Hi all! I'd like to announce that we've just pushed a new wave of updates to the Wardrobe out!
Firstly, Nathaniel has re-opened his Hair Salon and for 10,000 sP he will dye your
hair any (or every) color of the rainbow.
Secondly, we've added one of the most requested features for wardrobe - you can now sort your clothes into "Drawers" and filter by those drawers when dressing your avatars. Should make keeping your wardrobe organized much easier!
One side effect of these changes is that everyone's hair will unfortunately have to be reset. The quickest way to do this is to go into the wardrobe and change your hairstyle and hair color to something different, then save your avatar.
If you have any problems with the new features, go ahead and make a post on the Problems and Bugs forum and I will get on it.
Enjoy!
-Alex
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July 31, 2009
Have a strong urge to show off your neck? Perhaps these new v-necks from the Clothing Rack can help! :D
The Lovely Vintage Hat Box in the Cash Shop has a couple new wigs for you, and a few of the older styles have been removed.
The Accessory Bin would like to introduce a new set of waist ribbons that can help spice up any outfit. ;)
The Recycle beast is requesting new items!
Congratulations to 
Tweetybird for winning a Nuclear Potion in the Potion Lottery!
July 30, 2009
May the seas be calm and protect us from the creatures that hide in their depths like the hydrus kerubi; may the tides show us favor and bring us home safely.
A golden relic is tossed into the sea and is swallowed by the waves.
The Recycle beast is requesting new items!
Congratulations to 
Kristianna15 for winning a Arid Potion in the Potion Lottery!
July 29, 2009
We have removed the Longtime Member achievements from everyone, and readded them to the site with a new prize. The prize is only for members of 2+ years. Just another way for us to thank you for sticking around :).
Go ahead to the preferences page to claim it. :) (You may need to refresh)
It looks like the hydrus hikei has a rather fierce new look. Have you been tossing your trinkets into the sea or not?
July 28, 2009
A few more items have been added to the referral system as prizes!
Remember, that there are a lot of images here for you to use to get your friends to sign up! Also unlike other sites, we don't accept "blank" referrals, your friends have to do a few things around the site, like make a pet! It's a good opportunity for you to show them around :).
If you've been unable to find the Omen Islands in the past, maybe this is your chance! The Crystal Shop has a limited number of Uncharted Land Map pieces in stock!
So starting today, we're opening up a new way to buy cash shop credits called the Ultimate Gaming Card. It's like a gift card that you can buy at Wal-Mart, 7-Eleven and a few other stores. You can find out where here. You can use that card on Subeta to purchase cash shop credits. It's ideal for users who don't have credit cards, or don't want to trust them to Paypal.
PayByCash, the company that makes the Ultimate Gaming Card, also lets you choose from a number of other options as well, including ordering CSC through the mail by sending cash. We're quite excited to open the Cash Shop up to everyone who can't use Paypal.
If you click the PayByCash button in the cash shop, you will be presented with a list of options that are directly related to the country you live in. Users from the UK will be able to redeem wallie cards and paysafe which can be found in pharmacies and grocery stores.
Those of you in other countries can click here and see what is open in your area!
In the previously unnamed Omen Islands a celebration has taken place every year, one to thank the goddess of the sea for her protection over the past year, and to give her offerings to ask for prosperity and guidance in the seas for the next year. This celebration was always closed off to non-native Omen Islanders, but this year, they have opened up their home and hearts to celebrate their culture with the rest of Subeta.
Starting today, Subetans can be a part of this festival in Delphi as well as in the Omen Islands themselves, if they know the way. Celebrate the power of water by soaking your friends with water balloons and pistols, sold by a festival vendor named Noijatat. While you're visiting her, why not have her paint your face in typical Omen Islander fashion?
If you find a golden trinket or relic, it's said to bring good fortune and prosperity to give such items to the goddess of the sea. Moana has set up an area on the coast of the Omen Islands to accept such items and offer you a small reward for your generosity.
In the spirit of celebration, the Islanders would like to wish you, "Yeyei'i ao vivi natatl,, which roughly translates to "Live the life of the sea." Have fun!
The Recycle beast is requesting new items!
Congratulations to OBSCENE for winning a Dark Matter Potion in the Potion Lottery!
July 27, 2009
Hi everyone! I'd like to announce a new feature that's being released in our Cash Shop. As you know we use Paypal to accept credit card payments, which has worked well enough. The problem is, not everyone has credit cards!
So starting today, we're opening up a new way to buy cash shop credits called the Ultimate Gaming Card. It's like a gift card that you can buy at Wal-Mart, 7-Eleven and a few other stores. You can find out where here. You can use that card on Subeta to purchase cash shop credits. It's ideal for users who don't have credit cards, or don't want to trust them to Paypal.
PayByCash, the company that makes the Ultimate Gaming Card, also lets you choose from a number of other options as well, including ordering CSC through the mail by sending cash. We're quite excited to open the Cash Shop up to everyone who can't use Paypal.
If you click the PayByCash button in the cash shop, you will be presented with a list of options that are directly related to the country you live in. Users from the UK will be able to redeem Wallie-cards and paysafecards which can be found in pharmacies and grocery stores.
It would seem that a certain minion named Content has proclaimed himself King. King of what, we're not sure, but you may be able to catch site--I mean sight-- of him in or around the Free Gift area!
The Recycle beast is requesting new items!
Congratulations to Les for winning a Common Potion in the Potion Lottery!
July 26, 2009
Esmerelda is pleased to announce two new additions to the racks of Subeautique: the Rainyday Desert Rose line and one from a new up-and-coming designer, RoQ Candy's Loish line!
As always, Esmerelda would like to remind you that Subeautique is only for those with a love of fashion and deep pockets. ;)
Skirts must be highly fashionable right now because it seems the Clothing Rack has another new batch. :o
Fashion changes, as always! I hope you've kept on top of the latest trends and styles, because the Giselle Kinkylove, Rainday tropical and the Oh! Naturale Ailuridae sets have all been retired.
The Recycle beast is requesting new items!
Congratulations to Drama for winning a Common Potion in the Potion Lottery!
July 25, 2009
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Congratulations to bloke for winning a Sun Potion in the Potion Lottery!
July 24, 2009
Clawsions and tutanis are the latest pets to have been discovered in and around the waters of Peka Glade!
The Recycle beast is requesting new items!
Congratulations to Ann for winning a Glacier Potion in the Potion Lottery!
July 23, 2009
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Congratulations to ShadowSnipe for winning a Dawn Potion in the Potion Lottery!
July 22, 2009
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Congratulations to flipper for winning a Lilac Potion in the Potion Lottery!
July 21, 2009
Hi all! I've been working on some performance-related stuff today and figured I should post an update.
Firstly, I have to say that the new servers have been (from a corruption standpoint), rock-solid. That means we haven't been hard-crashing every 30 hours as a result of slow erosion of the database, nor have we been forced to recover a database off the slave server (YAY!)
However, our new servers are not without their gremlins. You may have noticed the site has been somewhat slow off and on, and even unresponsive at times. In fact, I hear Titania and her team are putting together a new Subeta Weather Bureau to try and forecast some of these lag storms. In the meantime though, I thought I'd explain what's going on.
Normally more powerful servers are a good thing. After all, faster servers should mean a faster site, right? As it turns out, not always.
One of the main measures of how fast servers are is how many processors ("cores") it has. Your average desktop or laptop computer has 1 or 2 cores. Subeta's database servers have 8 cores. More cores allows the server to do more things at once. Great, right?
Unfortunately, there can also be downsides to having more cores. To understand why, imagine this: let's say you have 2 people, and they're both getting their picture taken. So they play rock paper scissors to decide who gets to go first, and then they take turns posing for the camera. Everything's smooth.
Now let's say there are 8 people. Now they all start fighting amongst each other, trying to decide who gets to go first. In the meantime, no pictures are being taken.
The same thing happens with complicated programs (like a database) running on really powerful computers. Lots of cores means the database creates lots of different threads to take advantage of those cores, and the threads compete for resources. This doesn't always work so well: sometimes the threads end up fighting over resources like disk access and access to protected memory, and spend so much time fighting that no queries are being answered.
It's this effect that's been affecting Subeta off and on since we moved to the new servers. For some reason, the combination of resources and server capacity is past some critical level where it's actually slowing things down rather than providing a speed-up.
Unfortunately, MySQL is such a complicated program, there is no easy way to determine what combination of settings is causing these concurrency issues. It's a matter of tuning the server through trial-and-error to see what mitigates (and hopefully eventually eliminates) this effect.
If this explanation confuses you, a less accurate analogy is that of a car. At slow speeds, the car wheels grip the road and move the car forward. But if the driver puts his foot on the gas, the car's wheels can spin in place, spinning very quickly but not going anywhere. That's kind of what Subeta does when it locks up... mysql CPU usage climbs to 800% (100% x 8 cores) but actual use of the CPU to do work drops to a mere 4%, down from 30-40% normally.
Anyway, I hope that was understandable enough. The long and short of it is, we're working hard to track down what's causing the lag and get rid of it. And apart from the occasional lag storms, the new servers have proved to be 10 times as stable as we were before.
-Alex
Firstly, I have to say that the new servers have been (from a corruption standpoint), rock-solid. That means we haven't been hard-crashing every 30 hours as a result of slow erosion of the database, nor have we been forced to recover a database off the slave server (YAY!)
However, our new servers are not without their gremlins. You may have noticed the site has been somewhat slow off and on, and even unresponsive at times. In fact, I hear Titania and her team are putting together a new Subeta Weather Bureau to try and forecast some of these lag storms. In the meantime though, I thought I'd explain what's going on.
Normally more powerful servers are a good thing. After all, faster servers should mean a faster site, right? As it turns out, not always.
One of the main measures of how fast servers are is how many processors ("cores") it has. Your average desktop or laptop computer has 1 or 2 cores. Subeta's database servers have 8 cores. More cores allows the server to do more things at once. Great, right?
Unfortunately, there can also be downsides to having more cores. To understand why, imagine this: let's say you have 2 people, and they're both getting their picture taken. So they play rock paper scissors to decide who gets to go first, and then they take turns posing for the camera. Everything's smooth.
Now let's say there are 8 people. Now they all start fighting amongst each other, trying to decide who gets to go first. In the meantime, no pictures are being taken.
The same thing happens with complicated programs (like a database) running on really powerful computers. Lots of cores means the database creates lots of different threads to take advantage of those cores, and the threads compete for resources. This doesn't always work so well: sometimes the threads end up fighting over resources like disk access and access to protected memory, and spend so much time fighting that no queries are being answered.
It's this effect that's been affecting Subeta off and on since we moved to the new servers. For some reason, the combination of resources and server capacity is past some critical level where it's actually slowing things down rather than providing a speed-up.
Unfortunately, MySQL is such a complicated program, there is no easy way to determine what combination of settings is causing these concurrency issues. It's a matter of tuning the server through trial-and-error to see what mitigates (and hopefully eventually eliminates) this effect.
If this explanation confuses you, a less accurate analogy is that of a car. At slow speeds, the car wheels grip the road and move the car forward. But if the driver puts his foot on the gas, the car's wheels can spin in place, spinning very quickly but not going anywhere. That's kind of what Subeta does when it locks up... mysql CPU usage climbs to 800% (100% x 8 cores) but actual use of the CPU to do work drops to a mere 4%, down from 30-40% normally.
Anyway, I hope that was understandable enough. The long and short of it is, we're working hard to track down what's causing the lag and get rid of it. And apart from the occasional lag storms, the new servers have proved to be 10 times as stable as we were before.
-Alex
A new trivia question has been added!
The Recycle beast is requesting new items!
Congratulations to CorruptedApple for winning a Chibi Potion in the Potion Lottery!
July 20, 2009
Oh dear. Hydrus ruffies and chais? Is no one safe from Merana's wrath? Can she ever be appeased?
The Recycle beast is requesting new items!
Congratulations to Cocomuffin for winning a Angelic Potion in the Potion Lottery!
July 19, 2009
Some creatures, like the hikei and devonti, blend in with their Peka Glade surroundings so well that you probably wouldn't even notice them until you were right on top of them. Fortunately for you, they're docile, non-aggressive creatures.
The Recycle beast is requesting new items!
Congratulations to becketttj for winning a Common Potion in the Potion Lottery!
July 18, 2009
The Recycle beast is requesting new items!
Congratulations to Leesha for winning a Cream Potion in the Potion Lottery!
July 17, 2009
The Recycle beast is requesting new items!
Congratulations to Questmen for winning a Dawn Potion in the Potion Lottery!
July 16, 2009
The Recycle beast is requesting new items!
Congratulations to GrapePocky for winning a Gold Potion in the Potion Lottery!
July 15, 2009
The Recycle beast is requesting new items!
Congratulations to Cintras for winning a Lilac Potion in the Potion Lottery!
July 14, 2009
If the appearance of hydrus anyus and paralixes are any indication, it would seem that something or someone is stirring in Subeta's waters lately!
You can now search user shops while you are browsing them.
The Recycle beast is requesting new items!
Congratulations to Koharu for winning a Chibi Potion in the Potion Lottery!
July 13, 2009
There is a New Poll.
The Recycle beast is requesting new items!
Congratulations to lemonlollipops for winning a Marsh Potion in the Potion Lottery!
July 12, 2009
Don't bother to get a real fish when you can just as easily get one of these new fishy plushies from the Plushie Parlour!
The Recycle beast is requesting new items!
Congratulations to Tamouraka for winning a Arid Potion in the Potion Lottery!
July 11, 2009
The Hippie is the latest old costume to be redone and re-released in the Mysterious Costume Trunk in the Cash Shop.
You can now order your wishlist by user price.
You can now put your items on Lock Down! If you click the little lock icon next to your item name in your Inventory it will block the item from being stolen or zapped.
Also, it won't show up in quick stock, so you won't accidentally donate it!
The Recycle beast is requesting new items!
Congratulations to xx.anarchist.xx for winning a Dark Matter Potion in the Potion Lottery!
July 10, 2009
A new trivia question has been added!
The Recycle beast is requesting new items!
Congratulations to Mythica for winning a Arid Potion in the Potion Lottery!
July 9, 2009
The Suggestion Center has been reset.
The Recycle beast is requesting new items!
Congratulations to SEA for winning a Arid Potion in the Potion Lottery!
July 8, 2009
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Can you resist buying one of these new button ups from the Clothing Rack? ;)
Can you resist buying one of these new button ups from the Clothing Rack? ;)
The Recycle beast is requesting new items!
Congratulations to Flem for winning a Gold Potion in the Potion Lottery!
July 7, 2009
It's uncertain how researchers missed this earlier given the sheer size of the creature, but it seems that anyus are also affected by the waters of Peka Glade!
The Recycle beast is requesting new items!
Congratulations to Artist for winning a Common Potion in the Potion Lottery!
July 6, 2009
The Clothing Rack is now selling tulle tutus for everyone to enjoy. :D
Honestly, who doesn't love wearing a tutu every now and then?
The Recycle beast is requesting new items!
Congratulations to Dmasterc for winning a Potion of Purity in the Potion Lottery!
July 5, 2009
The Recycle beast is requesting new items!
Congratulations to Assea for winning a Gold Potion in the Potion Lottery!
July 4, 2009
The folks at Sweet Stu Cannery have just created a wonder of modern food: an entire cooked fester in a can! This is perfect for long camping trips or uninvited guests. They're so sure you'll at least be curious about it, they're giving it away for free! Enjoy!
The Beach Shack has a funny idea of what is fashionable. Just look at these rompers they have on sale!
The Recycle beast is requesting new items!
Congratulations to Carleen for winning a Dark Matter Potion in the Potion Lottery!
July 3, 2009
Hey, it's the party guy! I bet he's got a flashy pair of Party Pants from the Token Shop. You should grab a pair while you can!
The Ocean Depths machine has lost it's supply of Riptides :(. I hope they don't horribly inflate in price!
The Recycle beast is requesting new items!
Congratulations to Cenophobic for winning a Dusk Potion in the Potion Lottery!
July 2, 2009
There is absolutely no shame in loving a glade priggle. Go ahead; carefully snuggle it.
The Recycle beast is requesting new items!
Congratulations to Hostile for winning a Bloodred Potion in the Potion Lottery!
July 1, 2009
Out with the old, and in with the new! Esmerelda is pleased to release ZombieCrossing Moldy Tangerine from the popular ZombieCrossing line, and two new designers Liliace with Teknikolor and AllClassedUp and MayQ with the Venom set.
As always, these items are expensive and probably out of your range. Afterall, fashion is not for the faint of heart, or wallet!
As they say, fashion can change in a second. Esmerelda has retired the Rainyday Frost, Sougara Forestive and Citrus Charms Bubblegum sets.
It's July! Boy how this year has been flying by. I hope your AC is working because it is getting hot outside.
Regardless, the Cash Shop has the newest monthly collection!
Congratulations to everyone who participated in the Reading Drive! It was hugely successful with 6,634,408 books donated in total! (wow!)
The Shop is open, I hope you all saved enough for the items you wanted.
Update: Some people have had troubles when the shop first opened purchasing items (or got duplicates). If you purchased items and lost points, but didn't get the item, open a ticket.
If you got extra items, delete them.
The Recycle beast is requesting new items!
Congratulations to Memnoch for winning a Common Potion in the Potion Lottery!
