This is all of the LATEST BUZZ of 2013 in chronological order. Source Entropia Universe official site. 14 January 2013 EU Avatar Before & After Contest One of the exciting features of the upcoming Version Update scheduled for Jan. 22 is a brand new avatar creation system. To celebrate, MindArk is hosting a fun EU Avatar Before & After contest. Simply send an email with before & after screenshot images of your avatar to screenshots@mindark.com to enter the contest. Entries will be judged on several criteria, including avatar appearance improvement, creativity, and overall aesthetics. Read all of this LATEST BUZZ here > 22 January 2013 New Avatar-System Info & FAQ The upcoming Version Update 14.0 includes an exciting new avatar system. Before the release, we’d like to share some information about the new avatar system to prepare participants for the upcoming improvements and changes. Some of the info in this Entropia Universe Buzz article was shared a few days ago in our press release, but we have included it here for those participants who may have missed it the first time around. First, a quick overview of the new avatar system and then some answers to questions that existing participants may have about how the upcoming changes will be implemented in VU 14.0. Read all of this LATEST BUZZ here > Avatar System Update Due to several issues related to the new avatar system and avatar creation interface, we’d like to inform all participants that they will have another opportunity to redo their avatar appearance after the VU patch scheduled for early next week. More of this LATEST BUZZ here > 23 January 2013 Avatar Update #2 Feedback received through support cases and community forum discussions indicates that several issues related to the new avatar creation system have resulted in many participants finding it difficult to create their desired avatar appearance. Read more here > 30 January 2013 Entropia Turns TEN! MindArk is very proud to announce that Entropia turns ten years old today!! On this day, the 30th of January 2003, Project Entropia was officially released to the public. That release, also known as the PE ‘Gold’ release, marked the beginning of a very long and eventful evolution to the greatly expanded and advanced Entropia Universe of today. More of this LATEST BUZZ here > 6 February 2013 Avatar System Update The ability to enter the avatar creation room an unlimited number of times will be disabled on Monday, Feb. 11, at 0800 UTC. After the change, each account will be permitted one final entry to the avatar creation room. Any avatars who happen to be in the avatar creation room when the change is made will not be offered any further entries. Read more here > 27 February 2013 Version Update 14.1 Sneak Peek Since the upcoming Version Update and Planet Partner release has been postponed, we thought our participants might appreciate an early peek at some of the new features that Version Update 14.1 will bring. A new Quest Tracker interface will be implemented which, as the name suggests, makes tracking currently active quests a breeze. More of this LATEST BUZZ here > 1 March 2013 Newly Discovered Moon to be Auctioned Entropia Universe All Planets Bulletin. Gothenburg, Sweden – March 1, 2013 /Entropia Universe/ – Entropia Universe announced today that it will be auctioning a newly discovered moon starting on March 21, 2013. This unique opportunity combines the Entropia Universe Planet Partner and Marketing Partner programs, allowing the winner to operate an estate in a virtual universe which just celebrated its tenth anniversary. Read more here > 5 March 2013 Moon Estate FAQ Q: If I deposit funds and bid on the moon auction, will MindArk forego the withdrawal fee for unsuccessful bidders? A: Yes. The withdrawal fee will be waived for all participants who make an individual deposit of at least $25,000 between March 1 and April 4, 2013. The withdrawal fee waiver will apply to an amount equal to the total deposit amount made during the fee waiver period. Read all the Q's & A's in this LATEST BUZZ here > 6 April 2013 Moon auction ended - Congratulations, Akoz! MindArk would like to congratulate Entropia Universe participant Modified Akoz Power, for placing the winning bid of 1 500 000 PED for the new moon, and on becoming the new moon’s operator. The MindArk development team is thrilled to work with a long time Entropia Universe participant in the development of the new moon. MindArk has already contacted Akoz, in order to get started on design and development plans for the moon. More of this LATEST BUZZ here > 24 April 2013 EU Avatar Before & After Contest Results Thanks for all of the wonderful avatar screenshots submitted for this contest! It was a challenge for our team to select the top 3 entries, with so many great looking avatars to choose from. As such, we decided to add some additional prize places to highlight those screenshots that made it to our final round of voting. More of this LATEST BUZZ here > 26 June 2013 Resurrection Profession Revived Due to the great impact on game-play from the recent additions of many new instances and areas on all planets where resurrect chips are potentially useful, but never saw any real use due to the limitations of the chip, the "First Generation Resurrect Chip VIII" has been rebalanced to make it more practical and up to par with new content. Read more here > 6 August 2013 Known Issue: Spaceship Summoning An issue has been reported by many participants relating to abuse of the spaceship guestlist and summoning systems. We would like to reassure everyone that MindArk's support and development teams are aware of the issue, and it will be addressed in the next release. Read all of this LATEST BUZZ here > 28 August 2013 Developer Notes #6 Greetings Entropians! We hope that all of you have had an enjoyable and relaxing summer. Despite the lovely European weather, lots of work has been going on behind the scenes here at the MindArk offices this summer. With this EU Buzz article, we intend to provide a quick update on what the MindArk team has been working on, along with a roadmap for the next couple of releases. More on this LATEST BUZZ here > 16 September Developer Notes #7 Manufacturing Returns and Success Rates Several participants have recently expressed concern over manufacturing success rates in support cases and on various community forums. Our design team has investigated these issues and has determined that the manufacturing system is functioning as intended. Please keep in mind that many aspects of the Entropia Universe system are dynamic and that drawing conclusions about "success rates" or "TT return" based on relatively small sample sizes collected over short time periods can be very misleading or unnecessarily alarming. More here > 7 November "Monria server offline" Due to issues affecting mining, the Monria server has been taken offline. MindArk's development team is working hard to resolve those issues and get Monria back up and running as soon as possible. More of this LATEST BUZZ here > 16 December "Account liquidation auctions" A special liquidation auction of Items from several previously banned or terminated accounts will begin on Thursday, December 19. The items in question will be listed on the Planet Calypso section of the Entropia Universe auction by the avatar MindArk Official Liquidator for a period of 7 days, with a starting bid of 1 PED. Items will continue to be listed on the auction throughout December and into January until all items are sold. All of this LATEST BUZZ here > 19 December 2013 Creature Corpses Info The changes to creature corpses implemented in VU 14.4 was intended to add a bit more interest to hunting, and allow participants the opportunity to take screenshots of defeated creatures, something that has been requested quite often in support cases, especially for bosses and large shared-loot creatures. Unfortunately, the original changes that were implemented in VU 14.4 disrupted the hunting experience for many participants and resulted in quite a lot of feedback from participants via our support channels and on various community forums. MindArk responded to that feedback and quickly implemented some adjustments in the patches following VU 14.4, which addressed many of the most common issues reported. Read more of this LATEST BUZZ here > The end of all the LATEST BUZZ of 2013.
