Big opening tonight !

After many days of hard work for many people, the day of the opening has arrived !
I like to give a special thanks to Sunbeam Magic who took over the difficult task of organizing this big event and for getting me out of the hands of the lag monster :-), he decided to make my build with a will of its own.... meaning, walls able to walk trough, water who wasn't Phantom anymore, stairs you could not climb, falling trough the floors and so on...

Homes and Residences Exhibition and Tradeshow will open his doors tonight from 11:00 am until 6:00 pm

I will pop in and say hello to everyone... and yes I'll dance away if permitted :-)
we all deserve some relaxed moments !


Here is a list of the Performers appearing on the Inworldz Grand Stage:
11 am ChelseaMarie Noel
12 pm Tip Corbett
1 pm Ichie Kamachi
2 pm Clairede Dirval
3 pm Zoree Jupiter
4 pm Prowess Rayna
5 pm Eliz Watanabe

Here is a list of the amazing talented builderz exhibiting and lot numbers:

Tenbears Running (00)-Ferrator Montoya (1)-Anyraya Braveheart (2)-Chas Dezno (3)-Julia Hathor (4)-Sunbeam Magic (5)-Duderz Lebowski (6)-Teal Freenote (7)-BigCity Mapholisto (8)-Tom Swift (9)-Kohkoh Baroque (10)-Mira Karu (11)-Thundercloud Kiama (12)-(13)Burning House(13)-Lamat Lisle (14)-Benski Trenkins (15)-Zauber Paracelsus (16)-Vickie Day (17)-Rosa Dagostino (18)-GaiusJulius CaesarAugustus (19)-Smokie Ember (20)-Divalin Magic (21)-Elin Egoyan (22)-Laetitia Aluveaux (23)-Blue Starsider (24)-Strand Starsider (25)-Maximillian-Svarovski (26)-Amaranthim Talon (27)-Alyvaral Aeghin (28)-Sunny Day (29)-Moon Satoshi(30)-Ambiant Kukulcan (31)-Rickina Hamelin (32 )-Bradd Laval (33)-Andromeda Wylder (34)-James Stuart (35)-Nyx Breen (36)-TIGGS Beaumont (37)-Thumpin Design (38)-ML Smith (39)-Lion Ewry (40)-Keira Alzael (41)

If you are a Inworldz habitant , you just must see all the fantastic buildings set up !
If not just join Inworldz (see on the right side of this blog how to log in).

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FACADE modern prefab building

It is time to come out of the closet ! I was very much busy making houses , learning how to use scripts in doors, linking, how the Lite Rezzer works and many other demons I had to fight :-)

For my small brain, it was a big effort, but knowing myself , I like to learn and don't give up that easily...So step by step I came to the end product and almost ready to sell my modern buildings !

Just in time to set up the store at the same time as the opening of the
'Homes & Residences Exhibit on the Inworldz Event SIMS. Another possibility we get from the founders to exhibit the many talents of the habitants.

So I proudly present you FACADE the new shop/brand I created !
Besides making clothes this gives me some more freedom and exploration to express imagination and be creative :-)

More info will follow next days for the opening on the 31st of August on the Event SIMS.
I also will unveil my work on this blog, slowly as usual :-)))))))))

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Money makes the world go around...

Liza Minelli did a great act :-) are we ?

On the Forum there is a big debat going on about Classifieds, how to get the best model for it . They talk about ranking system, stars, how much it will cost etc... but most of all how to get noticed first !

http://inworldz.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=9353

Sjeeeesh, I had to bite my tongue and keep my fingers under controle not to jump in and tell them what I think of all this pushing, paying , money spending and money making.

We do tend to become like Second Life, in spite that most people left that place and came to Inworldz for the new breeze and just be happy to create and have fun. If this world changes it is because the people are molding it to known human RL behavior... MONEY gain, prestige ego and I could say some more (ugly) things :-)


I do understand that as Inworldz grows, the cost for the founders will rise and after childhood periode, things want be for free anymore !
Like paying for the Classifieds, I agree, but for a random amount of money to get higher up or to get a star for your business, this is beyond my thinking of a Virtual World ! I pressume some people will do good business and earn RL money with it, but I guess they are in the minority.
A lot of small merchants just like me do it for fun and learning, just to have an outlet for their creativity, not to earn bucks with it !
As it progresses, those small fishes will have more cost than a win situation... and maybe in the long run they will give up and just enjoy Inworldz chatting and exploring but want put money in their business anymore. Maybe it will kill creativity for many and keep the big business (read money gainers) rule the (In) world (z) !
My two cents worth, I would keep it democratic and have a fixed price or a decent maximum, give everyone a chance to be in Classifieds alternate the list and keep it clean with no dead ends or wrong places. If not, I want spent that much to be in the high ranking position or to get a star... what the f**k this is not Real Life ! but a virtual gaming/playing world, if you want to earn $, open a webshop :-) why this place has to become a copy of the daily living... where money makes the world go around :-)

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Surprise, surprice ?

Yes indeed it is a real surprise for me, knowing that only about 6 people untill now have taken the groupgift for 1 I'Z... Is this a surprice ?


I can think of other possibilities why it has no succes !

1. 1 I'Z is too much to pay
2. The dress is ugly and I want spent that money
3. It is to complicated to get it.
3. I have no time to TP to that place to get it
4. I just clicked the group notice away without reading, so I don't really know
5. Maybe next notice I will pay attention but I hate SPAM
6. Or... I turned off all notices for that group
7. I want the easy way, why don't they just drop a box in the notices so I don't have to spent time getting it myself !
8. I'm sick of getting (almost) freebies, I want to spent some money !
9. Or the opposite, if I go get it, maybe the vendor expect me to buy something else, so I stay away.
10. I don't want to be registered in her account !

Well you see there could be many reasons why my business is not going as it should even with the groupgift ! This is a big surprise for me :-)
I can not compare the statistics of the past when the groupgift was for 0 I'Z...

The only thing I know is that there are more competitors 'dress designers' in Inworldz now, a lot to choose from and good quality too... So if I need to maintain , I'll have to come up with more quality products and better idea's :-)
I thank the people who DO LIKE what they see and take the groupgift or buy a dress or anything else, occasionally.

What I'll never do is stick my business in their throat by spamming with notices to read over and over again !
But meanwhile I'll read my quote on top of this blog once more and contemplate :-))))

Edit: for some reason the groupdiscount script stopped working, so no one could buy it !
I was wondering why the dress was not taken for 1 I'z :-)


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M!RAMODE Groupgift for August

Changes for Groupgift

Monthly Groupgift is set for 1 I'Z as a groupdiscount, this allows me to have hold on things , if a monthly gift was a succes and taken a lot or not at all.
I'm sure you want mind:-) For those who don't know how to get it from the vendor, I made an instruction panel. It is not complicated and if you have forgotten to wear your VIP M!RAMODE tag ,payed and didn't get the gift , your 1'Iz is payed back automatically ! Just read local chat and start over again with tag:-) Thank You for understanding !

Groupgift/Discount for August

Dear Vips, the groupgift is set out at the stores. You can come pick it up till next weekend, 14th of August. Please read the other message about the groupgift becoming a Group Discount for 1I'Z.
Indi is a lovely Indian Saree with many layers so you can play with it. The Juwelry is NOT included but you can buy for a small price :-)
I hope you like it, have fun !
Thank you for your support :-)
greetz Mira

M!RAMODE mainstore, Isle of Anu (111, 83, 21)
Bellissima Square, Bella (23, 80, 1101)
M!RAMODE, Amsterdam (86, 72, 21)

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M!RAMODE Cleopatra

Where do I get my inspiration ?
It depends on my mood and the things I come across :-)
Like for instance, the July groupgift skin from CMC ...
I rarely hunt for free things but for a skin I keep an eye on it :-)
So this time it was a bronze and luxery golden skin with glowing golden lips, suited for an exotic Queen to wear.
Queen you said ? where do we find real life exotic Queens these days ?
Who is the Queen of the Queens ? For me that's Cleopatra !
She did everything to have power, even married her brothers and had the most powerful men at her side and in her bed :-) But the story ended in suicide...but she still lives among us and is an inspiration for many artists !

Anyway, I just had the right textures stored in my map... and started... it took me awhile to complete the picture with a crown and juwels :-)

By the way, I had great fun making all of this, also the Advertisement pictures for the Allure Magazine and later on for the vendor (will be out soon).Who can say they were Cleopatra for a few days ! lol

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August Issue Allure Magazine

Open publication - Free publishing - More art

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Summer In Paris - Allure Modeling Agency

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zero+zero= o ?

Add 0 to 0 and the result will be zero, everyone knows that !
That's why it does not show up in our Inworldz account !

I really miss the 0 actions, oké, it does not add to anything,
but it is a good reference to see what happens when people take a gift or go for the monthly group donation.
I do have over 80 members in my group, and I 'Presume' a lot of them are comming to pick it up, but I'm in the dark about this because 0 transactions are not mentioned in the account. This is a pitty so you loose sight on things, logistics and business wise...in my opinion the 0 has a value more then just 0 in this case :-)

So I'm thinking of changing the 'group' script into a 'discount for members' script. This means I have to ask 1 I'Z to get it, almost for free and to overcome to get a dress. Still considering if I will pay back the 1 I'Z but by doing it, this gives me extra work on top of a donation :-)
For gifts at the shops or events etc.. the same thing... you never know if your contribution was a succes !
We have to deal with it and find another way to get info... to bad it will cost 1 I'Z...


Imprecise mathematical thinking is by no means unknown; however, we need to think more clearly if we are to keep out of confusions.

The introduction of zero into the decimal system will not be implemented lol

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Summer in Paris

Summer in Paris fashion show by Allure Modeling Agency

Time: July 23, 2011 from 2pm to 4pm
Location: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Bella/247/235/3022
Event Type: fashion, show
Organized By: Pebbles Somerset

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Hot Summer Nights - By Allure Modeling Agency

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New Fire Phlox Dress

A Few months ago we had the Euro Phlox party to test the new Phlox engine.
They asked us to wear as much we could on prims and scripts !
So I made a fire dress with a circle for the occasion :-)
As I have a lot to do lately and making dresses is somehow on the background, I decided to set it up for sale. It is for making fun, dancing and do other things with it like flying ( very nice effect ) or you can use your animation balls also when wearing the fire circle, but thàt I did not test.... :-) Oh no ! lol , but if you don't want to be on fire, just not wear it !


Also my business/shop is not running well at the moment, so the drive for making new stuff is not that big. Still I manage to make my groupmember gift each month and I know for sure my members are looking forward to get it every time :-) Last time I looked we are now with 80 people, not bad for a small business, but I do give nice things away, if I may say myself :-)
Well, it is a game and not so serieus taken or intended for the big bucks... I do not have to buy RL bread with it at the bakery :-) so I completely do not understand why IW merchants keep on giving adds sometimes 3x in different channels, it looks like spam ! I wonder if that helps for the sales rate of their shop ? Well, I know and you know by now also, I'm a lousy merchant ! So what ? If you enjoy getting dresses or even buy them and me making it, don't ask questions why I'm lousy ? :-)

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M!RAMODE Groupgift for July

Tomorrow I will set up the groupgift for July at all the stores. Please note that the shop at Farraige is no more ! Instead you can go also to AMSTERDAM or Bella or The Mainstore at Isle of Anu.
Go and get the dress tomorow till the 16th of this month, its a lovely purple flower-dress with collar and a gorgeous moving skirt :-) The Amethyst dress is one to have so don't miss this opportunity to get it... :-)

I hope you like it ! Have fun :-)

M!RAMODE mainstore, Isle of Anu (111, 83, 21)
Bellissima Square, Bella (23, 80, 1101)
M!RAMODE, Amsterdam (86, 72, 21)

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Octopus Fingers

Like I said many times, I like to mess up things when I am at my keyboard :-)
Obviously I'm not a piano player but sometimes you need to put your fingers on several keys at once. The one I mastered more or less (but not with one hand) is the Contr+alt+shift+r in the Inworldz viewer to trigger the radar to spot people nearby. I'll practice to get it all with my left hand lol ! I passed the memory phase already Sjeeessshhhhh !

But this time I was building and rotating a prim when I saw a ghost circle in the distance. Wanted to capture it with a snapshot but when you release one key you can not touch the other or when one is released... you can't do both.
Anyway I was greedy to touch all those keys at once :-) Wished I never did !!!

Suddenly I got all weird things on my screen. Panic entered my bloodstream and the pressure was rising to my head, thinking ai ai, what did I do, all goes down the drain ! All my objects will be errased or changed or will end up on a pile or end in the waste basket.
My sreen was filling with a kind of computer language and kept repeating all the time.
All I could think of was to pull out the plug and relogged... but the damn thing kept going, filling my screen like a hotfoot horse :-)

So I IMed someone to ask advice, and after saying a few words about the problem she spotted it immediatly. For some reason I had made a key combination to activate the 'debug console' a kind of diagnostic doctor. One click (unchecking) in the advanced menu stopped the whole lettergasm and highlighted prims :-)

oefff, what a relief knowing it was just a checked option I had unintentionally activated and will never forget where to look when I have the same thing... its burned into my brain !
Hm, I think I'm going to skip my piano lessons for awhile or keep my Octopus fingers under controle !
Experimenting without any knowledge is the worst teacher :-)
luckely the keys have no sound lol

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New Shop at Amsterdam

At the end of last week the Farraige Sim was sold, so I had to clean up the store and move out like everyone else :-) To keep me busy ( well I don't know what to do first , lol) I was looking for another store to set up. As I'm reading a lot on the Forum, I knew about some shops to rent.
So I ended up at AMSTERDAM, not far away from my own RL city...
Its the SIM of Constanza Amsterdam a very clever and active member of Inworldz ! If you come to the Wiki page, it is she who all organized it very well.
oh, I wish I had her brains lol !

For my customers, it's good to delete the old landmark of Farraige for the M!RAMODE shop and fill in the new one or take a look InWorldz and make you one :-) One less frustration of no current landmarks left in inventory or elsewhere :-)

the new one :

M!RAMODE, Amsterdam (86, 72, 21)

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