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Tutorial TutorialServer Outage Alert
The Amazon server which handles all of our time-based functions like the shop restocks has crashed and cannot reconnect. Until the problem gets resolved you may experience issues on the site. Please be patient as we wait on Amazon's support team to respond. We're very sorry for any inconvenience!
Edit: The server should be working for everyone now!
Edit #2 (12:40CHT): In the interest of clarity, I want to explain what seems to be going on in case there is another hiccup. The server which handles all timer events, like shop restocks and quests, has had a critical failure at its Amazon location. We have it automatically set to refresh itself whenever a problem arises, since that usually fixes any issues without anyone ever noticing anything wrong on the site, but because Amazon has yet to resolve the problem, it's stuck in refresh mode. I have created a replacement server to handle the timer events and that is why the site is working again! However, this means that when the original server is back online, every timer will run twice. (Oh dear.) I have set an email alert so that I can turn off the extra server when this happens, but you may notice some double-timer issues if you happen to be on the site before I have turned it off! What will that look like, exactly? Well, worst-case scenario, it may restock the shops twice in a row every 6 minutes (making rare items even more difficult to grab), and deduct 2 points of Reputation per character during the daily quest assignment. But this will only be temporary! Once there is only one working timer server we should have the site working exactly as intended again.
Edit #3 (12:53CHT): Woohoo, that was fast! No double timer issues should happen for you, as the original server is now back up and the replacement has been turned off.
Thanks very much for your patience and understanding!
Site Contest: August 2017
Congratulations to our Site Contest winners!
D&D Dice! by Hearticorn won the Item Design contest!
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle by Elfy won the Quest Design contest!
Kith Accessories by Dreadnoughtus won the Clothing Design contest!
More Freckle Colors! by GrayEmbers won the Clothing Recolor Design contest!
For earning the most Cheers on your entries, you'll receive the exclusive In the Spotlight Achievement and the Spotlight T-Shirt and Spotlight Showcase items.
A huge thank you to everyone who participated! Entries that did not win have been moved to the Design Suggestions Forum for safekeeping. (Remember that you can always re-enter the same entry again later if you didn't win this time!)
This month's contests include an Avatar, Craft, Gallery, and Art contest! Check out the rules here and show your skills!
July Event Part 3: Wish Granted!
Our third and final wish to grant for this event is the ability for you to grant wishes of your own!
Introducing the Wishlist feature, a way for users to publicly wish for the items they most desire, and to grant those wishes to each other! On your own Wishlist, you can search for items using the dropdown menu, which will helpfully autofill to complete the item name. Once you've added an item to your Wishlist, you can click on it to change the quantity from singular to infinite (I know some of you have certain affinities for a specific item...), or to remove the item from your Wishlist. You can also add an item to your Wishlist by clicking the new "Add to Wishlist" button in the item pop-up window!
All Wishlists are publicly viewable. You can find other users' Wishlists by clicking the link in their user profile. When you're visiting another user's Wishlist, you can grant a Wish by gifting them an item on their Wishlist from your Main Inventory. You can also choose whether to gift anonymously or not, if you want to remain a mysterious benefactor!
We also have two more major updates to the site today. You'll notice that the Help buttons have been replaced with Tutorial buttons, because our beautiful new Tutorial is finally ready! This feature breaks up the lengthy Tutorial onto individual pages so that users can view it anytime, anywhere, at their own pace.
Due to browser and desktop/mobile incompatibilities, you may notice a few "jumps" on the Tutorial that move the screen to the wrong place sometimes, but that should only require a little scrolling to fix. This is an unfortunate downside of the new code, but we think overall a little extra scrolling for the occasional user is a minor downside compared to all the upsides of this new solution! If you notice any bugs or errors besides this "jump" oddness, please let us know in the Technical Support Forum. We try to test for every browser on desktop and mobile, but bugs can be sneaky!
Finally, the New Sale page on the Marketplace has been updated with a tentative fix for the slow load time/crashing problem. We have shifted the items to load per page of your Inventory area rather than all at once. Please let us know how this update effects your Marketplace experience, for better or worse! If this proves to be a helpful solution, we will continue working to update the Trade and Dressing Room pages with this improvement as well.
Please keep in mind that this is a very major feature update for the entire site, so we may discover some new bugs lurking in the code. Please report any problems to the Technical Support Forum with as much detail as you can provide! Knowing the browser version and whether you're in desktop or mobile is usually very helpful information.
Thank you all again for helping to make Tattered Weave the very best it can be!
July Event Part 2: Rewards!
Close your eyes and make a wish, it's time for another feature update! Our first feature released was Subscriptions, a way to support the site with Gems - our second feature is Rewards, a way to support the site with dedication!
Every user will receive a special reward each year on their birthday, as our way of saying thanks for celebrating with us!
Taking our cue from your suggestions, we've added rewards to referred users in addition to their referrers! From now on, when a user joins the site with a referral link or by writing the name of their referrer when they register, they will receive bonus items to help them get started with crafting: a Juicer, Apple Juice Recipe, Black Sweatpants, Hoodie Pattern, and Cotton.
New users (referred or not) will also automatically receive a Messenger Bag Pattern, Cargo Pants Pattern, Bushy Mustache Pattern, Canvas, Pocket Liner, Buckle, Styling Gel, and Scissors to help them get started with Tailoring right off the bat!
That's not to say we've forgotten our wonderful users already on site. To help you guys out with crafting and questing, we've added a bunch more bundle items to the Headmaster's Office! Bakers can rejoice to find easy access to the most frequently-needed ingredients by purchasing the Grocery Bag and selecting from several bulk options. Tailors can now find the most frequently-needed materials in either the Minor Tailoring Kit or Major Tailoring Kit, depending on what materials they're looking for! And for those of you questing in the Enchanted Forest and Coral Reef, you can pick up an Enchanted Chest, Spell Pouch, or Seashell Basket to make things a little bit easier!
July Event Part 1: Subscriptions!
We're all so, so excited to bring you this month's unique Event, a week-long series of three magical wishes to improve the site!
Our first wish granted is the long-awaited Subscription feature! From now on, every time you purchase Gems, you will receive a Subscription item in addition to your Gems. These items can be used (or traded/sold!) to receive special benefits on the site for 30 days.
A $1 donation will receive the Extra Cheerful Subscription
A $5 donation will receive the above items plus the Behind the Scenes Subscription
A $10 donation will receive the above items plus the Expanded Vocabulary Subscription
A $20 donation will receive the above items plus the Very Reputable Subscription
A $50 donation will receive the above items plus the Double Shards Subscription
From all of us on Staff to you, our wonderful users, we thank you for your support! Our next two wishes to grant this week are not Gem-related, but will also help move the site forward and make Tattered Weave even more fun and easy to use!
Edit: I just realized I should also let you know what happens if you use multiples of a Subscription item - the days will stack on top of each other, not reset. You also don't have to use an item immediately after receiving it from donating! For example, if you want to wait until after finishing up some work for a deadline, or after you come back from vacation, etc.
