The Active Worlds Extreme Builder Talent Show:
Details - Starting Friday June 8th, in a yet to be disclosed secret location, the Active Worlds Extreme Builder Talent Show will test the dedication, skill and talents of the Active Worlds community. Each participant will receive 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!
Prizes will be announced in next months newsletter.
The Active Worlds Ride Contest II - Building, judging, and voting for the Active Worlds Amusement Ride Contest II is now complete. You can see these fantastic creations in the world "Rides_II". Thanks to all who participated and voted and congratulations too the winners.
- First place: Bach Zhaa - Receives a $250.00 credit towards future purchases and renewals within the Active Worlds Universe.
- Second Place: Robbie - Receives a $150.00 credit towards future purchases and renewals within the Active Worlds Universe.
- Third Place: CellMaster - Receives a $100.00 credit towards future purchases and renewals within the Active Worlds Universe.
- Fourth Place: Strike Rapier - Receives a $50.00 credit towards future purchases and renewals within the Active Worlds Universe.
Party Hard! - Join TaLLan, Veger, and the rest of the AWRawks crew for a bunch of upcoming weekend dance parties in Atlantis (June 8 to 10), Belnia (June 15 to 17), Patagonia (June 18th) and AW (June 29 to 1st). The previous world dance parties have been great successes and these should be even bigger.
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 - https://www.sistaavs.dwdc.net/web/index.html
SW City and AW make BUSINESSWEEK! – Be sure to check out this article in Business week: https://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/07_24/b4038417.htm.
Though the article doesn’t mention Active Worlds, be sure to check the slideshow. The comments are also a good read.
Change is in the air – Thanks to the hard work of the SW City crew we have temporarily moved the entry point of AW to their awesome recreation of the historic GZ. Be sure to stop by and check out their great work.
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 https://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 https://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 https://wiki.activeworlds.com.
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