Welcome to this week's updates! For those of you that haven't kept up with these and need a refresher, and I post a list every Thursday of things we've done over the week (or that particular Thursday). These things are generally not big enough to deserve their own news post, but are still cool to know about. SOMETIMES WE DO SNEAK PEAKS or talk about larger projects we're working on!
HAPPY HANNUKAH (for those that celebrate)! I've eaten my weight in latkes and donuts which means I'm clearly doing the holiday right.
things that are done:
I’ve been spending a lot of time going around the site and monitoring how it’s been doing after the recent lag/blank pages we were getting over the weekend that really was noticeable Tuesday. was able to suss out an issue with a slow query dealing with the Luminaire Trees, which helped that issue by adding cacheing to it! Thank you everyone that messaged us via Twitter/Facebook that they were having issues and in general just being patient! We tried to keep the status page updated (along with answering everyone on social media etc).
Other things I’ve been working on this week are unfortunately things I can’t show you yet! Just preparing for the rad challengers for next year, making sure quests will work properly come new years (along with getting out some luminaire items soon ;)), melody things, and more. Basically a lot of meetings with people to keep busting out cool lore and interesting stuff.
(I really hope you guys have been enjoying the land based Melody items this year!)
Working on: iTTTemMmm mEEnUUs
Make sure to get any winter-y themed forum title suggestions in here! ;)
will update this section later, he’s currently catching up on some much needed sleep! His major project has been the amazing Vault Update. :)
[edit] Hi everyone it is here. I've actually been taking most of my time off, as I've been battling a bad cold all week. Tis the season. Make sure you bundle up, drink enough fluids, always wash your hands etc... I'll be back to work as soon as I feel better, hopefully sooner rather than later! But for now it's back to being a bed bug for me. /snuggles my new electric blanket :D
But seriously, thank you for the updates every week. And all of the work that you guys do besides to keep putting out great content and improving the site in general. Also love the Subeta land themed holiday items! <3
Thank you both as always! :)
Happy Lumi, my favorite holiday.
RIP Mom, I love & miss you more than you know. Tell Dede hi.
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Thanks for all your hard work! Still getting some lags (ff ESR even as late as today but no error messages and just seem to come and go strangely), I love the Melody items!
Thank you Amber for your tireless work on the site. Both you and Bug have done an amazing job. Enjoy the holiday season and take care of yourselves.

Happy Luminaire to you both, and thanks for the toiling you've been up to ^^
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"grey would be the colour if i had a heart" ~nin ❤️
Cool! Thanks for all the hard work you and the staff have been doing. :)
Thank you. We appreciate your hard work, the many improvements, and the fun!
& I don't know how knew the vault changes are but they are great! I love the the category sort option has been added! Well played!
I appreciate all the hard work and time you and Bug and Keith put into the site. It makes it a truly enjoyable place to go to decompress and have some fun!
Allow me to add my thanks for all the updates. I've noticed a lot of changes over at the treasure chests, which are great. I was wondering if you could add the new method of moving items to the sticker collections as well. The drag and drop method over there makes it impossible to keep a large collection in order.
Formerly known as RedCalypso
Beanbags - 2967/2977
Plushies - 5006/5080
Stickers - 2123/2281
Tiles - 38/61
Food -11478 /11481
Books - 2933/3262
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i just wanna say tysm for all the nice job u do... i play since long time on game sites, but is the first site witch is really interested on users wishes and problems. most games only want u'r money, but m' not in the mood to spend for a site witch ignore my wishes. i know u can't follow all of us, but so how it is now, m' really satisfied. ty for all u have done and patience with us... ( sorry for my english ;) ... )

Bug, I'm sorry you're sick. I hope you get well soon (like yesterday!)
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Aw! Sorry to hear you've been feeling under the weather, Bug! Make sure to get plenty of rest!
And it sounds like you're enjoying your holiday the best way you can, Amber! Food is one of my favorite parts of this time of year! :D