Island Oasis 2014 News Archive
Updated January 14, 2014
The referral program is now going to kick off with a 90 day contest beginning in February and is called the Friends Bringing Friends contest. The contest will run from February 1st- April 30th. Everyone who brings at least 3 friends or more friends to Island Oasis who create a new account will earn money for their efforts. The more friends your bring the more money you make. Anyone who brings in 30 or more new verified accounts* to Island Oasis will be come eligible to win the Elite sim with 40,000 prim TIER FREE for 3 months. This prize drawing is $220 USD value. (set up fee and tier waived). Details will be available at the Welcome Zone.
*Accounts will be verified, since alt accounts do not qualify.
Posted December 28, 2014
Island Oasis is beginning a new paid referral program starting Sunday. If you are interested IO will be releasing the details in Island Oasis. There will be an informational sign at the welcome zone with all the details for existing IO residents, but in short this is a contest. The more friends you bring to IO earns you more $. While you are earning $ for all your referrals keep in mind that at the end of the contest a tier free Elite sim with 40,000 prim will be given out to a random winner. EVERYONE in Island Oasis is welcome to participate. Good luck to you all!
The referral program is now going to kick off with a 90 day contest beginning in February and is called the Friends Bringing Friends contest. The contest will run from February 1st- April 30th. Everyone who brings at least 3 friends or more friends to Island Oasis who create a new account will earn money for their efforts. The more friends your bring the more money you make. Anyone who brings in 30 or more new verified accounts* to Island Oasis will be come eligible to win the Elite sim with 40,000 prim TIER FREE for 3 months. This prize drawing is $220 USD value. (set up fee and tier waived). Details will be available at the Welcome Zone.
*Accounts will be verified, since alt accounts do not qualify.
Posted December 28, 2014
Island Oasis is beginning a new paid referral program starting Sunday. If you are interested IO will be releasing the details in Island Oasis. There will be an informational sign at the welcome zone with all the details for existing IO residents, but in short this is a contest. The more friends you bring to IO earns you more $. While you are earning $ for all your referrals keep in mind that at the end of the contest a tier free Elite sim with 40,000 prim will be given out to a random winner. EVERYONE in Island Oasis is welcome to participate. Good luck to you all!
December 21 Holiday Events on IO
Posted December 18, 2014
December 21st at 1pm Island Oasis will kick off its holiday events. Beginning at 1pm on the region Holiday Oasis, Will and Sophia Paolino will be hosting a Holiday Hunt with items and in world currency to be found in the holiday hunt gift bags.
3pm Live performer Mitch Triellis will be taking to the same in the same region. We do hope you will join us for the festivities.
December 21st at 1pm Island Oasis will kick off its holiday events. Beginning at 1pm on the region Holiday Oasis, Will and Sophia Paolino will be hosting a Holiday Hunt with items and in world currency to be found in the holiday hunt gift bags.
3pm Live performer Mitch Triellis will be taking to the same in the same region. We do hope you will join us for the festivities.
December 18, 5pm Land Owner Workshop
Posted December 18, 2014
ATTENTION LAND OWNERS & ESTATE MGRS
Damean and Will Paolino will be holding a workshop on Thursday (12/18) at 5pm IO time. It is STRONGLY encouraged that all Land Owners and Estate Managers attend. This is a workshop you can't afford to miss. It will be held at the Town Hall Meeting center.
Tutorials for Land Owners are available in the Video Tutorials section here on this website.
Teleport to the workshop
ATTENTION LAND OWNERS & ESTATE MGRS
Damean and Will Paolino will be holding a workshop on Thursday (12/18) at 5pm IO time. It is STRONGLY encouraged that all Land Owners and Estate Managers attend. This is a workshop you can't afford to miss. It will be held at the Town Hall Meeting center.
Tutorials for Land Owners are available in the Video Tutorials section here on this website.
Teleport to the workshop
December 7th TOWN HALL MEETING 1PM
Posted November 30, 2014
Please join Island Oasis Staff for its monthly Town Hall Meeting Live on Sunday December 7th at 1pm IO time (PST). The first Sunday of every month the staff of Island Oasis will bring you news and announcements from each department. Following that the floor will be opened to the general public for the residents to pose questions or bring up topics.
The Town Hall Meetings are conducted in voice. We ask you to turn your mic off during the meeting and limit typing in local chat to ONLY things relevant to topics we are covering. Once the floor is opened to the public, feel free to turn your mic on to speak.
Hope to see you there! Region - IO HQ.
Following the Town Hall Meeting IO staff will be hosting a Meet and Greet at the Java Joint. 4
Please join Island Oasis Staff for its monthly Town Hall Meeting Live on Sunday December 7th at 1pm IO time (PST). The first Sunday of every month the staff of Island Oasis will bring you news and announcements from each department. Following that the floor will be opened to the general public for the residents to pose questions or bring up topics.
The Town Hall Meetings are conducted in voice. We ask you to turn your mic off during the meeting and limit typing in local chat to ONLY things relevant to topics we are covering. Once the floor is opened to the public, feel free to turn your mic on to speak.
Hope to see you there! Region - IO HQ.
Following the Town Hall Meeting IO staff will be hosting a Meet and Greet at the Java Joint. 4
BLACK FRIDAY BOGO SIM SALE
Posted November 24, 2014
Island Oasis will be offering a Black Friday BOGO Sim Sale. This 24 hour only Black Friday Event begins Thursday at midnight and will run through Friday at midnight November 28, 2014. There are no set-up fees and the sales apply to the following region types:
$65 USD/mo - Elite Region with 40,000 prim limit - residential, full commercial. (malls, clubs, combat, racing, heavy scripts etc.)
$35.00 USD/mo - Economy Region with 15,000 prim limit - residential, very light commercial (one big store, 5 or less smaller stores)
$30.00 USD/mo - Educational Region with 15000 prim limit -educational use only (for accredited learning institutions, subject to verification
When you purchase any of the aforementioned region types you will receive the second one for FREE. This valuable offer is a package deal. (if you cancel one sim they both are cancelled). After 6 months of ownership you qualify for a ROAG- that is a Region Owner Appreciation Gift and qualifies you to choose either additional prim for your sim or 1 landscape region.
Log into your Island Oasis account and go to the Land Store to TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS LIMITED TIME SPECIAL OFFER.
Note: All prices are grandfathered in, so you will never see a price increase. The sim that you pay for will always have the FREE sim. If you cancel the paid sim, this will also cancel the free sim.
Island Oasis will be offering a Black Friday BOGO Sim Sale. This 24 hour only Black Friday Event begins Thursday at midnight and will run through Friday at midnight November 28, 2014. There are no set-up fees and the sales apply to the following region types:
$65 USD/mo - Elite Region with 40,000 prim limit - residential, full commercial. (malls, clubs, combat, racing, heavy scripts etc.)
$35.00 USD/mo - Economy Region with 15,000 prim limit - residential, very light commercial (one big store, 5 or less smaller stores)
$30.00 USD/mo - Educational Region with 15000 prim limit -educational use only (for accredited learning institutions, subject to verification
When you purchase any of the aforementioned region types you will receive the second one for FREE. This valuable offer is a package deal. (if you cancel one sim they both are cancelled). After 6 months of ownership you qualify for a ROAG- that is a Region Owner Appreciation Gift and qualifies you to choose either additional prim for your sim or 1 landscape region.
Log into your Island Oasis account and go to the Land Store to TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS LIMITED TIME SPECIAL OFFER.
Note: All prices are grandfathered in, so you will never see a price increase. The sim that you pay for will always have the FREE sim. If you cancel the paid sim, this will also cancel the free sim.
gRID oWNERS inVITE aLL TO dINNER nOV 27TH
Posted November 23, 2014
Sugar and Damean Paolino are opening their private virtual home tp the public and would like to cordially invite everyone to a virtual dinner Thursday, November 27th. This invitation is open to all, to those both celebrating Thanksgiving and to those who do not. Come fellowship and enjoy the virtual dinner surrounded by friendly faces.
Grid Maintenance Nov 4
Posted November 4, 2014
Island Oasis will be performing minor server maintenance this evening at 7pm IO time. The grid will be unavailable for approx 20 mins. Once logins are enabled please be patient if your home sim is not available yet. Thank You.
Island Oasis will be conducting a full grid maintenance scheduled beginning at 10am IO time (PST), Saturday Nov 8 and should take approximately 2 hours to complete.
Island Oasis will be performing minor server maintenance this evening at 7pm IO time. The grid will be unavailable for approx 20 mins. Once logins are enabled please be patient if your home sim is not available yet. Thank You.
Island Oasis will be conducting a full grid maintenance scheduled beginning at 10am IO time (PST), Saturday Nov 8 and should take approximately 2 hours to complete.
November 2nd Town Hall Meeting 1pm
Posted October 31, 2014
Please join Island Oasis Staff for its monthly Town Hall Meeting Live on Sunday November 2nd at 1pm IO time (PST). The first Sunday of every month the staff of Island Oasis will bring you news and announcements from each department. Following that the floor will be opened to the general public for the residents to pose questions or bring up topics.
The Town Hall Meetings are conducted in voice. We ask you to turn your mic off during the meeting and limit typing in local chat to ONLY things relevant to topics we are covering. Once the floor is opened to the public, feel free to turn your mic on to speak.
Hope to see you there! Region - IO HQ.
Following the Town Hall Meeting IO staff will be hosting a Meet and Greet at the Java Joint. 4
Please join Island Oasis Staff for its monthly Town Hall Meeting Live on Sunday November 2nd at 1pm IO time (PST). The first Sunday of every month the staff of Island Oasis will bring you news and announcements from each department. Following that the floor will be opened to the general public for the residents to pose questions or bring up topics.
The Town Hall Meetings are conducted in voice. We ask you to turn your mic off during the meeting and limit typing in local chat to ONLY things relevant to topics we are covering. Once the floor is opened to the public, feel free to turn your mic on to speak.
Hope to see you there! Region - IO HQ.
Following the Town Hall Meeting IO staff will be hosting a Meet and Greet at the Java Joint. 4
Oct 30th Events Over $15,000P in winnings
Posted October 29, 2014
Island Oasis would like to thank its many sponsors for contributing item and $P prizes to this year's 2nd Annual Corn Maze Race and Costume Contest. It is that sense of giving that make IO a true community! Again IO thank you!
GOLD LEVEL Sponsors
**Anonymous Donor***
Kat Ewry
Francisco Koolhoven
Dream Catcher
Blazin Phenix
Lastrites Morgridge
Nina Armeteo
Amara Mesaha
Cristal Triellis
Wizard Numanox
Alysin Darkstone
Nigel 5
Rhiannon McKenna
Farmers Daughter
GOLD LEVEL Sponsors
**Anonymous Donor***
Kat Ewry
Francisco Koolhoven
Dream Catcher
Blazin Phenix
Lastrites Morgridge
Nina Armeteo
Amara Mesaha
Cristal Triellis
Wizard Numanox
Alysin Darkstone
Nigel 5
Rhiannon McKenna
Farmers Daughter
SILVER LEVEL Sponsors
Erin Langer Candy Bar Froggie Pond Leah Karma Elena Martin Valeriana Weston |
BRONZE LEVEL Sponsors
AD Armeteo Gia Valentine Finn Lanziou Rettiset Gopheller Soren Miklos Alpha Male |
POsitive Change for IO
Updated Oct 23, 2014
IO is back up and we have people logging in. If you are still not able to, you need to give it more time. We have changed our domain host to a faster and more reliable host. The new host handles our website and our login domain. It has to change the domain for every part of the world so some places may take longer then others. See you all in IO.
Posted Oct 23, 2014
Island Oasis is in the process of switching our domain to a new host. This process can take up to 24 hours depending on where you live. Please be patient. We will post updates as they come available. This is a necessary but positive change for IO. Thank you for your understanding.
IO is back up and we have people logging in. If you are still not able to, you need to give it more time. We have changed our domain host to a faster and more reliable host. The new host handles our website and our login domain. It has to change the domain for every part of the world so some places may take longer then others. See you all in IO.
Posted Oct 23, 2014
Island Oasis is in the process of switching our domain to a new host. This process can take up to 24 hours depending on where you live. Please be patient. We will post updates as they come available. This is a necessary but positive change for IO. Thank you for your understanding.
IO Releases new Viewer
Posted Oct 15, 2014
IO has just released its new Viewer. The new IO viewer is available for download on the downloads page. The IO viewer is the only recommended viewer for the Island Oasis grid. You will still be able to use TPV (third party viewers), but we strongly urge using only the Island Oasis Viewer that has been built specifically for our grid.
The new viewer is based on the firestorm viewer and includes oculus rift support as well as has 4 options as seen in the lower right hand screen to customize the look and feel of your viewer. These options can be seen at viewer start up before you log in to the grid. In preferences you can even further customize the look and feel of your viewer to what best suits your tastes for your user interface.
DOWNLOAD VIEWER NOW
IO has just released its new Viewer. The new IO viewer is available for download on the downloads page. The IO viewer is the only recommended viewer for the Island Oasis grid. You will still be able to use TPV (third party viewers), but we strongly urge using only the Island Oasis Viewer that has been built specifically for our grid.
The new viewer is based on the firestorm viewer and includes oculus rift support as well as has 4 options as seen in the lower right hand screen to customize the look and feel of your viewer. These options can be seen at viewer start up before you log in to the grid. In preferences you can even further customize the look and feel of your viewer to what best suits your tastes for your user interface.
DOWNLOAD VIEWER NOW
IO to PARTICIPATE in eVENT oCT 25TH
Posted Oct 14, 2014
SAVE THE DATE: October 25th and join us in the virtual world of Island Oasis LLC for 24 hours of gaming in as part of this Extra Life event in support of Children's Miracle Network. If you are so inclined, please join our team. There is no donation to large or small. If you do not have funding to donate, please donate your time and share a link to our IO team page "Island Oasis VR gamers" and spread the word for a great cause!
Please join our team, share the link to our team page and join us in world. On the 25th stop in and participate in our hunt game. Search our Halloween sim for special pumpkins to earn $P. In addition to any funds collected through our Team page, there will be donation jars set out at the grid sponsored special events this month to collect extra funding. All in game donations will be to the Children's Miracle Network through the Extra Life fundraising to add to our Team total.
Visit our GRID CALENDAR for details.
October in world Events to Benefit CMN:
October 25th - Halloween Pumpkin Hunt
October 30th - Corn Maze Race
October 30th - Costume Contest
IO Announces new FB app, New Viewer and more
Updated October 10, 2014
If you missed attending October's Town Hall Meeting in world you can view it here: TOWN HALL MEETING VIDEO
Posted Oct 5, 2014
At today's Town Hall Meeting the Paolino's announced the facebook app for IO. The app is finished and Staff is currently beta testing the facebook app. The app is designed to work as a dashboard and communicator for Island oasis. When you log on to the FB app, you are actually logged on to the grid and can talk in IM with your friends and also talk in local chat. This will be a very handy application for those of you who may not have a strong internet connection, yet you still need to speak to others in world, check your balance, transactions, events, send money to another avatar etc. IO will soon announce when the app is ready for all IO users.
Another much anticipated announcement is that later this month Island Oasis will make available its dedicated IO viewer. The IO viewer will be the recommended viewer for the Island Oasis grid. You will still be able to use TPV (third party viewers), but we strongly urge using only the Island Oasis Viewer that has been built specifically for our grid. We are working with the firestorm viewer developers to have a custom viewer for Island Oasis. The viewer will be built on the firestorm base but, it will include oculus rift support.
IO is soon to roll out the newest version of OpenSimulator. Staff beta testing is complete and we are opening the grid up for resident testing this evening. Please notify Sugar, Damean or Sophia Paolino if you are interested in participating in the beta testing to get the information so that you can log on to the beta grid.
If you missed attending October's Town Hall Meeting in world you can view it here: TOWN HALL MEETING VIDEO
Posted Oct 5, 2014
At today's Town Hall Meeting the Paolino's announced the facebook app for IO. The app is finished and Staff is currently beta testing the facebook app. The app is designed to work as a dashboard and communicator for Island oasis. When you log on to the FB app, you are actually logged on to the grid and can talk in IM with your friends and also talk in local chat. This will be a very handy application for those of you who may not have a strong internet connection, yet you still need to speak to others in world, check your balance, transactions, events, send money to another avatar etc. IO will soon announce when the app is ready for all IO users.
Another much anticipated announcement is that later this month Island Oasis will make available its dedicated IO viewer. The IO viewer will be the recommended viewer for the Island Oasis grid. You will still be able to use TPV (third party viewers), but we strongly urge using only the Island Oasis Viewer that has been built specifically for our grid. We are working with the firestorm viewer developers to have a custom viewer for Island Oasis. The viewer will be built on the firestorm base but, it will include oculus rift support.
IO is soon to roll out the newest version of OpenSimulator. Staff beta testing is complete and we are opening the grid up for resident testing this evening. Please notify Sugar, Damean or Sophia Paolino if you are interested in participating in the beta testing to get the information so that you can log on to the beta grid.
Island Oasis comes on top in recent Grid Survey
Posted Oct 4, 2014
In a recent survey, which closed October 2, Island Oasis came out on top once the results of the survey were compiled. You can read the details here: IO on Top.
What is Surprising to the Paolino Staff of the grid is that they didn't even learn of the survey until 1 day before the survey ended. While Staff was hoping for a good result, the mere fact that they didn't have much time to even inform residents to ask them to go participate in the survey, beyond one single facebook post.
Damean Paolino, one of the co-founders of the grid will be participating in a
show October 5th in Second Life and will be discussing a myriad of facets about the grid Island Oasis, the success of the grid, its residents and more.
In a recent survey, which closed October 2, Island Oasis came out on top once the results of the survey were compiled. You can read the details here: IO on Top.
What is Surprising to the Paolino Staff of the grid is that they didn't even learn of the survey until 1 day before the survey ended. While Staff was hoping for a good result, the mere fact that they didn't have much time to even inform residents to ask them to go participate in the survey, beyond one single facebook post.
Damean Paolino, one of the co-founders of the grid will be participating in a
show October 5th in Second Life and will be discussing a myriad of facets about the grid Island Oasis, the success of the grid, its residents and more.
TOWN HALL MEETING SUNDAY OCT 5TH 1PM IOT (PST)
Updated Oct 5, 2014
The Town Hall meeting for today has been pushed back one half our and will begin at 1:30pm instead of 1:00pm. We apologize for any inconvenience this rescheduling may cause.
Posted Oct 4, 2014
Please join Island Oasis Staff for its monthly Town Hall Meeting Live on Sunday September 14th at 1pm IO time (PST). The first Sunday of every month the staff of Island Oasis will bring you news and announcements from each department. Following that the floor will be opened to the general public for the residents to pose questions or bring up topics.
The Town Hall Meetings are conducted in voice. We ask you to turn your mic off during the meeting and limit typing in local chat to ONLY things relevant to topics we are covering. Once the floor is opened to the public, feel free to turn your mic on to speak.
Hope to see you there! Region - IO HQ.
The Town Hall meeting for today has been pushed back one half our and will begin at 1:30pm instead of 1:00pm. We apologize for any inconvenience this rescheduling may cause.
Posted Oct 4, 2014
Please join Island Oasis Staff for its monthly Town Hall Meeting Live on Sunday September 14th at 1pm IO time (PST). The first Sunday of every month the staff of Island Oasis will bring you news and announcements from each department. Following that the floor will be opened to the general public for the residents to pose questions or bring up topics.
The Town Hall Meetings are conducted in voice. We ask you to turn your mic off during the meeting and limit typing in local chat to ONLY things relevant to topics we are covering. Once the floor is opened to the public, feel free to turn your mic on to speak.
Hope to see you there! Region - IO HQ.
TOWN HALL MEETING SUNDAY Sept 14th 1PM IOT (PST)
Posted Sept 13, 2014
Please join Island Oasis Staff for its monthly Town Hall Meeting Live on Sunday September 14th at 1pm IO time (PST). The first Sunday of every month the staff of Island Oasis will bring you news and announcements from each department. Following that the floor will be opened to the general public for the residents to pose questions or bring up topics.
The Town Hall Meetings are conducted in voice. We ask you to turn your mic off during the meeting and limit typing in local chat to ONLY things relevant to topics we are covering. Once the floor is opened to the public, feel free to turn your mic on to speak.
Hope to see you there! Region - IO HQ.
Please join Island Oasis Staff for its monthly Town Hall Meeting Live on Sunday September 14th at 1pm IO time (PST). The first Sunday of every month the staff of Island Oasis will bring you news and announcements from each department. Following that the floor will be opened to the general public for the residents to pose questions or bring up topics.
The Town Hall Meetings are conducted in voice. We ask you to turn your mic off during the meeting and limit typing in local chat to ONLY things relevant to topics we are covering. Once the floor is opened to the public, feel free to turn your mic on to speak.
Hope to see you there! Region - IO HQ.
MAINLAND ADDS COASTAL PARCELS FOR SALE
Posted August 21, 2014
Recently Island Oasis added on mainland in response to residents who expressed an interest in land ownership, yet who were not looking for an entire sim. After the opening the general feedback was split about 50-50 with residents looking for inland mainland and residents looking for coastal mainland. The 1/4 sim mainland parcels are now available for purchase through IO's Land Store.
TELEPORT NOW TO VISIT THE COASTAL AREA FOR SALE
Recently Island Oasis added on mainland in response to residents who expressed an interest in land ownership, yet who were not looking for an entire sim. After the opening the general feedback was split about 50-50 with residents looking for inland mainland and residents looking for coastal mainland. The 1/4 sim mainland parcels are now available for purchase through IO's Land Store.
TELEPORT NOW TO VISIT THE COASTAL AREA FOR SALE
MAINLAND is OPen for PUrchase of 1/4 sims Aug 1st
Posted July 31, 2014
Many residents have expressed a desire to own land yet have stated they don't actually need an entire region. Island Oasis new Mainland is available for purchase through the Land Store, where you would normally go to buy an entire region.
As of tomorrow morning, August 1, 2014 Island Oasis will be opening the option to purchase Mainland. The mainland will be completely residential to foster a sense of community and will be available for purchase only as 1/4 sims. This affordable purchase option will be available through our Land Store for only $11USD/month.
Island Oasis will not be churning out regions just for the sake of inflating numbers of regions on the grid that are not occupied. Instead, the Mainland will begin with smaller number of regions and will only add on as needed. Keeping the integrity of our accurate numbers is very important to Island Oasis Staff.
How this works is after you have purchased your 1/4 land ownership, you will then be directed to the mainland area to pick your own parcel. The parcels are not assigned to allow for flexibility of residents wishes of which 1/4 sim parcel they would like to claim. Once a resident has picked their parcel they can then claim ownership of it with land ownership rights such as setting the about land settings, and even terraforming.
Residents will even have the added bonus of being able to move whenever they want. As long as the 1/4 is paid for they can abandon the parcel they are currently on and simply choose a new one. This added benefit will make it easier for friends to have locations near one another without feeling stuck where they first chose their 1/4 sim.
Staff of Island Oasis will cover mainland FAQ during the Aug 3rd Town Hall meeting on Sunday and open the floor for questions, should anyone have them. If you have questions before the Town Hall Meeting feel free to drop a notecard into one of the staff mailboxes at the Welcome Zone.
Many residents have expressed a desire to own land yet have stated they don't actually need an entire region. Island Oasis new Mainland is available for purchase through the Land Store, where you would normally go to buy an entire region.
As of tomorrow morning, August 1, 2014 Island Oasis will be opening the option to purchase Mainland. The mainland will be completely residential to foster a sense of community and will be available for purchase only as 1/4 sims. This affordable purchase option will be available through our Land Store for only $11USD/month.
Island Oasis will not be churning out regions just for the sake of inflating numbers of regions on the grid that are not occupied. Instead, the Mainland will begin with smaller number of regions and will only add on as needed. Keeping the integrity of our accurate numbers is very important to Island Oasis Staff.
How this works is after you have purchased your 1/4 land ownership, you will then be directed to the mainland area to pick your own parcel. The parcels are not assigned to allow for flexibility of residents wishes of which 1/4 sim parcel they would like to claim. Once a resident has picked their parcel they can then claim ownership of it with land ownership rights such as setting the about land settings, and even terraforming.
Residents will even have the added bonus of being able to move whenever they want. As long as the 1/4 is paid for they can abandon the parcel they are currently on and simply choose a new one. This added benefit will make it easier for friends to have locations near one another without feeling stuck where they first chose their 1/4 sim.
Staff of Island Oasis will cover mainland FAQ during the Aug 3rd Town Hall meeting on Sunday and open the floor for questions, should anyone have them. If you have questions before the Town Hall Meeting feel free to drop a notecard into one of the staff mailboxes at the Welcome Zone.
TOWN HALL MEETING Sunday Aug 3rd 1pm IOT (PST)
Posted July 31, 2014
Please join Island Oasis Staff for its monthly Town Hall Meeting Live on Sunday August 3rd at 1pm IO time (PST).The first Sunday of every month the staff of Island Oasis will bring you news and announcements from each department. Following that the floor will be opened to the general public for the residents to pose questions or bring up topics.
The Town Hall Meetings are conducted in voice. We ask you to turn your mic off during the meeting and limit typing in local chat to ONLY things relevant to topics we are covering. Once the floor is opened to the public, feel free to turn your mic on to speak.
Hope to see you there! Region - IO HQ.
If you cannot attend the Town Hall Meeting will be recorded for residents to view at a later date.
Please join Island Oasis Staff for its monthly Town Hall Meeting Live on Sunday August 3rd at 1pm IO time (PST).The first Sunday of every month the staff of Island Oasis will bring you news and announcements from each department. Following that the floor will be opened to the general public for the residents to pose questions or bring up topics.
The Town Hall Meetings are conducted in voice. We ask you to turn your mic off during the meeting and limit typing in local chat to ONLY things relevant to topics we are covering. Once the floor is opened to the public, feel free to turn your mic on to speak.
Hope to see you there! Region - IO HQ.
If you cannot attend the Town Hall Meeting will be recorded for residents to view at a later date.
Grid Maintenance
Updated July 15, 2014
11:58pm IOT
Grid maintenance has been completed much sooner than anticipated. You may log back into IO.
Posted July 15, 2014
9:48pm IOT
Island Oasis will be conducting grid maintenance at 10pm IOT. It will take about 2 hours and IO should be back up and running. Please check our facebook for updates.
11:58pm IOT
Grid maintenance has been completed much sooner than anticipated. You may log back into IO.
Posted July 15, 2014
9:48pm IOT
Island Oasis will be conducting grid maintenance at 10pm IOT. It will take about 2 hours and IO should be back up and running. Please check our facebook for updates.
Grid Maintenance
Posted July 8, 2014
Island Oasis will be conducting grid maintenance at approximately 9pm IOT The duration of the maintenance is expected to be approx 60 minutes, during which time log ins will be disabled. All residents will be able to log in again after the completion of the maintenance.
Island Oasis will be conducting grid maintenance at approximately 9pm IOT The duration of the maintenance is expected to be approx 60 minutes, during which time log ins will be disabled. All residents will be able to log in again after the completion of the maintenance.
News from July Town Hall Meeting
Updated July 6, 2014
IO Waives Set Up Fees
Island Oasis would like to remain competitive and to continue to be a viable option for those seeking a virtual world presence. In response to this we have chosen to waive their customary set up fee for the foreseeable future and as such has already taken the set up fees off the purchase of any new region.
Mainland Coming
As of August 1, 2014 Island Oasis will be rolling out Mainland. The mainland will be completely residential to foster a sense of community and will be available for purchase only as 1/4 sims. This affordable purchase option will be available through our Land Store for only $11USD/month.
Island Oasis will not be churning out regions just for the sake of inflating numbers of regions on the grid that are not occupied. Instead, the Mainland will begin with smaller number of regions and will only add on as needed. Keeping the integrity of our accurate numbers is very important to Island Oasis Staff.
Free parcels for all
Any member of Island Oasis new or old may claim a free parcel for a total of 60 days. It is tracked by 7 day increments based on the rental boxes. Starting Aug 1st, 2014 is when this new limit will start. As of Aug 1st all new and existing free land members will start their 60 days. You do not have to use your 60 days consecutively, but once they are used you will no longer be eligible to have a free parcel. At the end of your 60 days there will be other options for you if you so choose (buy a sim, buy a mainland parcel, rent or buy from a private member, be part of the Island Oasis staff ...etc) If you have further questions please leave Sugar Paolino a note card in her mailbox at the welcome zone.
IO Forum Migrating to Main Site
The Forums that are currently available on this news and information site will be moving to the main sign up site where you first created an account. We encourage residents to interact with each other and grow the Forums knowledge base member community. The current Forum will remain in place until July 31st. Meanwhile, the new IO Forums will be available before August 1st and IO will sending out in-world notices as well as updating here and on facebook. This will give the current Forum Members time to join the new IO Forum.
This site will remain your source for all IO Official News, Announcements, Tutorials and more.
Updated July 5, 2014
Make sure to arrive approximately 10-15 minutes early, to get all settled in before the meeting begins.
Posted June 18, 2014
Island Oasis will hold its July Town Hall Meeting on July 6th at 1pm IO time (PST) and is open to public. The first Sunday of every month the staff of Island Oasis will bring you news and announcements from each department. Following that the floor will be opened to the general public for the residents to pose questions or bring up topics.
The Town Hall Meetings are conducted in voice. We ask you to turn your mic off during the meeting and limit typing in local chat to ONLY things relevant to topics we are covering. Once the floor is opened to the public, feel free to turn your mic on to speak.
Hope to see you there! Region - IO HQ.
IO Waives Set Up Fees
Island Oasis would like to remain competitive and to continue to be a viable option for those seeking a virtual world presence. In response to this we have chosen to waive their customary set up fee for the foreseeable future and as such has already taken the set up fees off the purchase of any new region.
Mainland Coming
As of August 1, 2014 Island Oasis will be rolling out Mainland. The mainland will be completely residential to foster a sense of community and will be available for purchase only as 1/4 sims. This affordable purchase option will be available through our Land Store for only $11USD/month.
Island Oasis will not be churning out regions just for the sake of inflating numbers of regions on the grid that are not occupied. Instead, the Mainland will begin with smaller number of regions and will only add on as needed. Keeping the integrity of our accurate numbers is very important to Island Oasis Staff.
Free parcels for all
Any member of Island Oasis new or old may claim a free parcel for a total of 60 days. It is tracked by 7 day increments based on the rental boxes. Starting Aug 1st, 2014 is when this new limit will start. As of Aug 1st all new and existing free land members will start their 60 days. You do not have to use your 60 days consecutively, but once they are used you will no longer be eligible to have a free parcel. At the end of your 60 days there will be other options for you if you so choose (buy a sim, buy a mainland parcel, rent or buy from a private member, be part of the Island Oasis staff ...etc) If you have further questions please leave Sugar Paolino a note card in her mailbox at the welcome zone.
IO Forum Migrating to Main Site
The Forums that are currently available on this news and information site will be moving to the main sign up site where you first created an account. We encourage residents to interact with each other and grow the Forums knowledge base member community. The current Forum will remain in place until July 31st. Meanwhile, the new IO Forums will be available before August 1st and IO will sending out in-world notices as well as updating here and on facebook. This will give the current Forum Members time to join the new IO Forum.
This site will remain your source for all IO Official News, Announcements, Tutorials and more.
Updated July 5, 2014
Make sure to arrive approximately 10-15 minutes early, to get all settled in before the meeting begins.
Posted June 18, 2014
Island Oasis will hold its July Town Hall Meeting on July 6th at 1pm IO time (PST) and is open to public. The first Sunday of every month the staff of Island Oasis will bring you news and announcements from each department. Following that the floor will be opened to the general public for the residents to pose questions or bring up topics.
The Town Hall Meetings are conducted in voice. We ask you to turn your mic off during the meeting and limit typing in local chat to ONLY things relevant to topics we are covering. Once the floor is opened to the public, feel free to turn your mic on to speak.
Hope to see you there! Region - IO HQ.
Island Oasis adds Starting Avatars
Posted June 22, 2014
Island Oasis has had 4 base starting avatars, offering light and dark skin male and female avatars. Thanks to the members of the Special Projects Team (Sierra Cheri, Kiko Kenichi, Alysin Darkstone and Subzero Paolino) Island Oasis now has 11 additional starting avatars to choose from. There is now and Elven male and female, Furry male and female, Goth male and female, Neko male and female, Vampire male and female and a unisex Robot avatar.
While the original base avatars are still available the additional 11 will give new residents a much larger variety of genres to choose from.
Island Oasis has had 4 base starting avatars, offering light and dark skin male and female avatars. Thanks to the members of the Special Projects Team (Sierra Cheri, Kiko Kenichi, Alysin Darkstone and Subzero Paolino) Island Oasis now has 11 additional starting avatars to choose from. There is now and Elven male and female, Furry male and female, Goth male and female, Neko male and female, Vampire male and female and a unisex Robot avatar.
While the original base avatars are still available the additional 11 will give new residents a much larger variety of genres to choose from.
SUMMER SIM SALE 1 WEEK ONLY BEGINNING JUNE 1
Updated June 2, 2014
If you currently own a lower prim sim you may also upgrade your sim to take advantage of this sim sale. See full article below for more info.
If you currently own a lower prim sim you may also upgrade your sim to take advantage of this sim sale. See full article below for more info.
2nd Annual Career Day Job Fair
Posted June 2, 2014
2nd Annual Career Day Job Fair 2014
When: June 7th & 8th ALL DAY
Who May Participate: Anyone
The Marketing Dept Cordially invites you to its 2nd Annual Career Day Job Fair. Matching potential employers with employees. No cost to participate as a potential employer or applicant.
Anyone HIRING in-world Staff can participate freely and will be able to claim booth & have their logo or image to represent their Business. Booths are set up to function without your 24/7 presence, but we ask that you try have someone there to represent your business when possible. The booths are already functional with an application giver and a dropbox to receive the completed application. You may use the default application or add your job title and description to the top if the application notecard. Come participate and let the residents of the grid know you are here!
Anyone SEEKING in-world employment is a good opportunity to see the variety of in-world available positions and who is hiring for what Business.
Contact Sophia Paolino to claim a booth to represent your business and set up your booth. All Booths will remain for an additional day after the Event. Booths are already up and ready for applicants, come check it out!
2nd Annual Career Day Job Fair 2014
When: June 7th & 8th ALL DAY
Who May Participate: Anyone
The Marketing Dept Cordially invites you to its 2nd Annual Career Day Job Fair. Matching potential employers with employees. No cost to participate as a potential employer or applicant.
Anyone HIRING in-world Staff can participate freely and will be able to claim booth & have their logo or image to represent their Business. Booths are set up to function without your 24/7 presence, but we ask that you try have someone there to represent your business when possible. The booths are already functional with an application giver and a dropbox to receive the completed application. You may use the default application or add your job title and description to the top if the application notecard. Come participate and let the residents of the grid know you are here!
Anyone SEEKING in-world employment is a good opportunity to see the variety of in-world available positions and who is hiring for what Business.
Contact Sophia Paolino to claim a booth to represent your business and set up your booth. All Booths will remain for an additional day after the Event. Booths are already up and ready for applicants, come check it out!
Summer Sim Sale 1 week only Beginning June 1
Posted May 30, 2014
Island Oasis is having their HUGE SUMMER SIM SPECIAL for 1 week only. Starting Sunday June 1st all Elite sims will be selling for the spectacular price of only $50.00 a month with NO... let me repeat that... NO set up fees. Our Elite sims are 40,000 prim sims with FULL estate rights. You also will have access to our amazing Land Owner Power Tools. Here are some of the fantastic perks for Island Oasis residents.
* Cash Back Stimulus Payments
* No fees for partnering, groups, classifieds, uploads or imports or taking inworld pictures!
* Inventory Backups
* Offline messaging system
* Region Owner Appreciation Gift (ROAG- Choice of bonus prim or landscape sim)
* Land Owner Stipends
* Land Owner Power Tools:
* Restarting your own Sim on demand
* Saving multiple backs ups of your Sim
* Restoring your own backups
* Scheduling recurring restarts
* Marketplace
and Soooo much more. Stop in Island Oasis today to take advantage of our great prices and perks. See you all in Island Oasis.
Visit our Land Store to order a sim on this sale beginning on June 1st.
Island Oasis is having their HUGE SUMMER SIM SPECIAL for 1 week only. Starting Sunday June 1st all Elite sims will be selling for the spectacular price of only $50.00 a month with NO... let me repeat that... NO set up fees. Our Elite sims are 40,000 prim sims with FULL estate rights. You also will have access to our amazing Land Owner Power Tools. Here are some of the fantastic perks for Island Oasis residents.
* Cash Back Stimulus Payments
* No fees for partnering, groups, classifieds, uploads or imports or taking inworld pictures!
* Inventory Backups
* Offline messaging system
* Region Owner Appreciation Gift (ROAG- Choice of bonus prim or landscape sim)
* Land Owner Stipends
* Land Owner Power Tools:
* Restarting your own Sim on demand
* Saving multiple backs ups of your Sim
* Restoring your own backups
* Scheduling recurring restarts
* Marketplace
and Soooo much more. Stop in Island Oasis today to take advantage of our great prices and perks. See you all in Island Oasis.
Visit our Land Store to order a sim on this sale beginning on June 1st.
JUNE tOWN hALL mEETING
Posted May 26, 2014
Island Oasis will hold its June Town Hall Meeting on Sunday June 1st at 1pm IO time (PST) and is open to public. The first Sunday of every month the staff of Island Oasis will bring you news and announcements from each department. Following that the floor will be opened to the general public for the residents to pose questions or bring up topics.
The Town Hall Meetings are conducted in voice. We ask you to turn your mic off during the meeting and limit typing in local chat to ONLY things relevant to topics we are covering. Once the floor is opened to the public, feel free to turn your mic on to speak.
Hope to see you there! Region - IO HQ.
NOTE: Meetings will no longer be video recorded due to the high number of other grids attempting to duplicate what we are doing here in IO and having access to our grid announcements without ever having to log into the grid. We are here for YOU, our residents to make a terrific grid for YOU, not to be a template for others attempting to open or run a grid.
Island Oasis will hold its June Town Hall Meeting on Sunday June 1st at 1pm IO time (PST) and is open to public. The first Sunday of every month the staff of Island Oasis will bring you news and announcements from each department. Following that the floor will be opened to the general public for the residents to pose questions or bring up topics.
The Town Hall Meetings are conducted in voice. We ask you to turn your mic off during the meeting and limit typing in local chat to ONLY things relevant to topics we are covering. Once the floor is opened to the public, feel free to turn your mic on to speak.
Hope to see you there! Region - IO HQ.
NOTE: Meetings will no longer be video recorded due to the high number of other grids attempting to duplicate what we are doing here in IO and having access to our grid announcements without ever having to log into the grid. We are here for YOU, our residents to make a terrific grid for YOU, not to be a template for others attempting to open or run a grid.
Island Oasis Meet & Greet Tuesday Changed to Fridays
Updated May 22, 2014
Island Oasis will have a recurring Meet and Greet twice every Friday. The morning Meet and Greet will be at 8am and the evening Meet and Greet will be at 6pm. We hope to accommodate a large variety of time zones by hosting this event at the different times. Hope to see you there!
Posted May 19, 2014
IO is hosting new social hour at the Java Joint called the Meet & Greet. For those of you who are new or who would like to make new friends, come on down to the Java Joint Tuesday at 8am IO time and/or 6pm IO time. It will last about 1 hour. Sugar and Damean Paolino will there to hang out with and to make new friends. See you all at the Java Joint located in the region Island Oasis.
Feel welcome to attend this standing weekly social event each Tuesday.
Island Oasis will have a recurring Meet and Greet twice every Friday. The morning Meet and Greet will be at 8am and the evening Meet and Greet will be at 6pm. We hope to accommodate a large variety of time zones by hosting this event at the different times. Hope to see you there!
Posted May 19, 2014
IO is hosting new social hour at the Java Joint called the Meet & Greet. For those of you who are new or who would like to make new friends, come on down to the Java Joint Tuesday at 8am IO time and/or 6pm IO time. It will last about 1 hour. Sugar and Damean Paolino will there to hang out with and to make new friends. See you all at the Java Joint located in the region Island Oasis.
Feel welcome to attend this standing weekly social event each Tuesday.
Island Oasis Changes ISP
Grid Log-Ins DISABLED DURING the change over
Updated May 14, 2013
We did not change our ISP because on the day of installation there were so many issues with that company that we decided to keep what we had. So nothing has changed. There seems to be gossip going around that we did a software update and changed our ISP. There was no change at all, nor was there ever a proposed update to software. The change was a proposed change with our Internet Service Provider (ISP), which did not occur since IO always keeps what is in the best interest of its residents in mind.
If you are having any issues please make sure you report them. The Paolino's are here every day to help with any issues. If you do not report them then we don't know there is a issue to fix.
We sincerely apologize that we did not post that IO had not changed its ISP.
Updated May 7, 2014
Logins are still enabled as well proceed with the change over. We are still working on the changeover . We will post updates on facebook.
Posted May 6, 2014
LOGINS DISABLED APPROX 11am-6pm Wednesday, May 7th
Island Oasis currently uses Time Warner Cable as our ISP (Internet Service Provider) for grid connectivity. Effective Wednesday May 7th, we will be switching from Time Warner Cable to AT&T. The changeover will begin sometime between 11am and 1pm Central time (IOT +2 hours). As a result of the ISP changeover we will have to make a change to the domain that is used to connect to the grid. The domain change will take some time to propagate across the Internet therefore, during that time our residents will be unable to connect to the grid . Thus, for the two phases of changing the ISP, then changing the domain name we will see an outage of approximately 8 hours.
During this time it will be necessary to disable log-ins for residents. A conservative estimate means from approximately 11am to potentially 6pm residents will not be able to log in. We will allow logins as long as we can in the morning and will announce as soon as logins have been enabled again in the evening.
Updates and announcements will be posted via Facebook and Twitter periodically throughout the process.
We are pleased to have an arrangement with AT&T that will leave IO with a faster and more stable connection than what Time Warner was able to provide in the past. We thank you for your patience and understanding as we make this important change.
We did not change our ISP because on the day of installation there were so many issues with that company that we decided to keep what we had. So nothing has changed. There seems to be gossip going around that we did a software update and changed our ISP. There was no change at all, nor was there ever a proposed update to software. The change was a proposed change with our Internet Service Provider (ISP), which did not occur since IO always keeps what is in the best interest of its residents in mind.
If you are having any issues please make sure you report them. The Paolino's are here every day to help with any issues. If you do not report them then we don't know there is a issue to fix.
We sincerely apologize that we did not post that IO had not changed its ISP.
Updated May 7, 2014
Logins are still enabled as well proceed with the change over. We are still working on the changeover . We will post updates on facebook.
Posted May 6, 2014
LOGINS DISABLED APPROX 11am-6pm Wednesday, May 7th
Island Oasis currently uses Time Warner Cable as our ISP (Internet Service Provider) for grid connectivity. Effective Wednesday May 7th, we will be switching from Time Warner Cable to AT&T. The changeover will begin sometime between 11am and 1pm Central time (IOT +2 hours). As a result of the ISP changeover we will have to make a change to the domain that is used to connect to the grid. The domain change will take some time to propagate across the Internet therefore, during that time our residents will be unable to connect to the grid . Thus, for the two phases of changing the ISP, then changing the domain name we will see an outage of approximately 8 hours.
During this time it will be necessary to disable log-ins for residents. A conservative estimate means from approximately 11am to potentially 6pm residents will not be able to log in. We will allow logins as long as we can in the morning and will announce as soon as logins have been enabled again in the evening.
Updates and announcements will be posted via Facebook and Twitter periodically throughout the process.
We are pleased to have an arrangement with AT&T that will leave IO with a faster and more stable connection than what Time Warner was able to provide in the past. We thank you for your patience and understanding as we make this important change.
May Town Hall Meeting
Posted April 30, 2014
Island Oasis will hold its May Town Hall Meeting on Sunday May 4th at 1pm IO time (PST) and is open to public. The first Sunday of every month the staff of Island Oasis will bring you news and announcements from each department. Following that the floor will be opened to the general public for the residents to pose questions or bring up topics.
The Town Hall Meetings are conducted in voice. We ask you to turn your mic off during the meeting and limit typing in local chat to ONLY things relevant to topics we are covering. Once the floor is opened to the public, feel free to turn your mic on to speak.
Hope to see you there! Region - IO HQ.
Island Oasis will hold its May Town Hall Meeting on Sunday May 4th at 1pm IO time (PST) and is open to public. The first Sunday of every month the staff of Island Oasis will bring you news and announcements from each department. Following that the floor will be opened to the general public for the residents to pose questions or bring up topics.
The Town Hall Meetings are conducted in voice. We ask you to turn your mic off during the meeting and limit typing in local chat to ONLY things relevant to topics we are covering. Once the floor is opened to the public, feel free to turn your mic on to speak.
Hope to see you there! Region - IO HQ.
viDEO tUTORIALS
Posting April 8, 2014
Island Oasis is adding more tutorials to the Tutorials page. The latest installment is Creating an Inventory Backup. This brief video tutorial takes you from start to finish of creating an encrypted, compressed file containing all of your inventory data that you can save to your hard drive.
In the event that you encounter inventory issues or accidentally delete items from your inventory, you can email this file to our support desk '[email protected]' and request to have your entire inventory or a specific inventory item restored from the backup.
View Tutorial Now
Island Oasis is adding more tutorials to the Tutorials page. The latest installment is Creating an Inventory Backup. This brief video tutorial takes you from start to finish of creating an encrypted, compressed file containing all of your inventory data that you can save to your hard drive.
In the event that you encounter inventory issues or accidentally delete items from your inventory, you can email this file to our support desk '[email protected]' and request to have your entire inventory or a specific inventory item restored from the backup.
View Tutorial Now
New tool for All Residents
Posted April 4, 2014
There is now a new tool for all residents to use which will leave residents feeling confident regarding their Inventory. A resident's inventory is the items that your avatar has ownership of. Whether its gifts, items you have purchased or created it is all a part of the items your avatar has access to. It is the collection of images, avatar parts, accessories & clothing, objects, scripts, landmark, notecards and more.
Thanks to our Co-Founder, Damean Paolino, Island Oasis now provides an Inventory Backup tool for their residents.
To request an encrypted backup of your inventory, please log in to your account at the IO website and from the left of your screen choose 'Inventory Backup' then click the 'Submit Backup Request' button. Its that easy! You will see a confirmation message regarding your request.
When your backup request is received, our system will create an encrypted, compressed file containing all of your inventory data. This encrypted snapshot of your inventory will then be made available for you to download.
In the event that you encounter inventory issues or accidentally delete items from your inventory, you can email this file to our support desk '[email protected]' and request to have your entire inventory or a specific inventory item restored from the backup.
NOTE: Support will not restore no-copy items unless there is proof that the item(s) were lost due to an internal system failure or error. No-copy items must be recovered by contacting the original creator or vendor.
After you have used the system to initially create your first inventory back up, the section at the bottom of the inventory back up page will show your available inventory downloads, which will be available for 30 days.
There is now a new tool for all residents to use which will leave residents feeling confident regarding their Inventory. A resident's inventory is the items that your avatar has ownership of. Whether its gifts, items you have purchased or created it is all a part of the items your avatar has access to. It is the collection of images, avatar parts, accessories & clothing, objects, scripts, landmark, notecards and more.
Thanks to our Co-Founder, Damean Paolino, Island Oasis now provides an Inventory Backup tool for their residents.
To request an encrypted backup of your inventory, please log in to your account at the IO website and from the left of your screen choose 'Inventory Backup' then click the 'Submit Backup Request' button. Its that easy! You will see a confirmation message regarding your request.
When your backup request is received, our system will create an encrypted, compressed file containing all of your inventory data. This encrypted snapshot of your inventory will then be made available for you to download.
In the event that you encounter inventory issues or accidentally delete items from your inventory, you can email this file to our support desk '[email protected]' and request to have your entire inventory or a specific inventory item restored from the backup.
NOTE: Support will not restore no-copy items unless there is proof that the item(s) were lost due to an internal system failure or error. No-copy items must be recovered by contacting the original creator or vendor.
After you have used the system to initially create your first inventory back up, the section at the bottom of the inventory back up page will show your available inventory downloads, which will be available for 30 days.
April 2014 Town Hall Meeting
Posted April 1, 2014
Island Oasis will hold its April Town Hall Meeting on April 6th at 1pm IO time (PST) and is open to public. The first Sunday of every month the staff of Island Oasis will bring you news and announcements from each department. Following that the floor will be opened to the general public for the residents to pose questions or bring up topics.
The Town Hall Meetings are conducted in voice. We ask you to turn your mic off during the meeting and limit typing in local chat to ONLY things relevant to topics we are covering. Once the floor is opened to the public, feel free to turn your mic on to speak.
Hope to see you there! Region - IO HQ.
Island Oasis will hold its April Town Hall Meeting on April 6th at 1pm IO time (PST) and is open to public. The first Sunday of every month the staff of Island Oasis will bring you news and announcements from each department. Following that the floor will be opened to the general public for the residents to pose questions or bring up topics.
The Town Hall Meetings are conducted in voice. We ask you to turn your mic off during the meeting and limit typing in local chat to ONLY things relevant to topics we are covering. Once the floor is opened to the public, feel free to turn your mic on to speak.
Hope to see you there! Region - IO HQ.
NEW TOOL FOR LAND OWNERS
Posted March 31, 2014
When land owners restart their sim it is not done through a viewer in-world but rather from the Island Oasis website under their account settings. This feature means residents can restart their sim however they connect to the web.This means from a computer or even a cell phone or other handheld devices and have their sim all refreshed even before they log into the grid.
Currently land owners can save up to 5 back ups to our database of their sim as a preventative maintenance tool should something occur and they need to roll back to one of the saved back ups. Although grid staff can issue a roll back of a precious saved version in their database, the back up generated by the landowner of their own sim puts the power in the hands of the landowner. Enabling the landowner more control over their own sim has been a favorite of land owners here in IO since they do not have to submit a ticket to roll back to a previous saved version of their sim, they can do it themselves.
In addition to being able to restart their own sim when they choose and being able to save back ups and roll back to a previous save when they choose, land owners can now set a schedule for restarting their sim. They can pick any or every day of the week and even pick the time. Any residents on the sim will get a 2 minute warning in world that the sim is about to restart. This is a powerful and time saving tool for land owners. Once again IO proves its dedication to customer service, focuses on preventative maintenance and puts power in the hands of its residents.
When land owners restart their sim it is not done through a viewer in-world but rather from the Island Oasis website under their account settings. This feature means residents can restart their sim however they connect to the web.This means from a computer or even a cell phone or other handheld devices and have their sim all refreshed even before they log into the grid.
Currently land owners can save up to 5 back ups to our database of their sim as a preventative maintenance tool should something occur and they need to roll back to one of the saved back ups. Although grid staff can issue a roll back of a precious saved version in their database, the back up generated by the landowner of their own sim puts the power in the hands of the landowner. Enabling the landowner more control over their own sim has been a favorite of land owners here in IO since they do not have to submit a ticket to roll back to a previous saved version of their sim, they can do it themselves.
In addition to being able to restart their own sim when they choose and being able to save back ups and roll back to a previous save when they choose, land owners can now set a schedule for restarting their sim. They can pick any or every day of the week and even pick the time. Any residents on the sim will get a 2 minute warning in world that the sim is about to restart. This is a powerful and time saving tool for land owners. Once again IO proves its dedication to customer service, focuses on preventative maintenance and puts power in the hands of its residents.
IO Seeking In-world Support staff
Posted March 16, 2014
IO is currently seeking inworld support staff to join the Mentoring Dept, the Marketing Dept. and our Region Support Dept. Support staff for both departments receive a 4096 sqm parcel of land with approx 2000 prim in appreciation for their efforts after 30 days of active employment.
Mentors are expected to be knowledgeable of our virtual world, and help new residents. Experience is a bonus and training period is required. Please leave a notecard at the Welcome Zone in Sugar Paolino's mailbox if interested.
Marketing Department is looking for individuals who are experienced with posting on a variety of social media sites and an individual who is comfortable interacting as liaison with the residents. Opportunities to earn in-world pay are based on how much or how little you choose to do. Please leave a notecard at the Welcome Zone in Sophia Paolino's mailbox if interested.
Region Support will be trained on duties. Please leave a notecard at the Welcome Zone in Damean Paolino's mailbox if interested.
We are looking to fill multiple positions in both departments.
IO is currently seeking inworld support staff to join the Mentoring Dept, the Marketing Dept. and our Region Support Dept. Support staff for both departments receive a 4096 sqm parcel of land with approx 2000 prim in appreciation for their efforts after 30 days of active employment.
Mentors are expected to be knowledgeable of our virtual world, and help new residents. Experience is a bonus and training period is required. Please leave a notecard at the Welcome Zone in Sugar Paolino's mailbox if interested.
Marketing Department is looking for individuals who are experienced with posting on a variety of social media sites and an individual who is comfortable interacting as liaison with the residents. Opportunities to earn in-world pay are based on how much or how little you choose to do. Please leave a notecard at the Welcome Zone in Sophia Paolino's mailbox if interested.
Region Support will be trained on duties. Please leave a notecard at the Welcome Zone in Damean Paolino's mailbox if interested.
We are looking to fill multiple positions in both departments.
Island OaSIS CONTINUES GROWTH - 3 YR ANNIVERSARY
Posted March 2, 2014
Island Oasis is celebrating its 3rd year anniversary as of this March. Announcements of activities for the celebration will come later this month. As part of IO's continued restructuring of its business model and in celebration of its 3rd year, the Grid announced the implementation of a Mainland to be hosted on dedicated servers and is currently being worked on as additional option for residents. The mainland will be residential and available in 1/4 sim parcels. The reason for the dedicated servers is so that it will not affect the performance of any existing regions.
Island Oasis is not an "island themed grid" and we hope that the development of the mainland reinforce that we have an appreciation for all themes and genres of virtual land development as well as provide residents with alternatives to locations just surrounded by water. The mainland will also provide a means for residents to have more of a community feel with neighboring parcels owners.
The projected completion of the Mainland continent area is 60 to 90 days. Announcements will be made as we continue development.
Island Oasis is celebrating its 3rd year anniversary as of this March. Announcements of activities for the celebration will come later this month. As part of IO's continued restructuring of its business model and in celebration of its 3rd year, the Grid announced the implementation of a Mainland to be hosted on dedicated servers and is currently being worked on as additional option for residents. The mainland will be residential and available in 1/4 sim parcels. The reason for the dedicated servers is so that it will not affect the performance of any existing regions.
Island Oasis is not an "island themed grid" and we hope that the development of the mainland reinforce that we have an appreciation for all themes and genres of virtual land development as well as provide residents with alternatives to locations just surrounded by water. The mainland will also provide a means for residents to have more of a community feel with neighboring parcels owners.
The projected completion of the Mainland continent area is 60 to 90 days. Announcements will be made as we continue development.
March 2014 Town Hall Meeting
Updated March 2, 2014
Video of the Town Hall Meeting is available for viewing for those of you who were not in attendance. A major announcement of the development of Mainland was one of the topics presented.
Posted February 26, 2013
Island Oasis will hold its March Town Hall Meeting on March 2nd at 1pm IO time (PST) and is open to public. The first Sunday of every month the staff of Island Oasis will bring you news and announcements from each department. Following that the floor will be opened to the general public for the residents to pose questions or bring up topics.
The Town Hall Meetings are conducted in voice. We ask you to turn your mic off during the meeting and limit typing in local chat to ONLY things relevant to topics we are covering. Once the floor is opened to the public, feel free to turn your mic on to speak.
Hope to see you there! Region - IO HQ.
Video of the Town Hall Meeting is available for viewing for those of you who were not in attendance. A major announcement of the development of Mainland was one of the topics presented.
Posted February 26, 2013
Island Oasis will hold its March Town Hall Meeting on March 2nd at 1pm IO time (PST) and is open to public. The first Sunday of every month the staff of Island Oasis will bring you news and announcements from each department. Following that the floor will be opened to the general public for the residents to pose questions or bring up topics.
The Town Hall Meetings are conducted in voice. We ask you to turn your mic off during the meeting and limit typing in local chat to ONLY things relevant to topics we are covering. Once the floor is opened to the public, feel free to turn your mic on to speak.
Hope to see you there! Region - IO HQ.
Limited Quantity region Sale (2 for price of 1)
Updated: February 20, 2013
There are only 2 Elite sims left on this special 2 for 1 sale. The sales offer (buy Elite sim and get an Economy sim with it) ends tomorrow on Friday evening.
Posted February 17, 2013
The first 5 people who buy an Elite sim before Friday, February 21st will receive an Economy sim for free. That's right. You heard that correctly. With the Elite sim you will get 40,000k prims, full estate rights, monthly money landowner stipend, and after 6 months of ownership you will receive our ROAG gift. The economy region is 15,000 prims. Don't miss out on this exceptional deal. Contact Sugar or Damean Paolino for info or order by dropping a notecard in their mailboxes at the Welcome Zone in the region Island Oasis or emailing [email protected].
There are only 2 Elite sims left on this special 2 for 1 sale. The sales offer (buy Elite sim and get an Economy sim with it) ends tomorrow on Friday evening.
Posted February 17, 2013
The first 5 people who buy an Elite sim before Friday, February 21st will receive an Economy sim for free. That's right. You heard that correctly. With the Elite sim you will get 40,000k prims, full estate rights, monthly money landowner stipend, and after 6 months of ownership you will receive our ROAG gift. The economy region is 15,000 prims. Don't miss out on this exceptional deal. Contact Sugar or Damean Paolino for info or order by dropping a notecard in their mailboxes at the Welcome Zone in the region Island Oasis or emailing [email protected].
Land Referral Bonus Program
Posted February 7, 2014
Virtual world of Island Oasis is offering a land referral bonus to anyone generating a land referral that turns in to a sim sale. The Bonus payment applies to any type of sim order. (Landscape, Educational, Economy & Elite). Just tell the person ordering a sim to enter your avatar name on the land order form as the referring avatar. If they do not do this you will not receive the bonus.
You may not list your alts name as a referring avatar to collect the bonus. After payment for the land order is received the referring avatar will receive their Bonus of $1500P within 24 hours. There is no limit to the number of referrals you can make or the amount of money you can make per month through the Land Referral Bonus program.
In-world Currency can be cashed out for real currency through PayPal. $1500P = $5.00USD
Order land HERE
Virtual world of Island Oasis is offering a land referral bonus to anyone generating a land referral that turns in to a sim sale. The Bonus payment applies to any type of sim order. (Landscape, Educational, Economy & Elite). Just tell the person ordering a sim to enter your avatar name on the land order form as the referring avatar. If they do not do this you will not receive the bonus.
You may not list your alts name as a referring avatar to collect the bonus. After payment for the land order is received the referring avatar will receive their Bonus of $1500P within 24 hours. There is no limit to the number of referrals you can make or the amount of money you can make per month through the Land Referral Bonus program.
In-world Currency can be cashed out for real currency through PayPal. $1500P = $5.00USD
Order land HERE
February Town Hall Meeting
Updated February 2, 2014
This month's Town Hall Meeting was attended by 30 residents. Topics covered included a review of the upcoming closing of the Tier Free Shops as part of Island Oasis' comprehensive updating of its overall business structure. The closing of the free shops officially takes place March 15th. While the grid grows, more residents are opening up their land to offer parcels for rent and the number of malls increase so there is no longer a need for the grid to offer the starter free shops, nor does the grid wish to be in competition with its resident landowners. We look forward to the new residents who are steadily signing up each month and to our continued grid growth.
Another topic covered was the email to prim feature which has been updated and is nearly instantaneous across the grid. Another feature upgraded is that offline messages sent to a resident's email can now be directly replied to (via their email) by the offline party which brings residents a new means to communicate via email to a resident in-world.
Posted January 31, 2014
TOWN HALL MEETING Sunday February 2, 2014 at 1pm (PST) and is open to public. Region: IO HQ. Staff of Island Oasis will bring you news and announcements from each department. Following that, the floor will be opened to the general public for the residents to pose questions or bring up topics.
Additional topics will be covered by various departments. The Town Hall Meetings are conducted in voice. We ask you to turn your mic off during the meeting and limit typing in local chat to ONLY things relevant to topics we are covering. Once the floor is opened to the public, feel free to turn your mic on to comment or ask questions.
This month's Town Hall Meeting was attended by 30 residents. Topics covered included a review of the upcoming closing of the Tier Free Shops as part of Island Oasis' comprehensive updating of its overall business structure. The closing of the free shops officially takes place March 15th. While the grid grows, more residents are opening up their land to offer parcels for rent and the number of malls increase so there is no longer a need for the grid to offer the starter free shops, nor does the grid wish to be in competition with its resident landowners. We look forward to the new residents who are steadily signing up each month and to our continued grid growth.
Another topic covered was the email to prim feature which has been updated and is nearly instantaneous across the grid. Another feature upgraded is that offline messages sent to a resident's email can now be directly replied to (via their email) by the offline party which brings residents a new means to communicate via email to a resident in-world.
Posted January 31, 2014
TOWN HALL MEETING Sunday February 2, 2014 at 1pm (PST) and is open to public. Region: IO HQ. Staff of Island Oasis will bring you news and announcements from each department. Following that, the floor will be opened to the general public for the residents to pose questions or bring up topics.
Additional topics will be covered by various departments. The Town Hall Meetings are conducted in voice. We ask you to turn your mic off during the meeting and limit typing in local chat to ONLY things relevant to topics we are covering. Once the floor is opened to the public, feel free to turn your mic on to comment or ask questions.
Tier Free Shops to Close
Posted January 23, 2014
Island Oasis is continuing to make great strides to improve every facet of Island Oasis. In the recent months Staff has taken a hard look at Island Oasis as a whole, both from a business structure as well as the end user experience. One benefit to having passed our second year in business is that time has afforded us the means to look for ways to improve it. Thus far changes have been made to update the region usage and pricing structure, updating the website, rebuilding and modernizing in-world grid owned locations such as the Welcome Zone.
The next update to our model of the virtual world will be phasing out of the tier free shops hosted on the regions Oasis Village and Oasis Shopping Center. This will ultimately help support the existing land owners by encouraging merchants to make their way out into the grid as well as not putting Island Oasis free malls in competition in anyway with the resident land owners. The shop will be closed as of March 15th. We are giving over a months notice so any merchants who currently have a free shop will have ample time to migrate to a new location of their choosing.
Island Oasis will always strive to support their residents and their experiences in our virtual world as we continue to move forward. 2014 is the year of change and its all for the better!
Island Oasis is continuing to make great strides to improve every facet of Island Oasis. In the recent months Staff has taken a hard look at Island Oasis as a whole, both from a business structure as well as the end user experience. One benefit to having passed our second year in business is that time has afforded us the means to look for ways to improve it. Thus far changes have been made to update the region usage and pricing structure, updating the website, rebuilding and modernizing in-world grid owned locations such as the Welcome Zone.
The next update to our model of the virtual world will be phasing out of the tier free shops hosted on the regions Oasis Village and Oasis Shopping Center. This will ultimately help support the existing land owners by encouraging merchants to make their way out into the grid as well as not putting Island Oasis free malls in competition in anyway with the resident land owners. The shop will be closed as of March 15th. We are giving over a months notice so any merchants who currently have a free shop will have ample time to migrate to a new location of their choosing.
Island Oasis will always strive to support their residents and their experiences in our virtual world as we continue to move forward. 2014 is the year of change and its all for the better!
islandoasis.biz website temporarily unavailable
Updated Jan 22, 2014
The previous issue only affected the website and did not in anyway affect the grid. The issues have been resolved and IO's main website is once again accessible.
Posted January 22, 2014
Our web host, Brinkster, is experiencing network issues and are working on it. Until it is resolved, our main website will be temporarily unavailable. We appreciate your patience while Brinkster resolves the issue.
The previous issue only affected the website and did not in anyway affect the grid. The issues have been resolved and IO's main website is once again accessible.
Posted January 22, 2014
Our web host, Brinkster, is experiencing network issues and are working on it. Until it is resolved, our main website will be temporarily unavailable. We appreciate your patience while Brinkster resolves the issue.
January 5, 2014 Town Hall meeting
Posted January 1, 2014
Island Oasis' public Town Hall Meeting is scheduled for January 5, 2014 at 1pm (PST) and is open to public. Region: IO HQ. Staff of Island Oasis will bring you news and announcements from each department. Following that, the floor will be opened to the general public for the residents to pose questions or bring up topics.
Topics to be covered at the December Town Hall Meeting:
*New Welcome Zone and Information Station for incoming residents
*Review Grid Upgrade, discuss known issues
*New Land Store: New region types offered, new sim usage guidelines
Additional topics will be covered by various departments. The Town Hall Meetings are conducted in voice. We ask you to turn your mic off during the meeting and limit typing in local chat to ONLY things relevant to topics we are covering. Once the floor is opened to the public, feel free to turn your mic on to comment or ask questions.
Island Oasis' public Town Hall Meeting is scheduled for January 5, 2014 at 1pm (PST) and is open to public. Region: IO HQ. Staff of Island Oasis will bring you news and announcements from each department. Following that, the floor will be opened to the general public for the residents to pose questions or bring up topics.
Topics to be covered at the December Town Hall Meeting:
*New Welcome Zone and Information Station for incoming residents
*Review Grid Upgrade, discuss known issues
*New Land Store: New region types offered, new sim usage guidelines
Additional topics will be covered by various departments. The Town Hall Meetings are conducted in voice. We ask you to turn your mic off during the meeting and limit typing in local chat to ONLY things relevant to topics we are covering. Once the floor is opened to the public, feel free to turn your mic on to comment or ask questions.
UPGRADE ERROR REPORTING
Updated: January 12, 2013
Thank you to those who have provided valuable feedback by reporting issues. This feedback allows us to better serve you. Please continue to let us know how your experience on IO has been and is.
Posted December 30, 2013
Now that the grid maintenance has been completed and residents have had the opportunity to experience some of the differences, Island Oasis would like to extend an invitation to residents to offer their feedback and report on any error they may have experienced. Some of the known issues are:
Phoenix Viewer- and using search in the viewer, results are showing twice. Although the search results are accurate, they should only show each search result one time.
Phoenix Viewer-While in private IM with someone and connected to voice in local, the IM box does not show the 'Call" button as highlighted allowing you to call another resident. However, although you can not initiate the call, someone can call you and you can still engage in a voice call.
Firestorm OS Viewer - If currently on voice and teleporting to a new region your voice is still engaged in the previous region.
Firestorm SO Viewer-If you turn an in-world prim phantom it works, but when you then remove phantom the object still remains phantom
If you have experienced any errors in-world since the our recent upgrade (since December 27) please submit your errors using our UPGRADE ERROR REPORTING FORM.
Thank you to those who have provided valuable feedback by reporting issues. This feedback allows us to better serve you. Please continue to let us know how your experience on IO has been and is.
Posted December 30, 2013
Now that the grid maintenance has been completed and residents have had the opportunity to experience some of the differences, Island Oasis would like to extend an invitation to residents to offer their feedback and report on any error they may have experienced. Some of the known issues are:
Phoenix Viewer- and using search in the viewer, results are showing twice. Although the search results are accurate, they should only show each search result one time.
Phoenix Viewer-While in private IM with someone and connected to voice in local, the IM box does not show the 'Call" button as highlighted allowing you to call another resident. However, although you can not initiate the call, someone can call you and you can still engage in a voice call.
Firestorm OS Viewer - If currently on voice and teleporting to a new region your voice is still engaged in the previous region.
Firestorm SO Viewer-If you turn an in-world prim phantom it works, but when you then remove phantom the object still remains phantom
If you have experienced any errors in-world since the our recent upgrade (since December 27) please submit your errors using our UPGRADE ERROR REPORTING FORM.
Grid Maintenance reminder
Updated December 27, 2013
4:40pm PST grid maintenance has concluded. The scheduled upgrades were a success and Log ins have now been enabled. If you cannot get to your home sim yet, we ask for your patience as we continue bringing all the regions online.
3:30pm PST regions are slowly being launched as we monitor the update. Log-ins are still disabled at this time but we should be announcing open log ins with in the hour. Thank you for your patience as we continue to get the grid back up and open for residents.
1pm PST - Grid Maintenance half way point and all is progressing as planned. We are starting to test the new services on the production grid.
9am PST- Grid Maintenance has begun.
Posted December 27, 2013
Island Oasis will be performing grid maintenance today, Friday December 27th to upgrade to the new opensimulator version 0.7.6. Log ins will be disabled as of 9am PST (IO time) Dec 27. We have estimated the entire grid maintenance should be completed in approximately 8 hours. Log ins will be enabled at approximately 5pm on the 27th. When maintenance is completed we will post updates here to let you know when you can log in. Check back here for updates prior to 5pm on the 27th to see if we have completed maintenance ahead of schedule.
For more grid maintenance details please scroll below for the original post regarding this grid maintenance.
4:40pm PST grid maintenance has concluded. The scheduled upgrades were a success and Log ins have now been enabled. If you cannot get to your home sim yet, we ask for your patience as we continue bringing all the regions online.
3:30pm PST regions are slowly being launched as we monitor the update. Log-ins are still disabled at this time but we should be announcing open log ins with in the hour. Thank you for your patience as we continue to get the grid back up and open for residents.
1pm PST - Grid Maintenance half way point and all is progressing as planned. We are starting to test the new services on the production grid.
9am PST- Grid Maintenance has begun.
Posted December 27, 2013
Island Oasis will be performing grid maintenance today, Friday December 27th to upgrade to the new opensimulator version 0.7.6. Log ins will be disabled as of 9am PST (IO time) Dec 27. We have estimated the entire grid maintenance should be completed in approximately 8 hours. Log ins will be enabled at approximately 5pm on the 27th. When maintenance is completed we will post updates here to let you know when you can log in. Check back here for updates prior to 5pm on the 27th to see if we have completed maintenance ahead of schedule.
For more grid maintenance details please scroll below for the original post regarding this grid maintenance.