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Oct 3, 2002, 9:54am

PC, two things:

1. Breathe
2. Go outside

Hopefully when you come back, you'll be a tad more calm, hmm? Life's far
too short to get aneurysms over NG posts...

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Goober King
No, the sun does not hate you...
robrod at prism.net

Oct 6, 2002, 2:35pm

Thank you for proving that people in here need to get out more. :P

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Goober King
Maybe go to Med School...
robrod at prism.net

Oct 7, 2002, 9:39am

I believe the proper term to describe my response is "playing along". :P

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Goober King
Knows for a fact Shred needs to get out more anyway ;P
robrod at prism.net

Oct 7, 2002, 7:45pm

And he was making a joke in response to my joke in response to his joke.
(Note response #3) I guess some people don't know Shred in here as well
as I do. *smirk*

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Goober King
There's such a thing as being *too* subtle...
robrod at prism.net

Oct 3, 2002, 8:13pm

Same way you subscribe to any other NG. You can read all the messages
posted there, but you can't post there yourself unless you're on the
beta team.

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Goober King
Look, but don't touch!
robrod at prism.net

Oct 3, 2002, 8:17pm

I think what Neurotic Commander Crackhead here is trying to say, in his
not-so-subtle method, is that this should have been posted in
general.discussion.

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Goober King
For those people who *do* care...
robrod at prism.net

Oct 5, 2002, 1:46pm

PC, what did I tell you about breathing? You are really starting to
concern me, as you seem to be becoming more maniacal by the day...

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Goober King
It's JFK2, Revisited!
robrod at prism.net

Oct 6, 2002, 3:29am

*blink* What is it with your hard-on for DeDe all of a sudden? For the
record, she was *not* the first person to complain about your post.
Perhaps she actually has something better to do than bite on your
flame-stirring bait (something the real world calls a "life").

And if you consider your post a "polite" way of telling chiklit to go
elsewhere, then you have more issues than I first thought. Try reading
your own posts some time and you'll see what I mean.

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Goober King
PC Hamster: Putting the MENTAL back in judgmental...
robrod at prism.net

Oct 12, 2002, 11:52am

Hey, moron, take a chill pill; Dan was just joking. No wonder there's so
many flame wars in here. If people weren't so verdammt high-strung,
maybe we'd actually have a decent conversation! :P

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Goober King
These people make him look tame...
robrod at prism.net

Oct 12, 2002, 7:39pm

Does this look like the AWTeen NGs to you? I didn't think so either.
Until he becomes a nuisance here, don't treat him like one here, got it?
Heck, so far, you've been a lot worse than he has in here. So I suggest
take care of that plank in your eye before you say anything else...

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Goober King
Ready to send your ass back to the AWTeen NGs at this point...
robrod at prism.net

Oct 16, 2002, 7:13pm

Two words: "water" and "NewAW"

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Goober King
Is "NewAW" even a word? :P
robrod at prism.net

Oct 17, 2002, 2:33pm

For once, I agree with you, Wiz. Let the man play his game, and if it
turns out he's doing anything illegal, he'll be dealt with accordingly.
It's not as if he's scamming anyone, since everything's *free*, and it
would seem that his rules have all the bases covered.

As for posting on multiple newsgroups, it is generally frowned upon by
most newsgroupers. I would suggest limiting your posts to only community
and general.discussion in the future, game master.

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Goober King
"Insanity Syndrome"... Likes the sound of that. :)
robrod at prism.net

Oct 18, 2002, 9:41am

Hence my second paragraph. It pays to read an *entire* post... :P

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Goober King
READING IS FUN!!!!
robrod at prism.net

Oct 18, 2002, 5:57pm

Lesson to all future NG posters: Don't post in the wee hours of the
morning when you're barely conscious. You'll make more sense that way. :P

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Goober King
Though some people can't seem to handle posting at *any* time of day :P
robrod at prism.net

Oct 16, 2002, 7:20pm

I believe you're referring to the Community Linkage Commission (CLC),
which was actually started by SW Comit as a way to link nearby towns in
AW's SE quadrant to SW City via CLC-built roads and railways. I signed
onto the staff and agreed to handle the SW quadrant, starting with
GooberTown, but eventually we both found out it was too daunting a task.
Then phalaphe took it over and, as is his wont, has done nothing with it
since.

There were never any stations involved, just placing CLC road signs and
creating roads to connect towns/builds to each other. But hey, if you
want to give it a go, by all means! :) Certainly should be easier if all
you're doing is making teleports to various places...

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Goober King
phalaphe = instant death
robrod at prism.net

Oct 21, 2002, 1:24pm

Well, in theory, AWI is supposed to be cleaning out the citizen database
whenever a cit runs out, thereby making it a <NAC> account. But, as is
their wont, they haven't cleaned that thing out since they first started
charging for cits way back when. :P

My advice would be to just get rid of all the people you haven't talked
to in a long time, and have no plans to talk to them in the future. If
you ever need to send them a tgram or join them afterwards, you can
always re-add them to your list later. Still, it *would* be nice if you
could see when a person's cit has/will run out...

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Goober King
Another item to add to the wishlist mountain...
robrod at prism.net

Oct 26, 2002, 1:22am

Erm, if you actually read the link that kellee provided, NewAW is *not*
going to replace the old AW. NewAW is basically a virtual experiment,
and if it succeeds, it will expand. But NewAW is so totally different
from the old AW that a comparison between the two is almost impossible.
If anything, NewAW would server as a "summer home" of sorts to those who
"live" in the regular AW.

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Goober King
Like comparing apple.rwx and orange.rwx...
robrod at prism.net

Oct 28, 2002, 12:31am

Brock, banning tourists from all but a few worlds was never logical to
begin with, even from a business standpoint. It was simply a desperate
attempt to generate some cash flow. Whether or not it will be successful
in the long run remains to be seen.

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Goober King
Feels so good to be complaining about AWI again! :D
robrod at prism.net

Oct 30, 2002, 2:34am

Firstly, an update on the AWNews situation: We're still in the process
of cleaning up the database mess that Cybor left behind. I'm also
installing forums onto the website so AWNews will have its own forums
once everything's ready to go!

In the meantime, the folks over at VR Village Voice
(http://www.spiraline.com/~vrvillagevoice/html) have been nice enough to
allow us to post AWNews stories on their site while we get ours up and
running. You can get to the AWNews portion of the site by clicking
"Sections" in the VRV Modules List and clicking the huge AWNews logo
that pops up (which, by the way, is a brand new logo!) Go there now to
see AWNews special coverage of the CY Awards, including COMPLETE voting
results!

Ok, now that that spam is out of the way, time to get down to brass
tacks. As I'm sure most of you recall, AWNews lost its awnews.com domain
to a domain squatter. At the time, this caused a swelling of support for
AWNews and its cause, with some even going so far as saying they would
do whatever they could to help, including sending money.

Well, guess what? I'm calling your bluff.

Now that AWNews is relatively back in the swing of things, it's time to
cash in your chips and help out the cause. However, it's not money that
we need, it's bodies! We need physical help! Reporters, Programmers,
Designers, Photographers, Editors, basically anyone who has an inkling
for news and the ever constant search for the virtual truth!

Let's face facts, folks, if you people really want AWNews to live on,
then it can no longer be a one-man operation anymore, and for all
intents and purposes, that's what's it's been these past couple years.
So the continued success of AWNews rests on *your* shoulders, and I mean
that literally. I can no longer do this on my own, and as those of you
who know me know I suck at motivating people to do my bidding. Oh sure,
I can write rousing columns and NG posts, but as we've all come to learn
here in AW, talk is cheap.

Now before you all start blasting me with emails saying "i dunno what i
can do, but i wanna help!!", let me explain something to you. I've been
involved with AW organizations for almost 4 years now. And every time,
EVERY time, I try to get some semblance of a staff together, it always
disintegrates within a month or two, if even that long. See, I'm of the
philosophy that I should be able to give you the tools you need to do
your job, and then you will go and do it simply because it's what you
want to do (and what you signed up to do in the first place). However,
it seems that most eager volunteers think that I need to be giving them
instructions ever second of every day, otherwise they'll forget about
their position.

So, with that in mind, here's what I need, regardless of job
description. I need people that:
1. Love to explore
2. Like talking to and meeting new people
3. Want to know the REAL story
4. Don't mind hob-nobbing with an AW "celebrity" occasionally
5. Are inquisitive and curious
6. Think AW is a way of life, not a spare time pet project
7. Are available at a moment's notice. (This doesn't mean you have to
devote every waking hour to AW, but I should be able to send you a
telegram and get a response within a day, not a week)
8. Are SELF-MOTIVATED!!! (i.e. would do this sort of thing as a hobby,
in their sleep, etc.)

So, think you fit this profile? Let's hope so, because here're the jobs
available for you:

Reporters - Above all else, reporters are the mainstay of AWNews. They
are the ones that go out into the field and get the story, the WHOLE
story. They ask the questions, they record the chat, they hunt down the
relevant people. These people always have their ears to the ground and
their eyes open looking for the next big story and pouncing on it as
soon as it happens. Being able to actually write your own articles would
be a big plus, but not entirely necessary. As long as you're willing to
ask the tough questions and get ALL the answers, then this job's for
you. And if you think you'll have trouble finding stories, then we'll
find some for you.

Photographers - The New AWNews is going to be quite graphic-intensive
compared to previous versions. With that in mind, we'll need
photographers to capture the story as it happens, or at least get the
aftermath. In most cases, Photographers and Reporters will be paired
together on a story so that they both get the same material. Needs to
have some concept of photography, including setting up the shot,
arrangement, etc. (in other words, knows the difference between a good
shot and a bad shot)

Programmers - AWNews currently uses PostNuke as the backbone of its
system. While this is a wonderful open-source document management
system, it's a bit too generic for AWNews purposes. And since I know
squat about PHP, (at least for now) we need programmers to tweak and
bend the system to our will! An expert understanding of PHP, mySQL, and
HTML would be ideal for this position.

Editors - While not a top priority, having more than one Editor on staff
would certainly help lighten my load. Has to have a *extremely* good
knowledge of the English language, as you'll probably spend most of your
time taking random gibberish and turning into a literary work of art.

Graphics Designers - You're sole responsibility will be making spiffy
graphics for the website. This includes, but is not limited to, headline
graphics, top story graphics, photography touch-ups, etc. Basically, if
there's a story that needs a graphic or edited photo, you'll be the one
to do the job. Experience in Photoshop or other high-end graphics
program will be necessary for this job, as well as a basic understanding
of design principles.

See anything that tickles your fancy? Ok then, I give you your first
test in wanting to sign up for the AWNews staff: FOLLOWING DIRECTIONS!!
If you can do this much, then you're definitely on your way to becoming
a full-fledged, card-carrying member of the virtual press. Simply send
me an email to gooberking at utn.cjb.net and state which position you want
to sign up for and why. Do not send me any telegrams. Do not reply to
this message. (unless you want to stir up more pointless debate) Think
you can handle that? Good, I thought so, too.

As for the rest of you, the ones who don't think they have anything to
contribute, guess what? You do! Spread the word that AWNews is back on
the streets! Especially be sure to tell those who no longer use AW,
since a large part of our former readership were people *outside* AW!
Also, if you can bend the ear of some of our fellow citizens in other
AW-based universes like OuterWorlds or DreamLand Park, let them know
we're looking for them too! The eventual plan is to have AWNews cover
*all* AW-based universes, but it can only happen with *your* help!

So next time you feel the urge to send me a telegram saying "When's
AWNews going to be back up?!", stop yourself and change it to say "What
can I do to help AWNews get back up?" You'll get a much more pleasant
response out of me, and you'll be helping AWNews in the long run. It's a
win-win situation!

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Goober King
AWNews Editor in Chief
robrod at prism.net

Oct 30, 2002, 9:27am

Thanks to Kerstin for pointing this out!

Apparently, people can't see the VRV Modules List unless they register
on VR Village. So here's the URL directly to the Sections section (haw!)

http://www.spiraline.com/~vrvillagevoice/html/modules.php?name=Sections

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Will have to have a little talk with 'Nome...
robrod at prism.net

Oct 30, 2002, 11:09pm

Bill O'Reilly is hardly a reporter. He just gets paid to shine a
spotlight on some hapless "ne'er-do-well" and pepper him with inane
questions in the never ending quest for viewers. True reporters seek the
truth, not ratings. You can just as easily gain the answers you seek
with a soft hand and a smiley face than a closed fist and a scowl.

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Goober King
Reporters actually *report* things!
robrod at prism.net

Oct 31, 2002, 1:32am

I never said any news anchors or analysts were reporters. However, you
were insinuating that somehow O'Reilly should be a guide for wanna-be
reporters, when he's not even a reporter himself.

As for O'Reilly and his crusades, noble as they may be, that's not what
AWNews is about. We report on the facts and let them speak for
themselves, that's it. We're not trying to get people to think or feel a
certain way about a story; we'll let the readers decide how to feel
about something. But if you want someone to tell you how to think about
a story, then fine, watch O'Reilly or Chris Matthews or Rush Limbaugh or
whatever talking head suits your fancy. But as far as actual *news*
goes, the only place you'll find such things at AWNews is in the Opinion
section, where it belongs.

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Pillar of truth and *objectivity*
robrod at prism.net

Oct 31, 2002, 3:24pm

Oh yes, something else I neglected to mention:

All of you who used to be on AWNews staff, if you still want to be on
the staff, you'll have to "re-apply". We're starting from scratch here! :)

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Goober King
Prove your interest!
robrod at prism.net

Oct 31, 2002, 1:35am

I swear, Joeman, you must be possessed by the ghost of Eep Past or
something. Can't you people just accept that fact that Eep is GONE?! I
thought that's what you all wanted! Why resurrect him?!

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Next thing you know, Joe will be calling everyone twits! :P
robrod at prism.net

Oct 31, 2002, 11:35pm

That's why it's called a "beta", saber. There're still some bugs in it.
Shamus said that particular bug will be fixed with the next patch release.

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Goober King
Some people still don't understand the concept of "beta"...
robrod at prism.net

Nov 5, 2002, 7:21pm

Here, Strike, use this... *hands Strike a tissue* If you need more, you know where to get 'em.

If the guy can't advertise here, where the hell else is he supposed to advertise? To quote
the mantra of these NGs: If you don't like it, don't read it! There's a reason the Good
Lord invented filters! :P

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Goober King
Must be the masochistic season or something...
robrod at prism.net

Nov 6, 2002, 3:03pm

Heh, maybe you guys should try going public again! Dust off that IPO and
give us something to complain about! :D

Seriously, though, we'll see how long this lasts. As I'm sure Facter can
tell you, serious moderation is a recipe for disaster in here. :P

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Goober King
Has to find someone else to pick on now :(
robrod at prism.net

Nov 6, 2002, 3:55pm

Woah... Don't look now, but ENZO actually *responded* to a post in here!
Does this mean we'll be seeing your beautiful face in here more often? ;)

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Last time he asked this question, he was met with silence...
robrod at prism.net

Nov 7, 2002, 12:45am

Erm, methinks we're going a bit too far here, Mr. Noll. Just because an
adult world gets nominated for/wins a CY award doesn't mean you should
lock down the CYAWARDS ceremony to R or X rated status. As others have
pointed out, the only thing that's going to be mentioned at the awards
are the winners! It's not as if the CY Committee will be giving guided
tours of the winning worlds!

I once again direct you all to the example of an R-rated movie winning
an Oscar. It's not as if they show the movie to the audience, they just
announce the winner, everyone cheers, the winners give their acceptance
speeches, and everyone goes home. Now, if some kid goes and rents this
movie after watching the awards on TV, it's not the fault of the
Academy, nor should any onus be placed on them in the first place. This
is where the whole parenting argument comes in. The same can be said for
the CY Awards and its ceremonies. The CY Awards are for recognizing
talent and skill, not for advertising worlds and philosophies.

I admire your desire to make sure everything remains suitable for
children in AW, ENZO, but let's not go hog-wild with the idea, ok?

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Sometimes, the worst mistakes are made with the best intentions...
robrod at prism.net

Nov 7, 2002, 9:35am

So? The CY Committee has no control over what people do *after* the
awards are over (or before, for that matter). As I said before, the CYs
are simply for recognizing skill and effort. If people want to visit the
winning worlds afterwards, that's not the Committee's problem. Most
adult worlds have plenty of warnings present as soon as you walk in
anyway, so if a kid doesn't heed those warnings, then it's not the fault
of the adult world *or* the CY Committee. Let's put it this way: If
everyone made a big deal out of the winning adult world (such as
announcing that it is an adult world during the ceremony), don't you
think that would make people *more* curious to visit the world?

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Curiosity killed the community...
robrod at prism.net

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