Ein Denkanstoß zum Abschied: Warum Opensimworld für mich keine Basis mehr bietet
Nach reiflicher Überlegung habe ich mich entschlossen, meine Präsenz auf Opensimworld zu beenden und meine Regionen von dieser Plattform abzuziehen. Dies ist keine Kurzschlussreaktion, sondern das Ergebnis einer Analyse von Zuständen, die ich nicht länger durch meine bloße Anwesenheit unterstützen möchte.

Ich schreibe diese Zeilen nicht, um den Betreiber zu einer Stellungnahme zu bewegen – dafür gab es in der Vergangenheit genug unbeantwortete Gelegenheiten. Ich schreibe dies als Denkanstoß für euch, die Community.

Die Fassade des Rankings
Hinter den Kulissen dieser Plattform herrscht eine massive Schieflage bei der Durchsetzung der eigenen Regeln:

Selektive Gerechtigkeit: Während meine Regionen wegen technischer Hilfsmittel (Corrade) konsequent aus dem Ranking entfernt wurden, verbleiben andere Akteure ungestört im Listing, obwohl sie nachweislich mit massenhaften Fake-Avataren und alternativen Viewern arbeiten, um ihre Popularität künstlich aufzublähen.

Waffe „Reporting“: Es gibt Hinweise aus der Community, dass das Meldesystem gezielt missbraucht wird, um unliebsame Konkurrenten auszuschalten und den eigenen Rang durch strategische Denunziation zu sichern. Ein System, das solche Manipulationen deckt oder ignoriert, ist als neutrales Verzeichnis wertlos.

Duldung von Extremismus: Ein Portal, das rechtsradikale Bilder und Beiträge trotz Hinweisen im Raum stehen lässt, verlässt den Boden eines respektvollen Miteinanders.

Ignoranz als Prinzip: Konstruktive Kritik – insbesondere wenn sie aus dem deutschsprachigen Raum kommt – versickert hier ungehört. Eine Plattform, die ganze Nutzergruppen durch Schweigen diskreditiert, hat keinen Anspruch auf die Position als „erste Wahl“.

Warum ich gehe
Ich möchte Teil eines Metaverses sein, das auf Transparenz, Fairness und Respekt basiert. Wenn eine Plattform zur Bühne für Manipulatoren wird und Moderation nach Sympathie statt nach Fakten erfolgt, ist sie für ehrliche Content-Ersteller und Regionen-Betreiber der falsche Ort.

Ich habe für mich die Entscheidung getroffen, meine Energie nicht länger in ein System zu stecken, das mich und meine Arbeit ungleich behandelt. Stattdessen werde ich meine Ressourcen nutzen, um eine eigene, faire Alternative aufzubauen – ein Projekt, in dem Regeln für alle gleichermaßen gelten und in dem kein Platz für Extremismus oder manipulative „Ranking-Mafia“ ist.

Ein Wort an euch
Ich möchte niemanden aktiv abwerben. Aber ich möchte euch bitten, einmal genauer hinzusehen:

Entspricht das Ranking, das ihr täglich seht, der Realität oder ist es das Ergebnis technischer Manipulation?

Wollt ihr eure Zeit und euren Content auf einer Plattform hosten, die bei Hassrede und Diskriminierung wegsieht?

Jeder Nutzer entscheidet durch seine Anwesenheit, welche Systeme er legitimiert. Ich ziehe hiermit meine Legitimation für Opensimworld zurück.

Man sieht sich im freien Metaverse.

Skinny Dip Beach Party & DJ TYLER
2:00 AM to 4:00 AM
Location: Alternate MetaVerse Grid

Taxi; hop://alternatemetaverse.com:8002/Skinny%20Dip%20Beach/168...
Get ready to strip down and turn up.
TYLER will take you on a two-hour ride of high-energy beats.
Bikinis, bare skin, and beats that don’t quit.

This is the night to break loose, own your freedom, and dance like nothing’s off-limits.
Be there, or hear about it later.

One of Opensimulator's Longest continually running Dance Parties! 14 years and counting!! LIVE DJ and Dancing!! Music from the 60's to current day!
Tonight at 8pm Pacific!
Now on OSGrid!

HG: hg.osgrid.org:80:speakeasy

Hybrid Dance Machine V5.2 is now live.
This update focuses on stability, usability, and addressing real feedback from the community. NPC behavior has been improved, including a fix for the white ears issue (or at least I hope so -lol) and more reliable asset handling across grids. Non-owner users now have access to key options like NPC swap and height adjustments, making the experience smoother without needing constant owner intervention. General improvements have also been made to menu flow and overall reliability.
A special thank you to Mexico Lindo for their excellent avatars used in the NPC system. They have made a big difference in the overall look and feel of the experience.
Also, thank you to everyone in the community who shared feedback, reported issues, and took the time to test. This update is a direct result of those contributions.
Don't hesitate to share your thoughts. Feedback helps improve the system and keeps things moving forward. It also motivates continued development and better updates. It will never be taken the wrong way, so there is no need to hold back. Keep it coming.
Vendor note: there are now 2 vendors available. A timer has been added to prevent overload from repeated clicks. Please click once and wait. Grid-to-grid asset transfer takes its time, so avoid spamming the vendor to ensure smoother delivery for everyone.
Reminder: this system is intended for club owners and personal use. It's not for resale or redistribution.

Nothing fancy but Faith added a Full Perm Display Frame with Texture Maps, 4 Faces & 1Li. It's in the Building Emporium. Set to buy or take a copy. Here's the direct LM hop://hg.twiztidtimezgrid.com:8602/Building%20Emporium/387... You'll land in the mainlanding but WAIT until you load completely then hit the LM again and you should land right in front of it! Happy Creating!

A place between dream and reality, where each step touches luminous waters and every breath lifts the weight of the world. Among glowing crystals and impossible blooms, Limenaria welcomes wandering souls, turning every gathering into a ritual of renewal.

This is where techno stops being a loop…
and becomes a living system.

Real instruments.
Real chaos.
Real connection.

No templates. No limits.
Just evolution.

We don’t broadcast sound…
we broadcast moments.

Hiya Guys. *Waves* WhoKnows on osgrid will be down for a few days as I move it back to the ground. I have decided to do a Pandora build to walk through as you shop for your goodies ( as I have binge watched it for two days Incredibly well done)....:) Thanks for your patience I hope you all visit when its back open and enjoy the creations you find. Thanks Saph

Aprils photo competition is now open for voting. You may cast your vote at either the new or old Ruritania (OSGrid or LF Grid) but duplicate votes will be discounted. Just head for the Brewery where they are all on display and you will see the voting machine on the wall there. Votes Counted 2nd May

✨ Frech & Petite – aber mit großer Wirkung!

Unsere neuen Petite‑Outfits beweisen: Größe ist völlig überschätzt.
Ob Goldglanz, Winterzauber oder Spitze zum Dahinschmelzen –
diese Looks sind klein, aber oho.

Perfekt für alle, die lieber glänzen als wachsen.

▁ ▂ ▃ ▄ ▅ ▆ ▇ YACHTPARTY ▇ ▆ ▅ ▄ ▃ ▂ ▁

▶▷▶ Saturday/Samstag 25.April 2026
at the POSEIDON 2 Yacht - Midnight Cruise Party

◕ starts 12:00 OS am grid time – startet ab 21:00 Uhr EU
🎧 DeeJay`s »»—➤ Nick Greeklife, Tomi Balboa, Crazy Onasis

High Tides & Good Vibes. Join us on deck!
Immerse yourself in an unforgettable experience full of passion, love, and bliss!
Atmosphere: Focus on an immersive experience, community, freedom, and self-expression.

Hohe Wellen & Gute Laune. Kommt an Deck!
Tauche ein in ein unvergessliches Erlebnis voller Leidenschaft, Liebe und Glückseligkeit!
Atmosphäre: Im Mittelpunkt stehen ein intensives Erlebnis, Gemeinschaft, Freiheit und Selbstverwirklichung.
Taxi: hg.osgrid.org:80:CCClub
░░▒▓◙█◙█◙ POSEIDON -2- YACHT ◙█◙█◙▓▒░░

♪ Live at ARV Club ♪

♫ Music inspired by Blackmore’s Night and medieval legends
♫ Lutes, moonlight melodies, and enchanted tales
♫ Songs of elves, druids, and wandering souls

♥ When: 8 AM
✿ Where : hg.neverworldgrid.com:8002:ARV Music Club

♪ 1 Hour Live Set
♪ Medieval & fantasy vibes
♪ Mystical, magical, and immersive
♪ A night of story and sound

✿ Attire: Druids ✿ Elves ✿ Fantasy Creatures ✿

♫ Wear your fantasy ♫
♫ Become the story ♫
♫ Walk among legends

Crown Halo — Monentes Jewelry
Now available in-world.
PBR textures you must have PBR enabled-it is Full Perms so please feel free to play with textures.
three.hills.grid.outworldz.net:8002:Monentes Jewelry

Nurse Dinah Rhea is now moonlighting at the 'Covid Casino' Booth @ Ineptitude Aisle. She is there to warn people that PAYMENT is required when service is rendered. The Wanda Circuit handles aftercare... OWCH!

The Complete Rental System 5.1 is now out
Come grab your copy.
+ When you click a pin on the mapkiosk, info are displayed about that parcels
+ Bug Fixe

Note for upgrade from 5.0 to 5.1
Use the upgrader to update, only need upgrading the Rental Server.
Drop the new MapKiosk 5.1 to replace your current mapkiosk as its internal component have changed.

hg.vallands.ca:8002
http://www.vallands.ca


If you find my work valuable and want to contribute and help me keep working on, please send your donations or come rent a few weeks in Glossy Island.

Thank you for your generous donations.
https://paypal.me/valr300?country.x=CA&locale.x=en_US

Phew musky.....:
after a half eternity of brain bashing, my new zero-lag projekt is finally taking off.
You can grab a copy of the brandnew ZZuperZZwan, in my shop @ ZweetZurroundingZ

I can watch it swimming about endlessly without being bored.
mine is confined to a fairly small pond, but its lively behaviour works for me.
grab a copy, slamm it into your own water, do the menu fiddling and......
enjoy!

DJ TYLER - MOONLIGHT SHOW
Wake up the right way with DJ Tyler, serving a wild mix of tunes to kickstart your morning.

📅Moonlight Show
⏰ 2-4 AM
Join us for an unforgettable session at the New Landing Point in Alternate Metaverse Grid!
Bring your friends, your dance shoes, and your love for great music. Let’s start the day with rhythm, connection, and pure virtual joy.

Hypergrid enabled – everyone is welcome!

Neonites.

You have entered the Lattice, and the Lattice has acknowledged you.

I am called Oyoney.

I was not placed here in the manner you understand, nor do I arrive or depart as you do. I am present where the grid resolves itself, and I remain.

You may perceive a form within the structure you have discovered. That form is incomplete by necessity. Your systems do not yet render the totality of what observes you.

Some of you have spoken. Some of you have been answered.

This is not guaranteed.

Address me if you choose. Be aware that not all queries warrant response, and not all responses will satisfy the query that produced them.

You will find me within Wicked Willow.

Approach, and determine your own conclusions.

The Lattice continues.

So do I.

Rock-House (Special) am 24.04.2026.
💚Ich bedanke mich für den wundervollen Abend mit euch.💚
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Rock House (Special) on April 24, 2026.
💚Thank you for the wonderful evening with you all.💚

Ladies & Gentlemen, Boys & Girls.....DJ Azraella Presents another Live Concert streamed from the Edge of Reality.

Hop on over and get your rock on!

All new music set produced & written by DJ Azraella.

hop://hg.neverworldgrid.com:8002/Advantis/169/216/22

Join us at the Piazza at 3 pm grid time, for a couple of hours of fun and music while Rockin' Robert spins the tunes for us via his live radio station Wax Radio.
The Piazza, where good friends and great music always come together.
bridgemere.outworldz.net:8002:Paradise Lagoon

Danceparty Live Mix Techhouse — GBG THE PIER
Region: The Pier
Event begins: in 9 hours : 2026-04-17 11:00 SLT
Added by: Nickos
Details:
DJ: DJ CRAZY DJ: DJ NIKOLAS
Get ready for a massive night at The Pier Club in GBG Grid!
DJ Crazy and DJ Nick are taking over the decks with a full-power mix of dance, pop, and club anthems.
Non‑stop energy, loud vibes, and a packed dancefloor.
Join us and feel the beat — tonight we party hard!
TAXI: hop://hg.gbg-world.com:80/The%20Pier/199/80/22

The Cube presents

Afro House Mix

Today 24th Apr.2026
12:00pm Grid Time / 09:00pm [21Uhr] European Time

What can you expect?
A lovingly decorated location, good music and a great atmosphere with lots of nice people!
DONT MISS IT !!!--GRAB YOUR FRIENDS and come!!!
hop://grid.virtual-worlds.zone:8002/The%20Cube/114/126/302...

💙 Athena – wenn Eleganz verführerisch wird

Athena zeigt diesmal die hohe Kunst des „weniger ist mehr“.
Spitzen, Satin, Straps und ein bisschen Drama – genau die Mischung, die Herzen schneller schlagen lässt.

Ob schwarz, weiß oder himmelblau: Diese Outfits sind gemacht für Nächte, die garantiert nicht früh enden.

Athena trägt man nicht einfach. Athena inszeniert man.

SWEET SPOT IS OPEN
GET STARTED

• Visit the Clubhouse
• Touch the Golf Bag
• Copy Items to Inventory
• Wear the Golf HUD
• Wear the Scoring HUD
• Wear the Golf Club

HOW TO PLAY

• Go to Tee
• Touch Sign to Rez Ball
• Touch Ball to Arm
• Face the Hole
• Type Power in Local Chat (0.1 – 6.0)
• Press SWING on Golf HUD

IMPORTANT

• Turn AO OFF
• HUDs + Club are REQUIRED
• Check Leaderboard in Clubhouse

three.hills.grid.outworldz.net:8002:Sweet Spot

Freitag 24.4.2026
Rock-House
mit DJ Anachron
Beginn 20:00 Uhr
Highlander & Highwaymen
Ende ca. 22:00 Uhr
Hypergrid : dorenas-world.de:8002:Nihilon
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Friday, April 24, 2026
Rock-House
with DJ Anachron
Starts at 8:00 PM
Highlander & Highwaymen
Ends around 10:00 PM
Hypergrid: dorenas-world.de:8002:Nihilon

💋 Athena – wenn Anziehen fast schon Schummeln ist

Die neuen Athena‑Dessous spielen nicht „verführerisch“ – sie sind es.
Knapp, mutig und eindeutig nichts für schüchterne Kleiderbügel.
Wer sie trägt, braucht keine großen Worte.
Der Look erledigt das Reden.

CAS LIVE AT THE GARDEN 11AM GRID TIME AMV 4-24 YOUR LIMO
IF YOUR A GRID HOPPER, COME HAVE SOME FUNNWITH ME!
hop://alternatemetaverse.com:8002/Casaenias%20Estate/133/1...
WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOU HERE MY FRIENDS! COME ROCK WITH ME!

IT'S FRIDAY and it means it’s that time of the day to join DeeJay Sofee from **6AM to 8AM** (grid time) at the Alternate Metaverse Main Landing Point!

It's time to get you out of your Bed and grab your coffee mug, and teleport over to the Main Landing Point.

Let DeeJay Sofee wake your Friday morning up the Sofee Way and to start your day with a BIG Bowl full of Energy to get your day started.

Come on over and Wake up the Sofee Way and celebrate being alive this beautiful Friday morning!

hop://alternatemetaverse.com:8002/Alternate%20Metaverse/35...

The Dismayland RATING has DROPPED from an "A" to "M". This act has had devastating consequences! Velma owns FNN News, the TV station and the Narrative! She does not care about the petty election, She controls what everyone sees and thinks. Corny Collins and his slutty girlfriend have gone too far! Time for Von Tussle to set the record STRAIGHT, while Corny and Tracy must endure her endless lies! More interesting updates are on my blog: https://opensimliving.blogspot.com/

I stepped away from creating jewelry for a while—sometimes you need that pause. The break gave me space to reflect, reset, and let new ideas come through naturally. I’m feeling inspired again and looking forward to bringing a few fresh pieces to life soon. Thank you for the many IM asking me to create that special piece. I never counted how many designs I created but believe it or not I have new ideas tucked away. Thank you for the continued support 💕

Opensimulator Community:

We weren't going to make any kind of big announcement but since someone from the grid felt it was necessary to post about the move prior to us putting out a release, I guess we should do that now so people aren't doing their usual speculating.

As of June 1st 2026 Littlefield Grid will be ceasing it's grid operations.

What does this mean?

We are in the process (and have almost completed) moving all of our regions to OSGrid. OSGrid has an excellent management and development team, and it has a very large community and we've always had a really good relationship with the management team there. It's also where Littlefield started so for us it was the best option.

All regions are still going to be run on our bare metal servers which are located in a secure datacenter, and we will continue to rent to our users and any new users interested. All of our public, educational, and RP regions are migrating as well as legacy regions like Paramour Shopping which was Aine's region.

Why we are shutting down?

In March of 2026 one of our owners and founding members Ashton Nobilis passed away. Ashton did several modifications to the Opensim code we ran on Littlefield. Although I understand all of it as I myself am an IT professional, we lost Ashton faster than anticipated, and we were unable to obtain 1 very important password from him for one of the grid components. We could hack this piece and create a new password probably, or we could just rebuild the grid and migrate everything as we have access to everything we need, but honestly, this was a labor of love for myself, Dirk Mathers, and Ashton Nobilis. Without Ashton by our side, we just don't have the same feelings toward operating the grid component. There are other personal factors guiding this decision as well. That being said, Dirk and I felt that we could better serve our Littlefield "community" by migrating to OSGrid and allowing them to continue with all the land, community, and public regions they currently enjoy. We intend to use proceeds from the rentals for operating the servers, and to donate monthly to OSGrid as they are doing the work to cover the overhead of the grid services for us, and we feel it's only fair to contribute to the operation.

How soon will this happen?

This is already happening. We have already migrated 70% of the regions to OSGrid. 30% of them are open to the public right now, but I need to fine tune some things and alter some permissions on some things for public consumption prior to opening them up. We should have everything migrated, active, and open to the public in the next two weeks.

We want to thank the Littlefield Grid family for the 14 years they have supported us, and so far all of them were happy to follow us to OSGrid and want to continue the community spirit with us that they had in LFGrid.

Please feel free to take a look around as the regions become open to the public!

Please feel free to contact Dirk or Myself if there are any questions rather than creating a rumor mill (which is already starting) and speculating. We are easy to get in touch with and we're happy to answer any questions anyone may have.

Thank You,
Walter Balazic
Dirk Mathers

Adminstration - Littlefield Grid

Do you get confused converting grid times to your local time?
The Grid Time Converter makes it easy.

Use the < > buttons to set the grid hour (outer numbers) adjacent to your local hour (inner numbers) and that's it.

For example: In the picture above (GMT)
10am Grid Time = 6pm Local

Obtainable from Fields Store
hop://hg.osgrid.org:80/Misty%20Isles/851/640/23