Come one, come all. We have been impressed with your
strength and boggled with your mental capabilities. But here comes
something new, your talent. Do you have what it takes to make it in one
of today's hottest jobs? Have you ever wanted to be a stylist to the
stars? Well, here is your chance. Webkinz World's top celebrity, Plumpy
needs your help. Use your skills to help Plumpy acheive the hairstyle
of her dreams. What will make Plumpy happy today? Will it be Curls, or
straight hair? Will it be blue hair, or yellow or orange? The only way
to find out is to head back to school.
Trying this game out today, it seemed pretty easy. In
the first level, you have to obtain a score of 10 or higher and it is
based on how closely you make Plumpy's hair style to the picture and
how much time you do it in. They give you a good bit of time to get
Plumpy ready. You can also refer back to the picture of Plumpy's new
style up to 5 times durring your alloted time period. Hint - they only
give you the items that you will need. With the addition of the Stadium, Ganz has also changed the "cell phone colors" to be only light blue or light green. One of our users, aalovesyew2, noticed last night that the clubhouse entry menu has changed, as well. You can now ask the servers to search for a "busy" or "quiet" room for you, along with just typing in a room number to enter.
Finally, in his communication with the Webkinz Creative Director, Justin was given the following hint about Webkinz Day:
Note: Rare collectors are not going to want to miss Webkinz Day’s Superwheel…
Written by Webkinz Creative Director, on April 3, 2008
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It appears that people are excited about the Stadium! Our first event filled instantly. No really, instantly.
To the lucky 1000 that got in, the event will run at 7 pm (be there to watch your pet compete) and the results will be ready at 7:30 pm (KinzTime). Everyone else can come at 7 pm to watch as well.
Over the next few days we will be increasing the number of people who can enter each event. Events will likely still fill within a few minutes.
As part of our next site update we will significantly reduce the “wait period” between entry and the competition, and make a few more changes so that we can run larger events, more often, so that everyone can regularly enjoy our new pet competitions.
We’re blown away by the response to this new feature and will be continuing to update the Webkinz Stadium throughout 2008.
Many of our users who were up late last night noticed that Webkinz World was shut down nearly an hour early for maintenance. When the system allowed them to log back in, a new area had appeared -- the Webkinz Stadium!
This new area appears to be similar to the Tournament Arena, in that you compete with other Webkinz users in certain events. Currently, the "Beauty Pageant" is the only event added to the system at this point, but it looks like Ganz has plans to add quite a few more events in the near future. We'll just have to wait and see what other events will come.
The instructions are quite short, but let us know that you must sign up for an event in advance. Since each event is limited to 1,000 users, sign up as early as you can! The sign-ups open 2 hours before the event starts, so be ready to register your pet early!
Clicking on the Beauty Pageant event shows us that it costs 25 Kinz Cash to enter a competition, and the prizes are some the best we've seen to date in Webkinz World -- a total of $10,000 Kinz Cash and trophies for each event!
Ganz has informed us that the $10,000 Kinz Cash is split between the top 10 of the particular event (with $4,000 Kinz Cash for the top prize). In addition, there will be Bronze, Silver and Gold trophies for each event and event type!
You may also have noticed the "Event Type: open" in the schedule. There appears to be 3 "classes" of events, open, amateur and pro.
Finally, the events appear to be "synced" across the time zones, so the first event, which is at 5pm US Kinz Time is at 10pm Euro Kinz Time (both on April 3rd) and 7am Asian Kinz Time (April 4th). We'll have to wait until then to see pictures and descriptions of the competition itself!
UPDATE ON PET OF THE MONTH ARTICLE -- this is an update to the news from this morning
I have received direct word from Ganz's creative staff that there have been no changes to the Pet of the Month policy. The information given out this morning by the CS department was misinformation. As always, every Pet of the Month is supposed to come with a Pet of the Month loot bag, whether you have 1 Pet of the Month item or 50 Pet of the Month items and it does not depend on how many Pet of the Month adoptions you have made.
If you adopted a Pink Poodle today and did not receive your loot bag, it is likely due to a bug in the system and you may need to notify Ganz that your item was not awarded as it should have been.
Ganz is currently looking to see if there are any bugs in the awarding of Pet of the Month loot bags, so you may want to wait a few days to log in your Pink Poodle for April!
We, the staff of Webkinz Insider, are saddened to announce the departure of our very own founder, Justin. His decision to leave was announced this morning and we were asked to pass on his regrets and appreciation to all the members here. He has asked us to post this statement:
"I have been doing research into Virtual Pets online for quite some time. As part of my research, I have been purchasing other animals to gain access to other sites to see what they have to offer. Recently I purchased a Shining Stars blue dragon, which I named Contessa. As I bonded with my new pet I realized that I have an obligation to pursue all things related to Shining Stars and could no longer devote my time to Webkinz. As much as I regret leaving WI, I look forward to the new online community that Contessa will bring. I appreciate all of you and the staff in particular. To my staff, I will be sending each of you your very own Shining Star in hopes that you will join Contessa and I. Good luck and take care!"
We wish Justin and Contessa the best of luck as they pursue their new adventure.
On his departure, Justin made the decision to sell the Webkinz Insider to Blue Dress, LLC, a small company based in Connecticut that manufactures tie-dyed shirts for plush toy owners. The site, which has over 80,000 members and is averaging about a bazillion hits per month, was sold for a figure exceeding one BILLLLLLLION dollars!
Masteryoda is the only member of the staff that will be staying with the new ownership and is currently accepting applications for administrator and moderator positions. Click here to read the requirements to become an admin or mod!
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