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Breedings, Refunds, and You

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I'm watching you...

Hey all! I know my newsposts aren't always the most interesting and some can cause a lot of sadfacing but I hope this isn't one of those times! I know this has been something that a lot of users have questioned over time so I wanted to talk a little about breeding refunds.

Yes, we do refund stuff on the breeding end, but at times we don't. There's been confusion on what we do and don't refund so here's a handy guide for you all.

PLEASE NOTE: The rule of thumb is it's a case by case basis a lot of times. Your best bet if you want something refunded is, if you see a mistake/you make an error/you have an issue and you know that you need a refund, message me (Frey #90), Mauri #1010 or Zephy #215 as soon as possible. Meaning, immediately when you realize the error. If you don't you risk not getting a refund if we notice something's up with your breeding in the queue.

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Refunded Breedings:

I. Breedings between two separate genus of pets that are not valid for that coin. Example being someone accidentally potioning over a pet in an LBC Lacer breeding, rendering it Lacer x Oakl which isn't allowed for that coin.

II. Breedings with separate linearts (alt x normal for instance) without predicts. Example being if we come across your Alt Orimi x normal Orimi LBC in queue when assigning and you haven't done predicts yet, the coin will be refunded.

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Not Refunded Breedings:

I. Any add-ons that aren't compatible for a breeding. Example being If you use a Hybrid Embryo on an MBC breeding... tough luck. Read what they do first!

II. Breedings that go against the rules for a coin. Example being breeding two pets that are clearly over 5% on a MBC, especially not checking their compatibility with Zephy's thread.

III. Breedings with pets that can't be bred, like special event pets specifically designated unbreedable or in the case of a glitch where the pet is not breedable but it somehow goes through. You have to tell staff about glitches like this or risk losing your coin. A good example of the first is trying to breed two Xaocs with an LBC... haha just don't try.

IV. Breedings with pets that aren't allowed for a particular coin. Example being breeding two Inari with an MBC. You can't use this coin for the pair so it'll be automatically rejected.

V. Requested rejections so you can add any add-ons to the breeding that you forgot to do upon submission.

VI. Requested rejections without any sort of mistake or reason, aside from wanting the coin back. If you decided two months in that you don't want the breeding anymore, you won't have it refunded, sorry.

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I know these might sound kind of harsh but like I stated above, if you find you did something in error message a breeding mod! I give refunds, but Mauri #1010 or Zephy #215 are also authorized to give out rejections or refunds on a case-by-case basis. You're always better off reading all rules and getting to one of us if you make a mistake. Hopefully this will shed some light on why some people get refunds and why some don't too! It's not meant to be unfair, it's meant to get you to reeeead.

Posted by Ash (#90) on Sat Jul 7, 2012 8:28pm

Comments: 22


Pet Shop Update

Pets

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We would like to welcome you to the new and improved Aywas Pet Shop!

We dusted, cleaned, and put a new coat of paint on everything! Except the pets. we did not paint the pets.

You might also notice that the Pet Shop has a whole new stock of pets! These pets have set prices instead of the old account-based (number of pets you own) prices. We tiered the prices so that all users have the chance of getting some pets from this shop!

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The Pet Shop is now on a stock rotation schedule. The stock will be changing every 3 months from here on out. We will give you a week or two of warning before each stock change. After the pets are removed from the pet shop they will be retired. That means you can no longer get these pets after they are removed from the shop. So grab them while you can!

If you want to have the chance of getting a design of yours into the pet shop, go ahead and submit them to the Pet Coloration Submissions forum. Most of the submitted designs will be put into explore/adventure, but some random designs will be kept to go into the pet shop!

If your design is now in the pet shop please contact Kyu (#1010) for your free copy. That's right, if your design is accepted and put in the shop you get a free copy. That could save you a good amount of BP!




I hope you all enjoy the new pets and the new stock rotation system! Hopefully this brings some excitement and joy back to the Aywas Pet Shop!

- Mauri

Posted by Kyu & Mauri (#1010) on Sat Jul 7, 2012 4:46pm

Comments: 55


Story Game & Updates!

Site Update

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Sennara's Story Game results are here!

Winner: William+Zeph=Zaccy(#19039)
Prize: Artist Ticket

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Another message from your resident story mod!
When submitting entries, please put an entire blank line between paragraphs. It helps me read through your entries and keeps the entry list from looking like a great wall of text! From now on, I won't be looking at entries that don't follow this convention.

Click here to participate!

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The issue with the daily crons should now be resolved!

Pet and Admin auction crons should now be working correctly.
Item auction issues are being worked on.

Please let me know if anything goes awry!

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Adventure is in the process of being integrated!
You might have noticed that now when you change a location in Adventure, so does the background (and the skin for the Enchanted Forest is rather lovely). The integration process is far from complete, but we're making a lot of progress even though you can't see all the results just yet.

Nets are also operating properly. They will only potentially break on a successful capture and you will be notified on the capture popup if your Net broke. This pet is no longer available in Adventure, but here's an example:

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Will have more updates for you soon!

- Eri

Posted by Eri & -- (#17) on Sat Jul 7, 2012 2:37pm

Comments: 18


Free Monthly Custom Winners!

Contests

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It's time to announce the Free Custom Game winners!


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lex91 (#7461)....................................LesLarmes (#18839)..............................Shaylmesse (#13314)
Requested 146 times.........................Requested 101 times............................Requested 108 times

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Zay On the Flipside (#1259).......................Rainbow and Miyu (#3124)............................Pepsi (#823)
Requested 327 times............................Requested 61 times..................Requested 184 times

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Vinny (#36029).................................Esaria (#23447).................................cybermesh (#26264)
Requested 84 times............................Requested 147 times............................Requested 116 times

Congratulations to our very lucky custom recipients!
Thanks for playing! See you in a month for another round. :3

- Eri

Posted by Eri & -- (#17) on Fri Jul 6, 2012 7:49pm

Comments: 27


Revamp Kings - Results

Contests

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Check this out!

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Artist: Eleovark (#86)

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Artist: betsy (#4214)

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Artist: Eliott Mars (#36525)

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Artist: Fyre ~ Team OCD! ~ (#13681)

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Artist: Saturn (#497)


Would you like to play again? Revamp Kings 2
This time, no melos. It'd be nice to see the other species represented :)

Posted by JAK (#15) on Wed Jul 4, 2012 11:23pm

Comments: 29


Wednesday Updates & Reminders!

Site Update

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Trivia
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The trivia has been updated!

Last week's questions and answers:

In 2011, which month's premium item was 'A Bottomless Trunk'?
September

When did active players get a chance to obtain the item 'Test Tube'?
When we hit 30,000 users

'melo tigrus' is the scientific name for the...?
White Tiger Melo

Which of these news posts was about random silliness?
#621

What's not a frequently asked question?
How can I make unbreedable pets breedable?

Which of the following items cannot be given out by Kaz in the daily game 'Nag Kaz'?
Antler Blade

During the apple picking event in August 2011, which of the following could not be obtained from the flaming apples?
Breeding coin

Fill in the blank pair: _ _ _ _ _ and _ _ _ _ _
Rogue and Maron

When the hybrid stone was first put into the BP shop, a giveaway was held. Which of the following user won a hybrid stone?
Balthazar (#10860)

What is the kickback amount when users submit predicts for a Metal Breeding Coin (MBC) breeding?
300k BP


Weekly Raffle!
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This week's raffle winner is:
Red Velvet Machka (#3398)
Who had 36 crystals out of 15,071 total and won a Raw Blue Crystal!

The current raffle is for a 1 Month Upgrade Pendant!

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Hope you guys are having fun finding our festive pets! I will be on to remove them around 1 PM AST on the 5th, so make sure you grab those and our seasonal goodies in time!

If you're having trouble locating the pets, might I suggest these two handy tools:
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Also, if you would like to see the national day of your country or any other significant day celebrated here on Aywas, please make a suggestion for it! I have a few in mind already, but I'd love to see what you can come up with! I also have a couple ideas for international item series. :3

Don't forget, you have a little over 24 hours in to play the


- Eri

Posted by Eri & -- (#17) on Wed Jul 4, 2012 8:09pm

Comments: 11


Happy 4th of July!

Site Update

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To celebrate, the Seasonal Shop is stocking some festive goodies for the day!

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Here's a little preview of some of the items so you can see the style. :3
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The Bridge in Adventure is also lighting up with firework and freedom pets!

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The items and pets will be removed on the 5th, so nab 'em while you can.
Enjoy the festive treats and have fun celebrating!

- Eri

Posted by Eri & -- (#17) on Wed Jul 4, 2012 12:32am

Comments: 59


Free Monthly Customs!

Contests

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It's time to give away nine free customs designed during June under the theme of Beach!
We have some really pretty, summery pets up for grabs here!
And I'm super jealous of you all 'cause I'd love a shot at one of these. *sobs* It was super hard to narrow it down to 9!

To play the free custom game, please include the phrase "CUSTOM #__" in your news comment. For example, if you want Custom 1, please comment "CUSTOM #1."

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Please contact Visark (185) for your prize if you designed one of these customs!

You have until Thursday July 5th at 11:59 PM to choose!

And be sure to check out the new hybrid post below if you haven't already!

- Eri

Posted by Eri & -- (#17) on Tue Jul 3, 2012 1:36pm

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July Hybrid Breeding Season!

Site Update

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It's that time of year again, when the birds and bees--yeah, who am I kidding, I think I'm a little late for that talk. July hybrid breeding season is here! :3

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July Hybrid Breeding Season
July 3rd - July 10th

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Meet the Kolibri and the Perdin!
Reve x Vyne | Lepu x Finx

We've got two snazzy colorations of our brand new hybrids now in the SP Shop!

The Pink Lemonade Kolibri and the Horizon Perdin!

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You can also find Breeding Coins in the GP Shop for their usual price of 75 GP.
But! If you're a bulk buyer, you might enjoy the return of the Breeding Coin Package!
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These items will only be available through July 10th at 11:59 PM, so grab 'em while you can!

(Both hybrids are now options in all the hybrid custom creators!)

- Eri

Posted by Eri & -- (#17) on Tue Jul 3, 2012 12:11am

Comments: 49


Scavenger Hunt

New Game

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Scavenger Hunt


July 13 - 20th

Click here to create or join a team.

Scav Hunt Chat

Rules Forum will be coming up on the date of the event, with individual threads for each task.

PRIZE STRUCTURE

First Place





One Year Premium (transferable)
$10 Artist Voucher
Speedy Breeding (Voucher for any coin)
10x Custom Item Refill
Raffle ticket to Winner's Stash
Full set of GP/BP Pets from any month of choice
Team wins a "Scav Plush Set"
Melo Figurine
Platinum Breeding Coin
Game Master status
Gold Scav Trophy
Design next Raw Pet
Send a Raw Pet of team's choice to either Ay or Ara
Team wins "Slashbot Slot"
100 GP
8 SP

Second Place






Six Months Premium (transferable)
$5 Artist Voucher
10x Custom Item Refill
Raffle ticket to Winner's Stash
Full set of GP/BP Pets from any month of choice
Team wins "Slashbot Slot"
Silver Scav Trophy
75 GP
7 SP

Third Place


or
Or both, but no edits.




Six Months Premium (transferable)
10x Custom Item Refill
Raffle Ticket to Winner's Stash
Bronze Scav Trophy
50 GP
6 SP

Fourth Place






Lunaris Custom (no edits)
Vion Custom (no edits)
Three Months Premium (transferable)
10x Custom Item Refill
Scav Ribbon
30 GP
5 SP


Fifth Place





Lunaris Custom or Vion Custom (no lineart edits)
10x Custom Item Refill
Three Months Premium (transferable)
Scav Ribbon
25 GP
4 SP


Sixth Place






Vion Custom or Lunaris custom (no lineart edits)
Three Months Premium (transferable)
10x Custom Item Refill
Scav Ribbon
20 GP
3 SP

Seventh Place




Three Months Premium (transferable)
10x Custom Item Refill
Scav Ribbon
15 GP
2 SP


Eighth Place




Three Months Premium (transferable)
10x Custom Item Refill
Scav Ribbon
10 GP
1 SP

Tier Prizes


These prizes are awarded according to the average points scored for all teams. They are added onto the above prizes, if won. They also stack, so Tier 1 gets Tier 2, 3, and 4 prizes as well (with the exception of SP -- you only get the SP for your highest tier).


Tier 1
2 Standard Deviations above Average

3 SP

Tier 2
1 Standard Deviation above Average

2 SP

Tier 3
Average

1 SP

Tier 4
One Standard Deviation below Average

1 SP


Effort Prizes


The new Effort Prizes give a whole new dimension to the Scavenger Hunt game. You can choose to focus your efforts on turning out excellent quality task results instead of focusing on completing as many as possible.

An Effort Prize can be won by a single team member for their effort in creating an excellent task result.

One prize will be awarded to each single winner. The prize rewarded depends on the entry. Prizes will not be awarded more than once. This is the prize pot:



Xaoc Custom
Full Litter of Hybrids (includes Breeding Coin)
Choose Your BC Site Artist
Breedable Voucher
500 GP
Alt Hybrid Voucher
Game Master status
Big Gaming System of Choice (Xbox 360, PS3, Wii) US ONLY
Little Gaming System of Choice (PSP, 3DS) US ONLY
Video Game of Choice ($50 value or less)
$100 Amazon giftcard
Raffle Ticket to Winner's Stash


Winner's Stash


A special prize pot for winners, giving them a chance at one of the rare items... each time a ticket is pulled, the winner can select one prize, and so on until all prizes are declined.

Prize pot:
Platinum Breeding Pendant
Breeding Pendant
250 GP
Little Gaming System of Choice (PSP, 3DS) US ONLY
Video Game of Choice ($50 value or less)
$100 Amazon giftcard
Xaoc Custom
"Slashbot Slot"





Prize structure might be tweaked a bit before the games, but is mostly solid.

Posted by JAK (#15) on Sun Jul 1, 2012 11:53pm

Comments: 47