Mistic Pets

January Chronicles are now published! Please enjoy them, and comment on your favorite articles.

Without further ado, our winners for the month are listed below. Congratulations to them all!  Please make sure to head in when voting opens to get your votes in next month; contests can't exist without member support! And be sure to check out the puzzle, see if you can earn 5MP by solving the distorted picture! 

Art
1- delayedtime
2- Dean
3- Rose

Writing:
1- puredream
2- Mnemosyne
3- AppleJax82

Poetry:
1- Quinn
2- Sicklymuffin

Remember that we are always on the lookout for writers for the Chronicles. If your entry is published, you could win this exclusive Avatar! Head to the Newsdesk (located in the games section) to get your articles in!



~Mistic Team

Tomorrow is our Chronicles release, so be ready by getting any article submissions in and your VOTING finished! Don't neglect the writing and poetry sections please!



Been to see Cheshire at his Mad Tea Party lately? You may want to try to get your paws on one of his newest items!


**Both bottom items are wearable, but there seems to have been an issue with the icon, we will fix this up asap!** 

Make sure you have your Eat Me Cookie or Drink Me Potion when you visit Cheshire!

~Mistic Team

All over Mistica, our finest cooks have whipped up some tasty new treats for us! 

 Keilly is always whipping up some interesting combinations, so maybe you should swing by and try these out!


Erika's tried something new, and has these beautiful creations!


And not to be outdone, Gordon has these two tasty dishes! Seems his grumpy attitude spilled over into his egg dish however...


Hungry yet Mistica?

~Mistic Team 

We undertook a massive cleaning out this evening.  
This was the biggest cleanout to date, and will give us a good start this year with some changes we are planning and fresh approach to gameplay. 

There are now over 5,000 freed up account names that include never activated, dormant, and banned accounts.  Along with this, there are now almost 9,000  freed up pet names.

Happy hunting.  To facillitate name changes, there is a small credit shop sale going on for User and Pet name tags. Enjoy!

~Mistic Team 

EDITED TO ADD:

It has come to my attention that there may have been one or more persons that noticed the name clearing were happening before my newspost.  This is unfortunate, and I am investigating as I am able to. No one was given advanced notice that it was happening besides a note to Ruthie and any that was posted here onsite publicly.  If you noticed the clearings before the newspost, I would appreciate it if you would come forward and send me a mail onsite. 

If you purchase credits for Slot Coins or Name Tags or anything that perks your interest, please be sure to click Gift and include a message with your Account Name and whether the MP is personal or transferrable. 
This will allow me to award MP as quickly as possible.
Thank you! 

 

The Weekly Raffle has come to a close, and we are very happy to announce the latest lucky Mistican to fill their coffers!

Congratulations to mysterious, who has won 249,800 MC in this weeks raffle!

Head on over to purchase your tickets now for a chance to win big!

Thanks, Mistic Team.

Our own Server once again!

Because of the downtime, keep an eye out for the Delight Pixie, she's handing out some rollback themed pals to celebrate!  Which one will you get?

~Mistic Team

After some much needed rest after being up all night to facillitate the move, Piper will be back to aid us with any lingering effects of the moving we had to do. Thank you all for your patience and support once again during this time.

 

Been down to the reef to visit the Sea Witch lately? She has a couple new pals that might be of interest! 

You know what's really wonderous? How do the pages stay dry down there in the reef?

Maybe this book will tell you!

 

~Mistic Team

Server Update

Piper is working diligently and we are nearing the server move.
This will mean a fair bit of downtime, but we will be updating on our Social Media sites, and a banner will go up to let everyone know that the site is down for the Server Move (and not some other reason.)

We thank you all for your patience and support during this VERY long month of wondering and waiting. It hasn't been easy on any of us, but we are all so ready to be back on our own server and move forward!

 

For news of the Server move. 
We anticipate this is going to happen very soon, and while we will post up notice that we are taking the site down, we wanted to give pre-warning so no one is caught offguard if they don't catch those notices.

Remember, keep up with real time updates on Facebook, and posts may go up on Tumblr and Twitter as well!
  

~Mistic Team

MeriKlaus had gone on a visit to see Arielle, on the hunt for a special plushie for her niece. She searched through all the aisles while Arielle helped other guests, but couldn't find what she was looking for!

"Arielle, where are your Mericai plushies? I can see some special themes, but I was really hoping for a Northern Mericai plushie for my niece."



"Oh dear, give me a moment... I know I have a box somewhere here, brand new and waiting for you!"




 
"Here you go!" Arielle started stocking the shelves after handing MeriKlaus her Northern Mericai Plushie, smiling as MeriKlaus regained her jolly smile.

 

~Mistic Team 

As if a a piece of twilight had fallen to earth, the Zodiac Ahbruis has been spotted!

Seems as though he has something to share...

It's Jen's birthday!  She may be on the quiet side, but this artist has definitely made her stamp on the site known!

Happy Birthday Jen!

Lissa, at the Haunted Library is now stocking a special new book in your honor!


Notice it's not only a book, but a wearable as well!
Make sure to head to Mistic Chat to sign her birthday card!

 

~Mistic Team

The Weekly Raffle has come to a close, and we are very happy to announce the latest lucky Mistican to fill their coffers!

Congratulations to punka, who has won 512,900 MC in this weeks raffle!

Head on over to purchase your tickets now for a chance to win big!

Thanks, Mistic Team.

Late at night, Keilly sat in in her Kafe, lost in a daydream. 
 Dreaming of fairytales, she mucked about in her kitchen tossing ingredients in a pot as whimsy struck.

She ladled a bowl of soup to try and knew she had something special.

The clock has struck 12, the witching hour is upon us.
Cinderella would have left the ball already.
Who will be the first to try this tasty new dish?

 

~Mistic Team

Today in Mistica, we are celebrating a special birthday. 
Happy Birthday MassacreX3!!

Zaffy, over at Creepy Critters has a new friend so we can all celebrate!
Be sure to head to Mistic Chat to sign Mass' birthday card!

In other news, the Credit Shop revamp is almost complete, and our new server shipped today!  Once we are back on our own server, things will be rocking and rolling!

~Mistic Team 

 
Thursday, yeah... that's it! Move along... 

Contests!

New Contest themes are up, go check them out!

New themes are up, featuring Infestation of course!

Make sure to head on over and cast your vote for your favorite

With a new contest, this also means that it's time to VOTE!
  
Your votes are super important, so make sure you use them up! 
2 votes in each category! 

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~Mistic Team

(Be sure to read below for important server updates!) 

UPDATE
When configuring our server this evening in preparation for the move, there was a major error in the system setup. The box is being sent back with a new one being shipped out ASAP. We are glad we caught this before taking the site down to move, but it does mean at least another few days before we will be able to move. It should be done before the week is out however.

Due to a slight delay, we are scheduling the server move for tomorrow morning. (Wednesday.)  Please be advised that this will occur on or about 8am Eastern Standard Time. 

Once we are back on our own server, we will be working hard to be sure all the glitches and issues that popped up are erradicated.

Thank you for your patience during this month, it was not the Mistmas Gift we expected, but with your support, we made it through!

~Mistic Team 
 

Edited to Add: We estimate that we will be taking the site down tomorrow morning at some point. We will let you know, but wanted to give everyone a heads up this evening to be prepared. 
This move will be planned and will be nothing like the 40 hours of downtime we experienced in Dec.
Thank you for your patience and support during this somewhat stressful time! 

Why does it keep coming around? Someone needs to solve the issue of Monday. Page Dr Erlenmeyer, stat!

On this Monday, we would like to take a moment and welcome our new Mistic Media Moderator to the team, so...

Welcome Wormy!

She'll be heading up our Tumblr, Twitter, and Facebook. Click the links and follow along!

We may re-alert the news later today, once we have a more firm timeframe for the move, but it is imminent.  So keep an eye out!

 

~Mistic Team

The Weekly Raffle has come to a close, and we are very happy to announce the latest lucky Mistican to fill their coffers!

Congratulations to lysop, who has won 1,272,000 MC in this weeks raffle!

Head on over to purchase your tickets now for a chance to win big!

Thanks, Mistic Team.

After some great input from the members of Mistica, we are proud to announce a final poll for the Frost Haruba.   Please click below to head to the polling booth and place your vote now!


Poll Booth



~Mistic Team 

Due to holiday craziness and possible eating too much of Jasper's fruitcake, we neglected to post up our Spotlight Winners for the month of December!

We are very proud to announce our spotlight winners, nominations are now clear, so everyone can vote once again for this months' crop. Check out the forums to see some amazing entries!

          

 We are proud to announce our winners.

Member Spotlight

kat!
Congratulations!

Profile Spotlight

Jzbelle!
Congratulations!

Pet Spotlight 

Grumpy!
Congratulations Scarlet!


 Jzbelle, kat, and Scarlet all received 50MP and their respective Trophies!


~Mistic Team

Be sure to get your applications in for Mistic Media Mod! 

A Mistic Media Moderator!

Are you interested in helping spread the word about MisticPets and working with social media? Are you always up on the latest news and happenings and want to be more actively involved in Mistica as a staff member?

This may be the job for you!

We are looking for someone to help out with our various Social Media sites, such as Tumblr, Facebook, and Twitter.
You will have to have a Facebook Account so that you can access and manage the page, Twitter and Tumblr is already set up.

Please apply at:

MisticModerators@gmail.com
Include the following information:

Name & Site Name
Age
Past experience
Why you wish to be more involved and join staff
Other commitments. (School, work, Other petsites)
Anything else you may feel is relevant.

We look forward to the applications, we will be choosing our new team member by Sunday evening, so do not delay on getting your application in.

 

~Mistic Team 

 

Grunt had left the shop that he.. (or they?) had run so well for a bit of a break. Their destinatin? The Blizzard Realm, they had a bone to pick!

They approached the Cuddly Stuffies shop, prepared to present their disgruntlement with the issues at hand. 

"Excuse me! Young lady, why have you neglected the Draklaita plushies? I see none on your shelf, and I find it highly insulting!"
 

Arielle was caught off guard by Grunt's demeanor.
"Why, you came just at the right time, look what I was just unpacking!"


   

Grunt opened both mouths in surprise.
"We will take them all!"

Better hurry to get yours if you are so inclined, seems like Grunt has a new obsession!

~Mistic Team

Take a peek at the forums to see the newly updated icons that Lullay put together!

 

Yes, it's a Monday, but surprisingly... there is some good news to report!

Have you ever wanted Photoshop for your artwork but just couldn't afford it? Adobe has released Creative Suite 2 for FREE. 

Read about it: HERE 

Then go download it! It's definitely an older version, there may not be as many bells and whistles, but we wanted to let the entire community know about this. 

CNet.com has now updated their article, there seems to have been confusion. I apologize that we posted this, we were all very excited for a seemingly too good to be true opportunity. 

Guess the Mondays strike agiain. 
We are very sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused. Cnet is normally a very trustworthy site for news of this sort, but we will be more cautious in the future.



~Mistic Team 

The Weekly Raffle has come to a close, and we are very happy to announce the latest lucky Mistican to fill their coffers!

Congratulations to Music, who has won 532,900 MC in this weeks raffle!

Head on over to purchase your tickets now for a chance to win big!

Thanks, Mistic Team.

SPOTLIGHTS!
         
Pet Spotlight       Member Spotlight    Profile Spotlight

Make sure to check in on the Forum boards and take a look around to get your nominations in for the Spotlight Awards! It's a new month, and there are already some great contenders!

Please note that in February, Spotlights will be for the Staff! Everyone will want to vote in for their favorites, so this is the heads up for staff to get their pets and profiles ready!

CHESHIRE!
 
Been to see Cheshire lately?  
Did you know that he has 36 items to collect?

 




How big is your collection?

 

~Mistic Team 

Maybe it was this Wintergala Koko!
Looks like he's spoiling for a fight!

We are almost ready to schedule our move back to our own server. The hardware failure was very unexpected and I know that the last few weeks haven't been smooth sailing, but the holiday spirit really carried us and we all appreciate your patience with some of the issues that arose.

Today, we are holding a new years sale in the Credit Shop, and all purchases over $25 will receive a 10% bonus in addition to their normal credits. 



Check it out, you may not see some of these items for some time.

There is even a VERY limited number of out of season boxes available!

Thank you once again for your support, each purchase really does help keep Mistic running.
 

~Mistic Team 

BOOKS!
Aibrean, the little sprite who worked as a scribe for the king and queen in Mistica Kingdom, found herself quite distraught over the Library. Why, it held so many wonderful books, but few seemed to go and actually read them! More often than not, she found herself in the circular tower room alone, surrounded by bound paper.

Today, in fact, nine new books had been added to the Library’s shelves!

So how to encourage Misticans to read all these amazing stories? Aibrean sat and thought hard, tapping a pen against her desk in agitation. Well…everyone loved prizes and games, she realized, so why not make a bit of a celebration out of the stories?

Aibrean has put together a little quiz for the avid readers among us, so make sure to keep an eye out for the January ’13 Library thread in Mistic chat that should be posted soon for a chance at a few prizes! Don’t forget to check out the new books coming out every month!
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Vending!

That's right, it's Vending update time! 
In the Vending machine this month, we have the following items up for grabs!



Only 5 items? That's right. So the odds of getting the items you want is improved!  

You could get a slot coin as well. Who will be the lucky winner this month?
Take a glance at the credit shop, we will be working on an overhaul to keep the stock fresh and exciting this year with rotated stock and limited chances at some great items!**
**We are organizing and planning now. This will affect all items that are not site upgrades, Pandoria Boxes and the like. 

ACCOUNT CLEARINGS!

We are hoping to be moving back to our OWN server within the next few days. This will hopefully clear up some of the more puzzling bugs/issues that have popped up recently that we believe is due to our guesting on the server we are on currently.

Once we are on our new server, we will be looking to do the big name clearing. We think that being stable and on our own servers is a much better time to do something of this magnitude. Thank you for your understanding and patience!
 
~Mistic Team 

From within her icy domain, Queen Boreal was not having a great start to the new year. With her castle in ruins, and her plans dashed, she just couldn't stand one more complication!


But that is just what she received, when she saw this January Kohal from her window. In disbelief, she ordered another purging, the likes that had never been seen.  She also gathered up quite a few crystallized toadstools and threw them into the Itzair ruins, just to get them out of her domain.

Will you snag yourself a Kohal? Perhaps you'll be lucky enough to find a crystallized toadstool in the ruins?

Tune in tomorrow for new vending items!

~Mistic Team 
(Kohal will be available for creation for most of the week, if you miss an opportunity, keep checking back!) 

Jasper’s Circus had never appealed to Aurelius. It had an odd, twisted sort of air to it, like the very ground shifted when you entered. The employees practiced darker magic for trickery and entertainment for reasons Aurelius never really understood. But he found himself walking amongst the colorful tents and attractions towards where he knew Jasper lived, intending to make sure the jinx was still at least mostly sane.

Jasper found him first. He was outside his striped tent with the prizes from Lanturnacht Loot strewn around his feet and a list clenched in his claws. He was muttering, apparently counting, when he looked up and saw Aurelius approaching.

With a cocksure grin Jasper tucked away the list and gave the star a sweeping bow. “Come to make sure my hat is still on straight?” He asked. Gregory cackled.

“Yes,” Aurelius answered bluntly, “it’s obvious you two need each other, and I’m leaving tonight.”

“Ah. Well, Gregory and I won’t be parting anytime soon. I found I look silly without him.”

Aurelius couldn’t help it; despite the rather serious nature of his visit (as a Jasper without Gregory had proven to be quite dangerous), he laughed, and Jasper’s grin widened. “See that you don’t,” Aurelius instructed, and Jasper nodded as the star turned to leave.

“Wait! Any word from that old witch?” Jasper called out.

Aurelius blinked. “Boreal? No…I think she has quite enough to deal with. Last I saw, half her castle was still under repair. She won’t be forgetting that…”

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As Aurelius’s comet faded and blinked out amongst the stars, Misticans came out to bid him goodbye. Queen Boreal, however, cursed him until he was out of sight.

2012 is saying goodbye with a bang!  Check out these two winter pets that have joined the party!

The lovely WinterGala Emperon and Frost Tarinooki are ready to party! They stopped by the Trivia  to pick up this new pal, only available for a limited time!


HAPPY NEW YEAR MISTICA!

And dont' forget...

December Chronicles are now published! Please enjoy them, and comment on your favorite articles.

Congrats to:
Art
1- Cassandra189
2- God
3- Capnharris 

 

~Mistic Team