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 :-)

Just visited SL and looking through the very first jewelry I created. This set is in gold but I brought in the ring, made it silver. It is in the foyer at the store This set had a pendant and earrings, I will work on bringing those in too soon. This was a blast from the past to see this!! continuum.outworldz.net:8002:Monentes Jewelry

~Ara~Nova~ ein Land geschaffen um den Geschöpfen der Magischen Welt eine neue Heimat zu geben.
Alle sind herzlich willkommen egal ob Elfen ,Feen oder Hobbits oder Trolle, auch Menschen ohne Mystischer herkunft sind gern gesehen . Respektiert euch untereinander und vergesst nie ihr seit auch alle nur Gast bei mir, so seit immer gerne gesehen.
Endeckt das Land mit vielen möglichkeiten, ihr könnt zu den fliegenden Bergen reisen oder schaut euch in den Höhlen auf ~Ara~Nova~ um
Endeckt die vielen kleinen ecken und lasst euch an manchen orten verzaubern.
Damit das Spiel auf ~Ara~Nova~ mehr Spass bereitet ,habe ich ein Elben Shop mit einigen hübschen Kleidungstücken für euch . Folgt einfach dem Teleporter.

Eure Taliya

~Ara~Nova~ created a country to give the creatures of the magical world a new home.
Everyone is welcome, whether elves, fairies or hobbits or trolls, even people without mystical origins are welcome. Respect each other and never forget you're all just my guests, so you're always welcome.
Explore the land with many possibilities, you can travel to the flying mountains or look around the caves on ~Ara~Nova~
Discover the many little corners and let yourself be enchanted in some places.
To make the game on ~Ara~Nova~ more fun, I have an elf shop with some pretty clothes for you. Just follow the teleporter.

Your Taliya

@Shirl Taintedangel keeps creating great .oars to share, Thank you Shirl!! Fred has just put in your drop-down list of Free Outworldz .oars the latest two .oars offered. The Permanent Vacation and Motels and Hotels!! #outworldz #shirl #oars #oar
Outworldz-DreamGrid .oars
Fred Beckhusen designs and creates .oars to share with his Outworldz-Dreamgrid members. The OAR is licensed exclusively for use in DreamWorld Grids. CC-BY-NC, Outworldz, LLC.

Just a touchy-feely ... a friend of mine wanted to know about an online witch-coven, I would consider building it, to help her out.... just want an opensim feedback first... please leave your comments

"Pangea lässt die Sau raus"
Freitag, 20. Mai 2022
☆ Live und in Farbe anwesend: Porky Pangea Famlie
☆ 11 PDT/ 20.00 Uhr europäischer Zeit
☆ Am Musikpult Gridsau Marlon Wayne
☆Taxi pangeagrid.ddns.net:8002: Porky Party Pangea
☆Pangea Info: www.pangea-grid.com

https://youtu.be/gwH9ZrtVLAM
____________
"Pangea Porky-Freakout!
Friday, May 20. 2022
☆ Live and in color present: Pangea Porky Famliy.
☆ 11 PDT / 20:00 European time
☆ On the music desk Grid sow Marlon Wayne
☆Taxi pangeagrid.ddns.net:8002: Porky Party Pangea
☆Pangea Info: www.pangea-grid.com

https://youtu.be/gwH9ZrtVLAM

Amoa Nude Beach has been re-opened.

No one was banned, but due to all the issues and repercussions related to emotionally disturbed idiots griefing regions and grids over the past couple of weeks, changes made across grids caused issues with performance at Amoa Nude Beach.

To slow the influx of so many IM's letting me know the beach was a lag monster crawling at a massively slow pace, I shut the region down until it was resolved.

All group members were sent a notice regarding the issue, however if the half that would actually read it, may have never received it.

Again, our apologies for the inconvenience and much thanks to grid owners Huga and Gabe of Barefoot-Dreamers grid as well as Fred Buckenhausen for his assistance as well in improving the performance and helping restore the best and only nude beach on the hypergrid.

2 years soul grid
2 years living with friends
2 years living with YOU
2 years of creativity, fun and cohesion,
2 years of a community that makes us happy.



We want to celebrate all of this with you this weekend at Tosca.

From Saturday 14.05. until Sunday 15.05.2022

Our program :

Saturday 05/14/2022

10:00 PDT Welcome Party with Tailor
11:00 PDT Show in the sky : Soul Man Group with an amazing light show & Gisela Blue and her cowl gang
11:15 PDT Tailor's dancefloor
13:00 PDT Bea's Nightwish

Sunday 05/15/2022

Hunt the Soul in the morning until 7:00 PDT The hunt around the grid.

01:00 PDT Birthday pint at Tosca
10:00 PDT Warm-up with Bella Diesel
11:00 PDT Janice Mills, a smooth voice with heart and soul. Live at Tosca.
We have been able to win over this wonderful singer again and are looking forward to a top-class concert

Afterwards we party until the lights go out.

Celebrate with us, celebrate with friends!

We look forward to welcome you

Your Nasti and Rudi

On May 4th, Season Two of the reborned HG Safari kicked off in region Novale (hg.creanovale.ca:8052:NOVALE). As usual, Thirza Ember published a nice blog entry describing the visit in details with many pictures. Read it at: https://shorturl.at/kpqMS . Second stop was at the impressive Abyss Observatory in Japan.

Beautiful Mutants
Mitosis is a process where a single cell divides into two daughter cells, which are usually identical. However, mistakes happen. Well, my one region Xinashi has now divided into three regions, each different. Très troublant! My regions are mutants! But what beautiful mutants they are.

Almost all of what was the singular Xinashi has been redesigned. I think you are going to like the changes. Come visit all the old but now renewed attractions: oh HELLO, Sol Et Luna Dance, Treehouse Park, the Rocket Club, Strictmore Academy, the BDSM Warehouse, Sparta Gym, the Eagle LBGT Dance Club, Eros Yoga Center, and the deeply strange Dead-End Drive-In.

Xinashi is now Xinashi, Xin2 and the Eros Yoga Center. But wait! There's more. Use the teleporter board to visit our sister region, the wonderfully unusual Aether.

grid.copykat.ovh:12000:Xinashi
grid.copykat.ovh:12000:Xin2
grid.copykat.ovh:12000:Eros Yoga Center
grid.copykat.ovh:12000:Aether

Herzlich willkommen beim Pangea Osterhunt 2022
Es gilt 7 + 1 Ei zu finden, also eigentlich 8, aber das 8. ist ein wenig tricky ...

Welcome to our Pangea Easter Hunt 2022
There are 7 + 1 egg to find (actually 8 eggs) but the 8th one is a little bit tricky ...

Another release today. Just some small garden mushrooms.

You never know when you are going to need some fungi, pretty on the ground and tasty in the frying pan.

These come in two texture variations, just plain shrooms and some that have red spotted caps. The textures are included inside "garden mushroom 1" in order for them to travel better for HG users.

They are located just as you go into the fantasy section at the shop.

Have a great day!

Wir feiern eine 70er Jahre Party|
Wer erinnert sich nicht an Tapeten mit riesigen Mustern, Bonanza Räder, Schlaghosen und Käse Igel ?
Und natürlich eine Ära mit toller Musik .
Genießt einen Abend mit den Hits von Rod Stewart, Kiss, Baccara, Abba und noch vielen weiteren Knallern die unsere Nasti aus dem Jutebeutel zaubert.

Enjoy an evening with amazing music from Abba to Kiss and much more.
Djane Nasti is happy to welcome you at the tosca.

Like, I dont have enough to do.... silly me...takes on another project.... this is the "bones"... a wind power generating station .... 10 more just like it, all tesla transmitting linked to generate power for my huge-ass shipyard

FR:
Suite à une panne des serveurs FrancoGrid hébergés chez Scaleway Online , et l'absence de volonté de la part de l’hébergeur de trouver une solution viable, nous sommes en incapacité de remonter la grille.
L'association perdure, et reste en veille.
Les assets sont perdus après 2020, les assets datant d'avant 2020 sont saufs. Notre admin technique réfléchit à une solution pour fournir des .iar aux personnes le souhaitant, pour toute information, veuillez contacter ssm par mail : contact@francogrid.org
Pour toute information concernant la trésorerie, ou pour un hébergement (payant) sur un serveur pour monter des simulateurs sur la grille de votre choix, veuillez contacter Nino par mail : fgagod@gmail.com
EN:
Following a breakdown of the FrancoGrid servers hosted at Scaleway Online, and the lack of will on the part of the host to find a viable solution, we are unable to rebuild the grid.
The association continues, and remains on standby.
Assets are lost after 2020, assets from before 2020 are safe. Our technical admin is thinking about a solution to provide .iar to people who want it, for any information, please contact ssm by email: contact@francogrid.org
For any information regarding cash, or for hosting (paid) on a server to mount simulators on the grid of your choice, please contact Nino by email: fgagod@gmail.com