Closure of The Balloon Hut
Sad news for balloon lovers everywhere: The Balloon Hut has closed down. Former shop owner Tiffanie has made a deal with game owners down at the Carnival that allows them to use some of her leftover stock as prizes.
There is no word yet on what will happen to the rest of the remaining balloon stock, but we can say that Bibi and Lilah seem eager to get their hands on it. Perhaps they'll be open for donations from charitable Subetans soon!
Posted by SubetaTeam
aprilgeminisaturn
If most of the items from the shop aren't disappearing and you can still get them, then I'm not really sure what the point is of being that upset about the shop closing.
Seriously though, the second carnival game I played this morning (Also the second one I played since this announcement) I got a grey heart balloon. It's worth a few million (And had been on my wishlist forever. I was never going to spend a few million for a silly balloon for a silly achievement)
I think everything will work out just fine.
(Additionally, since the rarity of the balloons have been changed to Game Prize, Cinthia probably will still ask for them, just on the other side.)
I think everything will work out just fine.
(Additionally, since the rarity of the balloons have been changed to Game Prize, Cinthia probably will still ask for them, just on the other side.)
So, I hope that any required balloons will be removed from Cinthia's quests, because she's asking for balloons quite often. :>
Thank staff posts... I was wondering about exactly what to do with the Balloon achievement which I was trying to get since I've been on site (more and more balloons keeps on being added to the required list before I can get the achievement...). If there's somehow a way to get to the ones that are hard to get I'm all for that.
That´s totally okay with me. Knowing you guys, I am sure you´ll find a nice surprise for what to do with the shop now! :-)
If this means we can get some of the previously retired/expensive balloons from carnival games I'm all for it :)
I read some of the comments below. It's so obvious some people are posting just to cause drama. What's even worse, is that there are people coming along and taking their bait. But to the topic at hand... I never really visited the shop before. My concern is all of the balloons in the user shops are gonna skyrocket in price. Goodbye balloon hut and hello inflation. Kind of appropriate, isn't it, given that the items are balloons.
OMG NOT MY PRECIOUS BALLOON HUT THAT I VISITED EVERY DAY AND RESTOCKED FROM FREQUENTLY. I do! I do! Damn you subeta!
I'm okay with this. The only thing that may even bug me is the still active link on the Veta map.
hugs the shops of atebus i luv this shop so much! I hope it is safe.
Lol but so many of the comments on this board are making me laugh so hard!!!
Lol but so many of the comments on this board are making me laugh so hard!!!
I restocked from it every day...but that was because veeerryyy few people did so it was easy money hahaha.
RIP Balloon Hut.
RIP Balloon Hut.
I have had too much boxed wine to tell if this is reasonable but I WILL NOT STAND FOR THIS #apocalypse2k15
There was a balloon achievement? I never knew. Guess as long as the quests don't ask for balloons I guess it's OK.
Guess I'm never getting THAT achievement. Dang. Wish I hadn't spent millions.
I actually do spend a ton of time restocking from there, for fragging stuff. There goes my cheapest source of fragmentables :(
I actually do spend a ton of time restocking from there, for fragging stuff. There goes my cheapest source of fragmentables :(
Lol, I just got an 
from the mallarchy pond and it seems almost fitting for this moment.
I never really used or liked any of the balloons but it always feels weird for awhile when a shop is gone.. like with what happened to the Holiday Shop.
I never really used or liked any of the balloons but it always feels weird for awhile when a shop is gone.. like with what happened to the Holiday Shop.
That's good, it just felt like one of those shops that was never really used. shrugs No sense me missing something I pretty much never used or saw it being talked about. I mean, even the music shop NPC got some attention during that Veta Lake concert (Peeka Boo? I missed that one, so I forget sheepish laugh )
And the less-popular shops like perhaps Atebus or Music Shop at least have a wider variety of items (minions, books, food, ect). Balloons was almost only, well, wearable balloons.
And the less-popular shops like perhaps Atebus or Music Shop at least have a wider variety of items (minions, books, food, ect). Balloons was almost only, well, wearable balloons.
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Yup yupOMG NOT MY PRECIOUS BALLOON HUT THAT I VISITED EVERY DAY AND RESTOCKED FROM FREQUENTLY.
Said no one ever.
@loftyballoon
lol I was waiting for you to show up. :P Now the ones you gifted me with will have even more meaning! <3
lol I was waiting for you to show up. :P Now the ones you gifted me with will have even more meaning! <3
I'm all for closing shops that aren't used, and I'm glad that we'll still be able to get the balloons through the carnival, but some advanced warning would have been nice. Are there any other shops that are on the chopping block that we need to worry about?
I was wondering just the other day why it was not added to the new main shops page.. this answers it. Ah well so long balloon shop.. :C
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This. Balloons make more sense as carnival prizes, but I am still trying to get a few expensive carnival prizes as it is. nudge nudgeI'm okay with having balloon as carnival prizes, but I hope that doesn't mean that the already super expensive carnival prizes don't decome harder to obtain now.
Fine with me. It didn't really serve any purpose since most of the items weren't worth anything and sat there for ages with nobody buying them.
@LoftyBalloon - awww, I'm with you on the mean ol' anti-balloon comments! I would've liked a bit of advance notice so that I could frag most of my hoard of balloons, but instead there's going to be several thousand bubbles of air sitting in my gallery, clogging up the system for eternity, lol.
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Except for Lofty -X-; I did visit it several times a day and RSed all the rarer balloons.OMG NOT MY PRECIOUS BALLOON HUT THAT I VISITED EVERY DAY AND RESTOCKED FROM FREQUENTLY.
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I suddenly feel sorry for the loftyballoon person and I don't even know them.
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Awww thanks you guys. I feel loved :)I can think of one user I imagine is heartbroken right now awww!
Seriously though... I'm... okay with this. I understand the reasoning behind closing the shop. I have the balloon achievement, and my balloon gallery is complete. Just wish I had bought more multiples, and I'm certainly not selling any of my duplicates now like I'd been considering! Some advanced notice would have been nice though, just so I could hoard even more of them ;)
But... why the anti-balloon and sarcastic comments? I understand being scared of them; it's a legitimate phobia. But no need to be mean to those of us who like the balloons or used the shop.
@Just_Call_Me_Tracy
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We closed this shop because we almost never added new stock to it. There wasn't any reason to keep a shop open that had the same few balloons just sit in the shop all the time. We didn't want to go ahead and simply retire all of the balloons, so we went ahead and put them where they make some more sense, the Carnival Games.
@Ferinsy I would be really, REALLY sad if Atebus shop goes down. I honestly love all the shops that are scattered about Subeta and have lesser expensive items up for grabs. I really hate spending 2-4K on junk from the main shops.
I had no use for this shop but I know some did and that's kinda sad. The only question now is, what's going to happen to Tiffanie?
Not really bothered about this, since most of the balloons were really cheap - a really good point to what happened.
Plus, I saw a comment about Atebus Shop, and I just discovered that shop like... a week ago :P there are some useless shops around
Plus, I saw a comment about Atebus Shop, and I just discovered that shop like... a week ago :P there are some useless shops around
Holy cheese paste, Psychedelia. Adblock them, if they horrify you so much.
Also, take the brick off your caps lock.
Also, take the brick off your caps lock.
I SWEAR TO GOD THIS MAKES ME SO UPSET. ONE OF THE PLEASURES I TOOK WAS FRAGGING THE EVER LOVING HELL OUT OF BALLOONS BECAUSE THEY SCARE THE LIVING BEJESUS OUT OF ME. AND NOW. NOW I CAN'T. I HAVE TO DEAL WITH THEM AND NOT EVER DESTROY THEM ? ARE YOU GOD DAMN KIDDING ? I AM SO UPSET AND HORRIFIED NOW SERIOUSLY. THEY TERRIFY ME. UGH.