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May 3, 2006, 10:49pm

Hi
I was just thinking how I was curious to know some aspects about people
in AW.
1. How did you find out about AW?
2. Why did you join? What triggered your registering as a citizen?
3. How long have you remained a citizen?
4. What is the best feature of AW for you?
5. What have you created in AW?
6. What activities do you enjoy in AW?
Just had some curiousity about these aspects :) Anyone care to respond?

CoLor

May 3, 2006, 11:14pm

1. It's been so long, I can hardly remember, but I believe I found it
via a billboard in WorldsChat and have been here ever since. :)
2. I first had lots of fun just wandering around and seeing all the
different buildings. After a couple months, I got the urge to build and
decided to stick around for a while.
3. I'll be 10 AW yrs old in September! ^_^
4. It's versatility. It can be so many things to so many different kinds
of people, and I think that's key to its longevity.
5. To wit: A castle in the sky, a mansion, a town, an organization, and
a radio show or two. Next up: A reunion, and a mountain! :D
6. My shows, and seeing an active, vibrant community again.

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Goober King
Taking a survey
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May 3, 2006, 11:57pm

1) I was interested in virtual art and came across AW during a search.

2) My first time in AW was less than pleasant. I was ignored, insulted, or
ejected from a few worlds simply for being a tourist. Talking with a few
world owners who were enthusiastic about AW was the deciding factor. (Thank
you Garnet and Posh!)

3) I've been a cit since November of 1999.

4) I like world ownership and all build features for the total creative
freedom.

5) 7 worlds and a new career

6) Visiting friends from around the world and world building.

May 4, 2006, 1:06am

1. I found it searching for 3D chat.
2. I hung out in america GZ and liked everyone there. I also wanted to learn
to build. Sir Gabe taught me to build and Rypp taught me to put roofs on
houses.
3. I been here since December 1997. and joined in February 1998. Name used
to be Nikona.
4. Building and owning worlds and being able to have my oen path.
5. I have built 5 of my worlds and most of the American Builder builds in
america and a huge area in aw.
6. Building, building, building :) and making sprites, art drawings on the
ground using pole2m03.rwx's. Can be seen at America 0.52N 46.63W 0.33a 270
and a picture of them here http://ciena.us/awpics/ground_art_by_ciena.jpg

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May 4, 2006, 2:46am

hmm, bored, well, in my case:

1. A czech friend of mine read about it in a newspaper, then one day, we
were bored sitting in my dad's office online, and decided to download it and
try it out.

2.at first, i didn't stay long, because well, i hated being a tourist and my
dad didn't let me use his creditcard, but what triggered me to finally
register is when my dad agreed to let me use his creditcard. i can't stand
being a tourist and such, so what actualy persued me to become a citizen was
my lack of desire for being a tourist.

3. Well, my first cit was around grade 7 or 8, so around 1998-2000, not sure
exactly. then ever year i would get a new cit instead of renewing, until
about 3 years ago.

4.best feature, being able to own and create worlds. otherwise i'd have no
reason to stay, as was the case in There and SecondLife.

5. I occasionally start working on worlds, but never really get very far,
always start new themes, then quit after the second day of working on it.
But ya, guess a couple of models in Tikiland is the only thing i created.

6.Enjoy either modeling things for AW, then putting them into my world, or
occasionally just chatting. As for building, not my thing.

-SWE

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May 4, 2006, 3:35am

1) I found out about AW on a TV show back in 1996
2) I joined because it looked really cool.
3) I've been a citizen since Jan of 1997, 9 yrs now.
4) The simplistic building interface
5) Lots of stuff, including bots, and third party applications.
6) Chatting with my friends and building stuff.

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May 4, 2006, 3:54am

> 1. How did you find out about AW?
The usual, Googled for Virtual Reality, worlds.com was a bit crap.

> 2. Why did you join? What triggered your registering as a citizen?
Birthday present 4 me ^-^; a very nice cit lent me a cit for a weekend to
try it out first.

> 3. How long have you remained a citizen?
5 years.

> 4. What is the best feature of AW for you?
SDK - The features suck, I prefer to create my own :P


> 5. What have you created in AW?
A myriad of newbie builds, a few dozen bots, lots and lots of virtual
offices for myself and others.


> 6. What activities do you enjoy in AW?
Kicking ass, annoying Rick and JP about things they have seemingly forgot
etc.


--
- Mark Randall
http://www.temporal-solutions.co.uk

"We're Systems and Networks..."
"It's our job to know..."

May 4, 2006, 8:25am

1. Friend told me about it. Took him days to convince me to try it out :P

2. I wanted to become a long term builder and develop a community and city
with friends.

3. 7 years (SW City bday is also my cit's bday ;D)

4. Creative building and always finding more ways to do something innovative
and new, even after 7 years; and getting to share all of it with friends.

5. Founded SW City and likely either created or had a role in its
sub-organizations within. Built 5 million objects with of stuff. Just a
lot of building in general.

6. Building with friends. More specifically keeping building interesting by
trying a theme I've never done before.

- Com | www.swcity.net


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May 4, 2006, 2:12pm

1. A friend told me about it, so I tried it out.

2. At first I registered because $20 per year wasnt much to pay for the
extra features, and the software looked like fun, so i figured I would
atleast support it. $20 was only 2 months of a premium online game
subscription after all. I miss GameStorm. Some of the most fun games I have
ever played were on that service: Fierce Harmony, Silent Death Online, Mage
Storm, and Godzilla Online. Too bad they are gone now =(

3. I have been a citizen since October 1999.

4. I particularly like the sdk. It allows you to make aw more than just
another chat software.

5. I created the bots that run ad&drpg. I have made a few builds in there.
Most of the building credit these days should go to the talented and loyal
staff. Although back when I first had the world I built almost everything.
Unfortunately there are no historical builds there, only lore from previous
ages.

6. Mostly I just hang out in ad&drpg, and maintain the world and bot. Its
great being omnipitent in a game environment.

DM

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May 4, 2006, 8:26pm

1. My brother was a geek always dragging me to his boring computer to see
some boring web page whenever I visited. Fed up, one day, I told him was
boring shit and why could he not find something cool like three dimensions
like on tv....challenged he surfed for three dimensional and found AW. Next
visit I saw it, and fell in love, while he gloated over his not so boring
computer. There were no cits or tourists then but not sure what year that
actually was...I seem to remember doing cartwheels in brazil heh...

2, took years before I allowed a computer in my house but each visit to my
brother's I asked to see that active world. Fear of technology LOL. When I
got my first computer, first program in was AW ...for about a year was all I
had LOL....(my brother groaned and called it a 2,000$ AW Machine, which it
still is as I still hate surfing LOL) I became excellent at destroying
tourist properties, or garbage, and was content as tourist for years. I
became a cit because a friend opened a world for a gang of us to build. I
went off alone tried to build at yellow, adored it, got my cit that day so I
could build at tonycat world....

3. I have been a cit since june 2000 and have 1,181 days logged on my main
cit.

4. best feature has to be the building.

5. I have created worlds, objects, dreams and nightmares LOL (oh yeah....and
huge lag)

6. Building is the top activity, meeting people and finding good friends is
next. I have been lucky to be able to travel a few times to meet many of the
people here one on one. Once I travelled 48,000 km, all of canada and 48 usa
states and met 20 people that time at their homes. It took 4 months of
driving and living in a van with a dog and cat, but I will never forget the
experiences and people I have met in activeworlds. It opened the world to me
that I really did not know existed more than picturebooks LOL.....

Thank you "that active world"

sweets

May 4, 2006, 11:12pm

http://ciena.us/awpics/ground_art_by_ciena.jpg

That's really cool Ciena! Nice!

May 4, 2006, 11:14pm

TY it got addictive. I did 10 of them :)
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May 5, 2006, 2:17am

> TY it got addictive. I did 10 of them :)

Well shoot, I only count 5 in that screen shot, I need to see the other 5...
or more if I counted wrong. :) *pokes you*

May 5, 2006, 11:47am

1) I was in a 2D chat called Palace (and yes, Palace DOES still exist LOL)
when *a gal* came to visit, told me of 3D *virtual worlds* and all about aw
.... I wasn't overly interested at first, but after a day or two of her
telling me about it I gave it a try.

2) She lent me a spare cit she had, for a whole week! I had been a visitor
for 2 weeks already but really wasn't interested in what my limited
sightings were showing me as I didn't really connect how I could do all I
could do as a tourist ... only with her cit could I really see the potential
for me personally. I thank her for that :o}

3) I was a tourist one week, a cit one week ... after my experience as a cit
for one week I was thoroughly hooked and paid for my own at that time. I've
not *expired* yet ... been a cit since May 7, 2003.

4) For me, it's the avatars first and foremost ... they represent me on the
screen ... and if I don't look good well whatz the point? LOL

5) I've created builds, most of what I learned in the beginning I attribute
to the birthday building clan, it's a great way to learn what you can do and
how creative you can be with primitive objects ... I say primitive because
AW cannot really take any objects of substantial filesize or polys and most
of the objects one learns to build with are already several years old. Three
weeks after becoming a cit I had been playing bingo, won my own sample world
(P20) and when it was about to expire two months later I was already hooked
on that, I still have it ... it's now a P30 and the world is Aeon. My most
recent passion is bot programming in C++. I figured if I gotta learn scripts
*for bots* why not just get the programming code down and do my own LOL. I
have had some past experience with programming so *I can do it* :o}Oh and I
make my own avs now too.

6) Hmmm I'd have to say making avs, programming bots, building for gifts or
my world and it's fun to get together with a community of people like for
parties, etc.

Lady NightHawk

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May 5, 2006, 1:21pm

> 1. How did you find out about AW?
My brother used Juno for his email, and found AW through the JunoDome. He
showed me, and I thought it was the coolest thing I ever saw.

> 2. Why did you join? What triggered your registering as a citizen?
Well, I had always been a very gregarious person, but was now a shut-in and
rarely saw my friends. I was just learning how to use a computer, but
surfing the web didn't hold my interest. I saw AW as a way to connect with
ppl again and learn about different cultures from all over the world.

> 3. How long have you remained a citizen?
I was a tourist for as long as it took AW to process my credit card. LOL
I became a Cit on Feb. 24, 2001

> 4. What is the best feature of AW for you?
Well, in the beginning it was being a Wallkeeper in JunoDome, but then it
closed. It's open again, but it just isn't the same anymore. Now it's being
a part of the GK org. and helping newbies learn the program and directing
them to interesting sites in AW. Hopefully they'll be as excited about AW as
I am.

> 5. What have you created in AW?
Dozens of various builds, but nothing really noteworthy. I build for my own
pleasure.

> 6. What activities do you enjoy in AW?
Chatting in The Gate with ppl from halfway around the world. That still
blows me away. I was excited to get a walkie-talkie set when I was 12 and
talk to a friend across the street with it! rofl

May 5, 2006, 1:51pm

I found out about AW from a school teacher. He knew I liked creative stuff
and suggested AW as another medium to create with.

I decided to become a citizen about 20 minutes after landing in AW. I hadn't
chatted or built yet, but I saw a wonderful place to spend my spare time
(lol).

I have remained a citizen since August of 1997.

In my opinion there is no "best" feature of AW. All of the features are
wonderful! If I had to state one though, I would say the ability to be able
to paint a picture without having to clean up paint brushes is the best!

I have created a few things in Activeworlds. My first build I deleted
because it was pretty bizarre:) From there I have made a few lounges, and
homes. Cy Pastures in AW world, I created for all of us post Cy folks that
are put out to pasture now:) I am on version 56 (I think) of my world A'A
which is now Nrthpole. It has been many things, but as soon as new objects
or builds come out I am inspired to start again! I have also created some
objects and avatars and a cakewalk area with textures for folks to make
cakes from along with dreamer2 and cyberwitch. I spent a little while doing
tech support for the Juno Dome. My biggest creation however, is the Cy
Awards:) Well....I could go on forever about them, but it would become a
novel...yikes!

I don't go to too many other activities other than the Cys, but of all of
the activities I have enjoyed the second most are the SW City activities.
Those guys really know how to create and entertain! Oh...and I really loved
the NG's Survivor!

In conclusion I would like to say that AW wouldn't exist nor be entertaining
without all of the wonderful people who are here:)

May 5, 2006, 3:55pm

Hey, if you need any general C++ help, email me.


-Lt


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May 5, 2006, 8:38pm

1) All the Juno spam about AW finally got me curious, so I took a look.
I didn't have a clue what 3D was about or that it even excised.

2) The day I landed in the Juno Dome, I watched from a corner for an
hour or so. I thought it was pretty neat, so I joined.

3) I've been here since Feb 01

4) Being able to build without cleaning up a mess or putting my power
tools away.

5) I've built several house on Alpha...got bored with the objects and
bought a World...witch is STILL far from finished LOL

6) Chatting with friends and building. I'm trying to learn TS now too,
with limited results :O)

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May 6, 2006, 12:14am

SDK Rule #1 ~ Thou shalt NOT offer yourself for an helper to the newbie
programmer LOL I just *might* take you up on it as I have at least two
others so far hehehe

Thanks tho, I'll keep anyone in mind who's willing to help me learn, I catch
on to coding stuff easily once I understand what code goes where. I have
experience with HTML and PHP, as well as python so I'm not new to doing
stuff from scratch ... I am lazy however, tis why it's taken me three years
to *get to it* LOL.

Hugzzz

LNH



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May 6, 2006, 1:29am

1. How did you find out about AW?
- well i discoverd it twice 1. school project on VR 2. i was bored with
normal MSN Chat so i searched for 3d chat

2. Why did you join? What triggered your registering as a citizen?
- the fact that it would piss off my dad, he said why waste money and my
life away on a computer

3. How long have you remained a citizen?
- since 2000

4. What is the best feature of AW for you?
- the easy to use builders interface, the ability to own a world

5. What have you created in AW?
- iNuma Media which merged with AWRadio
a small country town in Alphaword
a small precint in new arklay city
many houses
and much more

6. What activities do you enjoy in AW?
- chatting with friends
hosting my radio show (the comeback comming soon)
hosting events
and much more

May 6, 2006, 10:25am

[View Quote] > 2. Why did you join? What triggered your registering as a citizen?
I like pretty pictures, and 3D was all new, like a dream. AW was free back then.

> 3. How long have you remained a citizen?
10 years next week I think :o

> 4. What is the best feature of AW for you?
Community, and technically AW works nice and fast.

> 5. What have you created in AW?
A world and some models for it, and an AW related web site.

> 6. What activities do you enjoy in AW?
Chatting, gatekeeping, beta testing, information gathering, admiring sceneries, some games.

Psst, you haven't told us your own answers :)


--
Mauz
http://mauz.info

May 6, 2006, 5:27pm

Hehe I was trying to be shy. Well here are my answers too.

1. How did you find out about AW?
---A friend of mine showed us the program. She got us in AW then quickly we were in, I think,
her own trial world. I made that location as home entrance right away, so then I never realized
that AWGate was the entrance world or that AW gz were separate places until much later. We
chatted in her world & then I tried building.

2. Why did you join? What triggered your registering as a citizen?
---As soon as I learned your builds would not be deleted by others and you could join a friend
by a click, and because for $20 it sure wasnt a turn down. I had to do it by mail so I waited
anxiously for those two weeks. Checking the mail each day.

3. How long have you remained a citizen?
---I joined in April 1999. And Ive introduced friends from textbased chat to AW and they joined
too. Although its harder now for friends to join, since some of them are on disability and cant
afford the cit.

4. What is the best feature of AW for you?
---The BUILDING!!!! I LOVE IT!! For me the avatars are just something to use. But I love
creating landscapes. My first builds as a tourist were very frustrating. I attempted them on my
own and just couldnt get them to fit right. I tried hard then quit coming to AW very much. I
just couldnt understand why my other friends(the ones from a 2D chat) were still in AW
ALLLLLLLL the time. So I came back to AW & one of them showed me a few necessary tricks on how
to build to make things fit. Then I got ADDICTED to building.

5. What have you created in AW?
---My first builds were a school in AW and a tiny house in a friends city. Ive done some
landscaping, hills, valleys and small attempts at villages in them. Lighthouses, gardens,
waterfalls, lakes, caves etc. all in AW world. What I like about building is when you look at
your old builds you can see your skills progress.
I've learned a lot from the Building Geniuses in AW who participate in the birthday builds
& AW School teachers who helped me with my questions. I still hate making roofs. But I love
decorating with flowers & trees. I'm forever grateful to tunablues for his trees!! I like
building to make realistic landscapes. I was inspired by Mt.Bob when I first saw it I was
amazed.

6. What activities do you enjoy in AW?
---Building. I like building with a few close friends in AW, sometimes building side by side. I
love the Easter & Christmas Hunts! I wish there were more of those!Its too long of a wait
between hunts :) I also love exploring AW world with friends as we find new or old unique
builds. Chatting in AW/AWGate is ok, but for me I use a faster 2D-text based chat program, for
when Im in that mood. I like being a Gatekeeper and helping people tho. I did bingo for a while
but not into that right now.

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May 7, 2006, 2:07am

> 1. How did you find out about AW?
The owner of the world Librarea introduced me to it.

> 2. Why did you join? What triggered your registering as a citizen?
Well, I won my first cit from AWCamp sooooo :P The features were
amazing, I loved AW.

> 3. How long have you remained a citizen?
Since 2000.

> 4. What is the best feature of AW for you?
Building.

> 5. What have you created in AW?
A baseball stadium, two towns, and many army bases.

> 6. What activities do you enjoy in AW?
Building, hanging out with my friends (talking), AWRadio, exploring worlds.

-Jaguar

May 8, 2006, 4:10pm

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> 2. Why did you join? What triggered your registering as a citizen?

I was in awe (no pun intended) over the fact that one could build in a
shared, very huge set of worlds, and also chat live in the 3d settings.
Citizenships were free when I joined so I didn't hesitate. Just reading the
instructions on how to build instantly converted me. I just had to sign up.

> 3. How long have you remained a citizen?

It was so long ago, I've forgotten. My cit # is 161709, so I guess that
dates me.

> 4. What is the best feature of AW for you?

The whole thing overall, but I especially like getting caught up in
building.

> 5. What have you created in AW?

An out of date texture yard, and some unfinished stuff. I've just begun
building my new home base in aw making a lot of use of the new large picture
objects, and the new trees etc. Outside of AW, I've made a website where I
offer a bunch of free textures and objects (4519 plants!). At some point in
the future, I intend to add a large selection of 3d skybox textures that are
designed with AW in mind.

> 6. What activities do you enjoy in AW?

Besides building, I like lurking in chat areas like the gate or aw ground
zero. Sometimes chatting too.

--
Scented Nectar
http://www.scentednectar.com/aw/

> Just had some curiousity about these aspects :) Anyone care to respond?
>
> CoLor

May 9, 2006, 12:24am

You can renew that cit if you want :o}

LNH



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May 9, 2006, 3:46am

I did. :)

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