On April 20 the crew from the Barefoot Dreamers Grid stopped bye for a visit, Gabe and Hugga were very nice folks and it was a pleasure to meet them.
David7 Bravin: So let's get started... Greetings and welcome Everyone. This is another special Community meeting to continue considering the future of the 3RG Community. We have special visitors here today from Barefoot Dreamers Grid, who will be giving us a presentation. I would now like to welcome and introduce Huga.Bug and Gabe. Collingwood from Barefoot Dreamers Grid, who will be giving us a presentation. Please do not interrupt their presentation and keep any questions to the end - not forgetting to "Raise a Hand" first - and wait to be called.
Huga.Bug @login.barefoot-dreamers: thank you David
Gabe.Collingwood @login.barefoot-dreamers: thank you
Huga.Bug @login.barefoot-dreamers: Hello First I'd like to thank you for this opportunity to be here today. Gabe & I are the Owners of barefoot dreamers grid, Barefoot is a Dream grid which was created by Fred Bechausen who is also our tech support when needed. I run contabo servers that are based in the USA, they are Windows based as Dream is not designed for Linux, they are 2022 & i back up daily I also have backups offsite as well as with backups on contabo & my self. We do have events we range from 5-20 on any given event our top number was 35 for Gabes birthday & we can hold them all with no lag,we respect our residents privacy, as our residents come to relax & just take a break from all their creativity & other virtual world situations they may come into. What we can offer is a server for 3rd rock residents that is exclusive to you,comparable pricing, we have /use discord to get a hold of us 24/7 should you run into a situation, being a smaller grid we offer our personal touch I am very hands on. I have a great support team should we have any questions to keep our grid running smooth. We have an open door policy and we make ourselves available to all residents not just a select few.
I have been running barefoot dreamers for over 4 yrs now & I also feel it would be a win win situation with your residents & role play members you would have a home & we would grow. We are a smaller grid with loads of potential. We would like you to visit us & see what we have too offer. thank you again for this opportunity & your time.
David7 Bravin: Many thanks for that presentation Huga, Has anyone got a question ?
JayR Cela: several questions please / Your head Technician is Fred Ferguson ?... Who are or how many backup Techs...and how many Admins do you have ?
Huga.Bug @login.barefoot-dreamers: I run the servers if there is any major issues Fred helps get us back on track. I am the only one in the servers, Gabe Rayne & I are the staff since we are small. Fred Bechausen is his name.
Jedburgh Dagger: About how many regions do you currently host?
Huga.Bug @login.barefoot-dreamers: 93 total.
Lannorra Sion: I just have a comment. I have a non-commercial grid, Phantom Rose, that is also a DreamGrid. It came on line in Jan 2019 and has been running 24/7, since then with very little down time. I have the equivalent of 83 sims and I just want to say, I think DreamGrids are very successful. And a lot more robust than many people realize.
Huga.Bug @login.barefoot-dreamers: Thank you Lannora,we agree.
Alia Soulstar: Can i ask what the pricing would be for a dedicated server, what is its capacity regions/prims and what are the limits in terms of Var sizing?
Huga.Bug @login.barefoot-dreamers: yes one moment.
Huga.Bug @login.barefoot-dreamers: for 16 cores it is 266$usd,var sizing we have had 4 10x10's no issue. We also have had 2 farms no issues,the prims depending size go to 80000. There really is not a limit on prims on the regions that is just a base number
Alia Soulstar: right, so would we purchase the server and give you details of land allocation or would you just create our lands off your ratecard and poke them on that server?
Huga.Bug @login.barefoot-dreamers: we would purchase the server.
Alia Soulstar: yes, I meant hire it off you
Huga.Bug @login.barefoot-dreamers: we will place lands & place them accordingly.
Gabe.Collingwood @login.barefoot-dreamers: correct
Huga.Bug @login.barefoot-dreamers: yes Alia great question
David7 Bravin: and the pricing ?
Huga.Bug @login.barefoot-dreamers: for land? or server?
David7 Bravin: for both please
Alia Soulstar: ok so just to clarify, that $266 is the cost to us and we fill it though you?
Huga.Bug @login.barefoot-dreamers: 1x1 is 5$ 2x2 is 10$ 3x3 is 20$ 4x4 is 35$ 5x5 are 50$
David7 Bravin: Thanks
Ellemir Maven: This is just a follow to the server questing. For 266 a month, you add a sixteen core physical server to the grid, and that's just for our use (not shared with others) and we can have as many regions on there as we want (to some practical limit)
Gabe.Collingwood @login.barefoot-dreamers: yes
Huga.Bug @login.barefoot-dreamers: correct
Ellemir Maven: Based on the little I know about Dream Grid, if you lost your primary server, your approach for recovery would be to replace the server, reinstall Dreamgrid and then restore the backups. True?
Huga.Bug @login.barefoot-dreamers: yes
Georgina Mills: How many prims on the 1x1 2x2 3x3 etc? Avatar limits? How many avatars allowed?
Huga.Bug @login.barefoot-dreamers: all regions begin with 40,000 then can be added without extra fees, we can hold 35 with no lag.
Gabe.Collingwood @login.barefoot-dreamers: as many as you want
JayR Cela: Do you have a preferred physics engine or is this select able by the region owner - estate manager ?
Gabe.Collingwood @login.barefoot-dreamers: you can select it as you want or need .
Huga.Bug @login.barefoot-dreamers: as for engine if you have a preference you just let me know.
Alia Soulstar: What is your average daily traffic like Huga or Gabe? On non event days?
Huga.Bug @login.barefoot-dreamers: we get most of our traffic to our huge mall about 20+ daily
Alia Soulstar: and do you have a busy event calendar?
Huga.Bug @login.barefoot-dreamers: not at the moment we have 2 days week at moment
Gabe.Collingwood @login.barefoot-dreamers: we had a dj /resident pass away
Jedburgh Dagger: Because it is a topic on everyone's mind, do you have a contingency plan in case of incapacity or unavailability for the servers Gabe?
Gabe.Collingwood @login.barefoot-dreamers: yes we do,great question.
JayR Cela: how is event scheduling and posting them to the BFDreamers event calendar handled ?
Huga.Bug @login.barefoot-dreamers: rayne does our posting & makes sure calender is up to date
JayR Cela: posting trouble tickets on the BFDremers grids website is handled how ?
Gabe.Collingwood @login.barefoot-dreamers: you would use discord we have a help channel
Huga.Bug @login.barefoot-dreamers: I check those continuously through the day
Gabe.Collingwood @login.barefoot-dreamers: and other channels, we both have discord on our phones also to be reached.
JayR Cela: so is the posting of a trouble Ticket handled thru a Discord account or the BFDreamers website or both ?
Huga.Bug @login.barefoot-dreamers: both
Thoria Millgrove: Could you give a bit more background on your contingency planning? You have to understand that we are very sensitive to that here due to recent events
Huga.Bug @login.barefoot-dreamers: Gabe is my backup for the servers
Thoria Millgrove: Meaning he has full access to them if necessary?
Huga.Bug @login.barefoot-dreamers: Rayne is my right hand so if I were to become ill or an able to do my part they know how to run the gird, yes.
Gabe.Collingwood @login.barefoot-dreamers: yes
JayR Cela: I just want to say that for myself I find Discord can be a nightmare to get working properly / I must be behind the times.
Huga.Bug @login.barefoot-dreamers: JayR i use skype also.
JayR Cela: the point I was trying to make is 1 way to initiate a support ticket / the 1 standard properly supported way,not 2 or 3 or 4 ways.
Huga.Bug @login.barefoot-dreamers: discord is handled quickest, I use website for those who do not use discord.
Prim Ativ: Two Questions.... what are your thoughts on the community of barefoot dreamers socially integrating with 3rd Rock Grid? i.e. events, etc.
Gabe.Collingwood @login.barefoot-dreamers: I have no issues with that.
Huga.Bug @login.barefoot-dreamers: I feel we would fit well, as friendly as you all are & we are open & friendly they would welcome others to make barefoot their home.
Gabe.Collingwood @login.barefoot-dreamers: i see no problems.
Prim Ativ: Second...what do you feel you could bring to 3RG?
Gabe.Collingwood @login.barefoot-dreamers: a home
Huga.Bug @login.barefoot-dreamers: we could bring open end opportunities to grow, a place to flourish and keep your dreams moving forward.
JayR Cela: 3 questions on BFDremers grid policies .....
1. How do you deal with griefer attacks....
2. your policies on child like avatars......
3. copybotters or copybotted goods on your grid.
Huga.Bug @login.barefoot-dreamers: well we first would double check our securities that are in place, clean up their mess & block them all ways possible.
Huga.Bug @login.barefoot-dreamers: we have had some visitors that are small kids in families we do not put up with pedophilia in anyway
Huga.Bug @login.barefoot-dreamers: if they are residing on our grid all copy botters have been banned for use
Gabe.Collingwood @login.barefoot-dreamers: child avis are only allowed in certain areas
Huga.Bug @login.barefoot-dreamers: if the creators come to me & inform me of their product it are removed on the spot.
Han BoShi: Do you have any active RP on your grid? Any cultural facilities like our Nuna art gallery? Any educational regions, like our Blender courses?
Huga.Bug @login.barefoot-dreamers: not at this moment, we hope to grow to have those available to others if you are here you'd be the first.
Alia Soulstar: Well comment, not a question. I’d just like to thank Gabe and Huga for making this effort to come here today. It was kind of them and very appreciated. And what i’ve seen of their grid i can confirm what they say to be true—friendly people and a personal touch in how it is run. One of the nicer grids out there. :)
Gabe.Collingwood @login.barefoot-dreamers: thank you so much means a lot.
Huga.Bug @login.barefoot-dreamers: thank you that is very kind.
David7 Bravin: Huga and Gabe - Thanks again for your presentation and answering our questions. On behalf of everyone here, please accept our thanks for coming here today - much appreciated.
So my feelings so far from the 3 presentations were all positive, we still had 1 more to go before we needed to make a decision.
Story to continue in : My Virtual Life after 3rd Rock Grid's Closure : Part 5
JayR Cela :_)
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