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I want to start this news post with an apology.

A couple of months ago things really started to get on top of me, and due to that my work for Aywas suffered - and soon that started to get on top of me too. I fell behind at an alarming rate, and the further I fell the harder it was to climb right back on top... and it escalated so quickly.

What I should have told people about six weeks ago was that I was working through the queues but saving them up to accept them in one big blow. This was because I have a bad habit of checking queues I've already done for the pets I've sent back, and I'd end up in a cycle where maybe 5 queues ran nicely and everything else... well, I believe someone mentioned March?

Anyway, a lot of boring text you don't want to read later... I finally got to the end of the alphabet and ran the queues! That was the mass exodus of customs you witnessed tonight. In all I believe just over 1000 customs were accepted, leaving approximately 150 to go.

I know that people will wonder why I had custom creation temporarily locked if I'm so much closer to catching up - and the answer is that which I do those 150 the queue could easily double in size because people have seen pets coming back and will submit more customs. Which is great! I love seeing your customs - but I need to get things a little more under my belt to feel comfortable and confident in myself that I won't let you all down again.

It's not an easy decision to make, but I know that people have several times suggested if it gets to this stage that this is the preferred action, rather than seeing the queues languish. I left it far too late, but I hope those same people that encouraged this can understand doing it now, too.

Custom Creation will return Monday 12th September.

Taking this time will help me get back on my feet to hopefully work better, faster and smarter than I have been, and be the admin that you all deserve and certainly haven't been getting.

So again I apologise - I don't expect forgiveness, I've been a source of frustration for so many of you, and rightly so, and I accept that responsibility with the hope we can all move forward together to a bigger and brighter future.

Crystal Check will still be active - and I whole-heartedly encourage that you keep accessing it and getting help from my two lovely ladies - after all, it means when the queues are open again you'll be able to dive straight in with the right item, and a shiny link to prove it's percentage!

Closing the queues also allows me to make some changes that have been in line for a long time, and allows you the time to plan how you want to move forward too. I will leave that new chunk of text until the weekend so I don't overload you too much - and I promise a lot of it is good news!

Posted by Eve (#2775) on Mon Sep 5, 2016 10:29pm

Comments: 38

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Cindy (#41973)

Posted on: Tue Sep 6, 2016 12:13am

Hey just take your time! You come first y'know? :P

Kanein (#49712)

Posted on: Tue Sep 6, 2016 12:32am

It is understandable Only having 1 person To go threw 100s Of 1000s of pets in the custom que piles up, You can only Do so many at a time. There is No need to ask forgiveness Any Sane person understand how over whelming your Job is And Although I am not so good with words Hope this helps Some.. You are an amazing person whos Smile Lights up the aywas World & Eve (#2775) Hang in there. - hugs-

FennecTECH (#57779)

Posted on: Tue Sep 6, 2016 2:20am

Dont let your work come between you and your health a custom pet can wait another week keep yourself ontop of things and we all forgive you

*JACKAL* (#34396)

Posted on: Tue Sep 6, 2016 2:21am

Yay I got my pets back :D Closing the queue is actually a good idea too actually. You need more help though, I think. It's a lot of pets to go through anyway without it stacking.

ulalena (#54602)

Posted on: Tue Sep 6, 2016 2:29am

Sending all my love, don´t worry too much, it´s only pixels after all, RL comes always first! <3

Faerie Lady (#5227)

Posted on: Tue Sep 6, 2016 2:57am

We love you sweetie!! Glad you did something to make it a bit easier on yourself for a bit! No hard feelings!

Quit (#10084)

Posted on: Tue Sep 6, 2016 3:48am

Dont worry Eve. Only thing you will have to fear is drowning in more love food. -cackles- ❤ Eve (#2775)

Raru [Quitting] (#26095)

Posted on: Tue Sep 6, 2016 8:29am

Thank you so much for the update. I know it means a lot to, well, a lot of us, to actually hear about what's going on. Custom queue is a pretty huge job, and it's totally understandable to shy away from checking the queue. It's so wonderful that you faced it and are looking to improve. Keep up the superb work!

Koaf (#57119)