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Feb 11, 2002, 7:44pm

[View Quote] I seriously doubt that the majority of world owners who asked for return of
tourists meant that they would pay an additional $59.95 fee in order to buy
"permission" to make a world *they had already bought* tourist accessible
again. The unfairness of that aside, management's idea that making it
difficult for tourists to see worlds other than AWGate would be an
"incentive" to get them to register, is ludicrous."


I have asked for AWSchool to be enabled for Tourists and i am awaiting
AWCorps reply. I trust that they recognise that Tourists will be more
willing to register if they are allowed to try building ( after all, does
one buy a house without checking to see if the appliances work?) So dont
write off AWSchool yet :o))

Feb 14, 2002, 11:07pm

I know AWSchool teachers where not invited ( the ones that try to answer
citizens questions when asked and where probably promising some poor sucker
that their objects , if not objectionable, would never be deleted at the
time the meeting was held)

I wonder if the G.E.T or AWHS was? I would think that they would have a
mild interest in all this, But i KNOW that AWSchool certainly would have
done.



[View Quote] > I've said it before, I'm disappointed JP or E N Z O did not speak to the
> citizens at AWDebate when AW was in such an uproar after announcing the
> price increase and no tourists. And since that time, I've heard JP had a
> discussion with the PK's, and part of the focus of this discussion was NAC
> property and the like. HOW DARE JP release this information to the PK's

Feb 8, 2002, 7:17am

I would have absolutely no objection to NAC property going missing- none at
all.....most of it is a blight on the aw landscape..... but I think those
that PAID for the privilege of building should be retained for at least a
period after they expire....such as 2 years. Why should the old NACs that
didn't pay anything, have their junk retained ( often at the expense of
paying builders) for up to 5 years and citizens that paid their dues for
those 5 years get deleted ? --something not right about that.

And just remember, any of the old builds that are worth preserving, they can
be botted back into AW with the AWHS account, all it takes is for an AWHS
member to be bothered taking surveys of the builds worth saving.


[View Quote] He also made it clear that property of registered citizens whose
citizenships expired on or after January 2, 2002 *would* be in danger of
being deleted if they don't renew within 60 days of expiration.

Feb 8, 2002, 7:17am

I would have absolutely no objection to NAC property going missing- none at
all.....most of it is a blight on the aw landscape..... but I think those
that PAID for the privilege of building should be retained for at least a
period after they expire....such as 2 years. Why should the old NACs that
didn't pay anything, have their junk retained ( often at the expense of
paying builders) for up to 5 years and citizens that paid their dues for
those 5 years get deleted ? --something not right about that.

Not everyone can afford the new pricing, does that mean they and what they
gave AW dosent count ? Again i would like to comment that $69 USA = $140
australian


And just remember, any of the old builds that are worth preserving, they can
be botted back into AW with the AWHS account, all it takes is for an AWHS
member to be bothered taking surveys of the builds worth saving.


[View Quote] He also made it clear that property of registered citizens whose
citizenships expired on or after January 2, 2002 *would* be in danger of
being deleted if they don't renew within 60 days of expiration.

Feb 19, 2002, 2:46pm

Has any one noticed how obsolete Alpha World is? It's avatars are tinny, the
objects are a hodge podge of left-overs and the vast majority of the older
builds are as good as destroyed by revisions to the browser.

Has any one stopped to wonder, what sort of a drain on AWcorps resources
this out of date world is? As you already know, further upgrades to the
browser are made difficult as the developers attempt ( and don't always
succeed) to make new compatible with the old. Lets face it, after 7 years
Alpha is sad and tired and pulls down the general standard of the
ActiveWorlds experience for newbies. And the life blood of any community AND
company is newbies.

As much as I love Alpha World and her many beautiful builds I firmly believe
that it should pass on. With enough warning that citizens can transfer their
builds and any others that are worth saving to a new world and make the
necessary changes that it would take, only the unwanted rubbish would be
left behind. It is important that any product keep up with the times in
order to be a viable option as a marketable asset and our sentiment for old
Alpha is going to destroy that and our community.

I know ppl are going to be upset by this view but stop and think before you
post a negative response. How many ppl see AW GZ as sadly in need of a
refit? Compare Alpha World to many other worlds. The answer is obvious, the
old girl has seen better days.

We want this software to continue and grow , both for AW's good and our own.
The more newbies that we can impress with the technology and with our
community , the more chance we ALL have of staying in our virtual home away
from home.

Feb 21, 2002, 9:13am

I think History is important. Very much so...... but lets face it, come on!
Alpha is prehistoric! The good builds belong in a world specifically set
aside for the purpose, NOT in the most popular world. The beautiful builds
that i once wandered around and where in awe of, are dulled by new objects
and commands. I remember when i saw Bobs Mountain for the first time.... and
i was so impressed . Now......mmmm, why would any one use teleports when we
have rocks? History belongs in a museum, where it can be appriciated as
just that - HISTORY.

Every newbie... ( and any one thats NEW is a newbie) wouldnt appriciate the
imagination and love that went into a build like that.... they would just
see it as a joke, a tepid joke, much like a overlapped ,scrappy NAC "three
walls and a tree" build from '97.

And thats what hurts me. The fact that the decaying few "old timers" are not
enough to offset the "newbies" that we should be encoraging intio
Activeworlds.....

Stop and think.... perhaps we are preserving Alpha to spite our faces?



[View Quote] guess it's just software after all,
-Magine

[View Quote] > Has any one noticed how obsolete Alpha World is? It's avatars are tinny,
the
> objects are a hodge podge of left-overs and the vast majority of the older
> builds are as good as destroyed by revisions to the browser.
>
> Has any one stopped to wonder, what sort of a drain on AWcorps resources
> this out of date world is? As you already know, further upgrades to the
> browser are made difficult as the developers attempt ( and don't always
> succeed) to make new compatible with the old. Lets face it, after 7 years
> Alpha is sad and tired and pulls down the general standard of the
> ActiveWorlds experience for newbies. And the life blood of any community
AND
> company is newbies.
>
> As much as I love Alpha World and her many beautiful builds I firmly
believe
> that it should pass on. With enough warning that citizens can transfer
their
> builds and any others that are worth saving to a new world and make the
> necessary changes that it would take, only the unwanted rubbish would be
> left behind. It is important that any product keep up with the times in
> order to be a viable option as a marketable asset and our sentiment for
old
> Alpha is going to destroy that and our community.
>
> I know ppl are going to be upset by this view but stop and think before
you
> post a negative response. How many ppl see AW GZ as sadly in need of a
> refit? Compare Alpha World to many other worlds. The answer is obvious,
the
> old girl has seen better days.
>
> We want this software to continue and grow , both for AW's good and our
own.
> The more newbies that we can impress with the technology and with our
> community , the more chance we ALL have of staying in our virtual home
away
> from home.

Feb 21, 2002, 9:34am

Lara....we don't actually disagree on sentiment. If Alpha was to go....so
would I

Two dinosaurs put out to pasture together


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Feb 21, 2002, 8:06pm

Goober, all our current buildings WILL be wiped out if the rumours i have
been hearing are true. Its been discussed in this newsgroup about a plan
about to be implemented that every citizen still registered after February
will be deleted 60 days after citship expiration. To me that indicates the
fact that AWcom feels the need to "do something" about Alpha and i was
trying to find a way to save not only the old builds, but our current ones
to.

I personally dont care if my builds are deleted, although its sad to think
of the many ppl that have builds along one of my roads suddenly not having a
road any more, but can you imagine, for example, SW city 2 months after SW
Commit dosent register for any reason?..... Can you imagine how many roads
he must have built? the builds ? The whole city would suffer if some one
integral to the city plan was deleted for what ever reason. I would say that
was change on a grand scale, wouldnt you?

I want to uproot ALL the buildings worth saving


[View Quote] If there's one thing I've learned about most cities, it's that they're
very reluctant to change. Who are we to decide what's worth saving and
what's not? Those three walls and a tree could prove to be very
sentimental to some pour soul who has since moved on. Whether they left
due to boredom, or they just couldn't afford it anymore, or they didn't
want to put up with AWC's antics anymore is not for us to determine.
Suppose this person comes back and finds that build wiped out. What
then? You can't rebuild history, even a virtual one.

As far as I'm concerned, AlphaWorld is an all-or-nothing proposition.
Either we keep it open (and there really is *no* reason it should *not*
be so), or close it to all further building and make the entire world a
giant museum. Otherwise, we'd be in for the worst logistics nightmare of
our lives.

[View Quote] > I think History is important. Very much so...... but lets face it, come
on!
> Alpha is prehistoric! The good builds belong in a world specifically set
> aside for the purpose, NOT in the most popular world. The beautiful builds
> that i once wandered around and where in awe of, are dulled by new
objects
> and commands. I remember when i saw Bobs Mountain for the first time....
and
> i was so impressed . Now......mmmm, why would any one use teleports when
we
> have rocks? History belongs in a museum, where it can be appriciated as
> just that - HISTORY.
>
> Every newbie... ( and any one thats NEW is a newbie) wouldnt appriciate
the
> imagination and love that went into a build like that.... they would just
> see it as a joke, a tepid joke, much like a overlapped ,scrappy NAC "three
> walls and a tree" build from '97.
>
> And thats what hurts me. The fact that the decaying few "old timers" are
not
> enough to offset the "newbies" that we should be encoraging intio
> Activeworlds.....
>
> Stop and think.... perhaps we are preserving Alpha to spite our faces?
>
>
>
[View Quote]
--
Goober King
"Some who live deserve death, and some who die deserve life. Can you
give it to them, Frodo?"
rar1 at acsu.buffalo.edu

Feb 24, 2002, 6:35am

mmm yeah ok.... whatever


[View Quote] [View Quote] Kellee, the *only* person who has even made mention of these so-called
"rumours" is *you*. AWcom hasn't brought it up on its site. And if they
think 3D Homepages are going to replace AlphaWorld, they are only kidding
themselves because in five years (less than that if they ever get a
*competant* marketing team with a plan going), they'll have the same problem
with 3D Homepages.

Why???

Simple. Not very many people I know would want to go through the trouble of
starting their own world the size of oh say....Broadway World [mentioned
solely for the sake of discussion] (and paying hosting costs to boot) if all
they're going to have is a few people (READ: A small handful). It just
wouldn't be worth it to a lot of people.

Add to the fact that AW wants you to pay them $60 to allow tourists, and
that's yet another incentive. I feel bad because as a 3D Homepage owner, I
would have to pay only $20. All of these examples are just some of the
reasons why I'm creating an AlphaWorld build which will be linked to my
existing 3D Homepage instead.

> I personally dont care if my builds are deleted, although its sad to think
> of the many ppl that have builds along one of my roads suddenly not having
a
> road any more, but can you imagine, for example, SW city 2 months after
SW
> Commit dosent register for any reason?..... Can you imagine how many roads
> he must have built? the builds ? The whole city would suffer if some one
> integral to the city plan was deleted for what ever reason. I would say
that
> was change on a grand scale, wouldnt you?

*I* would care because one of your builds is an Object Yard, is it not??? I
might need stuff from there someday.

> I want to uproot ALL the buildings worth saving

Yes do that, but the question would then become *how* do you *define* what's
worth saving and what's not??? Answer - You can't. No one can't. What
might be an eye sore to you might be a Picasso to someone else. Have you
thjought about that Kellee??? If not, maybe you should...

Something to think about...

Cheers for now everyone :-)

Patrick

Feb 26, 2002, 12:02am

[View Quote] Tony, I think your on the right track..... hows this for an idea? Open a new
world to public building say " New Alpha " which would contain all the bells
and whistles that Alpha can never do. Once thats done , instead of
preserving the "whole" of the old alpha, it was merely closed to new
building and the existing builders given a chance to bot any build they
consider saving, whether it be their own or some one else's ( AWHS can
finally earn their keep, LOL ) to another world. ( not New Alpha, merely a
smaller duplicate of the original Alpha)

That would solve the problem of who considers what worth saving .....It
would be the decision of the owner or in the case of NACs, it would be "in
the eye of the beholder" or AWHS. The world that is the recipient of all the
old builds would not need to be any where near the size of "old Alpha" as
most of the junk would be left behind. That would solve the eyesores
problem.

After a set time the old Alpha could be buried, and the ppl that want to
hold on to the old Alpha are happy, as all that is worth saving is saved and
the ppl that want new objects and new atmosphere are happy ( only the new
will impress the newbies which is what makes AWC happy)

And it would solve ( hopefully) the problem of the citizens who do not want
their builds deleted. Making everyone completely happy is not an easy task,
and I don't envy AWCorp the task of attempting it. One thing we do need to
remember , compromises need to come from BOTH parties, guys.

Feb 26, 2002, 10:45am

Can i print those last two posts out and frame em?? :o)) good on yer

Mar 2, 2002, 9:55pm

Yes sunshine....I agree..... whining is moaning on and on, and sitting and
waiting and LOOKING for an opportunity to do so. I guess I may as well add
my two cents worth, although I don't feel ( naturally) that this is whining,
but a plea for sanity.

Of the ppl that have been evicted from this newsgroup, one thread is common.
They didn't express their opinion without making it a personal attack. No
one minds an opinion, preferably both sides of the coin or even a healthy
debate on an issue. It performs a function. It gets us all to see every side
of a matter from all angles and from there we make up our minds. Ppl start a
thread because they feel strongly enough about something and by doing so
they invite debate from opposing opinions. That is GOOD.

What is not good is looking for a chance to pull some one down for having
that opinion, dispute their right to hold said opinion, cast dispersions on
their integrity, ancestry or for making a typo, or for doing something
trivial such as double posting.

I have made this comment in an effort to help, because I can see history
repeating its self ( thinks fondly of Eep)



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Mar 2, 2002, 10:16pm

*sigh* as i said it wasnt an attack but an effort to help

never mind but thanks for your compliment on my name :o))

[View Quote] There are only a few type of ppl who wouldnt understand this, The Ignorant,
The Blind and The Illiterate. Which one are you ?

The thread would not even be here if the initiator hadnt felt the urge to
attempt slurring.

lots of love and kisses, btw that's a beautiful name, kellee, one of my
favourites :)

kris[SunOfSolaris]

xxxxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxxx

god my fingers hurt !!!!! btw m sending the bill for a new keyboard to the
group, ok ?



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Mar 4, 2002, 11:51pm

I would like to repeat myself, this time for the benefit of all the ppl in
the AW newgroups that i enjoy interacting with :o))


Of the ppl that have been evicted from this newsgroup, one thread is common.
They didn't express their opinion without making it a personal attack. No
one minds an opinion, preferably both sides of the coin or even a healthy
debate on an issue. It performs a function. It gets us all to see every side
of a matter from all angles and from there we make up our minds. Ppl start a
thread because they feel strongly enough about something and by doing so
they invite debate from opposing opinions. That is GOOD.

What is not good is looking for a chance to pull some one down for having
that opinion, dispute their right to hold said opinion, cast dispersions on
their integrity, ancestry or for making a typo, or for doing something
trivial such as double posting.


So,
As I feel that I am neither blind, ignorant or illiterate (as someone has
suggested) to hold the above opinion, and as I believe very few will dispute
the above facts, then we can get on with the community topics. Only the ppl
that are LOOKING for an argument will continue to post negatively about the
PERSON instead of sharing an opinion, that may or may not differ from
another's.

I guess what I am saying is: who is right, wrong, maligned or popular is a
matter for the individual to judge. Only the ones that carry this stupidity
past the point where it has become pathetic will continue and will alter
their readers opinion's accordingly. Readers that include those who moderate
these newsgroups.

[View Quote] Sirhc WS

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Mar 6, 2002, 9:13pm

ahhh well you may disagree and that is your right , but .... I was right (
see Flaggs post )

I was talking to EVERYONE in my post and calling for sensible behaviour from
all concerned so that intervention was not warranted , but it seems that the
issue has been solved ( again, thank you Flagg )

It really dosent pay to have a thin skin in these newsgroups does it ppl?

Mar 6, 2002, 9:26pm

Well, for AWS the most visible change is that tourists are back in AWSchool!

These precious little grey pieces of flotsom that are going to be the best
chance we have of keeping AW afloat, are now to experience what building is
all about :o))

I want to welcome tourists back. :o))

*Who sez they dont listen?*

Mar 14, 2002, 12:03am

Oh brother....you guys are desperate for something to argue about.

Its copyrighted. Get over it. It's exactly the same as using a copyrighted
midi or jpg from some one elses site. Its illegal, and you get into trouble
if your caught. IF.
Go ahead with the event and take ya chances of incurring some ones wrath or
change the event name and logo. Simple. Big Deal.





[View Quote] SW Chris

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Mar 22, 2002, 9:15pm

I first heard the "rumour" of *existing citizens are to be deleted when they
expire* when a GK sent me the chat log of a meeting with JP. When it was
discussed in this NG I think most ppl where too unbelieving of such
stupidity for it to sink in but it WAS discussed. Despite this when I
mentioned it in another thread I was called a liar.

The earlier thread where i tried to come up with a plan as an alternative to
*existing citizens are to be deleted when they expire* ...... remember? I
suggested that Alpha be closed to new building and another world be set up
so that existing customers can bot builds of merit over. After a month, the
old Alpha could be closed down. This alternative may not be great, but the
only reason I can think of for *existing citizens are to be deleted when
they expire* is that Alpha is too big and unweildy and AWCorp want to
reduce the amount of the burden. In my eyes it would be better to just
delete NACs as they didnt pay and havent returned in over three years to
claim their property, but in this instance the ppl that screamed "You cant
do that" where listened to and they are going to delete US instead.
Gee great plan :o(((

The only other explanation is " dont let your account expire or we will
delete you and yours and make the towns you have built look silly because
of the gaps and missing roads, dont leave us or we will punish you.....be
warned that the rising fees are NOT just to build in AW but to save all your
existing builds from deletion.... na na na na is it worth renewing now ?"

I prefer to think that it is the former explanation and not the latter, and
that was why i have been pushing for an alternative.

And remember.....alternatives are not always what you want, they are what
you can put up with when the original suggestion is untenable to you. As an
existing builder i can see the mess Alpha will be in if for instance SW
Chris was to not renew. Can you imagine the holes that would be left in SW
City? That punishes all of the inhabitants of the largest city in AW.

I also know that i have not built any thing since i heard about this new
plan and i dont intend to. I can see it putting off just about any one, and
especially tourists who think about registering in an effort to have their
builds retained and not deleted.

We as a community is AWcorps biggest asset ..... and biggest PITA. Without
the community this would just be a cute little game that ppl tried out and
then moved on from. It is the community, as fragmented and diverse as it is
, that makes AW different. Maybe , if we spoke with a calm reasonable voice
that was willing to understand the problems of keeping all this going, we
WOULD get somewhere on this issue. The problem i assume, is the messy, old
fashioned world of Alpha. Maybe we may not be able to save Alpha as it is,
but we can save whats worth saving. Its either that or lose parts and
eventually ALL of the community as we know it.

*sigh*

Mar 22, 2002, 9:32pm

*Cryonics said that the deletion rule "only applies to existing and new
users",
whereas the citizenships that have expired before this year wouldn't be
affected,
because they couldn't have known that their buildings could be lost if they
left AW*


afterthought...... NACs are not going to be deleted because they are " a
part of history and they may return some day" .
Gee...... ya know, if they DID return and renew their cits for a year , then
eventually they would be deleted too

Rather defeats the whole purpose, dosent it??

Despite being warned that they WOULD be deleted if they didnt pay when
billing started back in '97, they didnt pay and opted instead to leave AW.
I remember when billing started......and i remember CLEARLY that ppl that
didnt start paying where going to be deleted, but it never eventuated, hence
the mess that many left " in protest" still stands.

Now we are being told that WE are to be deleted if we dont renew and thats
"ok" because we have been warned?

To delete the ppl that DID pay and retain the ones that didnt ......and
obviously if they were not willing to shell out 20 bucks for two years THEN
, i dont think 70 pa dollars will suit them now......mmmmm GREAT plan

NOT

Mar 23, 2002, 1:16am

I repeat *And remember.....alternatives are not always what you want, they
are what
you can put up with when the original suggestion is untenable to you.*

Deleting existing cits is untenable to me, so I am allowing alternatives to
be suggested ......saving existing builds in a new world, ( both NAC and
existing cits, any thing that ppl deem worth botting over in that month)
deleting NACs.......or some other plan that makes both AWCorp happy and the
community happier than if they where deleted.

*the ppl that screamed "You cant do that" where listened to and they are
going to delete US instead.* Is that what you prefer?
Do you prefer Alpha to be one huge monument to ancient non paying NACs with
a few brand new temporary builds and no ongoing community ?

What is acceptable or unacceptable to you or I or the community ultimately
counts for nothing unless we can make allowances and be willing to give in
on an issue. If indeed the talk of deleting ANYONE is because Alpha world is
a burden too great to bother with then something WILL be done, and we will
have no say in any thing unless we show we are willing to accept less
attractive policies but ones that are preferable to the one mentioned.



[View Quote] I don't think ANY large scale deletion of NACs or otherwise is acceptable.
Like it or not, NAC builds are a large part of AW history
and make up a large part of the properties in AW.

subDelta

Mar 22, 2002, 11:25pm

OY VEY

Tourist builds are MEANT to be temporary, taking them over by plastering up
a few signs is not going to save it from AWC if they choose to remove
tourist builds from the data base they will do so without even seeing the
build. Nor from any one else and why should it? Tourist builds are like
shareware, they get some privileges of the browser without all, and the
privilege of having a permanent build dosent look like even remaining one
that citizens THAT PAY can enjoy.

If you want to blame some one, blame yourself for telling every Tom Dick and
Harry about your intentions, I seem to recall you even posted coords at one
stage..... May as well posted an Invitation * Come and delete this tourist
build*

double oy vey


[View Quote] Jey(302100)

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Apr 8, 2002, 5:02am

ActiveWorlds would not have been as great a place as it is without her, she
inspired, bullied, or cajoled so many things for the community. Lu not only
was there for AWSchool, AWUniv and any programme that helped ppl over the
years that i knew her, she was also some one that gave so much more than we
will ever know.


ActiveWorlds is poorer for her loss

Apr 18, 2002, 10:17pm

Cyclone has also been banned from AWSchool for quite a while now, for
offences many and varied and all of them rotten.

Apr 27, 2002, 2:14am

Getting off the immediate subject, but still on the subject of
advertising....... heres an idea.....

AWCorp could make a page for download that could be printed by us, the ppl
that love aw and want to see it get bigger and better. Once printed, this
page could be tacked to ppls local notice boards in their real life
community....school tuck shop, internet cafe, local shopping centre, sports
centre or any where appropriate.

As i have said before....the AWCommunity is AWCorps biggest asset and for
the cost of the time to make a simple "to be printed" page they could have a
world-wide reaching advertising campaign.

Jun 12, 2002, 2:09am

Above in an updraft


After a bizarre comment
:-s

After eating something bitter
:-*

After eating something sour
:-6

And bozo the clown!
*:o)

Angel (at heart, at least)
O :-)

I Asleep
|-I

Banker
:-%

Basic smiley
:-)

Beard
:-}

Big-face
(:-)

Big girl
:-)-8

Birth
|-O

Bland face
:-1

Blockhead
:-]

Boo hoo
:-(

Bow tie
:-X

Braces
:-#

Braindead
%-6

Broken nose
:^)

Broken nose, but it's the other way
:v)

Bucktoothed vampire
:-E

Bummed out smiley
:-c

Chef
C=:-)

Clown
*:o)

Cold
:-~)

Comedy
:-)

Condescending stare
:-8(

Cross smiley
:-t

Crying
:,(

Crying too
:'-(

One eyed
0-)

Death
8-#

Disappointed
:-e

Ditto
:-}

Ditto...but he's winking
,-)

Drama
:-(

Drunk
:*)

I Dunce
<:-I

I Egghead
(:I

Face with bushy mustache
:-#|

Female
>-

Frowning
:-(

Glasses
8-)

Glasses on forehead
8:-)

Gleep...
:]

Ha ha
:-)

Ham radio operator
E-:-)

Happy
:)

Have an ordinary day smiley
:-|

Hee hee
|-)

Hey hey
:->

I Hmm
:-I

Ho ho
|-D

Holds religious office
+-:-)

Horn-rims
B-)

Hosehead
=:-)

Hugs
[]

Hugs and kisses
[] and :*

Indifferent smilie
:-I

Infinity
8

Just ate something sour
:-*

Just died
X-(

Just made a really devilish remark
:->

Just made a wry statement
:-7

Keeping lips sealed
:-X

Kisses
:*

Laughing
:-D

Laughing (at you!)
:-D

Laughter
:D

Left-pointing nose smiley
:v)

Left-pointing tongue smiley
:-b

Left handed
(-:

Left smiling smiley
:-j

Lefty undecided smiley
:-/

Licking his/her lips
:-9

Little girl
8:-)

Mad
-<

Male
:-

Mean pet smilie
3:[

Midget smiley
:>

Midget smilie
:)

Midget unsmiley
:<

Moustache
:-{)

Net.flame
~~:-(

No yelling! (quiet lab)
:-0

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Jun 25, 2002, 8:17am

But he does have a good point. The area surrounding aw GZ is supposed to be
cleared of signs with personal advertisements by the AWHS.
Many ppl spent hours trying to clean and tidy the area up, restoring old
builds and removing the eyesores that accumulated signs, protests and self
advertisements represent. So why is Duskbat allowed to place signs while
other, older signs are removed?

Jun 29, 2002, 5:18am

I was one of the ppl that ....back in the days when AWHS meant
something....spent hours cleaning up GZ and the immediate environs. Along
with many and varied others such as Lara, Chloe, The Real Pops, and other AW
veterans. Contary to your comments that i have spoken subject to heresay, I
have seen your signs, in many cases overshadowing other ppls efforts and
secreted into tiny slits in existing builds. For example 19n 1w ..... a
vandalism effort i would hardly call "historic" and i dont think that
AWCorp would select you or any of the other vandals for special treatment.
You have found a small crack between land cover and used that to destroy the
surrounding builds...... good on ya....NOT. That is called vandalism in my
books, a self serving effort to push YOUR builds, whether good or bad, is
hardly what GZ is for.

Bille's information squares where for the benefit of any one who cared to
contact him and NOT just take it upon themselves to lay vandalism near an
existing build. I am sure that HE would appriciate your comments on the
closing of the squares "she" worked so hard on for so many years.

You accuse me of not knowing what i am talking about....? LOL

Jul 6, 2002, 4:44am

Hi Mr Bruce :o))

While i applaud your goals, that of a world where tourists and citizens can
mingle and build contentedly together..... i question some of the choices
you have made in those you have vested your trust and authourity. More than
once i have confronted ppl that have vandalised AW Newbie /Awschool with
teleports to your world, and i seriously doubt the maturity level of the ppl
involved. I also question the attainability of your goals. The best one can
do is supply a world where tourists can build TEMPORARILY and make an
effort to keep the idiots out. As i am attempting this is AWNewbie i realise
the impossibiity of doing a complete job and content my self with providing
somewhere that newbies can TRY their hand at building. Guarantees are
something that is impossible to provide and will create heartache if you
try. I would appreciate any help or co operation you feel willing to provide
and vice a versa but the bottom line is...... Tourists are the "shareware"
visitors to our universe and as such are impossible to provide complete
protection for and that is as it should be. The goal is, and should be the
encouragement of the Tourists to register and provide their own protection.

Jul 13, 2002, 6:08am

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No....you just HOPE that this is a new beginning....but i dont think we are
that lucky. Trouble is.....no one is ever gunna run just AW ( without all
the other crapola that they are trying to do) just for us and pay a few
million dollars for the privlege, and not wanna make money off it.

Jul 17, 2002, 7:23am

or a woman.....
but it got your attention didnt it ? lol

AWSchool needs teachers and Tour Guides :o) Would you be willing to give
back to the community some of which you have received?........ Think of the
building yards and helpful sites you have visited over the years and
volunteer to help out the newbies in awschool :o))

All we need is mature and sensible ppl that are willing to put an effort
in...... and i am STILL looking for some one that can take over when i
retire.......

http://www.awcommunity.org/aws/application.html
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