Here are the 2008 nominees and winners. Congratulations to everyone on this list! All nominations in the Support AW Awards are outstanding.


Active Community (World or Town)
All worlds, towns, and cities that are active with builders and in the community are eligible for this award.

1. Cypress Hollow (By: GC, World: AWTeen, Coords: 2700s 1200e)

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WINNER 2. SW City (By: SW Comit, Syntax, SW Chris, World: AW, Coords: 2217s 3610e)

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3. Oakdale (By: Jaguar Hahn, World: AWTeen, Coords: 900s 2600e)

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4. Active Worlds Construction Team (By: Lee R, World: ACT, Coords: All)
This is a group of citizens who help with various projects.

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5. Birthday Building Community (By: Barnerbee, World: AW, Coords: 8676.61S 2175.34E 0.02a 85)
This is a group of citizens who work tirelessly to create birthday and other personal sites for fellow AW users.

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6. AWRPG (By: , World: AWRPG, Coords: All)

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7. AWMix02 (By: , World: AWMix02, Coords: Toby Taylor's Music Explosion)

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Best World for Design
All worlds in the AW universe are eligible for this award. Recipient is chosen based mostly on appearance of world.

1. Retreat

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2. Shamata

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3. Mystica

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4. Elvandor

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5. Enya3

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6. Enchant

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7. Zelda

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8. Taupo

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9. Perra

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TIE WINNER 10. Virlands

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11. Besaid

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TIE WINNER 12. Angelic

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Better Building
This award gives master builders a chance to be recognized for their hard work.

1. Toby Taylor's Music Experience (Builder: Toby Taylor, World: AWMix02, Coords: 0.06S
5.60E 0.32a 264)

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2. Cypress Arena (Builder: GC, World: AWTeen, Coords: 2589s 1240e)

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3. Tower of Terror (Builder: GSK, World: AWTeen, Coords: )

 

4. CoLor (Builder: CoLor, World: AW, Coords: 1074N 4517W)

 

TIE WINNER 5. SW City (Builder: Various, World: AW, Coords: 2217s 3610e)

 

TIE WINNER 6. Yellow Ground Zero (Builder: Digigurl, World: Yellow, Coords: GZ)

 

7. Leaves (Builder: Various, World: Leaves, Coords: All)

 

8. m i k e's Transport Museum (Builder: m i k e, World: AW , Coords: 1899.60S 2400.84W 0.00a 272)

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9. LizLiz (Builder: LizLiz, World: AW, Coords: 7569.52S 9057.03E 0.92a 275)

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10. UFO Builds (Builder: CoLor, World: Earth, Coords: 10.37N 10.21W 0.21a 40)

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11. Rarerose (Builder: Rarerose, World: AW, Coords: 1927N 443W)

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12. Cosmic Color Array & Mask Yard (Builder: CosmicTruth, World: AW, Coords: 1700S 1350W & 14800N 9500E)

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13. Virland1 (Builder: MaXPoly, World: Virland1, Coords: All)

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14. Borg Attack (Builder: MC RIDER, World: America, Coords: 385.87S 23.24W -1.27a 93)

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15. Alpha Mechanics (Builder: Bach Zhaa, World: AW, Coords: 8094.00S 1820.00E)

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Technical Advancement
This award recognizes all technical advancements in Active Worlds, such as bots, browser add-ons, and exceptional implementation of technology.

WINNER 1. RoadKill and Ima Genius for AlphaMapper (http://www.imabot.com/alphamapper/)

 

2. Strike Rapier for Eclipse Evolution bot (http://temporal-solutions.co.uk/)

 

3. SW Comit for SW City Interactive and improvements mining, treasure hunting (http://www.swcity.net/www/interactive.php)

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4. Absolute Monarch for AbMo PhoneBot ()

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Top Creative Design (Objects, Textures, or Avatars)
Creative Design can be awarded to a world or individual for outstanding object modeling, texture creation/use, and/or avatar creation.

1. Xero. for GUI art in Shylael RPG

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2. s e V e n s for AWFX world and moo2u.com (particles/effects)

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3. Taupo world

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4. Ohmy!! world

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WINNER 5. MaXPoly

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Non-Profit Contributor (Individual, Group, or World)
This award will be granted to one of AW's many non-profit organizations or persons who offers a service or resource to AW users at no charge.

1. PeLican for pelican3d.com

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2. Brant for the Active Worlds Technology Celebration

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3. Lensman for his AWNewsletter column "Teleport Maze Station of the Month"

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WINNER 4. SW Chris for his AWReuion / SW City work

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5. Strike Rapier for awportals.com

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Community Leader
Leadership covers all users who head up organizations, worlds, towns, and even those people who are just plain helpful in the community. Listed next to their names are some of their major accomplishments.

1. Strike Rapier (AWTeen)

 

2. Darknae (Shylael RPG)

 

WINNER 3. Digigurl (Yellow world)

 

4. Lady TeaL (Gatekeeper & Cy Awards Director)

 

5. Lee R (Active Worlds Construction Team)

 

6. Ryan (AWNewbie WatchKeepers)

 

7. Syntax (SW City)

 

8. LostTear NL (Worlds Enchant, LaChant, Argonath, Madquest)

 

9. SW Comit (SW City/AlphaWorld Enhanced)

 

10. Chorus Line (AWNewbie WatchPup Program)

 

 

Greatest Online Resource
Online resource will be awarded to the best internet web site containing information, interactivity, or a unique resource.

1. AWSchool web site

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2. ORB for orb3d.net

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3. Syntax for academy.swcity.net

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WINNER 4. Ima Genius and RoadKill for imabot.com/alphamapper/aw/

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5. Syntax for SWCity.net

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6. Lensman's Information Room (World: AW, Coords: 5059.15S 9985.64W)

 

 

Realism
As AW develops, content creators continue to push the bar in the way they assemble environments. This award recognizes the most realistic creation in AW. Primarily, worlds and areas (within towns or worlds) are considered for this award.

1. Cypress Arena (By: GC, World: AWTeen, Coords: 2589s 1240e)

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TIE WINNER 2. Avatar (By: Baro, World: Avatar, Coords: All)


 

3. Tower of Terror (By: GSK, World: AWTeen, Coords: )

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4. SW City (By: Various, World: AW, Coords: )

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5. Yellow Ground Zero (By: Digigurl, World: Yellow, Coords: GZ)

 

6. Enchant (By: Karu World: Enchant, Coords: All)

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7. Taupo (By: SnowKupp, World: Taupo, Coords: All)

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8. Paradise (By: CoLor, World: AW, Coords: 1101.45N 4533.35W 0.23a)

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9. Leaves (By: Various, World: Leaves, Coords: All)

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10. Virlands (By: MaXPoly, World: Virlands, Coords: All)

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TIE WINNER11. Air Field (By: m i k e, World: AW, Coords: 1881.55S 2303.85W)

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12. Bach Zhaa Various Builds (By: Bach Zhaa, World: AW, Coords: 8992.37S 2445.11E 0.2a 80 - sample build)

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Community Stimulus
In the spirit of Support AW, Community Stimulus awards the person or group who makes the greatest strides in encouraging and motivating registration and participation in Active Worlds. A Community Stimulus might hold popular events or effectively manage a world or town.

1. GC (Cypress Hollow, GCTV)

 

2. Digigurl (Yellow world)

 

3. Strike Rapier (Reviving AWTeen and its community)

 

4. s e V e n s (AWFX world)

 

5. Bach Zhaa (AW Blogging)

 

WINNER6. Flagg (Community liaison - contests, awvote, awnation)