SheaButter @SheaButter

For the last 3 weeks, I have dealt with a intermittent issue on my grid that has about driven me nuts. I have tested, and eliminated possibilities …..without luck.

Yesterday two of the largest grid owners in open sim, Lone Wolf from Wolf Territories and Josh Boam from Aviworlds, took time from their busy schedules to help finally fix this issue. In addition , Rafael from Wolf Territories assisted. I cannot say thanks enough!

Although I work with Josh’s hosting business, this involved much more. Josh would not give up and recruited Lone Wolf.

In my opinion, maybe this is what opensim was designed to be: sharing of knowledge and helping each other.

Lone Wolf and Josh did not have to give up their time to help a tiny grid…..but they did!

Maybe we can all learn from these individuals!

Sharing knowledge is Caring



FYI. The default setting of 2 threadsets can cause major headaches depending on your region….it is way too low in some cases. You all probably know that…but I learned.

Recently I have had a number of people requesting that I allow child avatars at friends-grid and I want to discuss this openly and honestly.

It is not my place to try and push my morals and values upon others....however, as a grid owner, it is my place to learn the laws of every country involved. In this situation, I need to understand the Child pornography laws of not only where our servers are located, but I also had to research and learn the laws of every country we have residents and guests from. We currently have residents from 30 countries and guests from another 35. People who say "laws dont apply " are incorrect on this subject. You may have servers in one country.....but all the laws of your resident's countries come into play also.

A good thing to remember is that because you have gotten away with something for 10 years does not make it legal. You may never get caught....and then again.....somebody with a grudge may turn you in.

I want to point out a recent post by Jerralyn Franzic . Jerralyn showed the cutest childs outfit ever! ....and she also made the wisest statement ...."I don't understand the hatred towards child avis in Open Sim. Sure, they shouldn't engage in adult activities and maybe not hang in Adult sims but otherwise, what's the problem?" Personally I would love to see kids riding ponies at my farm....and having fun being mermaids. If everyone in child avi were to abide by Jerralyn's statement, there would not be an issue.

However, lets talk about reality. Not all child avis are simply riding ponies and playing in the water. The simple truth is that many (not all) of these child avis are having sex. Some grids use this to boost their traffic. In some countries, including US, the graphic illustration of a child online having sex is 100% illegal. You see, it does not matter if the person behind the computer is 12 or 52......the visual computer generated depiction of a child (child avatar) involved in sex is very illegal in a number of countries. 18 U.S.C. § 2252 Many people will say their countries are different....and this is stupid. I did not make laws........but I need to abide by them. Before people jump on this and criticize me ....I would suggest you read the laws of your country....your servers country...and the laws of all your residents or guests. There are many misinformed people on this subject. I am not saying the laws are right or wrong......but learn the laws.....then comment. You need to learn laws for your servers country...and all your guests countries. This post is not about morals......it is about laws....of all the countries involved.

I have spent over 200 hours reading international laws. Some countries allow things that others do not. However, you have to consider all the laws because of guests.


In closing....do I hate kids and kids avis......nooooooo. I would love to be able to allow them to come to friends grid. However, this is a less than perfect world in which we live, and I have to look at the potential liability of allowing those child avis. Because of that, Child avis are not allowed on friends-grid......no exceptions! I am sad....because there are some wonderful people in kids avis that I do not get to have visit.

Friends-grid is an Adult community and we are looking for adults, with adult avi's who want to make this their main opensim home.

CLOSED!
That's it for this year. I would like to thank all of my loyal visitors who brought the sim to life. I hope you had a nice time. Many things that you suggested last year had been implemented and have brought a breath of fresh air into the sim.
Unfortunately, there were a few black sheep who didn't know how to behave. That's why I couldn't keep my promise to keep the sim open to everyone and everything this year.
Thanks also to the visitors who actually r e a l l y visited various Halloween Sims and then gave their great reviews.
I would like to thank you again for the many great encounters. It was an honor to be the host again this year.Hopefully we see you all back next year. Until then, have a good time.
Your Thomas

They are exhausted, but the fox hunt went well (or studying scripting pack behavior)
Arriving with an exhausted pack https://gyazo.com/0c620b98847038e78b505ee876569886

Sim crossing over 4 var regions with followers works extremely well IF you cross calmly and keep your objects close.

MORTIMER!!! WE'RE BACK!!!! Thanks to the people of the metaverse. So many of you came to me offering free land, free help, and really demonstrated your friendship. You brought back my latest creations to me to refill my store at Wizardry. I am very greatful and love you all. I could not ask for better friends. Special thanks to Milly Money, Fresh Virtual World, Jay R Cela, Kater_V_Kater, Marianna, PagaSuccubus, Safine Mahoe, HugABug, Mistress Dalgato, Lone Wolf, Nexus Storm, Fearghus McMahon, KatKakoola, Fred BeckHuesen & Druskus. You are wonderful and awesome people, and I am forever grateful to all of you.

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

I repaired MAHJONG by Xylor Baysklef. The amazing Xylor made this years ago, and it was broken and stopped working. I just went through thousands of lines of code and fixed all 13 broken scripts. Now it will work in dreamgrid or anywhere. :) I'm leaving it at cyberdatastorm.com:8002:SandBox This is a fun 1 person or multiplayer game and it is very advanced and sophisticated.

ADULTS ONLY REGION

Announcing the opening of a new little pet store at Raven's Peak - Cinders Bay - Raven's Pets. A collection of companion pets that will be growing over time. Pop on over to check out this little gem of a store!

Mike & Zoey ♥

Tarot V3. This is a new version that I just made on 3/16/2024. It now can do reversed cards, and ill dignified cards. Now it automatically chooses whether the card is up right or reversed, and shows the appropriate meaning. I took the seed from the random number generator built into the computer, which is run by a crystal on the mother board of your computer. This crystal vibrates at a frequency and produces the number out of the vibrations. Amazing! Anyway, This new tarot table can show normal and reversed cards as a result, making the entire process much easier to read, and it now more closely follows the laws of chance just like shuffling a real life deck of tarot cards. Whether a card is ill dignified or well dignified is determined by looking to the cards to the left and right of the card. If one is reversed and one is normal they cancel each other out so the card stands as is. If both are normal it is positive reinforcement and strengthens the card in the middle. If both are negative then they weaken the center card substantially. So now it works like real tarot and the real celtic cross! Come get yours at cyberdatastorm.com:8002:Wizardry.

FINALLY I OPEN THE SANTORINI SHOP FOR PUBLIC.
I WANNA THANK YOU ALL WHO HAVE WRITTEN ME AND GIVE ME ADVICE AND SUPPORT. THE SHOPS ARE OPEN AGAIN. WELCOME BACK
WHILE IT´S OPEN IÁM IN PROCESS TO BUILD UP MY NEW ISLAND CLOUD9.

BEAR WITH ME. IT'S A BIG JOB JUST BUILDING EVERYTHING UP AND FIXING SHOPS. BELINDA WILL HAVE HER NEW SHOPS WITH HER NICE CLOTHES ETC. STAY TUNED IN THE GROUP FOR UPDATES AND IN OPENSIM. IF YOU HAVE IDEAS FOR WHAT YOU WANT ON OPENSIM THAT IS MISSING. FEEL FREE TO WRITE AND PM ME. THANK YOU ALL ONCE AGAIN FOR ALL THE SUPPORT.

SOPPORTAMI. È UN GRAN LAVORO SOLO COSTRUIRE TUTTO E RISTRUTTURARE I NEGOZI. BELINDA AVRÀ I SUOI ​​NUOVI NEGOZI CON I SUOI ​​BELLI VESTITI ECC. RESTA SINTONIZZATO NEL GRUPPO PER GLI AGGIORNAMENTI E IN OPENSIM. SE HAI IDEE PER QUELLO CHE VUOI SU OPENSIM MANCA. SENTITEVI LIBERI DI SCRIVERMI E DI MANDARMI IN PRIVATO. GRAZIE A TUTTI ANCORA PER TUTTO IL SUPPORTO.
TENGAN PACIENCIA CONMIGO. ES UN GRAN TRABAJO SIMPLEMENTE CONSTRUIR TODO Y REPARAR LOS TALLERES. BELINDA TENDRÁ SUS NUEVAS TIENDAS CON SU ROPA BONITA ETC. MANTÉNGASE ATENTOS AL GRUPO PARA ACTUALIZACIONES Y EN OPENSIM. SI TIENES IDEAS PARA LO QUE QUIERES EN OPENSIM, FALTA. NO dudes en escribirme y enviarme un mensaje privado. GRACIAS A TODOS UNA VEZ MÁS POR TODO EL APOYO.

Ertrage es mit mir. Es ist schon eine große Aufgabe, alles aufzubauen und Geschäfte zu reparieren. BELINDA WIRD IHRE NEUEN GESCHÄFTE MIT IHREN SCHÖNEN KLEIDUNGEN ETC. HABEN. Bleiben Sie in der Gruppe auf dem Laufenden, um Updates zu erhalten, und in OPENSIM. WENN SIE IDEEN HABEN, WAS SIE AUF OPENSIM WOLLEN, DAS FEHLT. Zögern Sie nicht, mir zu schreiben und mir eine private Nachricht zu schicken. VIELEN DANK EUCH ALLEN NOCHMALS FÜR DIE UNTERSTÜTZUNG.
hop://junglefriends.opensim.fun:8002/Santorini Shops/367/354/2534
Angelina Santorini

MAGICAL JELLY FISH (*) on mesh for your underwater regions or even parties with blinking lights and rotation (**) Available for FREE and FULL PERM at BOX 04 (XMAS AREA). Enjoy :)
(*) Jelly fish looks different than the one exposed here -as its trully difficult to make a decent an alpha pic with almost transparent objects....
(**) Available also model without rotation and particles, if needed.

Hier ein paar impressionen vom Karneval in Köln. Danke allen die ein Teil davon waren.


Here are a few impressions from the carnival in Cologne. Thank you to everyone who was a part of it.

https://youtu.be/kURgrpqVxk0?si=roTFPWcDcmihjclA

Every one, something I did not know. I upgraded to the most recent version of dreamgrid and the other day I had massive problems. My grid would not restart and I had to reinstall completely from oars and an old iar. I lost a ton of my inventry. Someone pointed out to me that the latest version is a 'beta' version that has not been well tested, and I didn't know that. Apparently we should only use the latest 'stable' version and stick to that until a new 'stable' version is clearly marked on the dreamgrid website. I apologize to everyone for posting when a new version of dreamgrid came out. Not realizing these are beta versions has created a massive mess. As usual, many people are angry with me for joyfully informing them of the latest release. I hope you can forgive me, I meant no harm, and was trying to be helpful.

As some of you noticed..everything is a different this year. The sim is open for all,friends foes and in between. So no reason to rez alts from different grids!
For all newbies: - flying is ,for sure, allowed but you would miss half of the fun!
- look into every building (church,castle (even on the roof, houses..)
hidden items in every corner
- please be nice to each other. A smile or a nice "hi" always
welcome!
Happy weekend!... ps and yes I offer flying vacuum cleaners ahem flying broomsticks too:-)

Hello folks.. some people ask me where the nice shop is with the funny costumes for system avatars. Well yes it sank together with the liquidation of the art sim..
My fault not bringing it back. To busy in real life. But I heard you and it will be back soon ! I will go on making funny avatars out of the creations too. I need just a few more hours and Froggie Ponds original creations will be back.
Here is a sneak preview