Jupiter RowlandI'm really curious about OSgrid's 18th birthday this year. Not so much because this is the first time that an OpenSim grid celebrates its 18th anniversary, but rather because I want to see how many exhibits it'll have.
The last years, it has always been the same. OSgrid set up four varsims with over a dozen parcels for exhibits each year. When the birthday celebrations started, one was usually fully booked, one was partially booked, and the other two were shut down again. Last year already, I think the second sim had something like three parcels in use.
This year will be the first celebration since the Asset Reset. Since OSgrid's asset server went completely haywire, causing loads of people to move to other grids. And since OSgrid as a whole was shut down indefinitely for the asset server to be purged and rebuilt from the ground up which caused even more people to move to other grids.
Let's just say the days of OSgrid being the biggest in anything are over. Even if Hypergrid Business no longer publishes stats, I guess it's clear that the Wolf Territories are number one now.
This also means that OSgrid will probably have even fewer exhibitors this year.
I also wonder if any of the previous events will have an effect on OSG18B. I mean, last OpenSimFest was a half-dud already. The one before had lost exhibitors due to its change of concept, and the last one was cannibalised by the OpenSim World's Fair with its enormous varsim with dozens upon dozens of parcels which was booked almost fully.
On the other hand, we haven't had any longer events in a while, and even the last Hypergrid International Expo which, if I recall correctly, was after World's Fair and OSFest, was chock-full with mostly brand-new booths. But these events were grid-independent, and OSG18B is obviously OSgrid-only.
OSG18B will start on Friday. We'll see then.
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The last years, it has always been the same. OSgrid set up four varsims with over a dozen parcels for exhibits each year. When the birthday celebrations started, one was usually fully booked, one was partially booked, and the other two were shut down again. Last year already, I think the second sim had something like three parcels in use.
This year will be the first celebration since the Asset Reset. Since OSgrid's asset server went completely haywire, causing loads of people to move to other grids. And since OSgrid as a whole was shut down indefinitely for the asset server to be purged and rebuilt from the ground up which caused even more people to move to other grids.
Let's just say the days of OSgrid being the biggest in anything are over. Even if Hypergrid Business no longer publishes stats, I guess it's clear that the Wolf Territories are number one now.
This also means that OSgrid will probably have even fewer exhibitors this year.
I also wonder if any of the previous events will have an effect on OSG18B. I mean, last OpenSimFest was a half-dud already. The one before had lost exhibitors due to its change of concept, and the last one was cannibalised by the OpenSim World's Fair with its enormous varsim with dozens upon dozens of parcels which was booked almost fully.
On the other hand, we haven't had any longer events in a while, and even the last Hypergrid International Expo which, if I recall correctly, was after World's Fair and OSFest, was chock-full with mostly brand-new booths. But these events were grid-independent, and OSG18B is obviously OSgrid-only.
OSG18B will start on Friday. We'll see then.
#Long #LongPost #CWLong #CWLongPost #OpenSim #OpenSimulator #Metaverse #VirtualWorlds #OSgrid #OSG18B #GridAnniversary
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