October 2024 Newsletter
Posted 7 October 2024, 15:24:23 EDT :: Last edited 8 October 2024, 10:30:49 EDT by Staryon✦ Happy Autumn, Sushi Rolls! ✦
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Autumn Harvest Festival
Site Updates General Announcements Upcoming Sales
Coming Up
The Autumn Harvest Festival is beginning...
What's happening? Stay tuned to figure out what magic is stirring this time!
New Daily Available
Go Trick-or-Treating to fill up your bucket!
This daily is available until the end of the Autumn Harvest Festival.
Get 10 Monster Candy every day to take home some goodies before the festivities end!
New Foraging Area!
The Thornbrush Wilds is now available to forage in!
This is a limited-time area to forage in as the Blood Moon has temporarily revealed it...
Stamina has increased to 3 every day! The Thornbrush Wilds requires 2 stamina, while the Kitchen and Sewing Shop have stayed at 1 stamina cost.
This means you can do both, or triple-dip in the permanent areas! It's all up to you...
Will you complete the Thornbrush Wilds collection?
A new exclusive pet will befriend you if you can prove that you conquered even the spookiest of areas!
Please note that the BOO'kmark is not tradeable!
Event Questline Now Live!
Our three-part questline is now available!
Click the button below to view them all in one place:
Autumn Harvest Festival Prompts
You've heard the rumors of a large creature roaming Culario, and it's up to you to solve what it's all about!
Is this the new crytid folktale of the town, or is this some misunderstanding?
Either way, it sounds like you won't stop until it's solved!
Weresooshes Revealed!
A new monstrous form has been discovered; what makes it occur and who was the first to discover it?
Weresooshes are the new Seasonal transformation! You wanted it, I wanted it, the Guest Artists wanted it...
This transformation unlocks the Monstrous Build trait for the new form.
The Monstrous Build gains slightly bigger stature, and Monstrous Paws! This is just a part of the build and not a unique trait. Monstrous Paws are larger than usual paws that have Large Claws. These can apply to the front, back, or both feet. Not only that, but this build allows for Weresooshes to also stand up on their back two legs if desired!
Check out the build art variations below done by Tamurachii to get an understanding of how unique this transformation can present:
Not only that, but looks like a couple of NPCs got the Weresoosh treatment...
Monstrous Spell Now Craftable!
In order to gain a Weresoosh form, Sooshes must conquer the Thornbrush Wilds OR help solve the mystery of the large figures roaming in Culario.
Once you have gathered all three treasures, you can go into the Activities tab to craft the spell.
The recipe is automatically unlocked for everyone, but gathering each piece of the spell is no easy task!
Are you up for the challenge?
The premium version of the item is also now stocked in the Koinpeito Shop.
Holiday Shoppe Reopened!
Cookie is back to manning the stand, and has a new plush in stock!
Back are the Autumn Seasonal Traits, Harvest Moon Ticket, and Autumn Pet Box.
New Seasonal Trait Revealed:
Button Cheeks are the new Autumn Seasonal trait!
Aren't they cute and mildly concerning?
These physical cheeks are a fun new addition with lots of possibilities!
To obtain this trait, you'll need to buy the Circus Plush from the Holiday Shoppe or choose it from the Autumn Seasonal Box!
Looks like you'll have matching cheeks with this fun plush!
Free Thornbrush Wilds Boxes Stocked
Yes I ran out of time to do more art...
These boxes are just to make up for the lost days due to the delay in the event start. Time to catch up on your collection!
Will you get lucky and find a treasure in your forage?
Upcoming Festival Sales
Weekly Vampsoosh Auctions are popping up on Saturdays at 12pm ET!
October 5th, October 12th, and October 19th
Will you get a new mythical Soosh? It sounds like they may have a Weresoosh form as well... woah!
As tradition, we also still have the Trick-or-Treat Mystery Batch on Halloween, October 31st!
Don't know how this batch works? You'll be shown silhouettes of designs with specific themes, but each theme has 2 Sooshes! One is the Treat version, and the other a Trick!
You will be given a roll to determine if you get a Trick or a Treat in the discord server, and the other claim is defaulted to the remaining design.
It's all for fun, and you are always free to swap afterwards when the design is paid for!
There will be 5 themes... so 10 Sooshes total.
Better plan accordingly!
Thank you everyone, and we hope you enjoy the festival despite the delays.
Site Updates
Soosh of the Month for October
GST-335: Souffle Pancake
owned by c_candy!
As a reminder, SotM entries are due the second-to-last day of the Month. This is to ensure ample time to approve and raffle the SotM winner and contact them in time to begin the next month with their Soosh of choice.
This month, SotM entries are due on October 30th.
Please note this date if you plan on participating!
Thank you for understanding.
New Activities Added!
Also now with icons instead of being ugly!
These activities are self-explanatory and are here to aid you in your site endeavors. Sometimes you just end up with an item that you don't want, and exchanging it for a different one is more appealing. Or maybe you have a hoard of ingredients from persistent forages but have been unlucky with the rare drops.
Your site suggestions helped add most of these! Thank you for the feedback, and I hope to continue helping you guys with any struggling rng curses.
Round Ears Now Free for Sushi Hamsters!
This was something we were unsure of providing freely, but with feedback decided it felt okay to provide!
Sushi Hamsters now get a free Round Ears trait. If you have an existing Sushi Hamster, feel free to submit a free design update to add Round Ears. Just be sure to state this in your comments when submitting.
For those who used potions for Round Ears on their MYO designs, expect a refund soon!
Thank you everyone!
General Announcements
Staryon and Magnaflorious are going on their Honeymoon!
Back in April, we got married!! It was a small and private affair because we wanted to spend our money on more important things... like going to Japan for two weeks!
This means I'll be gone from October 25th until November 10th.
I will try to check in on the site and team as often as I can, but I'd rather spend my time exploring the country and enjoying our time as newlyweds. Thus, this means the mod team will be handling a lot of things in my steed. Please be gentle and patient with them, as they are basically getting entrusted with the site despite being fairly new to modship!
I trust them with all of my heart, but handling a lot of the sites updates can be a handful!
If I hear that members were mean to them, I will be very upset... and may shut down the site. (I'm kidding)
They'll be handling sales, the mid-festival update, the newsletter, and more! So please be kind and thankful to them for all of their hard work to keep everything running so I can enjoy this very-needed break.
More Rules Clarifications
Just a few things that I feel need cleared up!
- Sketchy/Messy designs are no longer valid for Soosh MYOs.
If the markings and traits are hard to understand or be read clearly, the design will not be approved.
This does not happen often, but just enough where we feel it was best to shut down. The masterlist is meant to be clear references for existing Sooshes, and if the reference isn't clear than it can lead to confusion. Thank you! - Please do not make comments on turnaround time for site submissions.
Even if innocuous, these comments make the mod team feel guilty for focusing on their own personal affairs. They work as volunteers, and I have told them and reminded them repeatedly that our average time is 5 days.
If you have not noticed, a lot of things get squared away before this time limit.
Some examples are "I hope my submission gets approved soon so I can start ____" or "It's been a few days since I sent ____ in, I hope it's okay". Again, I know many members do not mean any harm but to a mod team that have other responsibilites outside of the site, this can read as an insult to their speed. If you have a problem with how long things can take, I ideally recommend volunteering for any organization to understand how much work goes on behind the scenes. Thank you. - Tied in with above, repeatedly reminding a mod to do a specific task can result in a strike on your account.
I don't care if this is said jokingly or in a teasing manner. Do not remind my mods to roll raffles, grant items, reply to ask-a-soosh, respond to tickets, or anything of the sort. We are not always 100% certain of certain questions, or up to doing the menial task of granting/raffling things.
It's a lot of hard work and if a mod is tired I'd rather them get some rest before making any mistakes regarding site happenings. I don't want to keep repeating this, but all of us are adults with other responsibilities outside of the site. They are volunteers. Please don't ruin their mood because you can't wait a few days for stuff. We'll be here!
I will defend my mods aggressively and you do not want to upset me by upsetting them.
Thank you for your understanding. - Do not initiate trades if you do not have the appropriate items/funds.
I don't know why I have to say this. If you do not have what someone is looking for in a trade, do not try to trade with them. If you are going to say "I don't have it right now but I should get it soon" - don't do it. If users are trading or selling items or Sooshes, the last thing they want is to get their hopes up. Repeated instances of this is reportable for harassment, and I encourage any user who has experienced this issue with a user to let us know so we can start any trails to give formal warnings out.
Upcoming Sales
🎨 Mark these dates on your calendar! 📅
Here are the upcoming opportunites to take a new Soosh home!
Special Items Sale
All of October
Due to losses from the Hurricane, a necessary car repair, and lost wages from his upcoming honeymoon, Staryon will be hosting a special site sale of items that are new or normally unobtainable!
Sounds like some unique offerings will be sold... Maybe something will pique your interest?
The sale will be announced and hosted on-site when available!
Weekly Mythical Weresoosh Auctions
Weekly Vampsoosh Auctions are popping up the next few weeks!
October 5th, October 12th, and October 19th
🧛🍁🐺
Will you get a new mythical Soosh? It sounds like they may have a Weresoosh form as well... woah!
Halloween Trick-or-Treat Mystery Sale
💀🎃👻
Don't know how this batch works? You'll be shown silhouettes of designs with specific themes, but each theme has 2 Sooshes! One is the Treat version, and the other a Trick!
You will be given a roll to determine if you get a Trick or a Treat in the discord server, and the other claim is defaulted to the remaining design.
It's all for fun, and you are always free to swap afterwards when the design is paid for!
There will be 5 themes... so 10 Sooshes total.
Better plan accordingly!
The Mod Batch is always on the final Saturday of each month!
This month it lands on:
October 26th
Coming Up
Discord Game Nights
October 11th @ 4pm Site-Time: The Soosh Games
(Hosted by A_Fallen_Ace)
October 26th @ 3pm: Gartic Phone
(Hosted by A_Fallen_Ace)
👻 Mid-Festival Update 🐺
Looks like the festivities are popping off again next month with extra festivities!
Look forward to the reveal of the Autumn Harvest Festival Raffle prizes, flash prompts, game nights, and something... new?
Mod Appreciation Month is next month! Did you think their hard work would go without a celebration?
Sounds like there'll be a new collection to complete... and the items may be tied to each mod.
You'll just have to wait and see what this means!