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Are you tired of all these news posts yet? Well don't worry, this one doesn't have too much for you to read, though you'll want to make sure you read the news post below this one if you already haven't!
It's time to give away five free customs designed during April under the theme of Frogs!
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 June 6th to get your votes in! Good luck!
Posted by Lacia
(#25044) on Sat May 30, 2020 9:43am
Drinking Game: Discussion and Poll
Site Update
As part of our addressing Breedings and the hurdles that are preventing us from making headway on clearing out the queues, the topic of the Drinking Game came up.
As you may or may not be aware, all the pets on the score board at the end of the month will be randomly paired together and bred. This means every month 10 new breedings are generated - and while that doesn't sound like much, when you have trouble finding artists who are interested in the type of breeding mix the game generates, the queue piles up. Many long standing members will know that getting the drinking game breedings completed has been an uphill struggle from the game's inception.
As such we have come to the hard decision to make changes to the game - but as this is a big change, we want to share the discussion and the decision with you. After a lot of conversations we have narrowed it down to two possibilities that we feel offer the best results.
Option One
The queue continues to generate breedings, but from June onwards they will now go to the Scribble queue.
While you may pause and question if diverting from one queue to another is a smart idea, the Scribble queue is at a low enough level that injecting 10 new breedings a month would not be unwieldy, especially as the team has been taking on new members recently.
Pets created from the Drinking Game would be eligible as Silver Species Founders without the permission of the other pet owner's permission - so you would need to be certain you are happy to share your pet's markings and edits, with potentially more than one other custom.
Option Two
The queue gets a unique unbreedable genus and from June onwards the top 10 will receive a custom maker.
1-3 = Gold Custom Maker
4-6 = Blue Custom Maker
7-10 = Bronze Custom Maker
The genus would be unbreedable to ensure the rarity of the genus is not compromised. The maker would not be account bound, so it would be possible to sell, trade, or gift the custom maker as the winning user wishes.
Details of the genus are not available at this time, as we would likely try to poll what type of creature people would be interested in.
Bonus Question
As it stands, users may enter as many pets as they wish to into the Drinking Game. In theory, should you have enough alcohol, one person could hold all top 10 spots (though I feel it is important to note that this has never happened!)
Do you believe that the Drinking Game should limit each account to enter only one pet, opposed to entering as many as you wish?
We hope to hear your thoughts about these changes, and especially the bonus question.
Option Two: The queue gets a unique unbreedable genus and the top 10 will receive a custom maker
Posted by Eve
(#2775) on Tue May 26, 2020 12:58pm
A Few More Changes
Site Update
After some long discussions Dylan has convinced Scion to embrace his life syphoning side and take responsibility for all the Exotic eggs that have been gathering in the Recycling Center.
As such Scion has taken over one of the empty shops in town to create an Eggery where you can trade your Exotic eggs for Pride Candles. It works exactly as it did in the Recycling Center, and will be updated every Mayday and Black Friday when we have new eggs.
We hope this will make the Recycling Center feel a little less cluttered, and give Scion something positive to do!
There's also been a few other small changes in the last week:
The Edit Repository receives a lot of metal reshades of pets, so we have added a new "Reshade" option to single those out for you.
The tag "reshade" still exists for edited pets that also come with reshaded elements.
Predict-only coins and items have been removed from the Breeding Status page.
As these coins are completed on the user's own timeline, it made the "current status" section misleading for people who were new to the site and/or breeding.
Private Knowledge Base articles are now actually private. No more weird greyed out links that tell you that you're not allowed there
- which means the KB itself looks much better and is much more useful for you all.
"Dig For Bait" has been removed from the Games page while we continue to rework the fishing system.
We have no ETA for the feature at this time.
The "Assign Custom Fauna" section has been removed from "Assign Fauna". It's a feature that I genuinely can't remember the last time it was used, as using a Custom Item Package to make fauna became more popular. Those people who did use the feature will still have the fauna on their pet (and will still lose it, as before, if they assign another fauna over the top). You can still assign both site and privately owned fauna to your pets as normal.
The User Shops of banned users have been blocked from use for a while, but accidentally stumbling on one created a huge notification to skew your tab. As such we've made strides to remove these shops from the search entirely. It may be that one or two, or perhaps even a few, were missed so if you stumble across one please don't hesitate to PM me and let me know the username and ID so I can remove them from search too.
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There are some other changes on the horizon that we're going to discuss with you in news posts, and take polls on, so that everyone gets to put their opinions forward. We know that having a say is something that we're often asked for, and we agree that there are some big decisions that we want to make with you, not for you.
Posted by Eve
(#2775) on Sat May 23, 2020 4:23pm
Raffle Oopsies
Comics
All Raffles have been drawn and the prizes handed out! Sorry that there were no individual announcements for this, but hey! At least you have the rest of the Mayday information right below this post!
Posted by Juke
(#7625) on Tue May 19, 2020 12:12am
Mayday comes to an end with GPalooza!
Site Update
Happy GPalooza! (We're starting early as we do every year since you all know I can't stay up all night)
For those who don't know what GPalooza is, tonight at midnight, we will be stocking the GP shop full of wonderful goodies. There are items that will be available for all of Monday, and then some rarer stock will be put in throughout the day.
In celebration, we are hosting many 1GP raffles which are running for Monday the 18th only! We will be drawing them on or after midnight, so please make sure to purchase your tickets prior to midnight Monday night.
We will also be hosting several Auctions, and they will all end around midnight(if I did my math right).
GPalooza will finish Monday night at midnight, so please make sure to get your shopping done before then!
Keep in mind, while the Exotic Pot may be empty the credit will not be reset until Monday evening.
Posted by 🐼Kaiyo🐼
(#489) on Sun May 17, 2020 11:39pm
Mayday, Day 3 Reminder
Site Update
Are you interested in taking an exotic genus home with you? You can view the exotic pot here! If you need information on how the sale works, please review this news post. We also have a news post outlining the entire sale here!
As Day 2 slowly comes to an end, here's a reminder of the current and next day bonuses! Additionally, the exotic pot has sold amazingly in the past couple of days! Even if the exotic pot becomes sold out, the April Showers Exotic Egg will remain in the tiers. This is so that they are available for collecting and Recycling Center purposes.
USD Purchases count towards Special Credit 40% more GP with purchase GP Shop and USD Shop have a 2% chance of duplicating your purchase, doubling your order! 5% OFF USD SHOP 15% OFF GP and BP SHOP! (25% for Premium) Double Premium!! PBC/PBC Talisman will be available in the USD Shop The April Showers Exotic Egg will be in the 75 USD Special Bonus Tier- - - - - - - - - -
Sunday, May 17th at 12:00 AM AST
USD Purchases count towards Special Credit 35% More GP With purchase! GP Shop and USD Shop have a 1% chance of duplicating your purchase, doubling your order! 5% OFF GP and BP SHOP! (15% for Premium) Double Premium! The April Showers Exotic Egg will be in the 50 Special USD Bonus Tier FU Pendant will be available in the USD Shop The added USD Shop items will be removed after today.Posted by Mayday Marie
(#11) on Sat May 16, 2020 9:09pm
Mayday, Day 2 Reminder
Site Update
Are you interested in taking an exotic genus home with you? You can view the exotic pot here! If you need information on how the sale works, please review this news post. We also have a news post outlining the entire sale here!
As Day 1 creeps closer to a close, here's a reminder of the current and next day bonuses!
USD Purchases count towards Special Credit 50% more GP with purchase GP Shop and USD Shop have a 3% chance of duplicating your purchase, doubling your order! 10% OFF THE USD SHOP 20% OFF THE GP and BP SHOP! (30% for Premium) Double Premium!! The April Showers Exotic Egg will be available in the 100 USD Special Bonus Credit Tier The April Showers Exotic Egg is now usable!- - - - - - - - - -
Saturday, May 16th at 12:00 AM AST
USD Purchases count towards Special Credit 40% more GP with purchase GP Shop and USD Shop have a 2% chance of duplicating your purchase, doubling your order! 5% OFF USD SHOP 15% OFF GP and BP SHOP! (25% for Premium) Double Premium!! PBC/PBC Talisman will be available in the USD Shop The April Showers Exotic Egg will be in the 75 USD Special Bonus TierPosted by Mayday Marie
(#11) on Fri May 15, 2020 9:49pm
PPP Raffle Prizes (finally)
Site Update
Remember to look at our Mayday News Post about what is currently going on with our sale!
I know many people have been looking forward to the PPP Artist Raffle being drawn, and I am finally here to give you that sweet sweet info that you crave :D
We had over 1,300 predictions entered into the raffle!!! :O
Here are our prizes!
Xaoc Elixir - Jools (#37392)
75% edited Exotic - Arem (#3998)
30% edited Exotic - Volcarona (#71503)
Gilded Neura Egg - Marrorow (#33668)
Platinum Custom Crystal - Volcarona (#71503), Kilton SAS (#427), Nikki (#359), Mad Hatter (#10278), Helix (#50548)
Hatching Oet Egg - Kilton SAS (#427), Vampi (#12221)
Hatching Teo Egg - Kilton SAS (#427), Marrorow (#33668)
Half BC - Kilton SAS (#427) x4, Helix (#50548), Princess Saturn (#588) x2, Vampi (#12221), Volcarona (#71503), Marrorow (#33668)
Scaled Seed- Alana (#70812), Kilton SAS (#427)
Finn Egg - Nikki (#359)
Hybrid Elixir - Devonian (#28589)
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I am looking at options to make this years raffle much easier/less intensive to count the tickets, so hopefully this year can run more smoothly and the prizes can be given out much quicker.
Remember, the Prediction Pool Party will be happening from June 1st to August 31st this year, and the perks will only apply to breedings that are already in the queue, so get those coins in!
The final day to submit breedings to receive Prediction Pool Party perks this year will be May 19, 2020 at 11:59 pm AST.
Posted by Kita🦊
(#3988) on Fri May 15, 2020 10:52am
Mayday is upon us! Time to prepare!
Site Update
The time is soon upon us - Mayday is near! As a reminder, the item needed to nab an Exotic pet is April Showers Exotic Egg, and for those of you who are new to the sales, "Special Credit" is credit that you can only accumulate during the sale by making purchases!
Below is what will happen on Day 1, with the presale beginning at 11:00 PM AST - this is the time on the site clock at the top of every page, not your personal timezone. Any purchases made before this time will not count towards special credit and will not receive their listed bonuses. If you intend to use Amazon Pay, please note that there can be up to a 24-hour delay in your order being processed. Please contact Kaiyo (#489) if you are using Amazon so that we can make arrangements to ensure that you get your egg.
Additionally, to mitigate any lag that may occur at rollover, your usual rollover notifications will be delayed approximately 20 minutes.
You can view the exotic pot here!
Thursday, May 14th at 11:00 PM AST
"Special Credit" begins USD Purchases count towards Special Credit 50% more GP with purchase GP Shop and USD Shop have a 3% chance of duplicating your purchase, doubling your order! 10% OFF THE USD SHOP 20% OFF THE GP and BP SHOP! (30% for Premium) Double Premium!! The April Showers Exotic Egg will be available under the 100 USD Special Bonus Credit Tier The April Showers Exotic Egg will not be usable to claim Event Exotics yet. This is a good time to sell in the forums!- - - - - - - - - -
Friday, May 15th at 12:00 AM AST (this begins exactly one hour after the previous one!)
USD Purchases count towards Special Credit 50% more GP with purchase GP Shop and USD Shop have a 3% chance of duplicating your purchase, doubling your order! 10% OFF THE USD SHOP 20% OFF THE GP and BP SHOP! (30% for Premium) Double Premium!! The April Showers Exotic Egg will be available in the 100 USD Special Bonus Credit Tier The April Showers Exotic Egg is now usable!The Top Spenders will also receive special prizes to choose from! Ranging from rare pets to the future pet perk!
As part of our work to bring site features up to date, some outdated museum collections were retired. These collection were either due to be retired years ago, unable to be completed due to the items not being in circulation, or the prize being retired from use.
This is your warning to not buy anything from the GP or BP shop unless you do not care about the sales! We are going to be stocking the GP and BP shop shortly, so you will be able to see what items are available but remember the sale does not actually begin until 11:00 pm AST tonight.
If anything is bought from any of the shops prior to 11:00pm AST, you will not receive any benefits from the sales, and you will not be eligible for a refund. So please, refresh your screen to ensure the clock at the top of the screen says it is after 11:00 pm AST.
If you notice that the different breeding coins are missing from the shops after our Mayday sale, don't be alarmed! Staff has come to decision to remove these from the store to allow our hardworking artists to work through the queues. They will be put back up for sale once the queues have a smaller wait time.
Additionally, the Prediction Pool Party will be happening from June 1st to August 31st this year, and the perks will only apply to breedings that are already in the queue, so get those coins in!
The final day to submit breedings to receive Prediction Pool Party perks this year will be May 19, 2020 at 11:59 pm AST.
Posted by 🐼Kaiyo🐼
(#489) on Thu May 14, 2020 6:56pm
LOOK AT ALL THIS NEWS
Site Update
First of all, the moment you have been waiting for... WINDOW SHOPPING.
Although many of you may have already been pressing your faces against the glass, we're now announcing the Exotic Pot as being open for viewing! There may be a set or two added before the sale, but we will make sure to make note of it in the pre-sale news post if there are!
If you need a refresher of what happens when, feel free to give this news post another glance over!
EQUALLY AS IMPORTANT, THOUGH
We've got some staff changes to celebrate!
Starting with our newest elves!
Jess #80890, The Cavalry #42995, and Aros #4353! Welcome them warmly and wish them luck in
Next, we've got two graduating elfgarten and joining Chelle as mods; Alana #70812 and Kandria #293! They've both been a huge help to us and we're pleased to have them in as full-time moderators!
Finally, we have one last promotion to applaud -- Lacia #25044 has been helping us out so often, has been routinely putting out new pets and accepting them, hosting our event threads, that we felt it was time she was put up among the Admin ranks! Huge congratulations to her and we hope that we'll be working with her -- and the others! -- for a long time yet!
Congratulations, all of you!
Posted by Juke
(#7625) on Wed May 13, 2020 3:43pm