The holiday season is upon us!

I hope you all have been on your very best behavior this year, because it wasn't just Santa Paws that has been watching you. The whole Alacrity Community gets to play the role of Santa once again this year!

Are you feeling a bit of holiday cheer? Do you want to spread the love? Well, then, we've got your ticket! Just mosey on down to the Christmas page and choose to give a gift! You can send up to 5 presents per day!

Did you get a pressie and want to see what you got? Santa Paws will let you sneak one gift per day before Christmas, but no more than that. On Christmas Day (December 25th), you will be able to open all the gifts you've been given!

Because we love you all, we will allow gift giving up until December 27th! You will have until December 31st to ensure that you've opened all your pressies. After that, Santa Paws will put the leftover gifts back on the shelves for next year :)

As a quick reminder, please remember that advertising is not permitted in main chat. If you would like to participate in trades, please conduct these via private message, scribble, sales chat, or the advert box! In the same vein, asking for gifts, offering gifts, and anything of this nature is considered advertising!

And don't you dare think that this is all we have planned for you, so definitely make sure to check back... especially on Christmas Day! I overheard the Riddler planning an extra special treat for you all and Santa Paws has mentioned a fun event planned for the days leading up to Christmas.

Finally, I wanted to let you all in a couple of game updates:

• We are making minor changes to the trial creation system. Things may be a bit wonky at times while we test different fixes out, but please don't panic--we just have some kinks to iron out :) You'll notice that the options you're given when creating trials are a bit different, once changes have been succesully made. Until we can make these fixes, we are going to ask that you all please refrain from creating trials which feature all of the same or even multiples of the same obstacles. This is due to a blatant game exploit which we needed to remedy. Please note that deliberate game exploitation will result in disciplinary action and that would make us really sad, so please don't :(
• We've tweaked the Raccoon code so that you should see a noticable increase in Random Events while one is equipped to a dog in your kennel. Please keep your eyes peeled and let us know if this seems to be the case, or if you notice no change. Please keep in mind that these effects do not stack, so it doesn't matter if you have 1 or 100 Raccoons; the effect will be the same.
• Some of you may have noticed that the Item Catalog has been updated so that custom companions are in a separate list of their own :D Here, you can more easily search to locate item effects and owners; please keep in mind that owners of these items are not obligated to make them available to the public.

Aaaand, finally, here's a complete list of all the items available for gift giving, as well as their respective artists:
Little Brown Mouse (Maggots)
Little White Mouse (Maggots)
Angel Wings (Maggots)
Black Angel Wings (Maggots)
Christmas Tree (Kittybot)
Red Christmas Tree (Kittybot)
Blue Christmas Tree (Kittybot)
Rainbow Christmas Tree (Kittybot)
Bright Star (Kittybot)
Santa Cape (Kittybot)
Green Santa Cape (Kittybot)
Santa Hat (Carnivale)
Green Santa Hat (Carnivale)
Halo (Maggots)
Aurora Borealis Background (Geist)
Holiday Scarf (Kittybot)
Reindeer Antlers (Ehm)
Blue Northern Lights Background (Maggots)
Purple Northern Lights Background (Maggots)
Christmas Lights (Carnivale)
Sprig of Holly (Kittybot)
Rudolph Plush (Wysper)
Polar Bear Plush (Ehm)
Polar Bear Pull-Toy (Ehm)
Galapagos Penguin Plush (Ehm)
Jingle Bell Anklets (Ehm)
Wreath Collar (Carnivale)
Mistletoe Earrings (Ehm)
Rudolph Nose (Ehm)
Cardinal Branch (Wysper)
White Husky Plush (Carnivale)
Red Husky Plush (Carnivale)
Silver Husky Plush (Carnivale)
Black Husky Plush (Carnivale)
Snowman (Carnivale)
Gingerbread Man (Deranged Hyena)
Gingerbread Dog House (Carnivale)
Spruce Forest Background (Xylax)
Silver Tinsel (Nyctra)
Gold Tinsel (Nyctra)
Dove Wings (Kittybot)
Snowy Owl Wings (Kittybot)
Snow Flurries (Geist)
Holiday Bird (Moriarty)
Winter Sweater (Kittybot)

Now go forth and give! :D

Happy Howlidays!
<3 The Alacrity Staff

The Riddler

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

The Riddler

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