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Today, Anachron and I are going back to the year 1895 in Kiel.
Re-posted on behalf of DJ Azraella.
Why Never Neverworld.
There is something particularly bleak about a community calling itself “The Friendly Grid” while apparently treating abusive behaviour as a problem best solved by telling the person on the receiving end: “You have a mute button.” Welcome to Neverworld Grid, where, judging by my experience, “friendly” may be less a standard of conduct than a decorative slogan attached to the front door.
I was a DJ in a virtual worlds for years lately as a visiting performer at Neverworld. By the point this incident occurred, however, my personal circumstances had changed. I am dying. That is not written for melodrama or sympathy. It matters because it explains what it cost me physically to be there at all. Despite being seriously ill and largely confined to bed, I got out of bed and DJed one final event to say thank you to my audience for supporting me and to draw people in one last time, which also helped to promote Neverworld Grid.
The reward was memorable, although perhaps not in quite the way their promotional department might prefer. During the event, I was verbally attacked and abused by a member of Neverworld Grid.
Behind every avatar is a human being. The fact that an interaction takes place in a virtual world does not make the behaviour, or its effect on another person, imaginary. The following day, despite the physical toll, I got out of bed again and raised a formal complaint with the owner of Neverworld Grid. I expected, at minimum, the complaint to be taken seriously. What I encountered instead was dismissal. No action was taken against the resident. My complaint was pretty much ignored and seen as nothing other than an interpersonal issue despite the fact I was a victim of one of their residents.
And then came this: “You have a mute button.”
And there, in five small words, lies the much larger problem. Of course I have a mute button. A mute button is a useful tool for an individual. It is not a substitute for moderation. Those are two entirely different things. A mute button allows the recipient to stop hearing somebody's behaviour. Moderation determines whether that behaviour is acceptable within the community in the first place. Confusing the two produces a wonderfully convenient system for administrators: the offender remains, the complainant makes them disappear from view, and management is spared the disagreeable business of actually managing anything. Problem solved. Well, invisible, which is apparently close enough. Imagine applying this philosophy anywhere else. Someone behaves disgracefully in a cinema and the management responds: 'you can use ear-plugs.' One can only admire the efficiency. No difficult confrontation. No standards requiring enforcement. No possibility of upsetting a patron who may have a life-time ticket. Just mute and carry on.
Neverworld Grid presents itself with the tagline: “The friendly grid.” That is precisely why this incident matters. If you advertise friendliness as part of your identity, then friendliness ceases to be merely a pleasant aspiration. It becomes a claim about the community you operate. And claims should survive contact with reality. A genuinely friendly community is not one in which nobody ever behaves badly. Such a place does not exist outside advertising copy and unusually optimistic children's television. A friendly community is one in which antisocial behaviour is taken seriously when it occurs. It is demonstrated by what administrators do when unfriendliness becomes inconvenient. That is the test. Not the logo. Not the website. Not the slogan. Not smiling avatars standing beneath carefully selected promotional photographs. The test comes when somebody crosses the line and management has to decide whether its proclaimed standards actually mean anything.
In my case, I believe Neverworld Grid failed that test spectacularly. I cannot state why the owner chose not to take action. Only the owner can answer that. But users are entitled to ask uncomfortable questions when enforcement appears absent.
What behaviour actually results in consequences?
Does a resident's financial contribution affect how complaints concerning them are handled?
Are paying residents subject to precisely the same behavioural standards as visitors are?
What happens after a formal complaint?
And perhaps most importantly: What behaviour would actually be serious enough for Neverworld Grid management to intervene rather than telling the recipient, “You have a mute button”? These are questions created by the apparent absence of action. If Neverworld Grid wants people to believe that payment of tier guarantees renters a friendly safe place, there is a very simple way of showing it: Have standards and apply them.
There is another unpleasant implication to the “you have a mute button” response. It transfers responsibility. The person accused of behaving abusively does not apparently need to change their behaviour. Instead, the person experiencing it must change theirs. You must mute. You must avoid. You must adapt. Management remains comfortably above the unpleasantness while the individual affected quietly rearranges their virtual existence around somebody else's deplorable conduct. That isn't moderation. It is outsourcing moderation to the victim. And it creates an obvious incentive for the worst personalities in any community: behave however you please as long as you keep paying. Eventually you can achieve the remarkable distinction of being peacefully surrounded by people who either tolerate you or cannot see or hear you. Community harmony, achieved through selective deafness as decreed by management.
There is another aspect of this which a mute button cannot undo: the physical effect of the encounter has already happened. Verbal abuse is not experienced solely as words arriving through speakers or appearing on a screen. Human beings respond physically to confrontation and distress. The body does not first consult the graphics card to determine whether an attack is sufficiently real to react to it. For a healthy person, that reaction can be deeply unpleasant. For somebody who is dying, already seriously ill and functioning with greatly diminished reserves, the consequences of that stress can carry considerably greater weight and could even be the last stress that body can take. And once that distress has occurred, telling the person “you have a mute button” is not a remedy.
The button cannot take you backwards in time. It cannot prevent the encounter that already happened. It cannot erase the stress already inflicted. And it certainly cannot answer the question of why the behaviour that caused the complaint apparently attracted no consequence. There is a peculiar cruelty in dismissing that distinction which no amount of virtual-world branding can disguise.
I did not expect sainthood. I did not expect somebody to erect a statue of my avatar outside the welcome centre. I expected basic human decency and a complaint to be treated seriously.
Apparently that must be the 'Super Ultimate Friend of the Owner' premium feature. Neverworld Grid calls itself friendly. People considering investing their time, creativity, communities and money there should understand what “friendly” meant when my complaint was placed in front of its owner. Because communities reveal themselves not through their slogans but through the behaviour they are prepared to tolerate. Anybody can write: “We are the friendly grid.” The interesting question is what happens when somebody isn't friendly. In my experience, the answer was depressingly simple: Nothing. The complaint was effectively binned. Apparently making bad actors into clouds is your only option meanwhile Management avoided doing anything meaningful other than preserve a monthly tier payment. And the slogan will survive. Perhaps that is the most impressive achievement of all. In virtual worlds, apparently even irony can be rendered in 3D.
Neverworld Grid also seems very keen on telling people that it isn't Second Life.
Second Life gets plenty of criticism, some of it deserved. One complaint you hear is that region owners can make their own rules and, if you don't follow them, eject or ban you. That can certainly be irritating. People can make ridiculous rules. People can throw you out for reasons you think are unfair. Give somebody control over a virtual patch of land and occasionally they begin behaving as though Buckingham Palace has asked for the keys back. But there is another side to it. If you enter somebody's region, you know they have rules and that breaking them can have consequences. If you behave badly enough, somebody can actually do something about it. After my experience with Neverworld Grid, I find myself wondering why removing that is supposed to be an improvement. If the alternative to somebody saying “These are the rules here” is somebody behaving abusively and the person being abused getting told “You have a mute button,” which system is actually friendlier?
There has to be some middle ground between petty little dictators throwing people off regions because they don't like the colour of their shoes and a free-for-all where nobody wants to intervene.
Rules can be abused. So can the absence of rules. The difference is that when there are sensible community standards, ordinary people know where they stand. Don't abuse people. Don't deliberately disrupt things. Don't make somebody else's experience miserable. Hardly tyranny. And if somebody does cross those lines, there should be consequences. Neverworld seems to dislike the way people in Second Life exercise control over their own regions. Fine. But what is being offered instead? If the answer is greater freedom, then whose freedom are we talking about? The freedom of somebody to enjoy an event without being abused? Or the freedom of somebody to behave however they like without anybody in authority becoming involved? Because those freedoms collide eventually. Mine did. And apparently I had a mute button.
Then there is the question of tier. People pay to be on grids like this. That makes it reasonable to ask whether somebody who keeps paying can expect considerably more tolerance than somebody who just visits but still contributes to the success of the grid. I cannot prove that this is what happened in my case. But the response I received certainly gives me reason to ask. If somebody pays tier and behaves disgracefully, what happens? Are they warned? Are there consequences? Or does everybody they upset simply get reminded where the mute button is? Because if the practical message becomes: Pay your tier and management will look the other way, then who exactly does that attract? Most decent people don't need immunity from basic standards of behaviour. Creators don't need it. DJs don't need it. People running events don't need it. People who simply want somewhere pleasant to spend a few hours don't need it. The people who benefit most from a place where bad behaviour carries few consequences are, rather obviously, the people most likely to behave badly. That seems an extraordinary foundation for something calling itself “The Friendly Grid.”
There is nothing wrong with wanting to be different from Second Life. But different does not automatically mean better. If Second Life says, in effect, “behave yourself here or somebody may throw you out,” while Neverworld's answer to abuse is “you have a mute button,” I know which approach now looks more like a community and which looks more like an incompetent Management avoidance strategy. Being different is easy. Being better requires rather more than a tagline. If Neverworld Grid believes this account misrepresents its standards, it can explain them.
What happens when someone reports serious verbal abuse? What behaviour actually results in action?
Are paying residents treated exactly the same as everyone else? And why was “You have a mute button” considered an adequate response to my complaint?
Those answers would tell people considerably more about Neverworld Grid than any slogan ever could.
Until then, perhaps the tagline deserves a small amendment:
“Neverworld Grid — The Friendly Grid. You have a mute button.”
or
" Welcome to Neverworld the Friendly Grid where you may have to mute your fellow residents"
or perhaps as almost happened in my case:
" Neverworld the Friendly Grid (we let you away with murder just keep paying you'll see)"
The bottom line has to be this:
If you claim friendliness you automatically accept a duty of care to all users. and paying doesn't excuse unfriendliness. Community standards you claim must be enforced swiftly and across all tiers of membership and extend to visitors. I was told my abuser hadn't broken any TOS. I guess there is no actual TOS beyond the owner's mood. Yes you guessed it my abuser is a friend of the owner.
My final advice to anyone looking for a new home...lift the carpets before you decide.
I won't see a resolution to this issue or see Virtual again but that doesn't mean you can't learn from my experience.
Azraella.
Why Never Neverworld.
There is something particularly bleak about a community calling itself “The Friendly Grid” while apparently treating abusive behaviour as a problem best solved by telling the person on the receiving end: “You have a mute button.” Welcome to Neverworld Grid, where, judging by my experience, “friendly” may be less a standard of conduct than a decorative slogan attached to the front door.
I was a DJ in a virtual worlds for years lately as a visiting performer at Neverworld. By the point this incident occurred, however, my personal circumstances had changed. I am dying. That is not written for melodrama or sympathy. It matters because it explains what it cost me physically to be there at all. Despite being seriously ill and largely confined to bed, I got out of bed and DJed one final event to say thank you to my audience for supporting me and to draw people in one last time, which also helped to promote Neverworld Grid.
The reward was memorable, although perhaps not in quite the way their promotional department might prefer. During the event, I was verbally attacked and abused by a member of Neverworld Grid.
Behind every avatar is a human being. The fact that an interaction takes place in a virtual world does not make the behaviour, or its effect on another person, imaginary. The following day, despite the physical toll, I got out of bed again and raised a formal complaint with the owner of Neverworld Grid. I expected, at minimum, the complaint to be taken seriously. What I encountered instead was dismissal. No action was taken against the resident. My complaint was pretty much ignored and seen as nothing other than an interpersonal issue despite the fact I was a victim of one of their residents.
And then came this: “You have a mute button.”
And there, in five small words, lies the much larger problem. Of course I have a mute button. A mute button is a useful tool for an individual. It is not a substitute for moderation. Those are two entirely different things. A mute button allows the recipient to stop hearing somebody's behaviour. Moderation determines whether that behaviour is acceptable within the community in the first place. Confusing the two produces a wonderfully convenient system for administrators: the offender remains, the complainant makes them disappear from view, and management is spared the disagreeable business of actually managing anything. Problem solved. Well, invisible, which is apparently close enough. Imagine applying this philosophy anywhere else. Someone behaves disgracefully in a cinema and the management responds: 'you can use ear-plugs.' One can only admire the efficiency. No difficult confrontation. No standards requiring enforcement. No possibility of upsetting a patron who may have a life-time ticket. Just mute and carry on.
Neverworld Grid presents itself with the tagline: “The friendly grid.” That is precisely why this incident matters. If you advertise friendliness as part of your identity, then friendliness ceases to be merely a pleasant aspiration. It becomes a claim about the community you operate. And claims should survive contact with reality. A genuinely friendly community is not one in which nobody ever behaves badly. Such a place does not exist outside advertising copy and unusually optimistic children's television. A friendly community is one in which antisocial behaviour is taken seriously when it occurs. It is demonstrated by what administrators do when unfriendliness becomes inconvenient. That is the test. Not the logo. Not the website. Not the slogan. Not smiling avatars standing beneath carefully selected promotional photographs. The test comes when somebody crosses the line and management has to decide whether its proclaimed standards actually mean anything.
In my case, I believe Neverworld Grid failed that test spectacularly. I cannot state why the owner chose not to take action. Only the owner can answer that. But users are entitled to ask uncomfortable questions when enforcement appears absent.
What behaviour actually results in consequences?
Does a resident's financial contribution affect how complaints concerning them are handled?
Are paying residents subject to precisely the same behavioural standards as visitors are?
What happens after a formal complaint?
And perhaps most importantly: What behaviour would actually be serious enough for Neverworld Grid management to intervene rather than telling the recipient, “You have a mute button”? These are questions created by the apparent absence of action. If Neverworld Grid wants people to believe that payment of tier guarantees renters a friendly safe place, there is a very simple way of showing it: Have standards and apply them.
There is another unpleasant implication to the “you have a mute button” response. It transfers responsibility. The person accused of behaving abusively does not apparently need to change their behaviour. Instead, the person experiencing it must change theirs. You must mute. You must avoid. You must adapt. Management remains comfortably above the unpleasantness while the individual affected quietly rearranges their virtual existence around somebody else's deplorable conduct. That isn't moderation. It is outsourcing moderation to the victim. And it creates an obvious incentive for the worst personalities in any community: behave however you please as long as you keep paying. Eventually you can achieve the remarkable distinction of being peacefully surrounded by people who either tolerate you or cannot see or hear you. Community harmony, achieved through selective deafness as decreed by management.
There is another aspect of this which a mute button cannot undo: the physical effect of the encounter has already happened. Verbal abuse is not experienced solely as words arriving through speakers or appearing on a screen. Human beings respond physically to confrontation and distress. The body does not first consult the graphics card to determine whether an attack is sufficiently real to react to it. For a healthy person, that reaction can be deeply unpleasant. For somebody who is dying, already seriously ill and functioning with greatly diminished reserves, the consequences of that stress can carry considerably greater weight and could even be the last stress that body can take. And once that distress has occurred, telling the person “you have a mute button” is not a remedy.
The button cannot take you backwards in time. It cannot prevent the encounter that already happened. It cannot erase the stress already inflicted. And it certainly cannot answer the question of why the behaviour that caused the complaint apparently attracted no consequence. There is a peculiar cruelty in dismissing that distinction which no amount of virtual-world branding can disguise.
I did not expect sainthood. I did not expect somebody to erect a statue of my avatar outside the welcome centre. I expected basic human decency and a complaint to be treated seriously.
Apparently that must be the 'Super Ultimate Friend of the Owner' premium feature. Neverworld Grid calls itself friendly. People considering investing their time, creativity, communities and money there should understand what “friendly” meant when my complaint was placed in front of its owner. Because communities reveal themselves not through their slogans but through the behaviour they are prepared to tolerate. Anybody can write: “We are the friendly grid.” The interesting question is what happens when somebody isn't friendly. In my experience, the answer was depressingly simple: Nothing. The complaint was effectively binned. Apparently making bad actors into clouds is your only option meanwhile Management avoided doing anything meaningful other than preserve a monthly tier payment. And the slogan will survive. Perhaps that is the most impressive achievement of all. In virtual worlds, apparently even irony can be rendered in 3D.
Neverworld Grid also seems very keen on telling people that it isn't Second Life.
Second Life gets plenty of criticism, some of it deserved. One complaint you hear is that region owners can make their own rules and, if you don't follow them, eject or ban you. That can certainly be irritating. People can make ridiculous rules. People can throw you out for reasons you think are unfair. Give somebody control over a virtual patch of land and occasionally they begin behaving as though Buckingham Palace has asked for the keys back. But there is another side to it. If you enter somebody's region, you know they have rules and that breaking them can have consequences. If you behave badly enough, somebody can actually do something about it. After my experience with Neverworld Grid, I find myself wondering why removing that is supposed to be an improvement. If the alternative to somebody saying “These are the rules here” is somebody behaving abusively and the person being abused getting told “You have a mute button,” which system is actually friendlier?
There has to be some middle ground between petty little dictators throwing people off regions because they don't like the colour of their shoes and a free-for-all where nobody wants to intervene.
Rules can be abused. So can the absence of rules. The difference is that when there are sensible community standards, ordinary people know where they stand. Don't abuse people. Don't deliberately disrupt things. Don't make somebody else's experience miserable. Hardly tyranny. And if somebody does cross those lines, there should be consequences. Neverworld seems to dislike the way people in Second Life exercise control over their own regions. Fine. But what is being offered instead? If the answer is greater freedom, then whose freedom are we talking about? The freedom of somebody to enjoy an event without being abused? Or the freedom of somebody to behave however they like without anybody in authority becoming involved? Because those freedoms collide eventually. Mine did. And apparently I had a mute button.
Then there is the question of tier. People pay to be on grids like this. That makes it reasonable to ask whether somebody who keeps paying can expect considerably more tolerance than somebody who just visits but still contributes to the success of the grid. I cannot prove that this is what happened in my case. But the response I received certainly gives me reason to ask. If somebody pays tier and behaves disgracefully, what happens? Are they warned? Are there consequences? Or does everybody they upset simply get reminded where the mute button is? Because if the practical message becomes: Pay your tier and management will look the other way, then who exactly does that attract? Most decent people don't need immunity from basic standards of behaviour. Creators don't need it. DJs don't need it. People running events don't need it. People who simply want somewhere pleasant to spend a few hours don't need it. The people who benefit most from a place where bad behaviour carries few consequences are, rather obviously, the people most likely to behave badly. That seems an extraordinary foundation for something calling itself “The Friendly Grid.”
There is nothing wrong with wanting to be different from Second Life. But different does not automatically mean better. If Second Life says, in effect, “behave yourself here or somebody may throw you out,” while Neverworld's answer to abuse is “you have a mute button,” I know which approach now looks more like a community and which looks more like an incompetent Management avoidance strategy. Being different is easy. Being better requires rather more than a tagline. If Neverworld Grid believes this account misrepresents its standards, it can explain them.
What happens when someone reports serious verbal abuse? What behaviour actually results in action?
Are paying residents treated exactly the same as everyone else? And why was “You have a mute button” considered an adequate response to my complaint?
Those answers would tell people considerably more about Neverworld Grid than any slogan ever could.
Until then, perhaps the tagline deserves a small amendment:
“Neverworld Grid — The Friendly Grid. You have a mute button.”
or
" Welcome to Neverworld the Friendly Grid where you may have to mute your fellow residents"
or perhaps as almost happened in my case:
" Neverworld the Friendly Grid (we let you away with murder just keep paying you'll see)"
The bottom line has to be this:
If you claim friendliness you automatically accept a duty of care to all users. and paying doesn't excuse unfriendliness. Community standards you claim must be enforced swiftly and across all tiers of membership and extend to visitors. I was told my abuser hadn't broken any TOS. I guess there is no actual TOS beyond the owner's mood. Yes you guessed it my abuser is a friend of the owner.
My final advice to anyone looking for a new home...lift the carpets before you decide.
I won't see a resolution to this issue or see Virtual again but that doesn't mean you can't learn from my experience.
Azraella.
 | Macolyis: Maybe actually read what was said to her before equating me to emperor Nero. Emperor Nero also just accused people with no proof to get an emotional reaction .. like blaming Christians for the fire of... 2 months ago |
Dj Kitty Live on stage, Come join her for her 2 hours Musical Set. at 6am - 8am SLT 9 2pm - 4pm UK)
If you love pink this is the place :)
everybody is welcome to join us
hop://alternatemetaverse.com:8002/Alternate%20Metaverse/34...
If you love pink this is the place :)
everybody is welcome to join us
hop://alternatemetaverse.com:8002/Alternate%20Metaverse/34...
Due to a major outage at the datacenter where Friends Grid is hosted, we sadly have to cancel today's beach party.
It will be rescheduled sometime soon!
| | Gentle Dragonheart: Sorry peeps, the show can't go on! :) 2 months ago |
🎸Steampunk Guitar Queen🎸
https://www.gridtalk.de/attachment.php?aid=12815
Grid is back up
| | Star Ravenhurst: I am sorry to hear that Aphra. Good luck on your next adventure. 2 months ago |
Step Into An Afternoon Of Romance
Immerse yourself in a beautifully curated atmosphere as DJ Essensual takes the stage at 1 pm, spinning an exquisite selection of the world's finest Love Songs. Whether you are dancing with a partner or simply soaking in the timeless melodies, it’s the perfect mid-week escape.
✨ The Music: The most beautiful love songs and romantic classics
✨ The Dress Code: Ballroom formal—dress to impress
✨ The Sound: Curated by the incomparable DJ Essensual
hg.trianon-world.com:18002:Trianon Complex
Immerse yourself in a beautifully curated atmosphere as DJ Essensual takes the stage at 1 pm, spinning an exquisite selection of the world's finest Love Songs. Whether you are dancing with a partner or simply soaking in the timeless melodies, it’s the perfect mid-week escape.
✨ The Music: The most beautiful love songs and romantic classics
✨ The Dress Code: Ballroom formal—dress to impress
✨ The Sound: Curated by the incomparable DJ Essensual
hg.trianon-world.com:18002:Trianon Complex
You might miss out on a lot of fun and great music
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If you like listening to music
and you haven't listened to
DJ luce
then you are not a listener
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If you like listening to music
and you haven't listened to
DJ luce
then you are not a listener
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A visit to the farm.
🚨 **GateCrashers — Service Disruption**
Some users may be experiencing difficulty accessing GateCrashers due to a major infrastructure failure at Namecheap's datacenter. A chiller failure forced them to take over 5,000 servers offline to protect data, affecting DNS resolution globally.
**What's affected:**
- Some users may be unable to reach gatecrashers.events
- In-world Gate devices may show offline
- Event listings may not be reachable via browser
**What's NOT affected:**
- The GateCrashers platform and all your data is safe and intact
- All events, venues, and accounts are untouched
- This will resolve itself automatically once Namecheap restores service
Namecheap estimates approximately 3 hours to repair and restore services. We will post an update here when everything is back to normal.
Apologies for the disruption — this is a global infrastructure failure completely outside our control. Sit tight! 🤙
— Gundahar
Some users may be experiencing difficulty accessing GateCrashers due to a major infrastructure failure at Namecheap's datacenter. A chiller failure forced them to take over 5,000 servers offline to protect data, affecting DNS resolution globally.
**What's affected:**
- Some users may be unable to reach gatecrashers.events
- In-world Gate devices may show offline
- Event listings may not be reachable via browser
**What's NOT affected:**
- The GateCrashers platform and all your data is safe and intact
- All events, venues, and accounts are untouched
- This will resolve itself automatically once Namecheap restores service
Namecheap estimates approximately 3 hours to repair and restore services. We will post an update here when everything is back to normal.
Apologies for the disruption — this is a global infrastructure failure completely outside our control. Sit tight! 🤙
— Gundahar
| | Gundahar Bravin: Update @ 07:50 PM EDT | 23:50 UTC Namecheap.com is online now. Account access, domains, and DNS management are restored. Email is expected to be back online soon. More than 50% of Namecheap Shared Ho... 2 months ago |
Our grid is currently down The data center where the servers are stored lost power. They just fixed the ac and are trying to cool the place down. Will keep you updated.
| | Spax Orion: Come to Ozone, Mistress... we have wicked cookies! 2 months ago |
Singer Joao Frazao Live from Portugal Today At the Amv Landing Point
Singer and song writer Joao playing for you his Music and Covers
Join him for a 1 hour Show
Everybody is Welcome
hop://alternatemetaverse.com:8002/Alternate%20Metaverse/34...
Singer and song writer Joao playing for you his Music and Covers
Join him for a 1 hour Show
Everybody is Welcome
hop://alternatemetaverse.com:8002/Alternate%20Metaverse/34...
🎣 **REEL8 Fishing — Service Outage**
REEL8 fishing is currently offline due to a major infrastructure failure at Namecheap's datacenter. A chiller failure forced them to take over 5,000 servers offline to protect data. This is affecting DNS resolution globally — meaning in-world HTTP calls cannot reach the REEL8 servers.
**What's affected:**
- In-world fishing is down
- Catch logging is unavailable
- Leaderboards are not updating
**What's NOT affected:**
- Your catch history is safe — all data is stored and intact
- No data has been lost
Namecheap estimates approximately 3 hours to repair and restore services. We will post an update here when REEL8 is back online.
Sorry for the inconvenience — this is completely outside our control. Tight lines and we'll be back soon! 🐟
— Gundahar
REEL8 fishing is currently offline due to a major infrastructure failure at Namecheap's datacenter. A chiller failure forced them to take over 5,000 servers offline to protect data. This is affecting DNS resolution globally — meaning in-world HTTP calls cannot reach the REEL8 servers.
**What's affected:**
- In-world fishing is down
- Catch logging is unavailable
- Leaderboards are not updating
**What's NOT affected:**
- Your catch history is safe — all data is stored and intact
- No data has been lost
Namecheap estimates approximately 3 hours to repair and restore services. We will post an update here when REEL8 is back online.
Sorry for the inconvenience — this is completely outside our control. Tight lines and we'll be back soon! 🐟
— Gundahar
| | Gundahar Bravin: Update @ 07:50 PM EDT | 23:50 UTC Namecheap.com is online now. Account access, domains, and DNS management are restored. Email is expected to be back online soon. More than 50% of Namecheap Shared Ho... 2 months ago |
Blues Lady Mavenn, Live from Canada , Bringing you the most amazing Blues Songs.
With her Sandy Voice , and her perfection , giving you the best of the best .
Join her for 1 hour Show at the Amv Landing Poing
Everybody is Welcome
hop://alternatemetaverse.com:8002/Alternate%20Metaverse/34...
With her Sandy Voice , and her perfection , giving you the best of the best .
Join her for 1 hour Show at the Amv Landing Poing
Everybody is Welcome
hop://alternatemetaverse.com:8002/Alternate%20Metaverse/34...
| | Xenon Darrow: GF, you pushing the limits of GORGEOUS! 2 months ago |
DJ Tyler brining you the morning breakfast show, 6am to 8am SLT (2pm to 4pm UK), come on down for fun and banter, all are welcome! hop://alternatemetaverse.com:8002/Alternate%20Metaverse/30...
◥▧▧▧ DJ Chocolate & Dj Adriana Darkheart ▧▧▧◤
◥▧▧▧▧THURSDAY 11AM Grid Time▧▧▧▧◤
█◄♫►█ ⇨ sᴛʏʟᴇ : good vibes & deep bass
█◄♫►█ ⇨ ᴡʜᴇɴ : 13/08/26 -- start is 11am Grid Time
█◄♫►█ ⇨ ᴡʜᴇʀᴇ:PangeaVille
█◄♫►█ ⇨ GRAB YOUR FRIENDS and come :))))
█◄♫►█ ⇨ Taxi: hop://pangeagrid.de:8002/PangeaVille/220/364/22
◥▧▧▧▧THURSDAY 11AM Grid Time▧▧▧▧◤
█◄♫►█ ⇨ sᴛʏʟᴇ : good vibes & deep bass
█◄♫►█ ⇨ ᴡʜᴇɴ : 13/08/26 -- start is 11am Grid Time
█◄♫►█ ⇨ ᴡʜᴇʀᴇ:PangeaVille
█◄♫►█ ⇨ GRAB YOUR FRIENDS and come :))))
█◄♫►█ ⇨ Taxi: hop://pangeagrid.de:8002/PangeaVille/220/364/22
| | C/C/C: and here we go!!! lets start the Party !!!! 2 months ago |
💜Finding each other.💜
🔥 Street Kings Reloaded
Vier Looks, ein Statement: BK-Mode zeigt, wie man urbane Coolness mit digitaler Präzision mixt. Zwischen Ziegelwand und Skateboard entsteht ein Style‑Battle aus Denim, Prints und Attitüde – jeder Typ trägt seine eigene Geschichte, aber alle sprechen dieselbe Sprache: Selbstbewusstsein mit einem Augenzwinkern.
Legacy ist hier kein Wort, sondern Haltung. Wer diese Outfits trägt, braucht keinen Filter – nur den richtigen Blick. Ob Skull‑Shirt oder goldene Akzente: Das ist Mode, die nicht fragt, sondern antwortet.
Vier Looks, ein Statement: BK-Mode zeigt, wie man urbane Coolness mit digitaler Präzision mixt. Zwischen Ziegelwand und Skateboard entsteht ein Style‑Battle aus Denim, Prints und Attitüde – jeder Typ trägt seine eigene Geschichte, aber alle sprechen dieselbe Sprache: Selbstbewusstsein mit einem Augenzwinkern.
Legacy ist hier kein Wort, sondern Haltung. Wer diese Outfits trägt, braucht keinen Filter – nur den richtigen Blick. Ob Skull‑Shirt oder goldene Akzente: Das ist Mode, die nicht fragt, sondern antwortet.
| | Gentle Dragonheart: Mir gefällt es viel besser, zu sehen, wie ein Outfit an einem Avatar aussieht, als in ein Geschäft zu gehen, um etwas zu kaufen, das auf dem Bild toll aussieht, und dann festzustellen, dass es beim An... 2 months ago |
Its Escape 2 Realitys 3rd Birthday !!!
We want to thank our friends and all of you who have visited us ,shopped and came and for helping us make the grid a better place we will be doing much more in the near future ,,,, Come on over and help us Celebrate the Grids 3rd Birthday !!!Sunday August 16th we will be celebrating for 4 hours or until we stop lol ,,,
DJ Mystic Moonshine @4-6 pm grid time ,,,,DJ Purrfectt Katt@6-8 grid time!! C'ya there~s
We want to thank our friends and all of you who have visited us ,shopped and came and for helping us make the grid a better place we will be doing much more in the near future ,,,, Come on over and help us Celebrate the Grids 3rd Birthday !!!Sunday August 16th we will be celebrating for 4 hours or until we stop lol ,,,
DJ Mystic Moonshine @4-6 pm grid time ,,,,DJ Purrfectt Katt@6-8 grid time!! C'ya there~s
| | Spax Orion: The Jester sprinkles 'holy water' on his hat and it turns to vapor instantly... Isn't ENVY one of the seven deadly sins "Sister Mary Guillotine" forced us to learn in Sunday School? Those who see vir... 2 months ago |
🎣 HISTORY MADE — ANOTHER HALL OF FAME MEMBER! 🎣
Huge congratulations to Yinni.Benelli — another of our first anglers in REEL8 history to reach Level 11: Mythic Fisher! 🏆
50,000 XP. Permanently etched in Reel8 history. Legend!!
🎁 AND — Prize Boards are now live at all 4 Fishing Zones! Be sure to swing by and check yours — trophies and rewards are waiting to be claimed.
Fish on, anglers. Who's next? 👀
🎣 I can Reel8 to That! — reel8fish.com
Huge congratulations to Yinni.Benelli — another of our first anglers in REEL8 history to reach Level 11: Mythic Fisher! 🏆
50,000 XP. Permanently etched in Reel8 history. Legend!!
🎁 AND — Prize Boards are now live at all 4 Fishing Zones! Be sure to swing by and check yours — trophies and rewards are waiting to be claimed.
Fish on, anglers. Who's next? 👀
🎣 I can Reel8 to That! — reel8fish.com
| | Yinni Benelli: Thanks. ;) 2 months ago |
Kicking off Flashback Wednesday!
Come enjoy the tunes that defined the 80s, 90s, and 2000s.
COME AND GET IT
22 minutes till start!!!!
Come down, get wet, get wild & pretend tomorrow’s problems don’t exist. 😂🍹
Music • Mayhem • Good Vibes • Questionable Decisions 😈🏖️
Taxi: mk3.org:5002:Sexy Naked Beach
And yay, done! Climb the elven tree and discover their dwellings hidden by the leaves!
Kater's PBR clearer men’s shop that’s getting bigger every day, at the moment only for the Legacy Body.
Relive the weekend and the best EDM at the ZEE Redux Party!
♫ where the beat goes on! ♫
hop://hg.osgrid.org:80/Misty%20Isles/591/893/23
Welcome to the Railway station with teleports to all stations on the CCI Grid
Willkommen auf dem Bahnhof mit TP zu allen Stationen auf dem CCI Grid.
| | CherylFurse: looks great :-) 2 months ago |
◥▧▧▧ DJ Chocolate Today▧▧▧◤
◥▧▧▧▧TODAY 11AM Grid Time▧▧▧▧◤
█◄♫►█ ⇨ ᴡʜᴏ : DJ Chocolate
█◄♫►█ ⇨ sᴛʏʟᴇ : Worakls Vision The Best of
█◄♫►█ ⇨ ᴡʜᴇɴ : 08/12/26 -- start is 11am Grid Time
█◄♫►█ ⇨ ᴡʜᴇʀᴇ: C/C/C-Shoppe-Center-Events
█◄♫►█ ⇨ GRAB YOUR FRIENDS and come :))))
When techno beats meet electronic and classical music, it's Worakls!! An unforgettable event awaits you in a fantastic event scene! So don't miss it and join the best community ever @grid.virtual-worlds.zone:8002:CCC-Shoppe-Events
◥▧▧▧▧TODAY 11AM Grid Time▧▧▧▧◤
█◄♫►█ ⇨ ᴡʜᴏ : DJ Chocolate
█◄♫►█ ⇨ sᴛʏʟᴇ : Worakls Vision The Best of
█◄♫►█ ⇨ ᴡʜᴇɴ : 08/12/26 -- start is 11am Grid Time
█◄♫►█ ⇨ ᴡʜᴇʀᴇ: C/C/C-Shoppe-Center-Events
█◄♫►█ ⇨ GRAB YOUR FRIENDS and come :))))
When techno beats meet electronic and classical music, it's Worakls!! An unforgettable event awaits you in a fantastic event scene! So don't miss it and join the best community ever @grid.virtual-worlds.zone:8002:CCC-Shoppe-Events
| | C/C/C: and we start out Worakls Event right now !!! hop over and dont miss it !!!! 2 months ago |
🔥 The DawnFire Show 🔥
Every Wednesday | 7:00 AM - 9:00 AM (Grid Time)
Wake up to the music with DJ Yana Dakota at the Welcome Stage on the TwiztidTimez Grid.
The DawnFire Show is the perfect way to start your day. As the virtual sun rises, enjoy two hours of uplifting music, positive energy, and a warm community atmosphere.
Each week features a carefully crafted selection of music that may include:
• Classic Rock
• Pop Favorites
• Soul & Motown
• Blues
• Country
• Folk & Acoustic
• Funk & Disco
• Easy Listening
• Soft Rock
• Inspirational Classics
• Golden Oldies
• Feel-Good Hits from every decade
Whether you're just logging in, catching up with friends, dancing, or simply relaxing with your morning coffee, there's always a place for you at The DawnFire Show.
Location: Welcome Stage
Grid: TwiztidTimez Grid
When: Every Wednesday | 7:00 AM - 9:00 AM (Grid Time)
Hosted by: DJ Yana Dakota
Start your morning with great music, friendly faces, and positive vibes as we welcome another beautiful day together.
The DawnFire Show
"Where every sunrise begins with music."
hop://login.twiztidtimez.com:8002/TTG%20Welcome%20Area/378...
Or Listen from where you are http://198.245.61.188:8036
Every Wednesday | 7:00 AM - 9:00 AM (Grid Time)
Wake up to the music with DJ Yana Dakota at the Welcome Stage on the TwiztidTimez Grid.
The DawnFire Show is the perfect way to start your day. As the virtual sun rises, enjoy two hours of uplifting music, positive energy, and a warm community atmosphere.
Each week features a carefully crafted selection of music that may include:
• Classic Rock
• Pop Favorites
• Soul & Motown
• Blues
• Country
• Folk & Acoustic
• Funk & Disco
• Easy Listening
• Soft Rock
• Inspirational Classics
• Golden Oldies
• Feel-Good Hits from every decade
Whether you're just logging in, catching up with friends, dancing, or simply relaxing with your morning coffee, there's always a place for you at The DawnFire Show.
Location: Welcome Stage
Grid: TwiztidTimez Grid
When: Every Wednesday | 7:00 AM - 9:00 AM (Grid Time)
Hosted by: DJ Yana Dakota
Start your morning with great music, friendly faces, and positive vibes as we welcome another beautiful day together.
The DawnFire Show
"Where every sunrise begins with music."
hop://login.twiztidtimez.com:8002/TTG%20Welcome%20Area/378...
Or Listen from where you are http://198.245.61.188:8036
Join us for an unforgettable session at the New Landing Point in Alternate Metaverse Grid!
Expect a rich musical journey with rock anthems, romantic ballads, couples’ dance tunes, and high-energy dance tracks to get your heart racing.
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!
hop://alternatemetaverse.com:8002/Alternate%20Metaverse/34...
Expect a rich musical journey with rock anthems, romantic ballads, couples’ dance tunes, and high-energy dance tracks to get your heart racing.
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!
hop://alternatemetaverse.com:8002/Alternate%20Metaverse/34...
Legacy Shopping Style
Wenn Mode reden könnte, würde sie hier vermutlich sagen: „Ich bin nicht hier, um mich anzupassen – ich bin hier, um die Schaufenster zu dominieren.“ Zwischen lässigem Streetstyle und „Ich hab’s mit Absicht übertrieben“ ist alles dabei. Die Shoppingmeile sieht aus, als hätte sie gerade beschlossen, dass Jogginghosen und Glamourkleider dieselbe Daseinsberechtigung haben – und ehrlich gesagt, sie hat recht.
Die vier Damen wirken, als hätten sie sich abgesprochen, um sämtliche Stilregeln gleichzeitig zu brechen. Von „Ich geh nur kurz Milch holen“ bis „Ich bin der Grund, warum du stehen bleibst“ ist alles vertreten. Wenn das hier ein Casting wäre, hätte die Modejury längst aufgegeben und einfach applaudiert.
Wenn Mode reden könnte, würde sie hier vermutlich sagen: „Ich bin nicht hier, um mich anzupassen – ich bin hier, um die Schaufenster zu dominieren.“ Zwischen lässigem Streetstyle und „Ich hab’s mit Absicht übertrieben“ ist alles dabei. Die Shoppingmeile sieht aus, als hätte sie gerade beschlossen, dass Jogginghosen und Glamourkleider dieselbe Daseinsberechtigung haben – und ehrlich gesagt, sie hat recht.
Die vier Damen wirken, als hätten sie sich abgesprochen, um sämtliche Stilregeln gleichzeitig zu brechen. Von „Ich geh nur kurz Milch holen“ bis „Ich bin der Grund, warum du stehen bleibst“ ist alles vertreten. Wenn das hier ein Casting wäre, hätte die Modejury längst aufgegeben und einfach applaudiert.
***SPECIAL NOTICE***
Hello peoplez, here is a special message for all sim owners, who think they can't use ubODE, because it makes a mess of oldschool buildings--- u can't enter anymore.
Good news: u cán use ubode, BUT, not with the, supposedly mandatory ubode mesher!
Instead, use the classic Meshmerizer!
Yes, it produces a red warning on your command console, but, you can safely ignore that.
I have been using that Meshmerizer with ubode for more than a year....never any issue.
And: you can safely try it out: if, for whatever reason, ur not happy, simply revert the changes. On my personal experience, I might add: I prefer ubODE in any case, its faster,more reliable and uses less resources.
SO......make yourself a happy camper and ....ZZZZZWITCH.
Good luck!
Peter
P.S: if u have questions, complaints, anything, let me know!
Hello peoplez, here is a special message for all sim owners, who think they can't use ubODE, because it makes a mess of oldschool buildings--- u can't enter anymore.
Good news: u cán use ubode, BUT, not with the, supposedly mandatory ubode mesher!
Instead, use the classic Meshmerizer!
Yes, it produces a red warning on your command console, but, you can safely ignore that.
I have been using that Meshmerizer with ubode for more than a year....never any issue.
And: you can safely try it out: if, for whatever reason, ur not happy, simply revert the changes. On my personal experience, I might add: I prefer ubODE in any case, its faster,more reliable and uses less resources.
SO......make yourself a happy camper and ....ZZZZZWITCH.
Good luck!
Peter
P.S: if u have questions, complaints, anything, let me know!
| | Crazyposeidon: UBODE is the best for vehicles too, great sailing and fly and racing - real drift :))))) Buildings and terrains need physic for walkable - its the best physic for our projects 2 months ago |
🦊🐺 Furry & Beast Avatar Hunt! 🐾
I’m on the hunt for a seriously cool furry or beast avatar! 😎
If you know a good place to find one, drop me a line!
And if you show me a place I like… I’ll probably promote the hell out of it wherever I go anyway 😂🔥
Would really appreciate the help! ❤️
I’m on the hunt for a seriously cool furry or beast avatar! 😎
If you know a good place to find one, drop me a line!
And if you show me a place I like… I’ll probably promote the hell out of it wherever I go anyway 😂🔥
Would really appreciate the help! ❤️
| | Gentle Dragonheart: Hello Adrian, have you tried grid.wolfterritories.org:8002:THE FLEABAGS DEN ? 2 months ago |
Yesterday at Gridtalk beach.
Gridtalkparty am 11.08.2028
💜Ich bedanke mich für den sehr schönen Abend.💜
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Gridtalk Party on August 11, 2028
💜Thank you for the wonderful evening.💜
💜Ich bedanke mich für den sehr schönen Abend.💜
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Gridtalk Party on August 11, 2028
💜Thank you for the wonderful evening.💜
🔥 HAPPENING NOW @ MK3 POOL! 🔥
Come down, get wet, get wild & pretend tomorrow’s problems don’t exist. 😂🍹🎶
Music • Mayhem • Good Vibes • Questionable Decisions 😈🏖️
Taxi: mk3.org:5002:Sexy Naked Beach
Come down, get wet, get wild & pretend tomorrow’s problems don’t exist. 😂🍹🎶
Music • Mayhem • Good Vibes • Questionable Decisions 😈🏖️
Taxi: mk3.org:5002:Sexy Naked Beach
New version 4.1 one of OAR convert is out available at https://maze.bz/OARConv.html. I have successfully made it so it will upload linksets! So sketchfab had better look out. It also maintains the faces and texture put on the links! It also uploads rigged avatars. All with NO VIEWER at all! Feel free to ask if you have any questions
Zoree Jupiter Live
2-3:00pm SL Time
Club Fire
Gentle Fire Grid
Semi Casual attire
hop://gentlefire.opensim.fun:8002/Gentle%20Fire%20Grid/21/...
NEWS from the animeshie front:
my next project, the dolphin gang, is developing..;
I am designing a system for the gang, to randomly pick a subscript from their contents, so each dol jumps, etc in a non-predictable way....I'll keep u posted:)
my next project, the dolphin gang, is developing..;
I am designing a system for the gang, to randomly pick a subscript from their contents, so each dol jumps, etc in a non-predictable way....I'll keep u posted:)
| | Yinni Benelli: Would look awesome at my beach region! ;) 2 months ago |
Working on Lothorien, the eleven tree home. Almost done!
Our new Campfire Foods table is ready. Touch the placemat and choose something delicious to enjoy while relaxing by the fire—from nachos and hotdogs to sweet s’mores and more.
Good food, warm fire, and great company
located at Weatered Woods three.hills.grid.outworldz.net:8002/Catena%20di%20Isole/401/110/22
Good food, warm fire, and great company
located at Weatered Woods three.hills.grid.outworldz.net:8002/Catena%20di%20Isole/401/110/22
| | JamieWright: You beat me to making both virtual and real smores...lol lol I love it:) 2 months ago |
Working hot air balloon route! :)
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Govega Sachertorte✦ 4 hours ago
Wonderful! We have about 70 or so 4x4 interconnected regions in this continent, and all have navigable water. This is not just a swath of water; each sim is integrated, realistically developed by the...
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What a clever party favor. I might have a few ideas to make it a little more interesting but we do need to keep things CLEAN here... ha ha.
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October
Clever and delightful presentation. I went for some TRICKS but left with inspirational treats. Well done.
Spax Orion✦ 7 hours ago
BK-Mode Shopping-Park
I have found some nice clothing here for LaraX. I do wish there were more beautiful gowns as well as leather. Overall, it is a great place to shop, no matter what body you wear. Well done!
Star Ravenhurst✦ 2 days ago
Little Big City Shopping Mall
Difficult to say but the shopping is fantastic the land also but it what else the owner brings to this grid is so very questionable that and hard to get around la gs horribly and really there ...
VeronicaR 2 days ago
Gummybear Island
This is an amazing sim, awesome job and love it. Beautiful furniture, good quality, cute, and cozy love the colors. thank you for all you create.
Isadora Tomasso 2 days ago
October
This is genuinely a ton of fun. I went around the neighborhood, knocked on the doors and was given candy while at times being startled by who (or was it: what?) opened the door. Built with an impeccab...
Gentle Dragonheart 2 days ago
H&G2Ubode
This place is amazing! Plenty of cool houses I have never seen anywhere else in the hypergrid. And they appear to all indeed be physics-repaired, saving one hours of time trying to kitbash invisi-prim...
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