Saturday, January 19, 2013

AJ UPDATE: HATAPALOOZA AND... ALMOST NOTHING ELSE

Hello everyone!
Sorry this update is late; I had finals this week. :(

Well, anyway, it seems that this update, AJ HQ has become obsessed with... hats?
Uhh...

Well, whatever. So, they added a bunch of stuff (FINALLY OMG).

The first thing is that there are three new HAT SHOPS spread around Jamaa - I've got pictures of where they're located.

The first one is in Sarepia, near Mira's fire and the slide:


The second one is in Mt. Shiveer, on that elevated plateau:


And the last one is located in the least convenient spot ever, Canyons Pathway.


The other thing that's weird about these shops is that there's 'Rare Hat Days', AKA Rare Item Monday on... a Saturday?


Thirdly, AJ has added a new BIRTHSTONE COLLECTION, offered through Epic Wonders!
Every month they're going to release a new birthstone, and you can pick it up there! Looks like they're all going to be members-only, though... :(
Whatever, though. My birthstone is amethyst, a kind of purple quartz created when iron particles mix in the water with forming quartz crystals.
first person to guess my bday correctly gets a prize XD

Anyway, that's pretty much it. It's a big update compared to what we've been getting lately, anyway...
Bye for now!

Monday, January 14, 2013

Progress of New and Improved 'What Animal Are You?' Quiz!

Hello everyone!
Well, I'm just checking in to give a little 'progress report' so to speak on the new-and-improved 'What Animal Are You?' Quiz!
At this point, I have about ten questions, and I'm planning on adding at least one more.
Also, what I've realized as I've designed the quiz is that each of the results could count for a 'subfamily' of animals. There are only six shamans, you know, so I'm trying to divide the animals up into families with similar characteristics, and I'm wondering if I should make quizzes on each of the families when I'm done. :P
Bye for now!

Friday, January 11, 2013

Return to Jamaa

Welcome to the world, little one!
Wake up!

Much has changed...
Much has remained the same.

Now you are back, after a long period of dormancy.
I am ashamed that I allowed anyone to replace you.
But now you are back.
Now you are back...

It's been a long time.
So, so long.
Waiting, watching.

I missed you.

Your friend, unfortunately, has not returned yet.

You have a new partner now.
Know her well; a spirit of the earth, of the plants that reach across its surface striving for light, of beings that crawl and walk and swim and fly.
You are the air, the cold Arctic wind, the sky, the sea, the pebbles, the mountain, all that abounds, all that exists, and all that ever will.
Mother Nature, Father Time.

Stand on the mountain and survey your kingdom.

Come, come!
Be reborn to this place!

The Rainyspirit is with you; I know it to be so.

Explore your kingdom!
The world is yours.

So wake up!
Wake up!
Come!
...
Welcome, young one.


Welcome back.

Thursday, January 10, 2013

AJ UPDATE: RETURN OF THE SNOW FORT

Hello everyone!

Well, I meant to post this on Thursday, but... yeah. Never finished it XD

Well, I'm ashamed to say that it's another small update this week.
The Snow Fort den has returned to Jamaa, owl pets are the Monthly Member Gift, and we have new Alpha information on Cosmo.
That means I can start making the new-and-improved official What Animal Are You? Quiz! That'll be up pretty quickly, within the next few days!

Bye for now!

Tuesday, January 1, 2013

Happy New Year!


Hello everybody!
Exactly one year ago I got over my shyness and posted my very first post on WCC (which got upstaged by horses…) and since then I've been posting a little bit more!

Today is the first day of the year 2013 and to celebrate I drew a picture!

I hope you all have a wonderful new year ^.^

Bye for now! ~Millicy

Monday, December 24, 2012

We Wish You A Merry ,Wait, What now?(Theory of a possible collapse)

Merry Christmas,or Happy Jamaalidays......whatever. This is my first post in a while, but apparently you can now use the arrow keys on your computer to move around...not much is even happening on AJ anymore. Only gift cards, nonmember animals,et cetera. I wanted to say that because of this, unless something happens that is actually worth wasting time on AJ, by New Years,I might be quitting AJ. AJ needs to change somehow. If quests eventually (or even do) come, It would turn AJ into a semi-RPG. And the un-healthy lifestyle of a somewhat hangout mapped game,mixed with the characteristics of an RPG, would make some chaos between players, Then, seriously, what would AJ live for? So on, so forth, AJ would lose popularity,lose players,lose,most important to them, MONEY,and have to shut down. This has a very small chance of happening. If AJ mixes them correctly,if they would accept the idea of just pure decency,it would plummet their competitors down and AJ would be winning by it. There are many other things that could and maybe would happen. That's AJ's desicion.-Message direct to AJHQ- If you make it work AJ, kudos to you. And keep the good stuff coming.You need to plummet out of this hole your in. Good luck-End of message-If you want, comment of how you think of this.

Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!


-Funwow

Thursday, December 20, 2012

AJ UPDATE: UHH... JAMAALIDAYS?

Hello everyone...
Well, welcome to this week's update. Pretty boring, actually. I don't even really know why I'm posting at the moment.
Maybe because I thought this one would be the super-exciting quests update, if they ever come out with one at all... *sigh*
It's pretty much exactly like the update that brought sea turtles to everyone - this one is bringing an open sea cam, something that I know I'm probably never going to use (I never have enough time to watch AJ's videos anymore) and giving it to everyone. Sea turtles got that treatment a while ago, and they weren't even new.
So, say hello to the open sea cam. Yaaaay...
So... whatever.
Bye for now!

Thursday, December 6, 2012

Theory: 'Return of the Alphas' video is related to a promised questing feature

Hello everyone!

So, anyway, today, I was looking on TDE when I found this new video:




Watch it.

Notice anything... strange?

Now take a look at these posts that I found while researching my theory:



Also, I have a little thing for jamaasian discussion today. When you first join Animal Jam you meet the spirit of Liza and she says this to you -
Well, there appears to be two big lies in that statement. One, we never learn about Mira, and two, we don't have any travels. When I say travels, I'm actually referring to journeys or quests, but not like the Journey Book we know today. I found this interesting clip of an old article, click here to read the whole thing.
Isn't that strange? This appears to be AJHQ's original goal for Jamaa, they were going to take the road less traveled by, but instead lost focus and took the well worn road of ease and profit. During Animal Jam's beta there happened to be a book much like our Journey Book, as well as the achievements, trophy, both of which seemed to be coming later in the game.
Instead Achievements came but the book disappeared for a long time. It came back to Jamaa as the Journey Book.
I feel that Animal Jam has really lost it's natural goal since beta. What do you think the creators intended with that first book? What would the quests have been like? Which book would you rather have in Jamaa? I hope you have some ideas!
 
 
 
With Animal Jam now in full swing, the world of Jamaa is now and always will be improving and growing. Shamans and explorers are always searching for new lands in Jamaa, and each land they discover will always be a unique adventure! Minigames, den items, accessories, quests, den designs, and achievements are constantly being added to Animal Jam, as well as National Geographic facts, videos, and content. All this ensures children always have a world of fun—and learning—right at their fingertips! Who knows what adventures await in the land of Jamaa? Come play National Geographic Animal Jam and find out!
A great post on the Animal Jam Blog.
One thing get's me wondering, though, about the part with the quests.
I never ever knew we were able to do quests!
Maybe later, you will see a post about them!
 
 
 
Am I the only person that finds possible similarities between these things?
 
For further proof, let's look at the final scene:
 
 
[Liza speaking to the animals at the campfire] I stayed to protect Jamaa while the other Alphas tracked the fleeing Phantoms.
[Zoom shot to all of the Alphas] Now they have returned!
And your adventure is about to begin!
[Shot of Jamaa Township zoomed out - vines move in slowly to frame the image. As the image fades out, the eyes of Phantoms hidden in the vines open, and then everything fades to black]
 
 
Take a look at that last scene. Phantoms waking up in the vines? Liza finally giving us some actual Lore information? I think that's nearly enough proof that there could be quests coming!
And if that still isn't enough for you, the shot of Jamaa Township is viewing it from the south - as if the camera was in an undiscovered area.
If that doesn't smell like 'questing feature' to you, I don't know what does. Since 'Return of the Alphas' was released now... I wouldn't be surprised if AJ HQ gives us a New Years gift by releasing quests!
 
Wouldn't that be sweet? :D
 
Bye for now!

AJ UPDATE: JAMAALIDAYS AND MORE

Hello everyone! It's that time of year again!
HAPPY JAMAALIDAYS! :D

So that means that AJ HQ has returned the Jamaaliday Gift to replace the Daily Spin for the month of December. Hooray for presents! :D

Also, there's a new PARTY for Jamaalidays this year! I have not yet been to the Jamaaliday Jam, but it's probably pretty interesting!

Third thing: pet REINDEER have been released again this year! Get 'em before they go!

Fourth thing: Gingerbread House den and Gingerbread Treehouse item are this month's Monthly Member Gifts.

Thing five: AJ Outfitters has released tons of new stuff, including sticker sheets, keychains, posters, and more! Check it out!

Also, new Alpha information has been released for Peck! Hooray! Check that out here, or on WCC's Alpha Information page!

Also, I have a theory about a new video released by AJ HQ... but my full analysis is in this post.

Bye for now!

Sunday, December 2, 2012

Umm, AjHQ what went wrong here?

So today I was trying to get on Aj when this happned..
What went wrong!?!?!!?
Well im not complely sure but, MAYBE the game was offline and they accidently let me on? Well it's a theroy :I
But the odd thing is this want just a quick flash of this, I stayed for about a minute after I took this screen shot and what do you know? It was still there, well it'sa mystrey all-right!
Signing off
-Wolves

Sunday, November 25, 2012

UPDATE ABOUT PUMA or the so called pumas....

They aren't pumas; they're snow leopards.
  
Here are some poses i got...
  . .


Non member snow leopards! ^^

~SkyuClaw1~

Woodswolf's Comment:
 Honestly, at this point, based on the fact that 'Snow Leopard' is a name combination, it's looking like it's a membership card animal.
Also, the picture of the 'non-member snow leopards' seems fake to me, simply due to the fact that the name cards are not shown to prove that. Anyone can wear a red necklace like that, and I would say that it would be unlikely that non-members would get a new animal first.
Just pointing out a few things. :)

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

CHEETAH IN ANIMAL JAM


HEY JAMMERS!! look what i found most of you may no but there may be a soon to be animal in animal jam. She is a cheetah, thats whats the last pattern is for!

most of u are thinking OMG or WHOA that's what i was thinking.... comment what you think this animal jam will come into future jamaa.

HAPPY JAMMIMG!

~SkyuClaw1~

AJ UPDATE: WINTER IN JAMAA, ALPHA SPOTLIGHT, NEW ANIMAL POLL, AND MORE!

Hello everyone!
Well, today I logged in to be greeted by a lovely new newspaper!
Finally, this week is actually worth mention. Unlike last week, of course, where the only big development was sea turtles for everyone (and I didn't even get one).

The first thing is that AJ HQ is now saving big cats again, like they did for the first year or so with a royalty included in the memberships (I think, anyway).
No, wait, just checked. The membership royalty is still there, and so its exact price percentage is unknown. :P
Anyway, now you can buy wristbands at AJ Outfitters to show off your Big Cat pride, and then a portion of the cash you bought it with will go to saving big cats.
Third thing relating to their newly-revamped Big Cats Initiative - they've now redone the Conservation Museum! They've got an exhibit there dedicated to big cats, and then the gem donation box now has a POLL there! Take a look:
Alas, what they're trying to do here is force a vote for Cheetahs, as it is the only animal that we do not yet have in Animal Jam. Because, doubtlessly, they already have made an animal for cheetahs, and they're going to wait for an update or two to announce it, pretend to take some time making it, and then release it.
This all has to do with the 'balance' of animals - there are three canines currently (Wolves, Foxes and Arctic Wolves) and two felines (Tigers and Lions).
Notice that both the Lion and the Arctic Wolf are received by membership cards, that Foxes are for members only, and that Wolves and Tigers are available for everyone. With this, we can conjecture that they are going to be parallel in representation:
Wolves - Foxes - Arctic Wolves
Tigers - Cheetahs - Lions
Thus, since Wolves and Tigers are for everyone, and Arctic Wolves and Lions are for members that got theirs with a card, we can assume that Cheetahs will be available in-game to every member, to match up with the fact that Foxes are.

Also, it is now winter in Jamaa. The seasons are changing, and snow is everywhere now. Mira has also donned her icy form.
 Splash and Dash available for everyone... Pet Foxes are still the monthly gift...

Also, we now have a new Alpha Spotlight for Graham! Check it out on The Daily Explorer!
I'm going to make a new page to assemble the information about all the Shamans and put it on WCC eventually. Then I'll have to redesign my old quiz as well, since it's becoming clear that I'm either a wolf or a monkey now at this point, but more likely a monkey... o___o

Anyway, I think that's it for this week's update!
Bye for now!