quite a while now.

Firestorm reproducibly does not texture certain surfaces. They're rare, but they're always the same.

One example that comes to mind: Swiss Cafe (in case you know it), second ground floor window from the left, the "non-moving" parts. They're always "textured" plain white. Even on derivatives of this building, and regardless of on which sim on which grid they're located.

This happens to two different avatars of mine from two separate grids each (two avatars on one grid, two avatars on another grid). It also happens on two separate computers, both booting Debian testing, but I don't think the underlying OS has any influence. This rules faulty cache content out.

In fact, it even happens after I've completely deleted the cache manually outside Firestorm.

I've tested various Firestorm versions from 6.3.9 to 7.1.9 today, and they all show this strange behaviour. That is, I do recall having seen the Swiss Cafe properly with all textures in the past, using Firestorm.

A while ago, I tried saving the general settings and all avatar settings, then deleting the entire ~/.firestorm_x64 directory. It didn't change anything.

Eventually, I tried the Cool VL Viewer. It doesn't render that texture either. So it's actually independent from the viewer as well.

Can it be that assets can be damaged by faulty asset servers or something, and that damage spreads all across the Hypergrid and wrecks all copies and all derivatives of the affected content?

This unique sim created by members of Team 2 aka Clan's Band features a "Musical Mystery Tour" of 8 different genre levels of music. Today we'll be on the BeBop level 5 at MoonShine's Drive In Diner. Clan will sing LIVE and we'll push back the juke box and accompany him on stage. Take the TP to the BeBop level 5 from the ground, or ride a series of balloons up through the levels. See you here at 11 AM SATURDAY JUNE 22! hop://alternatemetaverse.com:8002/An%20Alternate%20Metaver...

Hello friends of New Life Italy,
The big day has arrived! We are pleased to announce that, starting tomorrow, Tuesday, June 19, we will celebrate one year of being open! Thank you for your continued support. To celebrate, we have organized two special evenings of live music.
Black Moon and Nikita will perform on Tuesday, June 19, and Rogue Galaxy and Putri Solo will perform on Friday, June 21.
Performance times:

Tuesday, June 19: 12/13 SLT and 1/14 SLT
Friday, June 21: 12/13 SLT and 13/14 SLT
https://opensimworld.com/hop/92559

Lynnestra Parker & On The Rocks dedicate Sensational Sunday to Fathers

Sunday June 16th 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM Pacific

DJ Maldrul will be playing classic and contemporary Rock along with rock and pop songs about and for fathers as wellas his signature selection of SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT!

Come check out Rocky Shores where you can dance, surf, play Greedy, hang out and explore!

hop://alternatemetaverse.com:8002/Airmid/478/97/23