ActiveWorlds Chronicles RSS Feed en-gb awportals.com RSS Generator http://www.awportals.com/chronicles/e268/maple_valley_in_full_bloom/ A new and unique building area in Yellow World.

[b]Yellow World[/b] -- From ascending mountains to flowing streams, Maple Valley is a practical home away from home. Situated in Yellow world, this fertile valley is the latest update to the world by its w 8f81d680363c443403e486a8c368e8fc6dd8d6c1 http://www.awportals.com/chronicles/e267/awmyths_1st_anniversary_contest/ A contest to create your own quest in AWMyths world by July 15th.

[b]AWMyths World[/b] -- Do you think you have a cool idea for an adventure-type quest that people will enjoy?

Build a rough sketch of it in a public building world such as AW, AWTeen, f32413a4bee1733f44b4a705706e524c1902f34c http://www.awportals.com/chronicles/e266/%27ashianae%92s_journey%27_galaxy_opens_for_alpha_testing/ Poseidon seeks alpha-testers for game in development.

[b]AWForums[/b] -- Draedan Entertainment announced today that it was looking for Alpha Testers for its current project, [i]Ashianae's Journey[/i].

Responsible for the AW world AWRPG, this new pay 390686656532850a5546f5195756cbbd3c1a54c9 http://www.awportals.com/chronicles/e265/awteen_to_hold_pioneer_cav_contest/ Details concerning a custom avatar contest this weekend in AWTeen.

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[b]AWTeen World[/b] -- Ready to show off your Custom Avatar? Wasting no time after the release of 4.2, AWTeen announced that it would be holding 0134bc9da309d5ae55ca773efdfab385e33e0ffd http://www.awportals.com/chronicles/e264/forums_integrate_social_networking_infrastructure/ AWForums updated to support user groups, mutual friendships, photo albums and retooled user profiles.

[b]SW City[/b] -- Complimenting the release of Active Worlds 4.2, Martin rounded out this week by updating the [url=http://forums.activeworlds.com/inde f664084b176f5a437d6a1a7020ffa91d20e20d56 http://www.awportals.com/chronicles/e263/babylon_building_competition_finishes_up/ Details concerning the Babylon Building Contest and how to vote for your favorite.

[b]AWTeen World[/b] -- Tuesday marked the last day of building in the AWTeen “Buildings of Babylon” building competition.

Started about a month ago on May 19, contest ea28638a19b4f553cc33a3c61fdfbaba738664f1 http://www.awportals.com/chronicles/e262/on_the_way_to_the_forums.../ An opinion essay by Absolute Monarch concerning the social division on the AWForums.

[rimg]/media/imglib_awteen/2.jpg[/rimg]Over the past few days, I have begun to notice a striking anomaly. Despite the fact that (at best) the Active Worlds universe hav 44f45615618a5ac20a7e9b1213e5f7bdaefd5bb3 http://www.awportals.com/chronicles/e261/awfx_restored_to_original_state/ AWFX World restored after extended downtime and presenting a new sharing format.

[b]AWFX World[/b] -- Reopening last week after extended downtime, the popular world to gather and share free matfx, particle, and zone effects was reopened by Active Worlds 6a0aa1c96754aab963e46326b7973db6f407c684 http://www.awportals.com/chronicles/e260/has_the_lesson_been_learned%3F/ An opinion piece by Chorus Line concerning the punishment following the recent AWTeen GZ fiasco.



[b]This article is USER SUBMITTED through Active Worlds Press Corps and may not reflect the views of Awportals.com or its staff.[/b]



I'm posting 9deda8cbfd8d552fea04b26a0f61ea0e4d5763b2 http://www.awportals.com/chronicles/e259/winter_world_open_for_viewing/ After several months of development, Winter opened today for public viewing.

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[b]Winter World[/b] -- Slated to be Active Worlds' next [url=http://wiki.activeworlds.com/index.php?title=Public_Building_World 2a1d5b7c83985f9f7a5ea9f82c941a33fdc8b6a7 http://www.awportals.com/chronicles/e258/aw_press_corps_launched/ Press release from the Activeworlds Press Corps.

The Active Worlds Press Corps, a new organization devoted to promoting news organizations and writing news, unveiled their new [url=http://activeworldspress.blogspot.com/]blog[/url] today and their initia f3ff115ead6434b1c1345402be9e38fcd81d86bc http://www.awportals.com/chronicles/e257/investigating_lag_on_performance/ "Lag" is such and imprecise term. What does it mean and how can it be reduced or even eliminated?

[quote=Awportals][b][i]This article was kindly provided to the Chronicles by [url=http://www.frobozz.us/]ScottyDM[/url] and is sourced from the Activeworld 4ed0ff5f672d2256d89ecee5614e2e6e9f2ae4b8 http://www.awportals.com/chronicles/e256/world_guide%3A_besaid/ Besaid was established on February 14, 2008 by Nina Taru using a world won at an AWTeeen Hyperbuild competition.

When creating a new world the most difficult decisions to make is its name especially when you do not [limg]/media/imglib_general/besaid.jpg b0d203c73c3a8aca202d58880ba8836fe015dcab http://www.awportals.com/chronicles/e255/activeworlds_4.2_expected/ Activeworlds prepares to launch the latest major release of its browser technology tomorrow with version 4.2.

Version 4.2 has been designed primarily around the requirements of IBM whom has invested heavily in the Activeworlds technology in the past yea 5ea1021da78761024d7208de1f0c26c569cf665d http://www.awportals.com/chronicles/e254/new_clan-pack_products/ Activeworlds, Inc has expanded its offers range to include 2 new products available for a limited time.

==Clan Packs==
The Activeworlds Universe now offers clan packs, also known as 5-packs.

[rimg]http://www.awportals.com/sidebar/content/clanpacks. 12c021f18cf3645f3702fec014b7882fb7ed6cff http://www.awportals.com/chronicles/e253/the_sw_city_mission_statement/ The SW City staff describe their mission and the purpose of their great city.

Dear User,

You are perhaps wondering why we have chosen to write out a mission statement for a virtual city that really can only claim around five hundred people as its per 1285e4ce55c145016b77154618377f0eeecab5d3 http://www.awportals.com/chronicles/e252/activeworlds_4.2_%28pt_1%29/ Development continues on Activeworlds 4.2 after failing to meet the announced Monday 21st of April release date.

== Opening Up ==
As a result of this delay Chief Executive Officer of Activeworlds, Inc. Rick Noll announced that the 4.2 beta universe wou df3ec4cdef6e263d20f52b971c1ca73036d11384 http://www.awportals.com/chronicles/e251/tower_of_terror_event/ Event Promotion of the Tower of Terror hosted by GSK in AWTeen.

The Hollywood Tower Hotel was the retreat for the rich and famous in Hollywood's Golden Age of the early 1900s. The luxurious Tip Top Club was no exception.

There were hundreds, if not t 3c0bf8a82ad4322d39907251aa98563b9609e5cc http://www.awportals.com/chronicles/e250/the_buildings_of_babylon/ AWTeen Events presents The Buildings of Babylon Building Competition.

This competition will be the first that we have held in quite a while, and it will be running for 1 months time - and because it is such a long contest we have some really cool prizes 8ad66bae3811d15f221157f088936c7f255c3091 http://www.awportals.com/chronicles/e249/goober_zone_ends_its_run/ In a sentimental forum post Goober King has announced the Goober Zone will be drawing to an end (inc full text).

[rimg]/media/imglib_general/goober_zone.jpg[/rimg]The Goober Zone, which has been a staple of the Activeworlds experience for many years has 55cae3998443d9679786cad5ccb746f5d088fdcf http://www.awportals.com/chronicles/e248/superior_use_of_vr_in_society_%26_business/ The question is not so much as to who uses the virtual reality environment as it is who makes the most effective use of them.

[limg]/media/imglib_general/prizedraw4.jpg[/limg]As a specialist in the Active Worlds brand of 3D browsers I have grown to app 03ccb9b37e5be390a6e7cce7d07a45aa9f2979d5 http://www.awportals.com/chronicles/e247/what_are_the_flagg_worlds%3F/ We explain the purpose of the Flagg worlds and why are there so many of them in the universe.

[wrimg=Flagg17 is just one of the worlds under development]/media/imglib_awgate/infotemp1.jpg[/wrimg]In the past you may have noticed that in the Activeworlds 63cdeb2ff681dc911f0adfcd7aa5be31c3c7cbf6 http://www.awportals.com/chronicles/e246/get_your_friends_involved%21/ Tips on inviting friends to Activeworlds and winning great prizes.

[rimg]/media/imglib_general/prizedraw4.jpg[/rimg]Do you have friends that you wish were on Activeworlds? Well now you can do something about it with the AW Prize Draw operated by AWTeen ef5e98a6b396c196ed484c5f8eb789139bb80c05 http://www.awportals.com/chronicles/e245/v4_rightsqueue_in_alphaworld/ Information on [RightsQueue] - the Alphaworld rights manager bot by Strike Rapier.

[rimg]/media/imglib_aw/v4bot_1.jpg[/rimg]In recent times Activeworlds Inc has been awarding large numbers of users V4 rights in the AWI public build world of their choice 4b34f73c318cc6ab9f689907961c3e706a8a84f2 http://www.awportals.com/chronicles/e244/quintin3265_in_wiki_attacks./ An explosion of wiki editing has taken place over the last few days as several users began making repeated edits, undoes and replacements of other users.

[wrimg=Awportals has developed into the largest independent AW based website]/media/ads/banner_234x b80428528e9522eb01a0a5146d1f31a0cc111806 http://www.awportals.com/chronicles/e243/awteen_activity_points/ AWTeen introduces a bot monitored ratings system for promoting greater use of the world.

[rimg]/media/imglib_awteen/2s.jpg[/rimg]The AWTeen Governor, Strike Rapier, today announced the introduction of an activity points scheme to AWTeen world (in cooper 64c29eefcbb88528e04038a34056e0611d150ff4 http://www.awportals.com/chronicles/e242/newsletter%3A_march_07%2C_2008/ Official Newsletter: AWTeen, Yellow, Blogs, Worlds & Community

==The AWTeen Provinces==
Strike Rapier again won the AWTeen elections, placing him as Governor of AWTeen for the next 6 months and as a result several new pieces of technology have been int bded94e4d41382fff01e99121b2a2aabe8c60d3a http://www.awportals.com/chronicles/e241/site_news%3A_new_services_available/ New services are available from the award winning Awportals.com

Awportals.com is glad to announce the launch of several new key commercial services based around the Activeworlds technology, these are:

== World Hosting ==
Premier hosting for your wor 885f3f119d325521f33ba3aa4442ee64961320e1 http://www.awportals.com/chronicles/e240/forum_archive%3A_concerns_in_the_gate/ Discussing the concerns of AWGate, by Flagg

The AWGate has never been a perfect environment. For many of us, both at AWI and in the Community, the environment does not completely measure up to all our goals or dreams. However, I personally, do not belie 2fb868d7b889ce137439fe171f297fadb46744a1 http://www.awportals.com/chronicles/e239/5_steps_to_destruction/ Community Commentary by Hyper Anthony on Flaggs' 5-steps-to-destruction.

It is AWI's job to develop software and keep the ship running. We're the content creators, developing a community is left to us.

[quote=Flagg, 5 steps to destruction]Step 1: Att ad3733e1d7b5ef17f8b80c535da319aa5e31f4db