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Site Update
The plushes arrived on Friday (Bah!!!), so we will start shipping them out Monday.
You will notice all eggs returned from v2 and should be back under the Phoenix Tree. Feel free to hatch them if you haven't already. Referrals have also been transferred over.
We are working hard to fix glitches. Please stay tuned and we should have some new content for you soon. Here's a fun fact: I have all the ara pets sorted into explore locations, and there are about 40 pets per location and about eight new locations!
NOTE: There is a very obvious glitch in explore where you are able to capture limited pets. If you get one, DO NOT CATCH IT, and if you already did, send it to me. Anyone caught with a limited from explore after reading this news post will be considered abusing a glitch. If you aren't sure whether your new pets are glitched, ask the help board. They will know.
Posted by Jack
(#1) on Fri Aug 6, 2010 10:29pm
US Customs
Site Update
Hey, for anyone attending Gencon (and plush purchasers in general):
The shipment of plushes to me was delayed by US CUSTOMS and it's hard to tell how long it'll take them to inspect and clear the shipment. Some people say it could take a day, some say it could take weeks. I'll try to keep you updated but it doesn't look good.
Posted by Jack
(#1) on Thu Aug 5, 2010 11:03am
LBC Artists too!
Site Update
Apologies in advance if I break the news again, my babymaking superpowers have been on the fritz lately. -bows to Yasu for forgiveness-
We're looking for LBC artists as well. Came to realizing this last night after getting over 40 applicants for BC artist (thanks guys, I'll reply to all of what I got soon!). LBC artists make 3 GP per baby, and lists must be completed within 1 week (lists comprise 10 pairs generally).
So if you want to apply, send an email to [email protected] and ask for an LBC app -- it would also be helpful if you sent any examples of predicts you've made in the past, if applicable. And yes, you can be both LBC and BC joint artist, to all those BC'ers that might be interested in applying for LBC too (and if I accept you for both). :]
Felt it was better to make a new newspost for this, so people can realize that we need both if they didn't see the last one. -thumbs up!-
Posted by Ash
(#90) on Wed Aug 4, 2010 2:42pm
Call for BC Artists
Site Update
Hey all, in the midst of the v3 move and all of your flailing about regarding the changes, I'm here to make an announcement and a call for more Breeding Coin artist applicants.
We're pretty desperate over here in the BC artist realm. There are still huge amounts of breedings to be done and only a small amount of artists that can do them, some of which also contribute to other site features so their time is limited. This means that there's going to be a lot of extra wait time, a lot of upset, and a lot of disgruntled users wanting to know why their BC babies aren't coming in over a month or even two, at this rate. I can only whip my artists so much. ;_; (not an abusive admin, no way).
So this is my plea, and it'll work a bit differently this time. If you or anyone you know does really awesome customs, edits, colorations, or combinations of the above, please, please have them send a message to [email protected] asking for an application. Attach examples of your customs/edits/colorations because at this point if you can do edits and colorations well, I'll be slapping you a quick practice list and then giving you a fast yes or no the minute you finish. We're talking rapid-style, we need folks to tackle the workloads now.
Remember, it's 5 GP per offspring for BC artists, and a deadline of around ~1-2 weeks per list. We prefer you to work faster though, to blast through all of the work we have (and there are incentives if you work faster, hint hint). I think my previous applications were a bit daunting so at this time if you do apply and I give you the go ahead with a practice list you'll get only about 3 pairs to complete as a test. So please, don't second-guess your skills, what do you have to lose? :)
EDIT: Yes, all the past archived news posts were nuked with this one, bear with, it's a bug that I just discovered. GO ME!
Posted by Ash
(#90) on Tue Aug 3, 2010 2:54pm
Bored?
Pets
We are still busy transferring. Bored waiting for Aywas to finish doing this? Why not visit our developing sister site, Felisfire.com? At least it'll give you something to do!
It's a site about breeding winged kitties. It's run by the awesome Erienne and Dew. You can do all sorts of things there - create your FREE six customs to start your colony, watch your cats grow fond of (or hate) each other and eventually breed, hunt around in a strange world, collect mini-pets to attach to your cats that can battle, start clans of cats with other users, etc etc.
It's in beta testing, so while waiting for this site to finish up its shenanigans, why not help another site grow and prosper? Find bugs, test features, and in general be awesome.
Click me!
Posted by Jack
(#1) on Fri Jul 30, 2010 5:35pm
Transferring... transferring....
Pets
Transferring
Much movement is occurring between V2 and V3. We're working on getting the items database (which contains millions of entries x_x) over first. Please do not conduct any transactions or actions in general that you want to keep while the notice is up.
Also do not conduct yourself in a way that would harm the contents of your account: eg: do not donate all your pets, get rid of all your money, or make any purchases that might reflect on your account later. Doing so might end up with you having to live with your choices. Best stick to the forums or play the games or explore, as long as you are content losing (or possibly keeping) the results of your actions.
Posted by Jack
(#1) on Fri Jul 30, 2010 10:49am
Drinking Game Fun!
Pets
Offspring!
For anyone interested, check out some of the offspring that came to be as a result of Asher's birthday:
That's one pet from each of the breedings, as each user got an offspring!
Risk 2
The RISK game has been decided for 4 AM to benefit those on the other side of the world. Hope you have fun risking it... remember, don't post until it's time!
Risk: 4 AM
Good luck folks!
Posted by Jack
(#1) on Wed Jul 28, 2010 1:32pm
Risk 2 & Comic
Pets
On the subject of RISK...
When would you like me to have another risk for other-side-of-the-world people? (time I mean. 6 am?)
Comic
Posted by Jack
(#1) on Tue Jul 27, 2010 9:12pm
RISK
Pets
Do you want to risk it?
RISK offers fabulous prizes... and horrible pitfalls, if you happen to post at the wrong time. This risk will occur at 6 PM. Click the link below to go to the thread to see what this risk's prizes and pitfalls are.
I wanna see risk!
Posted by Jack
(#1) on Mon Jul 26, 2010 5:14am
On Baby Predicts...
Pets
I want to address a problem I've seen when it comes to user-submitted offspring. There has been a great deal of discussion on the forums about this, and upon thinking about it has prompted me to change a few rules when it comes to the babies that users submit for their own breedings.
From now on, I'm going to be a lot harder on picking offspring and in what I accept for valid user-submitted offspring. Lately it's been a trend that I see more offspring that end up as clones of one parent and nothing else. It's beginning to become a problem because of what the breeding staff and Aywas has in place when it comes to offspring standards. So please note the below, as it will also be added to the thread in Breeding Chat:
Offspring that are not a clear mix of the parents will be outright rejected by me and you will receive a PM saying you must change the predictions to be reviewed again. This includes the following that will not be acceptable from hereon out:
- Four predicts that use the base lines of one parent with small edits/color changes pulled from another parent
- Four predicts that combine every single edit/most edits from each parent into one offspring, with small color changes or minute variation between the offspring. Alternately, four predicts that have one particular edit run throughout every single predict. Such as a mask or a set of wings that every predict has, when it is plausible that one offspring may never get those wings or mask because of the second parent.
- Four predicts that pull from tiny colors on the parents to make entirely new color changes and bases. An example would be a small splash of red on one paw on a parent that does not occur anywhere else to make an entirely red recolored offspring. Also not being accepted is pulling color from the eyes or from edits like necklaces, bracelets, etc. You can still make predicts with colors if they would easily/readily mix, though, such as a red parent x a blue parent = some shade of purple in the baby. Alternately, if you can make that color in an overlay/filter (I will be checking if I'm not sure) that is also allowed.
- Four predicts that favor only one marking/pattern on the parent throughout all predicts, and barely includes any of the other parent's markings.
- Predicts that otherwise don't look like a good mix of both parents. I'll be addressing issues as they arise.
Remember that the point of breeding and offspring here is to make good mixes of the parents to result in offspring that are mixed, not just parent clones. This affects all predicts submitted from hereon out; any already on the board or that were submitted prior to this newspost are unaffected and will be treated as normal… but I'll be watching your predicts more closely from now on. I was more lenient until I received many complaints about the way predicts were handled. The above was just what I found as glaring issues, which is why that last point covers anything that I deem unacceptable from now on.
If you have any questions/concerns, please do PM me or post as a comment and I'll address them. Thanks!
Posted by Ash
(#90) on Sun Jul 25, 2010 2:46pm