Activeworlds 16th Birthday - Community Photograph Part 2

Happy Saturday everyone!  Activeworlds turns 16 on June 28, and we've opened up a week full of festivities with an annual event... the community photograph!  Over 115 users were in AWGate Saturday for the photo.  I was able to take a ton of screenshots before and after the arrival time, and I'm just gonna dump them all into a few posts.  Each post will only contain 10 shots so the loading time for the page isn't miserable.

Activeworlds 16 Birthday Photograph (Part 2)

These photos were taken before the stated arrival time and before I disabled usernames.  Some avatars may not have loaded in some photos because I had the settings reduced when I first arrived.  Click on each image to zoom-in to a wide format (1600 px) image.

Activeworlds 16th Birthday - Community Photograph Part 1

Happy Saturday everyone!  Activeworlds turns 16 on June 28, and we've opened up a week full of festivities with an annual event... the community photograph!  Over 115 users were in AWGate Saturday for the photo.  I was able to take a ton of screenshots before and after the arrival time, and I'm just gonna dump them all into a few posts.  Each post will only contain 10 shots so the loading time for the page isn't miserable.

Activeworlds 16 Birthday Photograph (Part 1)

These photos were taken before the stated arrival time and before I disabled usernames.  Some avatars may not have loaded in some photos because I had the settings reduced when I first arrived.  Click on each image to zoom-in to a wide format (1600 px) image.

Activeworlds 16th Birthday Week Schedule

Hey everyone!  Bach Zhaa has posted the schedule of events for AW's 16th birthday next week, and I'm reposting it here to help get the word out.

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 Activeworlds 16 Birthday

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!

• Saturday, June 25, 2011
• Community Photograph
• AWGate World
• 6:00 p.m. VRT (Party Begins)
• Simply show up and follow the crowd to be part of the AW Community photograph!
• Forum Thread
• Facebook Event 
• Teleport to AWGate

• Sunday, June 26, 2011
• PKToons Celebrates AW Birthday
• AWMix07 World
  
• Noon Sunday through Monday 
• PKToons Events Announcement
• Teleport to AWMix07

• Tuesday, June 28, 2011
• Festival Under the Winter Stars
• Winter World
  
• Starting Midnight VRT
• "As in the past, We gather at the Picturesque Frozen Mountian Lake under the Aurora Lit Sky, for a Full Day & Night of Activities, Great Virlands RiChMeDiA Music & Endless Dancing."
• Forums Announcement Announcement here in the forums
• Teleport to Winter

• Wednesday, June 29, 2011
• Cypress Hollow Parade
• The Parade will be in AWTeen, in the city of Cypress Hollow
• Float Building Site:  ^jump float building

Happy Birthday to AW, and have a good week!

Question: What social features would you like to see in Activeworlds?

There's a discussion going on in the Wishlist forums about a new 'Do Not Disturb' button which is decidedly anti-social... but never the less the potential improvement afforded an opportunity for further 'status' types of suggestions, so I took it. :)  I personally would like to see the option for various statuses (AFK, DND, BRB, Building, etc.) and an associated icon in the exact same way that 'AFK' currently behaves.

While commenting on the thread, it also came to me that AW is pretty lacking on the social side of things.  What was the last big social improvement... being able to see sent telegrams?  Yeesh.

What do you all think should be added?  We tend to talk a lot about the technical and practical side of things here, without ever getting into personal interaction.  Let me know by commenting on the post below. :)

Thanks!