Random Saturday Ep 25: Parties

Hello, this is another Random Saturday, about parties. 

Parties are events you can go to by selecting the balloon & hat icon from the top of your screen, and then choosing the party you want to go to. Parties last for half an hour each, and every time one ends, another begins. 

There are a couple categories of party. Some occur year-round, like the Dinner Party and Call of the Alphas. Many are seasonal, with seasons including AJ’s birthday, the end of summer, Valentine’s Day, St. Patricks Day, New Years’, etc. Seasonal parties are generally themed around the season they show up in. 

Some parties are exclusive to people who have either specific animals, types of animals, or pets. These include penguins, horses, monkeys, bunnies, all types of wolf, flying animals, any pets, underwater animals, and whatever the animal of the Chinese New Year is currently for that party. 

Most parties have shops, where they sell items related to the party theme. The only parties that don't have these are Best Guess and Call of the Alphas. 

Some parties are unique compared to the others. There is the Paradise Party and Call of the Alphas, both of which have Journey Book pages. Call of the Alpha’s page has 3 sections, and thus three prizes (which I think are creepy, but eh). There’s also Best Guess, which operates like a game, where you have to pick whether a statement is true or false, and you get gems if you’re right. 

There are also player parties. For 1 diamond, members can create their own party, choosing the music, setting, and name. There are 8 settings, and each has its own shop and theme. Parties last 1 hour. 

Bye!

Society Update: Update to the COC

What's up every---

Wait. It's not posting day.

Well, I do need to do a quick update to the COC. As of now, we have had quite a number of members who were removed from the society due to inactivity. They can choose to return, but they will be under probation for a while before we release them from probation. If they get removed due to inactivity for 3 times, they will be not be allowed to rejoin.

Note that this does not apply to members who willingly quit, or told us beforehand.

More details can be found in the last point in the COC.

That's all, until next post!

-Dew

Random Saturday Ep 24: Ads in AJPW

What's up everyone! Today, I bring you the next installment of Random Saturdays! Today, I'm going to talk about the presence of ads in AJPW. Without further ado, let's go!

So, AJPW recently decided to introduce ads into the game. It's not the kind of ad that pops up oncd every certain time interval. Rather, it's the kind of ad that you can choose to watch in order to earn rewards.

At the time of writing this, I have found two places where we can watch ads for rewards. 

First, we can watch ads in treasure hunts to earn more keys to unlock more boxes. Generally, we are allowed to watch one ad per animal we own, and each ad gives us 3 more keys. If we have a lot of animals, watching these ads will be a good way to collect more experience points for levelling up, if we have the time and patience to do so.

The other place where we can watch ads for rewards is the sapphire shop. You may have noticed a new, blue chest next to the place where we can buy music in the sapphire shop. That chest will give us one random item from the random item list for every ad we watch. The good thing is, that sapphires are included in the random item list, so it is possible to earn sapphires from watching ads.

The ads that we can watch are generally child-friendly. Mostly, they are ads for new children's toys. Occasionally, I see ads for a game like 1010.

I personally feel that this is a good addition to the game. It is yet another way for non-members to grind for sapphires. Also, rares and sapphire shop items are also included in the random item list, which is another huge plus. All in all, the ads are not annoying pop-up ads, and I feel that it is a good change to the game.

That's all from me today! Till next time!

-Dew

Monthly Update - June

What's up everyone! Today I bring you the monthly update of June!

First, members will be automatically removed from the society should they fail to post all assigned posts of the month. The code of conduct has been updated to reflect this new rule.

Next, I regret to report that Gamma Tiger has been removed from the society due to the above new rule. Though, it is possible for them to reapply via the application form.

Next, I apologise on behalf of the whole society for the low posting this month. Sorry bout that!

Finally, I'd like to inform you that postings will be reduced this month (July). This is due to the lack of members we currently have.

That's all the news today. Signing off,

-Dew

Random Saturday Ep 23: Camels Coming to Animal Jam?

Hey all, Jade here with your latest Random Saturday! Today, I thought I'd bring to your attention the possibility of a new animal coming to Animal Jam soon- more specifically, the camel!

If you've been paying attention to the game's recent updates, you've probably seen this picture at least once. This is a "Glyph Stone", representing an update soon to come. In order to understand it, we have to decipher the three symbols on the stone.

The second symbol looks something like an arrow, and the third symbol looks something like a world, so we can safely assume that the message is something along the lines of "____ is coming to this world," with the blank representing the first symbol. In examining the first symbol closer, you may realize that with its two humps and four legs, it closely resembles a camel! So, I believe that the message reads "Camels are coming to this world."

If you need more proof, camels have already been introduced to AJPW, so it's only a matter of time before they come to the browser version of the game.

So, are you excited for the possibility of another new animal? I know I am! Thanks for reading, Jammers! Stay safe out there, and Jam On!

Random Saturday Ep 22: AJPW Carnival Cotton Candy

What's up everyone! I'm here with another episode of Random Saturday! Before we dive in, I'd like to apologise for the lack of a scammer post on Thursday. We couldn't find any scammers, but I suppose that's a good thing? Anyway, without further ado, let's go!

Similar to AJPC, AJPW has its own cotton candy machine in the Summer Carnival. However, the numver of designs you can do are much more limited than AJPC, as of my last attempt. There are a total of 3 different designs, and they can be made with any type of base cone. Do note that this is for AJPW only. Maybe next time we will do one for AJPC.

The first design is the famous phantom cotton candy. To make it, you need to choose a colour pattern of black, white, black on any cone.

Next, there is a moon design. To make it, you need to choose white, blue, white on any cone.

Finally, there is a star design. Just choose yellow, yellow, yellow on any cone.

That's the three designs! Feel free to comment down below if you discovered any new designs for AJPW!

Until next time, signing out.

-Dew

Agent Insights Ep 14: Starting an Agency

Hello. Flint here, to tell you what I know about starting a scam-catching agency.

Starting a scam-catching agency can be difficult. While it doesn’t take that much effort to create a site and some application forms, setting up your agency such that it will stay active is hard. (Note that this assumes you want multiple people, and don’t want an open community page type thing.)

You want to have a platform, first. This is important, as it allows people to find you easier and acts as a place to store all important documents and forms, as well as letting you post scammers somewhere. I’d recommend using a platform like Blogger, as it’s easy to set up, free, and doesn’t have any linking restrictions or whatnot that would impact you, although social medias and other website platforms probably work just as well. I don’t recommend using a YouTube channel as the platform, although having one attached is useful. YouTube doesn’t store documents as well, and it can be a pain for multiple people to contribute.

It’s also important that you have somewhere where you can talk. I’d recommend Discord, as it has many features and bots that make things much easier.

You also want to come up with a name for the agency. This is not as important, because unless the name sounds really stupid, it won’t have much of an impact.

You can also create rules and rankings for future agents. While this part is fun, you should avoid obsessing about it. Ranks do not need to be complex, they can be as simple as [Poster>Admin]. There’s a good chance nobody’s going to join for a while, so don’t worry about this until you have a lot of people, then adjust from there. With rules, they should be mostly summarized as “don’t be a jerk or an idiot, also contribute”, and rules made to enforce other rules. Make sure your rules aren’t overly restrictive or too loose. However, don’t stress too much about them just yet, as you might not get anyone for a while, and even then, most people aren’t problematic.

Then, you can create applications. Make sure that you check them at least semi-often. You’ll want questions that weed out bad applicants and tell you useful information about them (e.g. time zone, what they want to be called, etc.). When accepting, you should accept most everyone at first, and then, when you retain enough people, start getting tougher. If people that you accept cause problems or are inactive, feel free to eject them from the agency.

You’ll want to make posts about scammers. This is important, for obvious reasons. I’d recommend coming up with at least a loose formula a post should follow, to avoid poorly made posts and spam when you have more people. Make sure to post regularly, because its very easy to set up the framework of an agency, and then forget to post/fall out of the habit of posting and become inactive. I’d recommend a schedule, or a quota.

There’s obviously a bunch more, but that’s an overview of the basic framework. Once you’ve done all this, just keep going until people start joining, at which point you can revise the rules/rankings/site/whatnot as needed. Bye!

Agent Insights Ep 13: Scamming a Scammer?

Hey all, Jade here with your Agent Insights! Today, I'll be talking about whether or not it's moral to scam a scammer.

Sometimes, if a Jammer or someone they know got scammed, the Jammer will follow the scammer around and try to get the items back, sometimes through scamming the items back. They might pretend that they're a scammer as well, they might pretend they want to play trust, they could use many other methods of tricking the scammer. But is it moral to scam someone if they scammed you first?

Short answer: No.

If you've ever heard of the Golden Rule, you know that it says "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." So, if someone punches you, you shouldn't punch them back! Keep calm and don't instigate more violence. Even though scamming is online and not in real life, the same principle applies. If someone scams you, don't scam them back! Keep calm, ask for your items back, but if they don't give them back, then report and block them and just leave. If you scam them back, even though they scammed you first, you're becoming just as bad as them. 

So, in conclusion, don't scam! Even if you want to scam someone who scammed you or someone you know first, don't do it, just report and block them. Thanks for reading this episode of Agent Insights! Stay safe out there, Jammers.