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subdelta // User SearchThat . .Mar 21, 2002, 11:25am
there is such an option. If the user hasn't found it yet they must be smoking
some crack. It's right in the Options menu. subDelta [View Quote] > All newsreaders I know have the option, to download only > the newest n entries or only the threads starting after a > specific date, and to remove old message bodies and/or > headers. > > I'm not familiar with Outlook Express, but I bet there is > such an option too. > [View Quote] If You Miss Eep...Apr 6, 2002, 1:18am
From:
http://messages.yahoo.com/bbs?.mm=FN&action=m&board=1600754333&tid=awld&sid= 1600754333&mid=244 " Eep, why do you spend so much time using ActiveWorlds when you hate it so much? This says more about your shortcomings as a person than anything you can contribute to a message board. Also, why is your hair so greasy? Is that a fashion statement, or are you just a lazy, fat, loser who has bad hygiene? " As far as I could tell from my conversations with Eep over the years... he's not a bad guy. He's just really angry at the world for some reason and feels he's gotta take it out on everyone else. Guess it shouldn't surprise me. From what I picked up in our conversations over time I've pieced together that he's around 26 years old, has no job (except from brief internships, it would seem), lives with his parents, attends a community college part-time and somehow got his hands on some high-speed 'net connection (oh, and satellite TV, I think... lucky punk ;¬P)... which is where he would seem to spend alot of time. That, and playing video games. Maybe that's the key as to why he's so goddamn angry at people. Maybe his life just didn't turn out like he wanted it too and he just wants the world to pay in some way. Then again... who knows. The real reason could be completely different. Maybe he was just born unpersonable and with an unhealthy video-game addiction... but the latter was probably developed over time ;¬P subDelta [View Quote] http://messages.yahoo.com/?action=q&board=AWLD -Builderz If You Miss Eep...Apr 8, 2002, 5:55pm
nesletterApr 12, 2002, 11:53pm
It's probably half-truthful... He doesn't love you... He just loves the way
he feels when he's around you (plus the money you keep sending him) TV writers + tech stuff = AAAH!Apr 12, 2002, 12:42am
Well, not ALL TV is bad. Some of it is damn funny...
<Whales jumping out of the water> Chris: "Dad... what is the blowhole on a whale for?" Peter: "Well son, I can tell you what it's not for. And then you'll understand why I can never go back to Seaworld." (Family Guy) :¬) subDelta [View Quote] I suppose you can forgive a screen writer for being ignorant about IP addresses. What's REALLY sad is that when they do drama programs on non-technical things, like the Supreme Court, or the White House (the workings of which are SUPPOSED to be taught in high school for heavens sake) they make even more obvious factual errors. Way too many people in the US these days think that these programs are DOCUMENTARIES! Leave it to Hollywood to fill the void left by our educational systems with.... more void. Nothing they do surprises me any more. [View Quote] > Hi, I was watching TV and the BBC had a drama series thing about an Inet > company running a site... story of the episode was that they got > domain-"squatters" (someone that registers domainnames that look like > another, to catch people typing the wrong URL). They went on to do a WHOIS > query, and this is the beginning of the funny part: they pointed at an IP > and said it was a contact number! later, to try and trace the owners they > did a port-scan on the nameserver... they thought it was illegal, and by > only using a portscan they found the OWNER's street address... so, my point > is why do these people write a bunch of stupid crap about things they know > nothing about, and why do bigtime institutions like the BBC let them do it?? > lol > > KAH > > > Follow up to last post (about deletion of AW properties)Mar 19, 2002, 6:04pm
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------=_NextPart_000_0035_01C1CF55.7855E730 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello again boys and girls... guess what, E N Z O actually wrote back this time! Well, isn't that a first! Here's what he had to say: Hi Daniel, While I am sorry to hear that you feel that JP and I are incompetent and "have done more damage to AW than anyone ever has before", (*wondering where YOU were when Worlds was shutting it down*) I can agree with your feelings about AW. I am unsure as to where this rumor about AW started but please be assured that it is untrue. Don't believe everything you hear either about me or AW, Rick Noll CEO Activeworlds Corp. (978) 499 0222 Well, it is a relief to hear that, and I sure hope he's letting the truth, but I really don't know what to think, seeing as they have LIED, LIED, and LIED again so many times in the past. And I STILL stand by my opinion of their incompetence and of their damage to AW. If they actually do go through with the "rumor" after stating this is would be even worse than anything they have done before. Now all we can really do is sit and wait until the next time AW management decides they want to rape the citizens up AW up the ass. Oh, and by the way, Mr. Noll, if I'm not mistaken I WAS there when world was shutting it down and I recall news that there was a competing bid (I think it was Protag and Da5id), so much for you being the "saviors" of AW you'd like to make yourself out to be. I think I'll give him a call one of these days to clarify why I shouldn't believe what I hear about him. Tell me what you guys think.... subDelta ------=_NextPart_000_0035_01C1CF55.7855E730 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2712.300" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Hello again boys and girls... guess what, E N Z O = actually=20 wrote back this time! Well, isn't that a first!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Here's what he had to say:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2><EM>Hi Daniel,<BR><BR>While I am sorry to hear that = you feel=20 that JP and I are incompetent and<BR>"have done more damage to AW than = anyone=20 ever has before", (*wondering where<BR>YOU were when Worlds was shutting = it=20 down*) I can agree with your feelings<BR>about AW.<BR><BR>I am unsure as = to=20 where this rumor about AW started but please be assured<BR>that it is=20 untrue.<BR><BR>Don't believe everything you hear either about me or=20 AW,<BR><BR>Rick Noll<BR><BR>CEO<BR>Activeworlds Corp.<BR>(978) 499=20 0222</EM></FONT></DIV> <DIV><EM><FONT size=3D2></FONT></EM> </DIV> <DIV><EM><FONT size=3D2></FONT></EM> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Well, it is a relief to hear that, and I sure hope = he's=20 letting the truth, but I really don't know what to think, seeing as they = have=20 LIED, LIED, and LIED again so many times in the past. And I STILL stand = by my=20 opinion of their incompetence and of their damage to AW. If they = actually=20 do go through with the "rumor" after stating this is would be even worse = than=20 anything they have done before. Now all we can really do is sit and wait = until=20 the next time AW management decides they want to rape the citizens = up AW up=20 the ass.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Oh, and by the way, Mr. Noll, if I'm not mistaken I = WAS there=20 when world was shutting it down and I recall news that there was a=20 competing bid (I think it was Protag and Da5id), so much for you being = the=20 "saviors" of AW you'd like to make yourself out to be.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>I think I'll give him a call one of these days to = clarify why=20 I shouldn't believe what I hear about him.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Tell me what you guys think....</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>subDelta</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0035_01C1CF55.7855E730-- Yet another follow up (a bit long too)...Mar 20, 2002, 1:26am
I just wanted to post my latest message to Mr. Noll in response to his last message.
subDelta ---------- Mr. Noll, It is a relief to hear you say that, however I am conflicted on what I should think, as I will explain here. Although I do respect your establishment, I have seen your company lie to the users in the past regarding certain issues, as well as exhibit other acts that leave much to be desired, and I am therefore somewhat apprehensive to take your word on exactly what will be the outcome. Let me first state the motives behind my opinions and some background information on myself that may help you gain a better understanding of where I am coming from. I must also say I stand by these opinions, and I will do so until you prove me wrong, at which time I will gladly retract them. Myself, I am a 17 year-old student from the Washington D.C. area. I currently also work as a Delinquency Control Counselor at Navy Federal Credit Union in the loan collections department. I have been an Active Worlds/AlphaWorld user since late 1995, with a short break in use from 1997 to 1998 (I will explain that further as I go on). As stated from my age, I was rather young when I first entered AlphaWorld for the first time (around 12 years old). At the time I did not have a computer capable of Internet access, though a friend of mine did, and he is the one who introduced me to AlphaWorld initially. Continuing on, I was introduced to AlphaWorld by this friend (I believe his citizen number was in the 4000 to 6000 range, though I can't pinpoint the exact number since he never did any significant building at sites that I can remember), but I never immigrated during that time with my own account as I just used his to do use the software, as I mostly did chatting and only built a few objects at practice sites in various areas. I continued to use my friend's computer and the software regularly even after my friend lost interest in the program, that is until 1997 when you bought the company any started charging. Neither my friend nor myself had the money at the time to keep the current account, so we let it go and I didn't return to AW for some time afterwards. I finally returned to AW in mid-1998 as a tourist when I finally acquired my own computer capable of internet access and with hardware more than sufficient (at the time) to run AW. I visited off and on a tourist until I decided to buy a citizenship in January 1999, and immigrated as "M u n k u y," citizen number 294389. From that point on I have spent much time and done many activities within AW, including a brief position as head of the AlphaWorld Historical Society, which I eventually left due to new time constraints that came up. My current citizenship, "subDelta" (no. 1853) was given to me by a fellow long time AW citizen, "Beefer" (no. 1638). The account was his old "Beefer2" account that was expired and he said I was welcome to if I was willing to pay the registration fee. I re-immigrated this account in January of 2002. To be honest, I'm glad I did it, seeing as people don't see me as a "newbie" anymore when I have in actuality been using the program for longer than many who still do. As far as my opinions that I stated go, I have a variety of reasons to believe them. I know you asked me where I was when you "saved" AW, as some say, when Worlds Inc. was shutting it down in 1997. Well, I was there, and if I am correct (and please correct me if you feel I am wrong), there was a competing offer made for the rights to the software my Mr. Gobel and Mr. Britvich, who I assume you are familiar with (Da5id and Protagonist). On the same note, let me state some of the issues that I feel have influenced my opinions. One of the prime issues would be the alienation of such people as Protagonist and Dataman. Whatever your argument may be with Mr. Britvich, I find it extremely unacceptable to deny the initial creator of a program access to it. I know many others feel much the same. As far as Dataman goes, I know he seemed to be rather dissatisfied with you as well, and if he is telling the truth, he has good reason to be. According to his "side of the story" you promised to pay him for the development of his RWXMod program, but you rather turned around and had it decompiled instead so you would not have to pay him for his efforts. I do not claim that this testimony on his part is valid, though I am inclined to believe so. But if it is, not only is it illegal, but it is unethical, and reflects very badly upon your character and trustworthiness. The other main issue I have a quarrel with is the way that your company handles the community aspect of AW. AlphaWorld was originally designed as a place without any real governing force. Although there were such individuals and Protagonist and Dataman who had an imminence at the time (even though it is known that Dataman may have abused this privilege at times), there was no real official enforcement of "laws" as is found in AW today with such groups as the Peacekeepers. I am not one to care as much as some do about the influence of this group as some do, though I do have issues with them limiting my free speech within AW. I am reasonable as far as how I think someone's free speech rights should extend in AW. I believe that there should be a limit on such rights, if say for example, someone decides to plaster giant signs with red letters reading, "I HATE JEWS!" all over AW, there should be a governing force in place that can remove them. However, I am not too keen on the notion that they seem to try to censor conversations at GroundZero, though I will give them credit as they seem to have lightened up on such issues recently. AW Corp's approach towards the community leaves much to be desired as far as your management practices go. As "Silenced" posted recently in reply to a post I made regarding this letter in the newsgroup: "Buying out a company doesn't immediately make you a competent management.. You have to be actively participating in your product's development and listen to your users. Telling them you're going broke because you're salary is too high isn't what you do.... If you're losing money you don't rise prices, you lower them in hopes to get more of a userbase and gradually increase it back, thus creating more profit then you had before..." I think these words are a good expression of my feeling. You need to stop and listen to the community, which it seems you have a problem doing. Personally, I think AW is a great program with so much potential it's hard to believe it seems to be dying the way it is (or atleast your stock prices would indicate such). If I may interject another point here, has AW ever considered other routes to make money? Perhaps advertising? I'm sure if more people just knew this program existed it would be an instant success. Well, that about sums up what I have to say. I welcome your comments and hope to hear from you soon. Daniel Pawlak (subDelta) Yet another follow up (a bit long too)...Mar 20, 2002, 1:52am
Yet another follow up (a bit long too)...Mar 20, 2002, 9:10am
VERY well said, I commend you :¬)
As far as the fact it will create tension, I intended it to be as such. I've learned in my time here that if you want to get these people's attention you have to push the point and create controversy otherwise they just let it roll of their backs and don't respond. Let it be noted that in my first letter to JP and Rick I did not attack their business practices and question their capability, I rather just focused on the main point. I received no response from either of them regarding that letter after a period of three days. This letter however, received a response the very next day. I guess Rick felt the need to defend himself regarding my opinions, and I don't blame him for doing it; it's natural human nature to defend yourself when someone attacks you in some way, physically or verbally. I'm tired of just sitting back and taking it like they'd like me to do. As I stated in my letter, I once was head of the AWHS for a period of time. During that time, I learned that to get ANYTHING done you had to kiss their asses until your lips were raw. Needless to say this left a bad taste in my mouth, so to speak, and I regret doing it. I'm through trying to suck up to them to convince them to get what I want/feel is right. I've decided to take a more direct approach. Peace out for now... subDelta [View Quote] I remember the COF controversy. I remember Worlds doing a universe for Intel Research, getting paid well to do it, and then curiously getting bought out. I recall a story about a storage space filled with office equipment and furniture somewhere out in the Bay Area.... Worlds Chat continuing and AlphaWorld continuing on different paths. Studio buys software company, to do more work... Idea was to sell custom-designed worlds... Loads of them! At 300K each. VRML Architecture Group archives have threads from original Alpha team... Leading discussions on problems most of the group had not encountered yet. Most members of VAG began their threads with some little problem with their parser or their renderer. The Alpha people were struggling with collision detection, dead-reckoning, realtime scene optimization, etc. Showdown on VRML in 1997, Apple burned bridges and Alpha team made friends, which is ironic since AlphaWorld was never an implementation of the SGI-centric notion that VRML _is_ the Open Inventor format. (Pesce and Parisi never intended VRML to be a FILE FORMAT, which is all VRML 2.0 ever really amounted to. They would have preferred the AW implementation in that it was at least a beginning of Pesce's "CyberSpace Protocol".) (Pesce, 1995) One thing is sure: nobody, NOBODY would have founded a startup based on 3D Chat if it were not for research firms such as Gartner and The Aspen Institute publishing papers in 1995-1997 for Venture Capitalists to read, claiming that there was going to be widespread, high-volume consumer demand for it. Worlds Inc. was (originally) founded by Worlds Adventure / Knowledge Adventure, and ActiveWorlds was founded by people who wanted to GET RICH RICH RICH on a hot new VC buzzword. 1998: Suddenly nobody in the Venture Capital world (or the press) gave a hoot about VRML, and ActiveWorlds was twisting in the wind. ActiveWorlds was and is a bastard child, a slave traded child, an abandoned greedy dream that will never be treated with respect or geniune ambition by the self-pitying carriers of its liability. We, those who enjoy ActiveWorlds, are, from the point of view of a marketing specialist, an insignificant minority of users who prefer something that simply cannot compete with the only relevant competition, AOL, or MSN. The only people in the whole world who will look out for our interests is OURSELVES. Hmm, odd hereMar 20, 2002, 11:29pm
Right you are!
I neglected to do the math when I posted, as I said in the letter I was "around" 12 years old. I was actually 11 (all I remember before doing the math is that I was between 11 or 12 and in the 6th grade). It's been awhile anyway. Thanks for correcting me :¬) sudDelta Sorry, my memory is fuzzy and I didn't bother to do the math before I wrote the letter. [View Quote] ~Brock - (#308723) Looking at things, only he notices. http://www.iceflare.net More proof (follow up to last posts)Mar 21, 2002, 11:38am
Hello again boys, girls, transsexuals, drag queens and all you fuzzy
pink bunnies out there (sorry, I just sorta like the idea of fuzzy pink bunnies ;¬P) I've found some more evidence that Mr. Noll is a big, fat, LIAR. How stupid does he think we are? saying that the supposed deletions are a rumor. I overlooked the most obvious evidence of his intentions... right on the AW web page on http://www.activeworlds.com/products/cancel.asp Check this out... "... After 30 days, your citizen ID and any properties built with that ID will be permanently deleted." Now that doesn't seem to be that it's a rumor? Well, Mr. Noll, of your reading this, now I don't just think your incompetent anymore; I think your the WORST liar I've ever known. Seriously, either your talking out your ass or you're just so out of it you don't even know what your own company is doing. I called the other day regarding this and left a message on his voice mail to follow up with my last e-mail. I still haven't received a response on that one either. I guess I have to insult him personally in order to get anything out of him. Pardon me for saying so, but I think only a no good asshole would lie straight out to a customer like that. I don't think I'll stand for it either. I think I'll call back and give him another piece of my mind. subDelta More proof (follow up to last posts)Mar 21, 2002, 5:54pm
I talked on the phone today with Tom at AW Corp.
He informed me that this rule applies to any citizen, new or old, who expires after January 31, 2002, which includes current citizens (meaning if you expire, Bud, there's a possibility you can kiss all your work in AW goodbye). If you want more clarification, call them yourself. subDelta [View Quote] keep digging you'll find something to satisfy ya...:) though i doubt it....;) [View Quote] More proof (follow up to last posts)Mar 22, 2002, 1:10am
Actually, the original letter was polite... that one is not posted here as it received no response. The second letter though... the
"rude" one DID get a response. I guess that's what it takes sometimes. Just because no one else has the guts to tell people exactly what they think of them doesn't make it wrong when someone does it. I've been told by many of my friends, associates, etc. that I am generally a very blunt person. It's just what I am and I won't change that fact just because it makes some people become offended or uncomfortable. I also hold very strong opinions, and won't change these for the same reasons. If you have a problem with that, Brant, I think I can tell you where to go... but then again... that wouldn't be very polite of me, would it? In the words of Eep (one who I respect because of his strong opinions as well)... "Drive on through." subDelta [View Quote] Perhaps if we all worked on basic communication skills, there wouldn't be so many miscommunications around here. -Brant [View Quote] More proof (follow up to last posts)Mar 22, 2002, 12:40pm
Personally, I don't think AW ever really listened. But that's my opinion.
Everything I've said in these posts are my opinions, based on evidence, but I do no expect people to take them as absolute fact (I could be wrong and this whole thing is just a mis-understanding, though I doubt it.) Anyway, I still haven't decided what I want to do when my account comes up for renewal in January. If AW decides to delete any expired builds of merit I probably won't stick around.... assuming AW Corp doesn't decide I'm a "risk" and troublemaker and delete my account. If they want to censor anything that's their own choice, and they know the consequences of that choice if they so decide. Silencing anyone is not a good way to build a community. But as I've said, it's their decision. If I don't decide to renew or they decide to give me the ax, I'll probably move on to OuterWorlds. I hear it's nice there, and the community spirit is abundant... much more than here. Maybe it's time for a change. Peace out for now... subDelta [View Quote] More proof (follow up to last posts)Mar 23, 2002, 12:15am
kellee,
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 [View Quote] 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* More proof (follow up to last posts)Mar 24, 2002, 1:38am
I don't think the issue is quite a much how they can run a business, but the
moral issue involved as well. I mean, is it really moral to tell people who have used your product for years (some before you even knew the product existed) that if you don't fork over the money you'll destroy their creations? I don't think so. Their past instances (stated in my letter) with Protag and Dataman leave much to be desired from an ethical standpoint as well... Anyone else have anything to add to this point? subDelta [View Quote] --Bowen-- [View Quote] More proof (follow up to last posts)Mar 24, 2002, 10:34am
Tourist Build DELETED In HamstervilleMar 23, 2002, 12:13am
Umm.... ANYONE can delete tourist builds (duh!)
I don't defend AW Corp., as can be seen from my last posts, but I'll tell you I seriously doubt they went to delete "your" tourist build. subDelta [View Quote] To anyone who STILL doubts that Tourist and expired cit builds won't be deleted, you should point your browser to 4963N 124E. You will notice that the blue building which was a tourist build I had intended to take over, renovate and finish is NOW GONE!!!! A piece of AW history (albeit a tourist build) DELETED by a corproation that says one thing and does something else entirely. Thank you AWcom - NOT!!!! :-( You KNEW I had FULL intentions of taking over that build and renovating and finishing it. EVERYONE knew it. Perhaps that's what I get for shooting my mouth off. I dunno. But the fact remains that I had placed signs and flagpoles at the north and west end of the building and and adjusted the road to go around the build. And YET YOU STILL DELETED IT!!!! I consider this to be an act of CORPORATE TERRORISM!!!! It will NOT be tolerated. While I cannot take any legal action, you can rest assured that the AW Community IS hearing about this as this is also being posted to the Community and Worldbuilders groups (Community - AW Support is getting a copy of this via email). Now, some of you might say "What are you complaining about?? Build it somewhere else or build it yourself". The fact remains I had FULL INTENTIONS of making it MY building. I just had to merely duplicate it so I can legally bypass Building Inspector. This is something I every intention of starting on when I logged on today only to find that it's NO LONGER THERE!!!!!! As such, and as Mayor of the City Of Hamsterville, I am declaring a State Of Virtual Emergency. This means that if anyone wishes to build a City Hall and/or City Jail, there are more than welcome to do so. As for the present site, I think it's only appropriate that ONLY a "virtual vespers cathedral" of some kind to be built there to honor our fallen cits as this happens. A 2nd Memorial build can also be built there as well. Although at this point in time, I am open to suggestions. The signs shall remain the way they are and the flagpoles shall remain in place and the road will remain in its present state until something more definitive is decided. At this point in time, I'm not really in much of a mood for speculation as to what might happen. I will however add a mailbox where one can drop me a line via email. I'm sure anyone has a build of any kind anywhere near 4963N 124E is no doubt deeply saddened by this TRAGIC loss of AW history. That building was a WORK OF ART. All it needed was someone to come along to finish it. I shall be on AW GZ if anyone wishes to pass along their condolences. You can telegram me if you don't find me on AW GZ. Once again, a tourist build at 4963N 124E has been deleted, and I have little doubt (VERY little) that similar builds in other towns were also lost. My sympathies go out to those other town which also lost similar builds. If you think I'm just being irrational (looking more towards Brant than anyone else) - THINK AGAIN!!!! It's happened in Hamsterville and it CAN happen (if it hasn't already) to your town as well. In the meantime...I look forward to youn replies and/or telegrams (please no tar, feathers or flames at me. A polite message will do the trick just as effectively). Respectfully Posted, Patrick Cook Mayor - City Of Hamsterville pchamster at msn.com Denver, Colorado http://home.talkcity.com/MinivanAve/patrick32/ Tourist Build DELETED In HamstervilleMar 27, 2002, 3:51pm
How will we ever live? It's genocide I say... genocide! Their trying to wipe
out the hamster population of AW. RUN!!! AHHHHH!!! [View Quote] To anyone who STILL doubts that Tourist and expired cit builds won't be deleted, you should point your browser to 4963N 124E. You will notice that the blue building which was a tourist build I had intended to take over, renovate and finish is NOW GONE!!!! A piece of AW history (albeit a tourist build) DELETED by a corproation that says one thing and does something else entirely. Thank you AWcom - NOT!!!! :-( You KNEW I had FULL intentions of taking over that build and renovating and finishing it. EVERYONE knew it. Perhaps that's what I get for shooting my mouth off. I dunno. But the fact remains that I had placed signs and flagpoles at the north and west end of the building and and adjusted the road to go around the build. And YET YOU STILL DELETED IT!!!! I consider this to be an act of CORPORATE TERRORISM!!!! It will NOT be tolerated. While I cannot take any legal action, you can rest assured that the AW Community IS hearing about this as this is also being posted to the Community and Worldbuilders groups (Community - AW Support is getting a copy of this via email). Now, some of you might say "What are you complaining about?? Build it somewhere else or build it yourself". The fact remains I had FULL INTENTIONS of making it MY building. I just had to merely duplicate it so I can legally bypass Building Inspector. This is something I every intention of starting on when I logged on today only to find that it's NO LONGER THERE!!!!!! As such, and as Mayor of the City Of Hamsterville, I am declaring a State Of Virtual Emergency. This means that if anyone wishes to build a City Hall and/or City Jail, there are more than welcome to do so. As for the present site, I think it's only appropriate that ONLY a "virtual vespers cathedral" of some kind to be built there to honor our fallen cits as this happens. A 2nd Memorial build can also be built there as well. Although at this point in time, I am open to suggestions. The signs shall remain the way they are and the flagpoles shall remain in place and the road will remain in its present state until something more definitive is decided. At this point in time, I'm not really in much of a mood for speculation as to what might happen. I will however add a mailbox where one can drop me a line via email. I'm sure anyone has a build of any kind anywhere near 4963N 124E is no doubt deeply saddened by this TRAGIC loss of AW history. That building was a WORK OF ART. All it needed was someone to come along to finish it. I shall be on AW GZ if anyone wishes to pass along their condolences. You can telegram me if you don't find me on AW GZ. Once again, a tourist build at 4963N 124E has been deleted, and I have little doubt (VERY little) that similar builds in other towns were also lost. My sympathies go out to those other town which also lost similar builds. If you think I'm just being irrational (looking more towards Brant than anyone else) - THINK AGAIN!!!! It's happened in Hamsterville and it CAN happen (if it hasn't already) to your town as well. In the meantime...I look forward to youn replies and/or telegrams (please no tar, feathers or flames at me. A polite message will do the trick just as effectively). Respectfully Posted, Patrick Cook Mayor - City Of Hamsterville pchamster at msn.com Denver, Colorado http://home.talkcity.com/MinivanAve/patrick32/ 5th Annual EggHunt in Storage!Mar 23, 2002, 7:32pm
Do any of the eggs have candy in them? Screw the other prizes!.. but if they
do I'm there! ;¬) subDelta [View Quote] Easter kind of snuck up on us this year but we caught it in time to plan our 5th Easter Egg Hunt in Storage world for this coming weekend!!!! Starting on March 30th at 1:01am VRT and ending on March 31st at 1:01 pm VRT, Storage world will be overflowing with Easter eggs just waiting for you to find!!! The persons that find the most eggs win the prizes being offered... :o) This year the prizes include::: P30/5 (30 NSWE + 1 Cit) P20/5 (20 NSWE, no cit account) At least one Citizenship for a year (only tourists can win) ..... and hopefully, a few prizes offered by AW Corp such as a T-shirt and cit extension... Don't miss the fun of hunting Easter Eggs with your friends!!! It's a BLAST!!! :o) Read more at: www.imatowns.com/~yardsale/Easter2002.html Daphne and Andras P.S. Everyone is welcome regardless of age or gender!!! Worlds Transit Authority Teleport StationMar 31, 2002, 11:01pm
Hello,
I am pleased to announce the completion of extensive renovations on the Worlds Transit Authority Teleport Station... Located in AW at 8196.5N 5.W. I recently have become the new caretaker of this acct. from it's old caretaker, Tyrell, who did a fabulous job of maintaining the acct. and it's structures... particularly the teleport station. For those of you not familiar with this location, I'll fill you in on a little background info. The teleport station was AlphaWorld's first, and official teleport terminal. It was created back in December 1995 by the original Robocop team (Dataman, LittleBull, Laura, and Desi). The account itself was maintained by Dataman (now DMs Ghost). At the time the teleport station was created, teleport was still a restricted command, and could only be used by a few Worlds, Inc. employees (Dataman, Protagonist, and Kalak of Tanagra). The teleport terminal was created under the Robocop acct. to enable a way for citizens to get a teleport to their locations from within AlphaWorld when at the time they were unable to do it themselves. Although since that time "teleport" and "Warp" have been enabled for use by all citizens, therefore making the original purpose of this site obsolete, the history of this site remains very much alive. Although most of the original grounds of this site remain the same as they were in 1995, as well as the surrounding town, the structure itself is dynamic, and this is just another renovation in the history of the site. I invite anyone who wishes to either link to the network (I can install a teleport gate within your town) or who wishes to set their site apart by getting an official teleport gate to e-mail me with your request for inclusion: daniel at att.net Thank you... subDelta Worlds Transit Authority Teleport StationApr 1, 2002, 9:58am
RWX ReportApr 2, 2002, 5:59pm
Aren't we a cheery fellow!...
Anyway, that would be sorta hard to do. Your best bet it to send him a razor blade as an e-mail attachment and ask him to print it out (it would be a picture of a razor blade, of course) then tell him to print it out and cut it out so he can give himself a paper cut with it. Won't do much damage but it sure will smart! But then again there's the problem of making him willing to cut himself... ;¬) subDelta [View Quote] Guys AW is sinking. :(!!!!!Apr 3, 2002, 2:20am
Speaking of economics... can anyone loan me five bucks for lunch tomorrow?
;¬P Voice of Reason: "Don't give it to him! He'll just blow it on candy! :¬) subDelta [View Quote] I'm not sure that their economics expert is even an expert. Rather just a friend of theirs, that's just my theory. I think they need to think about things more carefully, and really examine the effects of what will happen if they implement something else. Look at past company mistakes, that should be quite a clear example. From what I've seen, you're very correct Chris. Lowering prices while advertising increases demand, and increasing prices increases demand for substitue goods. Economics was a fun class to take though. :) --Bowen-- [View Quote] 15 Minutes of FameApr 5, 2002, 9:29am
And what comes around goes around... then it has to come around again so it
can go around. Then come back and go the opposite direction ;¬P subDelta [View Quote] I see Mod got a lot of posting for his actions Being one of the worlds exposed all I can say is I came out of it a stronger person and knowing that, What Goes Around Comes Around I thank you for your apology ZippyK |