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lioness. // User SearchQuestionairreMar 20, 2003, 2:00am
Great idea for research hon and terrific questions. Hope you get a wonderful
grade for this. Keep up the good work. ;-"D For The LadyMay 6, 2003, 11:04am
Yer such a martyr. :-"/ Perhaps some day you will be on the same level as
Joan of Arc. Then again ....perhaps some day you will CLAIM to be Joan of Arc. But for now you are somebody who confuses VR with RL. I think you need some nice comfy R&R in reality. For one thing what exactly is humane treatment??? As I understand it, it involves giving someone enough food and drink to sustain life, shelter, warmth and happiness. Ok, we can build our own virtual reality shelters in AW. We can pretend to eat the food and drinks given to us there. We can wear layers of clothing to keep our bodies warm as we sit for hours in front of the puter. But we create our OWN happiness. Not everyone is as unhappy as you make them out to be. You reap what you sow hon. And from what I've seen here all yer sowing is a LOT of unrest. You are starting to sound like a bureaucrat and THAT is NOT what we are paying for in AW. We are paying for an escape from RL. Remember??????? Or have you gone THAT far over the edge??????? Straighten up and look at what's going on around you for a change. Don't just go by what YOU are feeling. And quit jumping to conclusions. Sheesh!!!! Injustice is one thing. Go fight for justice then but ONLY if someone needs help and asks for it. You really shouldn't be the judge and jury of what you "think" everybody wants or needs. ;-"/ [View Quote] New Alpha WorldJun 8, 2003, 4:14am
To The Commuities From OneSummerJul 27, 2003, 8:34pm
Fem AV Faces...Jul 31, 2003, 5:53pm
Ahhhhhhhh...... the mere mention of Fyrene and Styxx brings back fond
memories. I miss them very much. ;-"< [View Quote] Free Citizens and 2 worldsAug 13, 2003, 2:02pm
I think what happened was awful. A mere creep like Lotto should not be the
cause of a well loved, well respected member of the community to leave. I think Weebo should hang onto his worlds and cits and hang in there. The truth about Lotto will come out, even if I have to embarrass Lotto by posting the grams I got from him here in these ngs. I'm sure if I asked, some of the other folks I know would also oblige, if only to make Daphne and whomever else is in charge see that Weebo did what he had to. True, we might not be able to stop Lotto from whispering perverted things to men, women and children like he has already, but perhaps we can look into this matter and see that Weebo did what he had to do as a PK. Are we as a community gonna sit around and allow jerks like Lotto perv on everybody while we watch good people like Weebo take the heat for trying to protect us???????? Its wrong I tell you. Its just plain wrong. I don't blame Weebs for being frustrated and upset. [View Quote] To All Things... An EndingAug 15, 2003, 2:45pm
I totally agree with you Baro. AW should be a place for never ending
creativity and self improvement. We have enough committees and politics in RL. AW has sooooooo many wonderful builds in every world, but there is always someone coming along who creates something different and amazing. For years I've wanted to learn how to model but lack the time in RL to learn it and practice it. I hope somebody reading your post gets the inspiration to learn modeling and create more exciting things or at least provide those new models for others to create fantastic builds. Weebo, if you're reading this, you have a terrific imagination and I believe you'd do great at modeling. You have the foresight and the creative juices to amaze all of us. I think you should hold onto your world and let your dreams flow. The hell with problem solving. ;-"D [View Quote] Condemnation of AW CitizensAug 23, 2003, 12:48am
OK. I sat here long enough trying not to reply to these posts because I know
deep in your heart, The Lady, you are trying to improve what you see as a problem. Many people have tried in vain to explain to you that they are satisfied with their virtual lives and don't want more political mental baggage than in their own real worlds. Like Imagine, I go to AW as a virtual escape. I made some really terrific friends there and I continue making friends. True, I spend more time socializing than creating, but at least I don't have to worry about anyone "supervising" me there. My friends in AW are a second family to me, but I enjoy NOT having to supervise anyone there or doing more paperwork. AW is mostly a creative outlet for those people who love to create virtual reality things and share them with others. The people who are not into the building scene are there for the socialization. Nobody is there to form more governments or committees. You seem to be the first and only person I've ever met who is interested in making our virtual life more complex. Why cant' we just keep it simple??? True there are some jerks there that could use a good swift kick now and then. But I ask you..... what did you mean by "mishandling of funds"??? There are so many volunteers in AW. I don't believe anyone's getting paid real money. You also said: "Either we, as a community, get with the program and support each other, free ourselves, or we remain under the hostility of a dictatorship that torments our citizens." Huh???? What _hostility_? I don't see gangs of people beating upon each other and turning faces into pulp. Its VIRTUAL reality!!!! What dictatorship??? Did Musselini return from the dead??? Or Idi Amin?? What Torment??? Sure there are disagreements among us regarding different matters, and some people get out of hand, but that has NOTHING to do with AWI. I AM a free person. I don't need any "freeing" thank you. I am able to explore anything I like within a public world. When I registered as a citizen, I read the rules. Nobody OWNS me or bosses me around. I do my own thing. I thought THAT was the object of belonging to a virtual community. I try to be polite to everyone, even if they offend me or annoy me. I may get a bit sarcastic at times, but it is meant in good humor. I try to help out as best I can in different situations and try to keep the peace whenever possible. Also, I for one am not tormented. The worlds are rated to show us what is allowed to be discussed in public. If someone feels the need to go beyond that, then they need to look for a higher rated world. We can't and _shouldn't_ be coerced into changing all the world ratings to G or PG to suit a small population. (THAT would be "dictatorship"!!!) The real world doesn't work that way and you have to realize AW has visitors and citizens from all over the world. You mentioned something in an earlier post about physical torture. Scuse me???? As far as _I_ knew, all those karate and kickboxing sequences were not programmed to injure the human user of the AW program. Or are some people having splinters forced under their nails as they type??? I have no objections to any "spirituality" groups that enjoy meeting or socializing within AW. I'm sure nobody would object to that. If they do, they're insensitive dolts. If you want to organize a spirituality group, please do so with my blessing. However please don't depend on me to join you. I don't plan my real life schedule around AW. Its the other way around. I fit in AW when I can, in my spare time like most other people there. Please also keep in mind that there are a LOT of spiritual "leaders" and wannabes online. I, personally, don't want to entrust my spirituality in someone who isnt' properly trained in the form of spirituality I want to persue. (does that make sense?) In other words, I already have a pastor in RL. I try to be a good Christian. I don't need an online "spirituality leader" or one who "claims" to be one or tries to be one. TYVM. ;-") Morality..... hmmmmmm. Speaking of "diverse". How can you POSSIBLY think you can lump all morals into one bunch of people to "dictate" to everyone else???????? That one really perplexes me. I believe most people that go to AW have good morals, even if some of them are perverts. Heh!! But who is to say "his" morals are better than "hers"??? Let me repeat, the AW population comes from different countries AROUND the world. Not just your little neck o the woods hon. Visiting AW is like visiting a big city like New York. Feel free to explore and become active and social. But beware the dangers. Be aware of your surroundings and the people you talk to. Not everywhere or everyone is safe. "What if" you recruited a person in your little "morality" group who claims to you to be a preacher of the highest standings???? "What if" that person you thought was one of the most moral people around was lying to you, or worse yet, perving on little kids online or in real life??? Is THAT the chance you want to take in your effort to organize groups online??? These days anyone can create a college degree looking form or certificate on their computer and there aren't too many people out there who are qualified to know whether it is a real degree or not. So without seeing their official and real "resume" and qualifications, you are putting others at risk. Hmmm..... the name Charles Manson comes to mind for some reason. (Heh!! so does Marilyn Manson. <shudders>) As far as physical health and mental health issues go..... how do you propose to do that???? Put a virtual bandaid on everyone who jumps off a cliff.rwx???? Lets face it hon, there will ALWAYS be people who are more sensitive than others. They are the ones who fly off the handle at the littlest things. They are the ones who get offended too easily. They are the ones who cry if they cuss and get booted from a world. There will ALWAYS be people who throw a tantrum and vandalize builds or display signs with offensive material on it just to make someone embarrassed. Do you plan on going around, polling people to see who is licensed (in the real world) to give out health and/or mental health advice??? And what if you DO find someone like that?? You gonna keep bugging them till they bend to your will and become the official AW Dr or Psychiatrist?? You planning on opening a virtual clinic??? Boy, talk about touchy issues there!! THAT would definately be an ethics problem and these days with the new HEPA law in effect in the USA, YOU could (and probably would) find YOURSELF in a huge lawsuit hon!! Not to mention the poor sap who dispenses that advice. AW would be shut down permentantly and also fined heavily. I know you don't want that to happen. Your "plan" and the description (or lack of it) is starting to sound to me and to a lot of other people here, like you are insisting on all these "changes" or we will all suffer something awful. Hmmmmm... aren't those lines also used by bureacrat wannabes and dictators??? From what I've read so far, you are not going to find many people willing to commit to all this. There are too many unanswered questions about your fantasy of how AW should be "run". And I wouldn't count on many people turning up at your meeting. Its nice that you want to improve some things, but if you want democracy like you CLAIM you do, you'll allow us to use our FREEDOM to choose our own paths and live our OWN virtual lives FREE of a big brother breathing down our virtual necks or having to vote on every little thing. But.... if you feel the need to be in control.... you should seriously take Imagine's advice and use AW as a creative tool, NOT a power tool. ;-") [View Quote] Condemnation of AW CitizensAug 24, 2003, 3:27am
All depends on what your gender is and which "ghetto" you are referring to
hon. Even in some small towns its too dangerous for a female to walk alone in the dark. Course if you are a female built like a linebacker you might not have to worry as much. hehehe. ;-"D [View Quote] Cy'sAug 28, 2003, 11:28pm
ahem..... WHICH "please delete" thingy??? There's about 75,000 of them right
now and a lot of them have Daphne's name attached to it somehow. Do we have to read through all that bickering just to read what you posted about the Cy's being canceled??? Perhaps it would be better if you begin a new thread to draw attention to the fact that the Cy's were canceled?? If I hadn't been reading thru some of this stuff, I wouldn't have known either. 0_0 [View Quote] :)Sep 10, 2003, 2:17am
Me too. Strange. I am still waiting for a reply. Some other people I know
also got one. 0_0 [View Quote] This is for you, communitySep 10, 2003, 2:54am
I think that's a great thing yer doing Bowen. ;-") Not everyone owns their
own world and have to rely on public worlds to build in. During the years I"ve been a cit, it's always bothered me that the ONLY huge round object for large sculptures is the stupid hot air balloon. It would be great if we had various sizes of spheres to use. It would be nice to NOT have a cursed hanging basket getting in the way all the time. Rocks/boulders are nice sometimes but they are very lumpy and pointy and sometimes very flat on their sides. If I want flat I'll use walls and panels. I see a renewed surge of creativity in AW especially since 3D axis was enabled. ;-"D We now have a whole new realm of commands available. Imagine the possibilities with a bunch of different sizes of spheres. Currently, besides the hot air balloon we also have a couple of huge roof objects, some large misshapen rocks, and a cloud. We really don't have many spherical or curved shapes to choose from. It would also be great if we had extra wide columns and columns WITHOUT the darned square piece at each end getting in the way. And recently while searching the OY's I noticed there is nothing thinner than flagpole.rwx to use when you need a skinny pole type object. Flagpole works ok but its kinda wide for some things like wires or rope...... and there is the matter of the wide base of it and the ball on the top end. Also there isn't anything that I've noticed that is smaller than button.rwx. Would be nice if we had flat round objects available. LOL. (Sorry, on a roll now ;-"D) And I also noticed we need smaller clear panels or glass objects. Didn't see much available there cept for pieces that were taller than my av. And a lot of our current objects don't take color very well cus they are already textured. For example using goldcurt on an already textured object looks awful when yer trying to achieve a smooth appearance of gold. Would be fantastic if we had some plain white or solid colored objects available. And how about some more varieties of pine trees???? Taller plants too, like ferns or ornamental grass or ivy??? Ok, ok, I'll stop now. I could go on and on. LOL. But even a contribution of some actual (round) spheres would be nice. ;-") (But make em solid color please??) This is for you, communitySep 10, 2003, 2:58am
Sorry...... I forgot to say that I am only able to offer suggestions. If
anybody out there is able to contribute anything, perhaps my suggestions will give you some ideas. ;-") World ConnectionOct 7, 2003, 1:23pm
A Public Service AnnouncementOct 9, 2003, 8:00pm
A Public Service AnnouncementOct 10, 2003, 12:30am
Unique HalloweenOct 11, 2003, 10:35pm
Please enlighten us newsgroup readers who only bother with "community" and
"general discussion" cus the others don't mean anything to us. What announcement??? You mean the one where Lyr was testing a dozen times??? I don't recall seeing any other "announcement" by lyr. If there is some contest going on, perhaps some of us "other people" would like to know? [View Quote] Unique HalloweenOct 12, 2003, 3:32am
Thank you hon. I checked it out and LOVE it!! I met Gnome there and I think
it was done so creatively. hehehe. I will definately return later this weekend to check it out more. Great Halloween theme!! ;-"D [View Quote] Unique HalloweenOct 12, 2003, 8:59pm
ROFL!!!!! Scrolled down to 10/8 and guess what i found. hahaha. Ok, ok, I
admit it.... I need glasses (cries). LOL ;-") [View Quote] copyright violationOct 13, 2003, 4:31am
*cough* Erection*cough*masters*cough, choke*submissive*wheeze*slaves*gag*
;-"D Technozeus needs our help......!!!!Oct 22, 2003, 9:41am
True, $750 is a LOT of strain on the ole wallet. I've learned over the years
(was married to an attorney hehehe) that a LOT of that money is for court fees and additional staff. True, some of it goes towards the attorney. In light of your situation however, I would consider that price pretty cheap. Its much more expensive to bail someone out of jail than to hire an attorney to defend ya. Over the past 4 years, I've had to bail out a brother and lend money to my parents who bailed out another one. In both cases it was well over $3000. When I needed an attorney for my divorce it would have been over $500 just for filing fees and to retain the attorney for a month. Things in litigation rarely take only a month, since the filing and paperwork usually take about that long to prepare, mail out and get signed and returned, etc. The paperwork usually doesn't stop at the attorney's desk and stay there. It gets mailed or faxed out to different locations. Usually in the states it's the courthouse, and then goes on to different offices within the courthouse before it finally gets sent back to the attorney. In the meantime if there is anything within the paperwork that needs correcting or changing, it takes even longer because then they have to send it back to the attorney who then has to contact you and make the necessary corrections and send it back to the courthouse again, etc etc. Thus, there are usually more than one person who needs to be payed for their involvement in the case. (Thank goodness my ex payed for the divorce, since it all took about 5 months and cost over $3000 in the end, not including Notary fees). My point is.... $750 is a great deal for a defense attorney hon. Dunno if that includes the price of court costs, but its a far cry from having to pay out $3000 or more to get yerself bailed out of jail. And yes, Virginia, there really ARE some attorneys who care. ;-"D [View Quote] Technozeus needs our help......!!!!Oct 30, 2003, 6:55pm
Sometimes when we are extremely upset about something we don't catch
everything that is explained to us. I know if I was in his shoes my head would be spinning. If I remember correctly TZ lives in another state. Dunno if you noticed gas prices lately, but speaking from experience, when yer broke, you worry about every cent. And when you are involved in an out of state dispute and don't have the money for a motel or hotel, and sometimes it can take several days of hearings and meetings, you have to drive back and forth many times. You would also need money for food since you would have no way of cooking if you do stay at a motel or hotel, and if yer traveling from home, you won't have much chance to go shopping or cook since you would be on the road most of the time. There are numerous expenses when traveling a distance for something like this. And if it is in downtown Chicago, there are also parking expenses for either meters or parking decks. Sure the attorney is free, but that's it. If someone is only earning disability, they don't have $20 every day to shell out for gas, food, parking and/or sleeping arrangements. And lord knows how long something like this "could" have taken. Like he said, he still needs to go back. Who knows how long this will drag out. And I don't remember TZ asking for money. He does however need our support and prayers. So,........... for one of us to cop an attitude (no pun intended), it won't benefit him in any way. 0_0 [View Quote] The Language ThingOct 27, 2003, 7:16pm
That is what they call it in the states hon. However I think in TZ's case it
should be renamed Chicago PD vs Technozeus. ;-"D [View Quote] Some new AW opportunitiesOct 28, 2003, 9:41pm
Feel like you could possibly get a job working in IS if only you were old
enough or had a degree?? Feel like helping new people learn the ropes without committing yourself to becoming a GK or PK but not sure how?? Got a skill relating to AW you would like to share with others??? Need a welcome break from all the flaming that goes on in the newsgroups??? Got a question for those more technically skilled than you are in building or bots??? Or, do you just need some fulfillment in your poor, devoid, and boring life, knowing that you can help AW newbies learn how to get around and watch as they take their first babysteps towards "AW-addiction". If any of this interests you at all, please check out VS Jonno's new website at http://vsaw.co.uk and also check out what maki is trying desperately hard to achieve at http://awnews.org/volunteer . Please keep the flames down to a minimum. This was only meant to drum up some support for these sites and possibly recruit some of you puter wizards out there to help the new folks with some of their questions and to develope some FAQs. Thank you~ ;-") Where's Baro?Nov 15, 2003, 11:42am
Pay extra for tourists. Bad idea.Nov 16, 2003, 6:25am
Yeah and when my cit runs out and I choose to use that money to pay my bills
or feed my family, I will be one of those tourists once again. Although I'm not quite sure how I will be "freeloading" since I won't be able to build where I want to and won't have a contact list, grams and can't play in most games or contests. Mind telling me how I will be "freeloading"?? The only way I can remain a cit is if I win an extension or if I hit it big when playing the lottery. You might have that kind of money to throw around but people like me, don't. So please keep your insults to yourself when referring to tourists. You were probably one a long time ago and you might possibly wind up being one again if your luck runs out. 0_0 [View Quote] |