Holiday Tree and Wishlists

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Who's excited for Aymas? This tree certainly is!
And so am I! *bounces*

The Holiday Tree has returned and is ready to watch over as many presents as you can tuck under it until December 25th!
(You can also find this link up under Community.)

If this is your first Aymas and this gloriously decorated tree is new to you, here's the basics! On the main tree page, at a quick glance you can see how many gifts have been sent in total by all players site-wide, as well as how many you have waiting for you. Your button options are:

Give Present - I expect you'll be hitting this one a lot, so be gentle! You don't want to wear it out. ;) Clicking this button will take you to a screen where you can choose to gift either an item or a pet. From there, you can choose a specific player or a random one, decide if you want to be anonymous or not, select your gift, and enter a message, etc. There's also a handy dandy confirmation screen built in!

Holiday Tree Tip: When gifting an item, BP or GP, make sure you always select an item and specify a quantity of 1 or greater. You wouldn't wrap up money in a box and give it to someone, would you?! If you DO try to send someone an item without specifying a quantity, you will get an error before you make it to the confirmation screen, but it will also clear anything you've put in the fields, so take your time when filling the gift form out.

Note: Using HTML (images, links) should be safe, but if you are sending a link or an image, my advise is to also include the plaintext/raw URL at the end of the message just in case.

Most Needy Stockings - This is a list of users that have the least amount of goodies waiting for them. Help bump them up off of that list!

My Gifts - Clicking this will take you to a page that displays the wrapped gifts waiting for you to open. You will only be able to open them anytime on or after December 25th!

Gifting History - This tab will enable you to review all of the presents you've sent out, which should make crossing people off of your list much easier. Now you won't have to wonder if you already left a friend a gift under the tree. :3

The Wishlist
Create your own wishlist, search for a friend's, or even look through Random Wishes to find a stranger to surprise this month! :3

Wishlist & Gifting Tips

- You can make changes to your wishlist at any time, so don't be shy!

- Include several tier ranges, such as low, mid, and high. If the only thing on your wishlist is a Breeding Pendant, your friends will have a hard time picking out a present for you!

- Similarly, be sure to include a variety of wishes. Do you collect a particular site item? Do you have a favorite custom that you'd like art of? What are your favorite site features--that is, would you use cooking items more, or wearables?

- On the gifting side, get creative! "Coupons" for coding, breeding slots, and sweet messages with punny gifts are all great options. :3

- Pace yourself! Santa might get all his gifting done in one night, but he also has an army of elves working 'round the clock all year.

Remember, you can send gifts all month, but they will not be openable until December 25th. No peeking!

If you have any problems with or suggestions for the tree, please let us know! :3
Happy gifting!

- Eri

Posted by Eri & -- (#17) on Sun Dec 6, 2015 7:39pm

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Free Monthly Custom Game!

Contests

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It's time to give away nine free customs designed during November under the theme of Antlers!

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."

Don't lose out on a chance to win one of these customs by voting incorrectly!

Custom One = bad.
Custom1 = bad.
Custom#1 = bad.
Custom #1 = good!
I love custom #1! = good!

Here we go!

1................................................2................................................3

4................................................5................................................6

7................................................8................................................9

Please contact Kyu (#1010) for your prize if you designed one of these customs!
If one of your creations didn't make it in, we highly suggest entering it as a site pet submission here if you don't want to sell/keep it. :)

You have until December 10th at 11:59 p.m. to get your vote in!
One vote per account.

Good luck!

Want to see one of YOUR creations featured in the monthly free custom game?
Enter your submission for January here! The theme is Fluffy.
(Please also remember to ensure your submissions follow standard custom/pet rules.)

- Eri

Posted by Eri & -- (#17) on Sun Dec 6, 2015 1:59pm

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Art Gallery

Contests

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Art Gallery

The art gallery has been judged!
The (extended) theme was Aywas Library and we received some lovely literary entries!

Here are our featured winners:

They won:

Congratulations!

The current theme is Alidae*!
Showcase the beloved Alidae in any fashion that you like!
(If you've already submitted an entry this week for the Alidae theme, not to worry, the gallery is holding onto it for you. c:)
Official Aywas stock is not permitted for this theme.

Good luck!

- Eri

Posted by Eri & -- (#17) on Sun Dec 6, 2015 1:07pm

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PSD Raffles

Contests

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There are 9 blank PSD raffles below--one raffle per base.
We will draw winners sometime on Wednesday, so be sure to purchase your tickets by Tuesday, December 8th at 11:59 p.m. AST to be on the safe side. :3

A few rules to keep in mind if you win:
- No line edits are permitted.
- Once you color the PSD and have your final image, please PM Eve (#2775) with: 1) a link to your winning newspost, 2) the pet image, 3) if you want a new pet or an overlay, and 4) what gender you'd like.

Thank you, and good luck!

- Eri

Posted by Eri & -- (#17) on Sun Dec 6, 2015 12:46pm

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