Ok... just looked through some of the recent front page posts. I've been here in Open Sim for about nine months now.

I have accounts in OSgrid and Kitely.

I'll have to admit a good deal of my wardrobe is possibly copybotted. I'd like to know if anyone is willing to send me a list of LM's showing truly original, OS based stuff (aside from Lunaria), I'd appreciate it. Most of my wardrobe is rigged to the Athena body. I also have a small number of Ruth2 takes. For my male alts (yes, I have a few, using the same names that I established for them in SL), I use Adonis and Roth2.

There was a discussion recently that influenced me to write this post. It's located below the post from Luna Lunaria, #92052. I totally understand creators desiring to be compensated for their creations. I have spent a fair amount of L$ to gather some of my clothes in SL. I wouldn't mind paying a few K$ or O$ for some creations on this side of the metaverse, as I think that's quite fair.

Thansk to anyone that can help me out, I appreciate it. I'd prefer that the links be included publicly (instead of PMing me), so other users can find it easily.

One of the reasons I love Wolf territories - nearly all regions are connected to each other, and there are tons of them. This is from my newest store region under construction, and this view is looking west toward one of the several large mountains you can find across the grid that are not mesh - they are actual terrain. I could literally fly from here all the way to the other side of the grid. The venue in the photo is the Victorian Club that will be ready for sale soon.

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 A Saturday night with DJ KITH! Starting at 7:30 PM!
Region: Rockin' The Blues on Wyldwood Bayou Grid
Event begins: 7:30 pm Grid Time
Added by: Kith Whitehawk
Details:
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!

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

Has something happened either in opensimulator software or in dreamgrid software that is preventing an inworld prim that is a web server from responding to an external web page? Several people have noticed this in the past few months, and it is interfering with our projects.

Casual and Utterly Confident.
Believe in yourself and trust that no matter what happens, you’ll be able to handle it and learn from the outcome. Here's an outfit for those who are casual and confident. Maybe it doesn't fit now. No matter. You will grow into it.

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

Thank you Cat for supporting the arts!