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Jan 8, 2002, 12:25am

If awcom STILL can't realize their obviusly moronic decisions aren't helping
them at all, but in fact are doing just the opposite, by *NOW* then i
question their real intentions. I keep hearing all these things about AW
closing down universe (i know there cracked but still, they never noticed
until they started getting all of their users) and making free citezinship
universe pay is pathetic. If they actually think people are still going to
keep buying universes their crazy. I really think they need to use their
brain and see the damage they are doing. Not only have a lot of my favorite
worlds emptied with signs to sign petitions, a lot of people are already
planning on the trip our for when AW starts charging them.

It's all really sickening to watch AW end like this (IF it does). Now we
know just what kind of business owners they are, even though some of us have
seen it for a long time. If they don't shape up by the time my cit expires,
not to mention almost everyone else in aw who is going to leave as soon as
their cit expires (and im not kidding either), then they will instantly lose
all the money we've couldve payed them if they made a smarter choice. I
mean, they could at least put it down to $5 a month or something, an MMORPG
is that much and that has FAR more entertaining things to do then this and i
would glady choose one fo those overt his, then a lot more people woudl stay
(even me probably).

So thats what i have to say. If they dont change by next January when my cit
expires (im going to pay for star wars galaxies in the fall and woudl rather
pay for that then aw) then i'm gone, even though i would like to stay. I'm
even debating wether to pay the $40 in March to renew my world (A'Dude)
becuase of this.

-Cozmo

Jan 8, 2002, 1:14pm

Hold on a second. It's most likely that AW is closing down universes that
are cracked, but they've always been doing that - that's nothing new. It's
not as if these people paid for these universes.

But as to making free citizenship universes paying, AW doesn't have any
legal right to do that, unless there is some fine print somewhere that
states that "all universes purchased from Activeworlds Corp must charge for
citizenships" in the universe license agreement. Unless the agreement was
amended, then I don't see how this rumor can be true. Most likely, a
universe owner decided that they could make some money and started charging
for citizenships by themself. Then, a user who was disgruntled started
blaming AW for making them charge, and thus we have the current rumors :)

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Jan 8, 2002, 3:44pm

they can't do no nothing about the cracked ones, the point of them is that
they don't go looking for lisences...

KAH

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Jan 8, 2002, 5:35pm

DLP is NOT cracked it is a purchased universe hosted on AWCom servers.
and because AWCom did what they did in shutting them down for giving out
free cits they are considering move the universe to a different host to get
away from AWcom.
If you read the AW product web pages it says:

Designed for the business that requires multiple stand-alone Worlds separate
from the Active Worlds Universe of Worlds. This product gives to the
administrator full configuration control over the Worlds.

Meaning you, the owner, control the universe and how it is run and you own
policies. If you choose to give away free cits then it is your right. No
where on the web pages do I see anything about it being licensed and that it
must be run according to AWCom policies.

AWCom had no right to shut them down or dictate policy to them.

Paul

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Jan 8, 2002, 5:46pm

Again, this is probably just a rumor. Do you know for sure that it was AW
that forced Dreamland park to stop giving away free citizenships?

If not, then let's wait for the official word :)

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Jan 8, 2002, 6:23pm

if you read it more carefully you'd know i didn't call DLP cracked. i just
refered to both cracked unis and the uni that aw made them pay (you) not as
the same thing

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Jan 8, 2002, 7:22pm

yes we do know for sure! lol, i thought u where part of abn lol,dont u ever
watch it? well read this: http://24.52.45.155:81/dreamland.html

SWE

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Jan 8, 2002, 8:42pm

All that is is a chat log. Not to put anyone down, but it could have been
modified or some of the people involved couldn't have had the best
information.

I won't believe these rumors until someone from AW confirms them.

On another note, I wonder if Protagonist has heard about the policy change
in the software he started? Someone should go to askearth.com and post a
question, lol

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Jan 9, 2002, 12:14am

I got a free cit from dreamland and it was taken away! *angry!*
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Jan 9, 2002, 12:15am

Also, according to ABN, it said that DP was only giving free cits for that
weekend.
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