I have often considered my underwater worlds
to be my best build ever. It took 6 months to find things, build
destroy, build, adjust and redo. Much of the time was spent searching.

This week I realized.....the best thing I can do for Opensim
is help all of you build underwater worlds if you wish.


Textures Trees & Scripts


now offers a massive Underwater section!

Hundreds of fish, coral, 5 types of rays, sharks, octopus, anemones, kelp and much more!

Enjoy making your dreams come alive!

Lynnestra Parker & On The Rocks Celebrate The Solar Eclipse
Sunday April 7th from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM Pacific
DJ Maldrul will be playing Rock songs about the earth, the Sun and the Moon along with his signature sulcation of SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT!

Come by early to get your FREE Solar Eclipse glasses!

hop://alternatemetaverse.com:8002/Airmid/478/97/23

DJ Rosie in for DJ Kith Rocking the Swamp tonight at Rockin' the Blues!
Region: Wyldwood Bayou Rockin' The Blues
Event begins: 2024-04-06 19:30 SLT
Added by: Kith Whitehawk
Details:
Hot Daddy's DJ Rosie steps up to spin your Blues tonight at Rockin' the Blues!!! Rosie has the rockin' Blues you love with her crazy sweet giggles and humor! This girl from Down Under will have you laughing and dancing all night long! Come share this rare opportunity for Rosie to spin the Blues!!! You're gonna love it!
wyldwoodbayou.com:8002:Wyldwood Bayou Rockin' The Blues

Added new fun areas to explore to bring your adult friends or partner. Events have not been arranged yet so.. just come when you like. One last reminder, adult forms only at all times and please respect others on the land at all times. Thank you, Wicked Way

❮⇤«☊»⇥❯→»⇥❯→»⇥❯→»⇥❯→»❯
♥Đℐ❯OUR AWESOME Dj james
♥ᴡнєɳ❯now till ???
♥Ѡнᴇʀᴇ❯ Badass harley lounge
♥тυηєѕ❯MIX
❮⇤«☊»⇥❯→»⇥❯→»⇥❯→»⇥❯→»❯
hop://alternatemetaverse.com:8002/Badass%20Club%20Land/395...

Buckle Up, Blues Lovers! DJ Macy's in for DJ Riker and She is Gonna Blow Your Mind at Rockin' the Blues! 6:00PM!
Region: Wyldwood Bayou Rockin' The Blues
Event begins: 2024-04-06 18:00 SLT
Added by: Kith Whitehawk
Details:
Dust off your dancing shoes and polish your soul, because DJ Macy's about to spin a blues storm at Rockin' the Blues! Macy will spin grooves that'll rattle your bones and stir your soul! This isn't just a night out, it's a blues revival! DJ Macy's gonna pay homage to the legends while pushing the boundaries of the genre. You'll hear the familiar, the unexpected, and everything in between at Rockin' the Blues! Blues done right! Fun, friendships and always the best blues!!
wyldwoodbayou.com:8002:Wyldwood Bay

HAPPY 11th ANNIVERSARY LITTLEFIELD GRID!
Hey all! Rogue is performing a 2 Hour special Event
for Littlefield 11th Anniversary! Come join us &
request some songs!
» Шhen: ❈ ∵∴5:00pm OST (8:00pm EST) ∵∴ ❈
» Шhere: ✫LITTLEFIELS ANNIVERSARY REGION✫
» Dress: ❈ ∵∴ CASUAL∵∴ ❈
MAP: hop://lfgrid.com:8002/Littlefield%20Anniversary/384/384/22

Littlefield's 11th Anniversary Party!

The fun starts in just 45 min! Starting with a 2 hour set by Rogue Galaxy at 5pm Pacific Time! Followed by a night of Live DJ Walter Balazic and dancing on the Anniversary Region's special event area!

Come by and join the celebration, view the displays, and enjoy the party!

hg: lfgrid.com:8002:Littlefield Anniversary

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Ⓞ░░(¯`·.\ /.·´¯)░Event Plaza-Osgrid
Ⓡ░ (¯ `·. ❀.·´¯)░2:00 - 3:00pm
Ⓔ░░(_.·´/ \`·._)░ Casual
Ⓔ░░░ (_.:._)░Pop,love,disco,fado,rock,country,etc
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Saturday Party @ Jaden's Coffee Lounge with DJ Jaden & DJ Sweetie, 1m-5pm

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♥ Who: DJ Jaden & DJ Sweetie
♥ What: Saturday Party
♥ Where: The Coffee Lounge, Boutiques
♥ When: 1pm to 5pm
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hop://playground.darkheartsos.com:8002/Darkhearts%20Boutiq...

Join us at 5 pm grid time for an hour of great fun with a live performance from Steven Strikker.
The Piazza, where great fun and good friends come together.
Drop this link into your map;
http://bridgemere.outworldz.net:8002:Paradise Lagoon

DJ Alex comes on fire, guys at 3 pm grid time! with the hottest tunes for everyone to set the mood. Yes! because it's always time to party. What's the reason for it? Well... we are PARTY PEOPLE!
Piazza, where great fun and good friends come together. Drop this link into your map; http://bridgemere.outworldz.net/:8002:Paradise Lagoon

Sakuragawa (Cherry Blossom River) has neat boats to float down the river! Make sure you have your media sounds on to hear the Japanese music in the distance. three.hills.grid.outworldz.net:8002:Zensational thank you, @FerdFrederix

Come sail your own historical ship, free!! We made a ship ( see pic ) in a rezzer for all who wish to learn to sail the historical ship Statenjacht Utrecht. When you board the ship, a HUD for navigation will attach automatically on your avatar so you can start immediately testing the sails and the cannons! More people can rezz ships, so you can take your friends and have a test battle as well. You will find the rezzer by walking through the " sailing school " teleporter at our landing point, and you will find your way. There is a book close to the rezzer you can use as a tutorial , but we also arranged a personal teacher for you: IM in Kitely captain Snoots Dwagon for an appointment , he will lead you to a higher level in the sailing battles! Many thanks to Christine Nyn who made the rezzer for us. ( the ship flies a white flag, so no other captains will attack you! )

Party In Nautilus Club "BELLA TERRA"
Featuring the Famous DJ Sissi Bella!
Time: 13:00 Sunday
Come and dance to Rock, Pop, Disco music A mix that everyone likes!

hop://junglefriends.opensim.fun:8002/Bella Terra/33/54/56

Once upon a time ... there was a story to be told. Erika looked up from her book startled by the noise. A sudden sinking feeling swept over her, she knew the day would come when the Pirate would finally find her. That day she feared was now! Dropping her book she raced to throw the bolt across the large Hungarian door.....

HAPPY 11th ANNIVERSARY LITTLEFIELD GRID!
Hey all! Rogue is performing a 2 Hour special Event
for Littlefield 11th Anniversary! Come join us &
request some songs!
» Шhen: ❈ ∵∴5:00pm OST (8:00pm EST) ∵∴ ❈
» Шhere: ✫LITTLEFIELS ANNIVERSARY REGION✫
» Dress: ❈ ∵∴ CASUAL∵∴ ❈
MAP: hop://lfgrid.com:8002/Littlefield%20Anniversary/384/384/22

Hey Everyone!
Rogue's performing LIVE 1pm today at Event Plaza!
» Шhen: ❈ ∵∴1:00pm slt (4:00pm EST) ∵∴ ❈
» Шhere: ✫EVENT PLAZA✫
» Dress: ❈ ∵∴ CASUAL∵∴ ❈
MAP: hg.osgrid.org:80:Event Plaza

❮⇤«☊»⇥❯→»⇥❯→»⇥❯→»⇥❯→»❯
♥Đℐ❯OUR AWESOME Dj james
♥ᴡнєɳ❯now till ???
♥Ѡнᴇʀᴇ❯ Badass harley lounge
♥тυηєѕ❯MIX
❮⇤«☊»⇥❯→»⇥❯→»⇥❯→»⇥❯→»❯
hop://alternatemetaverse.com:8002/Badass%20Club%20Land/395...

What is orb? Orb is a webtop operating system. This means, it's like having a working windows desktop computer, but in a browser window. WHY DOES IT MATTER? Well, imagine your avatar has a tablet in their hand, or cell phone, or a laptop. Now imagine your avatar can zoom in on the screen AND RUN REAL WORLD APPS and save data. Example: Your avatar could have a tablet in their hand that is running firestorm they are using to control another avatar. o.O You get it? Not only that, but this webtop computer is super fast and super responsive (no lag or delay at all). All you do is go here: https://gitlab.com/hsleisink/orb and download the latest release of orb to your linux machine, then gunzip it, then tar -xf. Then take the folder structure to your webroot. THIS WILL GIVE EVERY USER ON YOUR GRID THE ABILITY TO HAVE INWORLD WORKING DEVICES. Many users can set up free accounts. What's more is that letters they type and so on will be saved in their instance protected by their user name and password. :) Pretty cool huhhh? To see a working demo go here and click the demo button: https://desktop.leisink.net/

Not all our textures are beautiful.....

actually some are pretty ugly

so if you need an ugly texture like Tropical thatch roofing,

Make a trip to

Textures Trees & Scripts

hundreds of beautiful textures.....and a few ugly ones!

Littlefield's 11th Anniversary Party!!

Saturday April 6th starting at 5:00pm PST
with a live performance by Rogue Galaxy
followed by a DJ Dance Party with DJ Walter Balazic at 7pm PST!!

Come by and help Littlefield celebrate it's 11th Anniversary, and visit all the wonderful displays put up by the Littlefield Residents and some of our Hypergrid Friends!!

Join us at the Piazza at 3 pm grid time, for a couple of hours of fun and music while Rockin' Robert spins the tunes for us via his radio station Wax Radio.
The Piazza, where good friends and great music always come together.
bridgemere.outworldz.net:8002:Paradise Lagoon

I felt the earth move under my feet in NYC today. Thank goodness my Brownstones in Indigo Industries are still standing.

We are so not used to earthquakes on the east coast but this is the second one this year. The one we had in January however I didn't feel at all but people up in the Bronx did. The one today I felt it. And it lasted too long to me.
Did any of you feel the quake today in NYC or NJ or PA or anywhere in the NorthEast of the United States?

Well it is definitely safe here at Indigo Industries in Indigo Blue Realm on Wolf Territories.
We have furnished apartments.Transitory housing, free for new residents of Wolf Territories for 10 days while you decide where you would like to call home. 300 personal prims, parcel security, radio, welcoming community. Come take a look. If you want to stay with us after 10 days. Take a look at our Amethyst or Lapis Lazuli Villages.

que sensacion agradable que nos provoca siempre ver una isla recien nacida. Art&Friends, esta en la espera del
nacimiento de una nueva exposición de arte .No te la puedes perder...

What a pleasant feeling that seeing a newly born island always gives us. Art&Friends, is waiting for the
birth of a new art exhibition. You can't miss it...

Finally completed, though there may be upgraded versions in the future. The Chateau de Marqueur Royal Manor, a creation of my imagination is massive and as over 1500Li, but in open sim I'm told that's a drop in the bucket. Anyway, it has two large royal living chambers that you can decorate as you like, 12 guest or employee rooms each with their own fireplace, and there is ample space for kitchen, dining, library, and a social/ballroom. It has two massive dual sided marble fireplaces that are a little fancy, beautifully carpeted stairs and unique banisters. It also has a huge inground pool shrouded from prying eyes by lightweight curtains. I think you'll find this build enjoyable and fun and it's waiting for you in the Star Jinn Palisade Mall on the Masala Al Kohav region. It's free, and it's full perm. You can find it in the Isle de Marqueur region of our grid. ( grid.genesis-roleplay.org:8002: Isle de Marqueur ) It is boxed and waiting by the pool at the Chateau. Blessings and much love, Lavia

TGI Thursday @ On The Rocks!
Elf Mage DJ Maldrul performs at On The Rocks @ Alternate Metaverse 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

Freitag 5.4.2024
Rock-House
mit DJ Anachron

Beginn 19:00 Uhr

Lasst euch überraschen!
Die zeitliche Abfolge traditioneller Programmteile wird in diesem Programm durchbrochen.
Wer nichts versäumen möchte, kommt zeitig

Ende wie immer um Mitternacht

Hypergrid : dorenas-world.de:8002:Nihilon

Infinity 21, Has been returned with a few little changes. ** Feel free to come and explore ! **** Events Have not been arranged at this time, Ty. Also Please, be Aware that for
now Infinity 22, Infinity Alpha and Infinity 11 are not at this time open for the public, due to move.

The Witches Hud - New Release - Fixes: For some reason the broom travelled backwards in opensimulator 0.9.2.2. I fixed this. Also the arcane meeting place was phantom even though it wasn't set to phantom. I fixed this too. Get yours here: login.friends-grid.com:8002:Textures Trees, & Scripts at the Wizardry store. :) NOTE: if you try too use arcane spell above 4000 it will kick you out. For some reason you must only cast [Arcane] between 1 and 3999 meters high. It's a limitation of opensimulator. *The huds are hidden at the Wizardry store behind a secret bookcase. :) PLEASE RESET THE SCRIPTS IN THE HUD AND THE ATTACHMENT SO THEY WORK.

While SL embraces PBR in an attempt to embrace greater 'realism' using the increasingly creaky old technology we’re all familiar with there is a backlash among Generation Z and other younger demographics towards cutting edge gaming with hypereal graphics and an embracing of older, less graphically real aesthetics. Some of this may be down to the fashionable adoption of retro, as in the numbers buying things like typewriters and traditional film cameras, but is some of it also likely a backlash against the increasing trend for hyperrealism where it’s no longer really easy to spot something real from recorded game action.

I am not a gamer, hence there have been a few times when I’ve been watching videos purporting to be actions in the current Russo-Ukrainian war where the game graphics have been so good that they appear to be real, it’s only when one looks more intently that it becomes subtly obvious that it’s recorded game action and not footage of an actual battlfield encounter.

I’m aware of arguments that the graphics of SL/OS are ‘poor’ but I have never agreed as this is a very subjective area depending on so many different factors, such as the comparisons being made. Relative to Minecraft and Active Worlds the graphics of SL and Opensim are fantastic, but compared to a photograph or the hypereal renderings of high end computer graphics, very poor indeed. Personally I rather like the aesthetic of SL/Opensim and would argue that the aesthetics are neither good nor bad, but exactly what they are. I’m not arguing against hyperrealism for those who want it, but rather agruing that the current graphics are regarded as fine by the vast majority if those who use Opensim and SL.

This article in today’s Guardian prompted me to write the above after last week I read something about the implementation of PBR in Second Life. Sometimes maybe, less is more, and if the aesthetics of retro games are appealing to Generation Z and other demographics younger than the average found in Opensim, then maybe there is hope yet that our hobby will endure. After all, Active Worlds is now nearly in its 30th year, has a very faithful and dedicated community together with graphics that make Minecraft look good!

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2024/apr/02/why-are-yo...

Let's talk about child avatar criteria for a moment.

This is Juno, my little in-world sister. Little as in one year younger. What she's wearing is something she isn't too unlikely to wear these days. It's still quite chilly outside after all.

Those of you who know her won't doubt that she's a grown-up woman. But there's a whole lot about her that may qualify her as an underage avatar. I'm not even joking.

Yes, on the one hand, protection against paedos and their unlawful ageplay is a necessity; see also Safine's most recent post: https://opensimworld.com/post/108176

On the other hand, paedos are trying to circumvent countermeasures. Add to this the most recent drama about Lindens being directly involved in sexual ageplay in Second Life.

As a result, sim owners ramp up their countermeasures. This goes well beyond more and more sims redefining the Adult rating as "G-rated, but no child avatars allowed". It's likely that the signs that an avatar is underage will be "upgraded", too.

And the wide-spread anti-underage paranoia has made them absolutely ridiculous quite a while ago already. There's so much that could qualify Juno here as a kid.

Let me sum it up.

First of all, her height. The most blatant sign and the only one that triggers auto-bans. She's "only" 1.74m which is 5'8½". Many childgates still run on default settings which ban everyone under 1.80m. And I guess their number will increase as more and more sim owners decide that 1.60m or 1.70m doesn't cut it anymore. I'm pretty sure Juno has fallen victim to childgates twice already.

The other criteria are purely visual.

Her shape is somewhat close to realistic. Her head is about ⅛ of her body height which is actually still a bit small for a real-life woman. By OpenSim standards, however, her head is rather large in comparison with her body height. This reeks of a kid shape.

Next, look at her skin tone. In early April in real life, this is a fairly typical skin tone. In OpenSim, however, grown-ups are basically required to have a deep tan. Even most goths have darker skins than Juno. The only avatars with such light skins are child avatars. Well, and Juno, but if you don't know her, you're easy to take her for a kid because her skin is so light.

Now, look at her face. Look at her lips. No pumped-up boat lips. This is what real-life lips look like, but in OpenSim, the only avatars with such thin lips are either male avatars or child avatars. Since she doesn't have a perma-stubble or a full beard, she can't be the former.

Anything else you notice about her face? Right, no make-up whatsoever. Practically all other adult female avatars out there at least wear lipstick. She doesn't even wear that. Well, sometimes she does, but not here, not now. Makes her look like a kid in comparison.

Speaking of make-up, look at her hands. No nail polish. AFAIK, not a single one of the popular female mesh bodies lets you go without nail polish. Especially Athena doesn't. So basically, if a female avatar doesn't wear nail polish, it's either a classic, mesh-less layer-and-prim avatar from, like, 2007 or a child avatar. And Juno doesn't look like she doesn't have a mesh body.

And her hair? Yes, that's a bob. In real life, it was a rather popular hairstyle in the 1960s. In OpenSim, hair significantly shorter than shoulder length is probably the second-most child-like girl hairstyle right after twin pigtails. As an adult woman, she should be expected to have a long lush mane. I've never seen a single female avatar with Paige hair. Black could be a saving throw because little girls are usually blond, but not necessarily.

Let's continue with her clothes.

She's covering a whole lot of skin, more than almost all other female avatars. Granted, most little girl avatars show a whole lot more skin, too. Just look at those super-short skirts that seem to be a requirement for underage girl avatars. But grown-up female avatars are basically expected to do the same. Thus, covering up makes her look less adult.

So does the rather loose fit of her clothes. Adult female avatars may be allowed to wear long denim jeans, but only of the skin-tight kind. But while Juno's jeans are labelled slim fit, they look rather like something a little boy could wear.

Her pullover gives the impression that she doesn't have a waist. You know what other avatars don't have much of a waist? Good thing she doesn't have a petite body because there's no petite variant of her body, otherwise she'd look almost flat in this pullover. Also, that shade of teal might be questionable at least. It'd be worse if that pullover was pink, but she doesn't have it in pink.

Finally, her footwear. She's wearing flat shoes. Adult female avatars are expected to always walk around on 6" heels. In fact, she's even wearing sneakers. Flat sneakers. Even tip-toe sneakers are questionable, but unless worn by a manly man, they're little girl material.

And if that wasn't enough, she's wearing them with white socks. The only hosiery adult female avatars may wear in OpenSim is nylon stockings, Zettai Ryouiki-style, showing skin on the thighs above. Socks are pretty much exclusively worn by children, so what does that make Juno?

I bet that if Juno wore this to events in places whose owners don't know her, chances are she'd be banned on the spot for being a kid. Good thing her usual party styles are of the kind that causes her to be accused of dressing like a grandma instead.