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Announcements from Active Worlds

The Active Worlds Extreme Builder Talent Show (Now in the AWGate!):

Details - Now Open! The Active Worlds Extreme Builder Talent Show is testing the dedication, skill and talents of the Active Worlds community. Each participant receives their own plot to build in and will have free reign in regards to content*. The creation part of the show will end on July 27th.

Prizes/Rewards - Each plot will be judged by AWI's panel of staff and guest judges and graded from 1 to 5. All contestants who receive a grade of 4 or 5 will get V4 rights in the AWI build world of their choice (AW, Mars, Yellow, Atlantis, COFMeta). In addition, all citizens can vote on their favorite plots and first, second and third place winners will be selected by popular vote.

First place will receive a $150.00 credit towards future purchases and renewals within the Active Worlds Universe. Second Place will receive a $100.00 credit towards future purchases and renewals within the Active Worlds Universe. Third Place will receive a $50.00 credit towards future purchases and renewals within the Active Worlds Universe.

Contact tom@activeworlds.com for contest entry!

*all content must conform to Active Worlds guidelines and world ratings.

War of the Worlds is coming - Coming in September is the first Annual Active
Worlds War of the Worlds competition. This contest will pit worlds against worlds in skill areas like building, modeling, special effects, movement and many others.

All participating worlds will be required to have a team of 5 citizens who have created content in that world. Each individual user will only be allowed to participate with one team. World owners should start getting those teams together!

  • 1st Place: Free AWI Hosting, VoIP and Tourists access for winning teams
    world for 1 full year and $50.00 AWI credit for each qualifying team member.
    Trophy object for in-world display.*
  • 2nd Place: Free AWI Hosting, VoIP and Tourists access for winning teams
    world for 6 months and $25.00 AWI credit for each qualifying team member.
    Trophy object for in-world display.*
  • 3rd Place: Free AWI Hosting, VoIP and Tourists access for winning teams
    world for 6 months and $15.00 AWI credit for each qualifying team member.
    Trophy object for in-world display.*

*Prizes may change before event start.

Party Hard! - Join TaLLan, Veger, and the rest of the AWRawks Crew for a bunch of upcoming weekend dance parties. They will be in Mars (July 6, 7 and 8), AWTeen (July 13, 14 and 15), AlphaWorld (July 20, 21 and 22nd) and AlphaWorld (July 28). The previous world dance parties have been a huge success and these should be even more fun.

The !@Mart Revival - AWI has recently given it's support to a new volunteer group that will be maintaining and revamping our old virtual mall. If you're an Active Worlds Entrepreneur be sure to check out the changes and get your store front up soon. For locations in !@Mart, please e-mail mart@activeworlds.com.

AWTrivia is Back - Come join Elyk and the rest of the community for the return of AWTrivia. Join us for fun and prizes on the 2nd Thursday of every month at 9PM VRT in the AWTrivia world.

Personal Avatars - Our PAV Vendors have been hard at work! The Active Worlds Universe now has over 25 active personal avatars and more are being added each week. Want to customize your look? Contact SistaAvs.

SistaAvs - http://www.sistaavs.dwdc.net/web/index.html


Citizens cast your vote! -
AWVote is open and we need your votes.  Don't forget to stop in and give us your opinion on the latest contests and surveys.


Looking for Volunteers - We are currently working on many new and exciting projects in the Active Worlds Universe and could use some volunteers with expertise in objects, textures, avatars, seqs and bots.  If you would like to volunteer your assistance and have skills in any of these areas please e-mail tom@activeworlds.com.


Active Worlds Banners and Buttons - We are currently working on several Banners and Buttons you can use to link to or represent Active Worlds. Eventually we will have a page and world you can download these and others from, but until that time you can get them right here at http://objects.activeworlds.com/download/.


Active Worlds Forums - Are you using the Active Worlds forums? The forums are a great resource for Active Worlds users looking for help, sharing information or just trying to be part of our great community. You can view the forums at http://forums.activeworlds.com and use your citizenship information to login. If you have difficulty logging in try the password retrieval link and if problems persist e-mail tom@activeworlds.com.


ActiveWiki - Another great new resource for the Active Worlds Community is the Active Worlds Wiki pages where users and AWI staff work together to help provide the latest information and instructions for using the Active Worlds product line. You can find and contribute to this great resource at http://wiki.activeworlds.com.



The AWNewsletter wants your feedback! Send comments and suggestions to: newsletter@activeworlds.com.

If you would like to write an article for the newsletter or have a project you would like to share with the community through this newsletter, please contact us (newsletter@activeworlds.com) to find out more about participating.

 
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