Courreges Malatesta @CourregesMalatesta

thank you all for taking time out of busy schedules. Huge thank you to Reggie for playing some amazing music! It was an evening I will not forget, and I thank each of you! and ty Lily for the Pic! 31 people!!!!!

Good morning everyone.....have decided to use the Party Mountain location for this Sunday's party because I don't want Pin or me or others building like frantic maniacs. Sometimes that is fun, but this week a little rest might be good.

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Grand Opening Dance
with our amazing DJ Reggie
Sunday June 25
12 noon grid time

The moment I had a heart attack this morning and said what the hell am I doing here

Hahaha. Everything is safe from me. But still scared me

I had our techs build me a place so I can change log in pics. Well I have to go through this to get to my page!

Just sharing a few pictures of what I have started working on at The Retreat. These are from the wider region rather than my little central island. I am planning to create some nice riding trails and places to take pictures, etc. or just enjoy the views. These will be within valleys or maybe some that lead to the top of a mountain.

Feel free to pop over and have have a look when you have a spare five minutes or just want a break and have a nice ride.

Woking on Posters for the Darwin Eco Hub, as well as other things - like Gif animated pictures and screens ! Dont have a lot of time during the week. Hoping this weekend i will be able to crack on lot's more. You are all free to come over and take a look anytime - if you are interested !

Right now we all need some lighter news, so I am putting the quiz answers here. Super fun to hear the songs we knew so well.

Answers

1. Dancing in the Street. https://youtu.be/HasaQvHCv4w
2. U2. https://youtu.be/e3-5YC_oHjE
3. Kim Wilde. https://youtu.be/iDH69JssrVI
4. Dire Straits https://youtu.be/wTP2RUD_cL0
5. Pet Shop Boys https://youtu.be/p3j2NYZ8FKs
6. Acapulco https://youtu.be/yMmBOhM0y2g
7. Blonde https://youtu.be/O_WLw_0DFQQ
8. Don’t You. https://youtu.be/CdqoNKCCt7A
9. NWA. https://youtu.be/9OJStAZz1bc
10. The Police. https://youtu.be/svWINSRhQU0


Congratulations Pin on getting 9 out of 10!

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The early morning sun paints the sky with warm, golden hues as it rises on the horizon. The gentle caress of the wind fills the sail of the boat, propelling it effortlessly over the calm and glistening water. It's a perfect start to the day, with the promise of adventure and tranquility ahead.

As you gaze out over the water, you're treated to a mesmerizing sight. Majestic whales breach the surface, their massive bodies breaking through the shimmering waves, and they emit powerful spouts of water as they exhale. Their playful antics in the water create a sense of wonder and awe, as if they are celebrating the new day's beginning.

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It's a moment of pure serenity and connection with the natural world.

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...some people call it home!

Please help me welcome Michiko Shoda. Michiko is from Japan but speaks very good English. She is an amazing photographer and wants to make friends. Michiko has a friends avi and lives in Seychelles.

Halloween Dance
w/ DJ Reggie

Sunday Oct 29. 1pm

Dance in the graveyard with Reggie’s awesome music!

Please take time to walk around and enjoy the build which is a combination of work from Zuzu, Pin, Serina and myself.

Enjoy Halloween trivia from our friend Bobbi Fox…..with Casino cash. $5,000 Casino Cash for each correct answer!

Work on your costumes!

We will have three categories

Sexy
Scary
Funny

Winner in each category gets $100,000 in Casino cash! I have seen some really cool costumes being worked on for this. You may say “how could I ever spend $100,000?” Well, one of our blackjack tables is $25,000 minimum 🤣

There will be a special crypt to make sure everyone who attends wins something!

Please invite friends and let’s make it an amazing time! I will be working this week to remind everyone.

Friends-grid

A group of people from around the globe, living and interacting with one another in a small community.

The people in this small community affect each other through:

Collaboration, Conversations and Caring,

Interacting, Inventing and Implementation;

Boosting, Building and Blossoming,

Friending, Forgiving and Focusing;

Encouraging, Empowering and Exploring,

Laughing, Learning and Lifting.


If this sounds like a place you would like to call home, please contact Grid Hostess @ZuzuBahro

We have a limited number of complimentary premium islands that are available for individuals wanting to make friends-grid their main home.

Monthly rent -$0
Prim allowance - 10,000

Recently our tech team at H4O and myself have completed a large amount of work to fix lingering issues from the upgrade.

If you see Josh or his Brazilian partner Alex, please feel free to say hello and thank them for their work in this matter. They have both worked many many hours to provide you with an awesome infrastructure for your virtual life.

Although Josh and Alex both have their own grids, I always want them to feel like this is their home.

Although I have not been able to check everything, what I have seen so far is extremely responsive and fast!!! I think, I hope….we made it past the issues and we are ready to enjoy our virtual times.

As always, please let me know of issues you encounter with as many details as possible.

Please start your week with a thorough cache cleaning and then tell me how things are running.

Thank you for your patience as we have dealt with this…..and enjoy your virtual life!

Ihr sucht nach Costume für Helloween?
Du willst mal jemand anderes sein?
Egal ob Gothic oder als Elfe hier findest du vieles was du vieleicht suchst.
Ich freue mich auf deinen besuch habt spass beim durchsuchen
des Shops
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Are you looking for costumes for Helloween?
Do you want to be someone else?
Regardless of whether you're gothic or an elf, you'll find a lot of what you're looking for here.
I look forward to your visit, have fun browsing
of the shop
Have a nice time and enjoy my creations
Yours Karin Becker

When you enter the friends-grid Casino, you suddenly realize this experience is like no others! Enjoy over 200 casino games, the extensive auto & art collections, Threadz Boutique (still being stocked), Topless Club, the beautiful aquarium and sexy entertainment!
Click on each dollar sign and receive $1,000 of friends-grid dollars (up to $11,000 day).

Good morning all,

This morning I want to share a little insight to try and help your virtual life. My friend Linda had a very rough time recently and that breaks my heart. I want Linda and others enjoying their virtual time…. Not dealing with crashes….so I am going to offer some tips. This will be a long note…. But it is designed to help you enjoy your virtual life.

1. Understand that your virtual experience is composed of many factors including: Opensim, grid server, grid setup, region settings, parcel settings, your computer, your graphic card, your internet connection, your avi grid, your viewer, your viewer preferences, your clothing and or attachments and much more.
2. When there is an issue, I will often ask questions to help determine which variable might be affecting. Am I being defensive…. Noooo…… I am trying to be scientific and look past my own thoughts and biases to improve your virtual experience. When I ask many questions, it may seem like I am “grilling” you….. I apologize for that….I am simply trying to get enough details so I can make your virtual life better. I never try to put all blame on individual….it is shared between myself and individual. I do my best to try to make sure my side of things is correct.
3. There are two different types of crashes: Regular Crash and bug splat.
Bug splat - you receive the infamous bug splat message afterwards. This crash is caused by viewer issue 95% of the time. Things that can cause this: Cache, distance, quality and much more. The higher your quality and distance, the greater the chance of crash. In addition, many times mesh objects can also cause this. The solution…….. thoroughly clean cache like this:




Regular Crashes- this last Sunday we experienced a region crash. These are fairly rare and I am working to get answers and provide a stable environment. In this situation, everyone in a region crashes at once and there is no bug splat. I am terribly sorry and embarrassed for the crash yesterday! We will make things better! Will things be perfect, nooooo, this is Opensim. But I am committed to providing an exceptional stable infrastructure .

It appears that the crash Sunday was caused by a corrupt object (sailboat) being rezzed in our rezz zone. Innocent intentions, but it shut down the region for a few minutes.

4. Cross Grid- I made a decision that people can live here regardless of whether or not they have a friends grid avi. I did that because I do not want to play dictator and order people to have friends grid avi….even though I know it would help some issues.

I want to share a recent story that will help you understand how crazy cross grid can be. Serina and I went shopping at Lunaria on Wolf territory. The experience was the worst experience ever in Opensim. We had trouble moving…. The lag was ungodly. This was not my first time with a bad experience at Wolf.

I sent my friend Luna Lunaria a note…. Letting her know I wanted to be a customer but could not get around her region. Luna was horrified…. But also very supportive of Wolf territory extremely high speed. She told me she has never had issues like I described.

To her credit, Luna made a friends-grid account and then tried to visit Wolf territories. She could not move because the lag was sooooo bad. Wolf territory and ourselves are presently working on this issue. So far it appears to be in Wolfs settings.

I share this story with you all so you understand the complexity of cross grid. In this situation, our Avis worked fine on many other grids…..but not on that.

Cross grid could possibly be making your virtual life more complicated. Realize that with Cross grid, all your data has to be processed through two totally separate systems every time you try to even come to friends-grid.

Am I blaming all your troubles on Cross grid…..Nooooooo. However, it is a variable that must be considered.

In the example I shared, technically I was able to go to lunaria at Wolf territory ….so it is not that I was banned. My experience was awful……but my friend Luna helped prove the situation by making a friends-grid avi. Wolf territories and friends-grid are simply not communicating as well as they should….making a negative experience if I visit there. This same issue can happen any day with any grid; just realize when your avi is not from our own grid; it is having to go through two systems….and some days there will be issues. I know our communication with osg is not perfect….but all I can do is fix my side. I have no control over what OSG does or does not do.

5. I ask you all to clean cache, consider system, look at avi, and preferences; but please realize I am trying to do a bit also. These things take time and money….but I am committed to providing the best virtual experience. I say this not to make anyone feel bad, but so you understand.
Friends-grid has always had a powerful dedicated server, but last month I added a second one . Our first server was much stronger than most in Opensim …and now we have the second in place. The speeds I have noticed on grid have been stupid fast since adding second server.

Friends-grid has a system of triple back ups in place….. and these backs are done every hour. This is an extremely detailed security system….but it is in place for you….and your virtual experience.

6. Haters - I am fully aware that there are people who hate me personally and want nothing else other than to see me fail and friends-grid fail. I try to not be over paranoid, but I also try to be aware. Sometimes the issues that you see or feel may be coming from others, intentionally or unintentionally. We will constantly monitor.


In closing, I could easily add 1,000 or 10,000 sims overnight like some others have; but my goal is on the quality of your virtual experience, not how many sims I own.

I want to make this an amazing experience for YOU!

Good morning everyone!

I am looking forward to being back home and visiting with you all.

My trip has been good, but difficult dealing with daily heat index of 120 +degrees and three hours sleep. I am ready for some rest!

For our members who love racing, I got to see something cool yesterday.

Last night I sat in the actual F1 and Indy race cars driven by some guys named Michael, Mario and Marco. I guess they are a kind of well known racing family. racing family. Very nice people…..but they would not give me the keys!

I am tentatively planning on sailing Sunday at noon and hope to see many of you! Sailboat, speedboat, modded script……. I don’t care what you use…..we simply sail for fun!

Miss Safine and the tech guys have worked their magic and the Annihilation region is back up. Reggie kindly assisted with some testing earlier so if you feel the need to take out a few zombies head on over!

Just wanted to give a shout out to the team that has made friends-grid totally rock!

Sometimes the techies get overlooked, and they are the people who make this virtual world possible.

friends-grid is not a simple job to run….it is probably a pain in the butt because I have a minor addiction to scripts.

These guys are how I hosted a huge party yesterday with 31 people and 8,000 scripts in that region alone…. with no lag!

Thank you hosting4opensim

Subject : Bans and grid bans

In the last 24 hours , I have had my personal area attacked,
As well as had threats from an individual because his grid is banned.

Let me explain a few things:

1. I hate bans….and wish people would respect each other in open sim. I have one individual on ban, and hope there is never more.

2. Grid bans - I have never banned an entire grid ; however, our tech team has carried over the same security settings from their experiences. I Can have these lifted, but to be honest, I prefer being a little more secure.

As an example, I have a guy who is furious he is unable to access friends. I visited with Josh on it, and individual caused much trouble for them in the past. He used to be a part of Sacrarium and now claims to be an angel. He is banned from all of the grids that Josh oversees.

I can over rule tech and demand that these people be allowed, but at this point; I prefer to respect the opinion of the person I have hired to keep us running and safe.

Should you make a friend and they cannot get here, have them try a different avi.

If they are unable to get here with any avi, means your friend is not quite as innocent as they seem and they have a Mac ip ban.

If it is super important friend, I will consider all views, but my first thought is to go with my tech manager’s suggestions.

I wish everybody could always come here….but realize we try to allow 95% of the people access.

I try to avoid this as much as possible.

it is a beautiful morning to tour friends-grid

1. Stop by my friend Nico's Oh Hello store on the Xinashi region. you gotta be styling while you tour!
2. head to the Friend's Marina and do some sailing
3.Take an upclose look at the 17 waterfalls pictured here
4.head over to Aquamica to see an amazing underwater world....you could spend hours in this huge build!
5. go to Friends Stables and ride a horse to the satyr farm , and on to the rain forest jungle
6. Take out frustrations at roleplay sim Annihilation.....smashing buildings and shooting zombies
7. Surf and wind surf at Aquamica
8. Explore the Darwin Eco Project
9. try the Yoga at Xinashi

and most importantly.......make a few new friends!

if we are out, come back again, we would love to meet you!

pic & landscape by Pin DeLuca

friends-grid is OPEN!

What is friends-grid and the Friends region?

friends—grid is a sailing community (connected regions) that was built by a group of friends in 2023 and is owned by Safine Mahoe. You don’t have to sail, but if you do, you will love it!

Friends are the only thing that is important in Open Sim, nothing else really matters. As Woodrow Wilson said , “Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.”

The Friends region is the heart of friends-grid. On this region, you will find Friends Stables, multiple satyr farms, trails through the rainforest, a large Marina to assist with your boating needs and the most beautiful waterfalls you will find anywhere!

In addition to the Friends Region, you will also find teleports to : Xinashi región with Oh Hello store, Annihilation role play region, Aquamica region with some of the largest and most detailed underwater worlds, Clearwater II with the Darwin Eco Project and many other regions being developed.

A limited number of free rentals are available, however, we are looking for people who want to be involved in our community, not simply collect free houses on every grid.

If you want to be a part of this amazing community, please contact Safine Mahoe if online.

If I am offline, please message safinemahoe2 on opensimworld.com