2007

2007 is the 12th year since Active Worlds came into existence (at first AlphaWorld prior to 1996). May also be known in some cases as year 12 in Active Worlds.

Timeline

Early Timeline

2007 is part of a series.

1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

January

• January 1
  • SW City brings in the new year with the promoting of Espilae to the SW City Administration, making him a city governor. Espilae named his new district Shores District.
  • Espilae accepts Hyper Anthony's request for his land grant to become a precinct of SW City, becoming the Southern Highlands precinct. This is the first citizen-created area to become a precinct of SW City since the government reformation in 2004 (and the eighth overall).
• January 3
  • • Build 966: Object group command
• January 6
  • The following winners has been announced for AlphaWorld V4 contest: Ferruccio, Captain MAD Mike, and SW Comit. Everyone including the winners who received enough points were awarded with V4 rights in an AWI public building world of their choice.
• January 9
  • Oakdale was admitted into the Scarabian Republic.

February

• February 3
  • AW Toolbar Contest winners: Tsukasa and Syntax

March

• March 9
  • Build 969: seq command, move ltm
• March 17
  • AWTeen rating is raised from G to PG
  • Tower of Terror 2.0 Grand Opening event. Celebrates status since the original Tower of Terror ride was the first to use all of the new 4.1 object types.
• March 28
  • The 8th SW City Birthday Bash kicks off with the potluck building contest at Bueny Peninsula.

April

• April 1
  • The 8th SW City Birthday Bash officially begins and lasts through April 2. Events on the 1st included the release of SW City Interactive 3.0, a mover tour guided by Nimbusian Hot Air Balloons, and an SW City Block Party. Events on the 2nd included The Amazing Race V, a guided tour of SW City Interactive, the closing ceremonies and then a Nintendo DS Virtual LAN Party.
• April 11
  • Avatar objects are added to the Alphaworld Object Path; Humans, Birdes, and Grays begin appearing around the world.
• April 28
  • SAW Awards Ceremonies held in Maya world!

June

• June 16
  • World VR5's Closing Bash, hosted by GSK.
• June 18
  • ACT world is founded to aid in expediting and directing volunteers in the recent influx of community project initiatives. Ideas are reviewed in the world and sponsored by Flagg if approved.
• June 24
  • VR5 world expires.

October

• October 10
  • SW City Interactive reaches 600 registered users.
  • SW City Interactive version 3.1 released. Features include phone system and voicemail messaging system.

November

• November 17
  • Espilae accepts Joshua's request for the Sequini Isles to become a precinct, and Joshua becomes an SW City manager. Sequini Isles is the ninth overall SW City precinct and the second citizen-created area to become a precinct since the 2004 government reform.

December

• Baro opens the Zelena Islands and Zlata Ves, small outposts north of SW City.
• December 2
  • SWCity.net recieves a redesign. The navigation bar has been moved the the right of the news feed while many links were cleaned up and reorganized.
• December 3
  • Moonlight Heights, a large city in AWTeen led by AlexTheMartian, joins the Scarabian Republic.

Sources

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• Mauz's Active Worlds History Page
• SW City Encyclopedia: SW City History