Showing posts with label chat. Show all posts
Showing posts with label chat. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Upcoming Events: Wednesday, April 22nd

All of April: April Log-In Challenge

Log in to your Whyville account on 15 separate days in April and receive 100 free pearls. Log in on 30 separate days and additionally receive a free 1 Month WhyPass.

Wednesday, April 22nd

All Day: Earth Day Globe Hunt

Happy Earth Day! Globes will be popping up in chatrooms all across Whyville. If you find the special golden globe, you'll win pearls!

5 PM: Live Trivia with coolethan

Coolethan will be at the Greek Theater to play a game of trivia, try your hand at winning the coveted Trivia Crown.




Sunday, April 5, 2015

Upcoming Events: April 5th-April 12th

All Of April:

April Log-In Challenge

Log in on 15 seperate days in April, and you will receive 100 free pearls! Log in on 30 different days, and in addition to the pearls, you will also receive a free one-month why-pass!

Sunday, April 5th, All Day

Happy Easter!

Easter Egg Hunt

Find the rare green egg in chat, and win pearls!

Tuesday, April 7th, 3 PM WhyTime

Meet The Makers

Chat with the city workers and have your questions answered at the Club Why chat room.

Thursday, April 9th, All Day

Raven Island Triple the Clams Day

All day, earn triple the clams while playing the Raven Island trash pickup games.

Thursday, April 2, 2015

Saying Goodbye To Jelloroks

Yesterday, jelloroks passed away in a tragic car accident.  She was run over by George the Repo Man. She will no longer be writing on Whyville Insider. May she rest in peace...

April Fools!

Did you fall victim to this year's April Fools prank? Boo-hoo. Get it? Boo? Hahaha I'll leave now...:(


Thursday, February 19, 2015

Types of BBSers

*DISCLAIMER* This is a humorous post meant to be taken as a joke. If I offend anyone, well, I don't care.

The Whyville BBS is a diverse community with people of different ages, ethnicities, and personalities. At any given time, there is probably at least one of each of these types on the BBS.

The Newbie

The Newbie is new to Whyville and/or the BBS. Sometimes, but not always, their writing will be atrocious. They can often be seen with the Welcome Wagon (see below).

The Welcome Wagon

The Welcome Wagon is overly nice, so super sweet they drool maple syrup, and they will never say mean words to anyone. They are the first to welcome new BBSers and befriend them. They wish everyone a Happy Birthday and congratulate everyone for everything.

The Humble Bragger

The Humble Bragger likes to show off their achievements whenever possible, whether it be their clam count, their fitness level, how many instruments they can play, how many languages they can speak, or just how damn awesome they are. They most likely have rich parents.  If you accuse them of bragging, they will get offended.

The Oldbies

The Oldbies have been on the BBS before it was even the BBS, before that little red pin icon was at the top of the screen, when you could only post on The Human Body. They were here from the start, and will stay to the end. They probably have high post counts but this is not always true. Respect them.

The Trolls

Trolls can be either funny or annoying. Trolling is an art that not all can master. Trolls feed off of the energy of the people they offend.  Trolls can be seen changing the subject, making light of a serious subject, and just being random.

The Spammer

The Spammer spams. They post on every thread, whether it's relevant or not, they will often multiple post or quote others for the sake of getting their post count up. You can see their name as "last posted" straight down the board. No one likes a Spammer.

The Nasties

The Nasties commonly talk about gross things and TMI subjects. Whether they post about pooping or peeing standing up, there is always at least one of them.

The Buyers and Sellers

The Buyers and Sellers frequent the "All About Face Parts" and "For Sale/Wanted" subtopics. There's a good chance that's the only place they post.

The Train Wreck

Train Wrecks are complicated. You want to believe them, but you also want to smack them. After their boyfriend broke up with them, their cat died, they fell out of a tree and broke their arm, their mother came down with cancer, all the while dealing with depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, social anxiety, arachnophobia, and bronchitis. They often post about their woes in Emotions and Coping, If you call them out for lying, they will get very upset.

The BFF's

The BFF's always post about how much they platonicly love each other. They wish each other Happy Birthday and make a big deal out of it, and they congratulate each other on their post counts. They talk about inside jokes that no one else gets. They punctuate their sentences with <3. The BFF's probably annoy everyone else.

The Grammar Nazi

The Grammar Nazi corrects every grammar or spelling mistake they can find. The quote button is their best friend. They look down upon those who interchange "their", "there", and "they're". We all have a little Grammar Nazi in us, but correcting everyone can get really annoying.

Did I miss anything? If so, let me know in the comments!

Tuesday, January 6, 2015

Meet the Makers Tonight!

Another Meet the Makers will be going on tonight at Club Why at 3 PM WhyTime! Meet the City Workers, voice your comments and concerns, ask questions, and suggest new ideas at the meeting. Unfortunately, I won't be able to make it because I have work tonight, but I hope those who are able to attend will enjoy it!


Saturday, December 27, 2014

A Guide to the BBS

In the past few years, the BBS's popularity has skyrocketed. New categories have been added, and new Whyvillians have joined in the conversation. Here's what you need to know about the BBS, and how to be a good BBSer.

The BBS stands for Bulletin Board System. It's basically a forums board where you can discuss a myriad of topics with other whyvillians. Whyville's BBS is commonly used to debate, critique Times articles, buy and sell faceparts, talk about events in Whyville, ask questions, and more.

First of all, before you start BBSing, real the rules and guidelines here.

Now, those are just Whyville's rules. There are some unwritten rules of the BBS that you should know about too.

1. Please, please, PLEASE use proper spelling and grammar. Wen u tipe lyk ur 5 years old u aint gonna B very likalbe. We understand typos, and the occasional text speak is okay, but remember, you have brain cells, don't talk like you don't.

2. Don't overdo it with bold, underlining, colours, and punctuation marks!!!!1!!1 No one will take you seriously.

3. NEVER type in a light colour. (Examples of this: Cyan, yellow, etc.) You're hurting our eyes.

4. If you're gonna troll, at least be a good troll

5. Don't overuse emoticons.

6. Don't spam.

7. Don't bump your threads every five seconds.

8. Don't abuse the report tool. Don't try "deleting" someone's post, just because you don't like them. Most likely, their post will be put back up and you will be punished.

9. Know what section to put your topic in. A big example of this is the Current Events section.

Things That DO Go in the Current Events Section
  • Nationwide or worldwide events (natural disasters, war, politics, etc.)
  • Current REAL WORLD events that have an impact on many people
Things That DO NOT Go in the Current Events Section
  • Birthday announcements
  • Whyville announcements (there's an "announcements" thread in the section 'Ask the City Workers')
  • Your local news
  • Celebrity gossip
  • Anything that fits into the "Life in Whyville" category
  • "My (relative)(friend)(etc.) passed away"
  • "i pooped"/any kind of trolling
Everything has it's place on the BBS, and if you commonly misplace your threads, people will begin to resent you.

10. Don't bring up old threads. As a rule of thumb, if it's irrelevant (an old Whyville announcement, a not-so-current event, etc.), if the last post on it was made 3+ months ago, or it's not on the first page, don't bring it back up.

and finally

11. Be kind to one another! (Wait, did I just steal Ellen's catchphrase? Whoops. Oh well, she won't mind).

In general, BBSer's are kind and accepting of newbies. If you follow the status-quo, you'll be joining in on the discussion in no time! Happy posting!

Thursday, December 25, 2014

What the Heck Does That Mean?!

In Whyville chatrooms or in the BBS you may see people "lol"-ing and "brb"-ing left and right. But what does that even mean? Lots of lollipops? Bring rat babies? I'm here to decode all these abbreviations and whatchamacallits for you.

Whyville Related:
  • TP- trading post
  • SS- style studio
  • WC- whycash
  • BC- beauty contest
  • FS- For sale
  • CG- clamgram
  • RP- Roleplay
  • BBS- Bulletin Board System
  • Comp- computer
  • Lag- slow loading
  • Boot- kick out
  • Scion- Car
  • MTM- Meet The Makers (meet the city workers)
  • CW- city worker
  • CH- City Hall (the place or the city worker)
  • WW- wishing well/warp wagon
  • CR- City records
  • GGC- Girl Game Co.
  • PYN- Pick Your Nose
  • FF- Friend Find(er)
  • HC- Help Center
  • FFV- Face Factory Voucher
  • SDV- Scion Decal Voucher
  • null- (when relating to the forums) dead/no longer relevant
  • Poof- to disappear from a chatroom
  • Bump- to bump your thread to the top of the list on the BBS
  • SR- sun roof
  • Tables- food court tables
  • Y/Why (anything)- whyville related
General:
  • lol- laugh out loud
  • lmbo- laughing my butt off
  • rofl/rotfl- rolling on the floor laughing
  • Wb- Welcome Back
  • BRB- Be right back
  • Ty- Thank you
  • yw- You're welcome
  • Hmu- Hit me up
  • U- you
  • R- are
  • gr8- great
  • BF- boyfriend
  • GF- girlfriend
  • BFF- Best Friend Forever
  • BFFL- Best Friends For Life
  • <3/x3- heart
  • ily- I love you
  • omg- oh my gosh/god/goodness
  • FTW- for the win
  • AKA- Also known as
  • AWK- away from keyboard
  • AWC- away from computer
  • BTS- Back to school
  • bc- because
  • Hbu/Wbu?- How/what about you?
  • HB- Happy Birthday
  • BTW- By the Way
  • JSYK- Just so you know
  • imo/imho- in my (humble) opinion
  • ASL- Age/Sex/Location
  • DIY- Do-it-yourself
  • Tl;dr- Too long; didn't read
  • (on the) dl- on the down-low
  • IDTS- I don't think so
  • IDK- I don't know
  • DW- Don't worry
  • IRL- In real life
  • FAQ- Frequently Asked Questions
  • gtg/g2g- got to go
  • TTYS/TTYL- talk to you soon/later
  • GL- good luck
  • X- kiss
  • O- hug
  • hw- homework
  • Imy/imu- I miss you
  • Jw- just wondering
  • Jk- just kidding
  • Kk- okay, cool
  • LMK- let me know
  • Nvm- nevermind
  • S/O- significant other
  • Srsly- seriously
  • TBH- To be honest
  • TTFN- Ta ta for now
  • IDC- I don't care
  • WTG- way to go
Did I miss something? Let me know in the comments, tell me your whyville username and I'll mention you!

Tuesday, December 23, 2014

Updates: December 2014

A couple of updates since I've last been on. (Whether they're brand new or not, I can't say. But here you go!)

  • Easier BBSing. No more typing the coding! Just select, click and go.
  • Dragon games and Vampire Power games
  • Bizzy Girls is now a sponsor.
  • Updated Christmas Party rooms
  • Updated (Animated) Emoticons
  • New Five Kingdoms Wishing Well
  • Home Page update: Events are shown on the right side
  • Log-in Challenges: Win prizes for logging on a certain amount of days in a month
  • Mood Gems and more Wellness Center activities
  • New Pick Your Nose app for Android
  • New Wardrobe feature, save your favourite looks to wear at another time.
  • Playmath (beta) games
  • "Sent" box in y-mail
  • Akbar went on vacation (May '14) and ScyllaCat didn't have what it takes to take over Akbar's job
  • Zombies and Vampires battled once again this Halloween
Doesn't seem like much changed since I left, but I know the city workers are hard at work! Enjoy the new stuff!

Tuesday, October 28, 2014

How to Make 1K A Day: Part 2

Before reading, I recommend you read the first part of the installment here.

It's your second day in Whyville. You're still getting the hang of things and trying to earn clams. Your goal, earn 1K a day ("k" is short for "kilo" which means "thousand"). Will you accept the challenge?

Day 2: Earning a Salary

Here are some of the more challenging (but still doable!) salary games to play to get your salary up. They can be completed in a one day. These will require more time and effort, but in the long run, it's worth it. 
  • Earn 21 clams of salary in BIOLymipcs. *Tutorial coming soon!*
  • Earn 5 clams of salary in SmartCars Track
  • Earn 4 clams of salary in the Raven Island Fire Starters Game
  • Earn 3 clams of salary in the Wilson City Rescue Tutorial
  • Today's Total: 33
  • Grand Total: 70 

Day 2: Playing Games

  • Play 5 games of Cafeteria Trash pickup, earn 70 clams*. (Note: you will need someone else to help you!)
  • Play 5 games of PlaneWorks Wing Fling, earn 100 clams.*
  • Complete 5 Career Quests within the time limit, earn 32 clams.
  • Successfully turn off and unplug 10 appliances in Vampire Power, earn 100 clams.
  • Vampire Power Bonus, earn 115 clams.*
*approximation

Day 2: Miscellaneous Clam Earnings

  • Correctly identify 5 Mini Monsters/Scions, earn 200 clams.
  • 100% Accuracy Bonus, earn 200 clams.
  • Collect and Trade in 10 Dell parts, earn 10 clams.
  • A kind whyvillian has just clam-grammed you 50 clams, how nice!

Grand Total: 914 Clams

Great job! You're soo close! Keep going, and stay tuned for the next installment of "How to Make 1K a Day".

How to Make 1K A Day

So you're new to Whyville, and want to earn clams. Or maybe you've been here for a while and want to earn more clams. Either way, with some time and effort, you can start making big money on Whyville!

Day 1- Chatting

  • Earn your chat license, receive 150 clams.
  • Complete the Parent education bonus, receive 80 clams.

Day 1- Start Earning a salary:

Below are some of the easiest games to start earning a salary. They require almost no effort, and are great for beginners!
  • Earn 5 clams of salary in the Skater Game
  • Earn 2 clams of salary in Getty Art Sets
  • Earn 4 clams of salary in PlaneWorks CAD
  • Create a Dance, earn 10 clams of salary (note: you will need to spend at least 25 clams on a dance)
  • Earn 8 clams of salary in the House of Illusions
  • Earn 8 clams of salary in the Skater Game
  • Grand Total: 37 clams
  • Note: You will receive your salary the next day you log in to your Whyville account.

Day 1: Playing Games

  • Play 5 games of PlaneWorks WingFling, earn 100 clams.*
  • Complete 5 Career Quests within the time limit, earn 32 clams.*
  • Successfully turn off and unplug 10 appliances in Vampire Power, earn 100 clams
  • Vampire Power bonus, earn 115 clams.*
*approximation

Day 1: Miscellaneous Clam Earning

  • Fill out your love/hate list, earn 40 clams.
  • Correctly identify 3 Mini Monsters/Scions, earn 120 clams.
  • 100% Accuracy Bonus: earn 120 clams.
  • Collect and trade in 10 Dell parts, earn 10 clams.

Grand Total: 867 clams.

Okay, so maybe it's not exactly 1000, but it's your first day! Don't beat yourself up, you still made a lot of clams! Keep up the good work!

*Disclaimer* This is theoretical. The amount of clams you make in a day depends on your skill, effort, and time spent on Whyville. You may earn more or less than this.

Monday, October 27, 2014

How to Throw Projectiles

Many newbies have asked me "How do I throw projectiles?" over the years. You'll need to know how to throw projectiles to complete the WASA Zero Gravity Game and if you ever want to throw stuff at your Whyville friends, enemies, or, dare I say, "frenemies".

So let's begin on our projectile launching adventure. First, you'll need some projectiles. There are various ways to obtain them. A friend can send them to you, if you buy pearls and buy a pet with those pearls, you can train your pet to "dig" and they may find projectiles for you, you can get free projectiles at Whyville's famous annual Halloween parties, or, the simplest way, you can just buy them at Ye Olde Projectile Shoppe.

So now that you you have some, you'll need to know how to throw them. In your satchel, go to the projectiles section and familiarize yourself with the projectiles you have. There is now a handy feature that tells you what to say to throw each projectile.

For example, let's say you were feeling festive and wanted to throw some tangled-up Christmas lights at someone. Your first instict is to say "throw christmas lights", right? Wrong. You would say "throw lights". This confusion can be avoided by looking at your projectiles and their descriptions in your satchel.

There are two ways to throw projectiles. You can throw one at a specific person in a chatroom, or in a specific direction. You can also leave projectiles around a chatroom for others to use. Just say "drop (projectile)" in a chatroom.

To throw a projectile at a person, chat "throw (projectile) (username). So if you wanted to throw a pie at me, you would say "throw pie jelloroks".

This technique, however, is not foolproof. If your intended victim moves the projectile will miss them. If someone crosses their path, you will have just throw a pie at an innocent person. Shame on you.

To throw a projectile in a specific direction, you will need to type "throw (projectile) (angle).
Refer to the chart below as to which angle to say for the direction you want the projectile to go. With practice, you won't need the chart, and you'll just have it memorized, like me. ;)