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Hello dears, I'm sorry to appear out of season but I've been sent to you with an important message from the Lunaris Council, the governing body of this corner of the universe.
It's very possible you haven't heard about them since they have been mostly absent during the seven years that humans have colonised here on Ay and Ara. You see there were a few problems they've had to attend to in order to keep you all safe here, and because of that we - the Lunarii and the Shapeshifters - have mostly been absent. We've sent down contacts on a monthly basis for a long time now, and a few Shifters - like myself and Tech - have recently come to make our homes here.
What enabled us to do this was the presence of some people you have come to know well - Kaz, Shoe, Chaos and the others. They came here from their own world to look after all that lived here, and guide you beings that are so like their form in becoming settled, and in accepting people such as myself who are both humanoid and creature.
Now that the worlds are safe again, and that you have accepted us as we are, it is time for them to return home. They catch their transport home tonight at midnight to return to friends and family who miss them dearly, and the lives they have so graciously put on hold for so long to be here with you all.
We thank them for their services, their advice, and their love, and wish them well going forward.
So what does this mean for you?
Well, now that myself and those like me are once again able to be here, we're hoping to keep things running for you as you know them. There may be a few small tweaks, a little personalisation by each of us, but we will try to not rock the boat too much while you become more accustomed to us.
We're all very pleased to be here, and look forward to speaking and spending more time with you. We sincerely hope you feel the same.
As for the Lunaris Council... they are rather hands off and don't like to interfere in interplanetary affairs, but they are watching over us from the skies, keeping us safe as always.
Take care, my loves, and I will see you in February if not before.
Staff just have a few quick notes to add on to what Eryn has said.
We want to give you a list of what the games have been known as and what they are becoming as of tomorrow (June 15th), along with any extra notes we think you might want or need to know about the updated games!
- "Xero's Pet Research" will become "Dylan’s Pet Project". The game remains the same.
- "Axl's Pet Research" will become "Naoki’s Pet Research". It has been updated to show if you have the pets or not, same as the Aywapedia, and the pet name even links you to the Aywapedia so you can go in search of one to buy! Be careful though - the button to give up shows in the same place as turning in a successful trio, so watch what you're doing!
- "Scavenger Hunt" will become "Miksa’s Pet Bingo". The game is the same, but will bring back the old game mechanism where you cannot use "Search" or the Aywapedia purchase options to find a Pet ID.
- "Talk to Xero" will become "Manju’s Musings". Your old data will be transferred to the new game - but beware, the mechanic that resets your BP amount if you miss a day has been fixed! The day is counted as 00:00:01 to 23:59:59, so you can check in with them any time of the day, just so long as you don't skip it!
- Free Food will now randomise between 1 and 10 items for you, but still feeds all your pets.
- "Tam's Item Quest" will become "Pablo’s Item Quest". This too remains the same, but again has a click through to the Item Directory page for the item they want to make it easier to complete!
- "Kaz and Shoe" will now feature Rowan and Minerva! Our cutest Aywas couple will throw plant pots and blow kisses, and you might even get an item out of it!
- "Tak's CDs" will become "Tech's CDs". Once again the item name will click through to the Item Directory so you can see what they gave you!
- "Rogue's Zapping" will become "Ambriel's Alterations". Other than a new caretaker of the random result, the game will remain the same.
There's also new NPC Plushies for you to collect... Some of them come from the updated games, if you're lucky...
We will have more on those at a later date!
Posted by Aywas Official
(#2) on Wed Jun 14, 2017 3:32pm
- Zaria
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Posted on: Wed Jun 14, 2017 9:55pm
Awww... Now I'm never going to learn what happened to make xero the way he is. I never figured I would anyways but I have always wanted to know the story behind xero being so sad and depressed. And no more fireballs from kaz. Bye to the old npc's. I'm already miss you. Welcome to the new npc's. You have some great shoes to fill. Good luck.
- 🐼Kaiyo🐼
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Posted on: Wed Jun 14, 2017 10:01pm
ChaosAzeroth[WTFWhy] (#43055) Yup, it was supposed to be turned off last year but that didn't happen
- Gale Falcon 🎐
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Posted on: Wed Jun 14, 2017 10:03pm
ChaosAzeroth[WTFWhy] (#43055) I can see how it can be hard to run free customs event, but I can't see how people can abuse it though (unless someone claims same customs on alt accounts, but they'd have been banned for breaking the rules straght away). If smbd posts multiple times in hopes it'll raise chances, excessive submissions can be filtered out with tools o.o
Zaria (#14800) google the aywas wiki and input Xero's name in search there (the wiki keeps bits of background stories about old NPCs, most of them incredibly sad/dark tho, so I can understand why backstories were never mentioned on Aywas website itself)
- ♑ Kat & AK ♈
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Posted on: Wed Jun 14, 2017 10:04pm
Kinda sad coz we grew with them. Gonna miss you all. Also 10 food items was already not much.. Random 1 to 10 make me sad over lesser free food. Lol.....
- ♑ Kat & AK ♈
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Posted on: Wed Jun 14, 2017 10:06pm
The daily login makes me worry too... my only source of daily pocket money at risk. XD
- Answrs
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Posted on: Wed Jun 14, 2017 10:07pm
welp, there goes any motivation to come back regularly. great job for keeping your loyal users happy guys! :D
seriously, it's a feature that has been going on for YEARS, it's hardly a glitch anymore if it's worked this way for that long. punishing users that have worked their way up to 60k or more by resetting their progress for ONE day missed of the HUNDREDS they've come on? thank hell I was even on today, I can only imagine the people who log on in two days after finals and see their streak built up from months of progress has been deleted without warning.
honestly there needs to be a news post ONLY for this information, not just something hidden in the very bottom of what skims as a lore post.
- ChaosAzeroth
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Posted on: Wed Jun 14, 2017 10:07pm
Gale Falcon (#74974)
The problem is with how it works, apparently people could cancel and get the items themselves.
Honestly I ended up using the same design multiple times and stuff. It's easier. x3 I'd be upset if I got them to work for my friends just to have them eaten.
- Quit
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Posted on: Wed Jun 14, 2017 10:08pm
Gale Falcon (#74974) - People were abusing it by submitting the pet through the event, and then going and cancelling the pet, causing them to receive a metal crystal/orb. I dont know if said users were punished (Im sure they wouldve been if caught), but its one of the reasons why it wasn't supposed to happen again.
- Gale Falcon 🎐
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Posted on: Wed Jun 14, 2017 10:10pm
ChaosAzeroth[WTFWhy] (#43055) oh, okies :o thank you for finding a min to explain this issue to me :')
Posted on: Wed Jun 14, 2017 9:47pm
Didn't the free custom event supposed to be discontinued before due to people abusing it and difficulty running it honestly?