| February 2023 | Issue #8 |
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❤ WW Advent Calendar - Still some petz left though!
❤ WW 8th Anniversary - Did you complete a Bingo? ❤ DG Advent - ALL petz got adopted! Wow! 
Looking for stamps? Let me help!
❤ Oasis, Cyborg, DTRH, Medusa, Lemonade, and Filthy Hippie have monthly stamps. ❤ Just Dandy has Seasonal Stamps and Middle Night added new ones! ❤ Rebecca & Lyric have Stamps sales on WW. ❤ Check out Insanity Ranch for some Milestone Badge stamps to collect! |
SO WHAT'S NEW? | by Xoops
It sure was a busy holiday season! Hopefully you checked out the Whiskerwick and Duke's Group Advent Calendars, or snagged a pet in one of the many "gift-giving" posts, or participated in the activities during Oasis' 20th Anniversary or Whiskerwick's 8th Anniversary! There were adoptions, stamps, and all sorts of fun things to get involved in. DG's Winter Olympics 2023 is currently in progress, ending on Sunday - so make sure you've got your tasks done! But if you didn't have time for all of that - don't worry there's more to come! Next up are Valentine's activities ❤ Hosted by Rho and Bunni this year is the 3rd Annual Countdown to Valentines, Rebecca has a Valentine's Post Office (whiskerwick.boards.net/thread/11994) set up and Arie has some Valentines things in her Post Office Shop (whiskerwick.boards.net/thread/12289). And don't forget the WW Love Letter Exchange will be open for sending out Valentines to all your besties! (whiskerwick.boards.net/thread/12334) Jess @ PRU is also hosting some activities throughout the year for her Year of the Rabbit Event - so head on over to WW and check that out as well! (whiskerwick.boards.net/thread/12103) Some other new things to note - Prism Mirror Lens fixed the Blue Dog Food Bowl to be unbumpable and fixed the Burlap Scratch Post to be scratchable again! Nucleotide then fixed the remaining bowls and scratch post for us - all can be downloaded at their respectives websites. (ratshack.neocities.org/text/petz/petzcorner and andtheworldexplodedintostars.tumblr.com) You may also want to check out Butterfly Chaser's progress on editing the Petz 4 playscenes for various weather and seasons to be paired with the Petz EZ Loader by Skissors (oodlecat.neocities.org/petzel.html). BC has also been making some discoveries on altering the game's color palette, including adding purples and making a bunch of the previously non-texturable colors, texturable! Incredible work! (butterflyfieldz.neocities.org) This community is pretty amazing if you ask me! There is always something fun and interesting going on and new discoveries taking place - so don't miss out on the action and get in there! |
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RESOLUTIONS | by Xoops
Lots of people make New Years Resolutions - maybe you do, maybe you don't - but have you ever thought of making some Petz Resolutions? I polled the community for their resolutions to give you some ideas in case you wanted to try setting some petzy goals for yourself this year. ❤ Hexing - Learn to hex (petz, toyz, clothes), hex more, create an archive site, or update your archive (with new hexies, new graphics, more info, better tracking, or better formatting). ❤ Breeding - Start a new purebred or mixed non-inbred line, finish a breeding project you started a long time ago, learn more about genetics, make a new selective breed, or just breed more! ❤ Websites - Create a website (for adoptions, crew, etc), update and better maintain a website, update your crew or stamp collection, finally add adoptions to your site! ❤ Other - Organize your petz files on your computer, Make more stamps, make monthly stamps, enter contests, do more gameplay challenges, put up adoptions on the forums, start showing your petz, or get back into showing if you've slacked off a bit, or maybe try out the Good Petz Citizen Scheme (whiskerwick.boards.net/thread/11707) - Basically, participate more in the community! Want even MORE ideas? Check out the 2023 Petz Resolutions post on WW! (whiskerwick.boards.net/thread/11842) |
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DECEMBER EVENTS | by Buck
There is no other time of year quite like December in the PC. There are plenty of events going on to draw in people from all corners of the PC, from advents, to swaps, to Secret Santas and more. There is an event for everyone this time of year and the Christmas magic can be found everywhere you look. 
Events started at the beginning of December, including the Whiskerwick Advent Calendar, run by Pinto and Arie, and Petzcord's Countdown to Christmas, run by the Petzcord staff. Of course, the WW Advent is one of the biggest Christmas events, if not the biggest, which opened for donations before Halloween this year. With all that time to get donations in, I was certain this advent would be the biggest and best it's ever been. The donations are always incredible, and "it's always nice to see names and faces, who I haven't seen in months, appear just to donate", said Pinto, "my favorite part of the advent is how much it rallies everyone to contribute and put their creating hats on". Day after day, visiting Whiskerwick to check the amazing litters and items was part of my routine, and every day the calendar delivered in a big way. Whether you're gawking at the beautiful petz, waiting for your own donated litter to be posted, or collecting the festive items, the calendar is an amazing way to get excited for the holidays. "I get very excited knowing that some person who loves an unpopular breed or a retired hexie is about to have a litter dropped on them in the Advent", says Arie, and this year in particular, Pinto did an amazing job of making the P5 breeds come alive with lovely hexed litters. Part of the joy of the advent is simply not knowing when Pinto would post the new day, and that anticipation for the new litters, items and collectibles kept us coming back all month. With over 1200 petz donated and adopted out to over 80 different members this December, Whiskerwick certainly was a happening place to be. After the last day was posted, many of us were left wondering where we'd get our dopamine fix now. (continued on next page...) |
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All month long over on Petzcord, the staff dropped a stamp a day all over the discord. Each day you could visit and search for the day's stamp in order to collect all of them and claim a prize at the end of the month. As a stamp lover, I was thrilled to peruse the channels each day and add each new stamp to my ever-growing stamp collection. The prizes at the end included clothes, a team stamp and a custom stamp, as well as a custom hexie! Rebecca and all the staff did an amazing job at orchestrating this fun event. There were two more advents that took place this year. On Duke's Group the Advent Calendar started Dec 14th and ran to the end of the month, run by me (Buck). I enjoyed running the calendar, and being on discord makes it so fun to put up a new day. Within minutes, members would post to adopt a pet, and often would make gushy comments about what they loved from the content put up that day. It's a great way to connect and enjoy the lead up to the holidays. Through all the generous donations, there were over 90 litters donated, along with stamps, clothes, toyz and playscenes. As of the end of January, every single pet that was donated found a new home! 
To my surprise, there was one advent more than usual this year. Dew put together a Mini Advent, designed to give the curators of the "large advents", Arie, Pinto and myself, a chance to join in the fun that advent brings. It ran for seven days, leading up to Christmas Day, and had several (amazing!) donations including bred and hexed litters, stamps and personalized artwork, hex and art coupons and even a custom toy. This special event blew us away and was very much appreciated. I was hesitant this year to join in the Secret Santas that run on both Duke's Group and Whiskerwick, but hearing Thor in particular talk about how much fun it is to find out more about your Santees preferences, and the overall personalization of the gift you get, I decided to jump in with two feet. Both Secret Santas were a massive success, and Silverfish describes just how amazing PC members are when she said "the Secret Santa card I received, orchestrated by Nebula, but which so many people got involved with, totally blew me away". Every event is amazing, but "that is really what stood out for me this year", said Silverfish. Although they are up all year long, December is the time where wishlists come alive. As if we don't get spoiled enough this month, many members in the PC love to peruse the wishlist thread on Whiskerwick to see if they can gift something from their archive. I only partook in PKC's wishlist until this year. I decided it was time to try out the wishlist thing, and I learned really quickly that it's a ton of fun. I enjoyed cruising through everyone's archives to craft my (very, very long) wishlist, and was surprised and delighted with each person that was kind enough to grant a wish! The great thing is that there's no pressure, since the gifter can decide who to give to and what they'd like to give. 
Another tradition in the PC is a good old fashioned card exchange. Although there aren't many that are done through snail mail anymore, they're still so fun to participate in. This year Dew and Rebecca both ran a card exchange. Dew went oldschool and mailed out Christmas cards to anyone who signed up on her thread at Duke's Group! Inside, the cards had a personalized message from Dew, stamps and a graphic of one of her favourite pups, Tato! It was tons of fun to receive something by mail. Rebecca's post office was run digitally, but just as cute and fun! She offered cards from a member of her crew in a thread on Whiskerwick. She received a lot of interest, and sent out several cards to Whiskerwickians just before Christmas. It was a big hit, and Rebecca says "I got a lot of nice replies and positive feedback in my messages after I sent people their cards". Of course, we can't forget the event that marks the end of the month-long celebration of the holidays, Bogart's NYE Slumberparty. In 2018, Dew decided to open a pop-up discord and run a slumberparty event, reminiscent of the old PCG days. The server was a hit and has run for five years with the same enthusiasm and success, always showing up on New Year's Eve and disappearing shortly into the new year. If you've attended one of Bogart's slumberparties, you know there are many party favours, laughs and hours of entertainment to be had. Dew does an incredible job of hosting and judging shows, running hourly events such as speed hexes, and dress up contests, and this year the event ran for fourteen hours to ensure that all timezones could participate in the fun. What a way to ring in the New Year! When asked about the event, Bird said "it's one of the best events we run in the community even though it's SUPER SHORT and I always miss 90% of it". Whether you are active in the PC or not, the abundance of goodwill and gift-giving is always so evident during December. Each event offers something a little different, but each is so special in its own way. Arie sums it up beautifully: "The generous spirit of the PC really shines brightest this time of year". | |
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