RANDOM THOUGHT ON AN ARCANE TEXTURE, CREEPY NEIGHBORS, CREATIVITY and INTEGRITY

Was reading the back and forth of the infamous "arcane texture on my dance floor" with some interest. I have no connection to anyone involved, including Marianna, but this quote from her post hit home with me:

" they're not just copying pixels—they're co-opting the creative vision and storytelling of the original artist. They're diluting the integrity of the work and robbing it of its unique identity."
That is a huge problem for any creator, from Taylor Swift (who has to re-record her entire library after getting it stolen out from under her), all the way down to the poor guy who created that arcane texture god knows how many years ago years that probably 100 people have used without permission. From all indications, it is truly a bad problem in Open Sim. I wager this is why many artists who support themselves by their work or who want their ideas protected are hesitant to invest time or money into the "wild west' of OSGrid or open sim in general. To reiterate, I am not talking about copying an object or texture or pulling something from Second Life and redoing it. There are legitimate reasons for this. We are talking about the stealing of narrative and overall concepts that an individual created. Basically stealing someone's dream that they have risked sharing with the world.

Here is a small example:

It was only months ago I arrived in OS and decided to open up a small space on the OSGrid, Avedon Park. It was only days after that I was contacted by my landlord (Shout out to Undecel Masala at Masala Estates! THE BEST VIRTUAL LAND PROVIDER IN THE WORLD) regarding two regions that had popped up right next to mine....to be continued.

Week 6: Learning the Fundamentals of Your Viewer
This week, we will cover the basic functions of your viewer, essential for customizing your experience. You will learn how to create outfits and get dressed, utilizing the outfit system. We will go over the toolbars buttons, clearing cache and building in your AO. Volume controls for adjusting other avatars' voices will also be addressed. By the end of this day, you will have a solid grasp of the core viewer features allowing you to tailor Open Sim to your needs. With practice, these functions will become second nature. Understanding these basics paves the way for more advanced creativity down the road. Class will be starting at 10am grid time every Saturday

Equinox Grid's Monsters Ball returns this coming Sunday, February 25th, 2024, 3pm to 5pm grid time / SLT.

http://www.equinoxgrid.net/wpWebsite/index.php/event/monst...

This Event will be held on Equinox Grid's Special Events region.
https://opensimworld.com/hop/85994
https://opensimworld.com/hop/87956

The Magic Mirror! Have you wanted a mirror you can click on and see yourself? Well here it is... You must change the mirror from "Buy" to "Sit" after you get it home. Then just click the mirror and sit on it. Press the [Esc] key on your keyboard to see yourself in the mirror. Make sure to turn off your AO. When you are done playing with the menu animations in the magic mirror, simply stand up. Et Voila. ( Yes I know this mirror is ugly as sin, but it's full perm, and you can play with the script, and retexture this mirror any way you like, maybe even put the scripts inside a decent looking mirror? i dunno. Anyway Enjoy )
With this script it is also possible to put in other animations, such as if you wanted to see yourself dancing in the mirror. etc. A long long time ago, i made this script for a lady in digiworldz. She put it inside a beautiful mirror and gave me a copy of that mirror, but I lost it in a grid crash, and it's been so long ago I forgot her name. I would love to have a copy of that mirror again, so if you want a better mirror ask around on digiworldz.

It took me about 3 years and 3 grids to finally get this castle built. Starborne Keep will take some time to explore. There is so much to see in The Land Of Xzar, plan to stay awhile. Please, don't just stand there and cam. You won't hear the sounds of the land and you won't see the details. You can get a notecard with Landmarks to help you get around at the landing. Use them, walk around, explore. If I am on, say hi. Strangers are only friends you have not met yet.

A special thanks to Ellen for all this unique and wonderful content! Welcome to Warehouse 13! Where you can get hundreds of bodies, clothes, houses, & etc Things not even seen in the metaverse before! NEW! AWESOME! AMAZING! A MUST SEE! cyberdatastorm.com:8002:SandBox

Lundi 5 Février 2024, à 21h30 (Paris), Atlas reçoit un invité spécial en la personne de Kelso Uxlay qui animera un atelier sur l'animation des objets avec la fonction llSetKeyFrameMotion. Kelso a présenté ses travaux à l'Hypergrid International Expo ainsi qu'à l'OpenSimulator Community Conference. C'est avec grand plaisir que nous le recevons pour cette série d'ateliers. Une connaissance de base des scripts est demandée, ainsi qu'un micro-casque fonctionnel. http://atlasgrid.fr:8002:Atlas-Ecole

great evening under the stars, with music from the soundtracks of the most famous films....last places available......we are waiting for you...
grande serata sotto le stelle, con musiche delle colonne sonore dei film piu famosi....ultimi posti disponibili......vi aspettiamo...
taxi: https://opensimworld.com/hop/89671

BONJOUR
HELLO
GUTEN TAG
Aujourd'hui c'est le 1er janvier2024
Yep is first january 2024
Le marcher de noel ferme ses portes pour travaux
Christmas market, now closed for update
Merci de vos visites
Thank all visitors.
Bonne année pour tout le monde
Happy new year

Möge die Weihnachtszeit euch eine Pause des Alltags schenken und euch Zeit geben, die wirklich wichtigen Dinge zu schätzen. Inmitten der Hektik des Lebens ist es diese Zeit des Jahres, die uns daran erinnert, was wirklich zählt: Familie, Freunde und die Liebe, die wir teilen. Frohe Weihnachten allen !!!
Eure Nasti

💎SOUTH PARK - THE MAIN REGION OF THE SOUTH GRID. 📌The place where absolutely all 🙃😋🤒🤕🤢 residents of our WORLD meet. THIS IS WHERE YOU SPEND 25% OF YOUR GAMING TIME 😒OOL 😶🏖😂🤝😂😴 KEKING AND CHILING WITH EACH OTHER. HERE ARE BORN AMAZING FATES OF AMAZING PEOPLE.
21 DECEMBER.
🎁🎁📣 THE OPENING OF THE WINTER PRE-NEW YEAR SEASON WILL BE OPENED IN SOUTH PARK.
IT WILL BE PRETTY 😂🥂😏😏 - COOL IN ONE WORD.
BE SURE TO TAKE WARM CLOTHES AND LARGE GIFT BAGS

SHOP SHOP SHOP ‘TILL YOU DROP DROP DROP! (THANKS FOR YOUR VISITS & LIKES)

Bubble Grid MegaMall is stocked with furniture, décor items, toys, and knick knacks. Stock up on your favourites, and discover new treasures.

A huge thank you to Amber Tanaka, the original builder of the Furniture Vault.

hg.bubble-grid.eu:megamall

Hey Everyone 🙂 I'm performing at Sound City -
Littlefield Grid! Classic Rock - Blues & Holiday Music! Come join me, request a few tunes and have some fun!
» Шhen: ❈ ∵∴2:00pm ∵∴ ❈
» Шhere: ✫SOUNDCITY✫
» Dress: ❈ ∵∴ CASUAL∵∴ ❈
» Ride: hop://lfgrid.com:8002/Littlefield%20East/123/113/21
» MAP: lfgrid.com:8002:Littlefield East

Rock'n Roll PARTY
show your greatest and coolest outfits
Linda Luo and DJs Marc and Tommy are looking forward to seeing you
When? Sunday 10.12.2023, 20.00 hrs CET/MEZ
Warm up from 19.00 hrs

soul-grid.de:8002:Rock n Roll Diner

NewLifeItaly
Welcome to our grid... in this month of December set up for Christmas. Here you will find all the teleports of all our lands so you can explore them.
Benvenuti sulla nostra grid...in questo mese di dicembre allestita per il Natale . Qui troverai tutti i teleport di tutte le nostre per land per poterle esplorare.
https://opensimworld.com/hop/89671

Un sapin de Noël très spécial
A very special Christmas tree

Ses décorations vous feront voyager dans des univers-bulle. Click the decorations to visit the bubble-multiverse.

atlasgrid.fr:8002

Totally original textures for the Holidays on this darling little dress. AND In the box I included full perms blank mesh and texture maps so you can have fun designing your own dresses for whatever season you wish. Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas! Special thanks to Mistress Delgato for modeling with me for the set. =)

🎄 (❁´◡`❁) 🎄 Advent Calendar 2023 @ Eternal Ice 🎄 (❁´◡`❁) 🎄
✨🎀✨ since 2016 🎀✨🎀
🎁 🎄"same procedure as every year" 🎄 🎁


Only a few more hours until the Eternal Ice Advent calendar starts in the Pangegrid. (Start for a new gift is every day at 0.00 CET)

All gifts will remain available until the advent calendar is removed in 2024

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Nur noch ein paar Stunden, dann startet der Eternal Ice Adventskalender im Pangegrid. (Start für ein neues Geschenk ist jeden Tag um 0.00 MEZ)

Alle Geschenke bleiben bis zum Abbau des Adventskalenders erhältlich

Hi everyone.

Some of you may know that Barefoot Dreamers Grid has been down, fully or partially for several days.

we are sad to say that things are still not functioning fully.

we are working on the server side, trying to restore assets and functions.

because of this, we are cancelling all events on Barefoot Dreamers Grid until we get it sorted.

We will post here when we get back to full functioning.

Please know that we are working on the issues and trying our best to get things back to normal.

stay safe!!! peace!! Huga, Gabe, kotu and rayne

12-2 GRID DJ ROSA ALEKSEEV AT ILY IN EXILE ON FRIENDS GRID
SHAKE IT UP! DISCO AND FUNK WITH ROSA: FRIENDS GRID

ILY grid may be down
But Friends are here so do not frown
Rosa back tonight in town
On the beach to shake us down
Disco funk you know its true
Shake it up cos we Love You

New teleport system on EUROPA. instead of the traditional (and dull one) now public can tap into many places in SIM by using this Interphasic Taxi Buble. Totem available at many spots spread allover the SIM. It can carry up to 03 passengers. Enjoy :)

Every OSW Debate Ever
Join us as we take a deep look into the black hole of endless OSW debates about topics like copybotting, fake OSW accounts, fake traffic, trolls, copybotting, bans, child AVs, NPCs, and also, copybotting.

Every OSW Debate Ever
https://opensimworld.com/groups/1061

Was telling Ferd Frederix that I had created bubblegum but could not remember what script it was I used. He said Oh! I know that one and he passed me this cool bubblegum, I wanted to share it with all of you. It is in the Monentes Jewelry store foyer on the little table. virtual-hg.com:8002:Monentes Jewelry Thank you Ferd, now I can chew gum and kick ass, instead of just kicking ass!

Dreamgrid version 5.49984 is out. It is a BETA version. I have tested it and so far everything is working great, except if you have sims that go higher than port 8009. I noticed that sims on ports 8010 and higher are unable to report their status as "up and running" using llRequestSimulatorData function. I'm not sure if this is the result of a bug in dream grid or a bug in an lsl function.

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.

Grid is still offline, there is an issue we ran back into in the latest beta version of dream grid. I do not know when it will be back online. My tech guy Rocky and with the help of Fred is trying to fix it. they are doing an awesome job and at this point we just have to wait. :)