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"Kekekeke, Aketchy~" The mischievous Lunaris taunts the Apocalypse unus once they finally find her. "Sleep well?" she purrs
Aketch grinds their teeth as they stare at the floating woman, "We had a deal! You owe me every piece of that candy you gave away!" They slam their cane down with an echoing thud.
"Aww... how about we make a deal? This year, if I gather more candy than you... You will gather candy for me every year from now on!" Greta giggles and does a flip in mid air, grinning menacingly.
The Unus pauses in thought before nodding, "Very well, Imp! However, if I gather more candy than you... you are never allowed to eat another piece again!"
Greta giggles and grins "Fine~ But I have the lovely little Aywans who will help me, they love me now, I gave them candy" she nods and glances over, "That is how that works... right?" she questions, ignoring the snort from Aketch.
It is time to join sides!
Will you aid Greta in proving that she is more loved than the Apocalypse Unus of Famine? Or will you join Aketch in getting a permanent revenge on the Lunaris!? The decision is yours... however there is a few noteworthy pieces of information:
- This event focuses around Candy! All the trick or treating you have done will help to earn you a place in our high score board. Turn in candy to aid your Team Overlord! (They chose the title, not me.)
- You give candy to your leader on their Trick or Treat page, so when you go to Knock under "Site Characters" in the world tab.
- Users on opposing team can try to steal from the other Team's Overlord, and if successful it will effect the overall score of both teams.
- Candy will still be a shop currency as well, so spend wisely. There will be less pets and items for sale for candy this year, however there will be 2 big ticket items.
- There will be special "tasks" that take place every other day, during this task period you cannot join a new team. You can only do so during the "inactive" time.
- If you do quit your team, your Candy score gets reset to 0.
- If your team wins the "task" your team will get a special bonus or reward. Don't worry, the one big ticket reward will be available in the shop as well. All members of the team will get the bonus, whether they participated or not. (This may change for one of the tasks but we will announce it beforehand)
- The team with the lowest member count will receive a multiplier based on the size difference of the two teams for the tasks. This will help to balance the tasks in case one team is substantially larger than the other.
- The first task will not start tonight, we want to give a little bit of time for everyone to pick a team.
- If you are not on any team you will not be able to interact with Greta or Aketch, they're too busy for that.
The top 50 users of both teams will get a very special, unique title! The title that you get will be based off of the highest Karma you achieved during the event.
One final tidbit... I am happy to announce, that after many, many, maaaany user requests, we have forum vistas! Once you unlock them you can find it under Account-Settings-Edit Account- Forum Settings.
At this point we only have one available, and it can be found in the USD Shop! If you would like a preview of it come and see One of my posts! It will remain in the USD Shop until October 31st at 11:59pm.
Note: I know a bunch of you are gonna ask for a way to turn off your HA's now to show off the super awesome Vista, it will be coming shortly <3
Posted by ๐ผKaiyo๐ผ
(#489) on Wed Oct 18, 2017 8:55pm
- Devonian
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Posted on: Thu Oct 19, 2017 12:58pm
Seems War is making an appearance in my house. First it was Tooki's user spotlight vote, I'm a Crab B supporter and my partner is a Crab C heretic, now they've opted to be a minion of Aketch when it's imperative that we support Greta! Now whenever I see that they've knocked I yell at them that I'm throwing poop at their face, which is oddly satisfying (or it would be if they weren't so fond of ghost poop).
- Polybius
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Posted on: Thu Oct 19, 2017 12:59pm
aKETCH! aKETCH! I WILL NEVER DITCH my fave UNus
- Diva
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Posted on: Thu Oct 19, 2017 1:16pm
๐โKaiyoโโ (#489) (i hope this is how pinging work i never get it right)
Ohhhhhh. That makes sense. I don't spend that much anyway, but you never know. Thanks for the answer, at least!
- โ Astra โ
(#16365)
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Posted on: Thu Oct 19, 2017 1:24pm
Aberrance ๐๐ฌ (#77201) Oh, okay, I thought it might be something like that, but I still can't wrap my mind around anything that allows you to say something like "they stares" (which is what it should be if you're being grammatically consistent with the "grinds their teeth" earlier in the same sentence) and not be corrected.
I don't know enough about non-binary to comment, but it seems that "it" is the singular pronoun that should be used in a gender-neutral situation unless the person genuinely feels like they are more than one being trapped in one body together. What you're describing ("second definition") is a non-specific casual parlance with which I'm sure we're all familiar, but that is NOT grammatically correct. The grammatically correct thing to say is "ask someone if he or she could help," because "someone" is singular, but of course very few people actually talk like that. And, as I'm reading it now, I can see how "he or she" in itself could be offensive to the non-binary crowd... wow... what a world we live in. XD It's kind of like how I leave dangling prepositions all the time 'cos it's closer to how we talk even though it's grammatically incorrect (ex: saying "world we live in" instead of "world in which we live"). /Grammar-Nazi. Thanks for being patient enough to explain, in any case!
๐โKaiyoโโ (#489) I can understand not caring about gender (as I don't care about sexuality, given how fluid it is), but not caring about singular vs. plural pronouns?? I can't wrap my head around that. I feel bad for all the English teachers out there who have encountered and will continue to encounter this. ^_^;;
- Devonian
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Posted on: Thu Oct 19, 2017 1:48pm
โ Astra โ (#16365) The use of "they" in the singular isn't really anything new and has been around for a very long time, using it as a pronoun for non-binary folks is though (it's also commonly used when you may not know someone's gender before hand, "I like them, they're really funny.") The problem with using "it" in place of "she" or "he" is that it is more commonly used when referring to an object or thing and has been used as a form of insult, unsurprisingly some people take offence. It's cool how language evolves over time as people need it to. :D
- Aberrance๊ง๐๊ง
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Posted on: Thu Oct 19, 2017 1:50pm
โ Astra โ (#16365) Ye, no problem! Explaining non-binary terms in language is an ordeal in itself because there aren't many established and well-enough-known terms to even describe it with.
In general, the pronoun 'they' is treated somewhat differently when it comes to the non-binary thing. I'm non-binary myself, and while personally, I wouldn't mind friends calling me 'it', (as it'd be more of a joke than anything; sometimes friends call me 'a strange eldritch entity' and I am there for it) being called 'it' could also be offensive, and just generally not cared for. Especially since 'it' is what's used to refer to objects in many cases, or when people are just like, 'he, she, it, I don't know, whatever you are.' Being called 'it' could be frustrating to some, if not rude.
Context is everything, and language is definitely growing and changing to (finally) adapt. It may not have been considered grammatically correct at an earlier point, I remember back in school when teachers would hammer you for it, but when referring to a person in such a manner under these circumstances, it would actually be considered correct. There aren't many other fitting established terms at the moment in the English language. (Other languages and cultures do have words for such things though, we're just getting there more slowly~)
That said, I don't know if Aketch would really care. If Aketch considers themselves as the aspect of Famine, 'it' might be fine to them. Otherwise, the 'they' is assumed to be a singular instead of a plural, but the general rules for the term 'they' still apply; they stare, grinds their teeth, they consume everything, lacking sustenance infuriates them, etc. ... At least until we have a better word for it that people familiarize with, this is how it goes. -stares off- Alas.
- Prof JaMEW
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Posted on: Thu Oct 19, 2017 2:12pm
this would have been a tough choice for me, but then you called one fraction implings XD
- Leonidas
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Posted on: Thu Oct 19, 2017 2:28pm
Still feeling some loyalty to my team from last year, haha. Pretty excited for this, I mean, I only ever spend my candy on clothing anyways, though the big ticket item has my curiosity piqued. Probably would get snatched up before I got to it anyways, heh.
- NyctiCorax
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Posted on: Thu Oct 19, 2017 2:36pm
Does anyone know approx how long these tasks are going to take? The first will start in the middle of the night for me, and I'm afraid it'll already be over when I wake up :(
Posted on: Thu Oct 19, 2017 12:25pm
Is the high score for the amount of candy sent in or the amount of candy we own? -Shadow