I'm beginning to realize Opensim may be a dying platform and I'm starting to question the time and expenditure involved in maintaining a physical store.. The hypergrid has lots and lots of interesting regions, but only music events appear to have any traffic, and there seem to be few vibrant socializations outside of those. I've stayed this long because I love to create and I can do things on Opensim I can't do in SL, but at some point, it gets lonely being on the platform and sales barely break even.

Those who do come, love what they find here, and I've had a few very generous patrons of my work, for whom I am deeply appreciative. You have kept me going. But by and large, the hypergrid as a whole does not value original creators who want to sell their work, only those willing to give everything away.

A number of merchant friends have already either closed, or are considering it. I'll give it to the end of this year and see where things stand. In the meantime, I offer my sincere thanks to those of you who have loved my work and been inspired by it.

Blessed be.

Truly a sad day in my SIM, when i have to resort to this... a truly ugly sign, in all sense of the word. BUT kids are people too and deserve protection just like in real life. If you are a child or faerie AV, we are the top rated SIM, for Faeries and children alike. We have a ZERO-TOLERANCE policy and staff online 24/7 to ensure our residents safety.

DUE TO THE POPULARITY OF THE PREVIOUS THREAD, I HAVE STARTED A NEW ONE !!
This thread will be a GENERAL POLL. Yes or No to the existence of Child or Child-Like avatars, BUT you MUST leave a comment explaining why. Comments that are single word answers will be deleted. Comments that are slanderous, hateful or abusive will also be deleted. YOU are an ADULT, leave an adult response please. I look forward to the comments and different points of view.

We are back but with caveats. Dreamgrid stopped working on our server after installing a web server. We uninstalled the web server but that only fixed half the problem. Dreamgrid crashes when "checking diagnostic port".

We know that all needed ports are working and open because everything was working fine before. If anyone can help with this problem so that we can get back days of work lost, please IM me here or email zoe.synclair [at] gmail.com.

Meanwhile, Bernicia Prime is running on a standalone instance of Opensim. We lost about two days of improvements (the last time we backed up to oar) and, of course, all inventory for avatars which means that new features cannot be restored unless we get Dreamgrid working again. The sim is, however, open for visits!

Any help would be appreciated, thanks

CHEATING: Bot inflation to improve ranking.
I have noticed there are places which are using BOTS to inflate their rankings on Opensimworld. I am not pointing fingers at anyone in particular because I think we all know who they are. This gives some people unfair advantage over how they are listed on the Opensimworld HUD and possibly this website.

The FAQ/HELP page clearly states the following: "Non-NPC bots need to be added to the exclude list, so that our beacon does not report them as real visitors. Please add the names of your non-NPC bots in the notecard "exclude_list" , one at a line."

One way we can improve this community is to play fairly and not employ spam tactics to promote brands. Penalties should be awarded to those who engage in such practices. As community members we should bear this in mind before visiting these merchants.

Comment to the review of MarkZyn at Stark:
Beeing unfriendly to our visitors is not the nature of either me or Niki. You can ask whoever you want, so I guess you never got in contact with us. Child avatars aren't allowed at Stark, but we can't be there the whole time to see who is on. So if you have a problem with something or someone it would be nice if you would have get in contact with me BEFORE you write such an unfair and defamatory review. But I guess that was all you wanted. Your account is brand new and empty, seems to be created just for that reason.

The first time ever in open sim, a magazine dedicated to Hentai in all its glory. This magazine will have you all racing to the store to get many copies. Hehehehehehehe!
It is rude and it is fun so please dont take offence. It is A rated but not malicious or ill meaning.

You can get old or new style vendors containing the whole range of Stark! magazines from the welcome area at Stark Islands.

Enjoy!!!!!!!!!!

It's really not that hard to be ranked #4 on OpenSim when you plant 8 avatars in your region and just keep them there. I really think that is being very deceitful and skewing the OpenSim numbers to raise yourself in the rank. Regions that have been found to have avatars that are just put there 24/7 should have the region deleted and it should not be allowed. Not only is this grid owner stealing people's regions but now they are lying about who is actually occupying their region to raise themselves in the ranks. Awful!

Little hacker bastard. Look how big the story is. You can hack as much as you want. It doesn't change the story. You are only momentary and nothing you do as a hacker makes you bigger. You are nothing, you have nothing, you will not have been in the end. How pathetic and pitiful. You think what you do is important and right. But you are alone, frustrated, and your hacking successes are those pathetic self-affirmations that don't really satisfy you. You want a world where you are respected. But you are not able to find your way in this world. Not able to approach people and see and accept the positive. To be or not to be, that is the question. In the end it was light or nothing. It's up to you. The negative cannot win. The + always flows to the - and no hacker turns it around. Hackers are mostly children of drug parents or rich people who are socially unfit. So sad, OK smart kids wake up sometime and make something of their life. Failures give up and their characters become impoverished. They fight hard for recognition in an environment where everyone is abusing everyone else to achieve the same illusion. In principle intelligent .... but what use is it if you are socially unfit? There are people who have created positive things, whose name will survive. Your miserable life and the attempts to enrich yourself ...... Your demise will not be noticed.

stolen items and creator renamed making stuff usless
Lyudmila.Pavlichenko @sacrarium24.ru:8002
87695d18-ce2a-4bf7-9483-bdaec0f15710
Allana.Santos @sacrarium24.ru:8002 proven copybotter came on to my grid and copybotted a river boat i spent months making
or any other sacrarium grid they got to
they are invading hypersapace
it appers they come to you grid invisable to avatar counters all but uuid number is hidden copy bot your stuff god mode it and make them selves as creator and remove a texture you can never res it out again

So many moralists ... OK too many. I don't understand it, please help me. You don't do everything yourself. You copy right and left. From people who give you everything free, copy mod transe. You do the same things on your land/sim. You block it for others. No mod no trans ...... DID YOU ASK YOURSELF AT WHICH RIGHT? ACROSS FROM YOUR PEOPLE? Do you understand the message Yes? Welcome to Opensim! :-)
Go to Google, learn what is Opensim Free spirit!

So viele Moralisten... OK zu viele. Ich verstehe es nicht, hilf mir bitte. Du machst nicht alles selner. Du kopierst rechts und links. Bei Menschen die Dir alles frei geben, copy mod transe. Die selben Sachen stellst Du an sin Land. Du sperrst es für andere. No mod no trans...... HAST DU DICH IRGEND WANN GEFRAGT: MIT WELCHEM RECHT? GEGENÜBER DEINEN MITMENSCHEN? Verstehst Du die Botschaft? Ja? Willkommen in Opensim! :-)
Gehe zu Google, lerne was Opensim Freigeist ist!

SM - Marketplace for Opensim
We at Social Mouse are looking for Vendor who are in the spirit of SHARING (Not Paid items) to come along this wonderful journey - We have an OpenSim Working Marketplace system for all of OpenSim! if you want to share your items or items you found and make it easier for others to actually find items Please PM me - Let's Share as Aggressively as we can!!! EVERYONE IS WELCOMED ALL ITEMS ARE NEEDED FOR CATALOGING AND SHARING!

I'm looking for dance pads, preferably with a leader pad but not necessary. If you don't want to share the dances that's fine. All I want is the pads with the scripts. I can put my own dances in. This must be a prime item because no one seems willing to share them. If need be I can purchase them with Gloebits if someone knows a shop that sells them. Many thanks in advance!

Metropolis the deadline is Feb 24
After Feb 24 there will be no more free accounts in Metropolis, All users will have to give their Private Info (Payment Info) All assets and accounts will be deleted, and only if you pay you will be able to restore your old assets.

OS Grid Donation Drive Events & Scheduling - Sept 21-28, 2018
OS Grid Donation Drive Events & Scheduling - Sept 21-28, 2018
OS Grid Fundraiser Carnival 2018
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Greetings everyone,
OS Grid which has given us all so much, reaches out and asks us all for a bit of help in return during our Annual Carnival Fundraiser Donation Drive. The Open Source Grid charges no money for content, entertainment or even land, but not all is free to the grid itself. Servers to host all of this must be paid for along with a few miscellaneous expenses needed to keep us afloat, therefor we rely on the generosity of our residents and guests.

YouTube video Promotion of OSG Donation Drive Carnival
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9DRyUzvZrw&feature=youtu....

Hypergrid Business Website covering OS Grid's Donation Carnival 2018
https://www.hypergridbusiness.com/2018/09/osgrid-fundraise...

GoFundMe Page Online
https://www.gofundme.com/please-help-us-save-our-world
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Donate
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You may donate by going to our website at
http://www.osgrid.org/donate
Sign up for a subscription donation or donate a one time sum

OR you can go to the GoFundMe page at:
https://www.gofundme.com/please-help-us-save-our-world

Donate in SL using our designated donations avatar: OSgridInc Resident

You may email a pledge to donations@osgrid.org

By Check: Please make checks out to OSgrid Inc. and mail to: OSgrid Inc. P.O. Box 1001 Rincon, GA 31326 USA
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The Events
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Numerous grid- wide events are lined up for fundraiser from September 21st - 28th, 2018. We welcome all residents and guests to participate as viewers and contributors via donation, and thank all of you who come and join in both as spectators and participants!

We have included traveling road shows at some of our members clubs and stages around OS Grid as well as the events on Event Plaza's Stage & Dance venue and a new Special; Events Region.
Please join us and be a part of making our grid be strong and last long!
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Events Schedule for the Carnival
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Day 1.....Friday, September 21st
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Event Plaza Friday Party

8.00am - 9.00am DJ Aussie
9.00am - 10am DJ Kawaii
10am - 11am DJ Princess
11am - 12noon DJ Aussie
12noon - 2pm DJ LaNani
2pm - 4pm DJ Fearless
4pm - 6pm DJ Purr
6pm - 7pm DJ LadyJo
7pm - 8pm DJ Aussie
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Day 2.....Saturday, September 22nd
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11am - 3pm - Creators Donation Auction - Foxx Bode Auctioneer
4pm - 6pm Swimsuit Contest @ Special Events Runway Women & Men Both
6pm - 8pm Swimsuit Contest After party at Sirens hosted by TIGGS
- 6-7 DJ Marceli
- 7-8 DJ Cataplexia
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Day 3.....Sunday, September 23rd
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11:30 am-1pm The Hate Won't Win- DJ Higher
1pm -6pm Maritime Club - lineup to be announced
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Day 4.....Monday, September 24th
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10am - 12n Trancelucid Club Opening - DJ Kawaii
3pm - 7 PM Tribute Palooza at Special Events
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Day 5.....Tuesday, September 25th
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12n - 5pm Almost Islands Live Events
~12 noon to 1 PM - Lucky Chiung
~1 PM to 2 PM - Joao Frazao
~2 PM to 4 PM - Lucky Chiung
~4 PM to 5 PM - Greybeard Thinker
5pm - 7pm Belly Dancing - Oasis Ballroom - DJ Cataplexia
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Day 6.....Wednesday, September 26th
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Event Plaza Wednesday Party

8.00am - 10.00am DJ Aussie
10.00am - 11.00am DJ Kawaii
11.00am - 12.00 Noon DJ Princess
12.00 - 2.00pm DJ LaNani
2.00pm - 3.00pm DJ Higher
3.00pm - 4.00pm DJ LadyJo
4.00pm - 5.00pm DJ Purr
5pm - 6pm Nazirah (Live Performance)
6.00pm - 7.00pm DJ Camila
7.00pm - 8.00pm DJ Cataplexia
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Day 7.....Thursday, September 27th
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11am - 2PM Soccer Tournament - DJ to Be Announced
2 pm - 4 PM Soccer Afterparty at ArtSpeak Cafe' - DJ Cataplexia
4 pm - 7 pm Greedy Marathon hosted by Cilla Teebrook
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Day 8.....Friday, September 28th
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Event Plaza Friday Party

8.00am - 9.00am DJ Aussie
9.00am - 10am DJ Kawaii
10am - 11am DJ Princess
11am - 12noon DJ LadyJo
12noon - 2pm DJ LaNani
2pm - 4pm DJ Fearless
4pm - 5pm Singergirl
5pm - 7pm DJ Purr
7pm - 8pm DJ Aussie
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Due to the frequent attempts to use the Bordello as a gathering place for minors with pedophiles, access is now only with special permission. Permission is given only by Pagane Succubus.
Store will continue to be open for all, but now is only store.

P.S. Lets explain - you may use any avatar in my grid! Restrictions is for your REAL world age!!!

To Opensimworld, can you please look at the last three messages I received? I have three threats from your members. As soon as they threaten they delete account. I am just now home from being evacuated for two weeks, not even online so accusing me of being a hacker is laughable. Very funny that those doing the hacking are the ones accusing. Warning we have a few nuts loose at opensimworld.

After hearing of the sad news that Gertie Bumbtious left us on June 5th, we, Niki Stark (ex-wife of Gertie) and I decided to make a tribute edition of Stark! with some nice photos of Gertie. We will miss Gertie very much with her happy, positive manner and her legendary music sets!

You can get copies of the magazine and the vendors at the Stark landing point as always.

Rest in peace, Gertie!
Niki & Mattie

Ask Yourself:
You made a great cake, you did put all your time and effort in this cake. Then you sell it to make a few bucks extra, to pay the rent for the bakery. Then some else steels your recipe and starts making your cakes and gives free cakes to people. People no longer have to buy your cake and you can close your bakery. Do you think that is fair? This is the same thing. By grabbing all these illegal items ( and believe me ALL is illegal at Sacrarium grid ) you kill others, who try to be honest and do things the right way. This is not 'SHARING' and does not even come close to 'CARING'. Remember they only care about themselves and laugh about you the silly and dumb people who keep them alive. JUST DON'T! They copy everything except good behaviour :) They are the outcast in our society, they are worthless criminal people:) You do not want to be one of them.
And I probably will be banned, without notice, from this site, because they cannot deal with what we call 'FREEDOM of SPEECH'.

YES... I KNOW... IT SUCKS.... but...
Opening this thread after someone has left a bad review on my sim because she didnt agree about the GDPR policy...

"Wth is GDPR policy"
- The General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 ("GDPR") is a regulation in EU law on data protection and privacy for all individuals within the European Union (EU) and the European Economic Area (EEA). It also addresses the export of personal data outside the EU and EEA areas. The GDPR aims primarily to give control to individuals over their personal data and to simplify the regulatory environment for international business by unifying the regulation within the EU.

"All grids asking for registration then?"
- Not all grids but the commercial ones were forced to.

"WTH I have to do with this law if I not even European?"
- YES, I KNOW.. IT SUCKS.... but... Grids owners cant control (or its too complex and costy $$$) to know who is who. I run a Norwegian sim but I could be from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on RL or even from Tivunantampuran, India and u wouldnt know...

"I DON`T LIKE PEOPLE COLLECTING DATA FROM ME"
-YES... I KNOW... IT SUCKS.... but... let me tell u a thing.. Info being collected refers only to ur av name, age, IP address, time u log in there and harware/software used on PC used only for grid statistics.. Grids owners are not worried if u watch porno on PC or even u own copybotted stuffs in inventory.. And guess what. ALL GRIDS ALWAYS COLLECTED info about u. Difference now u know tha happens!!

" I TRIED TO MAKE 3 TIMES REGISTRATION AND STILL CANT TP OUT"
-YES... I KNOW... IT SUCKS.... but... please follow carefully instructions from grids website.. Most of times (99,9%) are from people who types either "http" or the "/" (or even both) at hypergrid address.. For whom IMmed asking for help I could manage them all to get to my sim, so please dont give us, sim owners, a bad review. just try to contact us first (or why not the grid support).

"NAH, I STILL DONT WANT TO MAKE THE DAMN REGISTRATION"
-YES... I KNOW... IT SUCKS.... but... Sun is yellow, Moon is white, someone here is gay - u couldnt not agree but if u still want to travel hypergrid (stuff u cant do at SL) its ur choice.. but nothing u do will change it. and my advise is: relax! registration is done once for AV!

"ITS TOO MUCH STEPS TO TRAVEL HYPERGRID.."
YES... I KNOW... IT SUCKS.... but... some people working to make process more simple. Hope one day all grids will do the same (but its all about $$$ u know)..
Bill Bright has just shown me a project he s been working at to make it more simple (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Data_Protection_Regu...).

well, hope to have clarified about GDPR here. Please leave ur comments here and tell me what u think about this thread. Thx :)

They are not DJs.. but they make the music "to play" everyday at Opensim. *** 3D logo OPENSIM WANTS U for ur place - FREE and FULL PERM with URL giver script that links u to how to donate to opensim developers. If u dont donate, consider rezing this at ur area to help the boys :) Enjoy :)

Unfortunately, once again there were attacks on the police
African American group.
Unfortunately once again politics will not do anything in the United States.
After 2 weeks of beating their heads in, it is time to rest.
Notice something?? it is not the first time and not the last time in the States.

Unteachable unfortunately ...

Don't usually do drama politics lol but i recieved more than the usual Hate Mail since posting here. 1. This is no Second Life 2. 70% of the items i see for sale in Second Life are free downloadable objects and clothes modified and then resold for quite alot of money (i do game graphics in RL) 3. OS Grid came to us as a free open source and is especially valuable to those who are handicapped and on low incomes who can never never never afford SL to create their dreams 4. No other grid would be around if not for the FREE tech service from OS grid staff and developers 5. If you tweeked your copy of OS Grid sofware for YOUR GRID and it runs better GREAT that is what we want! YOUR HAPPINESS 6. When attending someones event try to have manners if possible, I know these are hard times and everyone is on edge but lets all just step back for a moment and take a breath. Im happy to help anyone or discuss or listen Hugsss and have a great day HAPPY HOLIDAYS

You set my HG address wrong, and then banned me for it???
You added secondlife: as a prefix, to all of my HG links, then when no one can access my region (because I'm NOT in Second Life), you ban me for incorrect address and refuse to reply to my support requests??? WTF? Please help me get this set up correctly!

I want to clarify something there is someone going around spreading rumors about Club Equinox closing down~! Let me set the record straight! Club Equinox was started 3 years ago on the Kinky Grid by me and my Sister Chynna those that been to the old Equinox know her! There were not that many clubs around then and alot of them that were are gone today. We work hard to make Equinox a drama free no issues place to come party and anyone who ever came knows that we are a fun place to party! Xaria is and has always been a great partner in the club, We have seen a decline in people coming but we will be here for a very long time in the future we have many plans and improvements ! WE HAVE NO PLANS TO CLOSE~!~~~ so with that i want to stop the rumor mill that people have started about Xaria and Me many times before if anyone wants to find out whats going on your all more than happy to ask me or Xaria we be more than happy to tell you!

LIGHT MUSEUM is now known as LIGHT and SOUND MUSEUM *** Available for FREE and FULL PERM (store number 07), SOUND BOXES (environment sounds) for ur sim/place:
Choose different environements such as:

NATURE SOUNDS: Boreal Forest, Australian Outback, Pine Forest, Desert,Rain Forest, Swamp, Beach, River, Waterfall, Rain, Thunderstorm, Wind, Tornado, Underwater, Whales & Dolphins ,Volcano Eruption, Earthquake, Wet Water Cave and African Savannah.

URBAN SOUNDS: Bar, Harbor, Amusement Park (Machinery, Merry go round, Haunted Mansion and Zombies), Construction,Subway, Factory, Military Base, City Traffic, Airport, Stadium, Garden Party, French Cafe, Irish Pub, Buddhist Temple, Bazaar (Oriental Market), Mosque, Chinese Market, Cooking, Office, Volleyball, Hospital, Night Club ,City Battle WW2, Swimming Pool, Traffic Jam, Gregorian Chant, Grocery, Police Department, Coffee Shop, Mantra OM and Hockey.

FARM SOUNDS: Farm Ambiance, Ducks, Cattle Yard, Turkeys, Backyard Geese, Horse Stable, Goats, Pigs, Fire (Campire and fireplace) and even an Old West Saloon Ambiance.

BIRDS SOUNDS: Amazon Parrots, Black Capped Chickadees, Budgies, Cockatiels, Crows, Eagles, Nightingales, Northern Cardinals, Owl, Pigeons, Robins and Thrushes.

MEDIEVAL and FANTASY SOUNDS: Medieval Tavern, Space Station, STARWARS (Cantina, Duel of Fates, Imperial March), Yggdrasil Viking, Cosmic Melody, Enchanted Forest, Dinosaurs Jungle and Spiders Cave.

P.S. When boxes are rezed for the 1st time it might happen the sounds break a little bit. Normal at Opensim when more than 1 wav file is played. But after loop is completed ,sounds will go smooth :)

The new Stark! magazine is out now!

Nice Minik from Stark Islands ZetaWorlds did another great edition as photographer with the beautiful Vanessa Mondar, her model and muse.

You can get your copy of the magazine and vendors at the Stark landing point.

How to tell if your sim got hacked.
Well usually the signs are obvious. Missing items, White items, even possibly 100's of scripts missing. How do they do it? Simple. Viewers like hydrastorm and darkstorm have options such as God mode override hack, which let's the user become a god on your land. The viewers also can let someone delete items from your sim, clone items, and even take the scripts. Well that's fine, you say, my opensim blocks hydrastorm and darkstorm. Except these viewers have a feature that lets them masquerade as regular firestorm, singularity, hippo, and others... It tricks your simulator into thinking the person is not using hydrastorm, but is instead using firestorm. But there are other hacks as well, the reverse friend permissions hack, sim crashers, and more. So what's a good defense? Some packages like dreamgrid, include an option to autobackup when you like. And keep N number of backups before recycling them. Dreamgrid also makes it easy to back up your inventory to an IAR. I suggest you use features such as these, or if you're on linux, learn to save your oars from the command line, as well as your iar's. While hackers can and often do use a vpn to gain access to a sim they plan to attack so their ip cannot be traced. For example PIA (private internet access) gives their users thousands of servers to choose from, with many different IP addresses. So blocking by ip address is nothing more than a temporary snafoo for hackers. If you block by name, they come back with an alt. Also there's a setting in opensim that allows a grid owner to edit the attachments of people that come to their grid, and it's trivial to turn this feature on. To sum it up, some people are just jerks, and all you can do is backup, backup, backuppppp.