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Dec 13, 2002, 9:22am

Once again, I don't see it as a problem at all but rather a positive catalyst for change... and as for some people believing every word of it, I suppose that's possible, but I got a bit of a laugh out of the part that says you can't change your clothes in real life. :)

TechnoZeus

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Dec 13, 2002, 10:06am

Or, enzo could contact each reporter who's written an article about 2nd
life, and say "Hey, why the hype about Second Life? AW is already here!
Come see us!". Then the reporters will write wonderful, wonderful stories
about AW, the people who *would have been* interested come to AW, when 2nd
life is released they're already engaged and invested in AW and don't want
to make the move, and we all live happily ever after. And... this wouldn't
cost a single penny.

Actually, enzo doesn't have to contact the reporters... any of us could.

Kerstin


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Dec 13, 2002, 10:09am

If 2nd life is hyping a Q3 2003 release, surely AW could begin media-hyping
3.4 now...


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Dec 13, 2002, 12:41pm

[View Quote] Was wondering what you would think of that post :)

I think i'll agree with you..its like everyone else that has come out of the
woodwork with a "killer 3D app" - none of them have really made any sort of
presence, and as I said, for as long as I know you have something to do with
AW it'll never get sold off for scrap or anything :)

You did you try the SimOnline beta? I could never get mien to patch
properly....I am going on hearsay really - it does look interesting though,
you must admit...perhaps when it is out of beta it will be better, who
knows...

Hang on a second, are Linden the same guys that we first heard about two
years ago? *smacks head*...why do I always fail to make connections like
that.

But again, we'll see...vapour trail or not :)

F.

Dec 13, 2002, 12:50pm

Ahem..hay Andras, i order to get the disclaimer for the beta, dont you have
to be a beta tester?

Ummmmmmm hehehe..//also, i think he was talkign about The Sims :)

F.

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Dec 13, 2002, 1:36pm

Yeah. Let's beat Second Life with our better program. They probly know about
AW cause all the ideas in the game are from AW and the flying is like AW.

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Dec 13, 2002, 2:00pm

Actually we would do better to hype a 4.0 which has so many more features
maybe even the NEW IMPROVED AS SEEN ON TV AND THE AW 5.1 XBOX version
release. :)

The Gamespy article and the Time article were obviously taken from the same
PR piece that was handed them. The reporters have not seen anything and are
certainly not "beta" testers. So far no one has seen anything. On our
roadshow analysts asked about the new Linden Labs stuff... that was 2 years
ago.

PR about vaporware only generates interest from investors who don't check
their facts. Unless you follow up with a GREAT release you end up with a
lot of unhappy people. AW has done a lot of PR in the past and it was
always about "real" products and projects. We are trying to contact the
reporters but frankly, reporters who didn't check their source don't like
having it pointed out. It would be better to have members of the community
contact the editors of the pieces. That might get some notice. Give em
links to your pages and teleports to your builds. After all, both the Sims
Online and the SL articles basically say none of you exist and you haven't
been chatting, Iming and living and creating cyberspace for the past 8
years.

My Second Cent,

E




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Dec 13, 2002, 2:13pm

Agreed. If you get AW onto the xbox (this is no joke) you could basically
implement everything. Like play from the xbox and AW. You'd get alot of
money for the buying of xbox console.

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Dec 13, 2002, 4:35pm

E N Z O does AWInc have enough money to start this immidiatly, or is it dead
before it gets off the ground.

- Mark

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Dec 13, 2002, 5:38pm

It was a joke. To show that in PR anyone can say anything if it gets peoples
interest and the people are to lazy to check if its true.

BTW... I do have a great little bridge in NYC between Manhattan and
Brooklyn, it only needs a little paint on a few rust spots, I think it's
worth about $10 mil, I was gonna sell it on Ebay... If you want to buy it I
can give you a better deal... we could use that money to start the XBOX
client ASAP

let me know if you want wiring info

E

;)


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Dec 13, 2002, 6:17pm

Peter Linden most likely knows about this newsgroup. And he has visited SW
City and posted on our message forum. He knows about AW.

Chris

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Dec 13, 2002, 6:20pm

Do you have a list of reporters' email addresses that you could share? ;)

Chris

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Dec 13, 2002, 6:25pm

Give us a link to a post he made even though I believe you. I really do
think Linden stole AW's idea cause scripting sounds exactly like AW's ideas.

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Dec 13, 2002, 6:57pm

So how come your not exploiting this :P

- Mark

"e n z o" <enzo at activeworlds.com> wrote
> It was a joke. To show that in PR anyone can say anything if it gets
peoples
> interest and the people are to lazy to check if its true.

Dec 13, 2002, 7:06pm

Well, not so fast there. I doubt 3.4 will be released for at least a month
or two - while closer to Q3 2003, it's still a long way off :)

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Dec 13, 2002, 7:41pm

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Andras
"It's MY computer" (tm Steve Gibson)

Dec 13, 2002, 7:51pm

Well it's not like the technology is patented. Thank god too, or we
wouldn't have all these three-dee games. ;P Look in the Members list and
he is listed.

Here's the link to the post:

http://swcity.skywalkeronline.net/yabbse/index.php?board=5;action=display;th
readid=257

Unfortunately CMM moved the topic to a staff-only board and I can't find it.
But he did post there, I can assure you. :)

Chris

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Dec 13, 2002, 7:53pm

I wish I could read it. Can you talk to CMM?

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Dec 13, 2002, 8:10pm

It wouldn't matter. I'm an admin on that board, and the topic is gone gone
gone. All he was doing was inviting us to apply for the SL beta test. I
signed up, but I haven't heard anything back yet.

Chris

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Dec 13, 2002, 9:59pm

I signed up for Second Life beta. :-D
--
- Syntax -
http://www.swcity.net
http://forum.swcity.net

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Dec 13, 2002, 10:00pm

Me too. But haven't gotten in yet.

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Dec 14, 2002, 5:55am

Because Active Worlds has been around long enough not to need publicity stunts that would only backfire in the long run anyway, or claims of things that we can look supposedly look forward to in the near future such as the nude avatars so many people are now expecting to see on stage at a popular event next year. We have a "real" on-line community. There are real people here doing real things. Some play games. Some do business. Some just pass the time. Some build. Some study. Some teach. Some only come to talk with friends, and some people spend time in Active Worlds for different reasons every day. If we want to get Active Worlds some extra attention, there's no need to exploit people's tendancies to believe things without proof, because we're not short on proof. On the other hand, if such tendancies are exploited by someone to take the attention away from Active Worlds, that will only work with "some" of the people, and in my opinion those that is doesn't work as well with tend to be nicer to have on our side anyway. :)

TechnoZeus

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Dec 14, 2002, 9:27am

Agreed

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D a n

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Dec 15, 2002, 1:42pm

and i have a little country between canada and mexico. :)

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Dec 15, 2002, 5:23pm

[View Quote] I knew you owned Cuba.

--Bowen--

Dec 17, 2002, 12:40pm

Actually there are patents, if you remember

E

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