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Apr 25, 2002, 11:26pm

Anyone know if A1CTTourist5 plans to release a DivX version of the
videos? ;)

-Builderz

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Apr 26, 2002, 8:41pm

A1CTtourist5 requested that I delete the mirrored videos off of my Web
server, so I complied with his request. If you go to the URLs in my
previous post in this thread, the links will return a "404 Not Found"
error. I was only trying to help with A1CTtourist5's Web site bandwidth
restrictions by mirroring the files.

-Builderz

Apr 26, 2002, 8:28am

I agree with Baro about the rollover buttons, they were not needed. The
overall design and graphics look very professional. However, what screen
resolution was the site designed for? 640x480? It just seems a bit small
in my opinion. If you made it like that on purpose so others can view it
inside of the AWB, then that is fine. If not, you just need to widen it
a bit more. Most people use at least 800x600 or higher for their screen
resolution.

-Builderz

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Apr 27, 2002, 6:36pm

I really like that Fun World video. The effects in there are great! Ever
consider different media formats, such as DivX, QuickTime, or RealPlayer
(now RealOne)? The vidoes are great, but the compression in the Windows
Media format makes them appear blurry and jagged. I know that if you
increased the rate at which they encoded, the video would look better,
but the videos would probably not be able to stream on slower
connections.

-Builderz

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Apr 28, 2002, 2:53pm

Shorah, I have used an encoder by Real to encode RealVideo files about
two years ago. I know the difference between RealVideo and RealAudio. I
just used the term RealPlayer and RealOne generically since it has been
so long since I last used the encoder. I didn't know what the proper
encoder's name was, so I just substituted the player's name. Thanks for
clearing it up by saying the encoder's current name is RealSystem
Producer. The encoder was named something else when I used it back then.
Your post was very informative.

Builderz
92986

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May 3, 2002, 11:22pm

I have visited AASwamp many a time and loved its environment and
atmosphere. I am sorry to see it go, but am glad that you decided to
release its objects, avatars, bot source, etc. to the public. Thank you
for your hard work on this wonderful world. I will miss it.

-Builderz

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May 21, 2002, 9:34pm

Not so with AWC. They are incorporated under Delaware law, where a
hostile takeover (buying 51% of a stock and saying you own it) does not
apply. This has been discussed in the past (even Eep has told others
about this).

-Builderz

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Jun 4, 2002, 12:23am

The new avatar animation system is currently only in the ActiveWorlds
Browser version 3.3. It is not in the world server software and is not
in version 3.2 of the browser. The animation system is on the client
side.

-Builderz

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Jun 4, 2002, 1:25am

I just sent her family an e-mail. Although I don't/didn't know Weebette
personally, I have seen her AW handle mentioned various times throughout
the community. Quite frankly, I had no idea what atypical calciphylaxis
even was until I did some quick research on the Internet after reading
your post, Alphabit. It is a very serious condition. My thoughts are
with her and her family. I hope they will stay strong and try to find
peace.

-Builderz

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Jun 10, 2002, 11:29pm

Welcome back to the community, rypp. Twenty days to get your citizenship
returned seems like a very long time. Then again, we are talking about
AWC here.

You are correct in saying this type of thing "IS A BIG DEAL." It may not
matter to some, but it is a major inconvenience to those that have their
citizenships taken/stolen. I just heard someone on the news say that
about 715,000 people in the U.S. are victims of identity theft each
year, and that number is expected to rise.

-Builderz

Jun 10, 2002, 11:21pm

Just wanted to correct you on two things. See my comments below, please:

[View Quote] > *Universe Owner (Active Worlds, Inc.).

This is incorrect. The company has changed their name to Activeworlds
Corporation from Activeworlds Incorporated many, many months ago (I do
not know the exact date). Does this name change really matter? Not
really--I just thought I'd bring it to your attention.

> *Date universe came into existence (May, 2001). [As close as possible.]
I hope you are using May, 2001 as an example. The program AlphaWorld
(now known as the Active Worlds Browser or Active Worlds Plug-in) has
been in existence since late 1995.

I hope you don't take my post the wrong way. I'm not trying to come off
as being picky, I just want your project to have the correct
information/facts.

-Builderz

Jun 11, 2002, 1:08am

Great post, GK. ;)
<cheap satire>
However, you forgot to add some other citizens to the list (such as
Guppy Lips, Just In, Ima Genius, Mauz, Tony M, MrBruce, ambivalent,
Tacoguy, Filmkr/Insanity, and myself). And what about the =), :], and 8)
smiley faces, Goober?
</cheap satire>

-Builderz

Jun 13, 2002, 12:39pm

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe the only thing the high
resolution CD did was use 256x256 (or higher) textures on most objects
and avatars instead of the 128x128 size. Since that time, a version of
the browser was released that can can use 256x256 textures and higher
(without having to buy the CD). What the CD did was look on the CD-ROM
first to see if the higher resolution textures were on it. If they were,
it didn't download the 128x128 textures. If they were not on the CD,
then the browser would download the 128x128 (or whatever pixel size they
were) from the world's OP. Only some worlds used textures that were
256x256 pixels in size. New versions of the CD were never made since the
browser version that came out that could support high resolution
textures (I forget the exact version and build number, but it was at
least a year or two ago).

-Builderz

Jun 13, 2002, 5:01pm

I just signed up, Nornny. I hope I didn't make a huge mistake... ;)

-Builderz

Jun 18, 2002, 6:02pm

Here is a quote from the latest AW newsletter (located at
http://www.activeworlds.com/newsletter/0602/060208.html):

"Starting on June 11th. AW at War will be open every Tuesday for testing of
the AW at War bot."

It is currently 5:43 PM VRT on a Tuesday afternoon. When I try to enter
AW at War, it says I am not allowed to enter. Hmm...

-Builderz

Jun 18, 2002, 6:47pm

Ah, okay. Thanks for clearing that up, Agent.

-Builderz

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Jun 30, 2002, 6:34pm

Don't you mean Eep, not E N Z O?

-Builderz

[View Quote] > Try again, and as enzo would say 'Drive ON through.'

Jul 3, 2002, 11:46pm

<start>
NG Survivor Diary Entry #1

Today was an exciting day indeed! Survivors were placed on teams, secret
alliances were formed, and an errie silence fell as everyone was
whispering to one another. Although some survivors were missing, the
event went well (besides the slow object path ;). Pictures were taken,
courtesy of Nornny, and we all introduced ourselves to everyone else.
The landscape of the NGS2002 world struck me as vast and impressive.
When the public is allowed in, they are in for a real treat.

I'm currently in the planning stages right now with others in my
alliance trying to come up with a bit of strategy. The Survivor Index
will be a great help with that. Newsgroup Survivor ][ should be very
exciting. I hope my tribe (Robego) wins the immunity challenge this
Saturday. I am also looking forward to setting up and building my camp.
The game is now on. May the best survivor win!

-Builderz
<end>

Jul 4, 2002, 12:42pm

Thanks for your support, Mask. But with my luck, watch me get voted off
first. LOL.

-Builderz

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Jul 8, 2002, 12:10am

Take this information however you wish. I am not implying anything
positive or negative regarding AWC's financial status with this post. I
merely thought some of the things below appear "interesting."

- As of July 5, 2002, AWC's stock price closed at 16 cents per share.
AWC's 52-week low was 10 cents per share (from Yahoo! Finance).

- AWC is currently listed on the Nasdaq SmallCap Market (from Yahoo!
Finance).

- A six month chart of AWC's stock:
http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=AWLD&d=c&k=c1&a=v&p=s&t=6m&l=on&z=m&q=l

- AWC's market capital is 1.4 million dollars (from Yahoo! Finance).

- Since the beginning of 2002, AWC stock has not closed above one dollar
per share.
(from
http://table.finance.yahoo.com/d?a=1&b=01&c=02&d=7&e=07&f=02&g=d&s=awld)

- AWC has or had six employees (from Market Guide).

- AWC Financial Snapshot (from the WSJ)
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http://online.wsj.com/tafkam/public/resources/cgi-bin/public-financial-snapshot.cgi?route=BOH&template=public-financial-snapshot&ambiguous-purchase-template=public-symbol-ambiguity&profile-name=Portfolio1&profile-version=3.0&profile-type=Portfolio&profile-format-action=include&profile-read-action=skip-read&profile-write-action=skip-write&transform-value-quote-search=awld&type=symbol&nvp-companion-p-type=usstock%20usfund&transform-name-quote-search=nvp-set-p-sym&p-sym=&p-name=&profile-end=Portfolio
>

- During the end of AWC'S 03/31/02 quarter, AWC made $138,000.00 in
revenue. They had a net loss of $286,000.00. Their revenues reflected
increased licensing registration fees.
(from http://biz.yahoo.com/p/a/awld.html)

- In the fiscal year of 2001, AWC CEO (Richard F. Noll) and AWC CFO
(J.P. McCormick) both had a $150,000.00 salary.
(from http://biz.yahoo.com/p/a/awld.html)

- On April 29, 2002, Mr. Noll and Mr. McCormick each sold 600,000 shares
of stock at 46 cents per share to X3D Technologies Incorporated. The
combined value of the shares they sold is over $500,000.00 (from
Thompson Financial).

- The following information is from
http://www.edgar-online.com/bin/edgardoc/finSys_main.asp?dcn=0001116502-02-000832:

o There are 8,600,088 shares of AWC common stock outstanding.

o X3D Technologies Incorporated owns about 14% of AWC common stock
(around 1,200,000 shares).

o J.P. McCormick is the "Chairman of the Board" at AWC.

o A special meeting of the stockholders of AWC will take place on July
8, 2002 regarding whether or not to remove Alex M. Adelson and Bruce
Judson from the Board of Directors.

o "The Special Meeting noticed hereby was requested by John Textor,
chief executive officer of X3D Technologies, Inc. ("X3D"), a Florida
corporation located at 2401 PGA Boulevard, Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410.

As set forth in the Schedule 13D/A, on April 29, 2002 X3D purchased a
total of 1,200,000 shares of the Company's common stock from Messrs.
J.P. McCormick and Richard F. Noll or, 600,000 shares from each. Messrs.
McCormick and Noll are officers and directors of the Company and its
largest stockholders (the "Management Directors"). The purchase price of
the stock was $0.15 per share for a total of $180,000. On April 29,
2002, X3D also purchased 100 shares of the Company in the open market at
the purchase price of $0.46 per share. X3D stated its purpose in
entering into the transaction was to maximize the value of its
investment in the Company. It alleged that our board of directors had
failed to act on its proposal to merge into the Company (described
below) and our board of directors has caused us to fail to preserve our
Nasdaq listing as described below.

X3D had presented a proposal through which it would merge into the
Company in exchange for 40% of its outstanding common stock. X3D also
presented a proposal from an investor to invest $1,000,000 into the
Company. Our board of directors never considered the X3D merger proposal
because the Independent Directors never received what they considered to
be sufficient information concerning X3D. However, on June 6, 2002, X3D
withdrew its merger proposal, but not the related financing offer.

The Company's board of directors consists of five persons consisting of
the two Management Directors and the three Independent Directors. On May
20, 2002, X3D requested that the Company call a special meeting of its
stockholders for the purposes of removing Alexander M. Adelson and Bruce
Judson (two of the three Independent Directors) from the Company's board
of directors. If the X3D proposal passes, the Company will have three
directors. The Independent Directors blocked the efforts of the
Management Directors to approve the acquisition of X3D by the Company.
Since the two Management Directors have stated to the Independent
Directors that they favor an acquisition proposal submitted by X3D, the
effect of a vote to remove the two Independent Directors may be to
permit the Company to acquire X3D in the future if X3D renews its merger
proposal. The Management Directors would favor a proposal which keeps
the Nasdaq listing.

The Management Directors, while in favor of acquiring X3D in their roles
as directors, have declined to state how they will vote at the Special
Meeting."

o "On May 20, 2002 the Company received a Written Notice of Staff
Determination from Nasdaq that, as a result of the Company's failure to
comply with the applicable continued listing requirements, the Company's
common stock would be delisted from the Nasdaq SmallCap Market at the
opening of business on May 29, 2002, unless such delisting was stayed by
the Company requesting before such date an appeal of the Staff's
delisting determination. The Company has filed an appeal which is
scheduled to be heard on July 11, 2002. The Nasdaq notice stated that
the Staff's determination was based on the Company's failure to comply
with Nasdaq Marketplace Rule 4310(c)(2)(B) which states that for
"continued inclusion, the issuer shall maintain: (i) stockholders'
equity of $2.5 million; (ii) market capitalization of $35 million; or
(iii) net income from continuing operations of $500,000 in the most
recently completed fiscal year or two of the last three most recently
completed fiscal years." The Nasdaq notice also stated that the bid
price of the Company's common stock had closed below $1 per share for 30
consecutive trading days, and, accordingly, that it did not comply with
MarketPlace Rule 4310(c)(4)."

o "Nasdaq also advised the Company that effectiveness of the merger
between Activeworlds and Aladdin Systems Holdings, Inc., ("Aladdin") as
proposed in a previously announced nonbinding letter of intent, would
not cause Activeworlds to satisfy the Nasdaq SmallCap Market continued
listing requirements. Such continued listing was a condition to the
proposed merger with Aladdin.

Aladdin recently presented an updated merger proposal and financing
offer, neither of which met the criteria established by the board of
directors. In its letter of June 6th, X3D outlined a possible
acquisition proposal from a third party. We intend to review this
possible transaction. It is unclear whether it will have any impact on
our Nasdaq listing."

o "On May 29, 2002, minority stockholders of the Company filed suit
for injunctive relief and damages against the Management Directors
allegedly in their capacity as controlling stockholders of the Company.
The lawsuit alleges that they, in their capacity as controlling
stockholders, have breached their fiduciary duties owed to the Company
and minority stockholders by taking action designed solely to benefit
themselves at the expense of the minority stockholders and the Company.
Specifically, the lawsuit alleges that the Management Directors have
acted in concert to block the merger with Aladdin with the sole motive
of retaining their management positions. The lawsuit alleges that they
have threatened to vote their controlling shares against the Aladdin
merger, have sold a block of their own stock to X3D, a direct competitor
of the Company, for approximately 75% below the then market price for
such shares thereby devaluing the shares of the Company, provided X3D
access to confidential information of the Company and given X3D a
foothold in the Company with a view to taking it over. The Company has
already turned down a merger with X3D. The lawsuit further alleges that
the Management Directors and X3D have threatened to call a stockholders
meeting to approve a merger of the Company with X3D in contravention of
the will of the majority of the Company's board of directors. The
Delaware Chancery Court denied the plaintiffs' motion for temporary
injunctive and other relief."

-Builderz

Jul 8, 2002, 3:00pm

Just trying to make sure that everyone is on the same page, Goober. That
is, if they are curious as to AWC's status financially. I didn't see a
newsgroup posting regarding most of what was contained in the post, so I
made it. Like I said, you can take it anyway you want. I'm not trying to
lower AWC's stock price or "take them down." I'll still be using AW
until the very last day they go belly up. It is just information
provided to users. Users can make up their own minds and do whatever
they want with the information provided. I have just taken public
information and compiled it into one place. The reader can make certain
connections with that information or not.

Yes, Goober, some of it is old news. While a great deal of things in my
post are also news items on AWNews.com, some are not.

-Builderz

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Jul 8, 2002, 4:42pm

<start>
NG Survivor Diary Entry #2

As I sit typing on my comp1.rwx, I can't help but feel sorry for
pixelot. No one wants to be the first person voted off of their tribe,
let alone the Newsgroup Survivor ][ game. Oh, well--such is life. D a n,
Maki, and myself were victorious during the first immunity challenge.
Even though some may think it odd, I lighted some of Nebewi's torches on
purpose. It was a "heat of the moment" thing. My strategy was to try and
confuse them for a few moments and then scurry back over to Robego's
side and light as many torches as I could, leaving Nebewi temporarily
scratching their heads. Whether or not my tactic had worked or not, or
made a big impression on the other tribe makes no difference. All that
matters is that Robego won.

One thing that concerns me, however, is the lack of Robego tribe members
attending events. There were only two other members of my tribe at the
challenge besides myself. At least some of the members were kind enough
and informed me that they would not be able to attend. If Robego is to
succeed in this game, we have to show up!

Another item that needs work is our camp. I was disgruntled to go to
NGS2002 world to see that my comp1.rwx was missing, only later to go
back again the next day to find it magically appear again! Our tribe
members need to talk about we should do with our camp, but how can we do
that if we aren't all on-line? We may have won the first challenge, but
we need to focus ourselves as a team to win the next one.

I'll be trying my hand at the web challenge this week. I never did win
an AW T-shirt before in any of the bingo worlds. :)

-Builderz
<end>

Jul 16, 2002, 7:00pm

What type of bot are you currently working on?

-Builderz

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Jul 16, 2002, 5:02pm

Just an FYI: you can delete one of your posts from the newsgroup (thus
having it "canceled") and repost the message without an attachment using
your newsreader.

-Builderz

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Jul 16, 2002, 6:56pm

Okay, I should have said: "you can cancel one of your posts from the
newsgroup" instead of "you can delete one of your posts from the
newsgroup (thus having it 'canceled')."

I have canceled posts and reposted them within minutes many times
before. Only once did it backfire. I got in a bit of trouble with Eep.
Before I could cancel my post, Eep already posted a reply to it. I
didn't see his reply and went ahead and posted my corrections. Once that
happened, there were now two threads: Eep's response to my old post and
my new, corrected post.

Your best bet is to just proofread your post *before* sending it. ;)

-Builderz

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Jul 16, 2002, 7:12pm

Before I reply to your post, I thought you were only supposed to make
posts about NGS when Nornny started a new thread about it. Oh, well.

[View Quote] *snip*

> After Council, we return to our camp and learn that death threats and war
> were declared on Nebewi by Robego after their camp had been destroyed. We
> talk about the recent happenings that took place at Robego... nobody seems
> to be able to throw any light on it.

This entire thing has been blown out of proportion. Everyone is saying
they did *not* do it but no one is admitting that they *did* do it. I
have heard many theories about who/whom may have done it. Obviously,
some say Robego did it. Others say that Newebi did it. And still others
say that Nornny was the one who did it. I'm not sure who to believe.

> Mod makes his presense known and
> admits that he was lurking to see if any of us mentioned anything about the
> Robego Camp destruction.

I have heard from others that Mod never made a threat against the Newebi
camp. The "grape vines" say that Mod was framed by someone else and that
a Robego member gave false information to the Newebi tribe. Whether or
not that is true, I don't know.

> My tribe members leave one by one and I find
> myself standing alone. A black raven flies into our camp.. with the nick
> "The Survivor" He informs me that our camp is going to be vandalised
> and to be on the look out. I check my contact list... GameCube and
> Builderz are the only two from Robego that are showing as possibly being on
> line with the "?" next to their nicks. I wonder if it was one of them...

If you don't want a question mark to appear next to my name on your
contact list, kindly telegram me and I will allow you to see my
on-line/off-line status. I was not the one who vandalized or deleted
anything in *either* camp.

> or another Robego member in another account.

If you mean a Robego member who is using a citizenship that isn't in the
NGS game, then it isn't possible unless that person asks Nornny to give
them build and ED rights in NGS2002 world or they have Nornny's
privilege password.

> I gram my tribe mates
> quickly to let them know to keep watch if they happen to be on line. My
> mind runs wild... are we being set up? Did one of Robegos own tribe do
> this to them? .... Why?.... So that when the merge takes place a deep
> distrust of any Nebewi tribe member will be well ensconced? Is it one of
> my own tribe mates making this threat?.... Why?....So that I may retaliate
> and in doing so make a mistake and take the rap? A loud, sharp clap of
> thunder jolts my mind back to reality and I am forced to log off.

-Builderz

Jul 20, 2002, 2:05pm

Angelina Jolie (actress that stared in HACKERS and Tomb Raider, among
other movies) is always saying that she thinks it isn't fair that men
are allowed to not wear shirts, but women aren't. ;)

-Builderz

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Jul 20, 2002, 9:30pm

I just got 25 in the jar as well, Mongo. Looks like we're tied. ;)

-Builderz

[View Quote] > Won, exactly 25 in the jar, and Emailed to Nornny, so there, neener!

Aug 5, 2002, 2:29am

<start>
NG Survivor Diary Entry #3

Yes, entry three and not four (I didn't write a diary for week three).
Well, this may seem odd, but I'm actually glad Nornny is back. It was
kind of dull around here (besides the camp vandalism) without him. This
new "Twist" thing should be very interesting. As for the immunity
challenge...I tried to make it, but wasn't on at the time. I came to
NGS2002 at least twice that day, but I guess my timing was way off. I'm
happy Maki won the challenge. Chalk up another point for Robego. I'm
surprised, yet very glad, that Robego hasn't lost a challenge yet.

I just took a look at our camp. It is in shambles. =( I tried to talk to
others, but I was extremely busy this week. I hope they don't think I'm
not trying to help out. I haven't heard from most of them, either. I
guess it doesn't really matter now because of this "Twist." I have a
feeling Nornny will split us apart as best he can. That can either be
good or bad, I'm not sure which yet. I have to go now and rest up for
this week.

*Builderz feels the wind blowing in his hair as he saves his diary entry
onto his comp1.rwx*

-Builderz
<end>

Aug 7, 2002, 11:43pm

Please see my comments below:

[View Quote] Let me clarify a few things. It is not a hard drive, it is a computer.
During the Twist, D a n mistook it as being a hard drive for some
reason, and now you are doing the same thing, Nornny. Before the NGS2002
OP was changed, it looked like the comp1.rwx object on the AW path (it
had a monitor and a keyboard). Now it just looks like a computer case,
since you are using objects from the MegaPath. People used to use it as
a sign at the Robego camp.

From Nornny's instructions, I thought you were only allowed to bring
back your luxury objects to the circles near GZ. My computer was
underground (so it wouldn't get deleted), and since you turned off fly,
it was a pain in the at $$ to try and move it--but I finally did. I
thought that it might be of some help. When Mod and Eric built the hydro
power plant at the Robego camp (before the Twist), they needed a laptop
object to power it. Since no one brought back the laptop, I brought back
a computer. I'm sure the new Robego tribe can find a good use for it.

> Does Builderz, Binary, and maki have much
> in common? maki is most likely the one changing Binary's builds, and
> Builderz only shows up to challenges, and contributes little then. Can
> Robego last until the merge?

BinaryBud, maki, and I are all from the original Robego tribe. I don't
think we will have any major problems getting along at this point in the
game. As for me "contributing little," at least I show up to the
challenges and do the Web challenges almost every week. Some don't even
do that. I have good intentions. It is just kind of hard to contribute
when no one else that belongs to your tribe is on-line when you are (and
signs are being changed when you try to leave a message at camp).

-Builderz

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