-Dattoo LOL yeah I wish I would've thought to give Derek Sourwolf as a name, at the time. And thank you! :) I'm just wishing there was another way to donate since a lot of the items aren't able to be and I can't vend anymore and usershops are pricey when these events happen. I haven't done nearly as much as I wanted to for this reason.

Hey folks, I have a question -- exactly how does the points system even work? Because I donated like twenty things and the team points didn't even go up by ONE.

I figured they'd probably be adjusting for team size, so one donation doesn't equal one point, but being the smallest team... shouldn't I see SOME kind of increase? Does anyone know the breakdown? DX

its on a cache system, so you won't see the update right away

I'm glad everyone's been having fun! I've checked in on each thread a bit and it's great how everyone has come together for their team! Makes me want to plan more little events like this in the future :)

Aha thank you! Lovely avatar too, by the way.

And to the rest of the team, I know we might (probably, definitely) lose, but I really like our snow sculpture best. So we've got that at least! XD

Thank you very much =^_^=

It's kind of freeing being in last place by so much.

Mischief and Stick are fighting for 1st and 2nd, Nature and BFF are fighting for 3rd and 4th.

We're just over here taking our time, building our snowman, knowing we worked hard. And even though we lost in numbers we didn't lose in how fudging adorable the snowman is. It's cuter than Nature's and that saying something because Tempest is pretty freaking cute. Now it's time to relax with pastries and hot chocolate. Just leisurely click clicking. Donuts and hot cocoa for everyone. I'd spam the Donation Corner with donuts and hot drinks but I have none left, the Main Shops are barren, and the User Shops are massively overpriced.

Okie dokie, Thanks hun!

yooooo that's a really cute mental image. That makes me feel better about us losing so devastatingly, 'cause I was pretty hopeful about this contest.

I'm gonna go make some hot chocolate of my own and maybe find some for our Saheric teammates. Thanks, Loop. Let's all just chill out in the chill.

I think that's the perfect way to look at it. We've got cocoa and blanket forts, and an adorable snow-neela. Who needs more than that?

And I finally got to 1k in donations! It may not seem like much, but that was my personal goal, and I'm super happy to have accomplished it.

Exactly. Just relax and chill. My beverage of choice is Sunkist, but it's half flat because someone didn't put the cap on tight enough.

I'm glad you made your goal! I'm 2100 away from mine and depending on how things look tomorrow afternoon I might not make it, but I'm not stressed about it at all. Hopefully tomorrows Mystery Box is a competition shop though.

Can I just say thanks to this team for making my participating in an event like this such a great one?? Like I thought it would get really competitive but it's pretty chill and supportive and I super love it!! Team Sibling forever and ever ?

Yes! I'm really appreciating the lack of pressure.

You know, since staff really wants to get rid of all that free beer, it'd be a good item to add to the list of things to be donated - or for future events!

Hi everyone, good morning to those of you who are up and about. It's not even Friday yet, here in California, but I realize that for most of you the last day of the contest has arrived.

I'm sorry that I wasn't able to be around on Thursday. I ran out of steam and was figuratively collapsed (well actually I was almost completely collapsed) which is not unusual for me. I have chronic fatigue, among other things.

But I REALLY want to say how amazed I am with how great our team members are, and how much wonderful team spirit went into this event and how impressed I am with who we all are as human beings.

Here we were, the last place team all through the event, yet we never gave up. People are still going and going (like the energizer bunny--a reference that I'm not sure is still relevant, but was popular years ago). I LOVE how much encouragement everyone was giving to each other, and all the different ways of being supportive.

We truly have conducted ourselves with good sportsmanship, and regardless of the stats we stayed positive, we had fun--we're still having fun, and I think it would be VERY cool if we continued to hang out and use our forum group as a place to socialize.

What do others think? If we decide we want to keep together as a group, we might be able to attract other members (since we're so awesome) and we could stay together for future contests. I think we have what it takes. ❤ We have heart.

I also AGREE that we have the BEST snow sculpture, bar none. When the Neela was first introduced I HAD to have one, and I turned him Arctic almost immediately, so my guy looks very much like our Neela, and he's named in honor of my late husband, so that's just a little personal note about me.

So what do you think, people? Do we want to continue to socialize using this group as a place to hang? Does subeta still have cults? It's just a thought. :)

In for a pound, in for a penny ...had an absolute blast with my fellow adopted siblings! Right now just kicking back with a cup of tea and a fresh-baked mini chocolate strudel (using a fan to waft the delicious baked smell to the forum). We gave it our all and never lost our sense of fun and good sportsmanship...that makes us winners in my book. Three cheers for Team Sibling...we "Neela" made it to the top (forgive the pun). :) ❤

I LOVE your pun! I agree, we never lost out sense of fun. Thanks for saying hi, and that strudel sounds delicious, Enjoy! :)

Once more into the breach. Only 11 hours to go until it's over.

I'm also quite glad we didn't end up locked in a close battle for a rank. I see people buying up the items I forgot about in my shop; people are now buying qualifying items for over 20k each. Fine by me. I could do with some decent profits after this last week.

Always fun to see some drama arise from these contests. Mischief are accusing Stick Together of cheating for abusing the Mystery Box glitch to get extra items (even though Stick Together have managed to maintain their lead without it). The salt is real.

awesome words. Really. we're of course the best!

I'm down if yall wanna turn this into a thread in chit chat!

I'd love to turn this into a social thing as well. Bunch of awesome people, I think!