Hullo Hullo Alacrity!

I have some extremely exciting announcements I am honored to make about our site staff!

Firstly, I hope you extend your congratulations to ThreeWhispers, she has agreed move from Helper staff to fill a vacated position on our Mod Team! It couldn't be a better fit and hopefully you don't give her too much trouble! ;D While you're scribbling congrats on her profile, sneak down and look at the customs she's working on to represent all of the characters she writes. From what I can tell, that means a lot of customs!

Then I hope you extend a warm, warm welcome to our two new members of the Newbie Helper team. Both Heaven Sent and -Gabby- have come aboard. They are wonderful players who come to add extra oomph to this hardworking little group. A few fun facts to know about our newest helpers: Gabby has a menagerie of animals including salt water fish, chinchillas, and even a peacock! She loves to talk about them, so feel free to ask her questions about what it's like to own a peacock. Heaven Sent is also an animal lover, her favorite being her guinea pigs. She says they are like potato chips, you can never have just one! Do we have any other guinea pig lovers who agree with this?

Change helps you feel alive and I'm very happy to be apart of this change by joining the admin team. I hope you give me time and patience while I learn everything there is to be an admin but I am always here to listen to you guys! A little bit about me is that I am currently learning Swedish and Finnish in my second stint in college, where I will be earning a Scandinavian Studies Degree with an emphasis in Finnish Language. If any of our members wish to hear me stumble over how to say "My name is ZJ" in either language, go right ahead and message me! I'm quite okay making a fool of myself, it's how I learn.

And now for the part you've all been waiting for:

Zombie Swords and Super Survivor Capes are for sale!

You can purchase these in the monthly shop for $15k. The Super Survivor Cape blocks all successful attacks for 1 hour and gives you 5 points per attack tried against you. The Zombie Sword allows you to attack every 10 minutes for a total of 1 hour. Now the game is going to get interesting.

Happy Hunting!

The Riddler

... has put a new riddle up for you to ponder over! Can you beat him?

Polls, updates, and reminders!

We're wanting to try something a little different this year compared to last year! We were thinking of having an infection round, where zombies can be "cured" through an antidote and are turned into survivors, and survivors bitten by zombies get changed into zombies! The winning team at the end of the infection round will win an awesome prize! We're not sure what it is, yet... but it'll be awesome! :D
So, if you don't mind, please take a glance at the poll and cast your vote!

AMUR LEOPARDS. It seems that the fix wasn't all we thought it would be, but never fear! Kaeli came to the rescue and fixed our fix so the leopards will go back into your inventory, instead of preferring the companionship of your dogs, and thus disappearing! :D
If you are still missing yours by tomorrow morning, please submit an issue hub report and we will return it ASAP!

Please remember, everyghoul, that advertising in any chat except sales chat, in any form, is not acceptable behavior. This INCLUDES posting "roundabout" requests for free training ("omg so close! " for example) and asking for halloween event attack hits.
If you really wish to show off a dog whose training is not complete, you can link the picture by right-clicking the image, and clicking "copy image url" -- besides, you get better over-potential scores and satisfaction if you do it yourself ;)
An addition to this reminder: Asking for "hits" with the Zombies vs. Survivors game is also considered advertising. If you really want more hits, why not try posting in the shoutbox? It's a great way to get people's attention!

Also, a really important note here, please remember that the Newbie Helpers are there to answer questions. If someone asks a question about the game in chat, please guide them over to the Issue Hub, so our Helpers can do their job. Remember that if a helper is available, you could be seen as trying to "mini-helper" and the rules specifically request for you not to assume the role of a staff member! ;)

So, please, for the love of our Helpers, don't take their jobs! D: If you have any questions about what is considered "mini-helpering" please ask in the helper hub!

So, in short:
Vote in the poll
Amurs are fixed for realsies now
Don't ask for training (even if you're "not really asking" - you know you're asking and so do we) in chat
Don't ask for attack hits in chat
Don't take our jerbs! I mean jorbs! I mean jobs!