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The What's New section would be seen on the "GO AWAY" page on CompuServe.

December 26, 1995 - January 2, 1996

An example of what the "GO AWAY" page looked like on CompuServe.
What's New With WorldsAway

December 26, 1995 - January 2, 1996


 - New Years's Greetings!
 - Joining WorldsAway, CD-ROOM now available
 - This Week's List of In-World Events


1996 is here!

WorldsAway will enter its first calendar new year for 1996. Come wish your
friends a Happy New Year in the Dreamscape, the premier on-line virtual
community here on CompuServe. With WorldsAway, you can represent yourself
visually on-line with an avatar, a character which you use to interact
with other CompuServe members throuogh on-line text chat and gestures. 
Together you form a virtual city, complete with cafes, clubs, and
organizations. The in-World economy allows you to buy and trade many goods
(objects) with other avatars, just like the real world. 

Joining WorldsAway is easy. Here on the WorldsAway menu, choose
"WorldsAway Software."  You can then download for free WorldsAway Software
for Macintosh or Windows systems, or order the CD-ROM from the CompuServe
Store. Once you have downloaded the software, installation is easy, just
double click the file<s> you've downloaded. Then, after installation,
click the "Enter WorldsAway" button. 

To find out more about WorldsAway, read the "About WorldsAway" information
on this menu, or visit the WorldsAway Community Forum. Be sure also to
read the latest "Kymer Clarion" in the forum's Newsstand library. The
member published Clarion newspaper has the latest in-World happenings from
the WorldsAway Dreamscape. 



    WorldsAway, There's More to Life On-Line!



Here is a listing of the scheduled in-World events coming up:



*************** Tuesday, December 26th ***************

==>Apex Training (Run Rabbit Run) ................................MarvL
    7:00-9:00 PM WAT.............................. South Fountain Right
    Self-Defense and Tactics. Bring a cheap item in a gift wrap box.
    Download WorldsAway Life Library/Apex Training Instructions APEX.TXT
 *RECURRING*

*************** Wednesday, December 27th ***************

==>Jackal3's Midday Trivia......................................Jackal3
    10:00 AM-1:00 PM WAT............................Bar-L Bar Storeroom
    Players must unscrambled the words to match with the host.
 *RECURRING*

==>Chaos Incorporated......................Acolyte Serena or Marianne G
    5:00 PM WAT.....................................Bar-L Bar Storeroom
    New! Games and more!
 *delayed til Friday this week*

==>Worlds Of Fortune...................Acolytes Data, Indigo, and Milen
    7:30-9:30 PM WAT...............................Visitors Center Left
 *RECURRING*

==>Kymer Collectibles Auction.........................Scuttle and Clover
   8:00 PM 
WAT......................................................Starway Stage
   Auctioning rare heads and items no longer available in the vendos.
   Also accepting rare items on consignment up until time of sale.

*************** Thursday, December 28th ***************

==>Ghost Racing..........................................Acolyte Serena
    5:00-6:00 PM WAT........................................Isle Caribe
    Win tokens and prizes, monthly championship!
 *Delayed from Monday, this week only*

==>Jackal3's Trivia......................................Mr & Mrs Nutty
    6:00-8:00 PM WAT................................Bar-L Bar Storeroom
    Questions covering general info, three winners per game.
    Grand prize for the person who has the most points in a month.
 *RECURRING

**************** Friday, December 29th ***************

==>Chaos Incorporated......................Acolyte Serena or Marianne G
    5:00 PM WAT.....................................Bar-L Bar Storeroom
    New! Games and more!
 *this week only, then Wednesdays again*

==>Trek Trivia............................................Acolyte VIQer
    7:00-9:00 PM WAT................................Starway Cafe Lounge
    Visit the bridge crew of the WA Enterprise. Win prizes and tokens for
    your Trek knowledge. Get back at the bridge crew with some tough
    questions of your own! We have to answer correctly or we pay!
 *RECURRING*

==>Dreaming Insomniacs Society.............Acolyte Milen, Acolyte Nicci
    9:00-11:00 PM WAT.............................Visitor's Center Left
    Something DIFFERENT will be held during these times each week.
 *RECURRING*

*************** Saturday, December 30th ***************

==>Great Kymer Quiz........................Acolyte Moria, Acolyte Zippy
    2:00-4:00 PM WAT................................Bar-L Bar Storeroom
    Some easy, some hard, some just downright tricky.
 *RECURRING*

==>WARaffle Drawing........Acolyte Lynx, Acolyte Electra, Acolyte Moria
    5:00 PM- WAT.....................................StarWay Cafe Stage
    Purchase tickets from authorized agents. Door prize raffle!
 *RECURRING*

==>Ghost Relay Races......................................Acolyte VIQer
    6:30-8:00 PM WAT...........................Outside Visitor's Center
    Ghost races played baton style like Olympic Relay races. Variations
    will be coming in the future, allowing more winners in each race.
 *RECURRING*

*************** Sunday, December 31st ***************
                                 New Year's Eve

==>Jackal3's Trivia......................................Mr & Mrs Nutty
      11:00 AM-2:00 PM WAT..........................Bar-L Bar Storeroom
      Questions covering general info, three winners per game.
      Grand prize for the person who has the most points in a month.
 *RECURRING*

==>Dead Poets Society Recital...Prez, Sunshine, Brandy, Corey and AlexA
       9:30-10:00 PM WAT.......... .......StarWay Cafe Observation Deck
       Contact Prez [102726,1655] if you wish to be a presenter.
       Poems should be six verses or shorter.
 *RECURRING*

*************** Monday,  January 1, 1996 ***************
                               New Year's Day

==>Ghost Racing..........................................Acolyte Serena
    5:00-6:00 PM WAT........................................Isle Caribe
    Win tokens and prizes, monthly championship!
*RECURRING*

*************** Tuesday,  January 2 ***************

==>Apex Training (Run Rabbit Run) ................................MarvL
    7:00-9:00 PM WAT.............................. South Fountain Right
    Self-Defense and Tactics. Bring a cheap item in a gift wrap box.
    Download WorldsAway Life Library/Apex Training Instructions APEX.TXT
 *RECURRING*

February 18 - February 24, 1996

What's New With WorldsAway

February 18 - February 24, 1996

 -Loving, Living, and Looking Good in WorldsAway!
 -Software Availability
 -This Week's Listing of In-World Events


 --Loving, Living, and Looking Good in WorldsAway!
 
The month of Valentines, February has brought many of the WorldsAway
citizens together romantically. Last week, we celebrated a simultaneous
real world wedding ceremony within the WorldsAway Dreamscape. This Sunday
you'll notice in the listing of in-World events that there is yet another
in-World wedding.  Come and greet the happy bride and groom and present
them with a gift or tokens to begin their life together on-line! Who
knows, you might meet your next special someone at the reception party.

Many new pioneering CompuServe members are finding and making their way to
the enchanted avatar community of Phantasus on the Isle of Kymer.  You can
come settle here too. All you have to do is log in and experience a way of
life on-line that is unlike any other. 

Some more incentive to try out the new body and head sprays in-World.....
Announcing the first Phantasus Beauty Contest!  Who's the cutest avatar
in-World? Now is our chance to find out. Nominations have already been
sent in and voted on through Email. The Sunrays who have been
administrating this event are looking forward to revealing the results and
finalists this Friday February 23, at 7:00-9:00 PM Pacific Time in the
Phantasus Starway Cafe Stage.  Keep posted for details on this special
event in the WorldsAway Community Forum (GO AWAYFORUM) in-World Events
Message Section. Not trying to get too vain, but this is a celebration for
Looking Good, On-line! 


 --Software availability

WorldsAway software is available for downloading here on CompuServe, or
from the WorldsAway Internet Web site at  http://www.worldsaway.com
You can also order the CD-ROM and floppy disks through the CompuServe
Store. See the WorldsAway Software Icon here on this menu for downloading
and ordering details. Within the USA, you can call and order from the 
CompuServe store at 1-800-848-8199 8AM to 10PM Eastern Time.

The WorldsAway Community Forum is the place for your questions regarding
WorldsAway. Forum staff and SysOps are on hand to answer your questions
quickly seven days a week. Leave a message to "SysOp."  Many in-World events
and issues are discussed in the forum's message sections too. Come join
us.

      WorldsAway, There's More to Life On-Line!


 --This Week's Listing of In-World Events

Read the Kymer Clarion, the in-World Member Newspaper for event details and
news. You can find the Clarion published and released in the Newsstand
Library of the WorldsAway Community Forum. NOTE: all times are in 
WorldsAway Time or WAT which is the same as the Pacific Time Zone.


**** Sunday, February 18th

Kymer/Bingo Gamble Version, GermanGiant, see Saturday for details
10:00-11:30 AM, Harlequin Games, Daily

Jackal3's Trivia, Mr & Mrs Nutty
11:00 AM-2:00 PM, Bar-L Bar Storeroom, Weekly
Questions covering general info, three winners per game.
Grand prize for the person who has the most points in a month.
10 token playing fee to help defray the cost's.

Wedding of SunRay Chriselfer and SunRay Jyoti
8:00 PM, Meditation Park Rose Arbor
Reception afterwards

Dead Poets Society Recital, Prez, Sunshine, Brandy, Corey and AlexA
8:30-9:00 PM, StarWay Cafe Observation Deck, Weekly
Poems should be six verses or shorter.
Contact Prez [102726,1655] if you wish to be a presenter. Due to popular
request, the Society has moved the meeting time to one hour earlier.

**** Monday, February 19th

Kymer/Bingo Gamble Version, GermanGiant, see Saturday for details
10:00-11:30 AM, Harlequin Games, Daily

Knights of Kymer TechTrivia, SunRays Hera, Mariah & Knight Alexis
5:30 - 7:30 PM, StarWay Cafe Stage, Weekly
20 computer technical questions. Be on time and win a 30T Door Prize!

Kategories, Jaliko
7:00-9:00 PM, Harlequin Games, Check Schedule, Weekly
** NEW TIME **. Download the instructions KATEGORY.TXT and the
 program KTEGORY1.EXE

Ghost Racing, Acolyte Serena
5:00-6:00 PM, Isle Caribe, Weekly
Win tokens and prizes, monthly championship!

Pick-3 Lotto Drawing, Joe Blowsem UP, Sherry, Acolyte Chameleon
6:00-6:15 PM, Isle Caribe, Weekly
Get tickets now for big winnings! Lotto is now at ->6000T<-
Come for the many door prizes!

**** Tuesday, February 20th

Kymer/Bingo Gamble Version, GermanGiant, see Saturday for details
10:00-11:30 AM, Harlequin Games, Daily

Kymer/Bingo, Renegade I
1:00-2:30 PM, Harlequin Games, Weekly
Call KYMER! first, and get payouts depending on the number of players!
Download the client KYMER1.EXE, from AWAYFORUM/Library 4 WorldsAway
Life.

Kymer/Bingo, Sunray Knight Oliver
6:00-8:00 PM, Bar-L Bar Storeroom, Weekly
Everyone who plays in every game of the evening is eligible to win a
bonus prize which will be awarded after the last game!  Don't be late!

Worlds Of Fortune, Acolytes Data, Indigo, and Milen
7:30-9:30 PM, Visitors Center Left, Weekly

**** Wednesday, February 21th

Kymer/Bingo Gamble Version, GermanGiant, see Saturday for details
10:00-11:30 AM, Harlequin Games, Daily

Kymer/Bingo, Renegade I
1:00-2:30 PM, Harlequin Games, Weekly
Call KYMER! first, and get payouts depending on the number of players!
Download the client KYMER1.EXE, from AWAYFORUM/Library 4 WorldsAway
Life.

The Knights of Kymer Kategories, SunRay Fawn, Soltron2
3:00-??.00 PM, Starway Stage
(Knights of Kymer version of Wert's Kategories)

Chaos Incorporated, Acolyte Serena or Marianne G
4:00-6:00 PM, Bar-L Bar Storeroom, Weekly
New! Games and more!

Kymer/Bingo Madness, Jaliko
6:00-8:00 PM, Harlequin Games, Weekly
7 Games + Raffle

**** Thursday, February 22th

Kymer/Bingo Gamble Version, GermanGiant, see Saturday for details
10:00-11:30 AM, Harlequin Games, Daily

**** Friday, February 23th

Kymer/Bingo Gamble Version, GermanGiant, see Saturday for details
10:00-11:30 AM, Harlequin Games, Daily

European Ghost Racing, Holger
11:00-12:00 AM, Isle Caribe, Weekly
Win tokens and prizes, monthly championship!

Trek Trivia, Acolyte VIQer
7:00-9:00 PM, Starway Cafe Lounge, Weekly
Visit the bridge crew of the WA Enterprise. Win prizes and tokens
for your Trek knowledge. Get back at the bridge crew with some tough
questions of your own! We have to answer correctly or we pay!

Kategories, Ann Ominous
7:00-9:00 PM, Harlequin Games, Weekly
40T per round.
20T of each *fee* is put in the *round* and 20T into the *final*.

Beauty Contest, Sunray Fawn, Oracle Uni will be the special guest
7:00-9:00 PM, Starway Stage, unconfirmed
See message #54234 for details.

Dreaming Insomniacs Society, Acolyte Milen
9:00-11:00 PM, Visitor's Center Left, Weekly
Something DIFFERENT will be held during these times each week.

**** Saturday, February 24th

Kymer/Bingo Gamble Version, GermanGiant
10:00-11:30 AM, Harlequin Games, Daily
Call KYMER! first, and get payouts depending on the number of players!
Download the client KYMER1.EXE, from AWAYFORUM/Library 4 WorldsAway
Life.

Kymer Feud, Marianne G and other Bloodline Members.
2:00 PM, Visitors Center Left, (#54497)
How well do you know your partners and friends?
Teams must sign up in advance.

Great Kymer Quiz, Acolyte Moria, Acolyte Zippy
2:00-4:00 PM, Bar-L Bar Storeroom, Weekly
Some easy, some hard, some just downright tricky.

Wedding of Alienyte Melissa Magic and Alienyte Wyld Karde
 4:00 PM  Rose Garden (Meditation Park far right)
Service conducted by Acolyte Zippy
Reception immediately following wedding at Starway Observation Deck

WARaffle Drawing, Acolyte Lynx, Acolyte Electra, Acolyte Moria
5:00-6:30 PM, StarWay Cafe Stage, Weekly
Purchase tickets from authorized agents. Door prize raffle!

Ghost Relay Races, Acolyte VIQer
6:30-8:00 PM, Outside Visitor's Center, Weekly
Ghost races played baton style like Olympic Relay races.

**** Non-Weekly Events Coming Soon
 
Take A Chance, Necrolyte Benny, Xian, Jackal
Sunday, February 25, 4:00- PM, Outside Fire Room , Bi-Weekly
25T entry fee. Answer questions on Kymer to win points. Top 3 scores
enter Fireroom and have choice of tokens or contents of chest.

Wedding of Honor [PhotoChick] and Acolyte Kari Stone
Monday, February 26, 10:00 PM, Tabernacle (Temple of Morpheus)
Service conducted by Magica Crusader @thena
Reception immediately following at Meditation Park far left.

The Phantasus House Auction, Scuttle & Clover
Thursday, February 29, 8:00-10:00 PM, Starway Cafe Stage, Bi-Weekly
Rare heads and items no longer available in vendos will be
auctioned off to the highest bidder.

March 3 - March 9, 1996

What's New With WorldsAway

March 3 - March 9, 1996

 -The REAL Community On-line
 -Software Availability
 -This Week's Listing of In-World Events


 --The REAL Community On-line

Recently in the WorldsAway Dreamscape, a beauty contest was held. Not
about one's physical appearance mind you, this conest was more of a parade
of the beautiful souls and personalities that live on-line.  Awards were
given for the most compassionate avatars and many other special
personalble categories.  A sampling of the most admired individuals of the
community, this event showed the obvious emotional ties that unite our
members. Heart-felt thank you speeches touched the members that attended.
The event for many really seemed to be a communal recognition of their
friendships and relationships that make this more than say a "virtual"
community. This is a community if not in the physical sense in the Waking
World, but certainly in the emotional reality that all normal people
experience every day. 

There are many events in the WorldsAwy Dreamscape that are just as special
as the beauty contest. What you make of your time in the Dreamscape,
however, is completely up to you and not necessarily dependant on the
in-World Event of the day.  The challenge is to get involved and make a
difference. If you find yourself spending a lot of time on-line with
friends, come to WorldsAway where there are interactions and issues. Be a 
real cyber-citizen and create your own events. You'll make friends and 
find this is a great place to be.


 --Software availability

WorldsAway software is available for downloading here on CompuServe, or
from the WorldsAway Internet Web site at  http://www.worldsaway.com
You can also order the CD-ROM and floppy disks through the CompuServe
Store. See the WorldsAway Software Icon here on this menu for downloading
and ordering details. Within the USA, you can call and order from the 
CompuServe store at 1-800-848-8199 8AM to 10PM Eastern Time.

The WorldsAway Community Forum is the place for your questions regarding
WorldsAway. Forum staff and SysOps are on hand to answer your questions
quickly seven days a week. Leave a message to "SysOp."  Many in-World events
and issues are discussed in the forum's message sections too. Come join
us.

      WorldsAway, There's More to Life On-Line!


 --This Week's Listing of In-World Events

Read the Kymer Clarion, the in-World Member Newspaper for event details and
news. You can find the Clarion published and released in the Newsstand
Library of the WorldsAway Community Forum. NOTE: all times are in 
WorldsAway Time or WAT which is the same as the Pacific Time Zone.


**** Sunday, March 3rd

Jackal3's Trivia, Mr & Mrs Nutty 
11:00 AM-2:00 PM, Bar-L Bar Storeroom, 
Weekly Questions covering general info, three winners per game. Grand 
prize for the person who has the most points in a month. 10 token playing 
fee to help defray the cost's.

Take A Chance, Necrolyte Benny, Xian, Jackal 
4:00- PM, Outside Fire Room
Bi-Weekly 25T entry fee. Answer questions on Kymer to win points. Top 3
scores enter Fireroom and have choice of tokens or contents of chest. 

Dead Poets Society Recital, Prez, Sunshine, Brandy, Corey and AlexA 
8:30-9:00 PM, StarWay Cafe Observation Deck, Weekly Poems should be six 
verses or shorter. Contact Prez [102726,1655] if you wish to be a presenter.

**** Monday, March 4th 

Knights of Kymer TechTrivia, SunRays Hera, Mariah & Knight Alexis 
5:30 - 7:30 PM, StarWay Cafe Stage, Weekly 
Computer Technical Trivia questions.  Everyone wins. We award tokens,
items (many are rare) and door prizes. This game is sponsored by the Games
& Role Playing Guild. 

Ghost Racing, Acolyte Serena 
5:00-6:00 PM, Isle Caribe, Weekly Win tokens 
and prizes, monthly championship!

Pick-3 Lotto Drawing, (R)Joe Blowsem UP, Sherry, Acolyte Chameleon 
6:00-6:15 PM, Isle Caribe, Weekly Get tickets now for big winnings! Lotto 
is now at ->6000T<- Come for the many door prizes!

Magic BlackJack, Sunray_Knight_Haplo 
6:00-8:00PM, Magic Shop, Weekly 
All proceeds will go towards helping newbies.  Please stop by to watch or
play. You need to have BLACKJK1.EXE, CARDS.DLL and VBRUN300.DLL to
participate. 

Kategories, Jaliko 
7:00-9:00 PM, Harlequin Games, Check Schedule, Weekly 
Download the instructions KATEGORY.TXT and the program KTEGORY1.EXE 
*CANCELED*

**** Tuesday, March 5th 

Kymer/Bingo, Renegade I 
1:00-2:30 PM, Harlequin Games, Weekly 
Call KYMER! first, and get payouts depending on the number of players!
Download the client KYMER1.EXE, from AWAYFORUM/Library 4 WorldsAway Life. 

Kymer/Bingo, Sunray Knight Oliver 
6:00-8:00 PM, Bar-L Bar Storeroom, Weekly 
Everyone who plays in every game of the evening is eligible to win 
a bonus prize which will be awarded after the last game!  Don't be late!

Worlds Of Fortune, Acolytes Data, Indigo, and Milen 
7:30-9:30 PM, Visitors Center Left, Weekly

**** Wednesday, March 6th 

Kymer/Bingo, Renegade I 
1:00-2:30 PM, Harlequin Games, Weekly 
Call KYMER! first, and get payouts depending on the number of players!
Download the client KYMER1.EXE, from AWAYFORUM/Library 4 WorldsAway Life. 

Chaos Incorporated, Acolyte Serena or Marianne G 
4:00-6:00 PM, Bar-L Bar Storeroom, Weekly New! Games and more!

Kymer/Bingo Madness, Jaliko 
6:00-8:00 PM, Harlequin Games, Weekly 
7 Games + Raffle *CANCELED*

Pop Culture Trivia, PEZ Collector 
8:00-9:30 PM, Library, 2nd Week 
The first series of events will be TV related questions only.

Wedding of Acolyte Kari Peace and Sappholyte Orlando II 
10:00 PM, Tabernacle (Temple of Morpheus) 
Service conducted by Oracle Teresias Reception immediately following at
Meditation Park far left. 

**** Thursday, March 7th 

Storm Games-Kymer Bingo, Christopher Storm 
10:00AM- 1:00PM, Harlequin Games, Weekly 
All players are welcome!  You need KYMER1.EXE to play, and bets are 25T -
225T.  Over 70,000T won so far! 

The Phantasus House Auction, Scuttle & Clover 
8:00-10:00 PM, Starway Cafe Stage, Bi-Weekly 
Rare heads and items no longer available in vendos will be

**** Friday, March 8th

European Ghost Racing, Holger 
11:00-12:00 AM, Isle Caribe, Weekly 
Win tokens and prizes, monthly championship! 

Trek Trivia, Acolyte VIQer 
7:00-9:00 PM, Starway Cafe Lounge, Weekly 
Visit the bridge crew of the WA Enterprise. Win prizes and tokens for your
Trek knowledge. Get back at the bridge crew with some tough questions of
your own! We have to answer correctly or we pay! 

Kategories, Ann Ominous 
7:00-9:00 PM, Harlequin Games, Weekly 
40T per round. 20T of each *fee* is put in the *round* and 20T into the
*final*. 

Dreaming Insomniacs Society, Acolyte Milen 
9:00-11:00 PM, Visitor's Center Left, Weekly 
Something DIFFERENT will be held during these times each week. 

**** Saturday, March 9th

MultiTrivia, Mivo and Nicci 
12:00-1:30PM, Library, Weekly 
General knowledge trivia questions will be asked in German and English.
Each point for a correct answer is worth 5 Tokens. Frage&Antwort-Spiel zu
allgemeinen Themen. Fuer jede richtige Antwort gibt es 5 Tokens

Great Kymer Quiz, Acolyte Moria, Acolyte Zippy 
2:00-4:00 PM, Bar-L Bar Storeroom, Weekly 
Some easy, some hard, some just downright tricky. 

WARaffle Drawing, Acolyte Lynx, Acolyte Electra, Acolyte Moria 
5:00-6:30 PM, StarWay Cafe Stage, Weekly 
Purchase tickets from authorized agents.  Door prize raffle! 

Ghost Relay Races, Acolyte VIQer 
6:30-8:00 PM, Outside Visitor's Center, Weekly 
Ghost races played baton style like Olympic Relay races. 


**** Non-Weekly Events Coming Soon ****

Wednesday, March 13, 1996 
Pop Culture Trivia, PEZ Collector 
8:00 - 10:00 PM, Outside Library, Weekly 
(as of 3/13) This weeks theme will be Television shows and commercials.
Prizes will be awarded for 1st 2nd, and 3rd places.  Exact prizes will be
announce before the event. 

Saturday, March 23, 1996 
Avatar History Contest, Arch Mage Darpeth 7:00 - 8:00 PM, Starway Stage 
The announcing of the winners of the Mage: Avatar History contest for best
story of an avatar.