Just as stars shine brightest on the darkest nights, we too can find our inner light in difficult times. May your light shine even brighter in 2026, illuminating your own path and guiding others.

Each new year is a magical opportunity to start over. Leave behind what no longer serves you and embrace the unknown with courage. The future is full of possibilities and promises.

Happy New Year!
That's what we wish for everyone!
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Assim como as estrelas brilham mais intensamente nas noites mais escuras, também podemos encontrar nossa luz interior nos momentos difíceis. Que em 2026 sua luz brilhe ainda mais forte, iluminando seu próprio caminho e guiando os outros.

Cada novo ano é uma oportunidade mágica de recomeçar. Deixe para trás o que não serve mais e abrace o desconhecido com coragem. O futuro é cheio de possibilidades e promessas.

Feliz Ano Novo!
E´o que desejamos a todos!
Klaus e Rebekah Mikaelson

Thank you very much to all the venues/grids for having me sing to you in 2025!
Thank you to all the audience/people who attended the concerts and for your great support!
I hope to see you again in 2026 and continue all the fun.
Hugs and God bless you! ❤️❤️❤️

MAGICLAND NEW YEAR'S EVE BALL DROP
Join us at Magicland to ring in the New Year!

Staring at 4PM SLT join us for 2 great flicks followed by the Magicland Ball Drop & Parade a special event we only do on New Years Eve!

SHOWTIMES
4pm: Back to the Future

Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents' first meeting and attracting his mother's romantic interest. Marty must repair the damage to history by rekindling his parents' romance and - with the help of his eccentric inventor friend Doc Brown - return to 1985.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvsgGtivCgs

6:15pm: Magicland Ball Drop & Electrical Light Parade

6:30pm: Back to the Future II

Marty and Doc are at it again as the time-traveling duo head to 2015 to nip some McFly family woes in the bud. But things go awry thanks to bully Biff Tannen and a pesky sports almanac. In a last-ditch attempt to set things straight, Marty finds himself bound for 1955 and face to face with his teenage parents -- again.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdENmefJRpw

Here's your limo!
http://hg.carnivalegrid.com:8002/Magicland

Join us this evening for the Rockin' The Seas New Year's Eve Cruise!
This special ship with the newly decorated Emascus just for this event will rock you around the Bay while you enjoy dancing on-board with your friends while you drink in plenty of great tunes and free champagne!

The event starts at 4 PM Grid Time, so you will still have time to get ready for that RL party!
You can hop in here: hop://neverworldgrid.com:8002/Redwood%20Bay/51/17/22
Ship sails at 4 PM, so be sure to be on a dance pad or seated at a table so you don't slide off the ship!
This is the only moving Event Venue in the Metaverse that we know about!!

See you at 4 and Happy New Year!!!!

✨ Prosit Neujahr 2026! ✨

Das alte Jahr neigt sich dem Ende zu und wir blicken voller Vorfreude auf das, was kommt. Ich wünsche euch allen einen glitzernden Rutsch in ein fantastisches neues Jahr! 🥂🎆

Möge das Jahr 2026 für euch vor allem eines sein: Gesund, glücklich und voller kleiner Wunder. Danke für die gemeinsame Zeit im vergangenen Jahr!

Alles Liebe und nur das Beste, Eure MiraclesWelt 💫

What a year 2025 has been in Kitely!
We crammed twelve months into 11 minutes and 18 seconds, enjoy!

Huge shoutout to the Kitely community: your hard work and creativity turn ideas into reality. The future belongs to what we do, not what we daydream about doing. Action is the foundational key to all success, and you guys are all action!

To our friends across the Hypergrid who come and celebrate with us, and make the party bigger and better year-round , you’re absolute Rock Stars.

Extra thanks to Thirza Ember and The Hypergrid Safari for shining a light on our projects and helping us share them with the wider OpenSim Community. You are the best!

Here’s to a Happy and Healthy New Year ahead.
Let’s make 2026 unforgettable!

VIDEO:
https://youtu.be/tXutvVfY9ZE?si=MIQxNfkpxU53vEWH

to all
a happy new year
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SaM6Vc0Kdw

Liebe OpenSim-Freunde,
von Herzen wünsche ich euch – überall dort, wo ihr gerade seid – einen sanften, glitzernden Übergang ins neue Jahr. Möge es euch Gesundheit, Frieden, Wärme im Herzen, kleine Wunder und ganz viel Licht schenken.
✨💫
Eine kleine zauberhafte Anmerkung:
Cloudshead Worldheart wird Ende Januar wieder seine Pforten öffnen. Überall wird liebevoll umgebaut und verwandelt – Feen sind geschäftig unterwegs, Magie webt sich leise durch die Welt, und neue Wege entstehen. 🧚‍♀️🌿✨
Wir freuen uns schon sehr darauf, euch wieder begrüßen zu dürfen. 💞
✨✨✨
Dear OpenSim friends,
from the bottom of my heart I wish you — wherever you may be — a gentle, sparkling slide into the New Year. May it bring you health, peace, warmth of heart, little wonders along the way, and lots of light.
✨💫
A small magical note:
Cloudshead Worldheart will open its gates again at the end of January. Everywhere, things are being lovingly rebuilt and transformed — fairies are fluttering about, magic is quietly unfolding, and new paths are being prepared. 🧚‍♀️🌿✨We are already very much looking forward to welcoming you back. 💞
✨✨✨
Chers amis d’OpenSim,
de tout cœur, je vous souhaite — où que vous soyez — un passage doux et scintillant vers la nouvelle année. Qu’elle vous apporte santé, paix, chaleur du cœur, de petits miracles et beaucoup de lumière.
✨💫
Une petite note enchantée :
Cloudshead Worldheart rouvrira ses portes à la fin janvier. Partout, on reconstruit et on transforme avec amour — les fées s’affairent, la magie se tisse doucement, et de nouveaux chemins prennent forme. 🧚‍♀️🌿✨
Nous nous réjouissons déjà de vous retrouver. 💞

New Years Eve Party with DJ Dragon
31st December 2025 8 to 10 AM Gridtime(17-19 Uhr MEZ)
at the Coffin Club.
Playing some techno tunes to party with you today/night.

IM me for a teleport if the eventboard doesnt send you directly.

Take your friends and come over.
Waiting for you
Dragon

Listen: http://dragon.radioamv.com
hop://alternatemetaverse.com:8002/Carpe%20Noctem/87/170/22
Join us on AMV: https://alternatemetaverse.com/

▁ ▂ ▃ ▄ ▅ ▆ ▇ Welcome 2026 ▇ ▆ ▅ ▄ ▃ ▂ ▁

▶▷▶ Welcome 2026 Party
Thursday/Donnerstag 01.January 2026
◕ starts 16:00 OS grid time – startet ab 1:00 Uhr EU
DJ CRAZY Onasis
DJ TOMI Balboa

We cordially invite you to ring in the new year 2026 in an unforgettable club atmosphere.
At CLUB ICE, we'll be popping the corks and pumping the bass. We'll be serving up the hottest tracks from pop, dance,
urban, and electro – the perfect mix for a night of dancing.
Celebrate a fresh start to the new year with friends and like-minded people.
Let's make some memories!
We look forward to seeing you

Wir laden euch herzlich ein, das neue Jahr 2026 in einer unvergesslichen Club-Atmosphäre zu begrüßen.
Im CLUB ICE lassen wir die Korken knallen und die Bässe wummern. Wir servieren euch die heißesten Tracks aus Pop,
Dance, Urban und Electro – die perfekte Mischung für eine durchtanzte Nacht.
Feiert mit Freunden und Gleichgesinnten einen frischen Start ins neue Jahr. Let's make some memories!
Wir freuen uns auf euch

I want to wish everyone a wonderful New Year.
It’s been an incredible year on the grid, filled with new creations, events, and moments that have made our community shine.
Your attendance and support mean the world to us, whether our Residents or Hyper Gridders.
Seeing so many new faces join AMV has been truly inspiring, helping our grid grow and continue striving to be the best community in OpenSim.
As staff, our commitment to you remains at the heart of everything we do, working to keep you smiling, entertained, and feeling at home here on AMV.

On behalf of Grid Owners Clifford and Cataplexia, and the entire staff team, we wish you and family an amazing year in 2026.

Tyler
Grid Manager

Come one, come all for 2 hours of fun, banter and the best music, bring you a fun, high energy, high excitement party!
Starting at 12pm grid time to 2pm grid time, 31st December 2025
Celebrate the New Year in style, an opportunity you don't want to miss!
hop://alternatemetaverse.com:8002/Phoenix%20Docks/125/121/...

Alina Custom Vehicles

Thank you to everyone who gives their Kindness, time and their patience making Opensim what it is. There would be no opensim if there were not kind people giving for free. Thank you to everyone else in opensim, because all of us combined make opensim what it is.
Happy 2026 to everyone

From me to you..
I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for the many kind words you had for me. Of course, there was also some criticism, and thank you for that as well, because that's the only way to learn and improve. With that in mind... a happy and more peaceful New Year 2026. Stay healthy, or get well soon again. Thomas

MAGICLAND NEW YEAR'S EVE BALL DROP
Join us at Magicland to ring in the New Year!

TOMORROW, December 31, 2025 staring at 4PM SLT join us for 2 great flicks followed by the Magicland Ball Drop & Parade a special event we only do on New Years Eve!

SHOWTIMES
4pm: Back to the Future

Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents' first meeting and attracting his mother's romantic interest. Marty must repair the damage to history by rekindling his parents' romance and - with the help of his eccentric inventor friend Doc Brown - return to 1985.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvsgGtivCgs

6:15pm: Magicland Ball Drop & Electrical Light Parade

6:30pm: Back to the Future II

Marty and Doc are at it again as the time-traveling duo head to 2015 to nip some McFly family woes in the bud. But things go awry thanks to bully Biff Tannen and a pesky sports almanac. In a last-ditch attempt to set things straight, Marty finds himself bound for 1955 and face to face with his teenage parents -- again.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdENmefJRpw

Here's your limo!
http://hg.carnivalegrid.com:8002/Magicland

🎄 Derniers jours ! 🎁
Il ne vous reste plus que jusqu’au 10 janvier pour récupérer les cadeaux du Calendrier de l’Avent devant la boutique Dekalion 🎅✨
La région fermera ensuite jusqu’au prochain Noël, alors profitez-en tant qu’elle est encore ouverte ❄️✨
📍 HyperGrid : bloodmoonpack.com:8002:Marché de Noël
📍 OpensimWorld : https://opensimworld.com/hop/87499


🎄 Last days! 🎁
You only have until January 10th to collect the gifts from the Advent Calendar in front of the Dekalion shop 🎅✨
The region will then close until next Christmas, so enjoy it while it’s still open ❄️✨
📍 HyperGrid: bloodmoonpack.com:8002:Marché de Noël
📍 OpensimWorld: https://opensimworld.com/hop/87499

The entire team at CCC, Sunlight Regions, The Cube, and Dope Club wishes everyone a happy new year 2026. We thank you for the amazing support and the wonderful times we've shared with you all, and we hope to spend another year with you in 2026!

New Year Party @The Cube we call for a Great Big Event Dec. 31th 2025 !!
3 Djs will be here and play their Tunes
DJ Light Ray 12pm
DJ ChiChi 01:30pm
DJ Emmy Lou 03:00pm
Start is 12:00pm Grid time
Dance with us from the old in the New Year !!
DONT MISS IT !!!!

Event Beach Club @ DJ VLAD

The last party of 2025
Tuesday, December 30, 2025
8:30 p.m. Paris time
11:30 AM (SL TIME,PST)
hop://bloodmoonpack.com:8002/Event%20Beach%20Club/128/128/...

Events page:
https://bloodmoonpack.com/grid/events/view.php?id=26
https://opensimworld.com/events/130906

Happy New Year 2026 to our community, our friends and all hypergrid travelers of BloodMoon Grid!

May this new year bring you light in the darkness,
unforgettable adventures, meaningful encounters
and great moments shared in our virtual world.

Thank you for being part of BloodMoon
and for helping us build a unique grid
driven by creativity, freedom and passion.

May 2026 be magical, festive and full of amazing surprises.

BloodMoon Grid Team

Gridtalkparty
Liebe Musikzuhörer und Clubtänzer,

der letzte Dienstag im Jahr 2025 naht - und ab 20:00 Uhr steht wieder die Musikalische Rumpelkiste da und wartet aufs Auspacken. (Vormusiken ab 19:30) Lasst sie nicht lange warten und kommet zuhauf - wir freuen uns drauf.
dorenas-world.de:8002:Gridtalk
Gridtalk Party
Dear music lovers and club dancers,
the last Tuesday of 2025 is approaching – and starting at 8:00 PM, the musical rummage sale will be back, ready to unpack. (Pre-show starts at 7:30 PM) Don't keep it waiting and come in droves – we're looking forward to it!
dorenas-world.de:8002:Gridtalk

I want to thank everyone for the amazing event on Monday.

I didn't expect so many of you to stay until the end.

And all the work I put into the set wasn't in vain, since trance music isn't very common in OpenSim.

Thank you so much!

And I hope I was able to convince some of you that trance music isn't just thump-thump music :))

And I'm already looking forward to the next one.

Have a great start to the new year and stay healthy!

We would like to express our deepest condolences for the loss of Luna Lunaria, who gave so much to opensim with her beautiful creations and her beautiful regions. We will miss you Luna.

Never take life for granted and always be kind to each other in a world that is already filled with hate.

We would like to end this year by thanking you for all the support we receive to continue building on Vendetta and creating something for you on opensim. We love what we do. Grateful for the great support we receive from other Grids.
We personally thank you for this year.
Happy New Year and wish you a beautiful and wonderful New Year.

Angelina
Vendetta Owner

DJ DragonLady - EARLY MORNING BREAKFAST SHOW at Party Stage on Alternate Metaverse : Tue 30th Dec 6:00 AM to Tue 30th Dec 8:00 AM
DJ DragonLady - Dragon loves gothic rock, her sets are lively and often feature the less well known european artists
DJ DragonLady Shinobiaa Carpenoctem, bringing you 2 hours of incredible danceable tunes! Put on your dancing shoes and come on down to The Party Stage at Alternate Metaverse
We are looking forward to seeing you all here :)
Party Stage
Alternate Metaverse is the new landing point, come and make new friends
hop://alternatemetaverse.com:8002/Alternate%20Metaverse/31...

Einen Guten Rutsch ins Jahr 2026.
Für das Neue Jahr wünsche ich euch von Herzen ganz viel Gesundheit, Glück sowie viel Power um neues zu erschaffen. Natürlich auch einen tolle Zeit in OpenSim und ganz viel Spaß dabei.

Happy New Year 2026!

For the New Year, I wish you all the best of health, happiness, and lots of energy to create new things. And of course, I hope you have a great time in OpenSim and lots of fun!

Felice Anno Nuovo 2026!

Per il nuovo anno, vi auguro tutto il meglio: salute, felicità e tanta energia per creare cose nuove. E, naturalmente, vi auguro un fantastico divertimento con OpenSim!

¡Feliz Año Nuevo 2026!

Para el Año Nuevo, les deseo mucha salud, felicidad y mucha energía para crear cosas nuevas. Y, por supuesto, ¡espero que se diviertan mucho en OpenSim!

working on speeding up FSAssetService, i noticed in the loop it's got hard-coded 1 second delay per asset. So on a simple thing with 30 assets that's an extra 30 second of nada nothing. I added config option in Robust.HG.ini under

[AssetService]
WriteSleepMs = 10

so that's 10ms or .01 seconds instead of 1000ms but you can adjust in the config how you like it. in the Writer() function i changed Thread.Sleep(1000); to Thread.Sleep(m_WriteSleepMs); (which pulls value from config, defaults to 1000 if dne)

I also moved the spool directory to RAM disk where it determines the hash, and it checks the RAM disk for existing file instead of hitting the drive. Then it does the actual movement from spool to data directory in a background thread without blocking. So far I'm seeing simple remote objects imported over HG taking about 20 seconds that took about 3 minutes originally. Anyway if you want to test it out there's just one file change. https://codeberg.org/fionasweet/FSAssetService
let me know . If I didn't break anything maybe i'll submit a PR upstream.

Das Wunderkind aus den Midlands: Die frühen Jahre und der Aufstieg von Steve Winwood

Stephen Lawrence Winwood erblickte am 12. Mai 1948 in Handsworth, Birmingham, das Licht der Welt.
Schon in frühester Kindheit zeigte sich, dass dieser Junge eine außergewöhnliche Gabe besaß...

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