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Sorry, I needed a break. ;)
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Gaming - BuildCity Now Open for 'Off-Season' Play
Hey all, I've had some people contact me recently letting me know that they were interested in playing Builder's Challenge, and the game has been inactive for some time... so the other day I cleaned off the cobwebs in BuildCity world and have opened it in a setting that I'm tentatively calling the 'off-season.'
During the off-season:
The global bot's online time will be sporadic until I have completed the semester and returned home. This period will last for about another week, and then the bot should be up 24/7.
The off-season will end when we're ready to hold another session of Builder's Challenge, at which time existing builds in the world will be wiped. There is no time-table at present for this, as I wish to automate much of the registration and judging process before I hold another session.
I'll post further updates concerning the off-season to this thread in the AW forums. In the meantime, here are a couple of images from the first plot of the off-season: A Cattle Ranch by Conqueror
I'll have some more updates on this after I complete my finals. In the meantime, give the world a tour. It's a P-50 world and for the most part it's completely filled out (except for builder plots!)
During the off-season:
- The chief end of the off-season session is to allow players to practice for times of competition.
- The world is not in active competition. The scoreboard will continue being maintained, but prizes will not be rewarded.
- Building lots will still be judged as normal, with a score and comments given to the builder.
- The global bot is not guaranteed to be online 24/7.
- Requests will be processed slower than usual. Expect turn-around times of up to 2 days during the off-season.
- Area restrictions are DISABLED -- this means that higher tier areas do not have to be unlocked like they normally do to be built in. However, the player still does have to lock them individually -- they must begin with a plot in Verdant Valley and progress to higher tiers on an individual basis. The only difference now is that they won't have to be held up by other players.
The global bot's online time will be sporadic until I have completed the semester and returned home. This period will last for about another week, and then the bot should be up 24/7.
The off-season will end when we're ready to hold another session of Builder's Challenge, at which time existing builds in the world will be wiped. There is no time-table at present for this, as I wish to automate much of the registration and judging process before I hold another session.
I'll post further updates concerning the off-season to this thread in the AW forums. In the meantime, here are a couple of images from the first plot of the off-season: A Cattle Ranch by Conqueror
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| Overview of the Ranch |
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| Front-view with completed comment card for the builder. |
Sunday, May 1, 2011
Silly Parties...
Let's see how many people we can fit into Hot Hairsquares... you can find it at 2341s 3625e in Alphaworld. It's really a rather bizarre place. ;)
Just having a good time on a Saturday night. :)
Friday, April 29, 2011
Weekend - Events for the Weekend of 4/29/2011
Hey everyone! The weekend is here and I'm one week closer to being out of school for about a month! :P Let's take a look at the events for this weekend.
Note: If you're looking for events or looking to advertise your event, I recommend that you register with AWPortals, because you will have access to view and create events on the AWPortals Events Calendar and you will also receive a weekend newsletter.
Events for the Weekend of 4/29/11
Events are listed by order of occurrence. VRT time is GMT (-2)
Please leave a comment if you know of events that have not been posted, and I will add them!
- Ongoing
- AWNewsletter Mystery Location
- Prizes: 1 month citizenship
- Do you know where this place is? If so, email newsletter@activeworlds.com with the name of the world and the coordinates to win! If you are a citizen, include your information in the e-mail.
- Help Wanted - AWTours
- Looking for volunteers -- click the link to see what positions are open
- Specifically: Urbane Chaos is looking for a translator to translate some simple signs.
- Friday, April 29, 2011
- Bach Zhaa's Scenic Adventures
- The first of a series of tours hosted by Bach Zhaa
- Features a mover-enabled party bus!
- Touring: Kolaths Mountains, Talisan's Monorails
- 8:00 p.m. VRT
- AW 6196.33N 5936.50E 0.05a 180
- CitBing0
- Prizes: Citizenships, Cit extensions, and donated objects
- Note: This is the new official timeslot for CitBing0
- 50 games of bingo!
- 7:00 p.m. VRT
- CitBing0 World
- Website: Link
- Saturday, April 30, 2011
- AWBingo7
- Prizes: 1-month citizenship, p-10 worlds, +1 bot limit increases
- 4:30 p.m. VRT - (Sunday) 2:00 a.m. VRT
- AWBingo7 World
- Princess Moon's MysticGlen Designs
- Grand opening of an art gallery by Princess Moon.
- Merchandise available.
- Time: 7pm VRT
- Teleport: Alena world
- Yellow Gazette 1 Year Anniversary Dance Party
- Party hosted by PKToons Radio and Yellow Gazette
- Time: 9pm VRT
- Teleport: Yellow 616.19s 1815.60e -0.03a
- Sunday, May 1, 2011
- Active Worlds Town Hall Meeting
- 6:00 p.m. VRT - 8:00 p.m. VRT
- Location TBA
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