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Site Update
If you've heard of a little place called Earth, you probably know that today is Earth Day!
Earth Day is a global movement now largely organized by the Earth Day Network to foster appreciation and awareness around the place we all call home. In honor of the planet's big day, Aywas is reaching out from the land of Ay and Ara to inspire some action in our own neck of the woods!
Turn in your old items for shiny Trash Points to exchange for our brand new set of Trash for Treasure pets!
This set of 9 pets is a permanent addition to the shop as their theme fits in quite well with the atmosphere. ;)
However, we also have some limited-time goodies!
6 Earth Day-themed pets (including the Welly and this Phanto) have been released into Adventure! To see the six pets and their locations, go to the Aywapedia and sort by newest. All the Earth Day pets are on pages 1-2.
5 pieces of a leaf-inspired HA collection have been added to the BP Shop. To see the style of the items, here is a preview of the Leaf Cloak and Leaf Dress:
The Adventure pets and Leaf HA items will be available through the end of April (April 30th at 11:59 p.m.).
For some IRL Earth Day fun, I put together a few links that celebrate our world and/or help to keep it healthy!
Google Earth. Can't travel? Explore the world from the comfort of your home!
National Geographic. Breathtaking images and a wealth of information.
iRecycle. This app is for iOS and Android and is a really great recycling tool. It breaks down materials into categories (you can recycle that?!) that you can narrow down to specific items and then locates the nearest facility that can recycle it for you. Pretty cool!
Happy Earth Day! :D
- Eri
Posted by Eri & --
(#17) on Mon Apr 22, 2013 8:42pm
Customs Forum Game
Contests
A Customs Forum Game will begin at 11:00 PM!
Posted by JAK
(#15) on Sun Apr 21, 2013 10:03pm
New SCC Artist!
Site Update
Please welcome bird (#6429) to the team! :3
- Eri
Posted by Eri & --
(#17) on Sun Apr 21, 2013 3:15pm
Admin Auctions!
Items
Some wild admin auctions have appeared!
Also, please make sure you check out the details about our Art Gallery theme this week below if you haven't already. :)
- Eri
Posted by Eri & --
(#17) on Sun Apr 21, 2013 1:21pm
Art Gallery
Contests
The art gallery has been judged!
The theme was Your Lair and I'm just going to say... I think we can all relate to these. XD
Here are our winners!
They won:
Congratulations!
The current theme is Ara Backgrounds* and I have really been looking forward to this one.
It has some specific requirements, so listen up!
You might have noticed that some of our Ara locations re-use site page backgrounds from other Adventure areas, as well as images in the pane behind the main location image. This is a unique chance for you guys to submit entries to be used in those capacities!
The image must be 500 x 500 pixels. You do NOT need to fade the bottom out; we will do that.
The locations we're looking at are the Wasteland, Seaside, and Grasslands.
Since there will be six winners, depending on the submissions we'll try and incorporate three as default location backgrounds and another three as additional themes.
Edit: Forgot to mention that you can submit either a day or night version, and if you are a winner, I will contact you about the second one (typically the same image just with some color differences for lighting and fireflies and such). Obviously, the prize for next week will be a bit more hefty!
Remember, this is a starred contest, so anyone can enter!
Good luck! I'm really excited to see how you guys handle these. :3
- Eri
Posted by Eri & --
(#17) on Sun Apr 21, 2013 12:32pm
State of the Auctions
Site Update
Auctions are back up!
Admin auctions are in perfect condition, so to celebrate, we'll probably be throwing some fun things in there this weekend and beyond! (I'll make an announcement when I do so that you don't miss it/forget.)
Item auctions are in good condition. Some information for item auctions had been lost, but Yasu was able to reconstruct the tables and work with the data in our January backup. There's a little under 20 individual item auctions that still have some issues, so Yasu will be tending to those asap.
Pet auctions have a couple of issues. Like the item auctions, the pet auctions suffered an information loss, but some data was permanently lost from the downtime restore--specifically, our pet bid table. As a result, pets were returned to original owners but we cannot issue refunds for associated bids because we literally lost that record and Yasu cannot reconstruct it. :c I do apologize.
Moving forward, all three auctions are safe to use.
Since auctions were one of the last major pieces of the downtime cleanup puzzle, we will now be able to go ahead with the double BP event as compensation for lost funds, and we will also be issuing Care Packages to the newer accounts that had to be restored or had a severe delay in being accepted.
Stay tuned for details on these! I'll give you plenty of warning for the BP event so that you can hopefully take advantage of it and try to recoup some funds.
We are also working on some items to release for BP so that you'll have neat things to spend your extra dough on. :3
Thanks for hanging in there with us!
- Eri
Posted by Eri & --
(#17) on Fri Apr 19, 2013 9:23pm
Wednesday Updates!
Site Update
This week's raffle winner is:
Leelith LeStrange (#42364)
Who had 2 crystals out of 14,743 total and won a Custom Crystal Grab Bag!
Congratulations!
Next week's winner will receive...
A Bottomless Trunk!
Good luck. :3
Trivia
The trivia has been updated!
Last week's questions and answers revealed!
How many new SCC artists were added on April 7th 2013?
Two
What is the current art gallery theme?
Library
How many people will be picked to receive prizes if they help out in the F.A.Q. Project?
Three
Which of the following items is not contained in the Travel Pack?
Gold Geode
How many charges was the Golden Basket Charm originally meant to have?
Three
When was the quick stock feature introduced?
20 January 2013
What was the theme for the free custom pets giveaway in April 2012?
Royalty
Which NPC was in charge of the plush series previously?
Spenser
In the vote for the official tavi colouration, which colouration came in second?
Clouded leopard tavi
When did the item Breedable Potion replace the intangible breedable voucher?
August 2011
Also, I wanted to quickly remind everyone about Mauri's FAQ Project thread where you can win prizes while helping us revamp a site resource!
This is one aspect of a much larger Aywas "Spring Cleaning" project/goal that I have for the site, so stay tuned for more updates, revamps, and moving forward! :3
- Eri
Posted by Eri & --
(#17) on Wed Apr 17, 2013 8:09pm
Ladybugs are not always ladies!
Pets
I remember when I was a kid and we would all go out to recess and have a contest... whoever could catch a ladybug won! Where I lived at that time they were really rare. Maybe 3 people the entire year would be lucky enough to find one.
Now they swarm my house in groups of hundreds. |:
/end ramble
Have fun with your Ladybug Insi's and other new Adventure pets!
If you want to design some Adventure pets, go and post them in their respective threads here! Remember, you can earn SP!
- Mauri
Posted by Kyu & Mauri
(#1010) on Tue Apr 16, 2013 10:03pm
Inbox Expansion!
Site Update
That's right--we now have search functionality for inboxes!
Whether you have 5 conversations or 5000, I think our new options will be quite helpful. :3
This has been a persistent suggestion over the years and I am very excited that Nova was able to make it happen!
Okay, let's go over the details of our revamped inboxes:
- You can now search by User ID, subject keyword, or flagged messages.
... Flagged messages?!
- Yes! We now have the option to "star" or "flag" a message!
When you click into a conversation, you will now see an option to flag the message. Flagging a message can only be seen by you as it is a personal organization option. When you flag a message, this will appear:
As you can see, the message has been marked with a blue star, and you also have the option to remove it with the "unflag" link. In the default view, you can see the star here:
Flagging is useful for marking something as important, as something you need to respond to, etc.
- Deleting messages now brings up a confirmation pop-up. Phew!
- You can now also edit folder names.
These inbox updates should hopefully make your messaging life much easier!
From a staff point of view, this is going to be a huge asset, but I know it'll assist everyone in normal gameplay as well.
Nova and I will be keeping an eye out for suggestions and any potential problems, so we'd love to hear your feedback. :3
Enjoy!
- Eri
Posted by Eri & --
(#17) on Tue Apr 16, 2013 8:25pm
HA Items + Safety Warning
Items
IRL SAFETY WARNING: This is extremely scary, so please, please read over it and be safe! Call your police if you see anything like that.
*
A lot of HA items have made their way into the BP and GP Shops. Let's say hello to the new Samurai set:
Golden Dragon Set
Frozen Scale set
And, of course, royalties for the previous sets!
Noir Elegant Hairpin - 46
Noir Elegant Shoes - 44
Noir Elegant Hair - 83
Noir Elegant Bolero - 45
Noir Elegant Dress - 61
Yoo (#802) was both artist and colorer, making 558 GP.
Icy Feather Elegant Dress - 254
Icy Feather Elegant Shoes - 186
Icy Feather Elegant Hair - 381
Icy Feather Elegant Hairpin - 167
Icy Feather Elegant Bolero - 195
118,300,000 BP for both artist Yoo (#802) and colorer ღ Parvanaღ (#6694)!
Submit a base for the May Monthly HA contest!
Posted by JAK
(#15) on Tue Apr 16, 2013 1:40am