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Site Update
Do you like green? I know Eve does, but it's not one of my own favorite colors. However, the color green makes me so excited when it's spread to new names!
Please join us in congratulating and welcoming our eight newest staff members:
Nemesis Valkyrie (#476)
Ishi (#3740)
Rudy (#4485)
Marjo (#5741)
Chelle & Pard (#7310)
Error (#17862)
Kousei (#25044)
As they are getting acclimated to their new roles, feel free to contact them with any questions or issues you encounter; they're very eager to help out! n_n
We have 1-2 other users pending modship and I'll news post about them in the near future!
*Jumps in a puddle of green paint and rolls around the site*
- Mauri
Posted by Kyu & Mauri
(#1010) on Sat Nov 21, 2015 4:46pm
Sketch Breeding Coin
Site Update
The Sketch Breeding Coin will produce one unbreedable offspring that's a sketched unique pet based off the parents. The pet can later be finished by you or your hired artist to create a full breedable SCC!
The Sketch Breeding Coin has been released!
It comes with a Knowledge Base entry for any questions you might have, as well as to view the artists who were accepted onto the team.
The Sketch Breeding Coin stocks in the USD Shop for $15.00. However, it comes with a built in BP sink:
The Sketch SCC Pen is an SCC maker that stocks in the BP Shop for 50,000,000 BP and allows you to upload a finished version (line, shade, highlight, color) of any sketch you get from the coin. That way, if you like the SCC sketch you got from your breeding, you can get it made into a full, breedable SCC while using only BP.
Use the Derpy Dragon add-on (or a married pair) with your Sketch breeding if you want to get a second sketch (identical to the first) added. That way, you can purchase two Sketch SCC Pens and make your new species "founded."
Enjoy!
Posted by JAK
(#15) on Thu Nov 19, 2015 11:07pm
Trivia & Weekly Raffle
Site Update
This week's raffle winner is:
Glowstick (#13431)
Who had 1 crystal out of 8926 total and won a set of Stag trunks!
Congratulations!
Next week's winner will receive...
A set of November Essences!
This will include one November Essence from each year (2010 - 2015).
Set a reminder to snag those crystals!
Trivia
The trivia has been updated!
Last week's questions and answers revealed!
What is the name of the December monthly HA base?
Free Spirit
This Xolotl is an important ingredient in many potions much to the dismay of the pet.
Newt
What is the December Monthly Customs theme?
Antlers
Where can you find the warm Fireplace Shisa?
Annoying Item Bazaar
Which of the following is NOT a GP Shop pet this month?
Cozy November Chiro
Rumored to have 12 lives.
Skeletal Cat Regius
What color is the Cup of Joe?
Brown
What item can help your pet be like King Arthur?
Excalibur Sword
What was the 2014 November Essence based on?
Quill
How many uses does Seasoning have?
5
How many questions will you get correct this week?
Good luck!
- Eri
Posted by Eri & --
(#17) on Thu Nov 19, 2015 11:02pm
Breeding Updates
Site Update
This month's premium item is the Brush Triad!
As you might guess from the appearance, it is a breeding add-on for the Painted Lesser Breeding Coin, and it allows you to include a third parent in the breeding. You are required to own the third parent in your lair for it to be applicable. Please be sure to include a link to the third parent to prove ownership in your breeding notes when using this item, and of course include the PSD!
If your premium expired between now and Nov 1st, please contact Kyu #1010 to receive the item.
The Sketch Breeding Coin is in the pipeline for creation and currently looking around for artists! We have yet to determine what the artist pay or price on this item would be yet, so if you are interested in drawing sketches for the Sketch BC, come check out the Tryouts Thread and help us figure out a price point for it.
The Standing Stones revamp is well underway! Kyu and Mauri are excited to share the news with you when the revamp is complete. They have also put in a good word for you all and ordered a Standing Stones page that shows which add-ons you own and how many.
The most important thing to note in these screenshots is that in the third one, only add-ons compatible with the Painted Metal Breeding Coin used in the sample are available for display (though for size reasons the whole page hasn't been screenshotted).
We are also currently working on a bit of coding that should allow the start of hiring Customs Helpers.
It would enable helpers to rule on designs in specific queues they are assigned without their rulings being automatically processed so the head of customs can review the ruling before the pet is officially accepted or rejected. Ideally, helpers who achieve a high percentage of deemed correct rulings will be allowed permission to move the queue without having their rulings reviewed.
Ideally we are hoping to get this system in place and working near the end of December or beginning of January - after a significant amount of testing to make sure it works!
Posted by JAK
(#15) on Tue Nov 17, 2015 2:26pm
NaNoWriMo!
Site Update
The illustrious National Novel Writing Month is well underway!
We will affectionately be referring to it by its well-known acronym, NaNoWriMo. :3
If you're unfamiliar wit the phenomenon, NaNoWriMo is a project that challenges you to write a 50,000-word novel within the 30 days of the month! I know many of you look forward to trying to make your fingers fall off every November, and we'd like to invite you to post your work here on Aywas for some appropriately-themed prizes. *u*
We are setting the deadline for participating in NaNoWriMo on Aywas to December 15th at 11:59 p.m.
Here's all the links you'll need:
NaNoWriMo 2015
Post your stories here! This is publicly visible.
If you want your work removed from the site after the event is over and prizes have been distributed, we will certainly do that for you upon request.
Private NaNo Logs 2015
If you don't want your work visible to the public, you can utilize the private forum instead.
Only you and staff will be able to see your threads, and we will happily remove them from the site upon request after the month is over and prizes have been handed out.
Whether you use the public space or private area, you must follow the NaNo instructions!
We have also created a FAQ thread for any questions that you run into.
And, of course, there are prizes!
(They are stackable, so the more you write, the more goodies you accumulate.)
1,000 - participation item.
5,000 - pet item.
10,000 - HA set.
25,000 - Defense items.
50,000 - Forum title, exclusive fauna and an exclusive site theme/background.
So if you write 50,000+ words, you get all prizes above. If you only hit 10,000 you will get the participation item, pet item, and HA set.
Good luck to all of our aspiring novelists, hobby writers, wordsmiths, and everyone in between!
(And hopefully your work doesn't end up eating you alive! D:)
- Eri
Posted by Eri & --
(#17) on Sun Nov 15, 2015 3:44pm
Art Gallery
Contests
The art gallery has been judged!
The theme was Campfire Stories* and we received plenty of imaginative entries!
Here are our featured winners:
They won:
Congratulations!
The current theme is Tech Takes Over!
What would happen if technology took over Ay, Ara, and everything else on Aywas?! (Nevermind the fact that everything is online anyway... XD)
If you already submitted an entry for this theme, you are good to go! The gallery still has it in queue. n_n
Official Aywas stock is not permitted for this theme.
Good luck!
- Eri
Posted by Eri & --
(#17) on Sun Nov 15, 2015 3:04pm
Free Custom Winners!
Contests
'· .¸¸.·´'· .¸¸.·´ [[ The w i n n e r s' edition! ]] '· .¸¸.·´'· .¸¸.·´
1................................................2................................................3
SelenaWolf (#10323) | 147 votes .......... Jools (#37392) | 113 votes .......... Jaq and Danny (#2511) | 26 votes
4................................................5................................................6
Bill Cipher (#3389) | 70 votes .......... Tyedannosaurus (#61723) | 69 votes .......... Serenciel (#51462) | 45 votes
7................................................8................................................9
Phoenixfyre (#35182) | 112 votes .......... Toottles (#35839) | 46 votes .......... Marjo (#5741) | 50 votes
Congratulations to all of our winners!
I will be sending out your customs momentarily.
- Eri
Posted by Eri & --
(#17) on Sat Nov 14, 2015 1:07pm
T4T: Happy Eeeeee-ovember?
Items
Chocolate eggs are for life, not just for Easter.
... Or at least they're readily available for the next month in Trash for Treasure, where they will stock until December 13th!
Posted by Eve
(#2775) on Fri Nov 13, 2015 10:44am
Trivia & Weekly Raffle
Site Update
This week's raffle winner is:
Inuiza (#29946)
Who had 40 crystals out of 10840 total and won a full set of November GP/BP shop pets!
Congratulations!
Next week's winner will receive...
A set of Stag trunks!
Set a reminder to snag those crystals!
Trivia
The trivia has been updated!
Last week's questions and answers revealed!
What is the Essence of November 2015 based on?
Fig
Which of the following is NOT a stag trunk?
Galaxy
The Bat-o-Gram is stocking in T4T until when?
November 30th
If your birthday is in November, which Lunaris do you receive this year?
Beaver
This __ loves to bury stores of acorns everywhere but it often forgets where it's buried them.
Palli
What is NOT found in the Pumpkin Spice Everything Bag?
Pumpkin Spice Margarita
These pumpkins grow to be enormous sizes and, according to legend, can transform into other objects and even grant wishes.
Fairytale Pumpkin
It's a lot more spooky on the inside if you can believe it!
Haunted House Raffi
Its coat is a mirror to the October sky.
Halloween Stars Raffi
The Striped Lighthouse Vial contains...
rares
How many questions will you get correct this week?
Good luck!
- Eri
Posted by Eri & --
(#17) on Thu Nov 12, 2015 8:21pm
HA Contest Continues!
Contests
After a close competition we finally have our winner:
To enter the next part of the contest and colour in the Free Spirit base, head over here to learn more!
Posted by Eve
(#2775) on Tue Nov 10, 2015 3:17pm