Talk:Aywas

History Section
We need some vets to outline the major events in the game's history and such. Discuss ideas here on the talk page before any major edits are made, please. --Falcov 09:46, 31 January 2011 (EST)

I was actually thinking I'd possibly go digging through the old news posts for some basic info on the old history of the site if we couldn't find vets. But finding vets to write that section definitely would be best. --Shadowfiles 10:12, 31 January 2011 (EST)

Shadow, I agree the editors of the section need to do some research, so good call on that. I think using both as a check and verify method would be best. --Falcov 10:44, 31 January 2011 (EST)

I have been here since the beginning, and would be able to add a lot of information from my own experience and I could also look back in the news. But just a few major events, I suppose: (I combed through the news fairly quickly... someone should probably go through it again) September 8--pre alpha members joined Aywas

October 1--Aywas V1 open for Beta October 18--Slash announces that Aywas needs a recode after numerous server issues (users have way too many pets and items)

Nov 13--Very rare Bane Quetzals released when Springdragon made rant about his cat having large medical bills--only 12 on site, and marked as customs Nov 30--first Holiday Event released, Candy Cane event and real prizes given like a laptop and a nintendo DS

Dec 16--Vyne redraw Dec 17--Chiro redraw Dec 25--winners of Holiday Event drawn Dec 31--Officially in V2

Jan 9--Oakl redraw Jan10--Rogr released Jan 23--Hybrid redraws (Quetzal, Kyre, Griffin, Paleo) Jan 21--Finx released//First mention of the "Other side of Ay"

Feb 12--Alt hybrid colors released Feb 20--Drylis released//Second mention of "Other side of Ay", now officially named "Ara" Feb 26--We learn about the behind-the-scenes issues going on with aywas. The userbase finds out that the programmer Qwayzar, previously the major programmer of Aywas and the one working on the full recode, left, taking the $5000 advance that Slash paid him to code Aywas. Other programmers were brought in to see what could be done, and Slash found that Qwayzar's work was sloppy and only worth about $1500. It's decided that Aywas needs another recode.

Mar 12--Vion released Mar 8--First Aywas comic released Mar 24--Aywas hit 5,000 users Mar 26--Insi redraw Mar 28--Meep redraw

Apr 1--Aywas is 6 months old; second Event (like the Holiday Event) Apr 2--Account 25 raffled off Apr 4--Mysterious Basket event. Users could send out an item and get a basket. Could open them and find rare eggs. Apr 20--Aywas begins releasing info about selling real life plushes Apr 22--Earth Day Folium event Apr 29--Frey becomes official Breeding Admin

May 4--Huge Breeding System update May 15--Lunaris released May 18--Aywas on Cafepress (selling gear) http://www.cafepress.com/aywas May 30--Lacer released

Jun 1--Aywas First Scavenger Hunt Begins Jun 3--Start of Aywas newsletter Jun 8--Scavenger Hunt ends Jun 10--Scav hunt winners announced Jun 15--Cheve Kaba Ryba Jun 28--Jormu Ippo Cipula Hellion Jun 30 Lysk Shisa

Jul 1--Create a Pet Contest (winner eventually turned into the Bumble) Jul 5--Vampire/Zombie Event July 19--Plush Preorders now open Jul 11--Vampire/Zombie Event over, Vampires win Jul 30--Transfer of data from V2 to V3 begins

Aug 1 or 2?--V3 open for the public Aug 12--Maki released Aug 21--BJ steps down as admin Aug 29--Insi revamp Aug 31 through September 8--Melo revamp

Sep 2--Fauna feature Sep 8--Official final Melo revamp is released Sep 12--First Special Edition Pet/Raw Crystals released, the Oske Sep 25--Aywas hits 10,000 users

Oct 1--Halloween Event begins; Sway Jiao Koatl, Campe released; Aywas's first birthday Oct 2--Haunted Forest released Oct 12--Halloween Event ends, Werewolves win; Ornaga released Oct 20--Purple Spirit Day

Nov 8--Zebby's Orange Day Nov 10--Remembrance Day Nov 12--Quolgarian new LE pet; Oske voted Ay

Dec 1--Holiday Event begins, Holiday Forest open Dec 2--New layout Dec 7--New Silver Artists page

Jan 1--Slith Gnarl Nikko Shu Jan 13--Shu revamp Jan 14--Ability to create custom items Jan 15--Mini Scavenger Hunt begins; Bumble new LE pet; Quol voted Ara Jan 18--Bronze Crystals/Orbs released Jan 22--Mini Scav over Jan 24--Scav bites weekly contest begins

Feb 1--Valentines Event begins

But while I had to go through the news, I do remember some details from the specific events, and would be able to give more detail for certain events. :) --Pesh 2:18 PM, 02 January 2011 (CST) Pesh, thanks so much for this! If I don't have time today, I will have time on friday, but I'll try and start adding this into the page. --Falcov 15:44, 2 February 2011 (EST) I can help with some of the detail-determining too. :x -avviv  I've read through your work so far Falcov and I just wanted to make one note: You said "For several weeks, players used the game as designed, but issues were discovered with the programming that allowed users to obtain items and pets unfairly." That's not entirely true D: Users obtained the items fairly, there was just such an abundance of pets and items in such a short amount of time (due to a "Stray Pet" feature which allowed you to release pets for other users to get, and it kept them all in the system; and games such as Bones which gave out too many items), which Slash could never have expected to happen, that the server was being loaded down after only a few weeks of opening. So... yeah D: Didn't want it to seem like there were a bunch of cheaters on Aywas then! It really was just something that Slash couldn't have predicted, so it just needed to be changed. Sorry for the trouble! --Pesh 21:11, 3 February 2011 (EST)

@Pesh: I didn't mean to imply that the users were cheating, but rather the system itself was not working in a fair way. I'll make the edits now, though. Thanks for pointing this out. --Falcov 22:53, 3 February 2011 (EST)