The Nox Nocturnalis is Over!
 

Thank you everybody for participating in the Nox Nocturnalis 2011 event. We hope you enjoyed it. All contests have been scored and all winnings have been handed out. Although the aurum prizes were handed out today, all the Anka tokens were handed out before Thanksgiving so we're closing up the event shop tomorrow (Monday). Hurry and pick up any last minute bundles before it's too late! If you believe you are missing any participation achievements, please let me know.

The contest results are as follows:

Avatar Contest:

1. Espy
2. Feythful
3. Pink Pantzer

Best Color Scheme: Serra Britt
Best Theme: Rumiel


Catch the Candle Contest:
1. Espy, with 6 candles found
2 & 3: Serra Britt and DarkForbidden-Love tied with three candles each, and split the combined 2nd and 3rd place prize.

Word Search and Voices of Hope were awarded prizes based on personal achievement and are therefore not publicly announced.
For those interested, the answers to Voices of Hope are:
1. Maikan
2. Asura
3. Oinari
4. Iseiah
5. Reve
6. Axel
7. Zara
8. Asche

As promised, the Dragon Lord will remain in the shops until the yearlies are released. Be sure to pick yours up before then! Also, don't forget about the Race to One Million Posts! The deadline is swiftly approaching, so be sure to post your hearts out!

Oh meh gawd. Was wondering why I suddenly got more Au.

-starts panicking about Dragon Lord-

Congratz Espy! Way ta go!

Ahaha, thanks, Demo :)

-dances around- Congratulations to all who earned aurum/tokens~!

Congrats to the winnahs!
Wooo gotta get those dragon lords
gotta catch 'em all :V

Yayyyyyyyy! News about the yearlies!

Yay! I got an honorable mention! ♥

Congrats to everyone who won the contests ^^

Espy might've gotten almost as much aurum as all the other participants combined. XD Crazy girl.

thats why people should enter everything :o

Next time, I'll be around for the darned contests. xD;

As will I,and the battle shall be...*shivers in pleasure* glorious. >D

Did you jizz in your pants Funk?

LOL.. I think he did xD

-chokes-

Ohdeargod. Funkie, I'm gonna give you hell for your post there XD

I'm his sempai at school; I'm allowed to really give him hell XD

I apologize for the delays in the yearlies. I am working my hardest to get them done. Unfortunately I am working with a fractured wrist of which happened 2 weeks ago now and I just finally got to the doctor about it. So my finishing work has been real slow. I am possibly proposing to the users later having me slowly add them up (I have 2 completely recolored and done and ready to go) 6 finished pixeling and 3 to work on. Just want to know what the users want since I have to back burn the yearlies long enough to put the finishing touches on a monthly.

What ever you need to do Fenfen to make it so you dont stress your self out or cause any more pain to your arm is a good thing. I say take your time upload what you have then slowly upload the rest...this way you keep the impatient people at bay and the not so impatient people eagerly waiting for more!!

Take your time, we can wait until December or you could move it to were it comes out on New Years if you need that much time.

I vote to wait until we can release them all at once. New Year's sounds nice but whenever they're ready is fine. I wouldn't want to spoil the theme by releasing just a few of them!

I too vote for New Years' - I don't think there's harm in the yearlies being a little late, and New Years would actually be a pretty cool time to release them - like a celebration. I think it's way more important to let your wrist rest. :( I'm sorry it got hurt Fen - Is it in a cast or a brace? :(

D: Your hands must really hate you, huh...

Seriously, don't push yourself too hard.

I agree.

Why not make the yearlies come out on the first next year? It would make it so the yearlies could be the 2012 yearlies instead of the '11 - '12 yearlies. That would be easier on everyone involved.

Well, one of the motives for releasing them when we did was to imply a disconnect between the Trisphee calendar and the Earth calendar. The seasons don't line up either, nor do the holidays. The fourth wall can be a useful tool for invoking a sense of other-ness.

I suppose, but releasing them in Nov versus Jan doesn't do much for me as a user (on a personal level). xP

Perhaps it would be more obvious if we had the seasonal items out (or some way to know what season it was). Having a snowy-themed site in the middle of September would do it.

I will talk to the staff about when to do it. Im not sure how long it will take. I have quite a few other things I need to do for something else but waiting a bit will allow someone else to step in and help or myself more time.

Oh no! D: I'm sorry about your wrist Fen :C I know your hands hurt enough as it is but a fracture really doesn't help!

I'd like to see the new yearlies released sometime next month, but all at once so it's not confusing when the time comes for the next batch of yearlies. I hope the other pixel artists pitch in and help as much as they can so that the yearlies aren't delayed for too much longer, and will give you some time to recover your wrist. Too long of a delay might cause some users to speculate over the long-term success of the site. Take your time but do set a reasonable deadline that is between sooner and later. I hope you recover soon and that I'll see you around the forums more often when you do =) We miss you Fen!

Aaaand this is when I start wishing I was 18 >.> But at the same time, I kind of wanna stay underage.... -conflicted-

DK hates being over 18 half the time =( I need a job but no ones hiring then people blame ME for not having a job as if it were MY fault the economy is bad D:

Grow up, Epsy! :D Being legal is aweeeeeeesome. (I had a horrible 2-month experience being underage and living on my own. Being underage is for suckers. You can't really do anything. Plus, I want to whisk you away into staffyhood!)

-points out that she's got no staffy-esque ability-

*Points out that Espy would be an awesome staff person and that Espy is very staff esque*

Espy, you have two months left before they snap you up as a Staff Member sweetie. Your birthday gift would be getting a job.

......I'm too low on energy to argue >.>

-waves a white flag and goes back to english hw-