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Alacrity 101 and Staff Games!

Posted by

ZJ
(#1511) on Oct 01, 2013
Hello Alacrity!

This is a long news post, with the first part being about this month's Staff Games and the 2nd about the winners and next installment of Alacrity 101. Take the time to read as it's a great opportunity to win some prizes!

Staff Games

It’s a new month and therefore a new contest has begun! You will probably recognize this contest as a similar one has been held before a few times. There are some changes, though.

This month’s contest is an Art/Writing contest with a new addition of a Photography contest!

Please visit the individual forums to enter/read more about them. Please be sure to read the rules very carefully for each of these.

Art Forum: (Click Here)
Writing Forum: (Click Here)
Photography Forum: (Click Here)

All contests are closed for entries at 11:59 PM Alacrity time on October 24th

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Also, let’s not forget about the last beauty show winners!
We decided to allow two categories of winners this round - one set for people who used a large variety of items, and one for people who used mostly main store items! This was a bonus since we saw a lot of awesome scenes using main store items rather than monthly shop ones and such, and couldn’t help but to let some of them win as well :)

General Winners:
1. Sparrow (#19005)
2. Asherah (#2202)
3. Cloos (#5594)
Main Store Winners:
1. Ƨα[ℓʋиα], тнɛ Ǥяιиcн♥ (#11833)
2. Wild Child (#30651)
3. Thunder's SideKick (#29429)

And believe me, these choices were still not easy! There were a lot of very close scores, so good job everyone.

We have created a forum board for feedback on how this event went: Here
Please view this forum to give constructive feedback or comments - please no complaining. We want to improve the games, and since this is our first time running these, we may still have some kinks to work out.

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Alacrity 101

Hello players, I'm The Professor here from Alacrity 101 and I'd like to announce that my class is starting a new session!

If you are a new player and are interested in learning more about the site while earning prizes, my class is perfect for you. I am even expanding my teachings to the older players of Alacrity as well, so that everyone may participate.

To read over my lecture, please visit [[here]] <--click. It is important to read everything in my lecture to help you out with the quiz that we will have every two weeks on the 1st and 15th each month. Once you have read everything in my lecture, feel free to settle down, get your pencils and papers out, and take my quiz!

Just message me (The Professor) all the questions and your answers to my classroom on account # -101. Don’t forget the negative! It cannot be scribbled to me or posted here or I cannot accept your test! If you are having trouble finding my home, please click [[here]] to be taken directly to it.

Please remember the Newbie Helpers and the rest of the site staff are here to help, but they’re not the only options to find answers on the site. Since all of the questions can be found in the above areas I told you about, you must search for them there. However, since the Issue Hub is a part of those resources, you are allowed to ask the Newbie Helpers for help with only one of the questions. Asking for the answers to the quiz in chat, forums, or through user messages will be a disqualification! In addition, I will only accept one entry per person, so you cannot enter your side account.

Our current quizzes will remain open from Oct. 1st- Oct. 14th -Entries must be in by Oct. 14th at 11:59pm Alacrity Time.

Newbie Raffle

If you get all 7 right, you get put into a prize raffle to win one of our “Honor Student prize packages”, these packages are listed [[here]]
But don’t despair, even if you don’t get them all right, you still will get an “A+ prize” from me, which is also listed [[here]] There will be 5 raffle winners bi-weekly.

New Student Quiz
For our newest students, ID numbers 31543 and up!

Current Test:
1: What happens when a dog "runs away?"
2: Name at least three of our newbie helpers
3: When do bitches first go into heat?
4: How do I get dye off of my dog?
5: How long does a dog last in the pound before being fixed and put up for public adoption?
6: What does this symbol mean next to a dog's name?
7: What is the job of the Newbie Helpers?


Alumni Student Raffle

Alumni Students

*Please note the alumni raffle will be temporary while we are beginning this feature.

This quiz is open to all of those who do not qualify for the new student quiz. If your ID is below 31543 you are welcome to enter!

Those that get at least 5 answers correct will be thrown into a raffle for some great prizes! There will be 10 raffle winners bi-weekly. For more information on prizes, please visit [[here]]

Current Test:
1. What else do you receive when you create a custom?
2. Who is the mascot of Alacrity?
3. What color is a mod's name in chat?
4. What is one way you can donate to Alacrity?
5. How do I get a profile picture/image?
6. Some of my items sold in my shop but I didn’t get the money... Is this a glitch?
7. What does it mean when your dog is highlighted in yellow/orange?



Raffle winners will be announced on October 15th when the next raffle will begin!

Sept. 15th- Oct. 1st Winners!

There were many great tests that I received and I’m proud to say a majority of you passed! Here are the winners from my last test. If you’ve won a prize, you cannot win again in a future round. Congratulations to all the winners! You are some smart cookies!

Newbie Raffle Winners
1. Huskelana #31653
2. WikedWolfie #31800
3. drak #31931
4. Yangswill #31831
5. MadameJessica #32059

Alumni Student Raffle WInners
1. Daybreak #19265
2. AmandaRose #12216
3. Allie{One Who Likes Ash's Smile} #26840
4. hikaxkao45 #15149
5. TheWolfsGirl90 #3286
6. Fysha#27059
7. K.:Cata:Shelties:. #18315
8. EternalRain: Ala's Loveable Minion#670
9. Aqualeaf #22419
10. Foo-Friends #14332



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Oh! 2nd Place! How Awesome! Enjoying the events!
Posted on 10-2-2013 at 2:11 PM

Congratulations to all the winners. I hope every one is enjoying the events we've been having so far =)

I can't wait to see the entries for the Halloween contests!
Posted on 10-2-2013 at 12:30 PM

Mobile Layout

Posted by

ZJ
(#1511) on Sep 29, 2013
Hello All,

We've had several users report to the hub they're can access only an unworkable mobile layout for Alacrity on their iPads, phones, and other tablets.

We have had users requesting a mobile layout for Alacrity for awhile, and finally have begun working on one. However it is in the middle of coding and is not fully working yet.

We are working on either finishing this coding asap or making an option to use the regular site or mobile site, so that everyone can play Alacrity.

Please bear with us while we fix this issue.

Yours,

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by the way i vote regular site use myself.
Posted on 10-1-2013 at 10:39 PM

:)
Posted on 10-1-2013 at 9:20 PM

i am one stuck in never never land, could read messages when logged in but couldnt do things with dogs and couldnt post an issue :( it had worked fine night prior to lockout.

thank you for working on fix, person mentioned puffin browser with flash sites so tried iswifter browser i have for flash on my ipad, whew IT WORKS! now to get to work.
Posted on 10-1-2013 at 8:27 PM

USD Sales

Posted by

ZJ
(#1511) on Sep 28, 2013
USD Sales

It has come to our attention that users are selling non-existent items for USD. That is to say, they're stating in exchange for USD, they'll create or buy items or customs for you on Alacrity.

This is not allowable.

This is essentially selling bones for USD, just phrasing it differently, and this is against our General Rule 7. We also have found this to be unfair to the users with the USD. Bones can be purchased on double bone specials for 2 bones to 1 USD. Users are often selling bone purchase items for 1 bone to 1 USD. Furthermore there are extra perks to donating to Alacrity.

If you donate $5 USD to Alacrity, which is enough to make a 10 bone custom if you donated on a double bone special, you also get our monthly celestial item. By donating $35, you get a magical item, this month being the Magical Water Bowl.

Don't have Paypal? You can send money via mail to Alacrity to donate as well!

As always, if you have questions about donating, you can submit to the Admin Hub! We are here to help!

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Yay!
Posted on 10-1-2013 at 3:57 PM

Users are free to attempt to sell their accounts for USD so long as they're not selling bones along with it, or otherwise making a profit in real currency in exchange for bones. :)
That some players do that (sell or try to sell accounts for USD) doesn't have anything directly to do with this post, and isn't unfair. No one is required to purchase those accounts from them! After all, there are much easier ways to acquire an Alacrity account then by buying one from someone else. ;)
Posted on 09-29-2013 at 10:51 PM

I have to agree. It isn't fair for a person like me, who's just joined a couple weeks ago, to actually play the game well because all I see are people overpricing simple objects for more than five bones. Then, on top of that, you have to pay one hundred real life bucks for someone's account, which doesn't make any sense to me either?
It's an account, guys. I've seen plenty of people selling theirs just for a handful of ALA cash, and they had all kinds of stuff on theirs, and they were happy starting over. It's as if most of the people on the site's forgotten the real worth of the site's currency, and how important bones are and the items that can be bought with them. Thanks so much for inforcing this, too, and I hope others learn from this. :3
Posted on 09-29-2013 at 3:42 PM

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