Help needed for rebuilding a very special place called Riven
It had gone quiet since the issues that were going on over the past week, yet there doesn't seem to be many who are willing to help Erik Mouse with anything at this time and is unsure as to the reason why. At first, it would seem like the incidents of last week might have something to do with it, but some had said it could do with OS Grid being his choice for the location of his sims while possible help is residing on other grids. Though this might be true, the reason Erik Mouse has Open Sims on OS Grid is because he has another machine with a quad core processor, 16 GBs of RAM, and a TB of hard drive space that he uses as a server for hosting them on it which doesn't cost him anything to connect them into OS Grid, but the real reason is because he doesn't want to worry about the cost of another region on yet another grid while he is paying for Sunny Beach on Second Life and could again be paying for Riven if it returns on the new InWorldz grid that is said to be coming.
Speaking of which, it has been revealed sometime recently that the new grid will be called Islandz or IslandzVW, but it is still not live yet. And to make matters even worse, there had also just been some arguments in the grid's discord server in response to Elenia saying that we are going to come back to a fleet of mostly desert regions due to IP concerns. At the time, it looked and sounded like the reverse of "we restore ALL except from those who stated they did not want their stuff to go to 'another grid'" that had been stated to now what it appears to be stated as "We restore ONLY from who we got agreement" There has been talk of estates being disfigured because of this which is NOT what Elenia said would be saved and restored in the first place! She previous said "We restore, but filter on merchants who EXPLICITLY denied passing their stuff to a new grid", but NOW it sounds like she is saying "we filter ALL that is of other merchants also!" This continued with more arguments related to estates and regions coming back as deserts or what they would end up looking like vs IP concerns arguments.
It then led to questions such as "How if what they used to decorate the region will NOT be restored?" while beginning to see what the implications of "we filter more than those who explicitly did not agree" are now? How would you violate the rights of those who did NOT express their Big NO on forums to have their stuff in restored OAR"s on IW2? Those were the people who did not want it, and now it sounds like they are treating ALL the same and regions will look like deserts with all landscaping gone. From what had been seen, it appeared to look like it went from "opt out" (the 45 merchants) to "opt in" (ALL others) with no word in about a month. That is the point, Islandz will look like a collection of broken regions. The Riven you saw on InWorldz could be considered gone when it comes to landscaping and vegetation added over the years to make visitors comfy and enjoying and nice place to hangout in. That includes regions just made for all and with no rent revenues such as Tabor and Walton Bay or Sunny's memorial in Dolphin Cay, which were parts of the paid 2x2s on there.
Due to this going on with it sounding like they are going to come back to a mostly desert region and not sure what the state of Islandz would be, Erik Mouse and Lilly Mouse had gone and setup a region on OS Grid called Riven that is currently 3x3 in size. Since it is only a flowered meadow at this time with nothing on it, they most likely looking for anyone to help rebuild all that was lost with Riven on InWorldz. On top of that, they are also looking for help in building replacement Tiny avatars since there are still issues with the maker of dinkies as well as WynxWorks coming back to the replacement grid and aren't on OS Grid either. This is because they were using hamster tinies bought from WynxWorks on InWorldz with mouse tails in the back that you probably can't see in this picture to make them look like the mice they are supposed to be.
The reason Erik Mouse and Lilly Mouse need a lot of help rebuilding including building replacement Tiny avatars because Riven had been a very special place to them on InWorldz. It was not only used for a meeting place for private discussions with Becky Shamen, but a place of story based fantasy creation for possible role play and story writing. Another thing is the region's name Riven could be seen as short for Rivendell, the place of the elves in Middle Earth from Lord of the Rings. Even though Erik Mouse has Asperger's and is considered disabled, he has a lot of imagination that had led to Riven being a place to hangout for anyone who comes around and might want to get into role play. Since he is also considered disabled in a way that he has a limited income where he had been able to afford the region at the Elf Clan discount he had been getting over the months, the idea for the GoFundMe is still on the table to be setup if you are willing to help fund this project for anyone who feels they must be paid something in return for their time and help.
If you are a builder who can build and make almost anything on a grid including possible tiny avatars and components or know anyone who does and would be willing to help, even if you are willing to support and get out the message about the GoFundMe fundraiser when and if it ends up being needed later to raise funds, please Contact the Editor and let him know as any help here will be greatly appreciated as Riven has been a very special place to Erik Mouse. You can also send an email to erikmouse@mythicawoodland.com and he will get back to you to chat with you about what help you are able to provide him.
