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 :)

Another 90 minutes of HOT MACY BLUES coming up at 7:30!!
DJ Macy is at Rockin' The Blues Tonight from 7:30 to 9 pm! DJ Macy is the wyld lady with the Happy Tunes, so put on your comfy shoes, run over to Wyldwood Bayou Grid, and let's shake & stomp 'til your puppies are barkin'! It's time to Happy Dance with The Tribe, who are just dyin' the make you welcome!
wyldwoodbayou.com:8002:Wyldwood Bayou Rockin' The Blues

DJ Macy's Friday Night jumpin' Blues Party! Tonight at 6:00PM(SLT) at Rockin' the Blues!
Region: Wyldwood Bayou Rockin' The Blues
Event begins tonight at 6:00! 2022-08-12 18:00 SLT
OMG! It's FRIDAY!!! The work week is over! Let the party begin! Tonight, DJ Macy is here with 3 hours of "Macy Magic", the most upbeat and happy, toe tapping, butt wiggling blues you have ever heard! Yes!! Macy loves the boogie side of the blues, and she rocks it like no one else! Add the Blues Tribe and you have the makings for a Friday night blues FRENZY! Like your blues HOT?? Who doesn't?! Come on down to our swamp where you will find the best blues and the best people in any world!
wyldwoodbayou.com:8002:Wyldwood Bayou Rockin' The Blues

Anunciando um novo hud... "Wizardry". É um hud mágico com muito mais poderes do que todos os outros huds combinados. Foi criado por um grande feiticeiro no reino de FreeMagic. O Mago o deixou, onde jovens aprendizes dignos poderiam encontrá-lo e usá-lo para o bem, apenas esperando que o certo o descobrisse. O certo NÃO é priscilla kleenex. Quando você chegar ao FreeMagic em sua jornada para encontrar esse grande poder, você deve levar o seu tempo... Atravesse a longa ponte de corda, não voe nem tente. Se você tentar voar o dragão irá empurrá-lo para fora da terra, se você for empurrado 3 vezes você será banido da terra da Magia. Atravesse lentamente a longa ponte de corda da loja FreeMagic até o castelo do Mago, depois dê a volta e suba a longa ponte do castelo do Mago até a Faculdade de Scripting Magic. Dentro está um teste para aqueles que são dignos de receber o hud. Mas se você voou ou tentou voar, não poderá levar o Hud. Assim seja como está escrito! Você está avisado! Agora uma palavra para o jovem viajante sábio... A noite é sua amiga.

Ankündigung eines neuen Hud... "Wizardry". Es ist ein magisches Hud mit viel mehr Kräften als alle anderen Huds zusammen. Es wurde von einem großen Zauberer im Königreich FreeMagic erschaffen. Der Zauberer ließ es dort zurück, wo würdige junge Lehrlinge es finden und für immer nutzen könnten, und wartete nur darauf, dass der Richtige es entdeckte. Das Richtige ist NICHT Priscilla Kleenex. Wenn Sie auf Ihrer Suche nach dieser großen Kraft bei FreeMagic ankommen, müssen Sie sich Zeit nehmen ... Schlendern Sie über die lange Hängebrücke, fliegen Sie nicht und versuchen Sie es nicht. Wenn du versuchst zu fliegen, wird dich der Drache aus dem Land drängen, wenn du 3 Mal hinausgeworfen wirst, wirst du aus dem Land der Magie verbannt. Gehen Sie langsam über die lange Hängebrücke vom FreeMagic-Laden zum Schloss des Zauberers, gehen Sie dann zurück und gehen Sie die lange Brücke vom Schloss des Zauberers hinauf zum College of Scripting Magic. Darin befindet sich ein Test für diejenigen, die würdig sind, den Hud zu erhalten. Aber wenn Sie geflogen sind oder versucht haben zu fliegen, können Sie den Hud nicht nehmen. Also sei es wie geschrieben! Sie sind vorgewarnt! Nun noch ein Wort an den weisen jungen Reisenden.... Die Nacht ist dein Freund.

Don't miss this! DJ Keng brings it Fridays at 7 PM grid time. Tonight's set will be full of ballads & love songs so bring your squeeze or come solo, if you don't, you'll wish you did! You'll find him at Barefoot Dreamers Grid. Take the tp to Daddy O's from the welcome area TP board. Here's your ticket. login.barefoot-dreamers.com:8002:Barefoot Dreamers Welcome

This looks to be a spectacular event!! https://continuum.outworldz.net/JOpensim/index.php/forum/r...

Thank you Cat for supporting the arts!

If your region uses the SmartStart feature of Dreamgrid, there is now a new setting in your region's settings page. If you enable it, your region will show as "online" even when your region is frozen. For Kitely regions this setting is automatically enabled. (If you don't use SmartStart or DreamGrid, you can safely ignore this message :)

Hi everyone!
I will be singing at Speakeasy Swinghard today!!
Alternate Metaverse -11:00am
Casual, Fun, Friendly Gathering!
Would love to sing your favorites from 600+ variety song list.
Hugs and hopefully see you soon!!
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Map us at: alternatemetaverse.com:8002:AMV Events

Nach dem überwältigenden Erfolg geht´s diese Woche weiter mit den Grids Hopper Nights.
Donnerstag bis Sonntag machen wieder Grids Musik für Grids.
Morgen am Donnerstag starten wir im Soul Grid auf Super Nova Beach Resort.

Wir freuen uns auf Euch !

Onion sets for your gardens! I love onions! They're at the welcome center for Grid Our Dawn **grid.our-dawn.com:8002:Welcome" in the garden area and they're mesh and they're free ad full perm. I hope you will like them!

Neues in meinem Kostüm-Shop

LaToya= spezialisiert auf Dessous, Beach-Fashion, MA und Kostüme

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New in my costume shop

LaToya= specialised in lingerie, beach fashion, MA and costumes

Seashore nautical themed residential islands.
Rent for free, 5.000 prims.

South Bay Islands
Welcome to South Bay Islands.

Our parcels are both generous in size and prim count. So, you never have to feel cramped for space or restricted from providing the details that turn a house into a home.

Look around, find an available island, and claim it by touching the mailbox. It should then show your name. All you must do to keep it is to update each month by touching the mailbox again.

All we ask in return is:
1) No Businesses or other non-residential venues,
2) Respect you neighbors,
3) No ban-lines,
4) Create a nautical, coastal, or island look, and
5) Have Fun!!!

If you have any questions as to what is appropriate, please don’t hesitate to contact me, Annastasia Steele.

Announcing a new hud... "Wizardry". It is a magical hud with many more powers than all the other huds combined. It was created by a great Wizard in the kingdom of FreeMagic. The Wizard left it, where worthy young apprentices might find it, and use it for good, just waiting for the right one to discover it. The right one is NOT priscilla kleenex. When you arrive at FreeMagic on your journey to find this great power, you must take your time... Amble across the long rope bridge, do not fly or even attempt to. If you attempt to fly the dragon will push you out of the land, if you are pushed out 3 times you will be banned from the land of Magic. Slowly walk across the long rope bridge from the FreeMagic store to the Wizard's castle, then go around back and walk up the long bridge from the Wizard's castle to the College of Scripting Magic. Inside is a test for those who are worthy to receive the hud. But if you flew or attempted to fly, you will not be able to take the Hud. So Be IT as written! You are forwarned! Now a word to the wise young traveller.... The night is your friend.

DJ Rosa's Latin party tonight at 6:00
Region: Wyldwood Bayou Hot Daddys
Event begins at 6:00PM tonight! 2022-08-08 18:00 SLT
Bienvenidos!! Or Welcome to Hot Daddy's with DJ Rosa!! Tonite we salsa, Coumbia and Merengue our way through the evening with folks you know like J-Lo, Pit Bull, Ricky Martin, Selena, Jenni Rivera and Romeo Santos and popular Latin artists you may not know but will end up loving! Put on your best club attire or latin outfits, costumes or come as you are but DO come to Hot Daddy's for the music DJ Rosa loves! YOU will love it too!
wyldwoodbayou.com:8002:Wyldwood Bayou Hot Daddys

Announcing a new hud... "Wizardry". It is a magical hud with many more powers than all the other huds combined. It was created by a great Wizard in the kingdom of FreeMagic. The Wizard left it, where worthy young apprentices might find it, and use it for good, just waiting for the right one to discover it. The right one is NOT priscilla kleenex. When you arrive at FreeMagic on your journey to find this great power, you must take your time... Amble across the long rope bridge, do not fly or even attempt to. If you attempt to fly the dragon will push you out of the land, if you are pushed out 3 times you will be banned from the land of Magic. Slowly walk across the long rope bridge from the FreeMagic store to the Wizard's castle, then go around back and walk up the long bridge from the Wizard's castle to the College of Scripting Magic. Inside is a test for those who are worthy to receive the hud. But if you flew or attempted to fly, you will not be able to take the Hud. So Be IT as written! You are forwarned! Now a word to the wise young traveller.... The night is your friend.

DJ Kith 's "Your Set Sunday" Blues Request Night tonite at 6:00!
Region: Wyldwood Bayou Rockin' The Blues
Event begins 6:00PM tonight2022-08-07 18:00 SLT
One of our most popular sets is when YOU get to be the DJ! Tonite's the night! You already bring the party...now you get to bring the music!! Bring your blues requests and dedications and DJ Kith will play them for you! Have an old favorite? A fresh new blues tune you heard somewhere? YES!! BRING IT! See if you can challenge this awesome DJ tonite! We will have the fun..the friendships that we are famous for and you bring the music tonite! Come on down to the Bayou and let's party!
wyldwoodbayou.com:8002:Wyldwood Bayou Rockin' The Blues

Nautilus Select Club for our Select Club Party Show
Join Us at OS GRID Nautilus Select Club for our Select Club Party Show

Time: Today Sunday August 7 th at 1:00 PM - 2:00PM Grid Time
Location: Nautilus Select Club

Select Club Party Show is a combination of today's hottest dance music and older hits based on the chart listings. Feel free to join us this week to feel the beat to beat and back to back live mixing!
One hour of fun !!!!
Hope to See you then ! https://opensimworld.com/hop/87467#:~:text=hg.osgrid.org%3...

New casino games have arrived! Slots, Poker and Blackjack. Play against the BJ Bot at the 3 player blackjack table. Original game designs found no place else. Chat with our AI bartender and her friends. Join our group for announcements.

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 Saturday night with DJ KITH! Starting at 7:30 PM!
Region: Wyldwood Bayou Rockin' The Blues
Event begins at 7:30PM right after DJ Riker!! 2022-08-06 19:30 SLT
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!
wyldwoodbayou.com:8002:Wyldwood Bayou Rockin' The Blues

DJ Riker's Saturday Blues Showcase at Rockin' the Blues tonight at 6:00PM!
Region: Wyldwood Bayou Rockin' The Blues
Event begins 6:00PM tonight! 2022-08-06 18:00 SLT
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

Boa noite a todos,

Logo mais, a partir das 21hs (horário de Brasília), Festa Gótica sob o comando da nossa DJ Miragem!

Uma noite imperdível!

Todos são convidados!

Realização:
Equipe de Festas de Terra Nova Grid

Good evening everyone,

Soon, from 21 pm (Brasilia time), Gothic Party under the command of our DJ Miragem!

An unforgettable night!

All are invited!

Realization:
Terra Nova Grid Party Team

New release ** EUROPEAN BLACK ALDER TREES PACK (Alnus glutinosa) ** FREE and FULL PERM at FOREST AREA BOX 02*** Seasonal textures included (1024x1024 pixels or 128x128px for helping reducing graphic lag on region ) - Leaves with a smooth animation.
PS. Alder trees that were already on FLORA, I renamed them. They are now called Gray Alder Trees (Alnus incana) so both now look like trees in RL.Enjoy :)

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