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It's usually not recommended to feed coyotes, but when you take one of these home I'd recommend you do! It might not dance on a bar, or enjoy beer and peanuts, but it could be the perfect guard for you while trick or treating. No one's going to come for your candy with one of these by your side!
This lovely HA companion will be in stock in the Trash for Treasure shop until 11:59pm on November 2nd - so make sure you get one!
Posted by Eve
(#2775) on Fri Oct 2, 2020 1:09pm
Welcome to October, Part 1
Site Update










Starting off, we have our GP Shop and BP Shop pets!









If you colored one of these pets, please contact Lacia (#25044) for your payment!
Make sure to include your PayPal address if you are opting for the USD option.
We will also be collecting pet PSDs directly from the thread, so please make sure you keep the links active for two weeks (at least until mid-October) so we have time to snag 'em!

The Essence of October 2020 will turn your active pet into one random October 2020 pet listed above! The image will be updated once we receive the correct one.

A cute Lunaris friend has squeaked on by to wish those born in October a happy birthday! Despite its name, its ears aren't big enough to fly with, but it can fly with magic so there's that!
Don't forget to check out the birthday link to claim your gift from Aywas on your big day! Need to change your birthday? Click here!
If you missed your Lunaris or have further questions regarding them, please contact Chelle (#7310).

This month's Premium Item is the Magic Marker! This item that allows you to add up to 10% edits to any Gen2+ babies! For rules and further information, you can check out the Knowledge Base article!



The new monthly contests have been announced!
November Monthly Shop Pets: Enter
November Monthly Customs - Origami: Enter
Good luck with your entries!



The Jeweled and Rock Custom Crystal pets will be announced in Welcome to October, Part 2 over the weekend!
If you want to be a Jeweled Custom Artist, please visit the hiring thread!



Don't forget - the Black Friday Exotic Sale happens next month! As a reminder, the sale will run from November 19th to November 24th, with November 12th being the deadline for anyone submitting sets! If you would like to submit a set and need a refresher on the expectations and how things work, please review the Knowledge Base article!

Congratulations to Paramnesia (#79964) for winning a Gold Custom Orb through the September Pet Coloration forum raffle!
If you would like to enter the monthly raffles, you can submit your designs here! Each accepted design is counted as one entry. Remember, you can earn SP and a Restyle Brush!



With pendants becoming predict-only, there will be a change coming to the Radioactive Breeding Pendant. As they are now, you can find them in the SP Shop for 50 SP, and they have a chance to "break," similar to the Radioactive Breeding Coin. The change will be that they will cost 75 SP, but the chance of it breaking will be completely removed. You will still be able to roll for a chance to create a metal baby rather than a Mutant as well!
This change will go into effect on December 1st, giving everyone approximately two months to accumulate SP and make any purchases at the lower price before this change rolls out.
As a reminder, you can earn SP for your written entry winning in the Story Game, getting on the High Score board for a game in the Game List, and for submitting pets to the Event threads!

October brings a little something extra every year - Halloween, which has now been officially named the Ghoulish Gala. It seems that some spirits were a little upset that they weren't invited to the previous gala and have made their own! While all of the features aren't available yet, you can access the Ghoulish Gala Hub for quick and easy navigation to all of the activities you can participate in.

First up is the Advent Calendar! Every day in the month of October, there will be a new item to collect, so don't forget to add visiting it to your list of dailies! If you happen to miss the first day's item due to not being online between the time of this news post and rollover, you can contact Lacia (#25044).
Another activity that is now live is Trick or Treating! Here's a quick refresher on how it works for the old, as well as a helpful guide for the new!
Sending Requests
You can visit the Trick or Treating page to start. Listed there are currently online Aywans interested in accepting Trick or Treat requests. Just click on the "Trick or Treat" button below their name to send the request. You can send requests to an Aywan every 30 minutes. This page will update itself when an Aywan's online status changes.
Processing Requests
On the side menu of the site, there's a Trick or Treat status box. As you receive requests, your visitor count will change. You can click this number (or go to My Visitors) to view your requests. From there, you'll have the option to trick or treat your visitor.


You have 15 minutes to respond to a Trick or Treat request before it expires.



If trick or treating your fellow Aywans isn't for you, don't forget that you can always Trick or Treat the NPCs instead! Swing by the Site Characters page and trick or treat them when they are available.

Located on the Trick or Treat status box is a Karma Meter. As you send trick or treat requests or trick visitors, you will incur negative (orange) karma. Vise-versa, treating users will give you positive (blue) karma. Both karma levels have their benefits and risks, so experiment around!



You can now collect herbs from the Greenhouse to use in the Giant Cauldron and Rowan's Potion Brewing, but be wary of what you grab - Minerva is watching! For those of you who obtained Rowan's Coupon during the Snapdragon Ceremony, you may now use it! Every October this item will allow you to successfully grab one herb - even if Minerva catches you! It regenerates every 3 days. Make sure to activate it via your Inventory before snatching any herbs!



The Pumpkin Patch is now open as well! Remember, any and all messages left in pumpkins must follow the Terms of Service. Additionally, the pumpkins cannot be tagged as [M]ature, so do not put anything that may need this tag into the pumpkins. If you pick up a pumpkin that violates either of these rules, please PM a staff member. Be kind, and have fun!



Speaking of ghoulish things, it's time for everyone to vote for which group of Hybrid pets will be considered for receiving a new line art for the Halloween Concoction #13! Remember, while everyone will be choosing which group they like, staff will have the final call on which genus within the winning group will get a new line art.
We will once again be using the chart that Hamner (#13) provided to make things easier! Since Rare won for the Love Potion #9, it is not an eligible category this round.

Posted by Lacia
(#25044) on Thu Oct 1, 2020 5:21pm
Monthly Customs Game
Contests

'· .¸¸.·´'· .¸¸.·´ [[ The w i n n e r s' edition! ]] '· .¸¸.·´'· .¸¸.·´


Tyrian Callows (#6821) ................................. Verily (#2244)
Congratulations to all of our winners!
Posted by Lacia
(#25044) on Fri Sep 25, 2020 12:44pm
Monthly Customs Game
Contests

It's time to give away two free customs designed during August under the theme of Rock Friends!
To play, you simply choose your favorite from the poll below! This will enter you into a raffle for that particular design. You only get one vote, so choose wisely! If you created one of the pets below, please contact Lacia (#25044) with which prizes you are claiming.
You have until 11:59 PM AST on September 24th to get your votes in! Good luck!


Posted by Lacia
(#25044) on Thu Sep 17, 2020 7:00pm
T4T: What does the fox say?
Items
Well you can ask one if you take a wander over to Trash for Treasure and pick up this lovely companion for your Human Avatar!
They will be available until September 18th at 11:59pm - so make sure you don't miss out, for fox sakes!
Posted by Eve
(#2775) on Thu Sep 3, 2020 11:38pm
Lunar Meteor Wishes and Raffles
Events



As the final bits of stardust leave the atmosphere, there's just enough magic left behind to grant a few wishes. Congratulations to the following users from the Wish Upon a Star 2020: Pets and Wish Upon a Star 2020: Items threads for having their wish granted:
Vegan (#71975) ★ Aaran (#230) ★ Anbu ⚽ (#1599) ★ Hydrangela (#7098) ★ Coelacanis (#79859) ★ Azelas🐉 (#17912) ★ Audino (#40913) ★ Sunny (#41814) ★ Rat Bones (#79964) ★ Juke (#7625) ★ The Cavalry💀 (#42995) ★ Whirlybird (#57401) ★ Ace Frehley (#28932) ★ Sweets (#29677) ★ helix (#50548) ★ Flareon (#72308) ★ DelennDax7 (#67503)
Tsuyu & Sia ToT (#774) ★ Detective Butt (#1403) ★ Raru (#26095) ★ Cosmos (#25837) ★ dee 🦌 (#4138) ★ Rae (#51049) ★ Dragonfyre 🐉 (#33499) ★ Aaran (#230) ★ AngelSami (#80309) ★ weary (#5121) ★ StarVirgo (#42051) ★ Saphire <3 Lassombra (#407) ★ 「 cerpin 」 (#162) ★ Inverted (#1075) ★ Cake (#2060) ★ Voodoocat (#37238) ★ Siren♡Kira (#18880) ★ Tae (#66637) ★ Moons 🌙 (#58686) ★ Tiger Love (#45507) ★ Vergil (#8740) ★ VarietyShow (#73199) ★ Sae (#36255) ★ Princess Saturn (#588) ★ helix (#50548) ★ Juke (#7625)




Additionally, the Star Ticket Raffles have been drawn! Congratulations to Saphire <3 Lassombra (#407) for winning the Glittering Potion, Jools (#37392) for winning the Metallic Starlight Bottle, Minas (#56682) for winning the Jar of Sparkles, and Sweets (#29677) for winning the Bottle of Vampire Glitter!
Posted by Lacia
(#25044) on Wed Sep 2, 2020 8:04pm
Welcome to September
Site Update










Starting off, we have our GP Shop and BP Shop pets!









If you colored one of these pets, please contact Lacia (#25044) for your payment!
Make sure to include your PayPal address if you are opting for the USD option.
We will also be collecting pet PSDs directly from the thread, so please make sure you keep the links active for two weeks (at least until mid-September) so we have time to snag 'em!

The Essence of September 2020 will turn your active pet into one random September 2020 pet listed above!

A shimmering Lunaris friend has squeaked on by to wish those born in September a happy birthday! It loves collecting sapphires and other blue gems to arrange in a way that seems to mimic the way the ocean would shine.
Don't forget to check out the birthday link to claim your gift from Aywas on your big day! Need to change your birthday? Click here!
If you missed your Lunaris or have further questions regarding them, please contact Chelle (#7310).

This month's Premium Item is the Premium Grab Bag! You can reach in and pull out one random previous Premium Item! Better grab it before it grabs you!



The new monthly contests have been announced!
October Monthly Shop Pets: Enter
October Monthly Customs - Moths and Butterflies: Enter
Good luck with your entries!
This month's Jeweled Custom Crystal pets are by Kuro (2Byte) (#7746)!












If you want to be a Jeweled Custom Artist, please visit the hiring thread!



"Pure, eloquent, honorable and attentive, Virgo promotes the just rewards of hard work. Remember to put forth meaningful effort in your endeavors, and watch your harvest grow!" - Kirawra (#11849)



The Lunar Meteor has officially made its way back into orbit until next year! The winners of the Star Ticket raffles and Wish Upon a Star threads will be announced tomorrow, so keep your fingers crossed until then!



The Ruins Rholem was getting a little tired of being cooped up in the BP Shop for so long! Starting today, the Reet will be the currently available Raw pet, meaning that you can also purchase the Ladybug Reet once again! The Reet will stick around until November, so be sure to use your Raw Crystals before then if you fancy the little bug!

We've noticed that every once in a while, the same questions regarding auctions get asked - and so we now have an Auction Overview Knowledge Base article! From our site feature auctions to expectations for forum auctions, this article should have you covered.



As a reminder, the Halloween submission threads are open until September 27th! We have threads for Pet Submissions, Cauldron Pet Submissions, meaning only one on site, like a custom pet, Item Submissions, and HA Submissions!



Coming in equally as fast is the Black Friday Exotic Sale! In case anyone has forgotten, the sale will run from November 19th to November 24th, with November 12th being the deadline for anyone submitting sets! If you would like to submit a set and need a refresher on the expectations and how things work, please review the Knowledge Base article!

Have you been pining for some new Adventure pets? Well, unfortunately this is not an announcement for them yet! As some of you may have noticed, sometimes pets that were submitted in the Pet Coloration Submissions forum have had to been used in the monthly shops.
Due to this, the release of Adventure pets has had to be reconsidered. They will now be released "seasonally," meaning every three months. This will begin starting in November! Additionally, artists will no longer have to wait for the release of new Adventure pets to see if they won the raffle. The winner of the previous month's raffle will now be announced in the Welcome to posts.
Now, onto the winners of the previous raffles!
Congratulations to the following winners: June's Winner, Tsukasa (#78993), for winning a Bronze Custom Orb, and since there were no submissions in July, August's Winners are helix (#50548), who won a Bronze Custom Orb, and Rat Bones (#79964), who won a Gold Custom Orb!
Posted by Lacia
(#25044) on Tue Sep 1, 2020 6:05pm
Predict Pool Party - Grace Period
Site Update
Friendly reminder that you have a little less than a week, until August 31st at 11:59 PM AST (the clock up in the top corner of the Aywas page!), to submit your predictions for PPP perks.
Predictions that are rejected for legitimate fixes will receive 3 days from the date their breeding is rejected after this deadline to resubmit with fixed predictions.
- Predictions that are submitted purposefully to be rejected (ex. like submitting a blank base without the proper add-on, or an offspring with no marking/edit mixes for LBC) will not receive an extension.
- If your prediction is rejected on 8/31, you have until 11:59 on 9/3 to upload a fixed image.
Oh, also!
If you have a Holiday Breeding Coin that needs to be processed, you must post it in the HBC Prediction Check thread and if you have a PBC predict please PM Juke #7625 with the breeding ID! Otherwise they will not be processed!
Posted by Juke
(#7625) on Tue Aug 25, 2020 11:03am
The Story Game Continues
Contests

The Story Game continues thanks to DelennDax7 (#67503)!
The deadline for the next installment is 11:59 PM AST on Saturday, September 5th!
For those unfamiliar with the game, you can read about it here. Don't forget, you can also subscribe to the official Story Game thread or the ping group StoryGame! Not only will you be notified of updates and reminders for the game, but it is a good place to chat about the current game, or even about what you'd like to see in the future!
Remember, the story is in your hands!
Posted by Lacia
(#25044) on Sun Aug 23, 2020 9:07am
Lunar Meteor Raffles
Contests




Have you completed your Museum Collection for a Star Ticket yet? If not, now is the time to do so as there are four Lunar Meteor raffles for you to choose from, all of which require a Star Ticket to enter!




These raffles will end alongside the Lunar Meteor event, so be sure to spend your Star Ticket before 11:59 PM AST on August 31st!
Posted by Lacia
(#25044) on Fri Aug 21, 2020 2:12pm