Welcoming in 2011

Wishing you all a very prosperous New year!

Happy 2011
Gaius & rosa xx

New Starter Avatars, replace Ruth on Inworldz!

Ele had been wanting to do this, since forever, but couldnt quite manage it..... Then 2 days ago it came to her & she figured out how to code the Avatars in for new Residents so they no longer appear in that awful default Avatar known as Ruth :P

We had already done starter avatar packs when she 1st called for them, so when we were asked for skins, shapes & clothes etc... we already had some set up for her, but we changed the clothing on them at the last moment to something we had recently designed. Keeping both Female & Male avies the same....

So here are the New Residents of Inworldz.... Full Perms too ;)
The Teals as they have become known Inworldz ;)

We were delighted to have been approached & be able to help out with the New Avatars

Merry Xmas All....
Gaius & rosa ;)

Inworldz vs Secondlife...

We dont go in SL very often any more, mainly only to collect things from our huge inventories that we have forgotten, thats if its still there in our inventories of course, as SL are always losing things :P

However when we do go in ... I am finding it to be more & more frustrating & so glad we found IW which we can now call home ;) Firstly in SL now... I dont know wtf is going on, but whenever we log in, my collar is either on my shoulder or my ass... it is never on my neck/spine where I have always had it & where it is supposedly locked into place, just as it is in IW. I have actually given up re-attaching it now as it always ends up somewhere else :(

Another frustrating thing with attachments that i have discovered in SL is .... I am finding things attaching as huds when they should attach to my feet or pelvis or something, so then i have to bloody re-attach everything & in SL now with its lag, that can be a nightmare :(

New Residents in IW often complain about some of the known bugs we still have in Inworldz, but ya know... we are finding SL to be far more laggy & buggy then IW has ever been... As for Inventory loss, well if we lose it in IW its no big deal as it only cost us time to upload it, but if we have lost things in SL & I have lost loads of my own textures in SL from the clothing I have created..... textures that cost me a damn fortune to upload over the years, i might add.... I cant even begin to imagine that cost *rolls eyes

Yesterday I was adding up the cost of IW compared to SL, cost to us personnally for what we now own in IW..... I tell ya we almost died when we saw what the tiers in SL would be costing us for the amount of sims we now own in IW, & that was without the cost of purcahse & set up.... it would be an impossibility for us to achieve our dreams over there... I am so glad we are no longer lining SL's greedy pockets

All in all, when you look everything over & compare.... Inworldz comes out on top for us ;) Yes our community is still small in comparison, but hey we have something inworldz that we have never known in SL... we have a community that cares.... that along with Founders who listen & go out of their way to help in any way they can do... well what more could we need?

and on that note I leave you all with our Blessings for a Wonderful Christmas & new years.... we know ours is going to be a great one with all we have planned ;)

Big hugs to yas
Rosa ;)

Busy times

Havent posted here in a couple of weeks, we have just been so busy with things so today while he is away I am doing a catchup ;)

Been reading some blogs, Ele did an Inworldz History which we both found very interesting, sometimes we miss those early days when we were very few & our world was very peaceful... last xmas the founders created Christmas Island & the snow tranq did was awesome!

Christmas Island ~ Inworldz 2009

This is a time I suppose when most of us think back & reflect.... our thoughts are with those we have loved & lost... Christmas from long ago in our past that just seem to come right back to us as we pull out the tree & tinsel & those memories come flooding back, sometimes they make us smile, sometimes they make us cry & sometimes they make us laugh out loud, but without them where would we be?

Inworldz we have been so busy that i have hardly had time to get any xmas stock done, but its no big deal because in this world we can take it easy, there is no mad rush to sell, sell, sell... if ppl buy then thats great, if they dont, then thats ok too, we cant all produce what the average Avatar would like to wear ;)

Most of our time these days is taken up with our rental business, we enjoy creating new enviroments where ppl may want to live or conduct their business... sometimes we get it right, sometimes we dont, but we get to do what we want to do & we enjoy doing it.

We mostly have a laid back attitude to most things & try not to worry too much overall... I think we compliment each other in being that way.

Thats all from me this time
See you Inworldz
Rosa ;)

Being Thankful....

Well I am a Brit, so we dont have a Thanks giving day, but after reading Ele's Blog I decided to name some things I am Thankful for.

My Family.... I count my Blessings each & every day for my 4 kids, all grown up now & were a Nightmare to raise, although I dont so much remember the nightmare days, I seem to gloss over those as I recall them being young. Then there are their kids to be thankful for, 9 grandkids & probably more to come ... eeekkk. Without my Family I really do not know where I would be today.

Now I also have my puppy whom I include as part of my Family, even though the kids dislike him a lot lol... Pongo is 7 months old, he has destroyed every pair of shoes I own, destroyed my bedding, is more trouble than he is actually worth, but I love him to death & at the end of the day He is always there to Love me unconditionally, so long as i keep on feeding him haha

I am grateful for Inworldz without this grid, I may never have come to know the True Happiness that is He... I may never have come to believe oncemore that there are more good People in this world than there are bad... The Community we see here in Inworldz has strengthened that Belief.

I am grateful for my Online friends whom I have never actually met face to face, but whose spirits have touched me many times over. Not everyone hides their True self online.

Last but certainly never least.... is my Partner. I am thankful for having His Love, His guidance, His protection, His friendship... we may not have met face to face as yet, that is in our future plans... but He has touched my Soul in a way no other has He lights up my Life & fills my days & nights with all that is He. He is the reason I wake up smiling & looking forward to my days in our world, together, as we should be.

and on that note I leave you with this same Question Ele posed...
Until I see you InWorldz... what are some of the things you're thankful for?

Beta Testers

This week we saw the Residents rally to the call for testers on the beta grid, this is where Tranq & co do all the testing for any code changes they have made before uploading them onto the main grid. This was a test for Networking & there was also a new beta viewer to test with it.

We downloaded the New Beta viewer & went into the beta grid but couldnt remain because He couldnt remain inworldz, He kept crashing & I was presumably techno swiss cheese, even though I saw myself ok :P So we could only report our findings of the Viewer, which were not very good.

Lots are still testing it on the Main grid I believe & helping to iron out the bugs, which is all good. We or rather I, wont be testing the new Beta viewer on the Grid simply because it doesnt have an RLV option & I like to use RLV, as do lots of our Residents now, if our collar sales are anything to go by, perhaps it will be something they will think about in future, being that they like to support All Residents & not having RLV as an Option in the Official viewer is sort of locking out a good percentage of the Residents who might want to use it... IMHO

The testing has been good for Tranq to iron out a few things, I am not sure when this latest update will be released on the Main grid, yet, but you can view its progress here

Hopes the day is finding you all well
Well Wishes
Rosa ;)

What I Enjoy InWorld – The Whiskey Challenge #2

Hmm do I have to keep this clean? haha

When we are Inworldz we both enjoy creating on our regions, there is nothing more satisfying than seeing a Region come to life with what you have in your head.. we have a few regions now we can play around with, our latest project New Moon Rising ~ True Gor, we are just putting the final touches too

Although we are quite capable of building ourselves we do tend to buy buildings for our projects now, just because its easier for us to do it that way & also because we like to support our fellow Residents.. most of the builds on this project were by Falconvale

Our day Inworldz is made up something like this... we log in, dress, coz we always go to bed in our vw home before we log off ;) Then we usually do a quick round up of the region rentals, sort out new boxes for new tenents etc... then we may do some creating of our own, that would be me clothes creating & Him creating some new toys or something, then we have a break, usually for a nap lol

Coming back we always try to do something for ourselves to relax & unwind so that could be a shopping trip, thats when I get the banker moaning in my ear about Him withdrawing the dosh haha Or we may go exploring, there are lots of exciting places to explore Inworldz now, now & again we may make it to an event, its very rare because we are normally just too busy, but we do try ;) Or we may go & have one of our Adventures *winks

We just enjoy everything about this world, from the ppl we meet to the places we visit... its our Home & it is a beautiful Home ;)

Blessed be
Rosa ;)