News Archive: Week 49, 2020

Last night at midnight, a pet won the pet spotlight that should have never made it into the queue. It goes against everything we believe in. Before I get into details about what we’ve done to correct this, I want to applaud everyone that commented for not attacking each other. One user pointed out last night in the comments that there wasn’t any fighting amongst each other, everyone was united in one goal.

What have we done with the pet spotlight win for December 6? We’ve removed the trophy off the pet, we’ve removed it from both the site’s homepage and pet spotlight page, and discussed as a team what we’ll be doing in the future making sure no pet like this wins again.

I’ve brought it up before, we’re a small team. Up until this point, we haven’t had many people looking into the queue. It’s generally one or two people going through as often as they can, they never overlapped though. This creates mistakes, especially when someones been at it for hours. We’re working on implementing a way to make sure at least two people check each possible winner.

We are specifically not mentioning the pet name to not draw more attention to the pet.

Hello, everyone. You might’ve noticed earlier tonight that the pet that recently won pet spotlight was in bad taste. I’ve deleted that post and will be working with staff on how we are going to handle the pet spotlight win tomorrow due to the fact it’s the middle of the night for most of us on Staff!

We appreciate everyone messaging us on our social media platforms and comments here about how inappropriate this pet win is.

Help! Luna may be well behaved, but the Wizard is having a hard time keeping an eye on these festive dogs. They’ve practically become one with trees. If you don’t mind having dogs everywhere on your tree, you should pick these up from his Quest Shop.

Ian knows y’all want to be able to get the best gifts for your friends. So he’s made the commitment to bring back some old, but good, items to the Crystal Shop this month!

How is it possible that festive themed baked goods are the best baked goods? Start your delicious season with this month’s collection from the Cash Shop.

It’s the jolliest time of the year, didn’t you know? Let’s unpack just what you can do during Luminaire.

Each day throughout the month, Melody will be giving out new treats. There are two achievements regarding Melody’s Cottage. If you visit every day through the 25th, you’ll receive an Essence of Melody, which is essential to making a Nostalgic Pet! If you make it every day of December, you’ll get the Melody Regular 2020 achievement. We haven’t added an item prize yet, but there will be one before the month finishes.

What would Luminaire be without a tree? Choose your 2020 tree and have fun decorating it. You can even add a backdrop to your tree! If the tree or ornaments aren’t showing up, clear your browser cache and try again. You can mass add all ornaments from your inventory to your ornament inventory here.

How do you get ornaments? You can donate sP to Melody after visiting her cottage for the day and receive an Old Box of Ornaments. When you open the box, you’ll find a random selection of ornaments. [I]If you are missing ornaments, please file a ticket.[/i]

Only want friends to leave your gifts under your tree or maybe no gifts at all? You can adjust your Luminaire gift settings here.

Throughout Luminaire, you can sign up for Mysterious Melody. Once you get a partner, you can send gifts. Remember it’s the thought that counts, not the sP amount. If you need to take a break or you’re going to bed for the night, you can send a message to your partner to let them know. <3

Spread joy on the [url=https://subeta.net/forums.php/forum/208]Luminaire Forums[/b]. We’ll keep these forums open until January 5, so any contests can be finished up after Luminaire ends.

Luminaire ends at 11:59pm on December 31.

Rendwing. That’s the name I’ve been hearing over and over in the village markets. Mostly in whispers and hushed tones, but not out of fear or disdain. If anything, the locals speak of this creature with a kind of begrudging reverence. He’s a large pale lasirus that started off as a bully committing the usual antics of stealing food and being a nuisance, but something happened that changed his attitude.

One day, when he was busy trying to nab the last coconuts from a beleaguered vendor, he was confronted by a pack of hungry manchus who had the same idea. A pretty nasty scuffle ensued, leaving poor Rendwing with a face full of scars and tattered wings. He crawled off into the jungle and the locals thought that would be the last they saw of him. With their competition out of the way, the manchu pack became more emboldened and started raiding more often.

Of course, if Rendwing’s story ended there, then you and I wouldn’t be out here, so you can probably guess what happened next. Locals are doing what they can, fighting off thieving manchus, locking up fruits and stuff, and then this big shadow glides over the village. There’s a barely audible “whoosh” as the shadow swoops down, grabs a manchu by the tail and then [I]chucks[/i] the critter into the sea. The rest of the pack starts howling and hollering, another big brawl ensues and, let me tell you, Rendwing does [I]not[/i] lose this time. Apparently, no manchu pack has been seen near the market since that day, they’re all way too afraid to come back.

Unfortunately, there’s no Red Rreign feel-good ending here, as Rendwing does still come to nab what he wants. The locals are just a little less annoyed by it. So! Something to keep in mind before we confront this beast: He was left completely blind by the initial scuffle, but his hearing is extremely acute. Which is great, because it means I’ve spent all this time running around in the jungle with a rustling pile of leaves on my head for no reason. Anyway, when you feel you’re ready, take a look at this Omen Islands Obscured Caverns Legendary Track from the Cash Shop and let’s track him down!

Do you hear the sound of jingle bells? Do you smell the faint aroma of a Luminaire tree? It can only mean one thing, Luminaire is finally here!

Make sure to visit the ever cheerful Melody at her cottage for a daily treat.

The Cash Shop challenger for November will be released later today.

Note: We will have a more in-depth news post about Luminaire later today. :)

Let this russet weasel do all the foraging!