PLEASE READ THIS NEWSLETTER IN FULL.

An Important Reminder:

We do not tolerate any form of cheating in our events. This includes, but is not limited to:

• Multiaccounting, including getting friends to sign up just to send you items
• Exploits that are discovered that are not promptly reported, and are instead used to get a large quantity of items
  • You are also disallowed from telling other people about exploits that you find, other than staff when you report it
  • If you find an exploit by mistake, you will not be punished so long as you let us know immediately
• Hacking the website, or other people's accounts
• If you cheat in these ways, then we will find out. We do not tolerate it whatsoever, as it gives users an advantage over others. This includes getting a mass amounts of MYOs to use to make characters, as well as trading illegitimate items for art and characters.

If we catch you cheating, then you will be given a full-site ban, the length of which varying depending on the severity of the offense.

Dialogue Event:

Part 2 of this year's pride event be read here!

 

The dialogue event was written by  Lobcorp.

GANYMEDE's FUndraiser:

The goal for the fundraiser has been met! Be sure to claim your rewards if you haven't already.

Rewards will be claimable until July 1st!

CHARITY LIVESTREAM CONCLUSION:

Our charity livestream passed its original goal in under an hour, and by the end we were able to raise a whopping $530 for the Trevor Project!

Thank you to everyone who showed up, whether it was to donate to the charity or just to watch! We couldn't have done it without your support.

Rewards will be handled in the coming day or so - if you won a raffle prize or purchased an item and have not recieved it or been contacted by June 26th, let us know!

• Drifting Constellations [SC]
  • Uncommon
  • Constellations floating around the spacedust on a Spacecat.
• Rainbow Tail [CRC]
  • Fabled
  • Obtainable with the Rainbow Hailstone
  • A tail made entirely of a rainbow, with no fur or sky present. Can take any shape, but must end in a cloud. 'Rainbows' are considered to be any combination of at least 3 colors arranged in top of each other, including pride flags.
• Trailing Rainbow [CRC]
  • Fabled
  • Obtainable with the Rainbow Hailstone
  • Rainbows trailing after parts of a Cirrocanius' body. 'Rainbows' are considered to be any combination of at least 3 colors arranged in top of each other, including pride flags.

Additionally, we have a couple of changes and clarifications to existing traits.

• Oversized Claws [SC/SDC/GUP]
  • This trait allows for both large claws on regular paws, and claw fingers that replace the toes. Claw fingers do not require the Paw Mutations trait, and characters that have been traited as such will be corrected in the coming days.
  • We apologise for the confusion on this topic! It came to our attention that the traiting of claw fingers has been poorly communicated and inconsistently traited even amongst staff, so we are correcting this now.
• Aurora Tail [SC]
  • Previously, Aurora Tail applied to either a full tail made of light, or a light trail coming off of the tail. From now on, the trait will apply only to fully aurora tails.
  • Aurora trails coming off of the tailtip will now instead use the Trailing Aurora trait.

FABLED MYOS:

We introduced Fabled MYOs as a donation reward for the charity livestream. Neutron Stars, Rainbow Berry Sodas, Prismatic Eggs, Cirrostratus Clouds, and Opalescent Vessels allow for unlimited common-myth traits, and one fabled trait!

At the moment, these are intended to only be purchasable via charity events, but this may change in the future!

PRIDE USER BORDER:

We've added a new user border that you can purchase from the Pride Event Shop!

ART FIGHT EVENT:

As usual, we will be hosting a small event to tie in to Art Fight this year! More information will come out in the newsletter on July 1st.

Masterlist image guidelines update:

To make reviewing MYOs easier on staff, we are adding a few rules for masterlist image.

From now on, all main masterlist images must:

• Be transparent images, or on a flat color background. Very subtle gradients may be accepted, but busy patterns or images are not.
• Have no overlapping images.
• Be unshaded, or minimally shaded, without overlays.
  • Minimal shading includes things such as a single shadow under the chin or a hair highlight.
• Include minimal text. 
  • Text may be used sparingly, such as for a character name, artist watermark, or to point out specific features that are not immediately clear.
• Include only the character and any companions they may have. Other characters should not be present.
  • Non-character elements such as color palettes are acceptable within reason.

If you want to include a more complex reference sheet on your masterlist entry, you are free to submit it as an extra image to be added as a misc tab! However, the main image should follow these rules for ease of processing. We apologise for any inconvenience!

FIRST TIME OWNER BOXES:

We have decided to make FTO Boxes permanently available, rather than event only! These can now be obtained in the Starstop Shop for free to anyone who doesn't already own a TSS character. They have also been updated to include an option to recieve Starbits instead of a MYO, with the intention of allowing new users to purchase a Port Chrysanthemum character.

 

If you are a FTO, and you already have a box from the event shop, you will be able to claim a second one. We are aware of this and there is nothing we can do to fix it.

 

Miscellaneous

• feathertouch has chosen to step down from the team! We thank him for all of his contributions during his time as a guest artist.
• We've added a collection for this years Pride collectables!
• Aurora Tail and Trailing Rainbows will recieve new visuals within the next few days.

That's all for now! Thank you for reading and if you have any questions that are not addressed in this newsletter, feel free to ask us in the help channel of our Discord server!