<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" id="docs-internal-guid--bcd0d34-9a0b-5d1c-ed40-733c588e2e5b"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline">Hi
folks, </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" id="docs-internal-guid--bcd0d34-9a0b-5d1c-ed40-733c588e2e5b"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline"><br>
</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" id="docs-internal-guid--bcd0d34-9a0b-5d1c-ed40-733c588e2e5b"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline">We are planning a large-scale load test of the OpenSimulator
Community Conference grid on Tuesday, July 2, 2013 at Noon PDT and we
need members of the community to help push the conference grid to its
limits to test the capacity and performance of the simulator software
and hardware.</span></p><br><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline">Anyone
interested in the conference or the OpenSimulator software is welcome
to participate in the load test by making a jump from any other
hypergrid enabled OpenSimulator grid. The focus of this load test will
be fitting as many hypergrid participants on the keynote regions of the
conference grid as possible.</span></p><br><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline">The
OpenSimulator Community Conference grid is located in the 7000,7000
coordinate range, and the four keynote regions we’ll be testing are:</span></p><br><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline">cc.opensimulator.org:8002:Keynote 1</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline">cc.opensimulator.org:8002:Keynote 2</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline">cc.opensimulator.org:8002:Keynote 3</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline">cc.opensimulator.org:8002:Keynote 4</span></p><br><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline">If you find that the first region you try is full please use the next address on the list and so on. </span></p><br><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline">For
the purposes of this load test, feel free to log in with multiple
avatars, but please do not use bots, pcampbots, or other various libomv
based viewers since we are trying to test the conference grid under
conditions as close to the actual conference as possible. We recommend a
Third Party Viewer that can support voice and mesh, such as
Singularity, Firestorm, or Kokua.</span></p><br><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline">Instructions if you already have a Hypergrid enabled account</span></p>
<br><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline">If
you already have an account on another OpenSimulator grid that is
hypergrid enabled, here are the steps to participate in the load test on
Tuesday:</span></p><br><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline">1. Log into your account on your hypergrid enabled grid.</span></p>
<br><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline">2.
If necessary, navigate to a jump region that can reach a destination
in the 7000,7000 coordinate range. OSGrid provides public jump regions
for this purpose, see the list at </span><a href="http://www.osgrid.org/index.php/hypergrid" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">http://www.osgrid.org/index.php/hypergrid</span></a><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline">.</span></p>
<br><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline">3. Open your map and search for one of the following destination regions:</span></p>
<br><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline">cc.opensimulator.org:8002:Keynote 1</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline">cc.opensimulator.org:8002:Keynote 2</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline">cc.opensimulator.org:8002:Keynote 3</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline">cc.opensimulator.org:8002:Keynote 4</span></p>
<br><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline">4.
The map search should locate the destination region on the map, then
click the Teleport button. If you find that the first region you try is
full please use the next address on the list and so on. </span></p><br><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline">Instructions if you need a Hypergrid enabled account</span></p><br><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline">If
you don’t already have an account on another OpenSimulator grid that is
hypergrid enabled, here are the steps to participate in the load test
on Tuesday:</span></p><br><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline">1. Create an account on OSGrid at </span><a href="http://www.osgrid.org/index.php/auth/register" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">http://www.osgrid.org/index.php/auth/register</span></a><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline">.</span></p>
<br><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline">2. Download a TPV viewer supported by OSGrid from </span><a href="http://www.osgrid.org/index.php/downloads" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">http://www.osgrid.org/index.php/downloads</span></a><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline"> and log into your account.</span></p>
<br><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline">3. Open your map and search for one of the following destination regions:</span></p>
<br><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline">cc.opensimulator.org:8002:Keynote 1</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline">cc.opensimulator.org:8002:Keynote 2</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline">cc.opensimulator.org:8002:Keynote 3</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline">cc.opensimulator.org:8002:Keynote 4</span></p>
<br><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline">4.
The map search should locate the destination region on the map, then
click the Teleport button. If you find that the first region you try is
full please use the next address on the list and so on. </span></p><br><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline">Thanks in advance for your help and we look forward to seeing a big crowd on Tuesday!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
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</span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:15px;line-height:17px"><i><b>AvaCon, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization</b> dedicated to promoting the growth, enhancement, and development of the metaverse, virtual worlds, augmented reality, and 3D immersive and virtual spaces. We hold conventions and meetings to promote educational and scientific inquiry into these spaces, and to support organized fan activities, including performances, lectures, art, music, machinima, and much more. Our primary goal is to connect and support the diverse communities and practitioners involved in co-creating and using virtual worlds, and to educate the public and our constituents about the emerging ecosystem of technologies broadly known as the metaverse.</i></span></font></p>