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Good evening everyone! It is with a heavy heart that I come to you now. Unfortunately we have to make several financial changes rather quickly. I want to be completely open about everything, so I am going to try to address all of the points that I feel need to be discussed.
I was discussing finances with Slash recently and he discovered a major source of the financial issues that we have been having are due to the site making 30% less income these past few months than in previous years. This is understandable, as many have noticed the active user count has gone down substantially last year, and many countries are in a pretty bad state economically and people are nervous about spending. There is a lot of concern about the stability of the site with how behind several aspects have become.
We have been working on catching up on these things to try to earn your faith back. We are in the process of more changes to help streamline background productivity (such as getting breeding helpers, the commission panel fees, etc). We know that it won't happen over night, and that many of our changes will also upset the user base. We do not want to disregard your feelings, but please understand that everything we do is to benefit the site in the long run. We have a lot of damage to repair, and it is a very long and tedious process. I personally spend almost every waking moment when I am not at my offline job, investigating options and discussing changes with the staff to keep pushing forward.

That being said, some of the changes we are making are:
- Alidae Egg, Transitional Fossil Egg, and Grand Edit Potion are having their Prediction Payout dropped to $10. When an Egg and a Grand Edit Potion are combined they will pay out $15. Any breedings submitted before Tuesday February 14th at 11:59 pm will not be effected by this pay change.
- Offering different payment options for USD breeding teams.
- Shrinking some of the larger USD breeding teams. (However, if we end up with enough artists taking different payments we won't have to do this!)
- The GCC and MDT teams will be shrunk. If you are on one of these teams and are interested in receiving GP or working out another payment system please pm me, Kaiyo (#489). If there are enough people willing to accept different payments I won't have to shrink them.
- The monthly site contests are going to have the USD pay dropped starting next month. It will still be offered but it will not be the same amount.

I appreciate everyone reading this, and I apologize again for these changes. Many of them will be temporary, such as the artists adjustments. Over time we may be making more adjustments, but we hope that these changes will be enough to cover the expenses, and we may be able to bring on another artist or two with the new payment methods for some of the backed up breeding teams.
If anyone has questions please feel free to ask, send me a PM if you would like, I will try to answer whatever I can. I want to be completely open about this situation, and withholding information does nothing for any of us. However, due to certain restrictions, there is some information that I am not permitted to share.

I do not come to you today with only bad news, however! The Commission Fee Panel is now live! You are now able to pay your own fees, select which ones you pay and when. There is a minimum of $5, so if you don't have that much in owed fees you won't be able to pay it yet!

It will work the same way it currently does in regards to dates, and all fees of the prior month must be paid within one week of the new month. So January must be paid within the first week of February, February within the first week of March, etc. Of course, this month is an exception since the feature is new and did start late, however please make sure January fees are paid quickly!
If you have any questions regarding your fees, please send me a pm! Only ping to the news comments if it is a general question about how something works.

Posted by 🐼Kaiyo🐼 (#489) on Fri Feb 3, 2017 2:19pm

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Welcome to February 2.0!

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This month's Jeweled Bases are created by needchocolatenow (#41056)!

Look at this cutie little lovebug flying in for February!! Aww, it has little heart-shaped antennae! And heart shaped wings! And it's so fuzzy! And - wait, what is that stinger for...

I am fairly certain that Kirara drew this love bug because she knows my weakness...

Back by popular demand, we are open to Stationary Submissions! to go with the Handmade Love Letter. I have removed the Valentines theme restriction and if we get enough submissions we may open it more often throughout the year!

I would also like to let our artists know that the Commission Fee payment process is going to be a bit delayed. However, I hope you will be happy to find out why! We have coded a feature that will allow artists to pay their own fees without needing to wait for us to send you the invoice! It has been thoroughly tested and so far we have not had any problems, but we want to add a few more things such as a payment history page so you can keep an eye on everything! :D

Edit:In case you haven't noticed, there have been some changes to the monthly BP and GP submissions threads. If you've ever had trouble choosing between GP and SP, worry no more - they have now been combined! The prizes will be altered a little more next month as well, so be sure to read over the prize section once the April threads open up

Posted by 🐼Kaiyo🐼 (#489) on Thu Feb 2, 2017 8:52pm

Comments: 25

A New Raffle has Started!

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A new raffle has begun

Mystery Box Ticket

Ticket Price: 1
Max Tickets: Unlimited

Click here to join the raffle!

There is a new Raffle started for Raffle Crystals!

Trivia has Updated
Here are last weeks answers:

Which pet is not obtainable through the Gingerbread Tea?
Marsh Melo

How many pets are available from the Gingerbread Potion?
18

Where was the Spice of Life ingredient being stocked?
Trash for Treasure

Which genus does not have shopkeeper lines available in the Winter Warmer #25?
Soli

January birthdays will receive which Lunaris this month?
Goose

The Heavy Sack of Paws will increase:
The chance of running into merchants

Which one of these "national days" in January was not featured with one of this month's GP/BP shop pets?
Bubble Bath Day

Which gingerbread food item will restore 25 hunger points?
Gingerbread Shoe

Which item will unlock the Ice King/Queen achievement:
Snowfall

When the snow starts it's time to snuggle!
Snowy Nights Finx

Good luck! :D

Posted by (chibi; see profile) (#124) on Thu Feb 2, 2017 3:42pm

Comments: 6

Raffle #193 has ended

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Congratulations

Edible Coral

Raptorgrrl (#50500) is the winner of the raffle and won the item Edible Coral!

Raptorgrrl (#50500) brought 21 tickets, spending 21 Raffle Crystal!

Winning this lovely Tashian custom!

Posted by (chibi; see profile) (#124) on Thu Feb 2, 2017 3:39pm

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Welcome to February!

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No matter which aspect of February excites you, you're sure to find a pet that strikes your fancy from this assortment!

As a note, please remember that your PSD must be included, and the pet must be facing the right direction, or we will not accept them.

If you colored one of these pets, please contact Kousei (#25044) for your payment!
Make sure to include your PayPal address if you are opting for the USD option.
We will also be collecting pet PSDs directly from the thread, so please make sure you keep the links active for two weeks (at least until mid-February) so we have time to snag 'em!

We have a beautiful Essence this month, based on the Indigo Bunting!

Back by popular demand, you can collect a Skill Swap for your Premium Item.

The Otter Lunaris is excited to join us this month!

Don't forget to check out the birthday link to claim your gift from Aywas on your big day! Need to change your birthday? Click here!

The new monthly contests have been announced!

March Monthly Pets - BP Shop: Enter
March Monthly Customs - Theme: Green: Enter

Good luck with your entries!

Coding Corner
A monthly update from behind the scenes!

- We've got some big plans coming, as well as glitch repairs!

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We are also giving a sneak preview of the next BP Sink pet, designed by Ryou!

Eryn has returned for her yearly deliveries! She has missed every single one of you, and has filled every adventure zone with Love Letters! We also added that fun forum "Send Love" Button! If you click it and have a Love Letter in your inventory it automatically accesses it so you can send right through forum posts. If you already sent a love letter to that user then the button *should* vanish. (I say should because we all know how these things can change their mind after we test!)

We have set the letter back to r20, so they should also pop up in cooking as well!

How do I get points for the Seasonal Shop?
If I send you a card, we both get 1 point!
If you want to send me a card in return, we both get 1 point again!
So that is 2 points for each of us for a card swap.

If either of us sends a secondary card, neither of us get another point though. :( The same thing goes for if I super appreciate your card and send you a Handmade Love Letter, we don't get any points from that either!

You can view the Love Letters you've received, along with points you've accumulated here.
You can also review the Love Letters you have sent to others here.

We have also activated the Handmade Love Letters! You can send a specialty card to your friends; you have to get a Handmade Letter from the BP shop first though!

If you would like to make pets for the Valentine's Shop, we have opened a thread (looking at a lot of those GP/BP submissions ;D). The end date is February 14th!

We also moved the Gift of Life into the Random Crap shop, so anyone who still wants to cook some gingerbreads can!

Posted by 🐼Kaiyo🐼 (#489) on Wed Feb 1, 2017 7:23pm

Comments: 48

Breeding information

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Evening folks! I'm just here with a few updates for you. We have seen some concern about the Radioactive Breeding Queues, so I want to clear up a few things!

We have a lot of RBC at some pretty crazy wait times (30 days, 60+ days, etc.) - these are for one of two reasons. The first being that your baby needed some fixes, while the second is the reason you all are hoping for: Mauri and Kyu assigned a large chunk of the "prize" breedings from the RBC event! These ones will be sitting in the queue, waiting until we get closer to the date of their actual submission. They were assigned early so that the artists could have plenty of time to work on them since they were special cases.

The second matter I would like to discuss is after talking it over, we have decided that Breeding Season is Changing. Due to the queue, we are going to be changing the season to every 4 months: January, May, and September! This may be a permanent change, we are waiting to see how well this effects things.

As a thanks for reading, tomorrow you can find a Love Letter in the Advent page~

Posted by 🐼Kaiyo🐼 (#489) on Tue Jan 31, 2017 9:47pm

Comments: 53

Traverse Teos Predict Slot Raffle Results!

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It's time to announce the winners of the Travelling Teos' predict slots raffle!

Crimson (#39644)
Kyte (#51)
Falconair (#66067)
♛ e z e l i a ♛ (#56269)
chloe-k <3 Squirtle (#45288)
♥ Ricari ♥ (#235)
Mere (#70685)
Kouga & Rosie (#768)
Koibug (#26095)
Belawy (#6513)

Congratulations to our winners!

You can download our Travelling Teos' PSDs here, so you can get started on your predicts right away! Once your predict is finished, send the png and psd to Kousei (#25044) to have it uploaded.

As a reminder, if you'd like to pay someone to color your predict for you, there are predict price ceilings that need to be respected. Since these are PMBC-type predicts, in this case the price cap is 6 GP or $3.00 USD per predict.