◈ Announcement Log

[Suhuba]

Tendaji is Reopening
(October 1st, 2015)

After a long needed break and a lot of thinking we have decided that Tendaji will reopen with a tentative opening date of January. With the reopening we will be updating and overhauling a lot of what Tendjai was.

Please understand that the changes we have made are changes necessary for staff to continue to run Tendaji and keep it open.

Class Quests: Owners will now submit solos written prior to applying for growth that include a short summary of what their character obtains from this (it is now self driven character building). The importance of the class quest solo is that there is a substantial show of growth in personality/plot with that character. Staff will no longer be grading, but will only approve or ask to alter before growth is accepted. More specifics are in the Growth Request thread.

Growth Timer: Because class quest solos will be finished prior to submitting for growth, the time it will take to approve a growth will be cut down exponentially. There will now be a 3 week cool down to submit for next growth after it is approved, though the individual character art timer is still in effect. More details are in the Growth Request thread.

Prices: Prices have all been updated to reflect the changes necessary for artists to continue and be hired in Tendaji. These can be found in the custom thread, the adoption threads, the breeding threads, and the front page among other places. Shop items will remain the same price as before.

Rules: We have made minor changes to the Forum Rules, but please look through them to make yourself familiar with any changes we’ve made.

Activity: We had activity checks before and we’re bringing them back. We hate to see our pets go unused and it breaks our hearts to see all of our hard work collecting dust. If there is no activity from an owner over a period of 3 months, we do reserve the right to reclaim the character(s) if deemed necessary.

Items: We will be discontinuing our Change of State Elixir and our Friendly Hand Elixir. If you own any please post in our inventory thread with what you would like to substitute the item(s) with. You can request 1 fairground item or 2 regular shop items in exchange for the discontinued item.

To prepare for our reopening we’re going to be starting an owner roll call. Owners can post in this thread to announce themselves as active. Please also include all characters that you would like to remain active. This is the perfect time to clear out any characters that have lost their muse or that you would like to see given to a better home. If they are not listed in the thread, they will be rehomed. (If you would like them to be retired rather than rehomed please let us know when posting.) Owners that have not posted by the time of the reopening will be considered inactive and not wanting to return, and their characters will be retired until further notice.

Once an owner has posted in the roll call, they may continue to RP with their characters and earn req points toward growth while waiting for the official reopening and reinstating of staff. (Growths will still remain closed until the reopening, but RPing and battling will be allowed.)

By participating in the roll call and coming back to Tendaji with us, please understand that it is an agreement to follow all of the updated rules and procedures as they are with the “new” Tendaji. All owners acknowledge that they are coming back in accordance with our rules.

If anyone has any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact Suhuba or kaname423

There will still be future updates to come between now and the reopening as we continue to decide what to do about current owners and growth statuses among other things, so bear with us as we try to clear the dust.  

[Suhuba]

Owners In and Waiting On Class Quests
(October 3rd, 2015)

To clarify how we will be going about this, owners who have finished their class quests before the closing will be graded and treated with the same rules pre-closing.

Owners who were given quests, but have not completed them can choose to either complete the prompt they were given, or to use the new solo style layout in their journals to complete the class quest solo, but please let us know which option you decide on.

Owners who were not given quests will be following the new solo rules, creating their own solo in their journal to complete the growth requirements.

If any of the owners involved in the above are not going to be rejoining Gaia, please let us know, and if those planning to return have not posted in the roll call yet, please do so before continuing with any solos/growth quests.

If anyone has any questions, feel free to ask!

 

[Suhuba]

Tendaji is Hiring!
(October 4th, 2015)

We've just opened up our hiring thread for all sort of positions!

If you want to see what we have to offer and are interested in helping out, come on over! We're looking for artists, colorists, and managers to help keep Tendaji going.
We also are hosting an advertising contest with some nice prizes. heart

HIRING THREAD

 

[Suhuba]

(November 26th, 2015)

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! To celebrate the holiday and our upcoming reopening we're releasing a new system early to Tendaji.

Item Crafting

Characters can now use our crafting system to create unique items and to earn EXP without battling / being violent. This is something new and fun and meant to give non-battlers something to do to be able to learn their craft and excel at what they do.

Please visit our new Item Crafting Forum for all of the awesome information!

(Some may note, this subforum used to be the class quest forum. Don't fret though, all quests still in progress have been moved to the RP forum for now.)

New Shops

With the addition of crafting, we had to renovate how we sell items. We now have two shops for purchasing things in Tendaji for your character's growths:

Merchants' Alley
The Armory


As always, if you have any questions, feel free to ask in the FAQ.

We hope everyone enjoys the new addition and be sure to read all of the information before using the new system!

Thanks everyone! heart

 

[Suhuba]

Hiring!
(December 7th, 2015)

Thank you so much to everyone who applied! We ended up having more applications than we knew what to do with emotion_awesome
Please know that if you were not chosen it wasn't because we didn't want you. We had a really hard time picking from the awesome batch of applications and we hope to keep seeing your faces around Tendaji heart

Please welcome our new additions to staff to Tendaji!

Colorist
Smerdle - Part Time Colorist

Artists
Heras Box - Full Time Artist
Lilia - Full Time Artist
Scarlett Arbuckle - Guest Artist
The Only Black Uke - Guest Artist

Managers
Elyessi - World Event Manager
~Kiana_Nala~ - Activity Manager

 

[Suhuba]

Tendaji is OPEN!
(December 13th, 2015)

After all of the waiting, we’ve decided that we’re finally ready to officially reopen Tendaji!

Thanks everyone for hanging in there while we worked out all of our kinks and added some new stuff. All activity can now resume as normal. This includes growths and breedings!

The reopening event is still scheduled to begin on 12/21 so keep an eye out for that and have fun everyone!

-Tendaji Staff heart

 

[Suhuba]

Reminder
(December 15th, 2015)

Just a friendly reminder that character quests are open as well, and we've recently updated the availability of certain races.

While this is a super fun way to get characters please also remember that there is an event starting on the 21st with plenty of opportunities to get characters so don't fill up all of your character slots yet!

#bigthingscoming

 

[Suhuba]

Reopening Event!
(December 20th, 2015)

We're super excited to be starting our official Reopening Event! There's plenty of prizes to be had so poke around and settle in, the fun starts now!

Instead of having a meta in December like was originally planned, we will be opening one very important World Event prompt.
This prompt will lead into a part two for our reopening event, so hang tight, respond to the prompt and earn some VP before the second part of the event is dropped!

Please make sure to keep an eye on the dates! Some contests and games do not start right away!


Familiars Are Being Retired!
With the start of this event we're also announcing that some of our older familiars are going to be retired on Jan. 11th. These familiars will no longer be able to be customed, won, or tamed in battle, making them unavailable.

These familiars are:
Spitorog
Aldabuk
Capramel
Raptrix

This even will be the last chance to get a hold of any of the above mentioned familiars.
 

[Suhuba]

Part 2 of the Event is Here!
(January 11th, 2016)

Before I go ahead and say anything else, I first want to announce a small change to the rules of World Events. From now on, please post all responses to prompts (including solos) in a thread in the event forum. For those who have already completed the current world event prompt, or are still working on it, please also post a thread in the event forum with either a copy/pasted response or a link to the finished journal. This way staff can continue to keep track of those who participated. Any prompt not submitted in a thread will not be counted as completed so please make sure to help us out so things keep going smoothly. heart

Now for the exciting news! There is only one more contest opening up but boy is it a big one! Please check out the second page for more information regarding this super special part two, as well as one big super secret addition to Tendaji.

In addition the Extremists are now fully open to play! They can now be RPed and solo'd and will have their own exclusive World Event dropping in just a few short minutes.
 

[Suhuba]

Familiars Retired
(January 15th, 2016)

As was announced with the reopening, some of our familiars are being retired. Now that the last familiar event is over and dropped we will be officially retiring them as of today.

Familiars being retired are:
Spitorog, Aldabuk, Capramel, and Raptrix

They will no longer be available as customs, events, or beast taming. They can still be battled, and used in battle, but no new familiars of these species will be available to own.

If you have any questions, as always feel free to ask heart

 

[Suhuba]

When Entering Contests/Events
(January 18th, 2016)

While we appreciate the enthusiasm from all of our owners, we have noticed a considerable increase in resubmissions to our contests. From now on, rewrites on entries will no longer be allowed. Please make sure that what you have in your application for a contest is what you wish to submit. Staff will not be accepting any resubmissions.

Also please note that owners are not allowed to approach staff asking for opinions or critiques on their entries, from managers and artists alike. This is an unfair advantage against other owners and repeat offenders can be banned from participating in events until further notice. It is ok to ask staff general questions in preparation for their entry such as appearance/age questions, or about religious or government oriented views of a race/species. Questions concerning the entry in specific are against the rules and could result in disqualification from the contest.

Staff members can offer critique after the event is over if owners are still interested in pursuing the character in question.

If you have any questions feel free to ask here or in the FAQ. Thank you! heart

 

[Suhuba]

(January 26th, 2016)

We are sad to announce that Heras Box will be resigning as an artist from Tendaji. It's always tough to see any staff member go, but we know that RL always comes first! We know that she will be sticking around as an owner to continue to enjoy the characters and plots she has, and we want to thank her for all of the support and work she has done for Tendaji.

Thank you Heras!

 

[Suhuba]

RP Rules Update!
(February 15th, 2016)

Hey everyone! Just a little update to the rules. In order to avoid some confusion we've gone ahead and explained one of our long standing rules and hopefully made it even easier.

|| When RPing (whether a PRP or shop event) each character must have their own gaia post. Characters cannot share posts in order to avoid confusion.

Previously characters were allowed to share a gaia post as long as the characters had clearly marked RP posts within them. This has always been a rule, but it was hazy as to what this meant. Now characters will have to all have their own separate posts. This also includes Metas and AIM RPs.

Additional FAQ questions added about this:

Can I RP two characters I own as one post?
All characters within an RP (normal or meta or otherwise) must have their own gaia posts in their own POV. You cannot combine characters together into one post. Posts such as these will not be counted toward the post count for any RP.

What does having one post per character mean technically?
Having one post per character means that in their post it is only their POV, only their thoughts, and only their actions. Character B cannot have inner monologue within Character A's post. Character A cannot initiate the actions of Character B, etc.

So things like Aminah's post: "Aminah pushed Sathe's shoulder. Sathe returned the favor and Sathe couldn't believe how angry her sister was and was hurt by her actions." would not be allowed since it is voicing Sathe's inner monologue within Aminah's post.

Something acceptable would be like "Aminah's post: Aminah pushed Sathe's shoulder, her anger showing in her eyes." Sathe's post: "Sathe felt her sister's hands hit her shoulder before she was pushed hard. She could see how angry Aminah was, etc." because this shows Sathe reacting to Aminah's actions and not Aminah initiating Sathe's response in Aminah's post.

Is there any advice for what staff looks for when approving RP reqs for growth?
Something to keep in mind when RPing with more than one of your own characters is - how would you RP with another owner? If you wouldn't write that way if you were RPing with someone else, then it's probably not allowed when RPing with yourself. Try to think of each of your characters belonging to a different person. Each person would put their own character in their own post and would have their own thoughts on what's going on.

Do AIM RPs have to be posted within a thread as separate posts a well?
Yes. AIM RPs will have to be transcribed into a thread with a separate post per character, but one owner can do all the transcribing (so it's easier to transfer over).

Do the characters all have to stick to the same post order the whole RP?
The order of the posts can be fluid - as long as all owners are on board and each character only gets one post per round. So ok: chara1 then chara2, then chara3, then chara2, then chara3, then chara1. Not ok: chara1, chara2, chara1, chara3, chara1. (etc)

 

[Suhuba]

Growth Forms
(February 29th, 2016)

As a reminder please do not alter your growth forms after they are posted unless a staff members asks you to.

Even if they haven't been officially approved yet as soon as they're posted we start working on them. Adding or editing afterwards only works to create discrepancies and doesn't help us as staff.

Please make sure you have everything in order before you post for growth and what your form says the first time is what you want it to say when staff sees it.