APRIL NEWSLETTER

Hello everyone! This month’s newsletter is going to have a bunch of updates, so please read through everything.

AN EXPLANATION

First off, I’d like to let you all (formally) know that Uhe will be inactive until further notice, because he’s busy with real-life obligations. In the meantime, the species will be handled by me, Max!

Recently, us staff have been trying out different changes for the species, and I want you all to know that we are well aware that things are getting a bit confusing, and we’re doing our best to fix things up. I’d like to thank you all for being so patient and understanding while we’re ironing things out with the species! Your support means a lot to all of us. We’re working on making this community more engaging for all members, so I hope you can all come to enjoy the species more.

OFFICIAL TIMEZONE CHANGE

The official timezone for events will now be UTC+0. With this change, MYO sales will now start at 12pm UTC (see what time it is for you here), since it’s easier for me. UTC is also the time zone that the site functions in, so this will just make things more consistent.

OFFICIAL EVENT CALENDAR

To keep track of events better, we now have an official calendar hosted on Google! You can view it here. It’ll regularly be updated with upcoming events, and it should show events in your timezone.

ADOPT SYSTEM UPDATES

First, I’d like to thank everyone for filling out the form! Thanks to all your input, we’ve decided the best fixes for the adopt system will be:

1. How the sales will be posted/handled, and 
2. Alternating staff and guest artist adopts.

As you’ve all seen with the staff adopts, instead of waiting for the artists to post individually in the server, we’ll be posting the adopts for sale all together as a set in the server, on the site, and in the TH world. There will be separate threads (for the server), and comments (for the site and TH world) for buyers to bid on, and the staff will keep track of bids across all areas. This will keep everything more organized, and make it easier for buyers and the artists alike.

We’ve also decided to alternate months for staff and guest artists. Zodiac and Shēng Xiāo adopts will still go up every month, but the rest of the staff adopt sets will now be released every other month!

There will be no guest artist applications for next month, as this April will be for staff adopts! Again, thank you so much for your patience with these new updates.

MARCH ADOPT BATCH

On March 28th, these guest artist adopts will be up for sale! Many thanks to ghostberry, yatsu, and ruyi for working with us this month.

As always, patrons get access to these previews unshadowed, and Tier 3 patrons also get a monthly free adopt raffle!

With those announcements done, here’s what’s coming up for April! 

SATO’S BIRTHDAY BASH

🎉🎉April 1st is Sato’s birthday, so we have a bunch of stuff lined up for the whole month to celebrate!🎉🎉

MYO SALES - CHANCE FOR 50% OFF!

For April’s MYO sales, the first 20 people to submit their purchase form will get to pay half price! This applies to both USD and CW purchases, meaning 20 people for USD purchases, and 20 people for CW purchases.

50% OFF COUPONS FOR CUTTLEWISH ITEMS!

We’ve released 50% off coupons that you can use for all the Cuttlewish shops! (Kiss Café, Boutique : 효린 !! ☆, and Beauty by Jumin.) Everyone can get up to 5 coupons for free, and they’ll be available in Kiss Café. Here’s how the coupons work:

1. Each member can have a maximum of 5 coupons.
2. The coupons can be claimed until April 31.
3. The coupons are one-time use, meaning you can get 50% off for one item at a time.
4. The coupons do not stack.
5. The coupons do not expire, so once you have them, you can use them whenever!

INTRODUCING: SPECIAL MONTHLY PROMPTS

To make art submissions a little more fun, we’ll be having special monthly prompts! You can submit one themed artwork per month, and each piece will get a special bonus of 150  in the art appraisal! This applies to both drawing and writing.

This month’s theme is Sato’s Birthday Bash! 

Simply draw Sato celebrating his birthday— feel free to include other NPCs, or even your own Foxto. And as another special bonus, for this prompt only, you’ll get both the NPC bonus and monthly prompt bonus!

Also, all monthly prompt entries for April will be entered into a raffle to receive this special chibi adopt by staff member Lyonov!

SERVER EMOJI CONTEST VOTING

The server emoji contest is now done, so it’s time to vote for your favorites! All entries will be added to the server, of course, this voting form will just determine who receives special prizes. All votes will be kept anonymous.

You can vote here! The form will close on March 31st, 12pm UTC, and we’ll share the results in the server on April 1st.

Thank you for all your continued support, see you next month!

Special thanks:
Yatsu, for the Sato Birthday Bash assets
Frey, for the MYO sales image
You, dear Foxto friend! ^0^)/