Serina Gee^✦ @SerinaG

Sailing and flying Tips and border crossings

* most of our residents understand these things, but this is a reminder for others.

* when crossing a border , your best bet is to approach it head on

* avoid places where 3-4 regions come together. Is it possible to cross? Yes, but you will have a much higher rate of crashing. This is not just at friends grid….. it is anywhere. The intersection of 4 regions is asking for trouble . A good example of this is the intersection of Holo Ana, Saba, Clearwater and Friends regions. Is this the “Bermuda triangle “ on a faulty grid? No….. it is simple physics with your viewer being overloaded with 3-4 regions at once.

* clear all 3 cache weekly. If extreme issues….do a clean Firestorm install and delete all previous hidden Firestorm files.

* if you have repeated crash, relog to where you were last (should be crash site) and make me a lm there. Label your lm something like “Lily crash7-17”. With the lm please send me a note telling me what you were doing or driving. Let me know how many crashes…. If you were tp, what scripts wearing. Also, let me know graphics settings. You see, I want to help, but I need detailed information to research. Is it possible we have a lost boat that is sending script errors……hell yes…..it can happen…..and it is ugly! We could have a region that has become corrupt. Or we could simply have firestorm viewer issues. It is my job (and my team) to determine what kind of issue we have, based on the information you provide me.

* I work day and night to keep things running smoothly. My pet peeve is people who complain without providing me with documentation. One step worse is complaining in group chat instead of giving me the info I need. A negative attitude spreads quickly. Let’s keep things positive!

* realize that most, if not all, bug splats are Firestorm viewer issue. It is a well none glitch, but not an easy one to fix. We hope the next version of firestorm will have this glitch worked out…..but realize we are talking about a totally free product.

* if you still have issues…. Try a different viewer such as Singularity. For me, I hate Singularity worse than I hate occasional crash….so I use firestorm.

* I can restart and refresh a región when asked, but I want to ask all to do me a favor. Please try the steps I have shown. This is teamwork.

* can you fly or sail anywhere you want? Yes, but realize looking at a map and avoiding some situations will greatly reduce bug splats. If you insist on sailing near the intersections of 3-4 regions, don’t complain when you crash.

I appreciate everyone helping me with this!

thank you all for taking time out of busy schedules. Huge thank you to Reggie for playing some amazing music! It was an evening I will not forget, and I thank each of you! and ty Lily for the Pic! 31 people!!!!!

Good morning everyone.....have decided to use the Party Mountain location for this Sunday's party because I don't want Pin or me or others building like frantic maniacs. Sometimes that is fun, but this week a little rest might be good.

friends-grid
Grand Opening Dance
with our amazing DJ Reggie
Sunday June 25
12 noon grid time

Boss Sly loved to have Betty the Secretary kick his pickle.

Meanwhile, in OS... Xinashi is back. Find us at login.friends-grid.com:8002:Xinashi

oh HELLO.
Sol Et Luna Dance Zone.
Treehouse Park. (where lumberjack AVs are still prohibited)
Rocket Club.
Isle De Fleur.
Lighthouse Bar.

Yoga Center.

Alphabet Club.
BDSM Warehouse.
Sparta Gyms.
Dead-End Drive-In.

Aether.

All formerly on CopyKat Grid. Now on Friends Grid.
login.friends-grid.com:8002:Xinashi

Taking an early morning shower in the rainforest waterfall is a rejuvenating experience. The sound of the water cascading down the rocks is mesmerizing, and the misty droplets create a peaceful ambiance. The cool water feels invigorating against the skin, energizing the body and awakening the senses. The natural surroundings add to the experience, with the lush greenery and wildlife adding to the beauty of the moment. This is not just a shower but a spiritual experience that cleanses the body, refreshes the mind, and renews the soul.

Why do you want a Friends Guest Cottage?

* a place to change clothes
* your own island!
* Romantic rendevous hideaway
* You might prefer others to landscape for you
* no stress over land editing
* do not need local avi
* Horse riding trails, 1,000 sims to sail and a huge skatepark
* instant ownership, no cost, 500 prims

I know, the cottages are not for everyone, but they are absolutely perfect for some people!

Come to the kiosk at Friends Mall and find your cottage.
hop://login.friends-grid.com:8002/Friends%20Mall/672/395/2...

Bring your horse to meet Smokey!

We know there are a lot of horse lovers in opensim. One of the biggest challenges to horse owners is having large, beautifully landscaped areas to ride. the second challenge is having ridable trails over uneven terrain. It sounds simple, but can sometimes make a person say bad words when building it. then you also have issues of will the horses physics work on the uneven terrains.

At friends grid we offer the amazing horses from my friend,Roland Francis, and we have two totally different trails for you to enjoy. Now, you can now bring your own horse!

Friends Stables - Enjoy a ride which will take you through the beautiful stable area with ocean views, continue on to the working friends farm. and then ride over the mountains and into the beautiful rainforest! There are many different trail options here.
hop://login.friends-grid.com:8002/Friends/676/462/27

Friends Mall - this is a beautiful easy trail located in back of the mall. This is a simple trail...you cannot get lost. You will ride along the landscaped path viewing the ocean and gradually climb high into the mountains.
hop://login.friends-grid.com:8002/Friends%20Mall/428/325/2...

If you don't have a horse, feel free to use my horses. After you enjoy riding these wonderful creations by Roland Francis, you can go to my store and get your own horses.
hop://login.friends-grid.com:8002/Friends%20Mall/454/337/2...

enjoy your virtual life!

What is this little island?

Dreams

This little island can help people live their virtual dreams:
terraforming
building
landscaping

yes...this island is Dreams

approx 1 sim in size,
water is connected to entire grid for amazing sailing
10,000 prim
rent free!

However, we are very selective about who we add at friends-grid. We do not want house collectors who get free land on every grid...then never use it. That is a waste of our time and resources.

If you want to make this your main home and be an active part of a growing community , then maybe we should talk.....

about this little island making YOUR dreams come true.

https://friends-grid.com/

Contact @zuzubahro or @safinemahoe2 for details.

Not all our textures are beautiful.....

actually some are pretty ugly

so if you need an ugly texture like Tropical thatch roofing,

Make a trip to

Textures Trees & Scripts

hundreds of beautiful textures.....and a few ugly ones!

Art....
it touches us
and bringes out so many emotions!

Inspired, joyful, satisfied, interested, happy, serene
or
moody, gloomy, unsatisfied, scared, nervous

Nothing affects us like Art!

Come find the latest AI generated art to create the mood you are wanting at

Bahro Fine Art

one of the Specialty Shops

At Friends Mall

Reborn Clothing

Visit Peka's Style
In Friends Mall

A New specialty shop brought to you by Arwen Oropher

For the women who love their curves!

hop://login.friends-grid.com:8002/Friends%20Mall/523/545/2...

Good Morning everyone

I am putting the final details into the dance site and wanted to pass along something that each of you can do to help.

Please reach out to the people on your friends list…. Tell them we are going to have an awesome party! Let’s show others that we may not be the biggest grid…… but we def throw the best party!

If every person on your friends list is from friends-grid…. Please see if they are coming and help with costumes if needed.

Today or tonight, I will be doing some stress tests on the Halloween region. In case anyone is around at that time, you may see an insane number of npc’s.

Thank you to all…… let’s have an awesome party!

When you enter the friends-grid Casino, you suddenly realize this experience is like no others! Enjoy over 200 casino games, the extensive auto & art collections, Threadz Boutique (still being stocked), Topless Club, the beautiful aquarium and sexy entertainment!
Click on each dollar sign and receive $1,000 of friends-grid dollars (up to $11,000 day).

Why do people live at friends-grid?

There are many places you could choose in Opensim

*Make friends from all around the globe
* focus on people and community
* most detailed underwater worlds in open sim
*fully connected grid offering excellent sailing
*horse riding through Friends Farm and the rain forest
*Surfing, wind surfing, kayak surfing and body surfing
*Xinashi region and Oh Hello clothing store
*Annihilation region - zombie apocalyptic rp
*Large selection of boats available at our public Marina
*open water areas and extremely tight sailing areas
*Sail with a group every Sunday at noon
*stunning landscapes
* Friends Casino - no money to buy
* Coming Soon - Fantasia region, Darwin Region, F1 track, Hispanic Center, The Retreat and much more!

These are all great reasons....but the main reason people come to friends-grid is the PEOPLE! We would love to have you come visit friends-grid!

We currently have 65,000 sq m island parcels available with 10,000 prims for rent. These rentals are free....we are simply looking for people who want to be a part of our growing community....not simply collect homes on every grid.

For rental information contact Safine Mahoe, Zuzu Bahro or Serina Gee

Hello friends
I decided to make a change sooner than I had planned. I want to improve user experience….. so friends-grid now has dual servers.

I am also putting together a schedule of when I will be restarting every region on a weekly basis and I will post it here.

Good morning everyone, I wanted to let you know of some expanded duties here. Zuzu has been wanting to be more involved and help more at friends grid. With the help of Serina, we have devised a position that basically Zuzu is going to be the "Hostess" or "Ambassador" for the area. Of course we are all Ambassadors...but Zuzu is going to do a little bit more. In addition, Zuzu is making some "trial homes" for people to use if considering moving here. This is a huge help to me and the grid! Please help me congratulate Zuzu when you see her....and send her any and all names of people who may be interested. Also, if you are online and notice a guest....of course, welcome them as always, but also please let Zuzu know if she is online.

Just wanted to give a shout out to the team that has made friends-grid totally rock!

Sometimes the techies get overlooked, and they are the people who make this virtual world possible.

friends-grid is not a simple job to run….it is probably a pain in the butt because I have a minor addiction to scripts.

These guys are how I hosted a huge party yesterday with 31 people and 8,000 scripts in that region alone…. with no lag!

Thank you hosting4opensim

OSFest is user friendly, for all levels of ability.
Event Organizer Shelenn says: " Some thoughts for those planning on participating as exhibitors or merchants...
Builders and Creators in SL/OS, did you know how you build matters when it comes to accessibility? Did you know some users with visual, cognitive, and motor challenges use a viewer named Radegast? The Radegast viewer has an option to "read" the object name field of every object and its parts to the user. The number of disabled users in Virtual Worlds is a much higher percentage than in the offline global population. When a build is not accessible, it is painfully obvious and unusable for many.
When creating content for SL/OS, please make your builds accessible by:
1) Properly naming all parts (so Radegast does not blabber on meaningless information like primitive, primitive, primitive... or object, object, object...). Not properly naming parts disables others who need them described for them. Review your existing builds. TIP: If you have a linkset with many parts that take a long time to rename, you can right click the linkset to edit, select edit linked parts, then give them all (parts not used by scripts) the same name.
2) Scripting cues as in when building and scripting your scenes, people who cannot hear well need visual cues and people who cannot see well need aural cues. Providing aural cues for visual events and visual cues for aural events in your builds via scripting is practicing accessibility by design and makes them more immersive for everyone!"
Join us at OSFest this September. Want to participare in OSFest this year? Check us out on Discord. https://discord.gg/8QMqVpr5KW

it is a beautiful morning to tour friends-grid

1. Stop by my friend Nico's Oh Hello store on the Xinashi region. you gotta be styling while you tour!
2. head to the Friend's Marina and do some sailing
3.Take an upclose look at the 17 waterfalls pictured here
4.head over to Aquamica to see an amazing underwater world....you could spend hours in this huge build!
5. go to Friends Stables and ride a horse to the satyr farm , and on to the rain forest jungle
6. Take out frustrations at roleplay sim Annihilation.....smashing buildings and shooting zombies
7. Surf and wind surf at Aquamica
8. Explore the Darwin Eco Project
9. try the Yoga at Xinashi

and most importantly.......make a few new friends!

if we are out, come back again, we would love to meet you!

pic & landscape by Pin DeLuca

friends-grid is OPEN!

What is friends-grid and the Friends region?

friends—grid is a sailing community (connected regions) that was built by a group of friends in 2023 and is owned by Safine Mahoe. You don’t have to sail, but if you do, you will love it!

Friends are the only thing that is important in Open Sim, nothing else really matters. As Woodrow Wilson said , “Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.”

The Friends region is the heart of friends-grid. On this region, you will find Friends Stables, multiple satyr farms, trails through the rainforest, a large Marina to assist with your boating needs and the most beautiful waterfalls you will find anywhere!

In addition to the Friends Region, you will also find teleports to : Xinashi región with Oh Hello store, Annihilation role play region, Aquamica region with some of the largest and most detailed underwater worlds, Clearwater II with the Darwin Eco Project and many other regions being developed.

A limited number of free rentals are available, however, we are looking for people who want to be involved in our community, not simply collect free houses on every grid.

If you want to be a part of this amazing community, please contact Safine Mahoe if online.

If I am offline, please message safinemahoe2 on opensimworld.com

Witness the beauty of the vibrant coral reefs and their residents, from the colorful clownfish to the majestic lionfish. Be fascinated by the graceful movements of the manta rays as they glide through the crystal-clear waters. Marvel at the intricate patterns of the sea horses and the slow and steady pace of the sea turtles.

Dive deeper into the depths and discover hidden treasures within the shipwrecks and hidden caves. Observe the diverse marine life living amongst the submerged structures, such as schools of fish, crab, and eels.

But the real magic begins when you enter the fantasy realm of the mermaids. Immerse yourself in a world of enchantment, where you will find these mystical creatures singing and dancing alongside dolphins and other sea creatures.

As you explore, you will find yourself lost in the wonder and beauty of this underwater paradise, where imagination knows no bounds. Experience the thrill of being immersed in this world, where nature and magic come together in perfect harmony.

friends-grid

opening June 15

Enjoy riding a horse through the rainforest, pausing to enjoy the beauty of the waterfalls and listening to the tranquil sound of the cascading water. The lush greenery around you is teeming with life, and you can hear the chirping of birds and buzzing of insects as you make your way through the rainforest.

The horse beneath you is well-trained and sure-footed, carefully making its way over the rocky terrain and across streams. As you ride, you take in the sights and sounds of the rainforest, feeling a sense of peace and relaxation wash over you.

As you approach a majestic waterfall, you dismount from your horse and take a moment to admire the stunning view. The cool mist from the falls hits your face, and you feel rejuvenated and invigorated.

You spend some time at the waterfall, enjoying the tranquility of the rainforest and the power of nature before mounting your horse once again and continuing on your journey.

As you ride through the rainforest, you realize that this experience is one of a kind and something that you will never forget

, taking in each moment and feeling grateful for the opportunity to experience such beauty.

friends-grid

opening June 15