<s>
The	B-Application
Palace	I-Application
is	O
a	O
computer	O
program	O
to	O
access	O
graphical	O
chat	O
room	O
servers	O
,	O
called	O
palaces	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
users	O
may	O
interact	O
with	O
one	O
another	O
using	O
graphical	O
avatars	B-Application
overlaid	O
on	O
a	O
graphical	O
backdrop	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
there	O
is	O
no	O
longer	O
any	O
official	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
original	O
program	O
,	O
a	O
new	O
client	B-Protocol
has	O
been	O
developed	O
and	O
is	O
actively	O
maintained	O
by	O
Jameson	O
Heesen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
chat	O
servers	O
are	O
still	O
operating	O
and	O
can	O
be	O
found	O
on	O
the	B-Application
Palace	I-Application
Portal	O
Live	O
Directory	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Palace	O
clients	O
and	O
servers	O
are	O
available	O
for	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
9	I-Operating_System
,	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
,	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
User	O
messages	O
appear	O
as	O
chat	O
bubbles	O
above	O
their	O
avatar	B-Application
,	O
similar	O
to	O
those	O
in	O
comic	O
books	O
,	O
and	O
stored	O
in	O
a	O
chat	O
log	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Palace	I-Application
has	O
an	O
avatar	B-Application
system	O
that	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
combine	O
small	O
,	O
partially	O
transparent	O
images	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Once	O
a	O
member	O
has	O
created	O
an	O
avatar	B-Application
,	O
the	O
member	O
can	O
pick	O
up	O
various	O
pieces	O
of	O
clothing	O
or	O
other	O
accessories	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
default	O
,	O
users	O
are	O
represented	O
by	O
spherical	O
smiley	O
face	O
emoticons	B-Protocol
,	O
but	O
can	O
also	O
wear	O
up	O
to	O
nine	O
separate	O
bitmap	O
images	O
known	O
as	O
"	O
props.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Q3	O
1997	O
,	O
several	O
users	O
began	O
using	O
doll-inspired	O
images	O
as	O
avatars	B-Application
with	O
a	O
customizable	O
appearance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
avatars	B-Application
were	O
known	O
as	O
"	O
Little	O
People	O
"	O
before	O
later	O
collectively	O
named	O
Dollz	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
sources	O
claimed	O
that	O
Melicia	O
Greenwood	O
created	O
the	O
first	O
Dollz	O
,	O
basing	O
her	O
avatar	B-Application
on	O
Barbie	B-Application
while	O
catering	O
to	O
counter-culture	O
audiences	O
of	O
preps	O
,	O
goths	O
,	O
and	O
skaters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
popular	O
Dollz	O
used	O
on	O
The	B-Application
Palace	I-Application
were	O
Wonderkins	O
,	O
Silents	O
,	O
and	O
Divas	O
(	O
based	O
on	O
Diva	O
Starz	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dollz	O
became	O
popular	O
with	O
the	O
users	O
on	O
The	B-Application
Palace	I-Application
,	O
particularly	O
teenagers	O
,	O
with	O
several	O
rooms	O
dedicated	O
to	O
unofficial	O
Dollz	O
editing	O
contests	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Teenagers	O
also	O
used	O
Dollz	O
as	O
avatars	B-Application
as	O
a	O
sign	O
of	O
rebellion	O
against	O
The	B-Application
Palace	I-Application
's	O
older	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
popularity	O
of	O
Dollz	O
has	O
inspired	O
several	O
personal	O
websites	O
dedicated	O
to	O
creating	O
and	O
customizing	O
Dollz	O
,	O
outside	O
of	O
The	B-Application
Palace	I-Application
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Palace	I-Application
was	O
originally	O
created	O
by	O
Jim	O
Bumgardner	O
and	O
produced	O
by	O
Time	O
Warner	O
Interactive	O
in	O
1994	O
,	O
with	O
its	O
official	O
website	O
launching	O
to	O
the	O
public	O
in	O
November	O
1995	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
the	O
features	O
of	O
Idaho	O
was	O
IPTSCRAE	B-Language
,	O
a	O
Forth-like	O
programming	O
language	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
is	O
a	O
play	O
on	O
the	O
word	O
"	O
script	O
"	O
in	O
Pig	B-Language
Latin	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
the	O
unique	O
features	O
of	O
the	B-Application
Palace	I-Application
for	O
its	O
time	O
was	O
that	O
the	O
server	O
software	O
was	O
given	O
away	O
for	O
free	O
and	O
ran	O
on	O
consumer	O
PCs	O
,	O
rather	O
than	O
being	O
housed	O
in	O
a	O
central	O
location	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
around	O
1997	O
,	O
artists	O
began	O
to	O
use	O
the	B-Application
Palace	I-Application
as	O
a	O
site	O
for	O
experimental	O
live	O
performance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
artists	O
working	O
in	O
The	B-Application
Palace	I-Application
include	O
Avatar	B-Application
Body	O
Collision	O
(	O
2002-2007	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Palace	I-Application
's	O
popularity	O
peaked	O
around	O
1999	O
–	O
2000	O
,	O
when	O
nu	O
metal	O
band	O
Korn	O
had	O
their	O
own	O
palace	B-Application
chat	I-Application
room	O
that	O
fans	O
could	O
download	O
from	O
their	O
official	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Palace	O
's	O
popularity	O
at	O
this	O
time	O
could	O
also	O
be	O
attributed	O
to	O
a	O
palace	O
which	O
focused	O
on	O
the	O
cartoon	O
South	B-Application
Park	I-Application
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
Sci	O
Fi	O
channel	O
's	O
Mothership	O
palace	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
was	O
even	O
a	O
link	O
to	O
the	O
South	B-Application
Park	I-Application
palace	O
on	O
the	O
Comedy	O
Central	O
website	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Palace	I-Application
was	O
the	O
subject	O
of	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
sales	O
between	O
companies	O
until	O
2001	O
,	O
when	O
Open	O
Text	O
Corporation	O
purchased	O
the	O
rights	O
to	O
the	B-Application
Palace	I-Application
software	O
and	O
technology	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
a	O
bankruptcy	O
settlement	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
David	O
worked	O
for	O
many	O
years	O
reverse	O
engineering	O
the	O
majority	O
of	O
the	O
protocol	O
for	O
proper	O
communications	O
between	O
the	O
client	B-Protocol
and	O
server	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Without	O
David	O
's	O
mentoring	O
of	O
Jameson	O
Heesen	O
,	O
Palace	B-Application
Chat	I-Application
would	O
likely	O
not	O
exist	O
,	O
as	O
David	O
shared	O
much	O
of	O
his	O
findings	O
with	O
Jameson	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
XOR(xtlk )	O
encryption	O
used	O
to	O
encrypt	O
chats	O
and	O
generation	O
of	O
client	B-Protocol
registration	O
codes	O
,	O
prop	O
encoding	O
and	O
decoding	O
,	O
and	O
so	O
much	O
more	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jameson	O
utilized	O
Brian	O
's	O
open	O
source	O
Open	O
Palace	O
to	O
implement	O
scripting	O
support	O
into	O
Palace	B-Application
Chat	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Brian	O
also	O
spearheaded	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
Type	O
1	O
avatars	B-Application
,	O
which	O
Palace	B-Application
Chat	I-Application
adopted	O
and	O
continues	O
to	O
utilize	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
of	O
these	O
new	O
clients	O
support	O
improved	O
high-color	O
avatars	B-Application
,	O
larger	O
room	O
backgrounds	O
(	O
also	O
in	O
high-color	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
modern	O
sound	O
formats	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
MP3	B-Application
)	O
,	O
and	O
are	O
designed	O
for	O
modern	O
operating	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
only	O
Palace	B-Application
Chat	I-Application
is	O
presently	O
maintained	O
and	O
is	O
the	O
present-day	O
client	B-Protocol
of	O
choice	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
comprehensive	O
psychological	O
studies	O
of	O
avatar	B-Application
communities	O
,	O
conducted	O
by	O
John	O
Suler	O
,	O
took	O
place	O
at	O
the	B-Application
Palace	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
collection	O
of	O
essays	O
,	O
entitled	O
Life	O
at	O
the	B-Application
Palace	I-Application
,	O
consists	O
of	O
an	O
analysis	O
of	O
Palace	O
history	O
,	O
social	O
relationships	O
,	O
"	O
addiction	O
,	O
"	O
and	O
deviance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Suler	O
's	O
work	O
focused	O
on	O
the	O
unique	O
aspects	O
of	O
interacting	O
via	O
avatars	B-Application
and	O
in	O
a	O
graphical	O
space	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Signing	O
into	O
The	B-Application
Palace	I-Application
does	O
not	O
require	O
any	O
registration	O
or	O
personal	O
information	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
begin	O
chatting	O
,	O
users	O
download	O
the	O
client	B-Protocol
,	O
set	O
their	O
user	O
handle	O
and	O
login	O
to	O
a	O
server	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
child	O
filter	O
is	O
enabled	O
on	O
the	O
client	B-Protocol
by	O
default	O
,	O
which	O
filters	O
out	O
chat	O
servers	O
with	O
an	O
Adult	O
ranking	O
and	O
inappropriate	O
language	O
used	O
in	O
chat	O
rooms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
,	O
created	O
by	O
Jameson	O
Heesen	O
(	O
known	O
in	O
the	O
community	O
as	O
PaVVn	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
supports	O
all	O
original	O
features	O
of	O
The	B-Application
Palace	I-Application
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
high-quality	O
backgrounds	O
and	O
avatars	B-Application
,	O
larger	O
rooms	O
and	O
videos	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
the	O
primary	O
client	B-Protocol
in	O
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
,	O
an	O
open	O
source	O
Linux	B-Application
client	B-Protocol
using	O
GTK+	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Phalanx	O
,	O
primarily	O
developed	O
by	O
David	O
Lee	O
by	O
meticulously	O
reverse-engineering	O
the	O
official	O
client	B-Protocol
and	O
was	O
released	O
by	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
's	O
currently	O
abandoned	O
,	O
but	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
viable	O
alternative	O
to	O
the	O
official	O
client	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Supports	O
importing	O
Palace	O
avatars	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
new	O
incarnations	O
of	O
The	B-Application
Palace	I-Application
support	O
larger	O
room	O
sizes	O
and	O
32-bit	O
color	O
avatars	B-Application
.	O
</s>
