2014 in Review!
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Let’s take a moment to look back at everything that happened in 2014, right as we enter the new year of 2015!
Whether you were here for it all or just came back from a hiatus, “You must know where you came from yesterday, know where you are today, to know where you're going tomorrow." –Cree Indian saying
January
A new year begins. c:
[li] Jan 1: When purchasing CSC, bonus amounts will be credited depending on how much you buy (IE, if you buy 1000, you’ll get 25 CSC extra). This is a permanent feature.
[li] Jan 7: New year tokens (given out occasionally when doing daily quests) taken out of circulation, but new year’s shop remains open.
[li] Jan 9: Officially National Minion Day. Courtesy of
[li] Jan 14: Quests are limited to 10 per day (15 for GA users)
- Quest shops are also introduced.
[li] Jan 15: total # of pets you can own increased by 5 (for 2k CSC each, you can now buy 10 maximum pet slots)
[li] Jan 22: Javir (medium-difficult opponent) added to the BC. Unlock him by refreshing at Darkside.
[li] Jan 27: Geek quests, run by [NPC=Melman], is removed.
[li] Jan 30: Mass retirement of Cash Shop items.
- 2012 bobbleheads to be retired soon, to make way for a new loyalty reward system.
New pet combos Glacier Magnus, Neela Nostalgic Irion, Jollin
Revamps
Angelic Magnus
Glacier Ghostly, Wyllop
February
[li] Feb 14: Survival begins.
- 5th year anniversary of The Great Pandemic; 2nd anniversary of vaccine ending zombie infections permanently.
[li] Feb 15: Skitters and Ecks allow non-infected users to participate in the celebration.
[li] Feb 16: Organ harvesting introduced for Survival (users are given the ability to opt out).
[li] Feb 17: Training Center improved.
[li] Feb 18: Temporary, new infections crop up.
[li] Feb 22: Subeautique’s newest designer, Kore, releases first line, Bloom
New pet combos
Graveyard Neela
Sweetheart Antlephore, Devonti, Donadak, Feli, Ghostly, Hikei, Hipottu, Kerubi, Kumos, Lasirus, Legeica, Mortiking, Neela, Priggle, Ruffie, Swampie, Tigrean, Torrent, Warador
Revamps
Graveyard Telenine, Tigrean
March
[li] Mar 1: Survival ends.
[li] Mar 4: Updated CW submission guidelines and rules
[li] Mar 5: Dillema species art updated; Darkonite revamp poll
[li] Mar 11: Major Drills (extremely-hard difficult opponent) is now an unlockable opponent. Complete 600 of his quests to get , to unlock him.
[li] Mar 12: Battle system getting slight updates. Read here:
[li] Mar 20: Spring items rotated into Millionaire Center (MC).
- New CS battle opponents: Seasonal Bird and Dragon series (winter bird/dragon released)
[li] Mar 21: Masquerade begins (2011 items in Steamworks Menagerie will be retired at end of holiday).
- Sorting added to Cash Shop CW page.
New pet combos Chibi Torrent Nuclear Dillema Steamwork Devonti, Harvester, Illumis, Irion, Magnus, Neela, Torrent
Revamps
Chibi Clawsion
Dillema species
April
[li] Apr 1: Elwood Day
[li] Apr 3: CS research notes series’ creator, Mad Scientist is now an unlockable (extremely-hard difficult) opponent. Buy the Research File Cabinet in the Cash Shop to unlock her. After beating her 10 times, you’ll unlock Mutant Scientist (impossible difficult).
[li] Apr 7: Masquerade ends.
[li] Apr 9: New security breach bug discovered (Heartbleed). Users advised to change passwords and PINs everywhere.
[li] Apr 20: Vesnali begins.
[li] Apr 21: Plot introduced.
[li] Apr 25: Referral prize shop improved.
- Referring new users rewards the referrer 500 CSC per new user Changed later Aug 19. :p
[li] Apr 27: Weather-based Sylph opponents wreak havoc on celebrations.
[li] Apr 28: The Tempest arrives.
- Retreats after first defeat (final blow dealt by )
- Returns stronger and more vicious for 2nd round.
[li] Apr 29: Tempest beaten a second and final time (final blow dealt by )
[li] Apr 30: New pet colour, Storm, introduced!
New pet combos Chibi Neela Glade Neela, Noktoa Scribble Bhakoru, Bumbus, Lain, Mahar, Neela, Noktoa Steamwork Popoko, Tigrean, Velosotor Storm Aeanoid, Anyu, Escalade, Fester, Kanis, Kumos, Popoko, Warador, Wyllop
Revamps
Scribble Devonti, Donadak, Keeto, Rreign, Torrey, Velosotor
Steamwork Warador
May
[li] May 1: Vesnali ends.
[li] May 13: Darkonite finally revamped.
[li] May 16: Esther’s Vesnali shop items from 2009-2011 retired permanently.
[li] May 22: Subeautique’s new designer, Siren, releases first line, Pull the Trigger
New pet combos Glade Bhakoru, Magnus, Tigrean Storm Neela
Revamps
Darkonite species
Glade Dragarth, Warador
June
[li] Jun 1: Happy birthday, Keith!
- Spring Bird/Dragon CS challengers released
[li] Jun 11: Ultimate Game Cards retirement announced.
[li] Jun 16: We honor the passing of with a free gift
- More than a Subeta user and past-admin, she was a friend to all. May she rest peacefully and never be forgotten.
[li] Jun 18: New opponent Sandragon (extremely-hard difficult) added to default opponents list.
[li] Jun 21: Summer items rotated into MC.
[li] Jun 27: Meatslab, a new 3-tiered challenger ala Forj Matriarch, is available in the Cash Shop. Purchase the Bloody Summoning Altar to unlock his first form; beat each form 10 times to unlock the next one.
- New Magma godly introduced
New pet combos Spectrum & Blacklight Neelas Storm Clawsion, Montre, Serpenth, Telenine
Revamps
Blacklight & Spectrum Kerubis
Chibi Darkonite
July
[li] Jul 4: New summer event, Pekaboo, announced to begin July 17th. VIP tickets available to purchase in CS, released at random intervals. Regular tickets could be bought for 1000 wiz tokens in token shop.
[li] Jul 7: The game, Reflection, receives a revamp.
[li] Jul 8: Wearables contest announced for Pekaboo.
[li] Jul 10: Battle of the Bands (BotB) competition announced(author of this retrospect stupidly believed it would involve battle coliseum)
[li] Jul 17: Pekaboo begins
[li] Jul 20: New CS loyalty reward card system introduced.
[li] Jul 22: 10 winners for CW contest announced!
[li] Jul 23: BotB finalist showdown and new game, StreetTeam introduced (not the battle one had expected). Playing StreetTeam would give points to the band you supported.
[li] Jul 27: 2012 CS bobbleheads officially retired.
[li] Jul 28: BotB Grand Champion: horns and Roses; Runner-up: The Granny Smiths
[li] Jul 29: Pekaboo ends (goodbye Oatmeal, our sweet, sweet goat!)
New pet combos Blacklight Serpenth, Torrent Spectrum Torrent Storm Archan, Hipottu
Revamps
Blacklight Feli
Spectrum Feli, Serpenth
August
[li] Aug 1: Longtime staff artist, Alice, retired from the team back in July, so August Monthly Collection items are dedicated to her as thanks.
[li] Aug 3: Some changes made to the site’s script, explained here
[li] Aug 6: New way to submit CWs: users can submit their CW directly to the CS. Explained here.
[li] Aug 10: Achievement system officially revamped.
- More updates included as well, explained here.
[li] Aug 11: New forum group # siteupdate created, allowing better communication between staff and users.
[li] Aug 12: Daily Support Goal Bar introduced. Explained further here
[li] Aug 19: Wardrobe basic starter clothes introduced for new and old players alike.
- Previously-mentioned 500 CSC reward for each new referred user is removed; instead, for every CSC purchase the referred user makes, the referrer gets 10% CSC added to their own account (referred user buys 5k CSC, the referrer gets 500 CSC as a reward)
[li] Aug 20: Subeta birthday cake contest announced.
- Mystic Spindles revamped.
[li] Aug 23: BotB prizes awarded.
[li] Aug 24: Summer bird/dragon available in CS.
[li] Aug 26: BotB trophies and additional prizes awarded.
[li] Aug 27: Gelatin War begins. Battle community rejoiced.
[li] Aug 31: Hydragellos arrives.
New pet combos Blacklight Devonti, Warador Spectrum Warador
Revamps
Spectrum Devonti
September
[li] Sep 1: Cake contest closes.
- Hydragellos defeated! Congrats to and their pet Distortion for dealing the final blow.
[li] Sep 6: Gelatin war prizes awarded.
[li] Sep 8: Countdown to Subeta’s birthday begins; each day will have a theme, updates, new achievements, etc. Cake contest winners announced; winning cakes released in Token Shop.
- Day 1 of the birthday countdown theme – Food
[li] Sep 9: Day 2 theme – Achievements
- New forum shop added, raffle tickets set to retire Oct 5.
[li] Sep 10: Day 3 theme – Elwood crashes the party.
- Mystical plushies no longer able to be redeemed for CSC.
[li] Sep 11: Day 4 theme – Pets
- Name exchange feature introduced
- Another 5 slots added to total # of pets (for 2k CSC each, you can now purchase up to 15 pet slots)
[li] Sep 12: Day 5 theme – Quests
[li] Sep 13: Day 6 theme – Battle Day
[li] Sep 14: Day 7 theme – Games
- Scratchcards and Mind Games are revamped
[li] Sep 15: Day 8 theme – Collections
- Crypts introduced new prize shop for those navigate to the end.
[li] Sep 16: Day 9 theme – Wearables
[li] Sep 17: Subeta celebrates 10 years!
- Pet lore added to Subetapedia; ‘pedia overall receives an update.
- Lifelike pet dolls introduced. Wear your favorite pet(s)!
[li] Sep 19: Keelhauliday begins.
[li] Sep 23: Autumn stock rotates into MC.
[li] Sep 24: Item and User hovers updated to improve efficiency of site script.
[li] Sep 28: New security bug, Bash Bug, plaguing Internet. Users recommended to make new passwords and PINs across all sites.
[li] Sep 30: Ultimate Game Cards no longer work.
New pet combos Chibi Noktoa Hydrus Dragarth, Neela Spectrum & Blacklight Magnus Storm Cadogre, Harvester, Noktoa
Revamps
Galactic Darkonite, Fester
October
[li] Oct 1: Keelhauliday ends. Alegarten begins.
[li] Oct 6: Raffle tickets no longer redeem CSC or items; can be turned into forum shop for points.
[li] Oct 7: Alegarten ends.
- Pumpkin carving contest announced.
[li] Oct 15: Morostide begins.
- Pumpkin Patch is mysteriously still locked. Where’s Jaxon?
[li] Oct 18: Ian Asmodeus unlocks gate to pumpkin patch
- Plot starts (Skelly Manor plot)
[li] Oct 19: Pumpkin contest closes.
[li] Oct 21: Creators of CWs can now open their own shop to sell their CWs at prices of their choosing.
[li] Oct 22: New Morostide baddies arrive.
- Original Morostide challengers (excluding Rouland) are retired this year.
[li] Oct 27: Pumpkin contest winners announced. Winning pumpkins can be carved.
[li] Oct 30: Twisted Jaxon Skelly (universal boss) appears!
[li] Oct 31: Jaxon has returned to his normal self. Jaxon x Ian confirmed to be canonical couple. gushes
New pet combos Darkmatter Neela Bloodred Mahar, Neela Nightmare Fester, Magnus, Neela, Serpenth, Tigrean, Torrey Common & Scribble Experiment 3164
Revamps
Bloodred Harvester, Hipottu
Galactic Clawsion, Serpenth
Nightmare Antlephore, Warador
[spoiler=November]
[li] Nov 1: Morostide ends.
[li] Nov 3: Skelly Manor plot prizes awarded. plot is set to continue next year
[li] Nov 10: Longtime zombies and Morostide-zapped Has can now switch back to normal HA and retain their zombie/-zapped skins as part of a new wardrobe feature! explained here
[li] Nov 12: Item Scramble revamped.
[li] Nov 18: Autumn bird/dragon available (Deadroot Dragon is the 200th challenger!)
[li] Nov 21: Fireside begins.
[li] Nov 24: Black Friday CS sale begins.
New pet combos
Galactic Bumbus
Reborn Neela, Noktoa
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thanks for composing this, it will definitely be helpful to research the happenings of this past year in the future.
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Wow, this is an impressive accomplishment!! Thanks so much for all your work, and for sharing.
I didn't know Hope and didn't know about her. I had no clue that the book was dedicated to a real person, but I DO recall reading her profile once. I just looked at it and it was familiar. Thanks for sharing that.
I love that you mentioned Jaxon and Ian and said: gushes. I was SO jazzed by that!! I predicted it early on during the mystery, but then I'm nearly 60, so the life experience helps. In honor of that I renamed my Morostide Gallery: Jaxon and Ian Forever! :)
I hope you have (are having) a wonderful holiday. Blessed Be!!
Thank you! It did take a bit of time, but I started organizing everything during Fireside, so that helped. c:
Be sure to let others know, cause this year-end retrospect has been completed! :D
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