This is part 1 of two posts.
Aacme Cityscape |
But there was no confusion about our first destination, at Aacme City on GCG, the home of Visionz magazine, which celebrates its first anniversary this week. The magazine is a great example of all that is best about OpenSim. It is a produced by a team, but newcomers and contributors are welcome; it spans all hg enabled grids, rather than being virtually nationalistic about one place; it's free, and offers free advertising space; and it's a positive, upbeat source of information - a ray of sunshine across the hyperverse, one might say.... Visionz publisher Sunbeam Magic said a few words at the champagne and cake do in the office above the shop, on Great Canadian Grid. HG Address at the end of the post.
Visionz magazines are available from a newspaper dispenser like the one you see in this photo. You will get a magazine to Wear, s it opens as a hud, and you can click on the pages to make them turn. You'll also receive a Notecard with the Landmarks associated with the articles, encouraging you to get out there and grid jump! The dispenser is in most cases free to copy, although of course, OpenSim permissions sometimes go weird. So if you would like a copy of the dispenser for your own grid ask one of the team and they will ship one over to you. Visionz comes out on the 26th of each month.
Sunbeam
Magic: Last year, when Miney [Minetheree Athanasios] talked me back into VW, she
suggested we do our magazine again. We had one in InWorldz. So we
decided instead of grid news we would focus on Hypergated grids - all
things HG, and only read inworld to be more immersive. And then we
got some wonder folks to join our team, Serene Jewell, and virtual
Christine, and Leighton Marjoram and Jessie Campbell and Reyn
Softly/Forest. We report on events and people and regions, we have a
couple ongoing articles, like the Secret Shopper, 10 Questions and
Dear Reyn and GIGGLEZ and Welcome Area. We all love doing our jobs
and giving a little glimpse of what HG has to offer. There are 1000s
and 1000s of regions and we'll never get to them all, but we do the
best we can! We are all so proud too be part of this wonderful
adventure with all of you.
Pathfinder Lester: you have a
great team
Sunbeam Magic: Many popular grids have our rack dispenser on their Welcome Areas and many have our magazine on their regions, we just started our own website, you can click on the poster to go there, and if you click on the portraits upstairs it will take you the Google + of that team member.
Sunbeam Magic: Many popular grids have our rack dispenser on their Welcome Areas and many have our magazine on their regions, we just started our own website, you can click on the poster to go there, and if you click on the portraits upstairs it will take you the Google + of that team member.
Pathfinder Lester: I need to put
out a magazine rack on Pathlandia
Jessie.Campbell: I think we distribute to 13 grids now, and multiple locations
Minetheree Athanasios: i think it may be more Jess, I pass a few out each issue
Pathfinder Lester: do your magazine stands automatically update for each new month?
virtual christine: Nope, we have to put in the latest issue
Minetheree Athanasios: wish they did, lol, that would be nice
Jessie Campbell: we're working on it, if you think inter grid chat is tough, wait till you tackle inter grid delivery
Pathfinder Lester: ok, no worries. work in progress. :)
Sunbeam Magic: We are always looking for a Guest Writer, and we accept ads for free. Send a 512 x 512 texture to me, with information about the ad.
Jessie.Campbell: I think we distribute to 13 grids now, and multiple locations
Minetheree Athanasios: i think it may be more Jess, I pass a few out each issue
Pathfinder Lester: do your magazine stands automatically update for each new month?
virtual christine: Nope, we have to put in the latest issue
Minetheree Athanasios: wish they did, lol, that would be nice
Jessie Campbell: we're working on it, if you think inter grid chat is tough, wait till you tackle inter grid delivery
Pathfinder Lester: ok, no worries. work in progress. :)
Sunbeam Magic: We are always looking for a Guest Writer, and we accept ads for free. Send a 512 x 512 texture to me, with information about the ad.
Minetheree.Athanasios: Yes, we
love guest writers, it's nice to get different ideas on things.
Sunbeam Magic: Thank you all for
your support, especially our readers
Sunbeam Magic |
Minetheree.Athanasios: we need
to get the good word out how cool it is I think, like how I do
some of my blog pages highlighting places. Once most check it out
they like it, especially hypergating
Pathfinder Lester: yeah, raising
awareness is a big one, I agree.
Sunbeam Magic: biggest challenge
is smoother traveling .... and friends and groups in HG Metaverse I
think
Serene.Jewell: Chat across grids
is imperfect right now. Could make a huge difference.
Pathfinder Lester: cross-grid
chat seems to work most of the time, but not always. And the
presence feature (is someone online?) doesn't always work.
Sunbeam Magic: would love it if
Group chat in HG worked better too
James Atlloud: @path - from
Kitely I have less then 10% function in presence and chat from my HG
friends.
Sunbeam Magic: we try to get
notices in our upcoming events and report on them afterwards too. To hopefully improve the magazine and
get more readers
Minetheree Athanasios: yes, we
really need folks to tell us of upcoming events, we can't get them
all
Thirza Ember: so do you think Visionz has an impact on GCG residents being aware of grid jumping?
Daisy Coronet: oh, absolutely,
Miney! I just can't believe no one told me about it earlier,
Miney....10 years in virtual worlds and only 1 in the
hypergrid....*sigh* lol
To the question who works hardest, and
who's the team slacker, we got the warm friendly jokes you might
expect. They all work hard to get their articles in before the
deadline.
Sunbeam Magic: Jessie produces
the most per month articles, and she always comes up with the most
clever ideas. Miney's Travelogue was really the start of the magazine
... and we all follow her lead.
Minetheree Athanasios: stop that, I am just a shy and demure southern woman!!
Sunbeam Magic: Dear Reyn keeps us all in stitches, he is our most fun writer, and Leighton is so precise and loves to write and do theme series like his Roleplay series.
Minetheree Athanasios: stop that, I am just a shy and demure southern woman!!
Sunbeam Magic: Dear Reyn keeps us all in stitches, he is our most fun writer, and Leighton is so precise and loves to write and do theme series like his Roleplay series.
Minetheree.Athanasios : yes he
does
Sunbeam Magic: I love how he
starts off with what outfit he is wearing and where he got it from
;))
virtual.christine: woot! GO LEIGHTONS ENSEMBLE!!!!
Minetheree.Athanasios: where is he i wonder
virtual.christine: Perhaps his wardrobe is on strike. His shoes want a byline!
Sunbeam Magic: Virtual christine has been like our biggest promoter, and this next issue we feature her first article. Our first edition had an article about Arcadia Asylum and vc is doing a great article about Sanctuary and Arcadia.
Minetheree Athanasios: anyway, our main thing is that all the staff love the hypergrid and want to tell about as much of it as we can
Pathfinder Lester: Minetheree, well the passion for the HG comes through in the articles. It really does.
Minetheree.Athanasios: how about you do a quest article Path?
Pathfinder Lester: i would like to do that. so yes, sign me up :) and that whatever is published, you include a picture of my new feet [by Taarna Welles]. because I love them.
Champagne and cake all round.
James Atlloud: Best wishes for many more years!
Emil Jannings: congratulations on the first year!
snowbody Cortes: ty Sun and team for having us here
Truelie Telling: Congratulations! I can't wait for the next issue
Sunbeam Magic: A toast: To the best team ever VISIONZ crew!!!
HG Address
Aacme City login.greatcanadiangrid.ca:8002:aacme city
Our second and third destinations are mentioned in Part 2
virtual.christine: Perhaps his wardrobe is on strike. His shoes want a byline!
Sunbeam Magic: Virtual christine has been like our biggest promoter, and this next issue we feature her first article. Our first edition had an article about Arcadia Asylum and vc is doing a great article about Sanctuary and Arcadia.
Minetheree Athanasios: anyway, our main thing is that all the staff love the hypergrid and want to tell about as much of it as we can
Pathfinder Lester: Minetheree, well the passion for the HG comes through in the articles. It really does.
Minetheree.Athanasios: how about you do a quest article Path?
Pathfinder Lester: i would like to do that. so yes, sign me up :) and that whatever is published, you include a picture of my new feet [by Taarna Welles]. because I love them.
Champagne and cake all round.
James Atlloud: Best wishes for many more years!
Emil Jannings: congratulations on the first year!
snowbody Cortes: ty Sun and team for having us here
Truelie Telling: Congratulations! I can't wait for the next issue
Sunbeam Magic: A toast: To the best team ever VISIONZ crew!!!
HG Address
Aacme City login.greatcanadiangrid.ca:8002:aacme city
Our second and third destinations are mentioned in Part 2
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