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Even though our Halloween festivities are still underway, I do have some November announcements for you!
How ironic that in a time of plenty, Famine is upon us...
NaNoWriMo 2011!
Yes, it's that time of year again!
For an entire month, we can enjoy communal torture, hand cramps, long nights, and lots of caffeine.
Not sure what I'm talking about? It's National Novel Writing Month, where the challenge is to write a 50,000-word novel between November 1st and the 30th!
To give you some incentive and encouragement, we've opened up a brand new NaNo board (complete with instructions) to post your progress on, and we of course have prizes!
Prizes
15,000 words --- Pen Blade + Metal Custom Crystal
30,000 words --- Quil Sword + Pen Blade + Blue Custom Crystal
50,000 words --- Literature Shield + Quil Sword + Pen Blade + Gold Custom Crystal
Good luck!
GP Shop Pets
These pets are available in the Cash Shop for November!
BP Shop Pets
These pets are available in the BP Shop for November as well!
If you made one of the above pets, please contact Visark (185) for your payment!
Premium Item/Monthly Potion & Lunaris
The Essence of November is the new monthly potion and also your new premium item.
Those of you with a birthday this month will receive a lovely Citrine Lunaris!
I'll have part II of this announcement tomorrow afternoon. :3
Night, folks, and Happy Halloween! Hope you all had a great night and got lots of candy.
I know I'm enjoying the goodies
- Eri
Posted by Eri & --
(#17) on Tue Nov 1, 2011 1:38am
Apocalyptic Famine!
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As the clock strikes midnight, three of the horses vanish into the crevice that has split the stage. Only one remains, its purple skin barely visible through the smoke. It takes a couple of steps forward and lifts its head, addressing the people around it in a sharp, cruel voice.
"A wise choice - you have chosen Famine. Very soon, your crops will start failing. The food you have stored in your houses will begin to mold and blacken. Anything in your possession that was once edible will become hard as stone. You will scour a once-green world in search of anything to place in your stomachs, but there will be nothing. Your suffering will be great, and you shall always be hungry, attacking each other in search of a morsel. The precious commodity you need to live will slowly crumble to dust, and you'll soon be turning on each other in search of sustenance... in choosing me, this world is doomed."
There are a couple of fanatics near the front of the stage that begin pulling foods from their possessions and tossing them onto the stage. To their amazement, the food items crumble as soon as they roll within a couple feet of the great Famine horse. Even a simple can thrown in that direction begins to collapse on itself, the food within becoming destroyed.
Most are quite pleased that hunger isn't as important in Adventure as it used to be.
Famine will be bringing a new shop to Ay soon! You have only seen the beginning of this Apocalypse beast.
Posted by Eri & --
(#17) on Tue Nov 1, 2011 12:18am
The Apocalypse Nears
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"Time is ticking. You only have a few hours left to choose your fate."
Posted by Eri & --
(#17) on Mon Oct 31, 2011 8:28pm
Explore Pets - Ara Edition?!
Pets
How interesting! It seems we have some Ay pets dressed as Ara pets, who are themselves dressed as something else. A costume within a costume. Deception? *scratches chin*
Maki, Oske and Chromo colourations submitted here throughout the coming week will net you 10 GP instead of the normal 3 GP! Don't forget the fabulous Mauri of #1010 knows more about pet colourations than you could shake a stick at, and is always on hand to answer any questions you might have about our weekly Explore releases.
Erienne has some super duper awesome Hallowe'en goodies below, so make sure you've checked everything out! For those of you awaiting HA goodies from myself, I'll be giving priority to Hallowe'en related items so that you may trick or treat in style.
Have fun you little rotters - and if you're out tonight, stay safe!
Posted by Captain Visark
(#185) on Mon Oct 31, 2011 3:20pm
Halloween Extravaganza 2011!!
Site Update
Is everyone enjoying their goodie bags? :3
In the Ghost Bag you will find cute little candies to give your pets or send to friends as treats! The Spooky Goodie Bag is filled with tons of silly pumpkins and candy, but if you're lucky, you may get one of these potions:
The Batty Potion will give you a rare/hybrid not available in the shops or Haunted House! The Ghostly Potion works the same way but is filled with uncommon pets. The Soul Potion will give you a random pet stocking in the Trash Shop. The Arak Potion will give you a random arak coloration, though you may want to hold onto it until we get some more! These pets can also be obtained the usual ways (Rogue zaps, TREs, other potions, etc!).
These cute, emoticon pumpkin collectables also might come in handy later today in the museum. :)
Lorin has informed me that his Seasonal Shop is now full of Halloween pets and goodies for you and your HA!
Spenser is also getting in on the annual celebration with some new treasures in his Trash Shop.
The Skull Potion is unique to the Trash Shop and will give you a random pet from the Seasonal Shop if you'd like to try your luck!
Lights on!
Everyone will be receiving one of these pretty lantern collectables in honor of the Lights On/Off community game that we play together! Not sure how it works? If you want to give out treats (or tricks), put "Lights On" in your username. People will come "knocking" at your door by posting on your profile or sending you a message as a trick-or-treater and you can send them a little gift or a trick message in response! When you go offline or are afk, or don't want to play, either put "Lights Off" in your name or just leave your name normal.
Do NOT go knocking if the person isn't playing the game, and I don't want to see any begging.
I'll be sending out things to everyone or random online users all day. :3
(And will be filling treasure chests and the cauldron--don't worry, it'll stay open a bit longer since it's been pretty quiet.)
I have some more things to add later, but I think this is a pretty good way to kick off the celebration amid the impending Apocalypse, don't you?
(Voting closes tonight at midnight!)
The Seasonal Shop and Trash Shop will be featuring Halloween pets and items until November 8, 11:59 PM!
- Eri
Posted by Eri & --
(#17) on Mon Oct 31, 2011 1:17pm
The Aywas Apocalypse
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Conquest & Death
The amphitheater-like news area begins to shake. Citizens seated around the stage scream, some of them immediately leaving on Quetzals or Griffins waiting just outside the building. Others try to stampede from the stands, but the sheer mass of people present makes it nigh impossible. Most quiver in their seats, praying to the gods that they'll survive.
A massive crack splits the stage, and steam and smoke pours from it. It's like a mouth, a large, black, gaping slice from the stone. The fumes make the onlookers near the front gag and gasp for fresher air. Those further away see forms shifting about in the gray smoke. A blast of wind clears the stage, revealing the four standing in front of the gouge in the platform.
The beasts are ten feet tall at the shoulders, each of them a different color - one is white, one is green, one is purple, and one is red. No longer moving, they stand perfectly still, their hollow eyes looking out over the terrified people before them.
"We are the beasts of the Apocalypse," they say. None of their mouths are moving, but the voice seems to come from all four. "It is too late to run from us now. We have breeched this world, and it will now suffer a thousand years under one of our control. We have decided to be so kind as to let you choose which ruler you desire."
Famine & War
So which do you choose?
#CONQUEST
#DEATH
#FAMINE
or #WAR?
Psst, that means vote! Make sure you include that #, it's very important!
- Eri
(who will be bringing you more Halloween goodies in the afternoon!)
Posted by Eri & --
(#17) on Mon Oct 31, 2011 12:03am
This is Halloween! .. Well, almost!
Site Update
You guys didn't think the Seasonal Shop was the only thing planned for Halloween, right? *wink*
The Seasonal Shop currency will remain BP, but I think it's close enough to the holiday to let you in on a couple of secrets! I'm not about to give away all the surprises, though.
Orbs will be a currency for a mystery shop.
Hang on to some of your Haunted Pumpkins! The ones you don't use in the lab will turn into a HA item.
Orange Custom Crystals and Orange Custom Orbs will be findable in the Haunted House for three days only: October 30th, 31st and November 1st.
The Trash Shop will have some special things in it for Halloween as well!
If you don't want to dump those plants you've been harvesting, I might have a bonus use for those too.
Anyone just a tad more excited about Halloween now? :3
- Eri
Posted by Eri & --
(#17) on Fri Oct 28, 2011 7:36pm
Raffle & Lab Updates!
Site Update
Raffle Crystal Winner!
This week's Raffle Crystal winner is:
Bionda (#1079)
Who had 25 crystals out of 21,822 total and won a Melo Figurine!
This week's prize: A full set of NPC charms!
Black acrylic, two inches tall. Pretty neat, eh?
They'll also be for sale for general purchase soon!
I know you're all looking forward to the Seasonal Shop, which will be opening on the 31st for our Halloween extravaganza!
Slash didn't plan for a special holiday currency since we have the lab and cauldron this year, so the shop will be using good ol' fashioned BP.
Frankenstein's Lab
Has had some new pets added!
I'll probably add some more pets to the lab on Halloween. :3
Just a quick update on the coding aspect of things: Yasu has been suffering some extensive Internet troubles for the last week, which is why we haven't had as many updates in that area as we'd like. We're hoping things get back to normal for him soon!
Have fun creating those new pets!
- Eri
Posted by Eri & --
(#17) on Thu Oct 27, 2011 7:31pm
Trivia
Site Update
Trivia
The trivia has been updated!
The raffle will be drawn tomorrow, so get your last minute raffle crystals while you can!
I will also be adding some new pets to Frankenstein's Lab tomorrow, so make sure you're collecting those ingredients!
(Psst, check the newest colorations for a sneak peek.)
- Eri
Posted by Eri & --
(#17) on Wed Oct 26, 2011 10:21pm