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The art gallery has been judged!
The theme was Rowan and Minerva's Valentines Date and we received three adorable entries!
Here are our featured winners:
They won:
Congratulations!
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For this Art Gallery submission period we're going to try something a little different!
You are all invited to draw anything you like - as long as it is clearly Aywas related, and incorporates the following three items into the image:
Strawberry Parfait Shoes , Hops, and Non-Binary Shoutout!
Official Aywas stock is not permitted for this theme.
This art gallery prompt ends when there are 6 eligible winners!
So if you want to grab our mystery prize you had better work fast to put the RNG's item choices into a beautiful picture...
Posted by Eve
(#2775) on Mon Jun 25, 2018 8:44pm
- Hamner Concoction
(#13)
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Posted on: Mon Jun 25, 2018 10:31pm
Hmm, since people are saying that there are unofficial pride flags in use for items and such, it may be worth finding which ones are unofficial and double/triple checking that the usage of those flags isn't violating any copyright conditions.
- Eve
(#2775)
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Posted on: Mon Jun 25, 2018 11:21pm
The item is from an event that I think was three years ago? A lot has changed between then and now in the way of understanding identities, symbols changing and colours getting a mix up. Some communities will use one and some will use another, and that doesn't mean that either are right or wrong - simply that they have a preference ^^
Regarding changing it - we try to not change existing items, especially when it comes to HA items, because people have bought them specifically for them being the way they are right now (which is why revamping custom items takes a lot of hoop jumping and red tape slashing). Due to this we won't be changing any existing items but if people want to make new items similar to these with updated colours, symbology, etc, and want to have them put in Trash for Treasure then you are, as always, more than welcome to do so.
Sadly as a site we now try to not dip too much into celebrating or supporting Pride the way we used to due to the massive fights it caused, and the use of that item was truly by change that the RNG chose it and I didn't re-roll because I thought it offered possibilities for people to draw upon. I'll be more careful in future to choose items that should not polarise users or cause any discomfort or upset.
- ChaosAzeroth
(#43055)
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Posted on: Mon Jun 25, 2018 11:38pm
Twinky Twink (#62699)
I understand your feelings, and I do hope that they add the flag at some time tbh. I really do feel for anyone hurt by this! I really find it a shame that this is being put on users.
I get that there was a lot of drama, but the complete lack of Pride related stuff going forward from the site makes me sad. I feel like yet again the people being reasonable are hurt by people who want to start drama. It is what it is I guess.
- August
(#14735)
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Posted on: Mon Jun 25, 2018 11:43pm
Eve ♥ Feesh (#2775)
I do feel the need to clarify that no 'communities' to my knowledge use the flag Aywas uses; literally the only place utilizing it is the deviantart page I referenced, which actually has about 100+ other various Nonbinary flags. And in fact, on that page, the very first Nonbinary flag is the one with yellow and purple that we are referencing as the current/correct flag. I'm fairly certain that the existing Nonbinary colored items are literally a result of an incorrect google search result.
If there would be an opportunity to replace the current 'nonbinary' items and keep the old ones, perhaps under a different name, I would be happy to provide all the art.
If the above is a no-go, my other reply was going to be;
I respect your choice as an admin, but I was wondering if I create some of the items, is there any way to submit them for free/shop use without needing like x5 custom item makers? I'm not NB myself but I'd like the updated items to be added for my NB buddies who don't feel represented right now. Unfortunately I don't have any GP or custom item packages. If this can't be done, no worries, I'll get the GP over the next few weeks.
- Leonidas
(#64689)
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Posted on: Mon Jun 25, 2018 11:43pm
So wait, that's why we don't do pride anymore, because some people started fights so no one gets it anymore? And making items isn't something everyone can do, whether to afford making items or having the artistic ability to make them. It's kind of disappointing to find out that is the reason for us not having that anymore. I'm not saying we need to have a huge event every year, but it would be nice to be able to have /something/.
- siver
(#62699)
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Posted on: Mon Jun 25, 2018 11:44pm
ChaosAzeroth (#43055) nah it's okay and my goal wasn't to get the first non binary stuff off i just really wanted to see the flag i use
But hey it's cool
- Anbu ⚽
(#1599)
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Posted on: Mon Jun 25, 2018 11:46pm
>.< I strongly appreciate Eve for her comment. Love the items idea, the flexibility in theme is a nice change, and I can't wait to see what people come up with!
- siver
(#62699)
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Posted on: Mon Jun 25, 2018 11:47pm
also i am sorry i started all this i never wanted to start shit i just wanted to see the flag i use on the site...
- Hiiro
(#755)
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Posted on: Tue Jun 26, 2018 12:02am
Calix (#14735)
I don't know what the final decision is, but I honestly have a bunch of these custom item packages I'm simply not going to use. So if you wanna create the items still, I'll send you the 6 I got if you'd like :)
Posted on: Mon Jun 25, 2018 10:25pm
Whoops, my message accidentally sent twice upon refresh. That's my bad.