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Okay, I'm two days late on this (but better late than never, eh?)... but I have some new items for the Clothing of the World shop: St. Lucia Clothing. (:
St. Lucia is a holiday in Sweden on December 13th. Check it out if you're interested in learning more about it!
These items will leave the shop in 3 Days.
Posted by JAK
(#15) on Thu Dec 15, 2011 3:55am
December Spotlights
Contests
Contributers Spotlight
December 14th Spotlight
Beer #728
No HA
So this might be a bit awkward, because I've never spoken to Beer before but... I have to nominate her! I think it's safe to say that if you've been here long enough, you can recognize the pets done by Beer. :3 And it's quite a hefty list. As far as I'm aware of, I haven't seen a Beer pet designs thread anywhere. Why am I mentioning this? Beer makes site pets. Pets that can be available to all users when she could be selling them for an obscene amount of in-game currency (because I'm also sure there are some folks out there who would love a Beer custom design, am I right?). She even stated on the forums she works on them ahead of time and you can tell with all that detail (she uses a mouse! o_o omg how ... wow) there must be a lot of work going into them. All for site contributions. Site. Add to that her lair is free for breeding and she welcomes any questions. If that's not contributing, I don't know what is! I don't think aywas would be quite the same without Beer and I think she deserves to be recognized for her hard work. :3 <3
-- nominated by Tea-Tree (#1214)
We have decided to award Beer #728 with:
Glittering Skull to get all sorts of cool pets!
Check back at 11 PM tomorrow for the next spotlight, and be sure to nominate people on the thread.
On the second day of Christmas, Aywas gave to me....
A Wish By Aussie Apache (#21839)
A Steampunk Finn. I know it's a lot to wish for, but these guys are just so adorable yet so unreachable~ It's one thing to actually get the potion, but a whole different thing to have a guarantee of getting a Steampunk one.
Thank you for this lovely opportunity~
Let's upgrade that wish...
A Steampunk Finn, a Finn Egg, and a Gold Paintbrush to get the coolest design for the Finn Egg!
If you haven't already done so, submit your wish on the 12 Days of Christmas thread!
Posted by JAK
(#15) on Thu Dec 15, 2011 2:02am
Trivia and Tidbits
Site Update
The trivia has been updated!
Raffle Crystals will be run and cleared as soon as I pester Slash into doing it. X3
Users with orange posts no longer have to worry about puking all over the forums!
(And that pesky bug that ate all name colors on the forums has been fixed.)
We're still doing a lot of work and have a lot of exciting things coming up, so stay tuned!
In the meantime, we're finishing up Nano prizes, Cancer and Titbird customs as well as Metal Event payments and all that jazz. :3
Don't forget about the Platinum Breeding Pendant raffle if you haven't entered already!
Click here to participate!
- Eri
Posted by Eri & --
(#17) on Wed Dec 14, 2011 10:57pm
December Spotlights
Contests
Okay folks, now that it's the 14th, we're going to start having double spotlights - both for the Contributers contest and the 12 days of christmas contest!
The December Spotlights will be updated around 11 PM every day!
Contributers Spotlight
December 13th Spotlight
Nilaa #5880
It is true that Aywas has tons of hard working staff such as mods, admins, artists, and event coordinators, and while the site would not be what it is without them, there are also there are some unsung heros among the Aywas users that contribute a great deal to the site as well. One of these unsung heros is Nilaa #5880. While Nilaa is not a site staff member, nor colorist what she is is the stuff that makes this site so amazing and sets it apart from all the rest. She spends the majority of her time on Aywas looking for ways to make all of those who cross per path smile. Be it by running give aways, raffles for her species, or just sending out random pick me up messages to people's profiles.
Whenever I'm feeling down, or sad, or just a touch not myself I log into Aywas and inevitably she's posted a little pick me up for me. She really goes out of her way to make people feel loved and appreciated. I am definately not alone in this feeling, she is this way to all she meets. Yes, it is true that she is not the only unsung hero like this on Aywas, but I believe they deserve to be represented as significant and valued contributors to Aywas as well, for they contribute to the Spirit and Joy of Aywas!
-- nominated by Hmozachsown (#1401)
We have decided to award Nilaa #5880 with:
Platinum Breeding Coin for some breeding fun!
Check back at 11 PM tomorrow for the next spotlight, and be sure to nominate people on the thread.
On the first day of Christmas, Aywas gave to me....
A Wish By Garai (#4712)
The Kindle Fire would be my ultimate thing. It's something I'd never spend the money on myself for regardless of how much I love to read and drool over it. Ridiculous to even ask for I know but I still thank you for the opportunity at all. I would also be happy with an Amazon Gift Card because I could build up the money slowly and wait awhile til prices go down.
We'll get a Kindle Fire under his tree, and a $50 Amazon Gift Card to stock it with all the coolest books!
If you haven't already done so, submit your wish on the 12 Days of Christmas thread!
Posted by JAK
(#15) on Wed Dec 14, 2011 1:43am
Art Gallery & Holiday Lane Pets
Site Update
The Art Gallery has been judged!
Oh my gosh I wanted to eat ALL THE COOKIES. ;~~~;
This week's theme was holiday cookies and we received a ton of delectable entries!
Here are our winners:
They won:
This week's theme is Ornaments!
These should not be digital, but rather crafty ornaments that you create and take a photo of.
Remember to keep it obviously Aywas-related and have your name and ID in the picture on a piece of paper or displayed in some other way.
I also uploaded a bunch of new pets to Holiday Lane!
There's more new ones than this, so this is just a sneak peek.
Have fun catching them and have a good night! :3
- Eri
Posted by Eri & --
(#17) on Wed Dec 14, 2011 12:17am
A New Raffle has Started!
Items
A new raffle has begun
Platinum Breeding Pendant
Ticket Price: 1 Candy Cane
Max Tickets: Unlimited
End Date: December 25
Click here to join the raffle!
Saw that coming, didn't you
Posted by JAK
(#15) on Tue Dec 13, 2011 9:41pm
Predicts Tutorial and Other Updates
Site Update
Hello all!
I'd like to point you to our new spiffy Predicts Rules & Guidelines page! It's currently not linked up under the archives menu but it will hopefully be soon! Please do not confused the Predicts Rules & Guidelines with the current "Predicts Tutorial" listed underneath the Archive menu.
Please be sure to read through this page before submitting any predicts, some things have been added and/or changed. I'd like to specifically note that the RBC section has changed slightly, as it was being greatly abused. All changes and rules listed in this page will apply to all breedings currently in queue, and all breedings submitted after. So if your RBC (or any other coin) predict is rejected, please check out the Predicts Rules & Guidelines page to better understand why!
Also wanted to bring your attention to the Pet Genuses Page. A certain button/link has been added at the top of that page that I believe a bunch of you will be happy about. :D Ohhh yes.
And guess what? MORE UPDATES.
Well, just one more.
The breeding tutorial has been uploaded slightly. Cirrus, Neura and Raw pets are now included in the tables under the "Number of Babies" section. And the breeding staff directory has been updated to include my 2 new recruits to the predict system! We're overhauling how the helpers are going to be distributed across the system in hopes that things will run a lot quicker! I'm looking forward to seeing the progress. :3
Be sure to check out the news posts underneath this, they hold quite a bit of interesting information!
EDIT: We seem to have passed over Neura in the updating. It'll be added as soon as we can but for now here are some rules in regards to Neuras and the coins they can use (which is very similar to xaoc rules):
"* Please note: Neuras are a major exception to the rare species group. Neuras cannot be bred to other neuras, and any neura bred with a different species will only have a 2% chance of producing a neura offspring."
- Mauri
Posted by Kyu & Mauri
(#1010) on Tue Dec 13, 2011 5:40pm
Fixes, Fixes, Fixes!
Site Update
The magic bar that went missing a few months ago has been restored--which inadvertently got the Holiday Tree and Battledome links removed, but they're back!
Usable Potions
Remember all the cool potions that turn your pet into a specific coloration? You might've smashed yours in rage because they didn't have a working use option, but now they do! Right now if you use them, though, the pet genus won't update properly (aka, if you use a Bee Melo potion, you will have a male/female Bee instead of a male/female Bee Melo). So try to hold off on using those until I let you know it's safe that your poor pet won't have an identity crisis.
Forum Preferences
If you're premium or have a colored name, you might know that forum preferences are a bit wonky and have been for a loooong time.
The good news is, orange posts now work! The bad news is, I accidentally made them a barf color.
And they kinda sorta ate orange names.
But!
Those things are being tweaked and I'm currently looking more into other forum preference issues.
Lair Sorting/Grouping
By now, you probably realized that lairs are acting up and trying to sort pets is proving to be a tad difficult.
We're trying to fix the old lair sorting problems once and for all, but in order to do that, we have to break them a little. Remember how removing a pet from a group would mock you by removing the first pet in the group, but leaving the one in there that you actually wanted to kick out? That's fixed! So now we can tackle the other problems.
Locking Pets!
If you used the snazzy lock feature on any of your pets, you were probably very thankful you did when you accidentally went to visit Rogue and he tried to change your pet, because the lock stopped his powers dead in his tracks!
The lock was no match for random potions, however, which could still change your pet due to a glitch. I'm very happy to announce that this is now fixed and I spent quite a while this morning testing it out, so your customs don't have to worry about being transformed into a Loggerhead if you lock them.
Confirmation Screens
Related to the above, both the regular Ray Gun and the Lesser Ray Guns didn't have confirmation screens before zapping your active pet, but they now do!
Active Pet Display
If you don't have a Human Avatar, your poor icon, online status and name were probably covered up on the forums by your fat active pet. :C They've now been moved to a fixed position below all that information so we can see you clearly! (Might end up seeing if we can tweak the pet spot since I know there's a big "gap" for you there where the HA would normally be, but hey, it's somethin'!)
Huuuuge thanks to Aggie, who has been addressing all these issues for us while Yasu is working on his assignments!
There are many more fixes to go, but this is awesome progress.
Conservation Pets
Don't worry, I haven't forgotten about you!
There's a glitch going on right now where "special" pets are being obtained through random potions, so I want to get that fixed before I go sending out pets and mixing the legitimate pets with the glitched ones.
I'm also going to talk to Slash about possibly pulling the special pets for donation events from the Aywapedia and making them customs instead, since I know that was a suggestion.
We'll get it figured out and then let you know what's up!
SCC Species
There's a new sub-board under Pet Design Sales, called SCC PSD Sales.
Silver Species are becoming more and more popular, so we've decided to give you a space specifically designated for selling PSD uses for your species! If you have a current thread for silver PSD sales in Pet Design Sales, Pet Sales (SCCs), Misc Sales, SCC Species Chat, etc., feel free to PM a moderator to move it for you!
Okay, phew!
I know I'm late on the art gallery, so I'm going to get that up in just a bit here, and then I'll be adding some more pets to Holiday Lane. :3
I hope you guys enjoy the updates as much as I do!
- Eri
Posted by Eri & --
(#17) on Tue Dec 13, 2011 2:08pm
December 12th Spotlight
Contests
The December Spotlight will be updated around 11 PM every day!
December 12th Spotlight
Lala-Elf #2782
Her contribution isn't directly related to Aywas, but she is very loved, as is her contribution to the site. Lala created a thread for people with insecurities and low self-esteem. It's a place where people like that can go and talk and help and support each other. Lala posts often and always tries to help out. She always has something nice to say, and has made me smile many many times when I was feeling down.
I really think she deserves something for being so kind and caring and great.
- nominated by Ellie (#804)
We have decided to award Lala-Elf #2782 with:
Species in a BottleI wonder what she might make?
Check back at 11 PM tomorrow for the next spotlight, and be sure to nominate people on the thread.
Posted by JAK
(#15) on Tue Dec 13, 2011 5:05am
Lesser Breeding Pendants
Site Update
This is a short update to let you all know that Lesser Breeding Pendants have been removed from the SP shop due to the overwhelming amount that are in circulation right now. We plan on adding more items to replace the LBP in the very near future and potentially circulate items every few months from the SP shop from now on.
I hope everyone understands the decision, especially since there is almost two times the amount of LBP breedings than LBC breedings in queue... that is really imbalanced. I'll put up a newspost when we decide what to cycle through the SP shop next.
Edited to add:
Some items were added to the SP shop for now. We are also pondering an SP shop-exclusive species.
You found me! Take me home for a prize.
Posted by Ash
(#90) on Mon Dec 12, 2011 7:50pm