Pink Point 08

No 08 - January 5th 1998

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Pink Point is a bi-monthly newsletter for citizens &
friends of the gay community
of AlphaWorld, Pink Village.

PP's editorial office can be visited at the corner of Maze Str/Trans Rd, 2nd floor. Contact us if you like to join the editorial crew:)

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What's New?
Citizens January 5th: 24 PV citizens 2 PV friends E-mail error... Mayor Bille's e-mail account is temporarilly closed, currently he can be reached by kringela@online.no, but this will be changed once more within a week. So - for about a week most official PV mailboxes will not work. Eljay and Phantom can be contacted as usual. All the forms on PV pages are updated and shall be working fine:) New PV Council Pink Village celebrated it's 1st anniversary yesterday, January the 31st, and the new Council was introduced: Eljay, Phantom NJ and Bille. More stuff from the celebrations in PP issue #09. New nicks Compte de Paris, who has for a while also been known as Drizzt Do Urden, is now again known as Compte de Paris. VRT (Virtual Reality Time) is GMT-2h and decided to be PV's standard time. Read about this in PP #06! We are missing... a few PV citizens that have got their e-mail account closed. If anyone know whether Fuzzy2, Tigger the Tiger, LeatherBear or Rhyder is still visiting Active Worlds please notify them so they can be back on the PV mailing list. As for now, they will be removed from the PV citizens & friends list. Thanks for all the fun, guys! PV anniversary Our gay community turns 1 year January 30th. Happy celebration, everybody! PP weekly update Our bi-monthly newsletter will from now on be updated weekly. The editorial stuff will still be replaced bi-monthly, but the PV Calendar, the ads, and also news that can't wait for next issue will be modified every week or whenever there is something to add. This means that you no longer need to log on to AW to check out if there is anything going on in the nearest future. PV representation Mayor Bille was December 17th honored by doing the official opening of the webpages of the norwegian gay IRC-channel, #gay.no. 15 users of the channel were greeted from the citizens of Pink Village.
Calendar
(Note: All times refers to VRT) Mar 5th Pink Point #09. Mar 7th, 14:00 / 22:00 PV gay gathering at Queer Square, 2222s 2222e. Mar 8th, 18:00 Let's meet in PV before we together join the CoF's grand first annual Anniversary Bash at The Transcend ("Transcen" on the world list). Mar 14th, 22:00 New PV location is opening! Check out next Pink Point issue (March 5th). This is a new feature of Pink Point. To make it easier to keep an eye on what's going on in PV, all events will be listed here. The PV calendar will be updated frequently - check back! If you want to initiate a gathering notify Bille.
Real World News
Gay Golden Globes Nominations for the annual Golden Globe Awards were announced December 18th, and gay-related fare was in the spotlight. Nominated films included In & Out and My Best Friend's Wedding (Best Musical or Comic Motion Picture) and As Good As It Gets (Best Drama Motion Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay). Best Actor nominees included Kevin Kline for his performance in In & Out and Joey Lauren Adams as a bisexual woman in Chasing Amy. Best Supporting Actor nominees included Greg Kinnear (playing gay in As Good As It Gets), Joan Cusack (playing second fiddle in In & Out), and Rupert Everett (a gay actor playing gay in My Best Friend's Wedding). TV nominations were also gay-heavy, starting with Ellen DeGeneres, who was nominated for Best Actress in a Comedy Series for Ellen. (Source: The Advocate)
Ads
(Note: All times refers to VRT) Vicar wanted! Church of the Free Spirit will be built in the PV Outland this winter. We now need a vicar to handle future seremonies. The church is not related to any known religion, but dedicated to the free spirit of manhood. If you want to know more contact the PV Council. Pink Point needs you! Our little newspaper can need some assistance! If you would like to make a contribution, or have any idea on articles or columns, please mail Bille! Any contributions will do! The editorial office is to be found at the corner of Maze Str/Trans Rd, 2nd floor. Hercules Sauna Relax in our comfortable warm bath, shower, have a beer, and meet your friends in the sauna! When: Open 24 hours Where: Trans Road (2224S 2228E)

This issue:
[PV gathering hours] [PV foundation day] ["Arto" by Alme] [The new avatars] [Dark side of PV] [New World Times]

PV gathering hours
By Bille
Now and then foreigners do visit Pink Village. Some of them have more or less by accident clicked a sign3 or pict1 to get here, and some are totally aware of that they are entering a gay community.

So how do they know what time to find anyone around for a chat? As we no longer build on the island it's rather difficult to track any of us that might be in at the moment. PV Council now wants to make it easier for our new guests, and for the citizens as well, to meet. This might not only become an easier way for us to get together, but might also benefit guys and girls who need someone to chat with about being gay - or else.

Saturdays 14:00 VRT & 22:00 VRT (16:00 & 24:00 GMT) are hereby introduced as PV gathering hours. Any participants should come to Queer Square (2222s 2222e 222) but the group might of course move. It would be nice though if anyone arriving within the next hour will be able to track the group. No specific program is needed, and of course; Nobody is expected to show up for every gathering.

Let's see how this works out and eventually adjust it after a few months. The hours will be announced on a permanent board at Queer Square.

PV foundation day!
By Bille

Believe it or not; January 30th it's been a year since the first building object was placed on the ground where you today find Pink Village. This far there has been 27 citizens registered, and even though not all of them are visiting too often, it has been a fun year. You are welcome to participate when we celebrate our gay community's first year of existence:)

In accordance to PV Law there will also be an election of a new PV Council this day. If you, as a citizen, want to know more about what this might contain, please look at back issues of Pink Point, or notify Eljay or Bille, and let's know of your interest before January the 20th. It's not meant to be a lot of work to be a PV councillor, we are in here just for the fun of it:)

The anniversary will be celebrated on January 30th with parties and gatherings, probably all day long to satisfy all time zones of the real world. Keep an eye on the party page as we get closer to the date.

"Arto" by Alme
By Bille

Painter, Magne Alme, opened his exhibition December 6th. 11 oil and acrylic paintings were presented under the title "Arto". Alme has learned this art from experimenting on his own, and this is the 2nd time his art is shown in a gallery. The 1st time it was in Oslo, Norway.

The very first guest joining the vernissage, flanked
by two of Alme's men that you can not see at G-2222.

"Arto" can be watched through-out January. He will be glad to get some feed back on his work, so don't hesitate to leave a note for the gallery (office desk inside).

The new avatars
By Bille

When was the last time you met a Butch? A bunch of new avatars has recently been introduced, and many users have picked their new body from the list of awesome, good looking types. I think it's great that the world administrators keep up this good work. But - because I think there is a big butt (... ops, but), why are all these new guys so sexy and slim? Isn't the idea that an avatar shall be a character to whom the user can identify himself? And would it be too bad if not all new avatars were that cool?

Well, reflecting more on this, I realise that AW is just like real life; Getting older is to discover that the younger guys are more attractive than yourself. Even the tourists are looking great these days. In fact, I think Mr Tourist is just my type, there are just so many to choose from as they are wheeling around GZ. Waiting for me? I bet not - 'cause my old fashioned Helmut iis not left a chance in this new group. Nobody has responded to my "Hi all" for weeks. My green shirt and pair of black leather trousers are just not cool any more. It's a pity I've learned to like my old avatar - it's the real AW me.

The new cool studs and gals, all correctly dressed and styled for being as fancy as can be, are getting quite too perfect, even for a cyber world. And, even though we are quite cool ourselves, (aren't we all?), it would be even cooler if we were given the possibility to be as fat and ugly as in real life. To get an avatar with a personality, or at least could choose to look a bit different than all the rest.

Well - at least my head is clean shaved - and that's pretty cool, huh?

Dark side of PV
By Bille

November 9th the Chains Club were opened. It's a pretty rough stage for guys and girls who like leather, ropes, chains and like to do more than kissing. Among the features there are private cabins, toilets and a tiny gallery. The club is decorated by images related to those presented in "The Cave" exhibition at G-2222 Oct/Nov.

The most fun attraction though might be the darkroom which is located far out of Pink Village, which means you get the privacy to chat as you like. The darkroom is connected by an teleport entrance downstairs at the Chains Club. If you got a slow connection you might experience to fall too far down as the floor objects might not have been downloaded - that's on your first try. Retry!

Inside this dark cellar you will hear strange sounds from hidden activity. There is also a hidden cage where you might get trapped. If so - the other visitors can do whatever they like to you - hehe. Tempting? Let's go!

New New World Times
By Bille

AlphaWorld's first newspaper, New World Times (NWT), has recently refreshed it's concept and lay-out.

The most surprising change is that the new concept no longer contains any columns for advertising where Active Worlds users can announce their buildings or events. Seems like the paper is turning away from the ordinary user, and instead giving priority to world owners and even 3D-communities outside the Active Worlds. Is this any improvement? Will anyone start a new paper for us ordinary users who still want to use AlphaWorld as a place to meet nice people and visit cool sites?

Old NWT-issues are still available.

Any comments or contributions to Pink Point,
especially gay/lesbian- and Pink Village related stuff,
are highly appreciated!