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Posted by JAK
(#15) on Tue Feb 11, 2014 12:27pm
RBC kickback, late breedings, and Adopt a Custom
Site Update
Couple bits of housekeeping for everyone!
Some of you have noticed that RBC kickbacks are now gone. Staff had been unaware that allowing predicts again meant it had a kickback at all, and when I was alerted to it the consensus was to stop the kickback for RBC altogether. RBC and Derp aren't supposed to have a kickback for predicts. While this may be an inconvenience to some, it was never a stated fact for these two coins so we are using this newspost to properly clarify this for the future.
I know a few people have asked about their breedings having been assigned for awhile too -- I wanted to address this concern. January has been a particularly tough month on a lot of our artists, so there was a limited pool to reassign to, meaning some look as if they've been assigned a full month or longer. Some artists also came back and agreed to finish the list they've had for that extended time. So if you have been waiting on a breeding, never fear! They should be coming back within the next week, or being reassigned if need be.
Lastly, just a friendly reminder that the Adopt a Custom feature has been stocked up with pets, so if you're interested in applying for one, there's still a few from January left and a whole slew of gorgeous February customs up for grabs! :3 Our Knowledge Base has an article on how the feature works, so get your creativity flowing and you might be able to take home a new friend!
More work is going on behind the scenes to clean up a few other areas on the breeding side, so expect more updates coming soon!
Posted by Ash
(#90) on Sun Feb 9, 2014 9:32pm
Art Gallery
Contests
The art gallery has been judged!
The theme was Comics and we received touching, funny, and clever entries!
Here are our featured winners:
They won:
Congratulations!
The current theme is Valentine's Day* !
Wow us with your Valentine's Day-themed creations! Any medium is acceptable, and you are free to create everything from cards to a Lovely Sunset painting to a digital piece, just make sure it's Aywas related as always. :3
This is also a starred (*) theme, so you can enter even if you've won in the last month.
Official Aywas stock is permitted for this theme.
Good luck!
Some new themes have also been added!
Upcoming themes:
February 16 - February 22: Pointillism
February 23 - March 1: Forum Titles
March 2 - March 8: Mardi Gras
March 9 - March 15: Design a Pet Toy
March 16 - March 22: Spring Cleaning*
Have an idea for a theme you'd like to see showcased in the Art Gallery?
Share it with us here!
- Eri
Posted by Eri & --
(#17) on Sun Feb 9, 2014 12:04pm
Art Gallery Reminder
Contests
Just wanted to post a quick reminder that the Art Gallery is accepting entries under the Comics theme through tonight at 11:59 p.m.!
Good luck! :3
- Eri
Posted by Eri & --
(#17) on Sat Feb 8, 2014 7:11pm
Free Custom Winners!
Contests
WINNERS EDITION
1................................................2................................................3
SummerRain (#51051) | 64 votes.................. Dellessanna (#96) | 358 votes.................. THYMBELL�TECHNOG (#162) | 48 votes
4................................................5................................................6
StrawberryBat (#20825) | 109 votes..................Queen_Rangifer (#41303) | 122 votes.................. Rainbow Dash (#38752) | 92 votes
7................................................8................................................9
Vagabond (#22792) | 14 votes.................. Luxie (#33828) | 80 votes.................. Krimson Creature (#55438) | 89 votes
Congratulations to all of our winners!
I will be sending out your customs momentarily.
See you next month for another round!
- Eri
Posted by Eri & --
(#17) on Sat Feb 8, 2014 12:42pm
Pet Shop Bug Fixes
Site Update
The programmer fixed the following bugs with the Pet Shop:
- if visiting a user's shop and clicking on 'pet shop', it will not link to this user's pet shop but you are linked to your own default shop page
- pagination of shops
- multiple open tabs and moving pets to shop
- placing a pet from lair to shop refreshes the page with the results
- placing a pet form lair group/page to shop sticks to the page when refreshing
- updating prices sticks to the page when refreshing
- "All Species" customs search works properly
- aesthetics change for Shop menu
- requires user to set BP or GP instead of default BP
Keep reporting anything you notice that seems wonky, the moderators are on top of keeping track of issues and forwarding them to the programmer.
Posted by JAK
(#15) on Thu Feb 6, 2014 11:40am
Trivia & Weekly Raffle!
Site Update
This week's raffle winner is:
hel (LL swapping) (#39848)
Who had 12 crystals out of 15,779 total and won a Pastel Goth Frufru Trunk!
Congratulations!
Next week's winner will receive...
A full set of February GP Shop pets!
Set a reminder to snag those crystals!
Trivia
The trivia has been updated!
Last week's questions and answers revealed!
Who wrote an amazing guide for Genus Changes?
Cess (#2033)
What staff member maintains the GP: Orbs Exchange Knowledge Base article?
Eri
What is section is forum topic #14 in?
Help
What pet is a "gentle giant that likes to graze on the needles of pine trees"?
Mythical Mammoth Woolith
What is genus 77 on site?
Huitzil
Pet #90240 belongs to what user?
Vynn (#363)
How many ultra rare items can be found in the seaside?
1
What title does achievement #89 give you?
Hound Killer
How do you get achievement #48?
Have 250 Forum Posts
What is the first user who joined the site on August 11, 2013?
Finn (#53991)
How many questions will you get correct this week?
Good luck!
- Eri
Posted by Eri & --
(#17) on Wed Feb 5, 2014 10:01pm
Art Gallery
Contests
The (extended) art gallery has been judged!
The theme was Miksa's Exotic Pet Emporium and we received a ton of cuddly, loving entries showcasing our NPC and her companions!
Here are our featured winners:
They won:
Congratulations!
The current theme is Comics!
This is your opportunity to create an Aywas-themed comic. :3 It's very open-ended, so have fun with it!
Official Aywas stock is permitted for this theme.
Good luck!
(Trivia and raffle crystals coming up shortly as well. c:)
- Eri
Posted by Eri & --
(#17) on Wed Feb 5, 2014 8:48pm
Pet Shop
Site Update
Okay, some stuff to announce! The brand new Pet Shop is now functional and linked from the normal User Shop menu. There, you can price pets that you want to put up for sale.
You can put a pet up for sale from the My Pets menu, its profile page, or by using the mass move feature in Lairs.
The Shop Search's Pet Search is tied into the new Pet Shops and functional now as well.
Because of the nature of the new search, some of the options were removed, like searching for breeding available pets or searching for pets not for sale. That was causing all of the lag and needed to be removed. We'll consider adding a Harem feature for finding breeding partners later when other programming necessities have been addressed.
The Price Helper for pets will be re-coded into the new system in a couple of weeks, since there's no point to having it now when there are no pets on the market. Tomorrow we will try looking into adding a pet sale history.
Posted by JAK
(#15) on Wed Feb 5, 2014 4:41pm
Adventure Pets & Raffle
Pets
Our Pet Submissions Forum Monthly Raffle has been drawn!
Congratulations to Mad Hatter (#10278) for winning a Blue Custom Crystal!
Also, a new group of Adventure pets has arrived to bring us a colorful break from the wintery weather outside.
If you want to design some Adventure pets, go and post them in their respective threads here! Remember, you can earn SP and/or even a custom making item for one of these alt-Orimi!
- Mauri
Posted by Kyu & Mauri
(#1010) on Wed Feb 5, 2014 3:25pm