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going?" I said "Yes, I'll be there in a
few." He replied "I'll pick you up in the stretch limo!". "Make sure the champagne is cold!" I told my editor. That was how it all started for this ordinary member who was planning to attend her first ceremony in Transend. Thoughts of VR press passes and confetti danced in her head. Her excitement grew so that she actually had trouble enabling the chatlog because of sweaty and slightly shaking hands. After all, it's not everyday a mere member can rub VR elbows with the likes of well known AW names like Carre, HenrikG, Rjinswand and the always irrepressible Eep. In reality, (reality?) I've only spoken very briefly to one of those four and I'm sure they wouldn't remember such a minor disruption in their lofty AW activities. I arrived via the promised stretch limo join request next to my always gentlemanly editor. I couldn't help but chuckle to myself that if I had been doing this in the Real World, I would have probably tripped over the empty champagne bottle on the way out of the limo. Gracefulness has never been one of this reporter's strong points so she thanked the VR gods for at least the hundredth time for giving us AW. A quick scan of the crowd revealed probably the largest concentration of avatars in one place that this reporter has ever wanted to be part of. Of course "quick" is relative. Moving around quickly in a crowd that large in AW is like trying to swim in honey. The chat screen moved quickly so the chatlog took the notes while this reporter concentrated on the sights. If you've never seen the ceremony building at Trancend it would worth your while to pop in for a quick peek. It looks to be an awesome party place! Makes one wonder what could be going on in there between award ceremonies. hhmmm... The night flew by quickly in part because of the lively telegram traffic (Can you imagine the telegram traffic among the others?) keeping this reporter busy. The winners will be listed elsewhere in AAWoS so they won't be repeated here. At the risk of starting a gender debate, the impression was that the women cleaned up at the winners circle. Of course, that's just one person's opinion. As was stated before, the chat screen scrolled by in such haste that it was sometimes difficult to follow it closely. The closing statements were all too soon in coming and this reporter debated on addi ng her own comments to the chat. The statement decided upon went something like this: "On behalf of all the end users in AW I would like to thank all of the winners tonight for contributing to our continued enjoyment of this most intriguing of places on the net, Active Worlds" Hey, I do this for nothing. Ya get whatcha pay for!
Ewasx
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