ANNOUNCEMENT - ANKÜNDIGUNG


[GERMAN VERSION]


Liebe Freunde and Starkies,

was wir heute ankündigen werden, fällt uns nicht leicht. Niki und ich, Mathilda, haben beschlossen, den Betrieb von Stark Islands nach dem 30. Juni 2021 einzustellen.
Wir haben uns viele Gedanken darüber gemacht, unter welchen Voraussetzungen wir Stark hätten weiterlaufen lassen könnten. Aber letztendlich hätte es zu viele Änderungen geben müssen und Stark wäre nicht mehr das gleiche gewesen. Außerdem haben wir uns außerhalb von OpenSim eine neue Aufgabe gestellt. Einerseits bedauern wir, Stark zu schließen, nach all der harten Arbeit, die wir in dieses Paradies investiert haben. Aber wir sind auch sehr stolz darauf, dass wir es bis nach ganz weit oben auf der Liste der beliebtesten Regionen von OSW geschafft zu haben. Das wäre ohne euch, unsere wunderbare Gemeinschaft, nicht möglich gewesen.
Deshalb möchten Niki und ich uns an dieser Stelle bedanken. Danke an alle Starkies für eure Unterstützung und Treue. Danke an unsere DJ’s! Jeder einzelne von Euch hat mit seinen mittlerweile legendären Sets zum Erfolg von Stark beigetragen. Danke an das Zeta Worlds Team, ohne dessen Unterstützung der stabile Betrieb einer solch leistungshungrigen Region wie Stark nicht möglich gewesen wäre. Danke auch an alle Besucher, die jederzeit herzlich willkommen waren und viele nette Kommentare und Likes hinterlassen haben. Wir wünschen euch allen von ganzem Herzen alles, alles Gute!
Für OpenSim wünsche ich mir, dass die Leute, die Grids, viel stärker zusammenarbeiten und nicht gegeneinander. Ihr seid ein Grid! Das Hypergrid! Nur gemeinsam hat OpenSim eine Chance.
Wir werden euch im Auge behalten und vielleicht, irgendwann, sehen wir uns wieder.

In diesem Sinne, lebt wohl!
Niki & Mathilda Stark

Why there are people they give their avatars names like "Nazi German" and "Adolf Hitler"?
Why they visit a sim like Stark and say they hate gays and threaden people to find them in real and kill them?
Why are people so full of hate?
Why can't they stay away from Stark and let live people their (virtual) life in the way they want?
Lots of questions that I don't have an answer to!

But one thing is absolutely clear for me:

WE DON'T WANT GUYS LIKE YOU HERE AT STARK!

So please stay away and spread your hate somewhere else. Or better: Don't spread it anywhere!

And stop crying in the Stark OSW review section because we banned you several times. We would do it anytime again!

✨ BK-Mode – Wo Schmuck zur Kunst wird

In der Welt von BK-Mode verschmelzen Eleganz und Ausdruck zu einem sinnlichen Erlebnis. Jedes Schmuckstück erzählt seine eigene Geschichte – von der Tiefe des königlichen Blaus über die Lebendigkeit des Smaragds bis hin zum funkelnden Spiel der Farben, das die Persönlichkeit seiner Trägerin unterstreicht.

Ob zarte Halsketten, kraftvolle Armbänder oder verführerische Details – BK-Mode ist mehr als Schmuck. Es ist ein Ausdruck von Selbstbewusstsein, Leidenschaft und unverwechselbarer Schönheit.

BK-Mode – Trage, was dich einzigartig macht.

Celebrating 250 years of American history with timeless elegance. The new Liberty Sapphire Necklace by Monentes Jewelry is inspired by classic sapphire beauty and created to commemorate this historic milestone. Full permissions. Available now.

Promotional images are rendered under professional studio lighting. Appearance may vary in OpenSimulator depending on lighting, environment settings, and viewer graphics.

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

Every week it seems we gather to say goodbye to another member of our OpenSim family. We mourn, we remember, and we honor those who helped shape our community.

But every farewell is also a reminder of something we all share: none of us gets out of life alive.

For many, OpenSim is an extension of real life. For others, it is a place to step away from life's worries for a while—to imagine, create, explore impossible worlds, and become someone or something extraordinary.

One of the greatest gifts our departed friends leave behind isn't just our memories of them. It's the regions they built, the scripts they wrote, the avatars they designed, the artwork they shared, the friendships they fostered, and the countless moments they made possible. Every time we visit one of their creations or use something they contributed, a little part of them is still with us.

Imagine if they had never created anything at all. We wouldn't have those places to explore, those ideas to build upon, or those memories to cherish. Their creativity became part of the world we continue to enjoy.

Perhaps the greatest way to honor those we've lost isn't only through memorial posts, but by making the most of the time we still have.

Build that region you've been dreaming about. Finish that avatar. Learn Blender. Write the story. Host the event. Share your imagination. Visit someone's creation. Make a new friend.

Don't spend all your time debating what OpenSim should be or dwelling on what might have been. Spend it creating what it can become.

Our friends who have passed leave us with more than memories—they leave us with a reminder that time is precious. None of us knows how many tomorrows we have.

So create. Explore. Laugh. Inspire. Contribute. Leave something behind that will make someone smile years from now.

Because one day, someone may be walking through a region you built, wearing something you designed, using a script you wrote, or remembering a kindness you showed—and they'll be grateful that you chose to create while you had the chance.

I have updated(up-cycled) the bonfire to align with the sun and moon positions for systems with a day–night cycle. During daylight, the flames will extinguish, and at night the fire will reignite with a dynamic flickering light effect, and it is available in my shop.

Recommended accessories include campfire Sounds (featuring immersive pops and crackles) and a smoke effect, which can be added using a smoke particle emitter placed beneath the bonfire for enhanced atmosphere.

The Journey Collection
For many of us, our avatars have walked beside us for years.
They have shared our adventures, our friendships, our celebrations, and countless memories across virtual worlds.
Yet while we changed, learned, laughed, cried, and grew older, our avatars often remained frozen in time.

The Journey Collection was born from a simple question:

---- What if ... our avatars could tell their stories too? ----

Today we are introducing the first members of this collection:
Elsa and Matt.
Each avatar includes multiple carefully crafted life stages that allow the same character to evolve through time.
These are not different skins.
They are not aging add-ons.
They are not separate characters.
Each stage is part of the same skin, carefully designed to preserve the avatar's identity while reflecting different moments in their journey.
You can choose the stage that feels right for you.
You can remain there forever.
Or you can let your avatar grow alongside you over the years.
There are no rules.
There is no "correct" age.
The choice is entirely yours.
Because The Journey Collection is not about getting older.
It is about allowing our avatars to carry a little of the story we have lived together.
TP to ----- Full Avatar
hop://alternatemetaverse.com:8002/Tierra%20De%20Volcanes/1...

I did it! I signed with a Music Distributor! These songs are to be released on June 13-15 to radio stations and stores all over the planet! Captured By The Wolf is a re-recording because the original was not my voice, as we didn't have the feature of using our own voices yet.
Thank you for all of your support, listening to my music and watching the videos. You are the best friends ever!
In case anyone is wondering what this has to do with OpenSim? Everything! I have been building the brand a long time, all around my avatar from Tenth Dimension Grid. She is the face, the persona, the only one anyone will ever see. The website, everything has been leading up to this moment where everything I do, the grid, the regions, the music, all of it is interconnected. This is just another step in the journey you all have been walking with me all along. We are all part of the virtual universe. You are all a part of my world and I am forever thankful for each and everyone of you.

I have done as much as I can do with the shop until I can get a new computer. This shop has themed sections in a maze I created with an old farm house built by Jamie Wright. It lines up perfectly in multiples and there are many rooms to find treasures. Many are still empty and if anyone would like to have some space for their original content, message me here and we can make it happen.
You will find themes of Ravens, Dragons, Egyptian, Bohemian, Gothic, etc. This is all made mostly with Meshy, of various quality. I also used a couple of other AI mesh platforms. A lot of the furniture has a sit box in them, but with my old lap top I have to use atm. I cant keep adding the animations and some things, like beds, I have to animate from scratch, and can't do it until I have a better rig, but it is all full perm, so if it has no animations, feel free to do it yourself. Have fun shopping! If you like my content, please consider leaving a review here. The shop is above Star Ravenhurst Designs, so it is all under the same umbrella. Thanks for having a look!
Ravenhurst Curiosities
hop://grid.tenthdimension.org:26002/Star%20Ravenhurst%20De...

It is also on the teleporter at the landing across the grid if you get lost.

NOOBIE MOMENTS.. Despite all my years on OpenSIM, one still can have it. NO ONE IS SAFE lol
Don`t you all hate when selecting an object on FIRESTORM, instead of picking up TAKE COPY, you do the TAKE instead?....

**Soren Skin and Set FATPACKS OUT NOW!**
Hi everyone! Apologies for the brief 'absence', busy busy with RL work!
Bringing for all of you a double-fatpack for RUNE EvoX Head (both skin and add-ons):
- Comes in 10 different tones match Jupiter body skin
- Brow and browless options
- Includes brows and head shapes
- Set includes hairbase, beard, and 2 tattoos.

Taxi: hop://sanctumastra.com:8002/StarchildShoppe/145/173/27

Alina Custom Vehicles

Hot rods, Monster Trucks, Classic Car, Modern Cars,
Indy, Touring cars, Pro Stock cars, F1 cars. ALL DRIVEABLE
Semi Truck, Full Size Rigs, Semi Trailers

4 full sims of vehicles approximately 800 to 900 different vehicles in stock

Easy Region Teleporter for easy access or take a segway ride at your leisure

Lots of new things to see i cant list all here.so come over and find things you didnt think you needed

All vehicles drive unless stated

hop://login.friends-grid.com:8002/Alina's%20Vehicles/369/301/22

All vehicles can be altered or modified should you need, adjustments or additions happily done on request..

🎄✨ This winter, Kingman City transforms into a Christmas wonderland. ✨🎄
🎁🌟 Wander through beautifully decorated streets, enjoy exclusive holiday offers, and immerse yourself in the joyful spirit of the season. 🌟🎁
❄️🎅 Right here in Arkham Grid, the magic of Christmas is waiting for you.
✨❤️ Experience it. Feel it. Live it. ❤️✨

Just added a new ornament display with full PBR textures at the front entrance of the Emporium. Free and full perm.

All Holiday decor at Lunaria Emporium is now free and full perm for the season. All have been reworked and many have PBR textures added. I have trees, tree skirts, topiaries, wreaths, garlands, a snow couple, poinsettias, etc; some are prim and some are mesh. These are unique items available nowhere else in Opensim.

To find them, click the Holidays sign on the right as you enter the lobby.

The next installment in my PBR tutorials is available on my Discord server. This section is on reflection probes, which holds a lot of mystery if you're not familiar with them. I get into the tips and tricks I discovered over more than a year working with PBR.

You can find the thread for reflection probes in the ⁠tutorials channel on my Discord server here: https://discord.gg/SMBaqan3Ny

Opensim is so much more than the hatey-whiney folk who so often try to dominate the front page of this site with their pointless drama, and then (which is really low rent) blame their health when they get called on it.
If you're an emotional adult, you may find the following news from around Opensim interesting. We are at the halfway point of this HG Safari season, here are a few recent posts you may have missed.
Our inworld goodbye to Mal Burns - watch the video too if you can, it's lovely
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2025/10/a-life-in-review.htm...
A chance to be part of a dancing troupe here in Opensim for the Xmas holidays
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2025/10/dancing-on-counterea...
Jimmy Olsen's weather-beaten Scandinavian wonderland
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2025/09/gorgeous-norge.html
An intriguing medieval masterpiece by Lilly Topas
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2025/09/wonders-of-washago.h...
An outstanding recreation of Old Paris by Glenn Dayafter
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2025/10/arte-and-montmartre....
the heartwarming forest build by Pasha Theas, lovingly maintained by Clairwil Oh
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2025/10/a-witching-hour.html
and finally, Wyldwood Bayou grid celebrates its 5th anniversary
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2025/10/wyld-five.html

🎃 Halloween Land is Now Open! 🎃
👉 https://arkhamgrid.org

🎥 Watch the trailer

📸 Sneak peek preview

Step into the eerie magic of Halloween Land, now open on the Arkham Grid!

This immersive experience is back with brand-new surprises, hauntingly detailed scenes, and exclusive Halloween-themed content you won’t find anywhere else.

Explore a stunning virtual world filled with spooky adventures, chilling vibes, and festive fun. Whether you're a thrill-seeker, a collector, or simply love the Halloween spirit — there's something waiting for you here.

👻 Halloween Land is bigger, scarier, and more magical than ever — and it’s open now!
💀 Available only on Arkham Grid.

Once more I apologize. A lot of people came to FLORA and couldn`t have the copy of the sculpts set box inside (among others). When it`s 1st happened, I thought.. ok. it was 3.am. tired... I might have forgotten put it . But then, I put an 2nd time. and people still saying it`s not there.. U know. Opensim can be really weird with assets. Originally the sculpts were on my AMV account , then I brought them to WT grid and worked on script when I was there. Tried to bring back to AMV (as FLORA is here), had assets issues.. had to bring piece by piece.. So to avoid further issues... I put a 3rd time If for some reason one s till cant have it, I rezzed the SCULPT SET box on the ground.. Once more sorry for the inconvenience. And people from opensim knows that these weirdnesses happens all the time...

✨ Hey dancers! Sciattisi is 🔥 today with new animations you can't miss!

💃 Tango Petite – 8 super chic couple dances, including the legendary Disco Ball Dance.
🎤Skin: group dance for four, inspired by Rihanna's famous song – an intense and engaging choreography.
📣 And for those who love team rhythm, here's Cheer Squad Dance – a group dance for two, perfect for unleashing enthusiasm and synchronicity!
Sciattisi never sleeps. How about you? Come move those pixels!

hop://sciattisigrid.it:8002/SciattiShopAnimation/208/94/22

So about all this theft of stolen goods ... I have rebuilt regions from my saved oars, and in the process inadvertently losing the original creator (uploader ... thief? ) information, so now my name appears as creator. My stuff is mostly free to copy but I don't run a store or offer support. I don't even remember where in the hypergrid most of it came from. While I apologize to those who did the hard work ripping and fixing , at the same time I am grateful to be able to tweak and modify, share and transfer to my hearts content. This is why i am in opensim.

I run a successful business in SL, and have seen some of my created goods from SL appearing in here. So what - I.m not losing sales by being ripped, nor is anyone making money in here with my stolen creations. I realize the fuss in here is about Fame (since money has little meaning in opensim) so this is my disclaimer. Sorry if my name appears on 'your' stuff.