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Actually that one prim is for the Opensimworld beacon. E̶v̶e̶r̶y̶t̶h̶i̶n̶g̶ e̶l̶s̶e̶ i̶s̶ E̶E̶P̶ =̶D̶
Correction: NOTHING else is EEP!
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Correction: NOTHING else is EEP!
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Went to Mintor for some farm stuff, and ended up surrounded by prim spheres.
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The history of the Jewish people is often ridiculed compared to the history of Ancient Egypt, China or say South America. Good on you for building what you want based on what is important to you and for not letting the Biblephobes get to you. :)
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Well thank you. Don't got to accept. Won't be offended if not, but sent you an add. Either way? Enjoy your night. hugs
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Is there any benefit to creating a grid/region on which only opensim original creators can have a copy of their store? Maybe call it Opensim Creators region for those who have offered their items for free. I understand that decentralization can have its benefits but it also has its negatives! I guess i am asking why there is no real Centralized region for Opensim creators? Im also speaking of a newer type thing other than places such as Lanis Mall as wonderful as that is to find some treasures.
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Well, that'd require OpenSim to have an official "centre" to start with. What'd that be? OSgrid? A hypothetical new grid started by the main devs so it comes from the same hands as OpenSim itself?
If the OSgrid can be seen as the "centre" of OpenSim, then Wright Plaza would be what you've described, but Wright Plaza is fully booked AFAIK.
The idea itself sounds very good. Social Mouse is still reworking her grid to only contain legal content, and this will include shops, so she may offer shops to creators to have more than just Linda Kellie, Selea Core, Hylee Bekkers or what else I've pointed her at. Zoe Synclair may still have vacancies at Uzuri (https://opensimworld.com/hop/86638) which has a similar goal, but limited to that one sim. None of these wil be any more central than Wright Plaza, though.
Also, if OpenSim creators started to flock into such a place, it'd fill up quickly, so it'd have to be huge. It'd have to be even bigger if the sim owner added shops with items made by long-inactive creators or by creators who allow third parties to run shops with their content (a Ruth&Roth shop, a Selea Core shop, a Hylee Bekkers shop although there is one at Wright Plaza, an Arcadia Asylum/Aley Arai shop etc.)
What do you mean with "newer type"? "Wright Plaza, but the buildings are modern mesh" = "RRD Fashion Exclusives, but with more than one shopkeep"?
Speaking of Wright Plaza, maybe it'd be a good idea to turn it into a varsim to have more shop space. I think it has been around since before varsims were possible. Or maybe build an adjacent Wright Plaza II with the same buildings.
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If the OSgrid can be seen as the "centre" of OpenSim, then Wright Plaza would be what you've described, but Wright Plaza is fully booked AFAIK.
The idea itself sounds very good. Social Mouse is still reworking her grid to only contain legal content, and this will include shops, so she may offer shops to creators to have more than just Linda Kellie, Selea Core, Hylee Bekkers or what else I've pointed her at. Zoe Synclair may still have vacancies at Uzuri (https://opensimworld.com/hop/86638) which has a similar goal, but limited to that one sim. None of these wil be any more central than Wright Plaza, though.
Also, if OpenSim creators started to flock into such a place, it'd fill up quickly, so it'd have to be huge. It'd have to be even bigger if the sim owner added shops with items made by long-inactive creators or by creators who allow third parties to run shops with their content (a Ruth&Roth shop, a Selea Core shop, a Hylee Bekkers shop although there is one at Wright Plaza, an Arcadia Asylum/Aley Arai shop etc.)
What do you mean with "newer type"? "Wright Plaza, but the buildings are modern mesh" = "RRD Fashion Exclusives, but with more than one shopkeep"?
Speaking of Wright Plaza, maybe it'd be a good idea to turn it into a varsim to have more shop space. I think it has been around since before varsims were possible. Or maybe build an adjacent Wright Plaza II with the same buildings.
Either this "Speaking of Wright Plaza, maybe it'd be a good idea to turn it into a varsim to have more shop space. I think it has been around since before varsims were possible. Or maybe build an adjacent Wright Plaza II with the same buildings" OR a dedicated grid for Original Creators to have shops on ( and only shops), It would also double as back up oars maybe. Opensim Creator Community Stores OR OSCCS :)
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Does educational resistance work both ways? I agree that Putin has a narrative to push but so does the other side, we cant be naïve about that. Putin should not have done this I agree, but please dont think we are the righteous and can do no wrong side either.
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Putin does want Ukraine back isn't that why they are there? The civilians do suffer the cost of politicians playing their games so why the statement on being an expert? Is part of the post missing?
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Ukraine was never part of the russian federation. The USSR collapsed, and ukraine is one of the many derivative states tht were fully legally added as an independent state in the UN, with the agreement of Russia. There is no taking 'back', it s an invasion of an independent neighbor.
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Ukraine was part of the Russian empire for centuries, and was also part of the USSR. It became independent in 1991, when the Soviet Union dissolved after the Cold War.
Was Ukraine part of Russia? History of the conflict explained amid …
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Was Ukraine part of Russia? History of the conflict explained amid …
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Now you are twisting words. You know what independence means? Perhaps you should try experiencing it
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Do you think this is the only reason for the conflict? But what about the genocide of the Russian people on the territory of Ukraine? Nuclear weapons that Zelensky wanted to supply? secret biological laboratories (by the way, with US money). And this is just the beginning. Now people will start to testify in court. And I pray to God that Zelensky and the entire government of Ukraine remain alive and be convicted.
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- The russians are not in Kiev or Kharkov, so he is lying
- There is no excuse to invade a country on baseless allegations, especially when they are so ridiculous
You should be worried that almost every country in the world, even Switzerland, is against Russia now. It will be forever isolated , North-korea-style, and possibly deprived of its nuclear program and UNSC seat. This was extremely reckless and irresponsible behavior for a 'superpower' and it has backfired.
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- There is no excuse to invade a country on baseless allegations, especially when they are so ridiculous
You should be worried that almost every country in the world, even Switzerland, is against Russia now. It will be forever isolated , North-korea-style, and possibly deprived of its nuclear program and UNSC seat. This was extremely reckless and irresponsible behavior for a 'superpower' and it has backfired.
I rest my case, you can call them though
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The United Kingdom maintains an embassy in the United States at 3100 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20008; tel. 202-588-6500.
so you want the UK to invade you?
I presume you don't believe anything of what you said because it doesnt make sense, you just enjoy trolling people
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I presume you don't believe anything of what you said because it doesnt make sense, you just enjoy trolling people
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May kindness in these dark days be our motivating force not petty squabbles and more division. May you all find some peace in your hearts at this time.
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Its a reflection of real life to :). IT would be nice to have a better variety for men and maybe the men should put in a bit more effort in dressing. I reckon we need a fashion show for men, best dress gets a prize :) :).
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I've seen a fashion show with male models. But reduce it to legal content only (which this fashion show was even though all meshes were from SL), and you're doomed. Reduce it to only free content made in and for OpenSim, and it gets even worse, especially if you take what few textured Damien Fate meshes for guys are out there.
Add to this the distribution of mesh bodies. Some 99% of all female avatars with mesh bodies out there are a variant of Athena. Many users don't even know that other female mesh avatars exist. So next to all female clothes are rigged for Athena (those few made in and for OpenSim are either rigged for Athena, rigged for Ruth 2.0 RC#2/RC#3, rigged to halfway fit the system body or fitted mesh).
Men don't have that one body that dominates everything. You often don't know if men's clothes are rigged for Adonis (or its SL original) or Apollo (or its SL original). Or maybe Ares (or its SL original). Or Decadence (or its SL original). Or you happen upon something that's rigged for Maes Muscle Man without saying so. Or it's old enough to still be rigged towards the system body. In most cases, you don't know which body a piece of mesh clothing is made for. And what fits one body often barely fits another one, if at all.
I guess this is something else that repels people from making mesh clothes for men: You absolutely have to rig them for multiple bodies to get a sizable target audience. In SL, you can get away with rigging women's mesh clothes only for Maitreya Lara because that'll cover some 90% of the market. The same clothes in OpenSim will cover some 99% of the market. If you rig men's mesh clothes for only one body, you'll end up with a much smaller market coverage in SL. Even in OpenSim, the dominance of Adonis isn't so huge that you can blindly assume nobody uses anything else.
Combine this with the general demand for male and female clothes. You'll have more demand for female clothes for Lara/Athena than you'll have for male clothes for half a dozen different male mesh bodies.
Interestingly, if you disregard SL and only look at bodies and clothes made in and for OpenSim, the situation changes. As for bodies, we're down to the Ruth2 family for female avatars and the Roth2 family for male avatars. On the one hand, we still aren't talking about one mesh shape each. You'd be surprised how different Ruth 2.0 RC#3 and her direct successor Ruth2 v4 are, not to mention Roth 2.0 RC#1 and Roth2 v2.
But on the other hand, there's still quite a dearth of clothes, especially free clothes. It looks the best for Ruth 2.0 RC#2/RC#3 that got and still gets clothes made either by idealist hobbyists or by users of these bodies who think that all that comes from SL sucks style-wise. (Thus, we're getting to a point where there are more calf-length skirts for Ruth 2.0 than for Athena.) But considering the general demand for women's fashion, you could always create away as you please and find customers. In the meantime, Ruth2 v4 has to make do with clothes made for her predecessors plus custom-made alpha masks plus a great deal of luck. But it works.
At the same time, there's next to nothing for the whole Roth2 line (except for a few clothes Sean Heavy made for his own RothToo which are so clingy that they only fit this one body). So in general, the demand is about as big as that in Ruth2's case because even the very basics are missing. And there certainly are dressmen whom you won't be able to satisfy with basics, so you could happily continue from there. The advantage of OpenSim is that it doesn't have to pay off, it doesn't matter how many customers you have.
To get back to the original topic, bookend-style: I'd like to see a fashion show in which all models are either Ruth2 v4s or Roth2 v2s just to see what can be done with these bodies clothes-wise already now. (Juno Rowland has entered the chat...)
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Add to this the distribution of mesh bodies. Some 99% of all female avatars with mesh bodies out there are a variant of Athena. Many users don't even know that other female mesh avatars exist. So next to all female clothes are rigged for Athena (those few made in and for OpenSim are either rigged for Athena, rigged for Ruth 2.0 RC#2/RC#3, rigged to halfway fit the system body or fitted mesh).
Men don't have that one body that dominates everything. You often don't know if men's clothes are rigged for Adonis (or its SL original) or Apollo (or its SL original). Or maybe Ares (or its SL original). Or Decadence (or its SL original). Or you happen upon something that's rigged for Maes Muscle Man without saying so. Or it's old enough to still be rigged towards the system body. In most cases, you don't know which body a piece of mesh clothing is made for. And what fits one body often barely fits another one, if at all.
I guess this is something else that repels people from making mesh clothes for men: You absolutely have to rig them for multiple bodies to get a sizable target audience. In SL, you can get away with rigging women's mesh clothes only for Maitreya Lara because that'll cover some 90% of the market. The same clothes in OpenSim will cover some 99% of the market. If you rig men's mesh clothes for only one body, you'll end up with a much smaller market coverage in SL. Even in OpenSim, the dominance of Adonis isn't so huge that you can blindly assume nobody uses anything else.
Combine this with the general demand for male and female clothes. You'll have more demand for female clothes for Lara/Athena than you'll have for male clothes for half a dozen different male mesh bodies.
Interestingly, if you disregard SL and only look at bodies and clothes made in and for OpenSim, the situation changes. As for bodies, we're down to the Ruth2 family for female avatars and the Roth2 family for male avatars. On the one hand, we still aren't talking about one mesh shape each. You'd be surprised how different Ruth 2.0 RC#3 and her direct successor Ruth2 v4 are, not to mention Roth 2.0 RC#1 and Roth2 v2.
But on the other hand, there's still quite a dearth of clothes, especially free clothes. It looks the best for Ruth 2.0 RC#2/RC#3 that got and still gets clothes made either by idealist hobbyists or by users of these bodies who think that all that comes from SL sucks style-wise. (Thus, we're getting to a point where there are more calf-length skirts for Ruth 2.0 than for Athena.) But considering the general demand for women's fashion, you could always create away as you please and find customers. In the meantime, Ruth2 v4 has to make do with clothes made for her predecessors plus custom-made alpha masks plus a great deal of luck. But it works.
At the same time, there's next to nothing for the whole Roth2 line (except for a few clothes Sean Heavy made for his own RothToo which are so clingy that they only fit this one body). So in general, the demand is about as big as that in Ruth2's case because even the very basics are missing. And there certainly are dressmen whom you won't be able to satisfy with basics, so you could happily continue from there. The advantage of OpenSim is that it doesn't have to pay off, it doesn't matter how many customers you have.
To get back to the original topic, bookend-style: I'd like to see a fashion show in which all models are either Ruth2 v4s or Roth2 v2s just to see what can be done with these bodies clothes-wise already now. (Juno Rowland has entered the chat...)
I have worked a bit with the RUth body, and had to combine differents bist from different versions to get a somewhat decent body. Roth is way harder to work with
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That's probably because especially Roth2 (Roth 2.0 RC#1, Roth2 v2 etc.) is so much different in shape from all the other mesh bodies. The upper body sits so far back that every last t-shirt made so far, no matter which body it was made for, will clip horribly at the rear collar, and there's a lot of space between the upper chest and mesh tops. The groin area sits so far up front that jeans, trousers, shorts etc. will clip in the lower belly area unless you pick a size so big that the space between the butt and the garment gets ridiculous. You always have to wear them with mesh tops, and you can't even wear open shirts.
Still, Roth2 v2 is good to work with because it can use alpha masks like the system body out-of-the-box. You have to hide the body underneath the clothes, but it's fairly easy because you don't have to hassle around with the HUD and alpha cuts, and you can save your alphas with your outfits with no work-arounds or hacks or payware extensions.
Something else that applies to both Ruth2 and Roth2: Forget using shapes as they are. You can't hope to do as you do with Athena, Adonis & Co. You can't slap a preset shape on your avatar and look like a professional porn star. You have to work with the shape until it looks good. That may be inconvenient to those who want to be done with their avatar within five minutes, but it'll give us more individual-looking avatars instead of everyone and their grandmother using the same three preset shapes.
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Still, Roth2 v2 is good to work with because it can use alpha masks like the system body out-of-the-box. You have to hide the body underneath the clothes, but it's fairly easy because you don't have to hassle around with the HUD and alpha cuts, and you can save your alphas with your outfits with no work-arounds or hacks or payware extensions.
Something else that applies to both Ruth2 and Roth2: Forget using shapes as they are. You can't hope to do as you do with Athena, Adonis & Co. You can't slap a preset shape on your avatar and look like a professional porn star. You have to work with the shape until it looks good. That may be inconvenient to those who want to be done with their avatar within five minutes, but it'll give us more individual-looking avatars instead of everyone and their grandmother using the same three preset shapes.
It is way Different and yes lots of fiddling to get it look sort of decent. Shirts were not too much of an issue on ROth but pants oh boyy! Some of the Athena/Maitreya stuff will work ok on ruth to.
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