Several events will be arranged during the World Fest period, including a major contest where teams will be planning, building, organizing and running new towns, the Community Workshop where community leaders from all over the universe are welcome to share community related tips and views! And of course a lot of local events such as guided tours.

This web page is meant for static information, although major news will be posted here as well. To stay updated on upcoming World Fest events and other related news, please visit the Metatropolis world . 

 

Sign Up:
All teams must be signed up by April 8th, 2001 at noon VRT. Click here for the sign up web form!

Rules:

• Teams must consist of 2 to 5 people, at least 2 of the team members must have a valid AW registration before signing up.
• Tourists are allowed to be on the team but should not build due to the tourist deletion problem, but tourists can help with any other aspect and are eligible for prizes
• There must be a leader for contact purposes
• The town and it's theme must meet within the AWcom's guidelines
• No building is allowed before the opening
• Each team must submit their ground zero (gz) coordinates before they start building
• The area that will be judged will only be 20 degrees from the submitted gz

Judging:
The judging will take place on May 20, 2001. 
No building after May 19, 2001 or outside the set 20 degrees will be considered.

• The judges will constist of a team of respected AW citizens
• The judges will be looking for community spirit, creativity, and design. Although, this is no building contest, but a contest where the community aspects will be more important than the builds.
• The winning team will be the team that best meets those three qualities
• The winning team will be announced by May 25, 2000

Prizes:

• A total of 300 days free AW registration per team member to be shared among the winning team members. Example; if your team has 4 members, you will get 1200 days that could be shared 50/50 or 400+400+200+200. etc. to honor members who work the hardest... 
• Two one year free AW citizenships or extentions, to be used as prizes for future community event(s).
• The winning community will have it's own board at the AWGate for 3 months, including max 3 updates.
• Permanent advertising board at Metatropolis GZ (for as long as the community remains active)
• A feature article in AWcom's newsletter for June
• The community will be allowed to use the Imigration Officer for advertising the community or a future local event, for 24 hours. (valid until August 1st, AWcom, Inc. naturally claims the right to approve the announcement.) 
• The community vill be advertised on AW Community Register's main page for 1 month, pluss the community's banner will be added to AW ComReg's banner rotation with a trippel rate for 3 months (meaning it will be displayed 3 times as often as the other banners).

The community workshop will feature several lectures from citizens throughout the community.  Lectures will range from community tips to advanced building.

Times:
All lectures will be held on Sunday, March 25th 2001, the day following the grand opening. Lecturers will decide the time that day in which they will give their presentation. 

5:00PM VRT
Making filmstrips
by Phalaphe (AWSchool)

10:00PM VRT
Building Town Tips
by SW Comit (SW City)

10:30PM VRT
How to start a successful Community
by Goober King (Universal Town Network)

More lectures to be posted soon.