Why I love Opensim part (well I've lost count...)
Standing here on my home sim in Digiworldz I was playing with my new WeatherMaster by TR Lifter. As the storm clouds appeared overhead and the rain started I realized all over again how fortunate I am to have found my way to this community, not just Digiworldz but Opensim.
I was checking out the options to program the station (oh yes..sooo cool..i can have different weather on different parts of my region, and all set to cycle through various weather conditions!). And i got curious, so I checked out the MP for that big grid, and saw a similar system aaaaand just about stroked out when I saw the price tag on it....if I did the math right (and hard to say with the fluctuation in lindens..) but as near as i could figure it was approximately $400.00 usd. !!!!!
For many that is about five years worth of tier payments for our regions in Digiworldz alone, a little lower, a little higher for other OS grids!
Now, I did not pay anything close to that amount, because people in Opensim are not greedy (for the most part). We have people who make and give away awesome content such as Satyr Aeon, Shin Ingen, Fred, Linda Kellie and less well known creators who make stuff to give away and also sell. I fully support both creator types, I see nothing wrong with someone wanting to make enough money to pay their tiers in opensim after all.
Additionally, one has to remember that many of our opensim creators use full perm templates that they had to buy. Without them we would have been running around in some really ugly red pants... Now those templates (be they mesh or system) usually have a license restriction that creators MUST charge a certain amount for the clothes when they sell them. Supporting these creators is only fair to them as well, they've put out rl money in order to bring us those items that make us look and feel better with our avi's.
But I digress....Opensim allows us soo much freedom. The freedom to learn, to create (without ridiculous costs ...such as upload fees), to be just social as the prices are so affordable on just about every grid that if one doesn't need to earn one's tier one doesn't have to!
Support Opensim and Opensim content creators!
Standing here on my home sim in Digiworldz I was playing with my new WeatherMaster by TR Lifter. As the storm clouds appeared overhead and the rain started I realized all over again how fortunate I am to have found my way to this community, not just Digiworldz but Opensim.
I was checking out the options to program the station (oh yes..sooo cool..i can have different weather on different parts of my region, and all set to cycle through various weather conditions!). And i got curious, so I checked out the MP for that big grid, and saw a similar system aaaaand just about stroked out when I saw the price tag on it....if I did the math right (and hard to say with the fluctuation in lindens..) but as near as i could figure it was approximately $400.00 usd. !!!!!
For many that is about five years worth of tier payments for our regions in Digiworldz alone, a little lower, a little higher for other OS grids!
Now, I did not pay anything close to that amount, because people in Opensim are not greedy (for the most part). We have people who make and give away awesome content such as Satyr Aeon, Shin Ingen, Fred, Linda Kellie and less well known creators who make stuff to give away and also sell. I fully support both creator types, I see nothing wrong with someone wanting to make enough money to pay their tiers in opensim after all.
Additionally, one has to remember that many of our opensim creators use full perm templates that they had to buy. Without them we would have been running around in some really ugly red pants... Now those templates (be they mesh or system) usually have a license restriction that creators MUST charge a certain amount for the clothes when they sell them. Supporting these creators is only fair to them as well, they've put out rl money in order to bring us those items that make us look and feel better with our avi's.
But I digress....Opensim allows us soo much freedom. The freedom to learn, to create (without ridiculous costs ...such as upload fees), to be just social as the prices are so affordable on just about every grid that if one doesn't need to earn one's tier one doesn't have to!
Support Opensim and Opensim content creators!
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