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Thursday, June 27, 2024

Safari's Wild Season

Little bit of pre-nostalgia on Safari yesterday, as we had our final meetup on the OSGrid region HG Safari. The sim was gifted by Ange Menges back in late 2021 to give the Safari a regular base (our sim on Francogrid was still in existence at that time, but the grid was in deep decline) and since then, it has been our life-off point for 160 trips around the hyperverse. The closure here marks the start of another adventure on the new HG Safari Grid, which will be our main base starting in the Fall. More about that in future posts.
Final meetup on HG Safari sim, OSGrid
Today's first destination was on Neverworld, another large and detailed build, with extra features! The full HG Address of Wild Kingdom is of course at the end of the post. 
lifted pixel: hello hello! sorry distracted how are all you lovely avatars today?
Taarna Welles: Hello sweet people.  :)
Star Ravenhurst: I am sad this is the last Safari for awhile
Thirza Ember: well there is so much happening in opensim, plenty to do always
Forest Azure: /me smiles... last one?
Thirza Ember: until September 4 when it all begins again... I hope you guys are ready to be eaten by dinosaurs today
lifted pixel: oh hell yeah
Tosha Tyran: if later he spits me out again - why not?
Thirza Ember: make sure you are wearing stain-resistant clothes
lifted pixel: i'll be sure to scotchguard my rings before we go
James atLLOUD: Hello - I just got home from work!  Barely made it.
lifted pixel: yay welcome james :D
Dangers await at the Wild Kingdom !
We jumped over to Neverworld Welcome, in a bid to make our arrival a bit easier on the servers. As time has gone by, avies have become more complex, so we take longer to load. But not that much longer...
lifted pixel: you look normal to me 
Jupiter Rowland: I might be a wee bit overdressed, but I've arrived straight from a party.
Tosha Tyran: lol, you should see me through MY eyes,
Star Ravenhurst: Everything rezzed fast for me. No nakies
James atLLOUD: ditto - and most accessories are now accessorized.
Thirza Ember: just waiting for a few more to make it here,, the only one I don't see is Alex, we all look pretty, pretty good
Yara Eild: Alex is crashed
Thirza Ember: oh poor alex! Hi Cyb, welcome!
CyberGlo CyberStar: hello, how are yoou? oo, wrong body
Forest Azure: this would be so weird in rl.. someone saying: oh, wrong body!
Jupiter Rowland: Perfect opportunity to put Firestorm 7.1.9 and its multi-threading to the test. Especially Forest's shiny clothes. Nicely Blinn-Phongy.

Art Bell: hello and welcome all
lifted pixel: hello thanks for having us!
Nexus Storm: Hi all Welcome to Neverworld , Wild Kingdom
Jupiter Rowland: I hope Art has penguins so I'm not quite as overdressed.
Tosha Tyran: Just take your clothes off, Jup. Problem solved :D
Govega Sachertorte: Hi all... So.. WIld Kingdom... sim is owned by Sasha King ... she has a RL  exotic animal rescue sanctuary,  so she knew she wanted a sim with animals and we knew we wanted a zoo. Another satisfied customer, Joshua?
Art Bell: she didn't rescue ME!!!!!!!!!!!!
Govega Sachertorte: So enter our builders  :) smokes and Nexus. This sim is a 2x2 and is part of the Bountiful Continent, which is about near about 80 sims and much more in size, the  road system is all connected
Nexus Storm:  You can travel from here to All free to Florida ..fun to drive. 
Govega Sachertorte: about an hour drive total
Nexus Storm: Hi Everyone , this is Neverworld's little zoo  sim , we developed a zoo but more with club , shops , and a Jurassic area ..and yes scripting By Ares so Anything can happen. Mr smokes did the Animal research and most of the Facilities design
 Nexus Storm: The zoo was laid out with a jeep tour in mind cold and hot areas ..all around the Dino area, the tour has a little story ..and should be fun . We also tried to do research in to the different environments for the Animals blending the areas and also to the rest of the continent
lifted pixel: this place is MASSIVE
Govega Sachertorte: Also, we have a gift shop here, after the tour or whenever you are welcome to grab goodies
Forest Azure: is james having an epileptic attack?
Thirza Ember: he is feeling seat deprived.
Forest Azure: /me gives james mouth to mouth
Tosha Tyran: Poor James! Forest's mouth to mouth left him pale ... not to say white
Petlove Petshop: he's being very stoic !
James atLLOUD: I tp'd while falling from the MBTV studio.  I just wish my assets would join me...
Thirza Ember: the enclosures are to protect the animals from the people
Don't miss the gift shop!
Govega Sachertorte: there is a little sign by the food truck, when we are ready we can click on it to get to the tour jeeps, there are two - we may have to take turns I am not sure how many each sits, maybe four on each but we can try. Its a very nice tour... after we can visit the Dino enclosure on foot for pics
Art Bell: need a tour bus lol
Govega Sachertorte: everyone grab a jeep and have a nice ride
Alex Salamander: start
Thirza Ember: this isn't my usual passenger pose.. BUT IT'S BREEEZY... this is fun
lifted pixel: yes! cute rocks!!
Thirza Ember: thank goodness Alex is an excellent driver, this place has some seriously detailed landscaping
Alex Salamander: thanks ;-)
Petlove Petshop: This is lovely!
Alex Salamander: nice tour
Govega Sachertorte: Let's visit the dinos. Nexus can you lead the way
Nexus Storm: We have a few enclosures next to us here
Dorothea Lundquist: a bit late, so sorry
snowbody Cortes: hey Doro :)
Nexus Storm: Follow me down the track. Research by mr smokes ,
Govega Sachertorte: the proper flora and terrain
Nexus Storm: Cold area , and to the right Africa
Thirza Ember: they balance each other out! the info boards are great... and what are your favorite animals, on neverworld?
Nexus Storm: We will wind our way around next to the Jurassic area
Govega Sachertorte: I love the dinos... look at the penguins! I think this is my favorite part
mr smokes: i loved making this of them swimming :)
lifted pixel: how cute :3
Govega Sachertorte: its perfect
Art Bell: shark food lol
Thirza Ember: this is lovely!
snowbody Cortes: so cute
Govega Sachertorte: Jurassic World next?? we need a place for photos we will be doing a avi count after
Art Bell: hope they all make it out alive
Nexus Storm: Its ok tells me he only eats Country singers
Thirza Ember: i just got run over!
Dorothea Lundquist: the cars are more dangerous, grins
Govega Sachertorte: rock slides too
Mal Burns: landslide !!!!!!!
Nexus Storm: Next we head to Japan  and China. We tried to fit each area to the animals to give e real feel of the native environment
Thirza Ember: well guys i hate to say it, but we are almost out of time, there is so much more to see here
Taarna Welles: wow time went fast this visit
Lifted Pixel: this is an awesome build, nice work y'all... i really liked the jeep tour, riding like that gives me major asmr :3
snowbody Cortes: awesome. Thank you for having us here
Mr Smokes
mr smokes: thanks you :)
Govega Sachertorte: these guys did such a great job here
Petlove Petshop: just gorgeous
Dorothea Lundquist: yes, thank you , I be back for the jeep tour ...thank you Neverworld :-)
Govega Sachertorte: thank you everyone and feel free to grab goodies anytime at the gfit shop
Thirza Ember: thanks to the whole team here, you guys work so hard and it shows!
mr smokes: thank you thirza
Nexus Storm: It was a fun build to do
Govega Sachertorte: I love these guys they are the very best
TaarnaWelles: Thanx for the fantastic tour
Tosha Tyran: fell out of the jeep, almost got devoured by a dino, followed by a nightmarish spider... great fun, great fun :D
HG Address hg.neverworldgrid.com:8002:Wild Kingdom
hop://hg.neverworldgrid.com:8002/Wild%20Kingdom/129/137/24
Wild Kingdom. It's right next to the NVW Safari build !

1 comment:

  1. I was glad to contribute to the spectacle of this trip. What a wonderful build and I can tell we only scratched the surface. Thanks everyone.

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