Tomas (#312020) did change the lay-out of the website http://pens.sytes.net/users/. He has also added statistics about the current number of objects of 11 large public building worlds.

If you look at the visitors statistics however, you have now an overview per month , per day and per hour, but you don't have any graphic presentation. AWTimes made some helpful diagrams for you for these first months.....

Activeworlds version 6.0 has been used for more than 2 years, and now version 6.1 has been introduced, which will be a further development of the succesful updates of version 6.0 , and is focused on improving media and sounds in the 3d environment. One new feature of version 6.1 is the possibility to take panorama pictures.

On the Toolbar of the Activeworlds window, you will find now the "Pano screen shot" -icon. When clicking upon the icon, the program will take 6 printscreen pictures around the avatar position : front - back - left - right - top and bottom. Then the program will start to process these 6 pictures into a panorama picture. And after ± 30 seconds , you will have your panorama-screenshot picture. Go to the Activeworlds program map , where you will find the submap "screenshot" , where you will see the 6 printscreens and the panorama picture. Now you can copy and paste this panorama picture into your personal maps.

This year there are again CyAwards (= Community awards), which haven't been organized since 2010. First of all there is a new website. Let's take a look at it: : http://cyawards.org.There is a new voting system, in view of having more fairplay in the voting : everyone needs to register first : there 1 vote per citizen (check by the IP address) , and all nominations need to be viewed before you can vote.

Tabsheet Events : Nomations are open as from 1st of June and will close the 15th of June. The CyAwards voting starts on 22nd of June and ends on 6th of July. On saturday 5th of July at 16:00h VRT ,there will be the Nominations Ball, on friday 11th of July at 22:00 VRT there is the CySpiritsClub Party and finally the 12th of July at 22:00 VRT the will be the CyAwards Presentation, followed by the Winners Ball.

Tabsheet Categories : Here you have a description of each category. And choose the category that matches your realization.

Tabsheet Awards : Here you must register first as a participant of the CYAwards. After the registration, you need to log in each time on this page, here you will see the voting rules, and you can also add your own realization (from 1st till 15th of June) : choose the category (-ies) you want to be nominated for , in the menu at the left , and enter all necessary fields. The tabsheet Awards will also be used for the voting itself (starting on 22nd June).

Tabsheet Viewing . Here you can view the nominations which have been added.

Tabsheet Contact : Here you can edit or add elements to your nomination(s).

Tabsheet Winners : Here you can view the winners of the previous CYAwards, and in July the new winners will be added.

Read more on the AWForum : http://forums.activeworlds.com/read.php?6,362234

A brand new information letter about Activeworlds has been released this month for the first time, and is called AW world magazine. The magazine is edited by Smaug (#322639). This means that we have quite some new Activeworlds info sites : the Yellow Gazette, the AWTimes , AWCom.me, the Facebook groups , and now AW World Magazine.

You can view the magazine of april (there will be monthly issues) on the website of Calaméo.com . The first magazine contains 18 pages, and you can skip to the next or previous pages like in a real magazine. You can also zoom in or zoom out, you can view the index , you can search for words inside the publication . If you can't find the magazine on the website , just type "activeworlds" on the search field. For those which are interested : everyone can make his own magazine or book on this site. Click upon this link to view the first edition of the AW World Magazine : :http://en.calameo.com/read/0032932054944f7c097b5

You can also download the AW World Magazines on your computer. First you need to register with a free account, and then login in with this account . Then you can download on this webpage (via the search field) : http://en.calameo.com/books/0032932054944f7c097b5.

GSK(#348037) has started a new website called : http://www.awcom.me . This website contains all kind of useful links for the Activeworlds Community. The purpose of the awcom.me website is to promote builds, worlds and events. Everyone can add him/herself new items to this website : just post on the website your own build / world / website link or other attraction, just by going to the webpage http://www.awcom.me/data/report .You can add your own pictures as well.

On Awcom.me you will find : builds of the EBTS with teleport links, attractions, games, building worlds, cities, sights to see, starbuilds, modelling websites, useful websites for aw, awg builds, info pages, building tutorials, and bots and utilities, ...etc.

This website is a good alternative for the websites awcommunity.org and awportals.com which have become unused and outdated (and are used only for archive purposes).

OzySeo(#368269) come with the idea of starting a Physics Club. The Physics Club has been set up to share ideas about building with the physics commands. OzySeo has got the support of several citizens, so this was an idea that could be realized . Ozman(#357777) and Apooka(#363660) have decided to make a building area for this purpose in the world Yellow 1755S 750E. There you will find 7x7cells-sized building lots, 48 building lots in total. This is not a building contest area, but the aim is that each builder shows examples and tests using the physics commands, it's all about exchanging ideas, sharing these ideas with others and learning new building skills. There are plans for teaching classes too.

The Gravity Trivia is one of the first games using the gravity command in Activeworlds. The game can be played with 42 players, and each player has a gameboard of 33 balls at his/her disposal. The questions will be easy and everyone will get scores , even if you have or a slow brain or slow fingers :). There are 4 games levels : easy - medium - hard and extreme, and 10 questions for each level. There is a winner for each game level. The first game will be organized on Saturday 25th January at 17:00 VRT in Venice-Venezia (after the Explorers Club event). The quiz is hosted by Panne (#365962), who has also made this game, but everyone is free to host a game in this world him/herself . The quiz will be in english. If successful ,there will also be Trivia games in french, dutch, german, etc.....

We wish everyone the best for 2014, and certainly also the best for the Activeworlds Community, and we are certain to accomplish this wish by starting the Extreme Builders Talent Show (EBTS). This is the 5th EBTS edition , and is organized in the world America , on location 500N 500W, where 48 building lots have been prepared for all participants , and we hope that we need to add a lot more building lots, because everyone is welcome. The building size of the lots is 64 cells ( 8x8 cells) and you have 6 weeks time to make your best creation. The building contest starts on 4th of January and ends on 15th of February. (the building contest has been extended until 01 march).

As to the prizes, in the former EBTS contests , there used to be free citizenship and world ownership as prizes for the best builders. Now, since citizenship has become free in june 2013, there will be other prizes : The prizes of this Building Contest will come from donations of other citizens in the AW Community and the prizes will be published at the start and also during the building contest. In any case, participating is better than winning, and all nice builds will be published in this AwTimes too :). All building contest information can be found in America in the area around location 500N 500W. Good luck !