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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
- ChaosAzeroth
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Posted on: Wed Jun 14, 2017 10:14pm
Gale Falcon (#74974) no problem. I'm not even sure why people would do that except maybe to sell really. There's no real reason to sell or get items for yourself. It's not even like people didn't sell customs made in the event. The only thing I heard called abuse was the canceling thing, which I knew a LOT of people who sent customs to people for them to give them back and nothing was said about that.
Creek (#10084)
I swear they also said the user base was too large as the site was still pretty full of active users back at that point. That they couldn't keep up with the growing userbase basically cramming as many customs in as they could. I could be wrong but I think that was an issues they said too.
- Wolfy
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Posted on: Wed Jun 14, 2017 10:15pm
Aywas Official (#2) It is definitely disrespectful to continue doing something after being asked personally by the creator, I agree with that.
Ah, I see, that makes sense ^^
- Quit
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Posted on: Wed Jun 14, 2017 10:18pm
ChaosAzeroth[WTFWhy] (#43055) - I don't recall that being said, but I could have missed it. it is a very viable reason though! I mean, 23 possible customs per person, and times the avg of the "free monthly customs" post, and you'll get over 10,000 customs flooding the site at once xD I don't blame staff if that is one of the reasons as to why it needed to stoP!
- Clockity_Tock
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Posted on: Wed Jun 14, 2017 10:28pm
Even though I haven't been on this site for very long, less than a year, to be exact, I've grown very fond of the antics of these NPCs. I'm very sad to see them go so soon, but at least I have things to remember them by. I'm looking forward to the new NPCs, they're really cool. (I'm gonna miss Xero the most. He was my favorite.)
- Zaria
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Posted on: Wed Jun 14, 2017 10:39pm
Gale Falcon (#74974) Thanks, that was interesting to look at. And a few of this npc's I don't ever remember seeing.
Also since I don't think it was addressed or might fall under messing with site items category; are ghost chocolates going to remain the same or be reskinned also?
- casixt 👑 lemny
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Posted on: Wed Jun 14, 2017 10:43pm
I.... I didnt cry a lil or anything......
Really glad to see the changeover though! Excited to click through for new art and stuff. Might remember to do dailies now with that talk to xero-- er, Manju's Musings mechanic fixed... yikes!
-cas
- Juke 🇵🇸
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Posted on: Wed Jun 14, 2017 11:09pm
I'm really glad these old NPCs are leaving - they're so obviously a remnant from earlier times and kinda.... Eh? To have in a public setting.
Besides, these new guys are so cute >3>
- Prof JaMEW
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Posted on: Wed Jun 14, 2017 11:27pm
glad to hear these changes are finally happening.
- Kalid [hiatus]
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Posted on: Wed Jun 14, 2017 11:42pm
Hmmmm, what about Kaz and Shoe's birthday? Will there be a replacement for that?
Posted on: Wed Jun 14, 2017 10:12pm
Creek (#10084) yeah, not nice >_< thank you for explanation. I guess it's better w/o custom event then.