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MARC (#1364)
MARC is not only an incredibly social user--as I bump into him almost everywhere--but also a generous one; gifting items, custom pets, and SCC PSDs whenever he sees fit... or is just in the mood to be giving. And the generosity continues beyond the pixels: during this past summer's Scavenger Hunt, MARC was the leader of Team Gentleman Kaz. Though, like everyone else, our team wanted to complete as many tasks as possible, MARC ensured that the main focus was on having fun. No one was penalized for not wanting to do a task... those that never got selected to do didn't get done; and we were plenty all right with that. In fact, a good portion of the week-long hunt was spent chatting it up in the team's forum. Ever since then, I've had more than just 2 people on my friend's list.
Thank you, MARC, for being accommodating enough to invite me into your Scavenger Hunt team even though we had never met. And thank you, too, for introducing me to a whole gang of other equally friendly users.
-- Mechanical Cerberus (#9484)
We have decided to award MARC (#1364) with:
I honestly don't know what to give you, since you said you're quitting...but I wrote something into the first readable Aywas book (that will be released on Dec 25) that I think you'll like and find special. (:
So look forward to it!!
Check back at 11 PM tomorrow for the next spotlight, and be sure to nominate people on the thread.
On the eleventh day of Christmas, Aywas gave to me....
A Wish By ISmellLikeSunshine (#28472)
I've been thinking about what to wish for since I found out about this thread, but, I just couldn't...figure out what would be wish-worthy. I've been pondering for a week...Think I've got it, now, though...
There are so many people making wishes on this board. Desperate ones, at that. For Christmas, I'd like to see at least one more person's wish granted, along with the twelve originally planned for. At least one more. Pick someone who's in the financial dumps and in a tight bind. Needing money for a sick pet, or for children. For bills. I wish I could help them, myself, but this is the best I can do, really. I...would be forever grateful if you guys could do this. At least one more granted wish. Thank you.
Well...
I'm going to PM you with a certain amount of money. You can look through the Wishes thread and decide how you want to split it up and make people's Christmases special. :)
Just let me know who you want what amount sent to, a list of the winners.
If you haven't already done so, submit your wish on the 12 Days of Christmas thread!
Posted by JAK
(#15) on Sat Dec 24, 2011 2:38am
Trivia, Raffles & Pets!
Site Update
The trivia has been updated!
Weekly Raffle
This week's raffle crystal winner is:
mrsbarker (#17806)
Who had 33 crystals out of 23,929 total and won a Wrapped Crystal!
This week's prize is a Holiday Silver Potion!
Look what just dropped by in Holiday Lane!
I'll be adding more pets throughout the evening, too. :3
My IRL job actually gave me a day off tomorrow, so I'm going to spend most of it knocking things out on Aywas. I mean doing work, not punching things. XD
We know there's some holiday-related glitches and confusion going on, so I'll try to clear up as much as I can tomorrow!
- Eri
Posted by Eri & --
(#17) on Sat Dec 24, 2011 12:21am
December Spotlights
Contests
Fresh to your inbox in my lateness :p
Rain Bullet (#409)
She's the most generous user I've ever run into on Aywas, and just from scrolling down on the first page, it's clear that other people view her the same way. I recently reconnected with an old friend, and we really wanted to play L4D2 together, but we had the game on different consoles, and both of us are too short on cash to pick the game up. Rain Bullet came along and gifted me $20, which is the nicest random act of kindness I've ever received from a total stranger. She made my Christmas. I really would like to do something in return for her, but I don't have much in the way of funds on Aywas, so it would be awesome if she was at least recognized for her generosity. I want her to have a great Christmas on Aywas like the one she just gave me.
-- nominated by Alan && Nathan! (#960)
We have decided to award Rain Bullet (#409) with:
x5I sense a design lover here, and these are a design lover's best friend!
Check back at 11 PM tomorrow for the next spotlight, and be sure to nominate people on the thread.
On the ninth day of Christmas, Aywas gave to me....
A Wish By Qyet (#190)
Alt Hybrid Voucher (or alternate cube as it's now called)
A dream item of mine - I would LOVE to have an alt griffin hybrid custom - which is the only reason I ask for one. :) I so rarely get anything for Christmas, unless I get it for myself. It's hard for me to even ask for something, but sometimes it's worth a try.
Thanks to you Slash, and all the Aywas staff for doing things like this. ^_^
You can have two of them... one to look at, and one to use. :p Or both to look at...
If you haven't already done so, submit your wish on the 12 Days of Christmas thread!
Posted by JAK
(#15) on Fri Dec 23, 2011 10:24am
BP Shop Items
Items
Some more items are in the BP Shop - they unlock three new achievements (and forum titles), ones you'll never be able to get again without them. ;)
Posted by JAK
(#15) on Fri Dec 23, 2011 2:31am
December Spotlights
Contests
Cosmos (#25837)
Cosmos created a Design Giveaway thread filled with holiday and winter designs, all free to whoever wants them. She updates the thread everyday with new designs and has given away well over 50 total. On the side, she also offers to make tweaks to any claimed designs or create completely custom designs for no charge. Even having caught the flu, she still updates regularly and responds promptly to all questions, always with a positive attitude and smile. She's definitely made my Christmas a whole lot brighter, and I would love to see her efforts rewarded.
-- nominated by Rukia Kuchiki (#1269)
We have decided to award Cosmos (#25837) with:
Glittering Rocks... lots of 'em!...to get some really nice AD pets.
Check back at 11 PM tomorrow for the next spotlight, and be sure to nominate people on the thread.
On the ninth day of Christmas, Aywas gave to me....
A Wish By Ricari (#235)
I've been without a job for the last few months and money has gotten tight, enough so that I can't get my two boys anything at all for Christmas among other things. I know more than likely if this wish did someone end up one of the one's granted it would come a little late but that doesn't matter. I really would like some way to get something for each of my boys. While the rest of the family I know will spoil them utterly for Christmas its killing me knowing I won't be able to get either of them anything at all. So my wish is to be able to get them something, small or not, just one thing each and I would be more thankful than words could ever express.
I think you'll be able to buy them plenty with $200...
I looked around and I don't think any of the eGift Cards are going to get to you fast enough... I checked Walmart and their eGift Cards can't be used in the stores (LAME). But I have another idea... Western Union!!! Instant money transfer!
I'll get in touch...
If you haven't already done so, submit your wish on the 12 Days of Christmas thread!
Posted by JAK
(#15) on Thu Dec 22, 2011 3:37am
Art Gallery & Singing!
Site Update
The Art Gallery has been judged!
The theme was Ornaments and we had some really cool entries that drew on a lot of different talents and concepts. Thanks for making my job difficult!
Here are our six winners!
They won:
This week's theme is starred, meaning anyone can enter even if you've won in the last few weeks.
Gift Giving is the focus for the art gallery this week.
Can be any medium. Show us what gift giving means to you!
Make sure to read the announcement about Caroling below if you haven't started singing yet, it's a lot of fun!
Trivia, Raffle Crystals and new Holiday Lane pets should be in my next announcement or two, along with some other more secretarial things. :3
- Eri
Posted by Eri & --
(#17) on Wed Dec 21, 2011 11:03pm
Holiday stuff
New Game
Go Caroling!
You get a few Carol Energy per 30 minutes, and the more energy you spend on a caroling, the better a note you can get.
Go spread holiday cheer and earn some prizes!
note: I think we're figuring out why the crons are always so messed up...seems to be a server issue. Our coding is fine >: [
A little holiday-inspired Plush Set was released! Three of them you'll get from advent calendar, and the other four you can find restocking in the Plush Shop. They're fairly low rarity so you should be able to get 'em!
A museum collection will be released on December 25th for these, just like with the bells.
Posted by JAK
(#15) on Wed Dec 21, 2011 4:25pm
December Spotlights
Comics
Phuzzaphobia #29978
She has a thread where she makes free customs for people to practice her artwork. She never asks for anything in return, and her designs are always user-specific and very good! On Titbird day she did about a zillion of them for free, and when she hit 25 pages on her thread she started a raffle for some more pre-made customs.
Phuzz is a great person, and I'm glad to say I've got some of her unique customs, and that I consider her a friend :D
-- nominated by Dair-uisce Alainn (#31945)
We have decided to award Phuzzaphobia #29978 with:
This looks like the kind of item you'd enjoy :)
Check back at 11 PM tomorrow for the next spotlight, and be sure to nominate people on the thread.
On the eighth day of Christmas, Aywas gave to me....
A Wish By Rosey Danger #21952
Species in a Bottle to develop a species of fat stegosauruses. The fat stegosauruses would be open to breeding with other users for free and without rules - I'd love a SCC species which is a community rallying point, something for Aywas users to share in and be excited over without a sense of exclusivity and restriction.
There would be a forum dedicated to discussing breedings (my personal first project would be a PBC/HBC with my favourite Chromo custom) and general fat stegosaurus chat, and I'd make plenty of exciting family trees and lists and graphs and maybe even punnet squares to discuss the evolution of traits through the species ;)
Can't really say no to fat dinosaurs..
If you haven't already done so, submit your wish on the 12 Days of Christmas thread!
Posted by JAK
(#15) on Wed Dec 21, 2011 3:00am
BP Shop Items
Items
There are some new items in the BP Shop! They will be there until Jan 1. There are some more coming... when they do...
Some of these should make you BP enthusiasts very happy!
Oh, just so you know, you can Unlock Your Christmas (not telling you what this means until the 25th ;D) this year...so if you can come online on the 25th, try it. If not, we'll see if we can work something out...
Posted by JAK
(#15) on Wed Dec 21, 2011 1:44am
GP Reversal
Items
If you purchased GP between December 14 - 17, you may have received a message from PayPal informing you that your purchase was reversed. Your GP total was not modified, however.
Please resend the payment to our standard PayPal address, [email protected]. I have a list of all the payments that were reversed so that I can check you off :)
Thanks!
According to the news comments, it looks like PayPal didn't send an email to everyone, so please check your PayPal account to see if the transaction was reversed or canceled - your account will tell you :)
Posted by JAK
(#15) on Tue Dec 20, 2011 10:53am