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Yay! It's that time of year again - so here are your advent gifts!
Here are some of the previous years: 2011 2012 2013
A Belated Happy Solstice Everyone!
Today's item:
Happy Christmas Everyone!
(P.S. Does anyone know if it is possible to set a background color that would carry over behind an image in bbc code? I know it's possible for text color, and html/css/etc. have it but can we use it in this forum? Sometimes a backdrop with a little extra color would be nice to showcase the items . . .)
If you miss opening a door it is still only 15 Feez to open it.
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And don't forget your other Feerik games. Both PoneyValley and Eredan iTCG have Advent Calendars as well ^_^
Happy Holidays Everyone!
Last edited by orangemaid (2014-12-24 00:34:31)
I don't know about anybody else, but I am definitely not a fan of this year's Christmas wreath. To me it is not very festive.
I kinda like the wreath; it looks "rustic."
I like it too, kind of traditional old world home made .....instead of commercialized .
I think the picture for the first day would look better with out the numbers...I know it's an advent calender, I just get distracted by the numbers on it
I like the wreath, we have have multiple wreaths through the years on advent calendars, events, and in the stores...it's hard to make new ideas for something that they do every year; it matches the color schemes on some of my alts. that the other wreaths just didn't; and I agree with the idea that lauralali made it doesn't look so commercialized
Yay! People!
After two days it's a little hard to decide what I like and don't like. I'm actually a bit torn because the two items so far each have something I strongly feel for and against.
For the first - Pro: I really, really like the picture for the calender quite a bit. Con: It's too small to really make out, and that is harder being all similar colors. The bigger negative is that it looks like it has the numbers on the mini-pic, so we really get less of it.
For the Wreath - Pro: I find it overall appealing. The asymetrical shape isn't taken to far to make it look like a crescent moon shape or teardrop shape. Con: The decor to show it off is a little limited. A dark background makes the wreath part hard to discern, conversely a too light background makes the lights/wheat-colored items indistinct.
-- I can't tell if there are supposed to be lights as well as leaves. I would find it interesting however if there were lights that then the wreath could be animated to twinkle or have changing colors
I'm also of two minds about the whole rustic/home-made vs commercial subject . Especially since there are a lot of commercial products made to look 'home-made'. I know several local home decor/craft stores that could put that sort of wreath together. My preference has always been for craftsmanship/artisanship skills, followed closely by environmentalism/durability (not filling landfills,etc).
I'm rambling again, and wanting to write about quality and Christmas ornaments, and cleaning out my Grandmothers house >.< Soooo not the place for that!
Just pointing out, the December third gift doesn't stick to your doll.
So this may be a bug
30stmxfan wrote:
Just pointing out, the December third gift doesn't stick to your doll.
So this may be a bug
Sent in a bug report about this. Thanks!
Is it only me? My other doll experienced this too. I opened 1 on the first day and then the next day I found out its closed again. Is it the same for you guys?
cutekiderika wrote:
Is it only me? My other doll experienced this too. I opened 1 on the first day and then the next day I found out its closed again. Is it the same for you guys?
Not for me, but I don't have any alts here, so that may be a factor. Do you have the item in your inventory/'My Things'? And have you tried all the normal things, like refreshing your browser, clearing your cache, and all of that (I'm presuming yes, btw)?
I'm pretty sure there will be NO completion gift - there wasn't last year, and the year before there wasn't supposed to be (but it got mentioned by mistake.) So if you have the gifts I wouldn't worry. If the gifts are gone, submit a ticket?
Good luck and let us know what happens, please
orangemaid wrote:
Not for me, but I don't have any alts here, so that may be a factor. Do you have the item in your inventory/'My Things'? And have you tried all the normal things, like refreshing your browser, clearing your cache, and all of that (I'm presuming yes, btw)?
Oops, sorry. I did think of checking my 'my things' sometime earlier but I never did. I checked and saw that the day 1 gift is in there c:
It just really surprised me when everything in my advent calendar (2-4) is open and whenever I click 1 it says { Open for 15 feez }
Thanks again!
cutekiderika wrote:
Oops, sorry. I did think of checking my 'my things' sometime earlier but I never did. I checked and saw that the day 1 gift is in there c:
It just really surprised me when everything in my advent calendar (2-4) is open and whenever I click 1 it says { Open for 15 feez }
Thanks again!
Well I'm very glad you have the picture!
I'm a little curious if you could get a duplicate item by opening the door - Which WOULD be an exploit that should be reported - but a repeat of the first item would not be my pick to test that on
HAS ANYONE ELSE noticed an issue bringing up the advent calendar if you have a different Flash Game running elsewhere? Not a Feerik one, but from a different company. The calendar wont load for me if I have any games from Flowplay logged in.
Both calender and calendar clear the spell check, and right now I can't recall which is correct (American) English
I love the Christmas flags/banner, so fun and different! However, I am kind of upset about the purple wrapping paper that your doll can hold, what?!?! How is that even related to Christmas?!? I think it is very upsetting, I was hopping for more Christmas related gifts.
Last edited by aprettylittleliar (2014-12-11 06:13:58)
Thanks for updating this everyday, Orange!
Yesterday's gift, the purple wrapping paper, does not stick... although it is clearly supposed to be held by your doll (thumb cutout).
I was waiting to see if it got reported by someone else, or fixed quickly... but neither has occurred, so I thought I would mention it.
aprettylittleliar wrote:
I love the Christmas flags/banner, so fun and different! However, I am kind of upset about the purple wrapping paper that your doll can hold, what?!?! How is that even related to Christmas?!? I think it is very upsetting, I was hopping for more Christmas related gifts.
Thank you and n0regrets for mentioning that the paper doesn't stay on. I've been so naughty and not decorating my rooms >_< so they are a mess and I don't know these things. Hopefully it gets fixed soon.
(Maybe we move too quickly and the paper gives us a paper cut so we drop it ??? )
As for purple - off the top of my head I think of advent candles and royalty. The whole royalty thing coming in to the Nativity story with the three Kings/Wisemen, and the acknowledgement of Christ being above them, given how a number of scriptures and related material refer to God as Lord.
Even disregarding the religious aspects - purple has been one of the most expensive and rare types of dyes before the industrial revolution, so just through cost it has been restricted to royalty and the very wealthy. You can make your own interpretation of what it means in terms of the holidays from there ^_^
(And as for colors not being Christmasy - as lovely as they are I think that every time I see the trees decorated in peacocks and their colors. What do any colors real mean beyond what we wish them to mean?)
malu wrote:
Thanks for updating this everyday, Orange!
You're Welcome! Thank you for for reading it.
n0regrets wrote:
Yesterday's gift, the purple wrapping paper, does not stick... although it is clearly supposed to be held by your doll (thumb cutout).
http://us.ohmydollz.com/img/big/86626.png
I was waiting to see if it got reported by someone else, or fixed quickly... but neither has occurred, so I thought I would mention it.
Thanks for reporting this I will send in a bug report.
My favorite gifts are ones that not only make great seasonal decorations, but also year-round ones. If the wrapping paper were super Christmasy, it'd only make sense to use it once a year. But since it's not, it can easily be used for other things, like in a birthday party scene. You could also pretend it's a roll of cloth and maybe use it as an accessory (or decoration if you cover the thumb cutout) for a fashion/costume designer at work kind of thing.
Personally I don't like the black lacy shorts outfit. Not Christmasey at all, almost too slinky to put it mildly. Maybe someone might wear it for New Years Eve, but even at that.... why does Feerik have to make things so..... baring? (yes, I know... the black sparkley bathing suit item goes beneath it) With the rustic looking wreath, I was hoping for a Rustic type of Christmas.
I just opened the gift for today (12/15/14), it is the white hat with the red bow on the right side and realized that it is the same hat we got last year! Is this suppose to be a bug, does anyone know?
I am not sure if it is a bug but I have already reported this to our GM.
oh darn I hope we aren't getting duplicates of last years items this year. You'd think it would be a matching hair accessory for the black lace outfit.
30stmxfan wrote:
oh darn I hope we aren't getting duplicates of last years items this year. You'd think it would be a matching hair accessory for the black lace outfit.
I find it odd how every year all the gifts don't quite match as a whole ensemble.
Then again, I also find it odd that the gifts don't match the advent picture either. I don't exactly mind, but I do sometimes wish that those were the gifts. ( I do believe someone mentioned the dress the doll is wearing is in one of the stores - so if I looked I should be able to find them.)
Oddest of all is that within the first week(ish) the dates straight down the middle of the calendar are what we open first, obscuring the doll completely.
aprettylittleliar wrote:
I just opened the gift for today (12/15/14), it is the white hat with the red bow on the right side and realized that it is the same hat we got last year! Is this suppose to be a bug, does anyone know?
Thanks for the heads up on this. I do see that fairykisses has already reported it, and I'll post a correction if there is one.
If anyone is curious, this years items are in the 866xx range, last years in the 714xx range.
sierradane wrote:
Personally I don't like the black lacy shorts outfit. Not Christmasey at all, almost too slinky to put it mildly. Maybe someone might wear it for New Years Eve, but even at that.... why does Feerik have to make things so..... baring? (yes, I know... the black sparkley bathing suit item goes beneath it) With the rustic looking wreath, I was hoping for a Rustic type of Christmas
They do seem to give us a predominantly black dress/outfit every year. Last year there was the top, black knee-highs (w/ white reindeer), then the red w/ black brocade dress. Then 2012 had a silver/white on dark/black skirt, black shimmery stockings, and a simplish black top. 2011 had a little less, with a black skirt, but the bonus dress was a silver sequin thing with a black ribbon sash.
Huh, seems like every year we've also gotten two pairs of shoes - one mostly red, the other mostly black. I'll add in the links for previous years in tomorrows update.
Does anyone know if there is a tradition in France for Black around this time of year?
And I might be a smidge late tomorrow, too, sorry . I'm doing a handmade garland with laurel and juniper branches so I've been outside while the sun is up. I'm more than halfway done, yay!
Last edited by orangemaid (2014-12-15 01:58:25)
@ 30stmxfan, yes we are getting 6 more duplicates from last year, on the 1st day of the calendar, there was a bug where all the gifts were open. I thought it would be changed as the days go by but I'm beginning to doubt it. Tomorrows gift is new, it's a red & white jacket & the day after that is a repeat. The repeats remaining are a red shoe, glove & dress, black & white bag etc. Hopefully they'll change it. I want to put the (bug) picture here but Feerik might get upset.
tresselle wrote:
@ 30stmxfan, yes we are getting 6 more duplicates from last year, on the 1st day of the calendar, there was a bug where all the gifts were open. I thought it would be changed as the days go by but I'm beginning to doubt it. Tomorrows gift is new, it's a red & white jacket & the day after that is a repeat. The repeats remaining are a red shoe, glove & dress, black & white bag etc. Hopefully they'll change it. I want to put the (bug) picture here but Feerik might get upset.
I saw that too but I thought it was a bug. It didn't expect Feerik to repeat our gifts :\