Through process of elimination, teens discovered that if they built a rocket that launched them far enough into the air, they would penetrate the wall of the Main Grid. This has since been repaired, but for a time, it actually worked. On a recent visit, I was loaded into the rocket for my inaugural mission, but alas, it failed. There's always next time!

I've previously mentioned how depressed the economy is on the Teen Grid. They create content for essentially peanuts. Their lindens cost the same as ours, but they can purchase three times the amount of items. Some innovative teens are working to change that, though.

Digital Refinery, the brainchild of Reallife Orca, is a teen-run content company with some of the finest content creators on the grid. They realized that Main Grid content companies had clients that weren't able to target their main market. Designers such as Ryan Dayton, Nikolai Althouse, and Brooke Barmy will be working with clients to show off their work.

Now that it's summer, concurrency will more than double, to a whopping 500 residents on at a time. Hopefully this will call attention to the Teen Grid and bring in more residents. If you are a Main Grid content company interested in putting your work on TG, please contact them. As long as none of them turn 18, I think Digital Refinery has a bright future!

Welcome to the seventh episode of On the Inside, Second Life Insider's Official Podcast! This episode features our interview with Brooke Barmy and Mercury Metropolitan of the Teen Grid! Saeya Nyanda co-hosts with me, and we talk about what it's like on the TG, age verification, SL Views, and SLCC. As always, feel free to leave your questions and comments!

And, as promised, here's a photo of Brooke and his vendor:


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