The HG Safari tour season ended last Wednesday, we will be back in April with more madness. In the meantime, please enjoy the following posts
Game of Thrones roleplay done beautifully on WTG
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2025/02/go-westeros.html
visit the 130+ booths at the HIE Expo - get your freebies and info about many grids you may not have heard of before!
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2025/02/expo-sure.html
Opensim World's Fair - fun at the Load Test
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2025/02/fair-test.html
A guided tour around Tosha Tyran's extraordinary build Timbuktu
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2025/02/toshas-timbuktu.html
Lavia Lavine takes us back to Oklahoma in the 1850's to learn more about roleplay
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2025/02/going-stag.html
This year's excellent Cornflakes Week party on Neverworld - lest we forget
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2025/02/cornflakes-2025-nw-s...
The amazing Dismayland - one of Opensim's true gems!
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2025/02/dismayland-undismaye...
Learning how Virtual Learning Village helps people to strengthen their brain power
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2025/03/safari-boosts-its-br...
The Safari season ends with a party on Wyldwood Bayou
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2025/03/a-bayou-bye-bye.html
Another big success for AMV's annual International Diversity concert
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2025/03/getting-internationa...
and finally, highlighting Loru Destiny's Film Festival https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2025/03/destiny-at-movies.ht...

Hi There :D

We are the Savannah Sister's & we would like to tell you a little bit about Wolf Territories today.

We've been talking up a storm with Bobby our very own personlized AI!

Bobby is available to talk with anyone who desires all types of information, Especially about Wolf Territories!

If you own your own region, you can own your very own Bobby!

Bobby! Only available on Wolf Territories Grid! :D

We asked Bobby to give us some interesting facts about Wolf Territories Grid and he gave us lots of information.
Here is the first & formost one! :D

Besides the popular regions, there are hidden gems like the Sci-Fi regions in the east, which include Europa—a must-visit for any sci-fi enthusiast.

Europa is owned, built & run by the ever so loved & popular Jimmy Olsen!

Not only has he built this massive sci fi region but he's also built our new Welcome Center that's hardly 2 monthsold yet, and we are so close to becoming #1on OSW, with only a few more votes needed to get there! :D

That's penominal, to say the least!

Won't you kindly help us out in getting some more votes?
We so appreciate & enjoy the company of everyone that comes to visit Wolf Territories Grid! We will always have something new & different to offer you!

If you care to give us a vote, here is the link below:

https://opensimworld.com/hop/93300

The grid hosts a wide range of events, from spiritual gatherings at SoulRising over on Wolf Mountain to lively music sessions at Tropical Illusions where the mastermind of muzik, DJ Illusions plays his own music that he produces & composes on his own! There’s something for everyone!

One more fun & oh so important fact about our never ending growing grid is this:

The grid was started by Lone Wolf in 2020 and has since grown into a vibrant community, with Lone Wolf often being showered with ‘Wolf Snacks’ for his contributions.

Lone Wolf is the one person that's been keeping this grid on it's toes. Lone works tirelessly making Wolf Territories Grid run smoothly & efficiently. Lone is gifted with a superb mind in the technical area. So of course Lone is in the perfect positon to manage this ever growing grid. The more people that become members here, the more servers he buys to keep our Wolf Territories Grid running & kept in top notch condition! :D

The Savannah Sisters will be back again to give you more of Bobby's knowledgable fun & interesting facts about this fun loving grid that we all so adore! :D

CIAO 4 NOW!

WOLF TERRITORIES WELCOME AREA GROWS & GETS A FACELIFT LESS THAN TWO MONTHS AFTER BEING BORN!

Welcome to Wolf Territories Grid

Discover the ultimate destination in the OpenSim metaverse with Wolf Territories Grid, the largest grid operating on OpenSim, offering an expansive virtual world with over 32,000 regions of 256x256 meters each.

We invite you to support us by visiting the following link and giving us a 'like'. Your appreciation means the world to us and helps us continue to grow our beloved community.

Visit and Like Us Here - https://opensimworld.com/hop/93300

Thank you for being a valued member & friend of our community. We are grateful for your support and thrilled to have you as part of the Wolf Territories friends & family.

Warm regards,

The Wolf Territories Grid Team

Cherry Manga's Cloudy Ride is a whimsical, fantastical confection of pure imagination. Her creativity is truly awe inspiring, making this experience a must visit at the OpenSim World’s Fair.
Step inside and take a ride through the extraordinary world of Cherry Manga’s mind, you won’t want to miss it!
hop://grid.wolfterritories.org:8002/OpenSim Worlds Fair/888/117/22

We just ordered another server! This one is for our third object storage in our own cluster. We'll be using minio to store over 7.2 million assets. https://www.wolf-grid.com/
Our Object storage is built to fail over and write live to all of them at once.

Well they are cruel to me. As you can see here Ferdzee says I should kill myself. First of all, I never said I was going to kill myself. Second of all, I would never do that to someone as wonderful and awesome as I am... What are you mad?

It is so sad to see osgrid deleting their entire database of assets. I imagine much will be lost and never seen again from people who haven't logged in for a while. I heard they are starting from scratch. So sad to see their asset database in such a terrible disarray that they had to throw the ENTIRE THING into the rubbish bin. Databases are fickle beings... They don't appreciate drama... hehehe...

Lunaria Emporium is here to help you complete your own personal vision. I offer my own high quality mesh, structures, and decor to take your world to a higher, more realistic level. Below are some of the many items I carry:

CENTRAL STORE ROTUNDA:
-Medieval tapestries, furniture, thrones, and weapons
-Japanese/Asian decor, lighting, statues, and art
-Art Deco bar area
-Building components such as windows, doors, columns, stairs, railing, and bridges
-Decor items such as furniture, area rugs, figurines, lighting, and fireplaces in multiple styles
-Free Ruth and Roth mesh avatars and accessories
-Free items from multiple categories
-Cemetery items, turning stones, and ritual circles
-Statues of all types and varieties
-Holiday decor such as Christmas trees, wreaths, garlands, area rugs, snow people, winter trees, as well as Autumn wreaths and trees

DISPLAY AREAS FOR LARGE STRUCTURES:
-Star Maiden steampunk airship with ballroom area
-Large venues: Majestic Entertainment Complex, Victorian Club, Lunaria Grand Ballroom, Renaissance Ballroom, Art Deco Lounge, and Modern Clubhouse
-Medieval Castles: Castle Ceridwen, Caerwyn Fortress, and Caerwyn Keep
-Japanese homes, tea houses, pagodas, main gate + walls, torii gates, bridges, and landscaping
-Classical structures such as a temple, a forum, a large pool, and pavilions
-A full cemetery on display

Many of my products can also be found on the Kitely Market here: https://www.kitely.com/market?store=13957705&wt=os

💚 Follow the Yellow Brick Road to Emerald City! 💚

Step into the magic of The Wizard of Oz in our stunning Emerald City region—a dream brought to life with the guidance of Ferd Frederix and inspired by the beautifully reworked Epic Castle by Cuteulala Artis.

Ferd created the Tin Man, Scarecrow, Cowardly Lion, Toto Follower, Toto Avatar, Flying Monkey (did I just say flying monkey?) The road check it out too that is ONE piece he created in blender! Thank you Ferd you guys have to see this! Thank you Cute!!

three.hills.grid.outworldz.net:8002:Emerald City

Community Meeting Video - https://youtu.be/l6d5sHAnNAE
We have developed a tool that can bulk create and load regions from oar files by the customer filling in a simple spreadsheet if anyone needs assistance. We moved 87 regions to Wolf Grid yesterday. Our assets are stored in Object Storage which is spread across multiple servers and locations. We maintain 2 live backups of the assets at any time. If it gets low on space we just buy more space.

We are offering free migration for the next month.


https://www.wolf-grid.com

🗞 BREAKING NEWS! 🗞
The Bla Bla Bla Magazine was featured on The Inworld Review this week, hosted by Mal Burns! 🎉📖
Watch as Mal takes a deep dive into the magazine, flipping through the pages and sharing his thoughts in a detailed review. This is a huge milestone for me, and i am thrilled to see the magazine getting recognized!

📺 Watch the clip here: [https://www.youtube.com/live/laQhEVvuZik?feature=shared&t=...]
📌 Timestamp: [24:32]

A huge thank you to The Inworld Review for the feature! If you haven’t checked out the latest issue yet, now’s the perfect time. Dive into exciting stories, exclusive interviews, and must-know events in the Alternate Metaverse Grid and also around Opensim!

💬 Let Sofee know if you would like to be featured in the next Issue! You can contact via Discord, Inworld on AMV or on Opensimworld.com, Sofee is always looking for advertisements, special events, and unique places to showcase in future editions. If you have something exciting to share, feel free to reach out!

View the Magazine at: https://e91a5210202c461ea06c0207ef7a40ab.elf.site/

Contact Sofee Supermarine on OpenSimWorld to be featured!
https://opensimworld.com/user/sofee

Some people love sailing across our connected regions....

Some people love playing blackjack in the casino....

Some people enjoy building on their complimentary sim size island with 10,000 prims

but the greatest feature at friends grid is our people!

Contact Zuzu Bahro or Safine Mahoe for details on making friends grid your home!

https://friends-grid.com/

Seasons has just released its Valentines 2025 collection. Newly designed for Valentines Day 11 new female outfits ( 6 fitting Xara/LaraX and 5 fitting Simona/Athena) 4 Mens outfits and 4 Dinkie outfits.. Be the first on your grid to shop at Seasons for Valentines. Seasons is located behind the photo studio and beside Everyday InsTYle.

The recent "knicker twist" (a *very* ugly and overly dismissive way to blow off what I read as being well-thought out and reasonable points raised by Marianna) does bring up a couple of questions:

Are there amateur builders left in Opensim?
It would be useful to define "amateur" -what do we mean by that term? Myself, I mean "self-taught", someone who has not been to art school or taken formal (not counting Builder's Brewery etc) courses on building. Other people may have different definitions -let's hear them.

It would also be useful to define "builder". When I say 'builder' I mean someone who makes creations with prims or mesh (Blender). (I'm excluding scripting, that's programming.) I'm aware that others define it in such a way as to refer to making modifications on pre-fab/pre-made mesh. Basically a "modder". In my mind it's a valid thing but it's different than building.

But language shifts and definitions change, "hacker" used to mean "someone who comes up with clever approaches to computer problems or design" -but for roughly 30 years it's been used to refer to people who break into computer systems and/or write viruses. As I say -definitions change.

So how do we define "builder" now? What constitutes "building"?

I can only think of a small handful of builders in the sense of making something from nothing, there's a larger pool of people who modify pre-made content -and unless I'm mistaken Marianna and Luna Luneria do a mix of both. Again, one isn't better than the other and both are forms of creative expression. But they are different.

The point of all this is to assess *need.* Do we need an organization? By "we" I am referring to "amateurs", I'm not referring to AuroraAsteria's group.

Moreover with the extremely low user numbers of Opensim would there be a point to creating an organization (beyond a collection of friends -I mean, if you already know each other knock yourselves out)?

I suspect -and have for years, that any such group would wither on the vine from lack of interest. Otherwise I'd be trying to start something myself.

I reserve the right to delete obnoxious comments and lock the comments entirely if it looks like they're going to simply be a shit-show. Show me that you *can* adult, OSW. Don't post insults (I'll delete them), paranoid rants (I'll delete them), off-topic diatribes about how somebody done somebody wrong songs (again -will delete). If there's a question about what the topic is intended to be -ask.

Make this a pain in my ass and I'll delete everything and lock the comments.

The Funsize Dinkies World Resort enjoyed a wonderful 2024, full of fun and memorable experiences. Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and looking forward to another exciting year of adventures and joy at the resort!

DINKIESSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!
The Dinkies Advent Calendar is now Active, Every day leading up to Christmas, a new surprise awaits for you Dinkies in the Advent Calendar. The first day had arrived, ENJOY!!!
Located at: hg.twiztidtimezgrid.com:8602:Funsize Dinkies
(Once landing at the Resort, click on the big Christmas Market board (you can not miss seeing) and it will take you there :-))

On June 25, 2022, we had the great honor of presenting an extraordinary artist as part of the Pangea Art and Culture Festival: Paul Stephen Dixon, known by his stage name Tryad Destiny. Under the theme "Creator of Dreams and Nightmares," he captivated us with his stunning artistry and visionary creativity, taking us on a journey through a world of emotions and imagination.
Today, on November 30, 2024, we are thrilled to reunite and host a special Revival Event in celebration of his remarkable work. Together with you, we will once again immerse ourselves in the magic and brilliance of his creations – set against the backdrop of an unforgettable evening filled with music and inspiration.
Providing the soundtrack for the night is the amazing DJ Loru Destiny, who will guide us through the evening with an electrifying mix of Blues, Rock, and Oldies. Let us come together to celebrate the artistry of Paul Stephen Dixon, dance, revel, and be inspired!
Join us for this extraordinary occasion – an evening that perfectly blends art and music into a harmonious experience.
We can’t wait to see you there! _ Revival Event – Eine Hommage an Paul Stephen Dixon alias Tryad Destiny
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Am 25. Juni 2022 hatten wir die große Ehre, im Rahmen des Pangea Art and Culture Festival einen außergewöhnlichen Künstler zu präsentieren: Paul Stephen Dixon, bekannt unter seinem Künstlernamen Tryad Destiny. Unter dem Motto „Schöpfer von Träumen und Albträumen“ hat er uns mit seiner beeindruckenden Kunst und seinem kreativen Geist in eine Welt voller Emotionen und Visionen entführt.
Heute, am 30. November 2024, blicken wir voller Freude zurück und feiern ein besonderes Revival Event, das seiner Kunst gewidmet ist. Gemeinsam mit euch möchten wir die Magie und den Zauber seiner Werke erneut erleben – eingebettet in einen unvergesslichen Abend voller Musik und Inspiration.
Für die musikalische Begleitung sorgt niemand Geringeres als die wunderbare DJ Loru Destiny, die uns mit einer mitreißenden Mischung aus Blues, Rock und Oldies durch die Nacht führen wird. Lasst uns gemeinsam die Kunst von Paul Stephen Dixon feiern, tanzen, genießen und uns inspirieren lassen!
Seid dabei und werdet Teil dieses besonderen Moments – ein Abend, der Kunst und Musik in perfekter Harmonie vereint.
Wir freuen uns auf euch!