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» FEATURING --> TERRY THEWILDMAN
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» Шhere: ✫ REBELS LOUNGE✫
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Coming soon The spooky track to ride in the HALLOWEEN PUMPKIN if you hit the candy corn it will send you back to the beginning.. stay in the pumpkin and collect all the candy bags with many new items. Coming soon here in aviworlds!

There is a new store in Lugo (worlds.quintonia.net:8002:lugo) that will be the place to pick up 'old world' style versions of the Quintonia SatyrFarm. Already one or two things there so feel free to take a look :-)

DJ Kith's Sunday night Blues Bash at Rockin' the Blues 6:00!
Region: Wyldwood Bayou Rockin' The Blues
Event begins at 6:00PM! 2022-09-18 18:00 SLT
Added by: Harmony
Details:
DJ Kith is well known for his upbeat, modern, high energy blues! He spins tunes you instantly fall in love with and that reach into your heart and soul and bring out the best in everyone!! When Kith spins..the house rocks and shakes...the excitement is crazy and the Tribe is full of laughter and happiness! Come join us and get your happy on with friends old and new, fabulously cool blues and the most fun you'll have all week!! See you there!!!
wyldwoodbayou.com:8002:Wyldwood Bayou Rockin' The Blues

» FEATURING --> KATIA PORTUGAL
» Шhen: ❈ ∵∴2:00p ∵∴ ❈
» Шhere: ✫ INTERLUDE @ ARIA - NEW HOPE GRID✫
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IS YOUR SIM BEING ATTACKED BY HACKERS ???
Have you wondered if your sim was experiencing a distributed denial of service attack? Have you wished you could get an alert the instant it starts happening? Now you can. With CyberGlo CyberStar's SIM DDOS DETECTOR.
Just put this AMAZING device anywhere on your sim! NEW Technology!!! AWESOME statistics window show's live attacks as they happen!!! GET YOURS NOW AT: cyberdatastorm.com:8002:CyberCity It's hanging on the wall and set to buy.
SPANISH:
¿Se ha preguntado si su sim estaba experimentando un ataque de denegación de servicio distribuido? ¿Ha deseado poder recibir una alerta en el instante en que comienza a suceder? Ahora usted puede. Con el DETECTOR SIM DDOS de CyberGlo CyberStar.
¡Simplemente coloque este dispositivo INCREÍBLE en cualquier lugar de su SIM! ¡¡¡Nueva tecnología!!! IMPRESIONANTE ventana de estadísticas muestran los ataques en vivo a medida que ocurren!!! CONSIGA EL SUYO AHORA EN: cyberdatastorm.com:8002:CyberCity Está colgado en la pared y listo para comprar.
GERMAN:
Haben Sie sich gefragt, ob Ihr Sim einen verteilten Denial-of-Service-Angriff erlebt hat? Haben Sie sich gewünscht, Sie könnten eine Benachrichtigung erhalten, sobald es beginnt? Jetzt kannst du. Mit dem SIM DDOS DETECTOR von CyberGlo CyberStar.
Platzieren Sie dieses ERSTAUNLICHE Gerät einfach irgendwo auf Ihrer Sim! Neue Technologie!!! FANTASTISCHES Statistikfenster zeigt die Live-Angriffe, während sie passieren!!! HOL DIR JETZT DEIN UNTER: cyberdatastorm.com:8002:CyberCity Es hängt an der Wand und ist bereit zu kaufen.
FRENCH:
Vous êtes-vous demandé si votre sim subissait une attaque par déni de service distribué ? Avez-vous souhaité recevoir une alerte dès qu'elle commence à se produire ? Maintenant vous pouvez. Avec le SIM DDOS DETECTOR de CyberGlo CyberStar.
Placez simplement cet appareil INCROYABLE n'importe où sur votre carte SIM ! Nouvelle technologie!!! IMPRESSIONNANTES statistiques montrent les attaques en direct de la fenêtre au fur et à mesure qu'elles se produisent !!! OBTENEZ LE VÔTRE MAINTENANT SUR : cyberdatastorm.com:8002:CyberCity Il est accroché au mur et prêt à être acheté.
PORTUGUESE:
Você já se perguntou se o seu sim estava enfrentando um ataque distribuído de negação de serviço? Você já desejou receber um alerta no instante em que começa a acontecer? Agora você pode. Com o DETECTOR SIM DDOS da CyberGlo CyberStar.
Basta colocar este dispositivo INCRÍVEL em qualquer lugar do seu sim! Nova tecnologia!!! A janela de estatísticas INCRÍVEIS mostra os ataques ao vivo conforme eles acontecem!!! OBTENHA O SEU AGORA EM: cyberdatastorm.com:8002:CyberCity Está pendurado na parede e pronto para comprar.

Join Littlefield Grid for our 10th Annual Oktoberfest Celebration!!

TONIGHT! Saturday September 17th - 8pm Pacific!!

Rides, Free Outfits and Accessories, Great live Music with live DJ Walter Balazic!!

DJ Kith Saturday Night Rockin' Blues at Rockin' the Blues!! 7:30!
Region: Rockin' The Blues on Wyldwood Bayou Grid
Event begins: 7:30 pm grid time
Added by: Amara Uloran
Details:
When DJ Kith spins, it's like a box of chocolates. Ya never know what you gonna get! Whatever he plays we guarantee it will be fresh, sweet, and full of surprises! Might be blues, might be blues-ish, might be bluegrass or other blues roots music. If you like your blues with an edge, come on down to the Bayou for fun, friendship and great music with DJ Kith!
wyldwoodbayou.com:8002:Wyldwood Bayou Rockin' The Blues

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: Amara Uloran
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

I wanted to make from parts a lighthouse like a popular one i have seen around. So I did. It's at cyberdatastorm.com:8002/DragonFyre. Take a copy if you like. Unlike the one it is based on, I designed this one so you could actually walk up into the top area. { ikr, clever?! } Here's a photo. I created all the large prims... The columns were made by some girl. The rocks by felix mafia. Anyway ... there it is. ain't it?

When I meet an AV that looks like a dragon, I always ask them to voice verify. They have to literally melt my speakers for me to believe they are as they present themselves to be. I've never had that happen - which, truthfully, is disappointing. I mean, who would not want to meet an actual dragon?

Even if it doesn't melt your speakers, in-world voice can present a problem. Some people don't seem to understand that Open Sim is not a dating site. It is not a hook-up site. And it can be more than a costume party chat site. At it's best, OS is an immersive world for role-play. And most people don't have the voice and/or the acting ability for the role they are playing. At best, in-world voice is a distraction. At worse, it can make it impossible to deeply and actively engage.

In truth, our avatar is but a pixel puppet. For some reason there can be an extraordinary interest, by some, in who exactly is pulling the strings. I just treat people as they present themselves in-world. Anything else ruins the show many of us take a part in creating.

So now we've recently had quite some drama about a crossplayer. Someone who uses at least one avatar whose gender isn't his own.

Being tricked into virtual sex and then ghosted if you were hoping for something permanent is one thing. The sudden discovery of avatars who are NOT the virtual representations of real-life people but completely unrelated to their users is another thing.

The biggest issue seems to be avatars with genders different from their users'. Or rather, people not knowing that this smouldering hot lady is a GIRL (Guy In Real Life). From this, demands arose that all cross-playing avatars shall inform people that they're cross-playing avatars. Some may even demand a total ban on cross-playing.

On the other hand, there are users whose avatars aren't them, and who want to keep their real lives as secret as possible. They also don't want to know anything about the users behind other avatars, especially not without asking first. OpenSim is a role-play to them, and real life breaks immersion.

Now, the question is: What'd be the best practice then?

Keeping it secret may end up in awkward situations with avatars that are virtual representations of their real-life users instead of fictional role-play characters. Blurting it out without being asked (female avatar arriving at a party: "Hi, I'm a cishet guy in real life!") leaves a lot of people with TMI (Too Much Information).

But there actually is a standard place for real-life information. And your real-life gender is exactly that, real-life information. That place is in your avatar profile.

No, not the "2nd life" page, the first page you see when you open your profile or someone else's. That page is exclusively for in-world information about your avatar.

The place for real-life information about you is on the "1st life" page. That and only that is also where a real-life photograph of you should go if you absolutely have to have one in our avatar profile. And that's the right place to tell people about your real-life gender.

A big advantage of this is that people who check your profile because they're interested in your avatar but not in your real life won't have real-life information about you slapped into their faces. The "1st life" page is not the first thing you see when looking at someone's profile.

Granted, this practice isn't perfect. There are people who find it inconvenient to have to navigate through a profile, and who demand all information they want to know be served to them on a silver platter, i.e. on the very first profile page. Others don't want to read profiles at all (or anything, in fact), they want male crossplayers with female avatars to tell them right away that they're guys in real life without themselves asking for it. The real-life information they want to know would be readily available to them, they just can't be bothered to look it up.

But I guess there are also people who don't want to see any real-life information in avatar profiles, who don't even want to accidentally stumble upon it by clicking on the wrong tab, because they don't want to know anything about the real-life people behind avatars, at least not more than necessary.

Stil, going this "official" way should be good enough for most people.

I see Satyr changed the flag above. Not that anything, but the colors are still wrong, the support is still for a dubious favorite and...
But what should he do? Such is the "western world" or at least what we call it.
Does it really matter, since then no one will find the strength to admit their mistakes and apologize?

Hello Everyone!
I'm performing at Event Plaza early today!
Come join us if you are free! I will be taking
your requests & singing your favorites!
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