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Djiva
Owned by Hikaru (#15577)
This profile was very aesthetic and contained detailed information that was well written and pleasant to read. Hikaru is also a very talented artist - you should check out her artwork on deviantart.
Runner ups
Cabel, betsy (#4214)'s pet
Allegro, Mel (#351)'s pet
Sir Incisor, Nyoko (#585)'s pet
Congratulations to all winners!
Would you like to have this contest again?
PS: Yasu has some useful new features coming for you tonight. He is revamping the items list page and adding a simple search on the toolbar.
Posted by Jack
(#1) on Thu Apr 21, 2011 12:17am
Diamond Lunaris
Pets
The world keeps turning. We don't look back.
We were expecting the Taurus Lunaris to descend from the heavens, like it did a year ago, signaling the start of the Birthday Astrology lunarises. But ever since the Aries Lunaris left, there's been no sign of Taurus.
That's weird. But we're sure it's no big deal. Maybe we'll find something else for you to gather for your birthday...
In the fissures, a magma crater spurts a hot flaming jet of liquid. Within, something seems to shine. A quadruped body shimmers just beneath the surface. It drifts from side to side in the crackling lava until a head breeches the surface, droplets of red trickling down its features like simple, impotent rain.
It pauses there, like it's judging the world around it. Finally, its forepaws, shiny and hard, grasp the edge of the crater. It lifts itself from the magma, the movement smooth and confident, like a fish leaping from the water.
The creature gains its bearings on the blackened earth under its paws. It blinks, then swings its whiplike tail to splatter lava. Crackling and sizzling surrounds the creature as it breaks into a run.
It doesn't know why it's here. But it knows it's meant to be here - if only for ten days.
Diamond Lunaris
Birthstone of April
Posted by Jack
(#1) on Wed Apr 20, 2011 4:26am
Ugh
Site Update
Sorry about that, there's only so much we can do when someone is really intent on messing with aywas - to react appropriately and try to prepare, but alas we are not psychic and can't anticipate what someone will try to do, or how skilled they are. Nonetheless, we've restored everything we could (only items were affected).
It's annoying, but it's part of having a site. There are always people trying to tear down what you create. All we can do is rebuild and try to come back stronger than ever. And that's what we're going to do - focus on the future.
If you are missing anything IMPORTANT (say 10+ GP value) let us know. Post what you lost here in the news comments. AGAIN, important things only. We are doing this as a favor - by giving you back your favorite items manually, one by one. Please don't abuse that by trying to give us a huge list because we will not do it.
Regenerating items you owned on Saturday and before are still in your inventory. Please don't ask about them unless you bought the item on Sunday or later.
If you have a duplicate item(s), discard it.
Posted by Jack
(#1) on Tue Apr 19, 2011 11:21pm
Advent Calender Activated
Items
The Advent Calender has some chocolate and candy in store for you.
Posted by Jack
(#1) on Tue Apr 19, 2011 10:44am
A call for moderators!
Site Update
It's that time again!
Aywas has reached the 20k user milestone! In order to keep up with the demands of such a rapidly growing community, we are looking to expand our staff team. We have opened up a handful of moderator positions and would like to invite you to apply (application and instructions located here). There are a couple things to keep in mind when considering applying for this position:
- As a volunteer position, it is unpaid.
- If accepted, you will enter a trial period where you can get a feel for the job and we have the opportunity to see how you work.
- re: shared accounts. If you are on a shared account and want to be considered for modship, all users on the account must apply. We will only give the account mod status if all users on it are accepted.
- If you have applied before, you are always welcome to send in another application!
- While you are always welcome to apply at any time, the deadline to be considered for this wave of hirees is April 29th. This means you must have your application in by Friday April 29th at 11:59 PM Aywas time.
Note: If you have applied at any time since the last round of moderators were accepted, you are in consideration for this wave.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact Aetheria or myself and we would be happy to help! The one thing we will not do, however, is edit, critique or otherwise give you feedback on your application. We are not here to give you information or pointers to regurgitate back to us--we want to get a snapshot of you. Similarly, due to the volume of applications, we will only contact you (on Aywas via PM) if you have been hired.
We look forward to reading these and wish you all good luck! Thanks!
(As always, make sure you check out the news post below if you haven't already.)
- Eri
Posted by Eri & --
(#17) on Mon Apr 18, 2011 1:14pm
Plushie Shop
New Feature
Spenser says:
Well, so, when I'm not stealing your money, I'm thinking of other ways to steal your money. And it appears that the lot of you have an interest in making plushes out of your beloved customs and I want to capitalize on that.
So, I have finally opened a new store. Trash for Treasure just doesn't keep me that busy possibly because I never stock it. My new store is called the... (wait for it)
Plush Store
Because I am too busy stealing your money to come up with a more creative name.
At this store, you can buy plushes that I contracted out to China made myself of YOUR customs.
How do you get a custom plush made? Click here to go to the thread where you can submit your custom for consideration... if I like it, I'll get a plush made and release it into my shop.
I might even get the Ay Museum to request sets of plushes depending on which I release. We'll see.
So, do YOU like my idea? *shark grin*
Posted by Jack
(#1) on Mon Apr 18, 2011 1:07am
Easter Feature
Site Update
Easter Event - Egg Field
Run on over to the easter egg field. There, you'll see all sorts of eggs that other people of deposited. You have to deposit an item or pet with some BP (or GP, if you want) to the egg to grab one of the eggs on the field!
From time to time, an admin will leave some very nice prizes - from uber rare items, to various Cash Shop or BP shop items, to the new Easter pets. So you never know what you're going to get!
At 12:30 AM, one of these is going in there... will you be the lucky user to score it in an egg?
Go to the Egg Field!
Easter Event - Egg Hunt
Every 30 minutes to an hour, an egg will show up on YOUR screen and bounce around.
If you grab the egg, you get to collect it for a trade-in game at the end of the easter event. The eggs aren't items, so you can't trade them or sell them to other users, but you will be able to exchange them for actual easter items.
Easter Pets
Here are all the Easter pets our pet artists created! Grab eggs at the egg field to find one of these pets.
Easter Customs?
Yes, our excess colorations will go toward customs for users! But we'll introduce those for claiming when Easter gets closer. :)
Posted by Jack
(#1) on Sun Apr 17, 2011 12:13am
Weekly Explore Pets
Pets
Weekly Explore Pet Change
We are changing how we release weekly explore pets. We are going to be cycling through three explore genuses per week and upping the coloration payout the week before they are featured in explore.
For example, next Saturday, the genuses released will be the Gael, Insi, and Melo. If you submit a gael, insi, or melo to the Pet Suggestions forum starting today and through the 22nd, you will receive 10 GP for your coloration, rather than the 3 GP.
We hope this will allow us to collect more colorations for the unpopular genuses, as well as release explore pets in a more clockwork like manner, so you know what to expect and when.
Even if the coloration submitted during the weekly time frame isn't released (as only three are), it is still paid 10 GP and stockpiled in our colorations folders for release in explore at a later date.
Note: We really need DESERT explore pets! (even if fantasy ones)
This week's pets
Posted by Jack
(#1) on Sat Apr 16, 2011 7:39pm
Inventory Spring Cleaning
Items
Wow, guys, I'm impressed. You've managed to dump over a million items so far.
Because of this, I'm going to give away one free forever premium upgrade. If you'd like a chance at this upgrade, post on this news post with how many trash points you have now. One random person will be selected to win it.
If you guys dump another million items, I'll give away another FU.
Posted by Jack
(#1) on Fri Apr 15, 2011 7:09pm
READ THIS NEWS POST...
Site Update
...OR FACE MY WRATH.
Get your attention? Good! Because we're still having issues with people following rules regarding certain items, predicts, and otherwise. We also made some decisions on other breeding related stuff.
- To start, Fertility Potions cannot be used on: Holiday Breeding Coins, Breeding Coins, Derp Breeding Coins, Radioactive Breeding Coins, Eggnogs, Rare/Uncommon Breedings*, Hybrid LBCs, or Evil Breeding Coins.
They can be used on COMMON SPECIES ONLY (including SCC pets). They can be used on MBC, LBC, and Half LBC breedings that follow the above rules only.
*as designated in the Breeding Tutorial, which will be updated by this weekend, keep an eye out for it!
- Follow the predict requirement rules when submitting predicts. I think my last newspost regarding this went largely unseen, so I'll copypaste and try again. Here is a key of how many predicts are required for each coin if you submit predicts (if you want to make more, knock yourself out, but you MUST make this amount minimum):
HLBC - 2
EBC - 2
Derp - 2
Eggnog - 2 per side
BC - 3
RBC - 3
HBC - 4
LBC - 4
MBC - 4
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- Eggnog: Submit 2 predicts for your end of the eggnog breeding. In the case where you want to work with the other person that is to be receiving a baby as well, they can submit two as well; if not, their end will be done by an artist. If it is a hybrid breeding, make two hybrid predicts, and if it's any other combination of pets, make one predict for each species/base.
- EBC: Submit 2 predicts, 1 'normal' and one 'evil'. Evil is to the discretion of the submitter, and normal is obviously just that -- what any other baby would be produced from that breeding. If it is a hybrid breeding, 2 hybrid predicts are required, and if it is any other combination of pets, make one predict for each species/base.
- RBC: I decided that if people want to submit predicts for these, fine. You must submit 3 predicts, 1 of which is a mutant/any weird and freaky combo you want, 1 of which is a 'normal' baby, and 1 of which is an alternate 'normal' baby. By this, I mean if you have a Melo x a Soli, for example, this makes a hybrid; make one baby that is a potential hybrid, one baby that is either a Melo or a Soli, and one baby that is a freaky screwed-up mutant. If something like Vyne x Orimi, make 1 mutant, 1 normal Vyne, and 1 normal Orimi. RBC almost always makes mutants, but you do have a small chance of one of your 'normal' babies being born as well. All RBC Hybrids must be editless as well.
- HBC: Adding this one in, not in the last news post, but for HBC, make 2 predicts PER PARENT SPECIES. So if you do Vion x Melo, make 2 Vions and 2 Melos.
- Derp: Make. Derpy. Babies. Don't try to use this coin as an excuse to make a nice baby. Overlays. Remember the April 1st newspost I did? DERPIFY IT.
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- NOTE THAT FROM NOW ON, if you screw up and use a Fertility Potion on a breeding that it isn't allowed, you will not get a refund. READ THE RULES BEFORE USING. This also applies for trying to breed things not allowed on certain coins. You will not be refunded for things that are not submission mistakes from now on, you will simply have your breeding canceled without refund. All current breedings in queue that require cancellation will be refunded but from this newspost forward if you breed Vions with a Metal Breeding Coin, for example, you WILL lose your coin.
If you accidentally breed your Melo to your Orimi when you meant to breed it to your Phanto, for example, that is a valid reason to ask for a refund to resubmit the breeding. If you accidentally potion over a pet and it renders the breeding defunct, I will also work to refund you and get that resubmitted. An example of this is potioning over a pet to render a BC breeding that creates no hybrids (or isn't done on purpose, if I see something odd I will always PM the person to verify), or an LBC breeding no longer LBC-compatible (oops, I potioned my Vyne and now it's Vyne x Soli!). If you potion a pet in something like an RBC/EBC/Eggnog/Holiday breeding, WE WILL NOT FIX IT. You are stuck with what you get. It only applies to things that simply will not work for that coin. This applies to all future breedings not currently in queue as of this newspost.
- We also now have a guide of what predict caps there are payment-wise. Use this guide to remember what you can charge/what you should be paying as a maximum:
10 GP per set = LBC, MBC
7 GP per set = RBC, EBC
5 GP per set = Eggnog, HLBC, Derp
5 GP per baby = BC, HBC
Old x New lineart anything still has no price cap.
If it's a Breeding Coin, Breeding Pendant, Holiday Breeding Coin, or Egg Nog, you must pay a BC Candy to upload predicts. Refer to Slash's newspost a few days ago if you have any other further questions.
ANOTHER EDIT: No more Xaocs can be bred with Derp Coins. Stop doing so as of this newspost.
- Payout kickback for predict submissions are fixed! So whenever I accept predicts you should get your payment from now on.
If you have ANY questions on this, or I screwed something up, ask in the comments or just shoot me an email at [email protected]. I'm off to finish predict acceptance and respond to emails now.
Posted by Ash
(#90) on Fri Apr 15, 2011 3:59pm