Posted by IcePets Day 41, Year 10 (29th Nov 19) @ 13:02:50
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Black Friday is here! This means IcePets is offering some sweet deals! From November 29th to December 3rd 23:59:59 (IcePets Standard Time) you can take advantage of the following discounts:
Golden Touch will be having a 25% sale on all items!
All IceCash purchases come with a 50% bonus and double the Treasure Chests, if applicable.
Buying a 6 or 12 month Account Upgrade will grant you 1 or 2 month free Account Upgrade respectively!
That's not all! The new Gemstone Candy and Gemstone Novyn Plush can now be found in the Treasure Chest.
Information about these deals can be found here. Remember: these discounts are only available until December 3rd 23:59:59 (IcePets Standard Time), so get what you want before they're gone!
If all of these sales aren't enough, you can also partake in a Mini Quest event! Between now and Sunday, December 1st at 23:59:59 (IcePets Time) You can now complete 20 quests a day instead of 10 without a Quest Extender! Quests will have an increase in IcePoint Prizesas well asItems awarded! Use these quests to replenish those bank accounts!
Posted by IcePets Day 38, Year 10 (26th Nov 19) @ 09:45:14
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Jacob received a frozen package this morning with a label he didn't recognize. After opening it, he realized he finally received his shipment of brand new Ice Cubes! He will be stocking the Iron Ice Cube, Rusted Marble Ice Cube, Brown Furry Ice Cube, Black Furry Ice Cube, Flamingo Duct Tape Ice Cube, Zebra Duct Tape Ice Cube, Punk Sticker Ice Cube, Skater Sticker Ice Cube, Blue Coral Ice Cube, Purple Coral Ice Cube, and the Green Coral Ice Cube. You can purchase some at his Frozen Collection Emporium. The Snowman is also excited to get his hands on some of the new Ice Cubes, so he will be asking for them in his Snowman Quest in one week. Neil will be rewarding them when you complete his Space Quest.
We have extended the Pet Colouring Contest until December 2nd 23:59:59 (IcePets Time). Voting will take place on December 4th and last one week. Get those submissions to mochihugs if you wish to enter!
Member of the Month voting for this month is ending soon! Wherever you are in Terrafrost, don't forget to head to the nearest voting booth and cast your vote for Member of the Month (MOTM for short)! Terrafrostians can vote for up to three Users to win 100,000 IcePoints and the Member of the Month Avatar.
Two winners will be chosen each month. One lucky new winner will be honoured with Yet to Win MOTM, for those who have yet to be recognised for their community contribution. Then there is the Free for All MOTM, which includes all members except Staff, for those long-time members who deserve another tip of the hat. For those who have already won MOTM, you will receive the Honoured Member Trophy.
Remember! - You cannot nominate yourself or members of Staff. - Do not ask other Users to vote for yourself or other members. - You may vote for up to three Users per month. - Send your nominations here!
You can submit your vote any time during the month, and have until the end of the month to do so. Winners will be announced on the first of next month!
Posted by IcePets Day 37, Year 10 (25th Nov 19) @ 17:51:01
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We would like to extend a thank you to everyone for being so patient during this transition. As mentioned in the previous news post, we'll address some of the changes that we're implementing moving forward. Judda is stepping back from most programming for the site. In addition, IcePets will be changing its business model. This new model is based on three main pillars:
- Monthly financial reports, including income and expenses, will be published to improve transparency and accountability. - Our financial goals and expectations will be shared to ensure that all our Users know where the money (from IceCash purchases, etc) is going. There will be no spoilers for future features, however! - IcePets will rely solely on its own profits to ensure its sustainability. Icepets will continue to put all profits towards future site development. Unfortunately, this means if no profit is made, there will be no development.
The first full report will be provided in December. Our first priority is hiring at least one other programmer to finish up Alpha, which is estimated to cost between $1,500 and $2,000.
All money earned on IcePets always goes back into the site.
Additionally, we plan to open a developer log for programming updates between the live site and alpha. This will be independent of the current change log where smaller changes to the site have been noted. We want to assure everyone that Icepets will run the same, with improvments on the way. We have ample ideas for events, activities, and features we cannot wait to provide to you once Alpha is complete.
Our annual Black Friday Sale is coming up with a few new additions. We have a bigger project planned for the holiday season that we're hoping everyone will enjoy! As a thank you for sticking with us through this rough patch we would like to extend the following:
Seven days of Gold Account time by clicking this link. You have until December 1st 23:59:59 (IcePets Time) to claim.
A mini quest bonus event starting Friday, November 29th until Monday, December 2nd. More details will be released when the quest event starts.
Posted by Tinkerbell Day 30, Year 10 (18th Nov 19) @ 12:54:41
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Recently, IcePets had been bought and transferred. Many of you saw the news post and were ready for the site to take a deep breath and push forward! Unfortunately, the life situation changed for Ace and he was unable to continue the project as he hoped. We understand this is a disappointment to all the Users, Staff feel it deeply as well.
After considering many options, @Judda agreed to take the site back from Ace so it wouldn't drift away into obscurity. No dusty black hole for IcePets! Although Judda will maintain ownership of IcePets, he will remain primarily as a consultant and provide some developer work.
Together as members of the community, we will strive to hire a programmer and finish up everything needed to see the alpha site become reality. The site may go down at some point before Tuesday, November 26th due to the transferring of the site ownership again. Regardless of when the site goes down, our goal is to be up and running operationally by November 26th.
Once IcePets is back, we will provide a more detailed explanation of what all these changes mean going forward. Every one of you are appreciated and your continued support means everything. One thing we can guarantee is we will always fight to keep IcePets available as a home away from home.
Posted by mochihugs Day 26, Year 10 (14th Nov 19) @ 14:09:14
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Now that all the Pets of Terrafrost have gotten some fresh coats of paint, we want to see you try your hand at creating some brand new looks! If you've had some colorful concepts you've been itching to share, now is your chance! In celebration of our Pets receiving an overhaul of their Basic Colours, it's time for a Pet Colouring Contest!
If you head over to the Contests Page, you can find the base lineart for four different pets that you can choose from, ready for you to give it your own unique touch. Take any one of these Pets and show us the IcePets colour that you've always wanted to see!
The contest rules are as follows:
Rule 1 - One entry per user. Rule 2 - Work must be entirely your own. Rule 3 - Entries must remain anonymous before and during voting; you should not show anyone else your entry during the contest. Rule 4 - Art must be PG-13. Rule 5 - The base Pet must be recognisable in the end. You can edit it through your own interpretation, but the image should not have so much added to it or removed that we cannot recognise the original.
The contest will have three winners, who will receive the following prizes:
1st Place - 250,000 IcePoints - Rainbow Snow Jar - A Red, Blue, Green and Yellow Snow Jar - Golden Competitor Stamp - Gold Competitor Trophy
2nd Place - 200,000 IcePoints - A randomly chosen Rainbow Pet Morphing Potion - A Red, Blue, Green and Yellow Snow Jar - Silver Competitor Trophy
3rd Place - 175,000 IcePoints - A randomly chosen Rainbow Pet Morphing Potion - A Red, Blue, Green and Yellow Snow Jar - Bronze Competitor Trophy
If you're unsure whether something is suitable, please submit a Support Ticket and we'll be sure to help you out.
Posted by IcePets Day 24, Year 10 (12th Nov 19) @ 10:55:10
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If you're seeing this, then you have arrived at the new server for Icepets.com. We have just done a transition of all the site code, features and everything else. There are still a few issues around the site that we are working on, so if you notice anything that's wonky, please make a post in the Site Glitches forum and we'll do our best to get things fixed asap.
I just wanted to introduce myself as Ace, the new owner of Icepets. I've been getting to know the Icepet's team all week and I'm really impressed with everything they've done so far. We've had some good discussions about the direction of where they want the site to go and hopefully I can use my skills to help improve the site.
As a programmer, I'll be working on the current site to make improvements, add events and listening to your suggestions. We are also going to get that recode finished, one way or another, but my main priority is to help bring back activity, keep things alive and interesting.
I'm excited to work with the team and hopefully make some improvements to a site you all enjoy playing.
Posted by IcePets Day 23, Year 10 (11th Nov 19) @ 20:33:55
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This is an announcement to let everyone know the site will be unavailable for a brief period of time tomorrow November 12th for a server migration. The exact start time is currently unknown.
We apologise for any inconvience this may cause.
To check for updates while the site is down, don't forget you can visit our social media pages: - Facebook - Twitter - Discord
Posted by IcePets Day 23, Year 10 (11th Nov 19) @ 09:46:52
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A few new covers can be found at the Book Store today!
Try Witches and Rings for a chilling, autumny adventure, or if you're more in the mood for some fab performing stars, Anything You Can Do might be more in your songbook. Strange Encounters of the Breakfast Kind is perfect for the small business owner wondering how others have managed to deal with haunted inns.
You'll also find the Spooky Story Book collection from the Spooky Story Contest, with all the User-submitted entries!
All of these Books will be rewarded by the Weapons Quest. They will be requested by the Book Quest starting one week from today.
Posted by IcePets Day 20, Year 10 (8th Nov 19) @ 11:23:52
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As winter descends and Terrafrost begins freezing, Jacob at the Frozen Collectives Emporium has noticed that some of the Ice Cubes look a bit different!
The Basic Ice Cubes have been updated, with a few new Cubes to collect.The updated Ice Cubes are Red, Orange, Yellow, Pink, Black, Brown, Purple, Green, and Blue. The new Ice Cubes to collect are Grey, Cottoncandy, White, Ice, Snowdrift, and Turquoise. All of these can be found with Jacob in the Frozen Collectives Emporium!
The new Grey, Cottoncandy, White, Ice, Snowdrift and Turquoise Ice Cubes will now be rewarded by the Space Quest and will be requested by the Snowman Quest in one week.
If you cannot see the changes, a hard refresh (Ctrl+F5 or Fn+F5) should work.
Posted by IcePets Day 18, Year 10 (6th Nov 19) @ 09:02:40
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We have some brand new User-funded Items entering the shops today! You can thank @POURRITURE for our new Angelic, Baby, Fairy, Space, and Toon Cobron Plushies, which you can find stocking in the Plushie Mania. You will also find these Plushies rewarded by Penelope, who runs our Book Quests. In one week, Samuel will start requesting them in his Plushie Quest.
You will also find several of our Avatars have received updates to reflect our current art. To see their new look visit your Avatar Collection page and hit Ctrl-F5 or Fn-F5!
Posted by IcePets Day 16, Year 10 (4th Nov 19) @ 13:28:25
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The rumours are true! The rainy October weather managed to catch some drafts from the peaks of Snowslide Mountains, where Snow Jar Snows are harvested. The magic crystals mixed on the air, melted in the rain, and fell all over Terrafrost. The Colours have been mixed and shaded just enough that all Basic Pet Colours have a new look!
This affects a lot down the line, as you may imagine. Many Items around the site include the Basic Colours, from Plushies to Avatars! Updates to these Items will be rolled out gradually over time, so keep an eye out, and don't worry if you notice some Items mismatching for now.
If you're having trouble viewing the updated artwork try a hard refresh using Ctrl-F5 or Fn-F5 on the Pet Viewing page!
As always, if you wish to view old IcePets artwork you can do so at our archive; it is a wonderful place to see how IcePets has changed over the years!
Posted by IcePets Day 14, Year 10 (2nd Nov 19) @ 19:17:16
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With the month of spooks and scares coming to a close, we'd like to announce the winners of our Spooky Stories contest! We've given everyone a chance to vote and the results have been tallied.
In third place, we have @whereisthend. You have won:
And finally, our first place winner, @mochihugs! You have earned:
- Gold Contestant Trophy - Golden Competitor Stamp - Halloween Snow Jar - 150,000 IcePoints
We'd like to give a huge congratulations to everyone who submitted a story and a big thank you to everyone for voting! Later this month, we will be releasing a book with all the entries from this years contest. Keep a eye out and make sure you grab your own copy, so you can look back everyone's stories.
In other news, Ralph's latest shipment of books seemed to have something amiss. It looks like the publishers decided our Book of Beauty needed a new look! If you haven't read it yet, make sure to grab a copy now.
If you can't see the updated artwork, try pressing Ctrl-F5 or Fn-F5.
Posted by IcePets Day 13, Year 10 (1st Nov 19) @ 07:12:32
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The votes have been tallied, and it's time to announce the winners of Member of the Month (MOTM for short)! For this month, both of our winners fall under the Yet to Win MOTM category! Firstly, everyone congratulate...
Thank you for making IcePets a better place! Here are our favourite things about shei:
- She greets every new and returning player in the introductions board. - I want to nominate shei for member of the month. She is super friendly and I love how welcoming she is.
Thank you for your continuing contributions to our community! Here are our favourite things about Tetsam:
- They've been spreading some spooky joy through the month which was really sweet. - I see Tetsam all over the forums during events and doing nice things. I hope they can be recognized for it!
Both of these fantastic members will receive 100,000 IcePoints and the exclusive Member of the Month Avatar.
While member votes were tallying for MOTM, Staff votes tallied for SOTM, and this month's winner is...
To acknowledge their contributions to the team, we've created the following Item in their honour!
Cosy Makoat Jumper
As we head on into November, new Items can be found in the I.C.E Shop for the duration of the month! Be sure to get your own Finger Gun and Childhood Friend Plush, along with the returning Vegan Turkey Meal. Each of these is priced at 500 IceCash (or 450 IceCash for Gold Account Members)!
Additionally, a few of our resident shopkeepers have added some new sweet surprises to their stock! The Tooth Fairy's Payment can be found at the Post Office while the hot Lava Floor Ice Cube can be found at Frozen Collectives Emporium. The Lava Floor Ice Cube is now rewarded by the Space Quest and will be requested by the Snowman Quest in one week.
