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are there any RolePlayers out there
Hi all,
I am wondering what we are building all these great places for if noone wants to play pretend in them and RolePlay in them?
Am i just day dreaming here that we should use our regions for adventure and fun?
I am wondering what we are building all these great places for if noone wants to play pretend in them and RolePlay in them?
Am i just day dreaming here that we should use our regions for adventure and fun?
Satyr Farm
I have a Satyr Farm and I have gained some points from selling some produce . . . what can I do with those points?
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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.
 | Gentle Dragonheart: This is one of those occasions where I hate the fact we can only "like" a post with various positive emoticons, not send a sad or angry face to express how it impacted us. SO here it is in words.. I a... 10 minutes ago |
| | Aphra Hendrix: sun.cozycomforts.net:8002:Aphrelia 8 hours ago |
🦊🐺 Furry & Beast Avatar Hunt! 🐾
I’m on the hunt for a seriously cool furry or beast avatar! 😎
If you know a good place to find one, drop me a line!
And if you show me a place I like… I’ll probably promote the hell out of it wherever I go anyway 😂🔥
Would really appreciate the help! ❤️
I’m on the hunt for a seriously cool furry or beast avatar! 😎
If you know a good place to find one, drop me a line!
And if you show me a place I like… I’ll probably promote the hell out of it wherever I go anyway 😂🔥
Would really appreciate the help! ❤️
| | Gentle Dragonheart: Hello Adrian, have you tried grid.wolfterritories.org:8002:THE FLEABAGS DEN ? 2 days ago |
NEWS from the animeshie front:
my next project, the dolphin gang, is developing..;
I am designing a system for the gang, to randomly pick a subscript from their contents, so each dol jumps, etc in a non-predictable way....I'll keep u posted:)
my next project, the dolphin gang, is developing..;
I am designing a system for the gang, to randomly pick a subscript from their contents, so each dol jumps, etc in a non-predictable way....I'll keep u posted:)
| | Yinni Benelli: Would look awesome at my beach region! ;) 3 days ago |
Our new Campfire Foods table is ready. Touch the placemat and choose something delicious to enjoy while relaxing by the fire—from nachos and hotdogs to sweet s’mores and more.
Good food, warm fire, and great company
located at Weatered Woods three.hills.grid.outworldz.net:8002/Catena%20di%20Isole/401/110/22
Good food, warm fire, and great company
located at Weatered Woods three.hills.grid.outworldz.net:8002/Catena%20di%20Isole/401/110/22
| | JamieWright: You beat me to making both virtual and real smores...lol lol I love it:) 2 days ago |
Ich hab einige neue Möbelsets für Euch.
Wer nicht suchen will, kann den Link nutzen.
❀
hop://hg.osgrid.org:80/Gummibaerchen/63/89/40
❀
I have some new furniture sets for you.
If you don't want to search for them, you can use the link.
Wer nicht suchen will, kann den Link nutzen.
❀
hop://hg.osgrid.org:80/Gummibaerchen/63/89/40
❀
I have some new furniture sets for you.
If you don't want to search for them, you can use the link.
| | Gentle Dragonheart: All okay now, I was able to get them on my next visit and they look amazing. Thank you so very much! yesterday |
Saint Anne du Boucage Sanctuary in Caraquet, New Brunswick, Canada. This is a replica of the real one that I visited last week. My 6th-great-grandfather, Alexis Landry, built it in 1791. It is still open to the public, and thousands of people make pilgrimages there to light a candle or pray.
| | Hicks: jolie chapelle ! 3 days ago |
Jackie — Wings of Remembrance 🦅
Today I created a piece that means more to me than jewelry.
The passing of Jackie, the beloved Big Bear bald eagle, touched my heart deeply. Watching her life, her devotion to her nest, and seeing her young finally take flight made her story one I will never forget.
In her memory, I created Wings of Remembrance, a silver eagle choker with her wings spread wide—symbolizing strength, freedom, love, and the beautiful legacy she leaves behind.
Some creations begin as an idea. Others begin in the heart. This was one of those.
Jackie — may your spirit forever soar above the mountains you called home. 🦅🤍
Monentes Jewelry — Collector’s Piece
Made with love in OpenSim.
three.hills.grid.outworldz.net:8002:Monentes Jewelry
Today I created a piece that means more to me than jewelry.
The passing of Jackie, the beloved Big Bear bald eagle, touched my heart deeply. Watching her life, her devotion to her nest, and seeing her young finally take flight made her story one I will never forget.
In her memory, I created Wings of Remembrance, a silver eagle choker with her wings spread wide—symbolizing strength, freedom, love, and the beautiful legacy she leaves behind.
Some creations begin as an idea. Others begin in the heart. This was one of those.
Jackie — may your spirit forever soar above the mountains you called home. 🦅🤍
Monentes Jewelry — Collector’s Piece
Made with love in OpenSim.
three.hills.grid.outworldz.net:8002:Monentes Jewelry
| | LaviaLavine: This is positively stunning! Beautiful work as always! Impressive, I love it! 3 days ago |
The Jester dumps a video stream:
https://youtu.be/j07pWBbyfqg
| | Spax Orion: DJs, Streamers & entertainers: Would you like to get in on the Main Event? Let's chat! 3 days ago |
The Black Cat Radio Station invites you to a spontaneous party on the pier...no light show...no bling bling or flashy lasers...just dancing to good tunes on a dirty old pier. hahaha ---->11am grid Time
| | Josie Dozy: I'm already on the way 4 days ago |
Just now inworld on BeauRoche.💚
The image was digitally enhanced with AI.
dorenas-world.de:8002:BeauRoche
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Eben gerade inworld auf BeauRoche.💚
Die Aufnahme mit KI nachgearbeitet.
dorenas-world.de:8002:BeauRoche
The image was digitally enhanced with AI.
dorenas-world.de:8002:BeauRoche
.................................................................................
Eben gerade inworld auf BeauRoche.💚
Die Aufnahme mit KI nachgearbeitet.
dorenas-world.de:8002:BeauRoche
| | NightshadeCeres: wow. what an outfit! (is das enhanced? wenn nicht, wüßte ich gern, wo du‘s her hast…) 4 days ago |
Glas
I need transparent windows—where can I find them? Or textures?
| | NightshadeCeres: clean glass? try a box prim, make it flat, use the blank texture as specular map (in Blinn-Phong), set glossiness to 255 and play around with the value for ‚environment‘, perhaps 120 until 255. set th... 4 days ago |
The Way
Below us, the world is burning,
and some of what we loved
has long turned into ashes.
There are steps ahead of us,
more than we could ever count,
and no one knows where they may lead.
But somewhere up there,
light falls across our path.
Look at me once more.
Take my hand.
Maybe the road is long –
but not a single step
will you walk alone.
Below us, the world is burning,
and some of what we loved
has long turned into ashes.
There are steps ahead of us,
more than we could ever count,
and no one knows where they may lead.
But somewhere up there,
light falls across our path.
Look at me once more.
Take my hand.
Maybe the road is long –
but not a single step
will you walk alone.
| | Dakotha_Sunflower: It reads like, “His last words, then off into the light.” Your husband’s final journey. To you, Dorena, may you find much happiness and strength on your journey. The community can offer you nothing mo... 4 days ago |
🎶 **Songs That Touch the Soul**
Join **DJ Yana** for a very special musical journey on the **NewLifeItaly Grid**.
This is an afternoon filled with timeless voices, unforgettable performances and songs that reach a little deeper.
From **Paul Simon, The Rolling Stones, Fleetwood Mac, Toto and Bruce Springsteen**, to **John Farnham with Mitch Tambo** and **Michael Jackson**, together with some absolutely gorgeous cover versions that may surprise you and leave you with goosebumps.
This is more than just a collection of songs.
It is a journey through **memories, emotions, beautiful voices and extraordinary live performances** that have the power to bring people together.
Among the artists and performances featured:
🎶 Paul Simon
🎶 Olivia Rodrigo covering Carly Simon
🎶 Choir! Choir! Choir! with Patti Smith
🎶 2,500 Montrealers singing Leonard Cohen
🎶 John Farnham with Mitch Tambo
🎶 Stan & Jonas from Belgium with a spectacular cover
🎶 And many more wonderful artists and unforgettable live performances
**Every song is a live performance.**
So come dressed up, settle in, relax, and let the music take you wherever it wants to go.
**Requests are always welcome!**
🎶 **Songs That Touch the Soul**
**DJ Yana**
**Monday, August 10th**
**1:00 PM – 3:00 PM Grid Time**
**NewLifeItaly Grid**
**Dress Code: Formal**
*Where Music Brings Us Together.* ❤️
hop://newlifeitaly.com:8002/IsolaDellaLuna/29/191/43
Join **DJ Yana** for a very special musical journey on the **NewLifeItaly Grid**.
This is an afternoon filled with timeless voices, unforgettable performances and songs that reach a little deeper.
From **Paul Simon, The Rolling Stones, Fleetwood Mac, Toto and Bruce Springsteen**, to **John Farnham with Mitch Tambo** and **Michael Jackson**, together with some absolutely gorgeous cover versions that may surprise you and leave you with goosebumps.
This is more than just a collection of songs.
It is a journey through **memories, emotions, beautiful voices and extraordinary live performances** that have the power to bring people together.
Among the artists and performances featured:
🎶 Paul Simon
🎶 Olivia Rodrigo covering Carly Simon
🎶 Choir! Choir! Choir! with Patti Smith
🎶 2,500 Montrealers singing Leonard Cohen
🎶 John Farnham with Mitch Tambo
🎶 Stan & Jonas from Belgium with a spectacular cover
🎶 And many more wonderful artists and unforgettable live performances
**Every song is a live performance.**
So come dressed up, settle in, relax, and let the music take you wherever it wants to go.
**Requests are always welcome!**
🎶 **Songs That Touch the Soul**
**DJ Yana**
**Monday, August 10th**
**1:00 PM – 3:00 PM Grid Time**
**NewLifeItaly Grid**
**Dress Code: Formal**
*Where Music Brings Us Together.* ❤️
hop://newlifeitaly.com:8002/IsolaDellaLuna/29/191/43
| | ♫ тσммʏ ωнιтε ♫: woww Great music—awesome party—best atmosphere 4 days ago |
Welcome to Cyberia - where the androids party!
Charge your cells, ready your implants - its time to shake your servo motors to the BEST EDM
@ ZEE - ♫ where the beat goes on! ♫
Male & Female android skins sponsored by She Said Destroy are available at the club.
hop://hg.osgrid.org:80/Misty%20Isles/591/893/23
Charge your cells, ready your implants - its time to shake your servo motors to the BEST EDM
@ ZEE - ♫ where the beat goes on! ♫
Male & Female android skins sponsored by She Said Destroy are available at the club.
hop://hg.osgrid.org:80/Misty%20Isles/591/893/23
| | Hicks: and alway a good experience :) 5 days ago |
🎣 HISTORY MADE — OUR FIRST HALL OF FAME MEMBERS! 🎣
Huge congratulations to Julian Fall and Sharpened.Razor — the very first anglers in REEL8 history to reach Level 11: Mythic Fisher! 🏆
50,000 XP. Permanently etched in Reel8 history. Legends.
🎁 AND — Prize Boards are now live at all 4 Fishing Zones! Be sure to swing by and check yours — trophies and rewards are waiting to be claimed.
Fish on, anglers. Who's next? 👀
🎣 I can Reel8 to That! — reel8fish.com
Huge congratulations to Julian Fall and Sharpened.Razor — the very first anglers in REEL8 history to reach Level 11: Mythic Fisher! 🏆
50,000 XP. Permanently etched in Reel8 history. Legends.
🎁 AND — Prize Boards are now live at all 4 Fishing Zones! Be sure to swing by and check yours — trophies and rewards are waiting to be claimed.
Fish on, anglers. Who's next? 👀
🎣 I can Reel8 to That! — reel8fish.com
| | Kimm Starr: This whole system looks amazing! 5 days ago |
| | Tien: Epic! thanks Trixi 6 days ago |
Achtung!!!!!!
Heute Abend, ab sofort Dorenas Spontan-MIX im Rockhouse!!
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Attention!!!!!!
Tonight, starting now, Dorena's spontaneous mix at the Rockhouse!!
Heute Abend, ab sofort Dorenas Spontan-MIX im Rockhouse!!
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Attention!!!!!!
Tonight, starting now, Dorena's spontaneous mix at the Rockhouse!!
| | NightshadeCeres: 8h deutsche zeit? 7 days ago |
🎶☀️ Check out the Sunvibes JiveHUD — a little music discovery tool introducing you to 18 artists from around the world, across many different genres and musical styles. 🎵🌞
Featured artists include Bob Marley, Deepak Ram, Freshlyground, Johnny Clegg, Kovacs Nori, Miriam Makeba, MoShang, Richard Bona, Tom Frager, Vieux Farka Toure, Ziggy Marley, Aditya A, Romeo Makota, Sara Tavares, Early B, Ravi Shankar, Manu Dibango, and Newen Afrobeat feat. Seun Kuti & Cheick Tidiane Seck. 🎶
You’ll find the JiveHUD giver at the Sunvibes welcome area — just click it to get your HUD. ☀️🎵
Feel free to explore, enjoy, and share it with others too. 🎶🌞
☀️🌞 Happy Weekend! 🌞☀️
Featured artists include Bob Marley, Deepak Ram, Freshlyground, Johnny Clegg, Kovacs Nori, Miriam Makeba, MoShang, Richard Bona, Tom Frager, Vieux Farka Toure, Ziggy Marley, Aditya A, Romeo Makota, Sara Tavares, Early B, Ravi Shankar, Manu Dibango, and Newen Afrobeat feat. Seun Kuti & Cheick Tidiane Seck. 🎶
You’ll find the JiveHUD giver at the Sunvibes welcome area — just click it to get your HUD. ☀️🎵
Feel free to explore, enjoy, and share it with others too. 🎶🌞
☀️🌞 Happy Weekend! 🌞☀️
| | Kashi Takeshi: Great hud Sunshine :) 7 days ago |
New project!
test out my new fountains! there are 3 of them, different choreography, lights, mist and all synched to music! Please let me know what you think even if its bad. this is 95% done and i think its going to stay there. Sometimes you can only go so far in Opensim script wise and features.
This project took 4 days and got started when I went to my local six flags, they had a cool water show and I was like, can Opensim do that. Weeks later chat gpt and I came up with this.
Please be patient while it loads the next song, even if the current song isnt done. set environment to night, you can still view this in the day.
There are six songs and one of the songs I used was something fred had shared that also inspired this project. So, thank you Fred.
They are located at Virtual Beach by the gazebo
hop://grid.myvirtualbeach.com:8002/Virtual Beach/49/283/26
test out my new fountains! there are 3 of them, different choreography, lights, mist and all synched to music! Please let me know what you think even if its bad. this is 95% done and i think its going to stay there. Sometimes you can only go so far in Opensim script wise and features.
This project took 4 days and got started when I went to my local six flags, they had a cool water show and I was like, can Opensim do that. Weeks later chat gpt and I came up with this.
Please be patient while it loads the next song, even if the current song isnt done. set environment to night, you can still view this in the day.
There are six songs and one of the songs I used was something fred had shared that also inspired this project. So, thank you Fred.
They are located at Virtual Beach by the gazebo
hop://grid.myvirtualbeach.com:8002/Virtual Beach/49/283/26
| | Ⲙⲁꞅi: Beautiful things happen when we "listen" to @ferdfrederix 8 days ago |
💞Today you're off to your next chemo session, love you, Anachron.💞
| | NightshadeCeres: alles gute, euch beiden! 🌈 🍀 ☀️ 7 days ago |
The grid is back up, half of the issue was confirmed on what I thought it was. There might still be an issue with .net 9 but for now, grid is back up.
| | JamieWright: Best of luck:) 8 days ago |
Sorry for the inconvenience, the grid is down until it can be fixed. The grid was working great until my tech guy updated it and 5 hours later i discovered it was borked and no one could log in. I did try rolling back but i get the same error.
I will try my best to get this back up and running as soon as possible. I did make fred aware of the error i noticed.
I will try my best to get this back up and running as soon as possible. I did make fred aware of the error i noticed.
| | falene hawks: courage 9 days ago |
Join us on our brand new servers! https://wolf-grid.com
| | Xenon Darrow: The coolest part? Those are actual images of our world....not AI. (and don't get me wrong...I LOVE AI and am GREAT with people posting their AI work here!) 11 days ago |
Our new forest generator is available at our region control panel for region owners.
Join us for an unforgettable session at the New Landing Point in Alternate Metaverse Grid!
Expect a rich musical journey with rock anthems, romantic ballads, couples’ dance tunes, and high-energy dance tracks to get your heart racing.
Bring your friends, your dance shoes, and your love for great music. Let’s start the day with rhythm, connection, and pure virtual joy.
Hypergrid enabled – everyone is welcome!
hop://alternatemetaverse.com:8002/Alternate%20Metaverse/34...
Expect a rich musical journey with rock anthems, romantic ballads, couples’ dance tunes, and high-energy dance tracks to get your heart racing.
Bring your friends, your dance shoes, and your love for great music. Let’s start the day with rhythm, connection, and pure virtual joy.
Hypergrid enabled – everyone is welcome!
hop://alternatemetaverse.com:8002/Alternate%20Metaverse/34...
| | SandyAlexander: AaaaaaMaazing Live Mix DJ! 13 days ago |
Radio Xenolandia Live - Greta Van Fleet
Wann? Heute 10:00 - 12:00 Uhr
Wo hören? Hier lang - https://laut.fm/xenolandia
Oder auf allen Regionen vom Xenolandia Grid.
Streaming-URL für VLC Player https://stream.laut.fm/xenolandia
Für neue Hörer - beim Sender einschalten wird ein kurzer Werbeblock (max.1min) getriggert.
Also nicht ausschalten/ einschalten wenn euch ein Titel nicht gefällt, sondern kurz leise machen.
Die restliche Sendung ist dann werbefrei!
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For new listeners – tuning in to the station triggers a short ad break (max. 1 min).
So don’t switch the radio off and on again if you don’t like a track; just turn the volume down briefly.
The rest of the programme will then be ad-free!
Hypergrid : xenolandia.de:8002:Xenotown
Grid : xenolandia.de:8002
Page: https://Xenopolias.de
Wann? Heute 10:00 - 12:00 Uhr
Wo hören? Hier lang - https://laut.fm/xenolandia
Oder auf allen Regionen vom Xenolandia Grid.
Streaming-URL für VLC Player https://stream.laut.fm/xenolandia
Für neue Hörer - beim Sender einschalten wird ein kurzer Werbeblock (max.1min) getriggert.
Also nicht ausschalten/ einschalten wenn euch ein Titel nicht gefällt, sondern kurz leise machen.
Die restliche Sendung ist dann werbefrei!
-
For new listeners – tuning in to the station triggers a short ad break (max. 1 min).
So don’t switch the radio off and on again if you don’t like a track; just turn the volume down briefly.
The rest of the programme will then be ad-free!
Hypergrid : xenolandia.de:8002:Xenotown
Grid : xenolandia.de:8002
Page: https://Xenopolias.de
| | CyberGlo CyberStar: wow! that's great, i love the hobbit. 12 days ago |
HEY HEY HEY! Join us today as we celebrate Harmony's Grid by doing our very best to CRASH IT! That's right, it's a crash test party, and you're invited; everybody and his brother and their sister are invited!! The party starts at 4:pm grid time and the music, provided by yours truly is a 2 hour set. C'mon out and join us and let's have a blast, or more appropriately a CRASH!
login.harmonyshaven.com:8002:Harmonys Haven Welcome
HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!
login.harmonyshaven.com:8002:Harmonys Haven Welcome
HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!
| | Jojo and Harmony: Everyone ready??? All my crash test dummies ready to work?? Oh heck no!! No work today, just fun, music....and because you know me so well.....tons of crazy!!! Put on those hard hats...costumes....bik... 14 days ago |
Wolf Territories Grid is excited to announce that we have completed our migration to 2 new server clusters (one for regions and one for the main grid). This included a zero-downtime migration of our databases and other systems, upgrading software, etc. We had a few niggles which we dealt with, but it's complete. We moved from an old proxmox cluster to two WolfStack clusters (https://wolfstack.org) this is software we developed in house to manage servers.
| | Glenys Bieler: WolfStack looks seriously awesome, especially as it's available free for non-commercial use. I will probably stick with my trusty ProxMox for now but certainly plan to have a look at your WolfStack... 14 days ago |
✨ Stylisch • Ausdrucksstark • Einzigartig ✨
👗 Entdecke die Fusion aus LaraX und Legacy 👖
Vier Looks, die Charakter zeigen und deinen Avatar zum Statement machen 💫🛍️
3-world.de:8002:ShopZone
👗 Entdecke die Fusion aus LaraX und Legacy 👖
Vier Looks, die Charakter zeigen und deinen Avatar zum Statement machen 💫🛍️
3-world.de:8002:ShopZone
| | CleaPerido: dankeschön 14 days ago |
Even royalty from the frog kingdom can't resist a visit to Fairhaven. Watching Joan at work makes the whole village feel alive. Beautiful scene and wonderful attention to historical detail. Hay Meadow, Havenmouth, Fairhaven (80, 178, 22)
| | Breila Jenvieve: All of Fairhaven was grateful and deeply honored by Her Royal Frogginess's visit. (What a gorgeous avie!) 15 days ago |
╭─────────── ✦ WEDNESDAY ✦ ───────────╮
SNB POOL PARTY
Tropical vibes, poolside energy
and two live DJ sets.
2–4 PM PDT • ADRIAN
4–6 PM PDT • DJ NET
[]~(￣▽￣)~* Come for the music.
Stay for the party. *~(￣▽￣)~[]
📍 mk3.org:5002:Sexy Naked Beach
╰─────────────────────────-────────╯
SNB POOL PARTY
Tropical vibes, poolside energy
and two live DJ sets.
2–4 PM PDT • ADRIAN
4–6 PM PDT • DJ NET
[]~(￣▽￣)~* Come for the music.
Stay for the party. *~(￣▽￣)~[]
📍 mk3.org:5002:Sexy Naked Beach
╰─────────────────────────-────────╯
| | Aphra Hendrix: nice logo and interesting picture! 15 days ago |
Many of you told me that the walk from the Welcome Area to the gallery inside the pyramid felt a little too long. Thank you all for your thoughtful feedback. It inspired this little oasis.
That is exactly why the bedou-in came to life.
Now there is a place to pause, enjoy a good coffee, take a deep breath, and let the impressions of the photographs and poems settle before continuing your journey.
Enjoy your stay.
arabian عربي
That is exactly why the bedou-in came to life.
Now there is a place to pause, enjoy a good coffee, take a deep breath, and let the impressions of the photographs and poems settle before continuing your journey.
Enjoy your stay.
arabian عربي
| | MaraWindsong: Second visit and I agree the Bedouin look really makes it so much better and the art and photography you have is just wonderful. I really enjoyed the walk and look you have created on this region. 15 days ago |
Alle an einem Tisch
Manchmal wünsche ich mir
nicht viel.
Kein Recht behalten.
Keine Fahnen,
die höher wehen als das Herz.
Nur einen langen Tisch.
Einen Platz,
an dem niemand zuerst gefragt wird,
woher er kommt,
wen er liebt,
welchen Namen Gott für ihn trägt
oder welche Sprache seine Kindheit hatte.
Nur einen Stuhl.
Und Zeit.
Zeit, einander anzusehen,
ohne Misstrauen in den Augen.
Zeit, ein Lächeln zu teilen,
bevor ein Urteil fällt.
Vielleicht würden wir entdecken,
dass Brot überall gleich duftet.
Dass Kinder überall gleich lachen.
Dass Tränen
keine Religion kennen.
Vielleicht würden wir merken,
wie klein der Abstand zwischen Menschen ist,
wenn niemand Mauern dazwischen baut.
An diesem Tisch
dürfte jeder erzählen.
Von seiner Heimat.
Von seiner Hoffnung.
Von seinem Schmerz.
Und niemand müsste lauter sprechen
als der andere.
Ich weiß,
es ist nur ein Traum.
Aber jeder Frieden
war einmal nichts weiter
als der mutige Wunsch eines Menschen,
dass eines Tages
alle
an einem Tisch sitzen.
Dorena Verne
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All at One Table
Sometimes I don't wish for much.
Not to be right.
No flags waving higher than the heart.
Just a long table.
A place where no one is first asked where they come from, whom they love, what name God has for them, or what language they spoke as a child.
Just a chair.
And time.
Time to look at each other without suspicion in our eyes.
Time to share a smile before judgment is passed.
Perhaps we would discover that bread smells the same everywhere. That children laugh the same everywhere. That tears know no religion.
Perhaps we would realize how small the distance between people is when no one builds walls between them.
At this table, everyone could tell their story.
About their homeland.
About their hope.
About their pain.
And no one would have to speak louder than anyone else.
I know,
it's just a dream.
But every peace
was once nothing more
than the courageous wish of one person,
that one day
everyone
would sit at one table.
Dorena Verne
Manchmal wünsche ich mir
nicht viel.
Kein Recht behalten.
Keine Fahnen,
die höher wehen als das Herz.
Nur einen langen Tisch.
Einen Platz,
an dem niemand zuerst gefragt wird,
woher er kommt,
wen er liebt,
welchen Namen Gott für ihn trägt
oder welche Sprache seine Kindheit hatte.
Nur einen Stuhl.
Und Zeit.
Zeit, einander anzusehen,
ohne Misstrauen in den Augen.
Zeit, ein Lächeln zu teilen,
bevor ein Urteil fällt.
Vielleicht würden wir entdecken,
dass Brot überall gleich duftet.
Dass Kinder überall gleich lachen.
Dass Tränen
keine Religion kennen.
Vielleicht würden wir merken,
wie klein der Abstand zwischen Menschen ist,
wenn niemand Mauern dazwischen baut.
An diesem Tisch
dürfte jeder erzählen.
Von seiner Heimat.
Von seiner Hoffnung.
Von seinem Schmerz.
Und niemand müsste lauter sprechen
als der andere.
Ich weiß,
es ist nur ein Traum.
Aber jeder Frieden
war einmal nichts weiter
als der mutige Wunsch eines Menschen,
dass eines Tages
alle
an einem Tisch sitzen.
Dorena Verne
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All at One Table
Sometimes I don't wish for much.
Not to be right.
No flags waving higher than the heart.
Just a long table.
A place where no one is first asked where they come from, whom they love, what name God has for them, or what language they spoke as a child.
Just a chair.
And time.
Time to look at each other without suspicion in our eyes.
Time to share a smile before judgment is passed.
Perhaps we would discover that bread smells the same everywhere. That children laugh the same everywhere. That tears know no religion.
Perhaps we would realize how small the distance between people is when no one builds walls between them.
At this table, everyone could tell their story.
About their homeland.
About their hope.
About their pain.
And no one would have to speak louder than anyone else.
I know,
it's just a dream.
But every peace
was once nothing more
than the courageous wish of one person,
that one day
everyone
would sit at one table.
Dorena Verne
| | Star Ravenhurst: I wish for peace on this planet and share your beautiful vision in this post. This touched me deeply Dorena. You have a seat at my table and I feel sure I would be welcomed at yours. Thank you for thi... 17 days ago |
click here to see video ----> https://youtu.be/aY098OTwwiw
| | Kimm Starr: Our first experience is coming September 2nd. The Hypergrid Safari is going to come for a tour!!! 18 days ago |
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Deutsche Opensims Gemeinde
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OS GREEDY PLAYERS
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Wolf Territories Grid
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