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Hello there everyone, my name is Miksa! I've been running around Aywas for quite a bit now working on saving up enough money for my own shop. Right as I got enough blue paws, Xero put his shop up for sale! It was just meant to be.
More like threw that shop in the trash and she picked it up. Ugh. If there were a trash can big enough for it, it'd be there. It was stinky and dirty and I HATED taking care of those pets. Good riddance.
Awww, now now. Pets create natural odors. Some are pleasant and some are... not ideal. The trick is to not put the smelly pets in a confined room! And the dirt just needed a broom and a pan to take care of. And maybe a mop.
Well at least that's not my problem anymore. Glad to hear you've fixed it up and are happy with it but I'm even gladder that I can leave it to you. *slinks away*
Indeed! I'll take good care of it, don't you worry.
And without further ado, I wish to present to you...
Miksa's Exotic Pet Emporium!
I thought this name would suite it much better.
And with the new name comes an entire new stock of pets! I found all of these pretty pets the past few weeks on some of my cataloguing missions and figured they'd be happy to have some loving homes.
I decided not to change the stock rotation schedule, however. As usual the stock will change every 3 months. After the 3 months, the pets currently in stock will be permanently retired and a new stock will replace them. So buy them while you can!
I've also found a few new pets out in the wilderness of the Aywas world. I couldn't make them tame enough to sell in the pet shop so I'll just show you them so you can catch them yourself.
If you want to design some Adventure pets, go and post them in their respective threads here! There's also a chance that the designs accepted from that forum will go into the Pet Shop! Remember, you can earn SP!
If your design is now in the pet shop or in the new adventure release please contact Kyu (#1010) for your free copy.
You may notice that all the threads in the Pet Coloration Submissions Forum are new. Mauri (#1010) fixed up that forum a bit and a few things were changed.
All old threads were locked and moved to the archive. If she commented on one of your posts asking you to edit a design you posted, please post the new edited design in the new thread for that genus.
The forum now requires a form to be filled out to submit colorations. A main addition to the process is requiring .PSD files to be linked in the post when you submit the design. This should hopefully ensure that the site collection and the breeding artists have all .PSD files for any site pets added after this point. Please read the Pet Colorations 101 thread before submitting a design. Another point worth mentioning is we would prefer you linking the .PSD files via dropbox, sta.sh, or google drive, all of which are free to use. If a .PSD file for the pet is not linked with the design, your design will not be accepted.
This .PSD file requirement will soon spread to all contests and events that allow pets to be submitted to the site. This will include Monthly BP and GP shop pet threads and other event pet threads.
Phew! That's been quite a long news post so far. But I'm not done yet! (Hang in there, the end is soon!)
Along with the new Adventure pets, I've been given the fun task of pulling the tickets for the pet coloration submissions forum raffle! Oh, I just love these sorts of games!
Congratulations to m i s t y l e a �� (#43508) for winning a Bronze Custom Orb in our monthly pet submissions forum raffle! *Claps*
And one last little thing, Graymare (#14978) asked me to mention that the item that was known as "Hybrid Genus Vouchers" got a name change! It's now called "Seasonal Genus Vouchers". This should hopefully be a less confusing name since this item doesn't make Hybrid Pets.
And I think that should be it! I'm beaming like the sun; I'm just so happy. I'm in a bit of disbelief that I own my a pet store now. I hope everyone likes the new look and please don't mind the paint paw prints on the floor. I'm cleaning those up since a certain Pawpaint Unus tracked those in.
Posted by Kyu & Mauri
(#1010) on Sat Jan 4, 2014 6:58pm
- skei ~ LLs ~
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Posted on: Sat Jan 4, 2014 10:34pm
wow one of those was one of my colorations from back in the long long ago. blast from the past man.
- skei ~ LLs ~
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Posted on: Sat Jan 4, 2014 10:38pm
Also curious, how is psd linking in the forums any different than having a psd database? I mean I suppose users aren't encouraged to download psds from the forum submissions but as far as art theft is concerned (which I heard was a major component for why a database would be a no-go) isn't it leaving the psds out for open access?
- Trellwolf
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Posted on: Sat Jan 4, 2014 10:52pm
I'm not real big on the new NPCs but as long as the shop isn't going away I suppose it doesn't matter. And to make up for any crabbiness I was going to feel, new Maki to collect! =D
- Suea Peek
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Posted on: Sat Jan 4, 2014 11:13pm
Thank goodness for the new PSD rule! And having them linked in the post instead of emailed will help me not forget them XD;;
- kelsey
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Posted on: Sat Jan 4, 2014 11:25pm
i'm very excited to see all of these changes! i'm so happy that the new NPCs are starting to take a bigger role. *www*
--cheeto
- Kyu & Mauri
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Posted on: Sat Jan 4, 2014 11:25pm
It's a partial component of why we won't release the database of over a thousand PSDs to the public. With pet coloration submissions you can remove your PSD after your design has been accepted if you wish (or before that, but your design won't have a chance of acceptance without a .PSD). It's a more limited window of availability and having the PSDs linked worked well in the PSD coloring event. As always if you see art theft, contact a moderator. We're very strict and harsh about that sort of TOS break. - Mauri
- Konoi
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Posted on: Sun Jan 5, 2014 4:30am
Congrats Miksa! I like Xero very much, but in the matter of this shop, I know how much he hated being there. It's a good thing for both of you!
- Sevaia
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Posted on: Sun Jan 5, 2014 5:47am
Yay for Miksa! All these chibi NPC's are truly a sight for sore eyes <3
And of course it's wonderful that we really have site-specific characters and that Slash can use his characters again <3 Yay :D
- Lyra
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Posted on: Sun Jan 5, 2014 9:03am
I love the new way to submit entries, maybe this will make things easier on both ends. I'm loving the new characters, the old ones just didn't speak to me. Miksa is just so sweet! - L
Posted on: Sat Jan 4, 2014 10:25pm
Hear hear! I second Druzy! And thanks soooo much for the Bronze Orb! <33