Dec 14, 2024 1 year ago
Keith
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Eradication

the shoutbox is a legendary subeta institution—it’s been part of the site since practically day one. we shut it down a few years ago bc the legacy codebase was, frankly, a trash fire, and running live chat on it was… let’s just say ā€œa challenge.ā€ but guess what? IT’S BACK. better than ever, powered by our shiny new live thread functionality.

let’s take a little stroll down memory lane. did you know one of the first customizations on subeta was shoutbox backgrounds? back in the day, if you wanted one, you didn’t buy it or unlock it. no, you had to be friends with me to get one. šŸ˜Ž

(look at all these OG shoutbox backgrounds—pure chaos. mine are BAD) you can click this link and change the sb_keith.gif to any of these to see them. they're.... very of their time

the shoutbox was more than just a chat; it was a cultural moment. drama started there, ended there, and sometimes just looped infinitely. this was back when everyone was online all the time, so no tiny slight went unexamined. if someone so much as typoed, the shoutbox would light up. iconic.

sadly, i don’t have exact records of when the shoutbox first launched. our archives only go back to 2010 bc of a massive code meltdown that basically wiped everything before that.

(this is the ā€œfirstā€ commit for subeta—anything earlier is lost to time and bad coding practices. rip.)

but even in 2014, the shoutbox was still evolving:

(fun fact: frozen users were once able to use the shoutbox. not on purpose šŸ’€)

now, here’s the plan: i’m testing live threads as the new shoutbox format. why? bc it’s so much better—actual forum posts with history, easy moderation, and you can view it outside the tiny sidebar. plus, in a few days hopefully, i’ll add a widget for a more familiar vibe. welcome to shoutbox 2.0. šŸ˜

šŸ’– ✨ šŸ¤—

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March 18, 2026 (2 hours ago)
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Oizumi

thanks im gonna send a ticket

March 18, 2026 (2 hours ago)
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emmie1989

you could send a ticket or if you're in discord contact Keith there maybe the cron is still slow

March 18, 2026 (2 hours ago)
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Oizumi

so my virus hasn't progress at all and i've tried doing the whole healer thingie but the healer only showed me virus that i already have, what should i do uwu

March 18, 2026 (3 hours ago)
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Fyreheart

Me neither.

March 18, 2026 (3 hours ago)
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rawnie

I haven't touched Kumos much in days xD

March 18, 2026 (3 hours ago)
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demon

kumos is buttery smooth and quick, which is a plus :')

March 18, 2026 (3 hours ago)
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rawnie

I have like 90 items clogging my inventory because I can't feed them to my food achievo pet :')

March 18, 2026 (3 hours ago)
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rawnie

Not to mention that with pet hunger broken, I would also -really- like to be able to use appetite renewal again too. That's also still broken/hasn't reset

March 18, 2026 (3 hours ago)
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demon

heres hoping!

March 18, 2026 (3 hours ago)
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rawnie

I really would like to resume saving for my MC pet slot lol, so hopefully it'll get fixed today

March 18, 2026 (3 hours ago)
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demon

same hat, rawnie! loll

March 18, 2026 (3 hours ago)
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demon

legacy quests still haven't reset ):

March 18, 2026 (3 hours ago)
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rawnie

Unfortunately, quests have -still- not reset

March 18, 2026 (4 hours ago)
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Fyreheart

Darn, lag is back.

March 18, 2026 (4 hours ago)
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rawnie

Oi, I'm glad the thread I made still went through despite the fact I got a blank page when I went to post it

March 18, 2026 (5 hours ago)
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allnightforever

Ok great, thanks, just wanted to make sure I wasn’t nuts lol I forget quests occasionally but I was so confused at first lol

March 18, 2026 (5 hours ago)
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rawnie

A tad annoying because I want them in the resort so I don't have to scroll through them to feed my food achievo pet

March 18, 2026 (5 hours ago)
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rawnie

At least some are; others are at 10/10

March 18, 2026 (5 hours ago)
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rawnie

Uhhhhh..... my pets are hungry despite being in the resort

March 18, 2026 (5 hours ago)
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Carawick

The quests have not reset today so even if the Wizard is a Wizard I'm sure you didn't do them. LOL

March 18, 2026 (5 hours ago)
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Keith

nope, I think they didn't reset correctly last night due to the downtime :( they will tonight!

March 18, 2026 (5 hours ago)
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allnightforever

I have memory issues so maybe that’s it but I am pretty sure I didn’t do all wizard quests today šŸ˜…

March 18, 2026 (5 hours ago)
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allnightforever

Am I crazy, or is the wizard at 15/15 quests even though I don’t remember doing them all today? I feel like I just finished Shinwa quests and I don’t think I even got wizard quests for her

March 18, 2026 (5 hours ago)
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Aline

How odd, I activated the Shoutbox on Kumos and the reaction wasn't awarded.

March 18, 2026 (5 hours ago)
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Nanaki

Hello!! I've missed the shoutbox so much

March 18, 2026 (5 hours ago)
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Wolfmyth

Has this been here the whole time and I've never noticed...?

March 18, 2026 (5 hours ago)
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Bliss

I can't ping a user in the fourms. It won't work when I click ping user

March 18, 2026 (6 hours ago)
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rawnie

It only did it to a handful and some others were fine, so kinda strange

March 18, 2026 (6 hours ago)
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Koninochas

i'm on firefox and it looks like mine have their correct stat readied

March 18, 2026 (6 hours ago)
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Keith

oh i can fix that!

March 18, 2026 (6 hours ago)
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Koninochas

uffda, thats two kinda biggies

March 18, 2026 (6 hours ago)
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rawnie

Like, didn't it remove the option to train in stats that are "too high"?

March 18, 2026 (6 hours ago)
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rawnie

Okay though, one gripe with training. It doesn't automatically switch to the next "valid" stat, so I keep getting "you can't train pets in a stat that's more than 2.5x their level"

March 18, 2026 (6 hours ago)
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Angelica

is there a way to know the kiss cooldown without having to refresh the page and click again?

March 18, 2026 (6 hours ago)
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rawnie

At least we have the resort to help with the feeding thing. Though I do also understand if people don't want to do that lol (and it's annoying when I get a new pet since I want to keep them all in together so I have to wait to put the pet in there)

March 18, 2026 (6 hours ago)
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Jesus

i thought about suggesting the ability to just hide guys entirely from lists you dont want them in (feed, read, train etc) but idk seems only important to people who want 200 pets like me

March 18, 2026 (7 hours ago)
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rawnie

Now pinning specific pets on specific pages would be something I would be fine with as long as the general order on like, the pets page would be fine

March 18, 2026 (7 hours ago)
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rawnie

Yep that's pretty much how mine are ordered. My head world story is set up in "arcs" and they're organized by arc

March 18, 2026 (7 hours ago)
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Jesus

lilbabyfatarms is the funniest fuckin name

March 18, 2026 (7 hours ago)
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LilBabyFatArms

Shoutbox is back?!?! T.T Wonderful