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henrikg // User Search
henrikg // User Search
Oct 8, 2001, 5:30am
[View Quote]"flagg" <tom at activeworlds.com> wrote in message
news:3bbe11c1$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> Hi Everyone,
>
> Thank you for taking the time to read this post.
>
> The newsgroups you are now reading are here for the entire Activeworlds
> community. They are meant as a place for the users of our software to get
> help with problems and issues relating to Activeworlds. They are also
here
> to help our community get to know one another and plan events and projects
> for inside Activeworlds. They are not and never have been designed as a
> soap box for people to wage private vendettas against one another and it
> also is not a place where you should have to worry about being attacked
> through vulgarity and viciousness.
>
> Now the personal attacks and vulgarity must stop. If you use our
newsgroups
> to wage a personal war or to attack other users you may have your right to
> post here suspended indefinitely without warning.
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I remember when the NGs were new, I think I read almost every post.
Nowadays I just skim past it in 5 seconds, knowing that most of it is just
filled with complaints, bickering and insults upon insults. Not a place I
care to get involved with much. I hope Flagg can clean it up a bit, any
improvment is welcome.
HenrikG
Nov 24, 2001, 6:13pm
Today I had a "renew" notice as I logged on, so I know that not only my
citizenship was up for renewal but my world also. So, going to the (new) aw
web-pages I found "Renew your world" at
https://www.activeworlds.com/ssl/renewworld/.
Looked promising, and I typed in the world name as indicated.
Ops, in return I got the same page back, but with the message "Contact AW
Non-standard World"
Well, this isn't my problem really, awcom changed what was "standard" last
year, its their responability to maintain renewal of
pre-last-change-to-world-scheme system.
The page with "Contact AW, Non-standard World" also had a return field with
"World name", so I typed it again, making sure I typed it in right, in my
optimism I assumed it would then handle older worlds, from before last
change to world size/prices.
Well well, this didn't help much, retyping the world name and pressing
Return only gave me the same reply "Contact AW, Non-standard World".
Wow, what great help, I'm just trying to renew a world, and also a world
older then the last change to the world size/price sceme. Too difficult for
this web page to understand it seems. It tells me to contact aw, but by
going through the process of processing this web page I _am_ contacting aw.
If this form can't handle it it can only mean they don't want older worlds
to renew.
Well well, its been fun folks, but it doesn't look like Tomorrow will be up
after December 24th, make your visit before then :)
HenrikG
Nov 25, 2001, 2:57pm
Thanks for the concern folks :) I will renew it if its possible, today I
sent an email to AW, but since its weekend I guess I'll have to wait..
until tomorrow :)
HenrikG
Nov 26, 2001, 2:31pm
[View Quote]"flagg" <tom at activeworlds.com> wrote in message
news:3c0264e1$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> Hi HenrikG,
>
> I happen to love your world "Tomorrow", it is one of my favorites.
>
> The reason you could not renew on the site is because not only does your
> world not match any current sizes, but it doesn't match any old sizes
> either. If it had been a old PS8, PS8XE, PS16 or PS16XE then the sight is
> set up to renew for you. Your world however has the same amount of land
as
> a PS16, but has more users. The sight does not know a price for that
> configuration so it asked you to contact AW.
>
> If you like I can reduce the sim users on your world to 16 and that should
> let you renew at the classic PS16 price & size.
>
> You can contact me at Tom at activeworlds.com to let me know what you would
> like to do.
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Thank you for the explanation! I can explain how it became so
"unstandard"..hehe. Back in 1999 it was shown at a VRML conference, at a
live demo. To be able to handle the unflux of people, Enzo was kind enough
to up the number of sim users from 16 to 32.
I'll email you the configuration I'd like.
HenrikG
Dec 14, 2001, 7:42am
Back in 1997, I made a very simple snowman avatar, my first (except for s
simple robot to learn how to make the hierarchy in Truespace) and last
avatar :)
Its nothing fancy, but it works with sequences, and might be of use for
those building winter and xmas worlds:)
Here it is for free:
www.henrikg.com/free
HenrikG
May 31, 2002, 4:38am
Roland, thank you for all the brilliant work, patience, attitude towards
users and for being such a great friend of the mixed bag of people using
this software :)
Whatever you do now, I wish you luck with your next job or project!
HenrikG
[View Quote]"brant" <awteen at shoemakervillage.org> wrote in message
news:3cf6de56$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> According to a chat log that I received two weeks ago, two things of
> importance are supposed to occur today. While the release of 3.3 is
> probably no longer on schedule, I doubt that the other event has changed.
> For those of you who are unaware, Roland Vilett, AW's lead programmer,
will
> be reporting for his last day of work at Activeworlds this morning.
>
> For those of you who don't realize the impact of this event on the
> community, Roland has contributed too much to Activeworlds to recount. If
> anyone had a technical problem, Roland was THE source on AW - period.
> Having been around at least since the COF takeover of AW if not before (in
> other words, a LONG time), Roland single-handedly programmed almost all of
> the current browser, world, and universe software that we all use every
day.
>
> Putting aside some minor disagreements some might have, Roland has been
> actively involved in the community since day one - holding TechTalks,
> visiting worlds, and talking to people using his software. At times, he
was
> even moreso a representative of the company than his superiors. During
the
> days when corporate partners set the development order, Roland was at the
> forefront, continually arguing to include more features aimed to improve
> normal citizens' experiences.
>
> I'm sure that everyone remembers an instance where Roland helped him or
her
> solve a problem. For myself, I still remember Roland's nonstop commitment
> last Fall when AWTeen was continually being attacked by hackers and
password
> stealers. He must have been asked to resolve these problems at least a
> half dozen times if not more, but he didn't complain once. Even when it
was
> past 10:00pm and he had to be off the clock, he was still working late
into
> the night restoring property, looking up world logs, and taking care of
> vandals.
>
> I titled this post "the end of an era" because Roland's leaving really is
> just that, and cross-posted it to all these newsgroups because if there's
> one topic that's of interest to all AW citizens, this is it. I hope that
> I'm not alone in saying that Roland has left MrGrimm some very large shoes
> to fill.
>
> If you're reading this, Roland, I wish you luck in your future endeavors
:)
>
>
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Sep 22, 2002, 5:13pm
You make some good points. Personally I would call myself an old-timer and
for quite some time AW was more then just entertainment for me, it was a
creative outlet, a place to meet new friends and in general have a great
time.
I think many have such strong emotions about AW because they have more
ambitions with the software then just entertainment, they make models, build
worlds etc.. all in all knows the software intimately and are frustrated
when they meet limitations and shortcomings.
Myself I don't create much in AW anymore, my job has become challenging
enough to make me reserve my spare time to relaxation and definitly not get
involved with the coldness of these newsgroups. Also, 99% of the friends I
had in AW have left so the names I see here are mostly strangers to me.
Flaming and insulting don't achieve anything anyway, it only create
hostility. If one wants to make your opionions actually heard its far
better to be constructive in critisism and also accept the diversity of
people.
HenrikG
[View Quote]"johnny b" <jbitt2ATjuno.com> wrote in message
news:3d8dd279$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> Interesting subject for sure.... here's my thoughts.....
>
> 1. Anonymity (per say) The biggest mouths in here, more than likely
> wouldnt flap their gums like they do in a real face to face confrontation
> with someone who might very possibly pose a physical threat to them....
> It's a lot easier to call your mother all manner of names in HERE, rather
> than face to face, where there's a strong possibility you could end up
with
> your teeth being put through the back of your head..........
>
> 2. Repressed hostility.... I'd have to imagine that there's a few people
> in here who's REAL lives arent quite what they'd like them to be..... who
> might keep the anger all bottled up in real life, then blow off the steam
in
> here. It's not too hard to see...... coupled with the relative anonymity
of
> a newsgroup, it makes for an easy form of "venting" so to speak....
>
> 3. Mental deficiencies... there's just SOME people here who are
idiots....
> who always have been and always will be jerks..... god only knows why,
but
> such is life.... Unfortunate, but inevitable...
>
> 4. Lack of restraint..... AW really doesn't moderate these groups all
that
> well, or often, in my experience. I'm sure, of course, they haven't the
> time to sit here and read every post written, to look for the usual
> stupidity and nastiness but had the rules been laid down and enforced more
> stringently, perhaps this place might be a bit more agreeable..... Hell,
> Even Eep behaved for a little while after his posting privileges were
> returned.... But he seems to have this compunction to spew forth his
> unbased self-aggrandizing opinions, all the while being his usual useless
> annoying whiney self, while attacking everyone and everything in
> sight....... but I suppose there will always be someone in here that
can't
> overcome their juvenile urges, grow up and realize that they know FAR from
> as much as they think they do........
>
> 5. The thrill of confrontation.. Some people just "get off" on
controversy.
> They get a kick out of arguing with anyone over anything... even IF
they're
> clearly
> wrong, uninformed, or simply "full of it" They just CAN'T resist stirring
> the pot, so to speak.... even this latest mess with the AWnews domain has
> shown this... people posting legal advice that have NO idea what they're
> talking about... Unless the original owner has a valid registered
trademark
> on the name AWNews, there's just no legal basis to support bringing suit
> against the cybersquatter.... That and the fact that Goober isn't the
> original owner of the domain, negates any possibility of legal remedy...
> And it sucks... The only thing that might change it, is a law being passed
> ( which wouldn't really matter, since there's no way to outlaw PRIOR
> offences, since he has the domain ALREADY..) or embarassment by the
media...
> which I seriously doubt would happen in this case..... I mean we're not
> talking about some idiot dumping toxic waste on his property 100 yards
from
> a school.....
> Back to my point though.... It's sort of like a child who speaks, just to
> be heard..... doesn't matter whether they're valid, informed, involved, or
> even correct, some people just have to get their two cents in.....
>
> It's a shame, because this forum could truly be so much better than it
is...
> Think of the sheer number of citizens in AW. Now think of the relatively
> tiny number of people who post in the newsgroups..... Even THIS post has
> brought a few out of the woodwork that haven't posted in quite a while..
> Makes me wonder how many helpful things we all might be missing.... or
THEY
> might be missing, know what I mean ? As many have said, most people
won't
> post in here because of the immature behavior of so many that do.....
The
> only hope is if AW starts enforcing the rules a bit more vehemently and
the
> aggressors are banned when they demonstrate their lack of maturity,
> responsibility, and just plain consideration for others here.... good
luck
> seeing that happen though.. But one CAN wish :O)
>
> JB
>
>
> "ambivalent" <kersting at blast.net> wrote in message
> news:3d8d3d20$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
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