Ho Ho Ho....or is it Ha Ha Ha. Poor Santa, it looks like he tried to go down the chimney of a tiny house or possibly they fluffed the red suit too much at the cleaners; in any case, dude is stuck in the chimney. He's going to be there a while so you might as well use him as seasonal decor :D! He's in the Christmas section of the Shop, 2 versions, one with and one without snow at the base.

*MARULA TREE* From Africa to Opensim * FREE and FULLPERM * Available at FOREST AREA, BOX 03!

MARULA TREE (Sclerocarya birrea)

Indigenous to southern Africa (and parts of West Africa and Madagascar), the Marula tree is known for its sweet, yellow fruit – and local lore says that same fruit becomes 'elephant alcohol' once it's fallen to the ground and fermented. Although scientists debunked the drunk elephant myth back in 2005, the alcohol association is not really surprising as the fruit is used to produce Amarula, the second-best-selling cream liqueur in the world. Traditionally the tree is used for everything from malaria cures to insecticide, not to mention as a food source – even more so in the summer months when the branches are often decorated with brightly coloured mopane worms, themselves an important source of protein for millions of people in southern Africa.

Yay! OSG is back online and I've got another Polar Bear release. These bears work well outside like street lamps however, they are heavier meshes than the regular street lamps so you might not want to rez like 50 of them. I'm using them in a winter area as lamps for feature spots. As with the ceiling lamps they have 3 different bears and automatic or manual light scripts.

Golden Age will be staying at VWZgrid as long as the gridowner it wants. It's my gift to him, for his generousity to give me free sims to work at them.
All the work I make at his grid, will be given to the gridowner to use in Open Sim , just because we can haha!

now a little bit of ChinaTown on BastelWastel. have a lot of fun building it makes your world a little more interesting
etzt neu auf BastelWastel ein kleines bisschen ChinaTown . habt viel spass beim bauen macht eure Welt ein bisschen intressanter

Symphony Vive has a wonderful new artwork in the her gallery at the Art Factory, but it needs a title, any suggestions? So far we have:

Hirst Style 'The voyage of fragility in a fleeting moment of a gossamer existence'
Emin Style 'I thought you loved me, but it was never real'
Pollock Style 'Boat and Butterfly wings No. 23'
Dali 'Art Factory Dream - Woman finds Butterfly wings in place of sails'

SFposer is now in v0.9, more complete than ever!

SFposer is an animation controller compatible with PMAC that packs the functionality offered by addons in a single script. It also provides many additional commands to enhance animations and communication between objects. SFposer offers:

- Fully Automated editing allowing you to create new notecards and poses for up to 99 avatars without any editing, and real-time experimentation with different animations
- Live adjustments for positions, as well as additional expressions / sync and more
- Built in support for LockGuard chains
- Built-in support for RLV
- Built-in support for Rezzing NPCs
- Built-in Object Giver
- Built-in rezzing of Props including temporary auto-attach props
- Built-in utilities such as sending chat channel messages, OSSL messages, attachment messages and more
- Online converter to convert notecards from AVsitter, MLP, as well as existing PMAC addons and CHAINDATA notecards (https://opensimworld.com/tools/avpos2pmac)
- A full set of short-code commands for powerful scripting without scripts.
- Custom buttons which execute custom commands
- Auto-upgrade mechanism to upgrade to future versions with a single button click
- Extensive configuration via the '.SFconfig' notecard which also support startup commands
- Small footprint: A single script for everything.
- Link_message and dataserver-APIs for fully remote operation. SFposer can thus become the animation-controlling part of another object such as a vehicle or a game
- Permission system for limiting access to menus.
- Snappy operation and uncluttered menu dialogs

Learn More here: https://opensimworld.com/sfposer

We are improving the technical part of the Grid, work in progress. For this quality, we need time now. I will be happy to share my new Arkham with you, thank you for your understanding, see you soon

This Valentine's Special Romantic Getaway will be available through all of February. For more information contact Unadecal Masala an email to : unadecal.arado@gmail.com or stop by our office inworld.

Little hacker bastard. Look how big the story is. You can hack as much as you want. It doesn't change the story. You are only momentary and nothing you do as a hacker makes you bigger. You are nothing, you have nothing, you will not have been in the end. How pathetic and pitiful. You think what you do is important and right. But you are alone, frustrated, and your hacking successes are those pathetic self-affirmations that don't really satisfy you. You want a world where you are respected. But you are not able to find your way in this world. Not able to approach people and see and accept the positive. To be or not to be, that is the question. In the end it was light or nothing. It's up to you. The negative cannot win. The + always flows to the - and no hacker turns it around. Hackers are mostly children of drug parents or rich people who are socially unfit. So sad, OK smart kids wake up sometime and make something of their life. Failures give up and their characters become impoverished. They fight hard for recognition in an environment where everyone is abusing everyone else to achieve the same illusion. In principle intelligent .... but what use is it if you are socially unfit? There are people who have created positive things, whose name will survive. Your miserable life and the attempts to enrich yourself ...... Your demise will not be noticed.

# Established RP & Creative Group Looking for a New OpenSim Home

We are a german, established and creative RP group currently exploring options for a new long-term home within the OpenSim community.

Our project has grown into much more than a single RP region. Over time, we have developed our own themed worlds, roleplay areas, shops, architecture and a wide range of original content. This includes an extensive Arabian-inspired RP shop, as well as additional shops and themed areas.

Our worlds are open to visitors and can be explored. Interested Grid owners are very welcome to visit and get a personal impression of our project, architecture, themed environments and RP atmosphere. We believe that seeing what we have created for yourself is much more meaningful than simply describing it.

## What we are looking for

We are looking for a **stable, reliably maintained and technically future-oriented Grid** where our project can continue to develop over the long term.

Some of the things that are particularly important to us are:

* A current and actively maintained OpenSim version
* **PBR support**
* A reliable and functioning money/transaction system
* Support for 0 T$ transactions
* Reliable backups and secure server infrastructure
* An accessible Grid owner or reliable support team
* A stable environment suitable for long-term RP
* Sufficient freedom to develop and manage our own themed worlds
* Ideally, the possibility of transferring our existing regions and original content

### Our current technical situation

One of the reasons we are currently exploring our options is the technical situation in our present Grid.

During the past several months, we have experienced recurring server-related problems. At the same time, some important updates are now missing, including updates required for features we need for the further development of our project – particularly **PBR**.

Our shops are also affected.

The shops use the standard OpenSim transaction system. Although the items offered are free, their delivery is technically handled through a **0 T$ transaction**. These transactions are currently no longer working reliably because of the existing technical problems.

Based on what we currently understand, this appears to be very likely related to a server update that has been outstanding for quite some time.

For us, this situation has demonstrated how important a **properly maintained and technically up-to-date Grid infrastructure** is for the long-term development of an RP project.

## What we bring

We are **not simply looking for land**.

We bring an established RP community, our own themed worlds, shops, original architecture and a considerable amount of creative content.

Our worlds can be made publicly accessible and are therefore not intended exclusively for our own group. Visitors can explore our themed areas, experience our architecture and discover our shops and other content.

We see this not simply as finding a place for our group, but as an opportunity to bring **additional content and unique themed environments** to an existing Grid.

Our goal would be a **long-term partnership** from which both sides can benefit.

## Why we are not looking to create our own Grid

Some people might reasonably ask why, given our need for land, we do not simply rent a server and create our own Grid.

For us, this is a conscious decision.

From our own experience in Second Life, we have seen how easily RP communities can become fragmented when more and more people create their own separate worlds.

A single region can be beautifully designed. But if everyone creates their own RP world and then waits for other people to come and visit, there is a risk that many interesting places will ultimately exist without developing an active community around them.

For us, RP is not primarily about owning land.

**RP lives through people, interaction, stories and a living community.**

We would therefore rather contribute our own worlds, shops, creative content and RP activities to an existing community than create yet another isolated Grid.

We believe that **cooperation can be more valuable than separation**.

Our ideal future would be to find a Grid where our existing project can become part of a larger, active community – while at the same time bringing something unique and valuable to that community ourselves.

**We are not looking for a place simply to put our buildings.**

**We are looking for a place where our worlds can become part of something alive.** 🌍✨

## Why are we looking?

Our current Grid has served us very well in the past, and we have always had a positive and respectful relationship with its owner. We therefore want to make it clear that this is **not intended as public criticism of anyone**.

However, the technical problems have now reached a point where they are affecting our project and its further development. Communication with the Grid administration has also become increasingly difficult.

We therefore need to consider how we can ensure the long-term future of our project.

**No final decision about leaving our current Grid has been made at this point.**

We would first like to explore the possibilities within the OpenSim community and speak with potentially suitable Grid owners and administrators.

If you are a Grid owner or administrator and believe that our project could be a good fit for your Grid, we would be very happy to hear from you.

Interested Grid owners are warmly invited to visit our existing themed worlds and see our work for themselves.

We are open to discussing region size, location, costs, migration of existing content and different forms of long-term cooperation.

**We are looking for a place where both sides can contribute, create and grow together.**

Thank you to the OpenSim community – we look forward to discovering what possibilities the future may bring. Greetings from Nojan and the Noozaara RP Team.🌊✨