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We are happy to announce the winner to the Trashland Background Contest... Synthaphone (#15786), with their gorgeous rendition of Castaway Canyon!
Castaway Canyon is now in the process of being created into an adventure area. As soon as we have a new batch of items from our item artist, as well as our contest items, pets, and monsters all chosen, we'll be releasing the new world to you. What excitement!
We have a cute little melo sitting in the Cash Auctions! If you are interested in bidding on this melo the link to the auction is here.
This melo is a result of a bug where an incorrect/unselected GCC artist was able to claim a GCC ticket. If you were affected by this bug, please contact me (#15). The unwanted design will be auctioned in this fashion and you will be refunded your original ticket.
The Escrow Commission Panel Update has gone live!
The "Escrow" feature on the Commission Panel allows players to conduct three way trades, between an artist, USD buyer, and a GP buyer. Imagine a scenario where a GP buyer has GP or items and wants to commission an artist. They find a player with USD (the USD buyer) who is willing to pay for the artist's commission in return for the GP Buyer's items or GP. These two players can conduct a transaction with an artist through the Commission Panel.
You can read about the Escrow Feature here. To begin an escrow, you (the USD buyer) simply enter the ID of the player who will be paying you GP/items when submitting a commission request to an artist.
A new forum has opened for those seeking or offering escrows in the Trading Post section. Please be sure to use the [SEEKING USD] and [OFFERING USD] headers so your fellow players can quickly determine what your thread is about.
A new item, the Metal Takeout Box, has been added to the GP Shop for 25 GP. If you have ever wanted a metal (no edits) Faux or Snoodle, then this item is for you!
The SCC feature is completed, tested, and ready to go! Right now, we are ensuring that players who have been waiting in line for their SCC art are the first ones who submit to the new feature. After we have confirmed the waiting players have had their SCCs entered into the new feature for completion, we will open the feature up to artists to join. Finally, when we have a team of artists, we will open it up for submission.
A Silver Custom Crystal counts as a ticket to the feature. By submitting your SCC, you can select artists you'd like to create your pet and write its description. Like GCC and MDT, an artist from your selection can claim your ticket and work on it.
After the art is completed and approved by the customs team, the artist is paid and your pet is automatically uploaded into your account. No more waiting!
The statue items are artwork commission items that allow you to commission artwork only through the SCC panel without the use of an SCC. The "Magical Species Statue" has a small chance of uploading the completed artwork for you like an SCC does.
Speaking of Snoodles, the brand new box feature for it was completed this morning. After we do some brief testing this afternoon we will be sending out messages to the artists with approved snoodles to start loading the box up as early as this evening, provided there are no bugs!
We expect the box will release as soon as all the artists have loaded in their sets, so we're doing a little pre-sale for it. Cup of Snoodles will be $25 like the Fox in the Box when the box is ready to release, but while we're loading in sets you can buy a pre-sale Cup of Snoodles for $20. The other snoodle items are on sale as well.
If you want to get in on the action early, then pick up your pre-sale cup and start getting ready for the release! We'll let you know with twenty four hours in advance when the feature is going to launch so you can be ready with your pre-sale cups.
Some quick housekeeping notices -
PMBC List Deadlines have been increased to seven days.
PMBC has received a raise to $4.50.
PLBC has received a raise to $5.50.
PMBC Predicts have received a new cap of $4.00.
GCC Design and MDT Design payments have been set to Tuesday.
Posted by JAK
(#15) on Wed Mar 23, 2016 1:06pm
- Mynia
(#5309)
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Posted on: Wed Mar 23, 2016 3:10pm
Ahhh I'm really pleased to see the PMBC List Deadline has increased! That means I should be able to come back from Hiatus now since seven days will be MUCH more manageable <3 Also a payraise too! yippee!!
- Yuu♥Muse♥DW
(#20)
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Posted on: Wed Mar 23, 2016 3:28pm
Saphire <3 Lassombra (#407) Nope. I was actually genuinely surprised that someone was saying that in a newspost, and then started laughing when I realized it was most likely just a typo. Especially when you know what snoodling means xD
- slothful
(#64472)
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Posted on: Wed Mar 23, 2016 3:45pm
IDK. If the bug happened to me I'm not sure i'd want the "unwanted" design to be auctioned for USD because it would have been based on my prompt. Depending on how specific the prompt was (and how closely it would be to perhaps a certain design like an OC or something),
I'd feel like I'd be pressured to keep the design, even if i am not in love with the style of it. And i would have preferred one of the artists I selected... But at the same time, I wouldn't want some random person having a pet based on my OC without my permission and that meaning I'd want control over whom gets it.
This is all hypothetical though. I highly doubt I'd ever be affected myself as I'm pretty easy to please. And I'd feel too guilty about rejecting someone's design. I've done it once or twice before (maybe here maybe not) and I'm pretty sure got way more closer to my inevitable ulcer lmao. But other people maybe feel what I felt above. They may not want the design. But at the same time, might be uncomfortable with someone getting a pet based on their, (and again) depending on how specific prompt (and colour selection). Maybe at the very least have the artist recolour it? (unless it was 100% artist's choice).
Though I do 100% understand why the cash auction is being done. I just think [maybe] (minor) edits and [definitely] a bid of colour change (if necessary aka not artist's choice) to make it more unique from the prompt would help with the commissoner/requester being more comfortable with the auction?
- Valice & Fenris
(#20488)
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Posted on: Wed Mar 23, 2016 3:45pm
Could we have something to get rid of all the extra credit built up?
- Kitsune
(#23799)
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Posted on: Wed Mar 23, 2016 4:15pm
Yuu♥Muse♥DW (#20)
Whoops... yeah I meant paid! Stupid autocorrect. ^.^'
- ☆Jesse☆
(#31320)
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Posted on: Wed Mar 23, 2016 5:26pm
Love the item art and I am SO excited for the feature to be live. I can't wait to submit my own dorky Snoodles!
- Limesfa
(#27617)
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Posted on: Wed Mar 23, 2016 6:50pm
Ooh I can't wait for the location! Those Snoodles are interesting. =D
- Dar & Zel
(#43)
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Posted on: Wed Mar 23, 2016 9:25pm
Tequila Mockingbird (#64472)
Heyo! My lair partner was the individual who received the design being auctioned. It was an artist choice prompt, with a provided colour palette. No character was being referenced with the prompt made.
Slash also told us -upfront- that if we maintained that we'd prefer a refund that the design that had already resulted would be auction(so as to set the site right for the payment to the artist and cover the refund etc etc). We're not at all bothered by the auction.
And it's not that the design is bad or that we're displeased with it, we actually think it's cute and has it's own charm, however, it's not at all in any of the styles we wanted.
- slothful
(#64472)
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Posted on: Wed Mar 23, 2016 11:12pm
Sawsbuck & Poochyena (#43)
oh, I figured that the person with this design was okay with it. Though at first I was confused by the wording and wondering if they even knew??? But after a bit I realized it meant if it happened to other people, to PM. and I was like ooOooh, when my concern hit me (because i think way too much about everything except stuff that actually matters lmao).
I think that had me a worried. because if it /had/ been character based, but the choices would be keep it or refund with the design being auction, i think that is a like troubling. I understand the site wanting to make the money right. But at the same time, if it is oc based. and let's say it said that in the prompt.. I feel that would then be punishing someone because of a bug which was out of their control... maybe if it was a lesser design ticket it would be like /shrug whatever. but if it was a regular one or above that would be at least 35 dollars the person spent.
I think the problem I have the most would be telling me I don't really have the rights over my own character :c
And as your prompt was artist's choice. It doesn't really fall under my concern. That probably came off rude but I don't mean it like that. I really did not get what was being said at first and was like "the person doesn't even know it happened to them?" with /that/ design so yeah...but yeah.. it is the personal character/oc thing that is the majority of my issue (again, hypothetical issue). And yeah.. artist's choice.. I don't think anyone could seriously claim the outcome would be too similar to an oc then ^^;
To be honest, I don't even know why i am arguing this aside from so many users seem protective of pets based on their ocs lol. I'm willing to breed mine out so I probably would be willing for a psuedo copy to be auctioned /shrug (though being asked first would be nice and it appears that is the case.). So I'm being more of a devil's advocate than really being super serious or gun ho or anything. Because I think it is a valid concern.
Posted on: Wed Mar 23, 2016 3:07pm
Yuu♥Muse♥DW (#20) So I wasn't the only one to notice that o.o I had a laugh at that as well XD