While we continue to wait for ActiveWorlds 5.2 with bated breath… several popular games will be updating/releasing this month, and the Software & Hardware forum has been abuzz with SW’ians coordinating to play together!
Terraria seems to be the big hit, with over 15 people expressing interest so far. You can view all of the current discussions below:
Terraria (Version 1.1 Live – December 1)
* Terraria 1.1 Discussion Thread
* Pricing:
* December 1st STEAM Daily Deal – Terraria for $2.50! (75% off!)
* Standard Price: $10.00
* Advice: Wait for a Steam Sale to purchase… Terraria is on sale often.
* Media: (Patch Notes) (Trailer)
Star Wars: The Old Republic (Preorders Live: December 16, General Release: December 20)
* SW:TOR Discussion Thread
* Preorder Online
* Pricing:
* 30 days game-time included for each edition below
* $59.99 Standard Edition
* $79.99 Deluxe
* $149.99 Collectors Edition
Minecraft (Live)
* Minecraft Discussion – CMM’s Server
* After Hours Minecraft – Sevs & other AW veterans
* Pricing:
* $26.95 on the Minecraft Store
I may get MC if it goes on sale. I dun wanna pay $27 for it (considering I’m still kinda on the edge on if I even really like it)
It’s never going to go on sale. It’s too popular.
But what I really enjoyed was how creative you have to be to build AND fight monsters. At the same time!!! zomg.
Considering that, on his website, he says MC will go open-source once sales die down, I’m wagering there will be sales
Ferr and I had a pretty good time building out island… and that was before all these fancy new features.
Years from now, probably.
But this game has a few years left in it.
Update on AW: 5.2 is coming through today and the uni is down until it’s live.
Edit: 5.2 is live. I haven’t had a chance to pop in and check it out, but apparently there’s mixed feelings on the global chat and toolbars. And by mixed, I mean mostly positive, with the exception of some loud huggles that don’t understand what “industry standard” means.
5.2 is meh. CCG is convinced that it’s the spawn of the devil and has taken to demanding (yes, demanding) that AWI change it to how she likes it.
CCG4CT
Cool upgrade bro
Wow, nobody over there in the other forum is happy. lol. I’m amazed. I mean, usually we get a few apologists. But it’s like the community has gone rancid.
Does anyone still go to aw? is it pretty much just the awgate crew now?
There’s not many big communities left anymore yeah. Bach still holds the town hall meetings and they get ~20 users… and a lot of them are pretty bad… suggesting the same things over and over again, and getting mad if I even bother describing how its been tried and failed.
We still get a good number of visitors in SW City… at least 10 uniques a day through Town Square Park. I’ve been in lately looking to plug some loose ends in SW City Interactive. There are some other Alphaworld Builders around. AWTeen imploded awhile back and their community hasn’t recovered. I think Yellow is looking at something similar though not quite as chaotic.
Sooo… yeah.
I noticed movement in 5.2 changed, became more sluggish, but it got better when I switched to a WASD and mouse setup. Just a few little tweaks like a keyboard command to toggle chat or build mode and I think such a setup will become very intuitive to use.
And I’m not giving up on it quite yet either. I want to plug some of the holes in existing builds. There’s a huge hillside stretching between Esp’s area and Syn’s that’s just floating.
I haven’t given up on it either. It’s just that I have a lot of other things I’d rather be doing.
I think my cit expires in January some time too.
My cit expires in less than a year, and I see no reason to renew. The one thing that would have been cool was swept under the rug.
What keeps us here other than the memories and friendships we established when this place wasn’t so dead?
Well, if that’s not a rhetorical question, I happen to like building in SW City.