News Archive: Week 38, 2026

Subeta Team Contest: Elf (Week of Sep 20) is open.

The theme is Elf. Entry is free, the prize pool is 50,000,000 sP split between the top entries, and it runs until September 27, 2026 at 12:00 AM.

Put a look together

If you've looked at an inactive account's profile, you've seen a line telling you when its username becomes available. That date hasn't meant anything for the last few years :(.

The cron job that releases those usernames was broken in 2022, and never repaired. So the date would pass, you'd go to change your username to it, and you'd still get This username is not available.

It has been fixed, and will run SOON! The first pass goes out Tuesday, September 22nd at noon Subeta time, and around 14,600 usernames come free with it.

Accounts marked as deceased never clear, and that hasn't changed. If a name does come off an account, that account gets a free username change when they come back.

Sorry this took so long to fix!

Subeta is 22 years old today.

A year ago we were building a different Subeta somewhere else. Project Kumos was a full rewrite, and after a long run at it we stopped. It was eating every hour we had and handing back a site that wasn't better than the one you were already logging into. So we came back to this codebase, the old one, and it's been a much better time 💗.

This site is 22 because people keep showing up for it: reporting the broken thing, arguing about balance, welcoming somebody who just made an account, running contests, and creating stunning pet profiles.

‼️ This year's anniversary item can't be claimed. Somebody has to give it to you.

Every day this week you get five [[Celebratory Sprinkle Seeds]] to hand out at the Gardens.

There are two ways to spend your five. Type in a username, or serve the looking for a seed line: click once and the site picks who it goes to. The person who gets it sees your name. You don't find out who you helped (but maybe they'll post on the forums or leave a comment thanking you).

If you're the one waiting, join the line. Emma sweeps it for anyone who's been there more than four hours, so nobody sits all day. You can take five seeds a day, and one person can only give you one.

Giving counts toward a new garden achievement, Pay It Forward. Its top tiers run past what one week can reach, so it'll still be counting next anniversary.

The giving runs for a week. After that the seeds stop going out and whatever's planted still grows.

Now, please tell us your favorite Subeta memory in the comments!