Artix's Charity Auction Hit Big Bucks

Artix is auctioning off a Xan poster signed by the staff members of Artix Entertainment. When I looked at the auction yesterday it was at $1,000! Right now, the auction is at  $3,059. OMG! and WTF! and Yahoo!

The poster is being auctioned off to a really cool charity called Child's Play. I'm a big supporter of Child's Play and start urging people to help out when Artix kicks off their Child's Play drive.

Child's Play is a charity by gamers. It's sponsored by big gaming companies like Blizzard, Wizards of the Coast, and Microsoft, as well as not-so-big game companies like Artix Entertainment and New Grounds.

Christmas Rares are Here!

Holiday Jester is in the shop!
The seasonal shop is now open at the game lobby (/join battleon) with all kinds of member, AC, and non-member goodness. I was delighted to see that holiday jester was non-member and quickly snatched it up.

Where to Farm, Where to Farm

It was a sad, sad day when I realized that the best place in AdventureQuest Worlds to farm gold was now a daily quest.

I'm talking about the Burn it Down quest at /join portalundead. Each time you finished that quest you would get piles and piles of gold. Now you can do it only once per day. *cries openly like a little girl*

For those of you looking for the next-best place to farm gold, skip the Dragon's Lair. The minutes you have to put in to get items to sell for gold are too high and the drop rate too low. The Crash Site is the best place to farm gold right now.

Goto /join dwakel and get all the quests. Then go to Eugene the Unfortunate Grinding Dwakel and abuse him. After you finish collecting quest items, turn them in, got somewhere to sell the quest rewards, then come back and do it all over again.

SSoFH Welcomes Hidden Dawn

The Secret Society of Furniture Haters welcomes it's newest member, Hidden Dawn! Welcome to the Society. May your furniture-destroying impulse lead you to much ranking! Her title is End Table Eradicator.

News Bullets 16 December 2009

For you bulleted-list pleasure, goings on and what not.

• Twilly's got some new missions waiting for you. The quest rewards are Shark bait gear. So, if you want to look like a shark, go see Twilly now.
• Looks like this weeks release in AQW will give us a new, permanent area, Frozen Northlands.
• Not enough holiday in AQW for you? J6 announced that last year's Frostval will be re-released and that a ton of new stuff is coming. I'm hoping for Holiday Jester- and that it's not mem-only!
• Time is running out to get Founder status in Epic Duel. Don't be left out on this!

News Bullets

I've been playing Vampire Wars, EpicDuel, and a little AdventureQuest Worlds. Here's a rundown about what is going on:

• In Vamp Wars, the New York missions are released and the clock is running down. Bug your clan for Blood of the Elders to get some rare abilities. This has made the game interesting again.
• EpicDuel is proving to be fun but starting to get tedious. The older players have epic rare gear that makes it really hard to win fights. I'm looking forward to the time Artix gives us AQW/MQ/AQ/DF members cool stuff.
• There isn't a good EpicDuel wiki or encyclopedia. Time for an official ED wiki!
• Tinsel in AQW will have a new secret gift. Hmm... I know where I might be spending my time.
• Ballyhoo in AQW gives a chance to receive free ACs and a free non-mem sword, Bloodriver. Looks cool, especially with those Evil faction outfits!
• SSoFH Clarification: The Secret Society of Furniture Haters is not a clan, it's a professional organization with really high standards (note the sarcasm). So joining shouldn't put you in peril with your own clan.

New SSoFH Member!

I would like to welcome the newest member of the Secret Society of Furniture Haters, Augustinjr24! May he destroy, smash, and create kindling out of possessed furniture throughout the lands of Lore! His title is Armoire Assassin!

Artix buys EpicDuel

In case you missed it (I did), Artix Entertainment has a new game! This time the team bought itself a fully-functional MMORPG that has nothing to do with Lore, Moglins, or Paladin puppies.

The game is EpicDuel and it is cool has hell. I'm still learning about it but it's freakin' awesome.

Here are some quotes from a press release at IGN:

"We've played AE games since the original AdventureQuest", says Jonathan Duran, Lead Creator of EpicDuel. "We were inspired by them to develop our own game. So we started a company and created EpicDuel. The game was becoming very popular, but as a small team we needed help to take it to the next level. So I contacted Artix."

"We lost two days of productivity from addictively playing EpicDuel," laughed Adam Bohn, CEO/Founder of Artix Entertainment. "We were amazed how their team, game, and community felt just like ours. We knew this was meant to happen. They are now proudly part of Artix Entertainment. With the EpicDuel team firmly in charge of their game, we gave them access to our artists, programmers, and player support in addition to ordering as many servers as they wanted. Thirteen coffee pots, five weeks, four game re-writes, three artists, two programmers, and at least one evil vampire lawyer corpse later we are preparing for the big launch. Everything will probably crash like a giant train wreck tonight – did I mention they were just like us? This is going to be epic."  

I'll have more information later if I can stop playing long enough to do a post :)

Releases for Friday, November 20

Wow! Am I so behind right now! Okay, if you have to know, I've been busy doing all sorts of stuff. First, I've developed an addiction to Vampire Wars on FaceBook. Next, I've been working on the information pages. And I'm sort of waiting for stats and PvP to be released before really getting back into AQW.

The doesn't mean I don't play at lest 10 hours a week! I'm leveling up my alts (alternative character) and getting them caught up on quests. It's easy to forget how big this game is until you start at level one!

Here are some headlines for you, which gives me an excuse to use bullets (yay bullets!):

• The new AQW commercial is ready for you to watch. I've added it to the page over on the right. I love the weapon. "Skulls with skulls on it with spikes and on fire!"
• Voltaire is leaving today. Get your Friday the 13th badge now or you'll regret it later! Just watch the stage show then click on Voltaire and get him to Sign Autograph.
• Cysero says they are "going to change Battleon around a little bit." I wonder what the means?
• A portal is being added to Twilight (member only) and the Arachnomancer armor is being released.
• Coinbiter's back on Friday!
• The Player Suggestion shop is being upgraded. I'm not clear if this will be on Friday. Need to check that out.
• AQW has an ESRB of E10, which is "Everyone, 10 and up." This is good news for Artix Entertainment.

There doesn't seem to be any other major releases this week. 

SSoFH Welcomes J.Bell

The SSoFH has a new inductee: Jay Sushi, AKA J.Bell! His title is Desk Destroyer. Welcome, Jay!