A store for Ruth outfits i have put together using Linda Kellie, Damien Fate, Fleep grid layers and some Remake shoes. During war time and the depression there was a push for people to make do with what they had, reuse it or remake it. This store is based on that philosophy and is my Os version. Some items are original form and others i have textured myself and so I have called the store MAKE DO AND MEND!

Hello all :)
I see a lot of photos and exciting places on OW, I invite anyone who wants it and who has a flickr account to register on my group to make known the good addresses of the hypergrid to all those who consult the photos of the virtual worlds on Flickr. Leave your LM of course, on your photos, show your avatars too.

A big thank you to those who have already joined :)

https://flic.kr/go/3fVULu

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Ⓩ░░░ ( ¯:¯)░乙ƠƦЄЄ░JUPƖƬЄƦ
Ⓞ░░(¯`·.\ /.·´¯)░Gentle Fire
Ⓡ░ (¯ `·. ❀.·´¯)░2:00 - 3:00pm
Ⓔ░░(_.·´/ \`·._)░ Casual
Ⓔ░░░ (_.:._)░Pop,love,disco,fado,rock,country,etc
New location:
♥Map:
hop://gentlefire.opensim.fun:8002/Riderwood/128/128/22

Gold Chest "MyBox" Edition. A friend gave me this fantastic beautiful chest, a gold leaf Louis the 14th French Fleur De Lis pattern. I scripted the drawers to open and close when you click them. You can reset the drawers by clicking the main cabinet. But then my good friend Chopsy Bode said, "It would be cool if you could put items in it and have the chest give them to you."
I immediately thought of the MyBox script by Typhaine Artez. Typhaine is a female programmer (and genius) that creates amazing scripted inventions. Her MyBox script provides a menu on click that offers you the items in the box, and let's you select the ones you want it to give you. I immediately sat down and combined my Magic Drawer Script with Typhaines MyBox script. Et Voila! A beautiful legendary golden chest that can store and organize inventory, and yehhh the drawers still open and close on click. :) Get yours at FreeMagic region today! :)

DJ Rosie at Hot Daddy's - 6:00 PM (SLT) -- "Classic Rock Power Ballads & Love Songs"!!
Region: Wyldwood Bayou Hot Daddys
Event begins at 6:00 tonight! 2022-08-29 18:00 SLT
DJ Rosie is spinning at Hot Daddy's tonight from 6:00 to 8:00 PM!! Hot Daddy's is the sister venue to Rockin' The Blues where each Monday the musical theme is DJ's Choice! This week, DJ Rosie has selected as her theme "Classic Rock Power Ballads & Love Songs"!! She'll be sharing a mix of 70's through 90's tunes. A Power Ballad is an extremely touching rock love song featuring strong vocals and deep meaning. They can be fast or slow, soft or loud, acoustic or electronic, but they are all emotionally charged both musically and expressively. REO Speedwagon - Can't Fight This Feeling, Whitesnack - Is This Love, Heart - Alone, Meatloaf - Two Out of Three Ain't Bad, Journey - Open Arms...the list goes on! It's sure to be an evening that will sweep you off of your feet!!

wyldwoodbayou.com:8002:Wyldwood Bayou Hot Daddys

There are two general ways of acting in virtual worlds like Second Life or those running on OpenSim. One is the "it's just pixels" way of seeing OpenSim as a chat platform, barely caring for the virtual world around them and putting convenience above everything else.

The other one is immersive playing. It means seeing these virtual worlds as such, as wide-open role-playing sandboxes, and their avatars as characters in these worlds, and putting realism and immersion above everything else. It is not, however, as extreme as hard roleplay that involves character sheets with character stats (strength, stamina, dexterity etc.) on them, going on pre-scripted quests or throwing dice much like in Dungeons & Dragons.

I'd like to explain these two concepts here.


"It's just pixels":

Your avatar is nothing but a profile picture that more or less represents your real-life self in a 3-D chat app. Same goes for all other avatars: You assume they only represent their real-life users.

Your avatar never interacts with other avatars. It's always you interacting with the real-life people behind other avatars. Always.

Never act in-character because your avatar isn't a character. It's just a profile picture that represents real-life you. So there is no in-character or out-of-character.

Put real-life info about yourself on the "2nd life" page of your profile. Don't use a picture of your avatar as your profile pic because your avatar IS your profile pic. Disregard the "1st life" page, it's useless, and navigating to it is more inconvenient than simply throwing everything on the "2nd life" page.

Keep your viewer always set to midday. You couldn't see anything otherwise. (Side-effect: You'll never notice that you've got lots of glow-in-the-dark things on your own sims that shouldn't glow in the dark like plants or entire buildings. You'll never see your own sims in the dark.)

Wear the brightest facelight you can find because the sun throws ugly shadows on your face when it's constantly standing vertically above your head. Or switch your body and all your clothes and attachments to full-bright.

Never walk. Never use vehicles either, they're too slow. Prefer teleports directly to your destination because that's maximum convenience. If you can't teleport, but you can fly, then fly. Fuck realism. Or land on a sim, keep standing at the landing point (even if you're standing on someone's head with someone else on yours) and cam around. Hate teleporters that only work by walking into them with a passion. Demand all teleporters be clickable.

If you go to a party, prefer teleporting or being teleported next to the dance floor and automatically oriented so that you face the dance floor. Or right onto the dance floor.

Leave parties by teleporting away or logging out while still dancing. It's the most convenient way because it requires the fewest mouse-clicks and the fewest steps to take.

Take landmarks of sims either right where the action is or, if there's no action, right at the landing-point.

The only in-world objects that matter are sales boxes/vendors, whatever you can copy that's interesting for you, scripted dance floors, dance pads, dance machines, teleporters and maybe sex furniture. Disregard everything else.

Beaches are only there for beach parties, as a justification to be naked or for public sex. Own beachwear only to flaunt your body while staying within the G-rating.

Wear what you always wear, regardless of where you go. If your avatar is male, wear a black leather jacket, long jeans and black leather shoes (or even black biker leather from neck to toe) on a tropical beach. If your avatar is female, wear a thin, sleeveless micro-minidress, ultra-high-heeled platform sandals and no hosiery whatsoever on snow-covered Christmas-themed sims. Pixels never get hot or cold. And it's your right to look as badass or sexy as you want wherever and whenever you want. If someone kicks you out of a formal event with a mandatory dress code for breaking the latter or even bans you for doing that repeatedly, rate the sim where it happened zero stars on OSW and insult the sim owner.

Finally, insult immersive players for being idiots who do dumb and weird shit and try to explain to them how to use OpenSim the "correct" way.


Immersive playing:

Your avatar is a character in a virtual world, one that interacts with that virtual world. Other avatars are characters, too.

Your avatar interacts with other avatars like video game characters would interact with other video game characters, or like role-play characters would interact with other role-play characters.

Always act in-character because your avatar is one, even if it represents you. If you have to act out-of-character, put it in ((double brackets)). Bonus points for making your differently-named alts characters of their own with no connection to your real self whatsoever and their own fictional background. More bonus points for even giving your main avatar some in-world lore, thereby confusing the "just pixels" faction that takes it for your own real-life background.

Use the "2nd life" page of your profile only for in-world/in-character info. If you absolutely have to give real-life info away, use the "1st life" page for that.

Keep your viewer on "shared environment" unless you need different lighting for photography or for immersive purposes. Or even build your own more realistic EEP day cycles. It's just a pity that only you can see them.

Don't wear facelights or bodylights. Are there facelights or bodylights in real life? No. See?

Walk or use moving/steerable vehicles whenever possible. Only teleport as a last result, and even then, try not to be seen. Hate buildings that substitute stairs with teleport pads (maybe unless the teleporters are disguised as a lift). Don't fly unless absolutely necessary due to how badly the sim is designed where you are (e.g. no other way to get out of the water). Don't cam. You can't teleport or fly or cam in real life either, right?

If you go to a party, prefer teleporting or being teleported to somewhere that can't be seen from the party venue and then walking to the party. Ignore any and all teleport offers because they'll land you right in the middle of the crowd which is exactly what you try to avoid.

Leave parties by walking outside to where nobody can see you teleport away. If you have to teleport, that is. If you don't, then walk or use a vehicle. If you can't go outside because the venue doesn't have doors, try hiding somewhere.

Take landmarks of sims in places where you'd realistically arrive, e.g. harbour quays, marina piers, bus stops, railway stations, airports or the like. Go back to there to teleport back out. If nothing like that is available, take it where it's unlikely that you're being seen teleporting in.

Everything in-world matters, everything in-world can be interesting. Complain about furniture that looks like you could sit on it, but that you can't sit on. Play with your surroundings. For example, if you come by a supermarket, pretend you've yet to get some groceries.

When you're on a beach, take a sunbath. Or go swimming. If you can't go swimming because the beach isn't designed for that, the beach sucks; find a better one.

Dress appropriately for the location and the occasion. Wear summer clothes in summer. Wear beachwear on beaches (or nothing at all on nudist beaches that ban clothes). Pack yourself up well in winter. (Yes, even female avatars can do that. Yes, that'll take some searching around and/or asking others. If it's possible and has been done with a Ruth2 v4, why should it be impossible for Athenas?) Wear something in-between in spring or autumn. Generally, wear something comfy in your spare time instead of always dressing up like you're on your way to a club party. Wear a tuxedo or a gown to formal events; take that opportunity to dress up to the nines. Wear sturdy shoes when wandering.

Finally, complain about the "just pixels" side for breaking any resemblance to immersion all the time.


It's fair to mention, though, that there aren't only these two extremes, and you can always be somewhere in-between.

Time:
12-2pm Grid Time
Beach Wear or Casual wear what youfancy-
Clothes!
Just come along for a friendly and happy get together. with the Gentle Fire gang all are invited, the last time we did this it was a blast!
No DJ as Jon is not back yet so it will be Radio but it didn't stop us from having a great 2 hrs together in beautiful tropical surroundings.
x-grid-info://gentle_fire/region/Lampadusa/123/165/23

New Friends. New Outfit.
It's been a good day. Made some new friends, Made a new outfit. The new friends refused to get into the box, so all I can offer you is this new outfit. But what an outfit it is!

oh HELLO: Outfits With Options
grid.copykat.ovh:12000:Xinashi

https://youtu.be/XZzTvhbmYzI
T.J. and I went to eat here. It's the #7 chinese restaurant in the united states, located in columbus, georgia, usa. It is a winner of the top 100 restaurants out of 45,000. There is a bridge you walk over with gold fish swimming beneath in a small stream, and inside the restaurant are glass walls carved with flowers and water flows between the glass walls. We were there 8/28/2022 sunday night. From my table I used my tablet to log into my grid, and let my avatar sit down and eat. hahahaha. crazy! :) Of course I could only use chopstix in real life. :O Lumiya still worky in 2022! :)

DJ Rosa spins at Rockin' the Blues tonite at 6:00!
Region: Rockin' The Blues on Wyldwood Bayou Grid
Event begins: 6:00 pm grid time
Added by: Amara Uloran
Details:
DJ Rosa is here tonight to take the stage and spin the blues to ease you out of the last week and into another one! Rosa likes it HOT, HOT, HOT so be prepared for a rockin' evening down in the swamp! You love her Disco, Reggae and Latin sets, wait till you hear her Blues!! Come on down to Rockin' the Blues and hang with friends old and new! It's going to be a great night!
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Join Us at OS GRID Nautilus Select Club for our Select Club Party Show

Time: Today Sunday August 28th at 1:00 PM - 2:00PM Grid Time
Location: Nautilus Select Club

Select Club Party Show is a combination of today's hottest dance music and older hits based on the chart listings. Feel free to join us this week to feel the beat to beat and back to back live mixing!
One hour of fun !!!!
Hope to See you then !
Chad and Jacek

hop://login.osgrid.org/Nautilus%20C%26J/597/368/25

One of Opensimulator's Longest continually running Dance Parties! 10 years and counting!! LIVE DJ and Dancing!! Music from the 60's to current day!

Tonight at 8pm Pacific!

HG: lfgrid.com:8002:speakeasy

Where's the party????
Rockin' the Blues! Where else!!Back to Back Kick Ass Blues with DJ Kith at Rockin' the Blues tonite at 6:00!
Region: Wyldwood Bayou Rockin' The Blues
Event begins tonight at 6:00PM! 2022-08-27 18:00 SLT
(DJ Riker's net is out tonite)
DJ Kith is well known for his upbeat, modern, high energy blues and you get 2 rockin' sets of it tonite!!! He spins tunes you instantly fall in love with and that reach into your heart and soul and bring out the best in everyone!! When Kith spins...the house rocks and shakes...the excitement is crazy, and the Tribe is full of laughter and happiness! Come join us and get your happy on for twice as long with friends old and new, fabulously cool blues!
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Boa noite a todos,

Grande festa, neste sábado, dia 27/08/2022, a partir das 21 horas, grande Festa Sertaneja na Arena Barretos aqui de Terra Nova Grid!

E no comando dessa super festa sertaneja, que acontecerá simultâneamente com a festa do rodeio de Barretos (SP), teremos a nossa DJ Miragem, com uma playlist imperdível!!!

Esperamos todos vocês lá, Cowgirls e Cowboys de Terra Nova Grid!!!

Mais uma super realização:
Equipe de Festas de Terra Nova Grid