In addition to that, Bluee is running a Subbreed Custom Design thread, located: here.  Customs picked from here have a chance to be used as prizes or in site raffles.  Please read the rules in full.  This is not a contest where you are winning something, it is merely offering designs for site use.

Please have your design entries in by August 28th, eod.

A small note: there will not be a park release for customs this time.  There will be other things happening, and we feel like that would be a lot on top of everything else.

Bluee has graciously offered to run this one.  I am only doing the spotlights.  If you have any questions, please post on the Question Thread and she or another staff member will get back to you ASAP.

It's nice to be able to ping a user in the Forums, but doing so has been awkward until now. We updated the Fancy Editor to make that process easier.

To ping a user, type @ followed by the first few characters of their name, then choose the one you want from the list of matching names. If there are a lot of matches (like with Bluee here), you'll need to type enough characters to narrow the results down since only 10 matches are listed. You can also type @ followed by the user ID if you know it.

When you select the user you'll see a little ping tag that looks very similar to the one you're used to seeing in the forums.

Try it when you get a chance and let us know how it works for you. We also added a Library page about it. Enjoy!

Provisos and a couple of quid pro quos

A ping tag can be deleted, but cannot be edited. To change it you'll need to delete the tag and add a new ping.

This only works in the forums, since that's the only place you can ping other users.

This won't work if you're using the Basic Editor.

We arrrr happy to announce: your new favorite distraction has arrived!  The new game: Treasure Hunt, is live and available to begin now.

Follow the clues on over to the page, select a Waja to explore on your behalf.  Select which biome you wish to send them out to and for how long.  Then, off they go!  They will spend the next hour (or three, or six) on their hunt, and when they return, they will bring you back a set amount of items.

The amount of items correlates to how long they were out hunting for:

• One hour = 1 item
• Three hour = 2 items
• Six hour = 3 items

Note: Time spent out also effects the rarity of the item/s you receive.  One has the least likely chance of netting you rarer items, while six has the most likely chance.

Right now you have access to two biomes, but fret not, there are more to unlock, and each biome has its own unique set of items, so it is absolutely worth exploring them!

At present, there are three unlockable locations.  Two require you to unlock them through personally hunting in the Treasure Hunt feature.  Your first unlockable biome unlocks when you have explored 50 hours total, and your second one unlocks when you have explored 150 hours total.

Additionally, when the site as a whole reaches 100,000 hunt hours, a new biome with even more new items will unlock!

Maps act as buffs that can be attached to your treasure hunt. There are four maps, each with a different impact.  They are not required, they merely are a bonus for those who wish to get more out of their hunt.

• Lucky Map: Guarantees one uncommon+ item, and doubles your rarity odds for subsequent items.
• Finder Map: You find twice as many items as you normally would on your hunt.
• Creature Map: Guarantees one "animal" find on your hunt.
• Treasure Map: Guarantees one "treasure" themed find on your hunt.

Our fantastic artist, Sparra, has done some new backdrops for you all!  You can find them in these locations:

• Basic backdrops: Forest Biome, Streams Biome
• Upgraded only: Treasure Map
• Backdrop shop: Plains Biome, Tundra Biome, Coastline Biome

We hope you enjoy this new feature and look forward to seeing what all you find while hunting!

There is a chat thread for this feature here!

*Artist Creds*

Our amazing artists made over 250 items! That's a lot, so we've attempted to condense these lists down some for recolors/different shapes. Huge shoutout to Sparra and Estuko!

Sparra:

• Antler Tine
• Arrow Head (Gray, Green, Orange)
• Bear Claw (Black, Brown)
• Bent (Fork, Spoon)
• Bison (+Calf, Calf White, Horn)
• Blackberry
• Bramble Bush
• Caribou (+Calf)
• Curved Leaf (Bracelet/Stand Gold/Silver)
• Feather Sets (Ivory, Lavender, Opal)
• Dried Coral (various)
• Dried Vine (Various)
• Newt (Eastern, Fire Bell, Marbled)
• Fallen Log
• Fish Bones
• Ginko Leaf (Green, Yellow
• Glacial (Block, Chunk (various), Spire)
• Golden Chalice (Blue, Green, Opal, Purple, Red)
• Silver Chalice (Blue, Green, Opal, Purple, Red)
• Grass Seedhead (Green, Yellow)
• Hollow Log
• Leather Sea Star
• Lichen Patch (Various)
• Little Snail
• Log Raft Midground
• Mud Turtle
• Mushroom Oyster
• Pronged Antler
• Red Rock Crab
• Red-Eared Slider
• Royal Scepter (Blue, Green, Purple, Rainbow, Red)
• Sea Lion (+Jester)
• Sea Star (Blue, Purple)
• Shed Antler (Left, Right)
• Shelf Funges (Brown, Orange, Striped, Yellow)
• Snail Shell (Brown, White)
• Snapping Turtle(+Piebald)
• Sockeye Salmon
• Spotted Salamander (Blue, Green, Purple, Rainbow, Red, Yellow
• Spotted Turtle
• Stepping Stone (Brown, Gray, Tan, White)
• Strawberry Hermit Crab
• Timber Log
• Tiny Crown (Blue, Green, Purple, Red, White)
• Tree Sump (+Mossy)
• Walrus (+Wizard)
• Wolverine (+Black)
• Map Case (Lucky, Creature, Finder, Treasure)

• (Various) Lily (Left/Right)
• Birch Branch (Various)
• Boulder (Flat, Stack)
• Cloud (Various)
• Cobble (Various)
• Cystal Cluster (Moss Glass, Prismheart)
• Crystal Rose (Blue, Green, Orange, Pink, Purple, Rainbow, Red(
• Definitely Not Grandma’s Basket
• Dirt Pathway Midgrounds (Various)
• Distant Mountain (Various)
• Fence Panel
• Fence Post (Horizonta, Vertical)
• Forbidden Fruit Snack
• Grass Patch (Various)
• Grassland (Various)
• Leaves (Various)
• Mayapple (Flower, Leaf Large/Small)
• Mushroom Top Midground (Blue, Brown, Green, Purple, Red, Yellow)
• Numbat (+Albino, +Sunset)
• Pebble (Various)
• Royal Missing Slipper
• Sand (Various)
• Totally Ordinary Lamp
• Tree Branch (Various)
• Tree Trunk (Various)
• Violet (Various)
• Water Dark Blue Full
• Maps (Creature, Lucky, Treasure, Finder)

We have finished deciding the winners for the June and July's Waja of the month! I do apologize for how long this took, and want to note that this months may take a bit to roll out, TBD on that as I may need to go out of state to deal with some family stuff, I am hoping that will not be the case, but wanted to be transparent just in case.

There was some tough competition, so we opted to boost the prizes, which means that we will have more winners.  The additional winners will not receive the cute banners that they can put on their Wajas page, but they will get prizes.

If your entry was deleted it was for one of these reasons:

• Your items were hidden (most common).
• You had a craft on the Waja.
• It did not fit our theme.
• It lacked the item requirements. 
• It was on a Breedless Waja.
• It contained copyright material.

In order for your entry to count, we need the items unhidden until we are done judging and have announced the winners, as multiple staff are going through, checking each entry to ensure it follows all our rules.  If your entry was removed, you are not eligible for this months points towards the trophies.  Worry not, you still have 4 months, and the final two months will have a chance for bonus entries.

Disclaimer: I do a final sweep to remove all entries when I tally up the judging and delete the ones that are invalid.  We have logs of why they were deleted.  Please note, we have stated multiple times we highly recommend not removing items until judging has been announced.  I do not go through removing invalid entries until I have finished tallying the winners, and we announce soon after that.  If you remove items before we announce winners, you run the risk of your entry being marked invalid.

A reminder of what the Trophies look like:

   

Reminder: These will not be given out until the end of the year, as they have to be done manually.  We will be tracking on a google spreadsheet each month that you participated in, and at the end of the year, we will be awarding them.  In order to get the diamond trophy, you only need to partake in ten out of twelve of the months (though you can partake in all).

You can view the spreadsheet above to see how many points you have.

Now then, onto the winners!  The banner images are hosted on Wajas itself, so you can just grab and add directly to your Wajas description.  I would still save a copy just in case though.

June First Place:

Canta [busy]
In addition to the banner, they receive a Gold IS Token of Choice

June Second Place:

Auloh🦉
In addition to the banner, they receive a Silver IS Token of Choice

June Third Place:

Mialana ~*
In addition to the banner, they receive a Bronze IS Token of Choice

June Fourth Place:

Tyr
They received: 10 CWP

June Fifth Place:

Eurus
They received: 5 CWP

June Honorable Mentions:

Crimsy Acorn Delphi
They received: 3 CWP

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July First Place:

Canta [busy]
In addition to the banner, they receive a Gold IS Token of Choice

July Second Place:

Tyr
In addition to the banner, they receive a Silver IS Token of Choice

July Third Place:

Auloh🦉
In addition to the banner, they receive a Bronze IS Token of Choice

July Fourth Place:

Sitka
They received: 10 CWP

July Fifth Place:

Mialana ~*
They received: 5 CWP

July Honorable Mentions:

JKat anwyn
They received: 3 CWP

All Prizes will go out ASAP.