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cozmo // User Search
cozmo // User Search
Sep 28, 2001, 4:28pm
lol....no wonder
[View Quote]"goober king" <rar1 at acsu.buffalo.edu> wrote in message
news:3BB3AF39.7090402 at acsu.buffalo.edu...
> I seem to recall Roland telling me that he just picks randomly from
> people who show up at Tech Talk, and doesn't really consider specs
> unless he's looking for a specific problem. (i.e. people with NT or a
> firewall)
>
> cozmo wrote:
>
what
see
testers
>
>
> --
> Goober King
> He could be wrong, he's been so before...
> rar1 at acsu.buffalo.edu
>
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Sep 28, 2001, 4:29pm
*points to general.discussion* get cho ass over der next time
[View Quote]"agent fox mulder" <AgentFoxMulder at Shaw.ca> wrote in message
news:3bb3bf53$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> Testing.Hello
>
>
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Sep 28, 2001, 4:30pm
thats why you backup your contact and teleport files idiot lol
[View Quote]"agent fox mulder" <AgentFoxMulder at Shaw.ca> wrote in message
news:3bb47bce at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> What did we,the citizens of activeworlds,do to derserve this Torture
called
> activeworlds 3.2.
> In activeworlds 3.2 everything is screwy,So i reinstalled 3.1,then i
lost
> all my contacts and teleports,Such as my first build snowboard city,which
i
> spent month trying to find and fix it up. AW WHAT DID WE DO FOR THIS
> VERSION FROM HELL?
>
> So if u were on my contacts list Please tgram Me
>
>
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Oct 5, 2001, 7:17pm
yes i agree...i myself am going to try and stop being so grouchy all the
time at people becuase if they even say the tiniest thing bit stupid or
insulting i blow up
[View Quote]"flagg" <tom at activeworlds.com> wrote in message
news:3bbe11c1$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> Hi Everyone,
>
> Thank you for taking the time to read this post.
>
> The newsgroups you are now reading are here for the entire Activeworlds
> community. They are meant as a place for the users of our software to get
> help with problems and issues relating to Activeworlds. They are also
here
> to help our community get to know one another and plan events and projects
> for inside Activeworlds. They are not and never have been designed as a
> soap box for people to wage private vendettas against one another and it
> also is not a place where you should have to worry about being attacked
> through vulgarity and viciousness.
>
> Now the personal attacks and vulgarity must stop. If you use our
newsgroups
> to wage a personal war or to attack other users you may have your right to
> post here suspended indefinitely without warning.
>
> The Activeworlds users reading this post now can rest assured that these
> newsgroups will be used for the sole purpose of sharing information, ideas
> and feedback in a pleasant and polite manner for all users, newbies or old
> timers, and that we will not allow vulgar attacks against our customers.
> Thank you...
>
>
> Sincerely
>
> Tom Fournier
> Customer Service / Sales Manager
> Activeworlds.com Inc.
> 95 Parker St.
> Newburyport, MA 01950
>
> www.activeworlds.com
>
>
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Oct 10, 2001, 9:54pm
he means junk not as old posts he means as the stupid morons who post stupid
moronic things
[View Quote]"dotar sojat" <dotar_sojat at barsoom.zzn.com> wrote in message
news:3bc4d65e at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> Well a good suggestion would be setting the NG server to auto delete any
> post over two weeks old. That would clear alot of the junk out.
>
> "henrikg" <henrikgu at online.no> wrote in message
> news:3bc15622 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
Activeworlds
> get
> projects
a
it
attacked
right
> to
just
I
>
>
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Oct 6, 2001, 12:54pm
they just call it a plug-in soit dounds easier yo install...rather then
downloading a probgram they want you to think you press yes and a litle
program isntalls...
[View Quote]"kah" <kah at kahbot.com> wrote in message
news:3bbed2dd at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> You could read the description of the SolServer, it's just a UniServer
where
> you can have a max of one world. AW is not a plug-in, it's a client
> application (just to correct the AWC). You just need to change the stuff
in
> the start section of aworld.ini (you'd have to distribute a zip instead of
> the usual installer). for example, if you wanna send folks to a world
called
> awexplor at the coords 5s 3e, you'd use this:
>
> [start]
> world=awexplor
> location=5.0S 3.0E 0.0a 0
>
> also, I think the AWC have made a downloader thingy that does it
dynamically
> (used on the completion page of the 3d homepage stuff). hope this helps!
> :-))
>
> KAH
>
> "x aw explorer x" <exploringaw at hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:3bbe38b3 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
person
>
>
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Oct 20, 2001, 2:45pm
no offense but there is so many hosters that everyone already has one
[View Quote]"alphabit phalpha" <cy-awards at home.com> wrote in message
news:3bd0aeee at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> Hi Everyone:)
>
> I REALLY need some input from all of you ...if it's not too much
> trouble:)
> King Tex and I are starting up world server and object path hosting
with
> ToTWorlds.com
> We would like to offer fair pricing to allow those on tighter budgets
to
> be able to have custom worlds.
> While at the same time, justifying the expense of the servers.
> Any input would be greatly appreciated!:)
>
> Sincerely,
> AlphaBit Phalpha
>
>
>
>
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Oct 21, 2001, 3:48pm
lets see i know of about....4 i'd say that have websites and are companies
and all that and two of them have OP hosting....plus myself, whitch i am not
exactly open for public sign-ups yet cuz my website is still in the making
and no i'm not just a DSL user hosting it on my computer
i'm not trying to be rude but there isn't many people that need hosters
[View Quote]"young phalpha" <RhaneC at msn.com> wrote in message
news:3bd212c0 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> uhhhh, there might be several, not many, but how many of them have proved
reliable? How many of
> them are just DSL or cable owners who host worlds off their main/only
computer? Also this is as
> well OP hosting...
>
> "cozmo" <cozmo at my.activeworlds.com> wrote in message
news:3bd1aa40$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> no offense but there is so many hosters that everyone already has one
>
> "alphabit phalpha" <cy-awards at home.com> wrote in message
> news:3bd0aeee at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> with
budgets
> to
>
>
>
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Oct 21, 2001, 10:33pm
LOL omg.....most hosters charge around $10 a month for 24/7 hosting
now...well...the good ones anyways....
nobody ever charges 50 a month heh....so i'd say 20 max
[View Quote]"nornny11" <Nornny1 at home.com> wrote in message
news:3bd3622c$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> Well, the cheaper you can make it, the more I'll be lured into it. If it's
> reliable too, that's a bonus, but if I were to have a world, I'd be happy
to
> have it up half of the time it's alive. Most people don't view a private
> world 24/7, so if you can comprimise the quality of the hosting to more
> downtime but lower prices, I'd use it. However, if you can still keep it
> that cheap without adding more downtime, that's even better. lol.
>
> 20 dollars a month maybe? I was never familiar with worlds and world
> hosting, but 20 seems more reasonable than 50 or whatever dollars a month.
> "alphabit phalpha" <cy-awards at home.com> wrote in message
> news:3bd0aeee at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> with
budgets
> to
>
>
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Dec 17, 2001, 11:08pm
Dear Active Worlds Community,
Today i joined one of my friends who was building in his city in AWTeen. I
was bored and we were just chatting. So i said, "Do you honostly enjoy
building?" and he said something about it passes the time and he hates being
idle. I remembered when i used to love building and said "i just remembered
my newbie days.....". We started talking about how fun every little thing
was when we were just starting out in AW, how we loved building and messing
around with our Prestons (lol) (and later Xelagots) and making them talk by
whispering the say command and making them have personalities (my bot
actually went out with my friends bot.....i know its childish..). And
especially how i got a cit just becuase i thought, to get a space ship in
mars and fly it, i had to get a cit....... (don't laugh its true! even
though i know it was just an avatar now) Then we showed each other our old
builds that had survived years of sitting in the teleports tab and talking
about how funny we were (my friend actually built an exact replica of a
Pokemon game for gameboy, and he'd kill me for telling you this since he
hates pokemon now). Then at the end alls we could say was "*sigh* the good
ol' days.......".
Don't you remember the days when every 'newbie' was greeting welcomingly and
helped with no problems? (like when i first got tought to build...i dont
even know if there are teachers anymore) and how the sense of community was
so strong? Everyone know each other and always helped each other out.
Remember the good ol' days?
Then look at now....newbies get greeted by things like "STFU you n00b!!!!!"
and treated like they are some lower life form (even though they don't act
as intelegently as they used to) and people getting angry and 'flaming'
other people both in chat and NGs and getting angry at AW, the company
itself, for "not listening to their PAYING citezins" and "only listening to
the businesses with the money" which are the people who brought you this
great software in the first place and did improve it, wether it be improving
of what you want or not.
This is not the community of helping and caring people that it used to be. A
lot of those people actually left AW when the above started happening wether
it be by hate of the company or of the shattering sense of community. And I
to, myself, had that thought. But i decided to stay for my friends (but let
my world expire) and just wait and see what happens. I know that new
versions of aw like 3.3 and above will be coming out next year and i've
heard some great features that will be included and i hope that it helps
make aw stay in it for the long run. Even though many people
*cough*eep*cough* have said that it's AWs management (Rick and JP) who do
not care about the citezins and things like that (not saying it isnt true),
i still want aw too stay in business for a long time and hopefully the
community sense will not get any worse, or i fear the end.
So that's all I have to say right now.
Sincerly,
Brandon Nolan & Cozmo
Dec 17, 2001, 11:52pm
well the thing is i have no idea HOW to model. I would love to do it though.
I know how to script and program bots though but i've never created any
useful ones.
And i think the modeling team should be adding objects to the aw op and
avaliable for other to download. Aw objects are plain and boring right now.
[View Quote]"moff piett" <piett at home.com> wrote in message
news:3c1e9f54$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> Me too, every year seems better for. Better versions of AW, more
practise
> modeling and making textures. I think a lot of people get bored of
> building, but are too lazy to go on to the next stage, modeling.
Sitting
> in the middle of a public building world might be fun for some, but for
> most people they have to move "up" to something else, be that becomming
> active in the community, going onto modeling and texture creation, bot
> programming and so on. Heck, even awcom gets better every year. Rick
> replies to tele's in a friendly way, Tom whips the NG's and other worlds
> into shape and has been supporting citizen projects more than ever, and
> Garry and Stacy and the modeling team have been churning out some of their
> best work yet.
>
>
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Dec 27, 2001, 1:09am
actually that's not how all hackers talk....at least not the real ones
[View Quote]trekkerx <zac at commatron.com> wrote in message
news:3c2a89ce at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> |-|4ck3R 74|_k I5 |_ik3 7|-|i5
> Hacker TaLk is L ike tHis
>
> They refer to it as Elete (3l373)
> Thats how hackers talk
>
> --
> TrekkerX
> Commatron & Athnex
> http://www.commatron.com
> http://www.athnex.com
> "bowen" <bowen at omegauniverse.com> wrote in message
> news:3c2a777e$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
to
> be
kiddies..
> as
for
> a
>
>
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Dec 27, 2001, 4:46pm
i know i hate typing out because so i just say cuz
[View Quote]kah <kah at kahnews.cjb.net> wrote in message
news:3c2b452d$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> I agree with you, except for thanx and cuzz, they're OK I think :-))
>
> KAH
>
> "moff piett" <baronjutter at shaw.ca> wrote in message
> news:3c2a6f24$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
,
get
> fine
> on
> when
>
>
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Dec 27, 2001, 5:40pm
shortening a word on purpose is not offensive to most people....are you an
english teacher or something?
[View Quote]moff piett <baronjutter at shaw.ca> wrote in message
news:3c2b75ee$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> Ha, then better not visit Avatar anytime soon. Because "cuz, thanx, and
> ur" are probably the most offensive words one can you in our culture.
It's
> the verbal equivalent of breaking off someone's legs and putting them in a
> suitcase, taking their mother on a date and ordering 5 steaks then
telling
> her she's paying, or steeling all of someone's ladies and making them pay
> late fees as super stacies and still they don't hate you. And it's liable
> to get you a punch to the face.
>
>
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Dec 27, 2001, 7:06pm
im not even gonna say anything about that cuz to me it sounds like you have
a big problem with poeple just becuase they type like they talk to save
typing time and most people talk like that in RL
and whats the big deal about the Z? If i said cus it sounds like cuss and it
just doesn't sound right.
[View Quote]moff piett <baronjutter at shaw.ca> wrote in message
news:3c2b857c at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> Shortening is ok. Like dif in place of diffent, it's the adding of z's
> that boils my blood. Although I seriously don't hate it, it's just my
> hobby for it to boil my blood. Sometimes it's pretty silly, like thanks
> and thanx, ONE less letter. And cuz isn't so much shortening of a world,
> but slang. People IRL use cuz, and it makes me punch just as much.
>
> And I notice people who use "words" like ur and cuz, always give me other
> reasons to dislike them due to their personality. So they go hand in hand
> now. Or hand in face! PUNCH!
>
>
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Dec 27, 2001, 9:36pm
riiiiight....
[View Quote]moff piett <baronjutter at shaw.ca> wrote in message
news:3c2b904e at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> Being crazy used to be my hobby, now it's my job.
>
>
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Dec 28, 2001, 3:06am
no offense but i don't really care anymore, i'll talk whoever i please and i
think it's messed up that people have to go crazy just becuase we talk the
way we want to. It's not like we're not learning english we just don't want
to talk 'proper'
[View Quote]nornny11 <Nornny1 at attbi.com> wrote in message
news:3c2bd9ba$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> The guy has a point. I mean, english teachers are rolling over their grave
> because kids (of course) can't distinguish what's slang and unacceptable
in
> good american business culture and what's "proper". Don't go rolling over
> your grave either, but for god sakes, I have to chuckle every time my
> teachers rip out hairs because a kid writes "cuz" instead of "because" or
> even use "cool" in a report!! Yeesh, there's a time for certain things,
but
> using cool in a report or paper is not the right time. It's not only
> disrespectful to teachers who try to teach the english language as it was
> and is, Noah Webster would die in your arms. I must admit, I'm guilty of a
> slip, you'd be surprise how many computer-addicted mistakes go into your
> paper without proper proofreading. ;) I say Moff has every right to kick
you
> in the brain for using cuz in a world. hehe. You are, after all, the one
> breaking the english rules for the sake of quick conversationalism.
>
> Nornny
>
> "cozmo" <b.nolan2 at verizon.net> wrote in message
> news:3c2bb076 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
>
>
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Dec 28, 2001, 10:05pm
actually they can, people talk they way they want to if its the correct way
or not and i thinks its retarded that he gets all mad over the way peole
choose to speak
[View Quote]nornny11 <Nornny1 at attbi.com> wrote in message
news:3c2bd9ba$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> The guy has a point. I mean, english teachers are rolling over their grave
> because kids (of course) can't distinguish what's slang and unacceptable
in
> good american business culture and what's "proper". Don't go rolling over
> your grave either, but for god sakes, I have to chuckle every time my
> teachers rip out hairs because a kid writes "cuz" instead of "because" or
> even use "cool" in a report!! Yeesh, there's a time for certain things,
but
> using cool in a report or paper is not the right time. It's not only
> disrespectful to teachers who try to teach the english language as it was
> and is, Noah Webster would die in your arms. I must admit, I'm guilty of a
> slip, you'd be surprise how many computer-addicted mistakes go into your
> paper without proper proofreading. ;) I say Moff has every right to kick
you
> in the brain for using cuz in a world. hehe. You are, after all, the one
> breaking the english rules for the sake of quick conversationalism.
>
> Nornny
>
> "cozmo" <b.nolan2 at verizon.net> wrote in message
> news:3c2bb076 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
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Dec 29, 2001, 10:56pm
world owners can eject anyone they wish wether it be becuase of what that
person said or if they just don't like them. We can't punish them becuase of
who they eject and why, they don't even need a reason.
[View Quote]bowen <bowen at omegauniverse.com> wrote in message
news:3c2e5444$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> what they want to. Furthermore, if you own a private world, you can eject
> anyone you want to for whatever reason you wish. And last but not least,
not
> everyone is from the United States.
>
> AW is a company owned and operated in the US. Thus all laws apply to it
and
> everyone whom uses it. And yes, if you're ejecting based on "god damn"
> because it's offensive to you, that is being biased to your religion, not
> respecting that someone else might not believe in Christianity.
>
be
> denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of
race,
> color, or previous condition of servitude--
> appropriate legislation.
> them their rights as United States citizens?
>
> Loose interpretation of the Constitution would provide that if you were to
> resort to derogitory name calling, you are abridging the right of that
> person to be in that area to hear that offensive material. Note I stated
> that I follow a looser intrpretation of the constitution then what is
> stated. My reason for this is that our founding fathers wouldn't have
> anticpated some of the future problems that may have risen.. such as this.
>
> offensive to most Christians, and most people know that. Whether *you*
find
> it offensive or not, it's still a worthless thing to say. Constant cursing
> is completely un-necessary.
>
> Not only Atheists.. Jewish people do not believe "god" is their diety..
> Johava is the god, not god. So the equal statement would be "Johava
damn."
> The same goes for Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus, Shintoists, etc al.. The
fact
> that someone else would eject on basis that "god" is the only diety is
> strictly inposting your religion on them. Not all Christians find "god
> damn" offensive. Yes, constant use of saying "god damn" would be
> inappropriate.. but one time isn't anything to be especially "moody"
> towards. Mute them if you find it offensive and no one else does.
>
> *much* nicer place if each individual would take some simple steps to try
> and consider other people's beliefs and race. That would solve the entire
> problem altogether.
>
> Yes it would, but it also goes the opposite way, you must also take into
> respect that not everyone follows YOUR beliefs. That comes before someone
> else can take in your situation. Which is a paradox :) because in that
> you'd be following what you said first. The.. "follow your own advice"
> cliche comes to mind.
>
>
> Go ahead. As long as it's in a respectiable manner.
>
>
> points to begin with.
>
> No it wasn't, it was not everyone finds "damn" or "god damn" offensive.
And
> if you do, the simple mute feature takes care of that. But Brant brought
in
> new points which needed to be pointed out were not in the same context.
>
>
> I wasn't the one whom assumed.. I merely pointed out that not everyone has
> the same beliefs as the one who finds it offensive.
>
> --Bowen--
>
>
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Dec 30, 2001, 8:12pm
things cost different in defferent countries. So if my store bought some
sunglasses from a US company and sold them for less then US stores id be
brekaing laws? pfftt
[View Quote]trekkerx <zac at commatron.com> wrote in message
news:3c2f8a51 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> Heh... My moms friend went to mexico for a while or somethin... She bought
> some sunglasses... Thes sunglasses where copyin some other one and where
> made almost exact with the exception that these costed 5 bucks... real
ones
> cost like 50... Then bein copyright enfringement means that mexican people
> break american laws.... Call the Feds!!!
>
> --
> TrekkerX
> Commatron & Athnex
> http://www.commatron.com
> http://www.athnex.com
> "dotar sojat" <barsoom at my.activeworlds.com> wrote in message
> news:3C2F68D0.D277915B at my.activeworlds.com...
> this past
mother
> for 35
> allow
worst
> that
> to the
while
> using
way.
> attempt to
is
> a
the
> Oregon
> they
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> area,
degree
> (I
> copyright
> it as
> using
> they
> talking
> know
to
> you're
> using
> American.
> would
> have
> could
turn
> you
> in
American
> Canadian..
you
> say
> lines
> back..
to
> you
> to an
> caught.
with
of
> the
> agreed to
> country
its
> laws
> Since
> contract
hunted
> down
> doesn't
> *since
> this
> software,
> violates
> not a
American
> accordance
if
> you
>
>
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Dec 27, 2001, 7:07pm
i know whatcha mean. Sitting on my computer at midnight listening to midis
and virtual fireworks doesn't sound like a good time to me (no offense to
broadway world)
[View Quote]anduin lothario <anduin at anduin-lothario.com> wrote in message
news:3c2b8c5f at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> Is that the 2nd time this has been posted? heh
>
> I'm spending new years eve with a bunch of real life friends and getting
> absolutely uhh, tanked. My goal is to pass out before the count down??
> Not really, no passing out for me, but I'll be getting close! I'll be
> dancing and rocking to music in real life, and looking at some real fire
> works!
>
> --
> _________________________________________
> Anduin Lothario
> ICQ#:17962714
>
> SMS: (Send an SMS message to my ICQ): +278314217962714
> More ways to contact me:
> http://wwp.icq.com/17962714
> http://www.anduin-lothario.com
> _________________________________________
>
>
> "onesummer" <onesummer at broadway-world.com> wrote in message
> news:3c2b5071 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
World
Eve
> on
>
>
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Jan 2, 2002, 11:25pm
MMORPGs arent just to sit around, look pretty and chat. They are games but
with other users playign at the same time. I think they are the funnest
games out there right now (online games) and im going to get star wars
galaxies when it comes out
[View Quote]brant <awteen at shoemakervillage.org> wrote in message
news:3c33ab1a$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> MMORPGs are just glofied chat rooms - I don't see why you'd pay $10 a
month
> for a huge MMORPG when you could use AW 3.3 with terrain and all the new
> features (and bots that can do other things besides RPG'ing) for the same
> price.
>
> "anduin lothario" <anduin at NOSPAM.anduin-lothario.com> wrote in message
> news:3c33a360 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> simple
>
>
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Jan 4, 2002, 5:45pm
and then AW goes out of business and cannot afford to run the
uniserver....common sense people
[View Quote]trekkerx <zac at commatron.com> wrote in message
news:3c3536f1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> Ide rather just have the last 3.3 and no new updates and pay 20 bucks a
> year...
>
> --
> TrekkerX
> Commatron & Athnex
> http://www.commatron.com
> http://www.athnex.com
> "dotar sojat" <barsoom at my.activeworlds.com> wrote in message
> news:3C33774E.595167D8 at my.activeworlds.com...
> AOL who
ISP's
> in my
years
> ago
too...
> I
> finding
a
> and
hour
> to
> because
> would
> not
> do
though
> they
> there
> pay
> half a
would
> more
also
> take
> and
>
>
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Jan 2, 2002, 5:46pm
if the pricing system chnages, no more upgrades...the big problem is the
majority of the user base (purely opinion) is of teenagers and most of them
won't be able to pay (also opinion). This doesn't effect me very much
becuase im in a financial slump right now anyways and i won't be renewing at
the end of january (although i would if i could)
[View Quote]bowen <bowen at omegauniverse.com> wrote in message
news:3c336173$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> Yes that's what it means.. I'm not liking it and if you don't like it
> either.. send an e-mail or snail mail to Rick. Tell him how you feel
about
> it and don't just say "This sucks change it back" put reasons for it. I
> certainly don't have the money to pay for a citizenship under this new
> system. My parents are already sketchy about it enough. :) *watches the
20
> days left on cit tick by*
>
> --Bowen--
>
> "icey" <icey at altavista.net> wrote in message
> news:3C335D9E.2000803 at altavista.net...
>
>
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Jan 2, 2002, 5:48pm
let me correct that...if the pricing system DOES NOT change, no more
upgrades, and then pretty soon it will disapear intirely becuase of lack of
upgrades. I know it's for the best, don't just be greedy and jump on saying
no just becuase of the price. Either this changes or your time on AW is
limited.
[View Quote]cozmo <b.nolan2 at verizon.net> wrote in message
news:3c33638b$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> if the pricing system chnages, no more upgrades...the big problem is the
> majority of the user base (purely opinion) is of teenagers and most of
them
> won't be able to pay (also opinion). This doesn't effect me very much
> becuase im in a financial slump right now anyways and i won't be renewing
at
> the end of january (although i would if i could)
>
> bowen <bowen at omegauniverse.com> wrote in message
> news:3c336173$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> about
> 20
them?
>
>
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Jan 2, 2002, 8:08pm
"The question isn't whether most people can afford to pay (anyone can set
aside $2.00 per month)"
I believe that was $2.00 a week or so. It's about $10 a month they said.
[View Quote]brant <awteen at shoemakervillage.org> wrote in message
news:3c336edc$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> I disagree. $100 a year isn't a lot for many teenagers. Around here, if
> you go to the movies ($8.50) and buy a popcorn ($4.00) and a soda ($2.50),
> as well as pay for gas and car maintenence in getting to the theater
> ($1.00), the total comes to about $16.00 for one night. Thus, a trip to
the
> movies that lasts two or three hours is almost 1 and a half times more
> expensive than a subscription to AW for a month.
>
> The question isn't whether most people can afford to pay (anyone can set
> aside $2.00 per month) - it's whether people will want to pay instead of
> buying other things that they can afford. Personally, if 3.3 is as good
as
> AW makes it sound, I'd definately put out the money. Heck, the
elimination
> of tourists isn't that bad after all - there won't be any more annoying
> tourists at GZ who only cause trouble and can't be kept out. With the new
> system, everyone is responsible for his or her own actions, and people can
> still try AW for free.
>
> I lied there. What's going to determine whether I pay or not is whether
> everyone else will put aside the money, not whether I will. If AW's
> community loses interest and there's only 100 citizens logged on at 10PM
VRT
> on a Sunday evening (which seems to be AW's busiest day), then I probably
> won't pay.
>
> AW made a big mistake not by proposing the price change but by stating
that
> 3.3 could possibly be the last version if such a pricing scheme was not
> implemented. Everyone knows that 3.3 can't be the last version of AW if
> they want to continue as a feasible company. Technology changes, and
after
> a year or so AW would start to become obsolete, and people wouldn't even
put
> out the lower $20.00 a year for citizenships anymore. 3.3 being the "last
> version" is something that simply isn't an option.
>
> By the tone of the letter, this plan is far from finalized yet, so I'm not
> going to spam AWGate protesting mindlessly like a lot of people are,
> especially since nobody, not even the posters to this newsgroup, knows
what
> the pricing for current citizens will be. Everyone needs to calm down and
> talk about this change reasonably after they know ALL the facts, not fire
> off two-sentence letters consisting of obscenities to ENZO screaming that
> they disagree with the price change.
>
> The people starting these ridiculous petitions that have one-sentence
> justifications, spamming telegrams to AWC staff members, flooding inboxes,
> and screaming and yelling at ground zeroes are only making the situation
> worse.
>
> "bowen" <bowen at omegauniverse.com> wrote in message
> news:3c336577$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
would
is
> still
can't
to
extremely
the
> renewing
it
feel
it.
> I
new
> the
>
>
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Jan 2, 2002, 8:25pm
if we just exept 3.3 as our last version it will become obsolete or AW will
go out of business, whichever comes first
[View Quote]tony m <fldmshl2013 at hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:3c337743.51466750 at news.activeworlds.com...
> The global and permanent elimination of all tourists, I must agree, is but
a mere dream. Would it forever change the face of the AW
> community, if this dream were to become reality?
>
> The features of AW 3.3 will further enhance the face of AW, as Roland and
everybody else continues to say. But should the price of being
> able to see these features be $2 a week?
>
> Our choices appear to be either accept 3.3 as our final and last version,
or face the new pricing model. The community of AW has always had
> that third, invisible option: we can tell Rick (and co.) in our own words
that he must consider the opinion of the community. It is believed
> that the community is part of the decision in what goes on with AW. Can
the company possibly consider our point of view? Perhaps some lurker
> in the darkness is a marketing genious, and can think of a new and better
pricing scheme for AW to keep their boat afloat and to keep the
> community happy.
>
> The new pricing model introduces several problems. Not all people have a
credit card; if they wish to even see a triangle in AW they must
> imput a credit card number and be confined to two weeks to enjoy that
triangle and many more of 'em. It should also be considered that well
> over half of the AW community are but only teenagers, whose parents are
probably skeptical about the $19.95 a year they are paying for. Kids
> who come from families who do not generate a whole lot of income (such as
I) will find their visit to AW very short. It has been said that
> current citizens will not be affected for the time being, but what about
those tourists out there who have been ready for citizenship in so
> long that they become discouraged by this pricing schematic and leave AW--
possibly to never return.
>
> I have heard many better pricing schematics touring ground zeroes of
popular worlds. Perhaps one of them will fit us all.
>
> -- Tony M, citizen # 314753, registered February 2000.
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Jan 2, 2002, 10:29pm
tell them that they should make it like 5 dollars a month instead! :)
[View Quote]bowen <bowen at omegauniverse.com> wrote in message
news:3c33a413$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> I'm writing them a letter as we speak.. and I am not supporting the
> petitions or those who use terms that shouldn't be used when talking to
> someone else.
>
> --Bowen--
>
>
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Jan 3, 2002, 5:34pm
you wouldnt pay it all at once...makign it every month 3 months or 6 months
ora year would make it easier for evryone to pay becuase not evenone can pay
so frequantly or every year in one big fat sum
[View Quote]dotar sojat <barsoom at my.activeworlds.com> wrote in message
news:3C33F487.618E7613 at my.activeworlds.com...
> Thats still $60 and too much!
>
> cozmo wrote:
>
to
>
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Jan 3, 2002, 9:41pm
3.3 stays, and gets boring after so long if it doesnt become so obsolete
people stop using it, not to mention the reaosn they did this in the first
place was because they are losing money. Based on that fact how long do you
suspect AW will have enough money to keep the uniserver running?
[View Quote]anduin lothario <anduin at NOSPAM.anduin-lothario.com> wrote in message
news:3c34d766 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> Exactly. 3.3 Stays Brant, go back to AWTeen. What difference is it going
to
> make? Make LEGO world be able to move objects on a different axis aint
gonna
> do jack.
>
> It IS an option over loosing 80% of the citizens in one go. At-least until
> they have thought it over and KNOW a way to advance. Why spend money if
they
> don't have enough?
>
> --
> _________________________________________
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>
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>
> "butterfly jess" <wing at systemrecall.com> wrote in message
> news:3c33d1d0 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
obsolete
> was
and
going
> developing
figure
another
> free
NEW
> new
> and
or
> AW
> agree,
> own
> AW.
lurker
and
people
> well
> parents
Kids
what
zeroes
> of
>
>
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