Hi All,

I've decided to leave both OpenSim and Second Life. It's not for some sulky reason, someone offended me or anything like that. I've just decided my life is going in a different direction.

Big hugs to all those who I have come to know over the months or years and hope you all have great virtual lives in OS :)

GET YOUR GROOVE ON!
Nubian's Groove Train is in the station tonight baby! He's spinning out of Club Chocolate this evening. Friday at 7 pm grid time. You'll find DJ Keng at Barefoot Dreamers Grid. Just click the board.... "chocolate....milk chocolate... dark chocolate.. hot chocolate.... CLUB CHOCOLATE" See you there! :) Pop this info into your world map. login.barefoot-dreamers.com:8002:Barefoot Dreamers Welcome

Come visit Africa - a region dedicated to the music, art, wildlife and cultures of Africa. Turn on stream to hear today's playlist - tunes from Mali, Senegal, South Africa, Benin and more :) Happy weekend :)

LIVE NOW! :) Come join us!
◂◄◀ REBELS ACOUSTIC THURSDAY ▶►▸
» FEATURING --> CLAIREDE DIRVAL
» Шhen: ❈ ∵∴4:00p ∵∴ ❈
» Шhere: ✫ REBELS - New Hope Grid✫
» Шhat: • LIVE MUSIC •
» Dress: ❈ ∵∴ Chic/Casual ∵∴ ❈
◂◄◀ MAP ▶►▸ login.newhopegrid.com:8002:Lyra

LIVE NOW!
◂◄◀ REBELS ACOUSTIC THURSDAY ▶►▸
» FEATURING --> TERRY TheWILDMAN
» Шhen: ❈ ∵∴3:00p ∵∴ ❈
» Шhere: ✫ REBELS - New Hope Grid✫
» Шhat: • LIVE MUSIC •
» Dress: ❈ ∵∴ Chic/Casual ∵∴ ❈
◂◄◀ MAP ▶►▸ login.newhopegrid.com:8002:Lyra

◂◄◀ REBELS ACOUSTIC THURSDAY ▶►▸
» FEATURING --> CLAIREDE DIRVAL
» Шhen: ❈ ∵∴4:00p ∵∴ ❈
» Шhere: ✫ REBELS - New Hope Grid✫
» Шhat: • LIVE MUSIC •
» Dress: ❈ ∵∴ Chic/Casual ∵∴ ❈
◂◄◀ MAP ▶►▸ login.newhopegrid.com:8002:Lyra

◂◄◀ REBELS ACOUSTIC THURSDAY ▶►▸
» FEATURING --> TERRY TheWILDMAN
» Шhen: ❈ ∵∴3:00p ∵∴ ❈
» Шhere: ✫ REBELS - New Hope Grid✫
» Шhat: • LIVE MUSIC •
» Dress: ❈ ∵∴ Chic/Casual ∵∴ ❈
◂◄◀ MAP ▶►▸ login.newhopegrid.com:8002:Lyra

Thank you for helping us track the notorious and very dangerous PRISCILLA KLEENEX. Here at the special grids investigation center in langley, virginia, we've set up a special team to help find this MOST WANTED criminal! Our computer command center runs non stop 24/7/365 supplying leads to Local Enforcement Officers in the grids to eviscerate this highly obnoxious and extremely mischievous individual. The G.I.S. plans to put an end to this monkey business once and for all! God Bless America!

Catena di isole is now completed. It has been such a pleasure building this sim. Thank you everyone for visiting it has been nice chatting with you while I built this sim. Everyone is welcome here. Robin Ridley will be adding a new store to the Freebie mall so stay tuned for the ads. Please stop by anytime. continuum.outworldz.net:8002:Catena di isole

causing some drama.... look, Opensim is based on avatars whether that be dog, dragon, dinke, or anime , "who you want to be"... so my question to you ... does that mean family, significate others or what??? Me. myself, I want a family ... we are a "G" grid, so far I have an older sister and a twin brother.... IDK, i think it's kewl... what are your thoughts?

Thank God It's Friday, the beginning of the weekend.
Time to Hit The Disco.
So hurry on down to TGIF and dance the night away to the great DISCO music of the 70's and 80's with DJ Esse spinning the tunes which made Disco famous. NEW TIME Fridays 4 to 6pm

NEW LOCATION hg.osgrid.org:80:Trianon and Click the portal to TGIF 4pm every Friday

Set in the big city, were at night the latex and leather rule the streets, lays a club the Fetish Factor with the "Expanding Dance Floor™" so no one feels crowded.
Come as you are or in you are favourite Leather or Latex to the BEST Party on the OS in the 5pm Sunday Time Slot. And dont forget about the LaTeX Source being right across the street for now. Free Latex
DJ Esse playing a Classic Rock and your Requests.
every Sunday 5pm grid/PST
hg.osgrid.org:80:Trianon and Click Portal to the Fetish Factor

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Ⓞ░░(¯`·.\ /.·´¯)░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

Another look I like. Ruth2 RC3 mesh body with my own hair, skin, and shape as in the earlier post. Clothes and shoes from the Kitely Market. Blouse is by Rune, leather pants are by Dadiellas, and my favorite boots came from Dollys, which has since closed due to constant fighting with the never buy in opensim crowd. She got tired of it and left opensim, closing all her stores.

I just wanted to party in opensim, hang out with friends, and make nice stuff that I could sell to pay for my land. I never wanted this fight but it came to my door anyway. If there are those who want give away a bunch of stuff stolen from SL then that's their decision, I'm not going to call them out over it - that's a bigger question for people far more important than I am in Opensim to grapple with. But I'm not going to let anyone dictate what I can and can't do with my own creations.

My Ruth2 and Roth2 avatars. Luna on the left is wearing Ruth2 RC3 (I don't use RC4 because I don't like the alpha hud for that version). The dress is from the Kitely Market and made by Pacifica. Hair, skin, and shape are mine (no I don't sell these or give them away and haven't made any others since - not my thing). Apelles on the right is wearing the latest version of Roth2. Clothes and hair are from the Kitely Market. The glasses and shoes I made. Each one's complexity is about 55000 to 60000. Just so you know you can get a nice unique look with Ruth2 and Roth2

Hello everyone a new project is coming I am working on. A BDSM college, a place for beginners to learn and experience aspects of BDSM or for advance people to come and help others. there is also a track for pony play. its still under construction and if anyone is good with roads and trees please contact me.

DJ Rosa spins at Rockin' the Blues tonite at 6:00!
Region: Wyldwood Bayou Rockin' The Blues
Event begins tonight at 6:00! 2022-08-14 18:00 SLT
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!
wyldwoodbayou.com:8002:Wyldwood Bayou Rockin' The Blues

Freshly opened! Orbit City in Neverworld!
Created by Rik Sullivan, Govega Sachertorte and Nexus Storm.

Come check out our Jetson's themed sim and learn why builders love Neverworld. Tons of space to fly about or pick up some related freebies.

Create an avatar here for your forever home. http://hg.neverworldgrid.com:8002/

Ok... just looked through some of the recent front page posts. I've been here in Open Sim for about nine months now.

I have accounts in OSgrid and Kitely.

I'll have to admit a good deal of my wardrobe is possibly copybotted. I'd like to know if anyone is willing to send me a list of LM's showing truly original, OS based stuff (aside from Lunaria), I'd appreciate it. Most of my wardrobe is rigged to the Athena body. I also have a small number of Ruth2 takes. For my male alts (yes, I have a few, using the same names that I established for them in SL), I use Adonis and Roth2.

There was a discussion recently that influenced me to write this post. It's located below the post from Luna Lunaria, #92052. I totally understand creators desiring to be compensated for their creations. I have spent a fair amount of L$ to gather some of my clothes in SL. I wouldn't mind paying a few K$ or O$ for some creations on this side of the metaverse, as I think that's quite fair.

Thansk to anyone that can help me out, I appreciate it. I'd prefer that the links be included publicly (instead of PMing me), so other users can find it easily.

One of the reasons I love Wolf territories - nearly all regions are connected to each other, and there are tons of them. This is from my newest store region under construction, and this view is looking west toward one of the several large mountains you can find across the grid that are not mesh - they are actual terrain. I could literally fly from here all the way to the other side of the grid. The venue in the photo is the Victorian Club that will be ready for sale soon.

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

Live from Rockin' the Blues! It's A Saturday night with DJ KITH! Starting at 7:30 PM!
Region: Rockin' The Blues on Wyldwood Bayou Grid
Event begins: 7:30 pm Grid Time
Added by: Kith Whitehawk
Details:
It's SATURDAY night and DJ Kith is gonna blow this party right outta the bayou!!! THIS IS YOUR HOUSE and Kith has your blues the way you like them..hot..fast...and FABULOUS!! This DJ spins the newest, freshest..Bluesiest Blues anywhere and he gets your heart pumping..your toes tapping and the biggest and happiest smiles on your faces! Kith will finish off the night with his famous hard rockin', hard livin', hard lovin' blues party, world class Rockin' the blues insanity!! Get on down to the bayou and party!

So this post was left on one of my regions and is fairly representative of the mindset original opensim creators will grapple with if they want to sell their products here:

"It looks nice but I like the whole sharing is caring idea. So many places in OS that offer free stuff. Not here, too bad."

I don't blame this shopper at all for wanting to find quality items for free - who doesn't? I was grateful that they visited in the first place and cared enough to leave a comment. It's for that reason that from time to time I do exactly that - offer most of my stuff for free as I did this past OSFest.

No, the ones that make life for opensim creators difficult are those freebie mills continuously churning out stolen content from Second Life and calling it 'sharing', and who aggressively push the idea that merchants in opensim have no right to exist.

As I replied to this user: Sharing is truly caring only if it's the original creator giving it away free, or if they have explicitly given permission to others to do so. And that only works if they don't have to pay for their regions, which is not the case for me.

My region costs average $20 per month per region, and the money I make from sales covers that most of the time. There are months I take a loss with my opensim stores (my Second Life store has never posted a loss in 14 years). But because sales do cover most of my rent I can keep doing what I love: making original content for Opensim.

Paying for regions of course is my choice - I prefer to be on well-run grids that truly respect creators rights. I know that you can easily find quality items for your regions for free all over opensim, so no one is more grateful than me when you choose to purchase at my stores :-)

DJ Riker's Saturday Blues Showcase at Rockin' the Blues tonight at 6:00PM!
Region: Rockin' The Blues on Wyldwood Bayou Grid
Event begins: 6:00 PM Grid Time
Added by: Kith Whitehawk
Details:
Tonite at 6:00...start your Saturday night with DJ Riker! Riker spins totally unexpected blues with a rock twist! Someone said he spins fast and loud! Is there any other way?? Every week, Riker brings you a featured artist or 2 with tunes you may not have heard before! In addition to that, he'll have tunes by many of your favorites plus some we are sure will become favorites of yours! Come early for Riker's famous pre-set!
wyldwoodbayou.com:8002:Wyldwood Bayou Rockin' The Blues

The E grid is off and on during the Monsoon season ( we are in the Desert Southwest) -

we're having a humdinger of a storm right now so we close it down out of an abundance of caution.

Be back up soon :)