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May 3, 2006, 10:49pm

Hi
I was just thinking how I was curious to know some aspects about people
in AW.
1. How did you find out about AW?
2. Why did you join? What triggered your registering as a citizen?
3. How long have you remained a citizen?
4. What is the best feature of AW for you?
5. What have you created in AW?
6. What activities do you enjoy in AW?
Just had some curiousity about these aspects :) Anyone care to respond?

CoLor

May 6, 2006, 5:27pm

Hehe I was trying to be shy. Well here are my answers too.

1. How did you find out about AW?
---A friend of mine showed us the program. She got us in AW then quickly we were in, I think,
her own trial world. I made that location as home entrance right away, so then I never realized
that AWGate was the entrance world or that AW gz were separate places until much later. We
chatted in her world & then I tried building.

2. Why did you join? What triggered your registering as a citizen?
---As soon as I learned your builds would not be deleted by others and you could join a friend
by a click, and because for $20 it sure wasnt a turn down. I had to do it by mail so I waited
anxiously for those two weeks. Checking the mail each day.

3. How long have you remained a citizen?
---I joined in April 1999. And Ive introduced friends from textbased chat to AW and they joined
too. Although its harder now for friends to join, since some of them are on disability and cant
afford the cit.

4. What is the best feature of AW for you?
---The BUILDING!!!! I LOVE IT!! For me the avatars are just something to use. But I love
creating landscapes. My first builds as a tourist were very frustrating. I attempted them on my
own and just couldnt get them to fit right. I tried hard then quit coming to AW very much. I
just couldnt understand why my other friends(the ones from a 2D chat) were still in AW
ALLLLLLLL the time. So I came back to AW & one of them showed me a few necessary tricks on how
to build to make things fit. Then I got ADDICTED to building.

5. What have you created in AW?
---My first builds were a school in AW and a tiny house in a friends city. Ive done some
landscaping, hills, valleys and small attempts at villages in them. Lighthouses, gardens,
waterfalls, lakes, caves etc. all in AW world. What I like about building is when you look at
your old builds you can see your skills progress.
I've learned a lot from the Building Geniuses in AW who participate in the birthday builds
& AW School teachers who helped me with my questions. I still hate making roofs. But I love
decorating with flowers & trees. I'm forever grateful to tunablues for his trees!! I like
building to make realistic landscapes. I was inspired by Mt.Bob when I first saw it I was
amazed.

6. What activities do you enjoy in AW?
---Building. I like building with a few close friends in AW, sometimes building side by side. I
love the Easter & Christmas Hunts! I wish there were more of those!Its too long of a wait
between hunts :) I also love exploring AW world with friends as we find new or old unique
builds. Chatting in AW/AWGate is ok, but for me I use a faster 2D-text based chat program, for
when Im in that mood. I like being a Gatekeeper and helping people tho. I did bingo for a while
but not into that right now.

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May 5, 2006, 12:23am

Wow great interesting replies to my Curious post. Now this triggers more
questions! How about the young ones that found AW while they were kids
and teenagers and remained in AW til they moved into adulthood?
1. How did AW affect your growing years?
2. What role did AW citizenship take in your social life, virtual and
physical world?
3. Did it enhance your relationships in your location or what aspects
significantly affected your development?
4.What did you gain or lose being a kid/teen growing up with AW
experiences in your childhood?
5. Being online and in AW, among adults and teens, how did this
influence or touch your lives?

May 11, 2006, 10:53pm

Congratulations!!!

[View Quote] > Incase anyone is interested, just a small insight to my (DaBean)
> personal life,
>
> Yesterday morning I submitted my paperwork and books.
> Thismorning, I went and picked up that very important, blue piece of
> paper, known as my Commercial Pilots Liscence. So, as an addition to the
> "curious" thread, growing up with activeworlds? not really.. came back
> in 2004 (Feb) after a brief visit in 1997 or so. Ended up winning a year
> and a bit free citizenship, and after that ran out I renewed for a year.
> Did AW help me get where I am? I think so, although that could be seen
> as a 'bad' thing as well. AW, in addition to my job, and regular sleep
> schedule, kept me from wasting all my money on booze and parties, but in
> turn limited my social life. The other bonus, as previously mentioned is
> the reception of 20 months of training on a piece of blue paper with a
> few words printed on it, worth a good $25 000, that makes me a
> Commercial Pilot.
>
> Thank you AW, for helping me attain this goal, and I'm sure the
> community here will keep me enthused to upgrade my liscence to multi
> engine aircraft, flying by instroment (multi-ifr), then my turbine, and
> jet engine.
>
> Cheers! Best of luck to the youngins out there, keep in school, work
> hard, find something your interested in, study it, and keep at it. I'm
> proof that a heck of alot can be done before you turn twenty, as I am 19
> years old, and am guarenteed a job getting paid to fly charters in the
> near future, possibly before the end of the summer.
>
> FlyYukon, AKA DaBean

May 28, 2006, 1:20am

If they are like me and using a nasty old worn out computer, still on windows
95, they will be shut out of AW completely, according to the rumor I heard.
Unfortunately, Im not able to upgrade windows on this computer & cant afford a
new computer, due to family crisis. I guess I'll end up shut out of AW?

[View Quote] > Lets see how many people it brings in on the day.
>
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Jun 3, 2006, 9:22pm

Contact List: IF we are required to request permission from each person we
want to add to our new contact list, (after the new version has wiped out the
old list) then we will lose contact with friends, who are on vacation or away
from AW for a period of time, while still keeping their citizenship. We wont
see if they arrive online to say hi to them.
Everyone has a close circle of best friends and a wider circle of casual
friends and an even larger circle of acquaintances. All of which you can add
to your list and deal with using the current options(online status or blocking
grams etc).
It might be easy to gain approval to put a person on your new contact list
from close friends, but from the others it will be hard to get it when you
rarely see them online at the same time. Also how will we know if they recieve
the request for approval or if they denied it? For those friends that like to
change nicknames or spellings, it might be hard to get their exact current
nickname to request.
As for blocking, People DO need to block people they do not run into on
AW. Unwanted telegrams of an ugly nature is a form of harrassment. And this is
a good option for those who use it to make sure a nasty person doesnt send
them harrassing telegrams. Blocking access and requiring permission for things
such as joining someone or file transfers are a necessary feature.
CoLor



[View Quote] > We can certianly hope on the add blocked contact, though I did not see
> anything like that, yet.
>
> Karten
>
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Jun 10, 2006, 3:46pm

Sorry, But we ARE responsible for how we cause others to feel by results of our
own actions/words. But it is also within our own power to remove ourselves from
future abuse by blocking people/abuse. I do not agree that people should be
given an excuse to abuse others through their words by blaming the victim. We
are not alone on this earth. Our words have a great effect for the good or the
bad. We do affect each other and it is our responsibility to own up to the
results of our actions/words. Too many people in this world today want to blame
the victim, instead of the person who caused the difficulty.

[View Quote] > No one can make u feel anything. If u choose to be pissed of then u will be.
> But u can also choose to not let them have that power over u and take
> controll of your own feelings and choose to go one about your life.
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Jun 10, 2006, 3:57pm

Cy Awards Voting:

I dont know if there are people out there like me or not. But I have
been locked out of AW since Memorial Day weekend. I use the worst
computer around (Windows 95, very low RAM/resources, 11yrs old, older
version of AW 3.1, I think). I couldnt even upgrade to the last version
prior to 4.1.
Since the new version came out, at one point, it totally locked me
out. I have been locked out since it required me to upgrade & this
system cant do it.

But I do wish I could vote for the Cys. I have no ability to go to
the AWcommunity world to whisper to some bot. Is there a webpage method
to do it without getting something from the bot in the world?

CoLor

Jun 11, 2006, 1:00am

by the way ... Im a woman. not a HE. Also, what I was asking was about a
webpage access to give my vote for the CY since Im locked out of the AW program.
I'd like to cast at least one vote for a person I know is nominated and deserves
recognition for some great artistic achievements.
CoLor


[View Quote] > Hi sweets, sorry for the spelling of your name, but your 'description' you
> can do until voting starts, and this moment, 15 min left to do so.
> About Color and his win 95, I feel sorry for that he still use that, but you
> come to a end where upgrade is necessary, not just for AW but also for his
> security.
> So far I know even Microsoft has stop supporting that OS, so soon or later
> he has to upgrade his system or get a new one.
> nothing last forever.
>
> Tengel
>
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Jun 11, 2006, 1:01am

Why are you telling me this? I already know Im locked out.

[View Quote] > CoLor,
> To enter active worlds 4.1 you must be running a NT based system. like NT,
> 2000, or XP.
> all other windows OS's can't enter it.
> I resently upgraded to XP due to this.
> I was on 98 se before and it coudl not enter.
>
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Jun 11, 2006, 4:14pm

Yes you were "on me" about my computer. And Yes Lady Nitehawk is right, my
question was only about the voting. However since you seem to think money grows
on trees and everyone can just buy a computer like a snack item. I am not able
to get a new computer or even upgrade this one. And if I did get any money it
would go towards a flight to go see my sister, who is suffering a relapse of her
cancer, and who lives states away. Dont bother replying to this. Im not going to
come to the newsgroup. I am under enough stress as it is than to read some
unpleasant stuff online.
CoLor

[View Quote] > Sorry LNH, not on her at all. Was not my intention to do that, but I know it
> sounded like it. I hope she and everyone else can get on to Cy's as well as
> AW.

Jun 13, 2006, 12:12am

Privacy Features:
As some of you will learn as you grow older in life, some people are
wonderful, still others are nice, and some no matter how nice you are, are
NOT nice. For these few mean people, blocking their ability to send you
harrassing telegrams or see your online status is a good feature. Why would
anyone care if someone wants to block their status or telegrams? Seems to
me its a personal choice and a good feature.
CoLor

[View Quote] > I honestly don't trust people with all the privacy features turned on.
> Either you're a hermit and hate people (why are you on a social program
> then!?!?) or have poor social skills and have made a huge batch of
> enemies, or have poor communication skills with your friends and can't
> tell them "I'm busy right now"
>
> People tell me "I need them, I have people that harass me! I have
> enemies! It's not my fault."
>
> It's pretty hard to make enemies in AW, you have to go out and chose to
> do it by being a huge jerk or over-reacting to a jerk, both poor signs
> of character. I can be a bit of a jerk at times, been here almost 9
> years, never had to mute, eject, or telegram block anyone, ever. It's
> not luck. Crazy people harassing you doesn't "just happen".
>
> So when I see Mr. or Mrs. "hide my world, hide my status, approve
> everything, block everything", I just think, "social retard not to be
> trusted"

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