DJ JUSTIN IS OUR NEWEST DJ COME CHECK HIM OUT
♬ WHO: DJ Justin
♬ WHAT:MIXED
♬ WHEN: 6-8 pm GRID TIME
♬ WHERE: THE BADASS HARLEY LOUNGE
♬ COME DANCE WITH US!!!
♬ BRING YOUR FRIENDS AND SONG REQUESTS

hop://alternatemetaverse.com:8002/Badass%20Club%20Land/431...

Lynnestra Parker & On The Rocks present TGI Thursday!

Thursdays from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM Pacific time

DJ Maldrul will be playing a mix of classic and contemporary Rock & Roll and 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

Open Mic Thusdays 12:30-2:30 Hosted By Dave, Wintermyst & Whisper

Open Mic Thursdays! accepting talent by avatars throughout Alternate Metaverse & The OpenSim Hypergrid as well! Live Open Mic events are on Thursdays from 12:30-2:30pm, Hosted by Dave King, Wintermyst Tangerae & Whisper Carfield! We accept people in the order of which they sign up. Some of the talent will include:
Bands, Singers, Musicians, Poets, Storytellers, Comedians & Free-stylers! What hidden talents do YOU have??
alternatemetaverse.com:8002:Open Mic Arts (232, 43, 51)

Little Pooper!! He is @ Dingleberry Dump!
Twisted Dog Poop Balloon
Royalty Free
royalty free license
This license protects the work in the way that it allows commercial use without mentioning the author, but doesn't allow for re-sale of the asset in the same form (eg. a 3D model sold as a 3D model or part of assetpack or game level on a marketplace).

creator Mojo
https://www.blenderkit.com/asset-gallery?query=order:-scor...

Years of research.. numerous hours.. blood, sweat, tears but.. it's finally here: the Creator's Starter Pack. For everyone who wants to start creating poor, er even: high quality crap. It can be modified into any shape, hold any texture (several even!) and be tinted any color you like. Unlimited availability and you don't even have to come and pick it up. Just rightclick the floor in an area where you have rezzing rights, choose "create" from the pie menu, click the floor again and it will magically be delivered to you, wherever you are. Available in multipe shapes, no scripts, no lag, very low complexity (only 1 Li!). So stop moaning about other people's creations and start creating your own, this starter pack is all you need and it's completely free. Brought to you by Poor Quality Crap!

Freitag 3.1.2025
Rock-House
mit DJ Anachron

Beginn 20:00 Uhr

Auf ein Neues
Wir starten ins neue Jahr

Ende wie immer um Mitternacht
Friday 3.1.2025
Rock-House
with DJ Anachron

Starts at 8:00 p.m.

Here we go again
We're starting the new year

Ends as always at midnight

Some *might* have noticed that these words have been in every one of the four store builds since I started a year ago. Therefore:
'...let there be beauty and strength, power and compassion, honour and humility, mirth and reverence within you...'

I am thinking about my Native America project. It celebrates indigenous technology and art, which has historically been looked down on and dismissed, but is quite ingenious, special and sacred. All this stuff we create, is OUR indigenous art and technology. Comparing it to commercial stuff that isn't even supposed to be here, is not a fair comparison.

The recent "knicker twist" (a *very* ugly and overly dismissive way to blow off what I read as being well-thought out and reasonable points raised by Marianna) does bring up a couple of questions:

Are there amateur builders left in Opensim?
It would be useful to define "amateur" -what do we mean by that term? Myself, I mean "self-taught", someone who has not been to art school or taken formal (not counting Builder's Brewery etc) courses on building. Other people may have different definitions -let's hear them.

It would also be useful to define "builder". When I say 'builder' I mean someone who makes creations with prims or mesh (Blender). (I'm excluding scripting, that's programming.) I'm aware that others define it in such a way as to refer to making modifications on pre-fab/pre-made mesh. Basically a "modder". In my mind it's a valid thing but it's different than building.

But language shifts and definitions change, "hacker" used to mean "someone who comes up with clever approaches to computer problems or design" -but for roughly 30 years it's been used to refer to people who break into computer systems and/or write viruses. As I say -definitions change.

So how do we define "builder" now? What constitutes "building"?

I can only think of a small handful of builders in the sense of making something from nothing, there's a larger pool of people who modify pre-made content -and unless I'm mistaken Marianna and Luna Luneria do a mix of both. Again, one isn't better than the other and both are forms of creative expression. But they are different.

The point of all this is to assess *need.* Do we need an organization? By "we" I am referring to "amateurs", I'm not referring to AuroraAsteria's group.

Moreover with the extremely low user numbers of Opensim would there be a point to creating an organization (beyond a collection of friends -I mean, if you already know each other knock yourselves out)?

I suspect -and have for years, that any such group would wither on the vine from lack of interest. Otherwise I'd be trying to start something myself.

I reserve the right to delete obnoxious comments and lock the comments entirely if it looks like they're going to simply be a shit-show. Show me that you *can* adult, OSW. Don't post insults (I'll delete them), paranoid rants (I'll delete them), off-topic diatribes about how somebody done somebody wrong songs (again -will delete). If there's a question about what the topic is intended to be -ask.

Make this a pain in my ass and I'll delete everything and lock the comments.

what if.....
we spent our time focusing on our similarities
instead of our differences?

I have seen many discussions here become very toxic recently because people are focused on how we are all different. I love how we all are different, but we also have some common similarities; the most obvious is that we are all people behind the pixels.

Sometimes in life and Opensim, it is much easier to tear a person down than to build them up. Let's make the extra effort and support eachother!

This is our Opensim.....lets take pride in it!

what if.....
we spent our time focusing on our similarities
instead of our differences?

Howdy Folks!
With the new year, the buffaloes have returned to Fort Sand!
We wish you a 2025 full of happiness, health, love and peace!
Mitakuye Oyasin!

Visit Fort Sand!
Here ist Your Stagecoach: hop://moonrose-grid.de:8002/Yggdrasil/89/36/1003

GREAT OPENNING
(OPEN) Date: 01/04/25

Time: 16:00 P.M. OST
PARTY, FRIENDS AND SHOPPING!!
!!welcome!!
hop://lfgrid.com:8002/hop%3A%2F%2Flfgrid.com%3A8002%2Fmexi...

Exotic Hyper-Grid Portals Set v2.0
This is a set of 3 different Hyper-Grid Portals, they use an easy to update destinations notecard, just touch and select your desired destination and simple walk through! Enjoy!!
hop://login.exoticrealities.com:8002/Lush Isle/381/212/22

I created a 2025 Circlet for you! Please find it in the foyer on the little table, thank you for all your support! It is going to be a great Year!! 2025 This is PBR

three.hills.grid.outworldz.net:8002:Monentes Jewelry

I posted this image so Leo can see the settings.

The FORMAL GROUP ACCESS ONLY Ballroom requires attendees to join the group and wear formal attire. Individuals who fail to comply with these rules are not my responsibility. I ask that you refrain from reviewing me based on your lack of understanding regarding the event's access and dress code requirements.

Okay, not sure which version of chatGPT is this one, but it worked PRETTY GOOD. The script to play animations on attach/detach is pretty simple, but in this one the right and left hand had to play different animations on a rigged object, some at the same time (the bottle filling the glass) and some NOT at the same time (drinking from the glass vs the bottle), and it got it right at the first try. :O