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News Archive: Week 4, 2012

Nostalgic Pets: Illumis and Warador




<a href=/shop.php?shopid=42>Thimble & Co. now stocks instructions to create nostalgic toys of the illumis and warador, which you can take to Vanya to have expertly crafted. (Joyce was kind enough to send a few of each set of instructions to the Token Shop for sale. You'll have to be quick if you want to get them though!)

Accessory Bin: Raineez Ponchos



Protect yourself against the rain with these new ponchos from the Accessory Bin.

Custom Wearables: Upcoming Changes

Along with the CW downtime previously announced for next week, we're going to be making a number of changes to the way submissions and purchasing items works and taking that time to test the new system. The days of collecting all that CSC and manually distributing the items are soon to be over, folks!

How it'll work is something like this:

A seller gets 10 item slots that they can assign to any users they want in any configuration they want. They can give all 10 to themselves, all 10 to different people, 9 for themselves and 1 for a friend, anything. They will also be able to assign a "cost" amount to each of these slots. This will allow you to set your own flexible selling prices, and they can be whatever you want. The only requirement is that the total of all the slots has to be at least 5,000 CSC to cover the cost of the CW.

As a buyer, once you have been assigned a slot, you will pay for it directly on the CW page, and once all slots are paid, the item will automatically be submitted for approval.

If the item is approved, the seller gets the overhead CSC and the 10 items are automatically distributed to the slot holders. If it is denied, anyone who paid CSC will get their CSC back.

This process will be the same for both initial submissions of CWs and subsequent released batches.

Please note that the testing for the new system will not be open beta testing. A number of CW sellers have been contacted asking if they'd like to participate, and if you are buying an item that will be part of the testing your seller will let you know.

Weekend Quests


The Library is the weekend quest! Do those quests for increased prizes and special rewards!

Job Agency Feedback


Thank you to all the Gold Account members that are beta testing the Job Agency! We are pleased with its current progress, but would like for all beta testers to fill out the Job Agency Feedback Form. The feedback will further help us improve the Job Agency for final release.

Note: Beta testing will remain live until further notice and that all feedback answers will remain private.

Custom Clothing: Temporary Shut Down

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Custom Clothing (both new submissions and re-release of approved items) will be temporarily closed beginning Monday, January 23, 2012 for internal maintenance. This is so we can catch up with the queue and have time to make some important changes that will help us better serve you. We are aiming to have them reopen Friday, January 27, 2012.

Thanks for your understanding!

SOPA!



I'm sure you've noticed that today Subeta, and lots of other sites are protesting SOPA.

I touched on it lightly a few weeks ago, but SOPA (and it's senate alternative PIPA) are bills currently in development in the United States that would kill artistic freedom, and really the whole internet as we know it. Imagine if SOPA had passed five years ago, youtube would have never existed and you wouldn't have some of the most awesome videos wouldn't have ever existed. DeviantArt, Twitter, Tumblr, and most importantly, Subeta could never exist under SOPA/PIPA.

So please, Take Action today. Call your senator and your congressional representative and tell them that how you feel about SOPA. If this is your first call to a representative, here is a handy guide!

If you aren't American, here is what Wikipedia says that you can do!


I don't live in the United States. How can I help?
Contact your local State Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, or similar branch of government. Tell them you oppose SOPA and PIPA, and any similar legislation. SOPA and PIPA will affect sites outside of the United States, and actions to sites inside the United States (like Wikipedia) will also affect non-American readers -- like you. Calling your own government will also let them know you don't want them to create their own bad anti-Internet legislation.


I suggest watching this video as well!

Custom Clothing: New Submission Limit



There has been an important change to Custom Clothing submissions. Effective immediately, you may submit each custom item a maximum of 10 times. After an item has been submitted ten times without meeting our requirements, we reserve the right to deny without further explanation. (There is a chance this limit may be lowered in the future. We feel that 10 tries is very generous, and it may just be a good way for us as staff and you as users to get used to the idea before we figure out what is fair and mutually beneficial.)

This is going to actually serve you in two ways. First, we are going to now be more careful to catch all the changes that need to be made as early as possible. Second, a final denial means we can get to other items in queue to help keep things moving more efficiently. We also hope this will motivate those of you submitting items to carefully comb over your submission and have it critiqued thoroughly by your peers before we see it.

As always, we are here to answer all your questions and concerns and appreciate your continued patience as this feature of Subeta grows and evolves.