Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Halloween - Tell Us About Yours

Happy Halloween! For me there is only about 3 hours of it left.

Unfortunately, I couldn't afford to do anything this year, but I'd love to hear about your Halloween.

Did you dress up? Go trick-or-treating? To a haunted house? Please share your goofy or scary Halloween stories. If you have a picture you'd like posted, please email me Azkani.Karma@yahoo.com and I will post it for you here along with your username!

And just so no one misses Cyska's special treat, I made a video of the spooky food that got passed out this holiday. (Sorry there's no sound!)


Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Mods Just Wanna Have Fun - Vote For Your Favorite Halloween Scene!

So since us moderators aren't participating in the onsite Halloween scene contest, I figured we could have one here strictly for bragging rights lol. And who better to vote for the best than the players? Each person can submit on vote for their favorite scene, and voting will stay open until midnight on Halloween.


Here are the scenes to choose from:

Damon's Scene:





Bindi's Scene:



Samhain's Scene:




Cyska's Scene:




Aragorn's Scene:



Monday, October 29, 2012

Happy Halloween - Late! Earn Some CyDollars!

Hey there! So today I am working on setting up a scavenger hunt for you guys. It will feature prizes of CD for 3 people. :) Here's how it works:

Your beginning point will be announced at the start of this. Follow the clues until you find the "Final Clue". Be sure to keep track of the clues as you go along because at the end, I will be asking for a list of the names of the cats and the forum post in the order they were found to make sure that there is no cheating by jumping ahead. If you believe you have reached the end and found the clues in their proper order and the all important Final Clue, please post to the blog - "Halloween Hunt, I've solved it!" and email me the names and the answer at Azkani.Karma@yahoo.com so that others have the chance to solve it as well without someone giving the answer.  If you post answers to the blog they will be deleted.


If there are any questions please ask now. Clues can be found on some of the moderators' cat profiles and (possibly, not sure yet) in threads on a specific forum. Here are the mods whose kitties will be helping with this hunt:


The first person to solve it in the correct order will receive 50CD, the second will receive 20CD, and the third will receive 5CD. I will also announce when this is open on the site so no one misses out.

I am shooting for next Monday, September 5th. I was going to do this in time for Halloween, but I don't want anyone to miss out on it due to the hurricane and power outages. If things are fairly back to normal on Monday, you can look for it then!










Rules for Posting on The Cyskazen

Since it is probable that not everyone posting here will be a member of Cyska, I figured I'd post the rules here as well as onsite.

Profanity - I'm not looking to tell you that you cannot swear here, but please be respectful, don't use any of the heavy stuff, and don't make it a huge habit. If I see a post that's just filled with nothing but cursing, it will likely be deleted.

Rants - I don't mind *constructive* criticism, but please no over the top rants. Once more be respectful. This means please no bashing other players, mods, Admin, or other sites. It is not necessary. If you have a problem with any of the Cyska staff, you can very easily email the site and tell them discreetly.

Inappropriate Posts - Basically, if you don't feel it would fly on a pet site, please don't bring it here.

Anything other than that, please use common sense or if it's important, feel free to contact me through email and we'll figure it out.

I'm not trying to do a lot of things to restrict this, but I will start deleting posts if it becomes necessary. I'd like this to be a fun way to interact with players from the site and people interested in becoming members.

Thanks!

Sunday, October 28, 2012

Meet The Staff and Upcoming Events

So just a little intro to who is doing what on Cyska and also some plans to make this blog more interactive with our players.

The Staff Of Cyska:

Cyska - Admin
Sawyer - Admin

mreko2005 - Moderator
islen - Moderator
manicpanicchick - Moderator
Sanguine-Therian - Moderator
Aasix - Moderator
Evee-Straight - Moderator
Azkani - Moderator

Upcoming Blog Events:

Submission - All players are allowed to make article submissions that we might feature on the blog. Each submission should be 1,000 words or less and have something to do with either the site or real life pets. No fictional work as of now. Jokes and riddles may also be accepted. Please keep to the rules of Cyska, and let's keep everything clean and non-offensive please.

Scenes - Have a scene you're proud of? Send it in and it may be featured here on the blog. Right now we're looking for Halloween scenes and members will be able to vote on their favorite right here on the blog.

Pet of The Month - From time to time, the blog will feature a pet of the month belonging to either Cyska or Sawyer that is in need of a forever home.

Please keep watching because we are currently talking about more interactive things to add here. 

If you have any suggestions for what you would like to see on the blog, feel free to share here. All submissions should be mailed to Azkani.Karma@yahoo.com.

(All images are subject to copyright.All graphical representation of content on Cyska were used with permission. The content of this blog does not represent the views of Cyska LLC)

Thursday, October 25, 2012

Cyska Siberians - A New Experience

(All images are subject to copyright.All graphical representation of content on Cyska were used with permission. The content of this blog does not represent the views of Cyska LLC)

A lot of people have been buzzing recently about a new animated pet site called Cyska Siberians. For those that don't know, Cyska is a fairly new site (launched on July 3rd), that focuses on Siberian cats. It is in its beta phase still, and currently the only way to check out this site is by invitation from another player. (You can also check out Cyska Siberians on Facebook)

A couple of things you should know about Cyska:

First and perhaps most important are the two Admin of the site. Namely Cyska and Sawyer. This team has done so much in the short time that I have been a member of the site. New cat colorations have been steadily introduced along with new features. Many of these are features that were proposed by players.

This is an age restricted site geared towards upper teens and adults (woo-hoo!).

For anyone who has an account but hasn't signed on lately, some of the new features are:

  • The feed animation has been rendered, and it is ADORABLE! (see vid at the bottom of this post)
  • There are now ledgers for PurrPoints (the money you earn in game by signing in, petting and feeding your cats) and CyDollars (this money can be purchased only at the Bank, or can be earned by other players for selling items, pictures made, etc.)
  • New Cat Security allows you to lock each cat with a password. This was put in place to help prevent the scamming that is so rampant in other places. Luckily, we've had some awesome players so far and we haven't needed it. There are a few things you can do with cat security - a simple lock which keeps anyone who might access your account without permission from being able to sell your pets, a NFS (Not For Sale) heart which tells people which babies are in their forever home, a reserve status which lets others know that your cat is already spoken for, and an option that no one can feed your cat but you.
  • Also there is now a private sale option that allows you to sell your cat to one specific user for 70CD+
  • Bump button that allows you to simply click "Bump" at the bottom of your screen to put your topic at the top.
These are just some of the awesome features that have been introduced since the site launched in July. More are in the works. 

The current cat colorations are Black Mackerel Tabby, Solid Black, and Solid Orange. And Tortoiseshell Tabby is currently being rendered with beautiful results. There are pre-release Torbies (Tortoiseshell Tabbies) currently available for sale by Cyska. Just to give you a hint of how adorable these cats are here is a preview of the Black Mackerel Tabby:

(Any choppiness in the video is attributed to the fact that I am using a free screen recorder, please forgive cheap ole' me)