The day is finally here -- the annual Team Contest has begun! Get ready for two weeks of fun and competition. Everyone who signed up has been awarded their Team's respective Avatar, while the Team's Profile Skin has been sent out as Item. Your Team will also show up in your title on the forums.

Unlike last year, both restocking and questing will be active throughout the entire event. Restocking will award your Team points based on the Item's rarity, and you will receive 10 points for every Quest you complete. In addition, all of our quests will be doubled for the duration of the Team event.

Now, it's time to reveal who is on each team!



@HyperHare88
@Fluffy123
@whereisthend
@Tchaikovsky
@JaniceRuth
@Lady_Heaven
@Fearless
@Lokki
@quoet199
@Froslass513
@Nati
@Taxidea
@Read
@TakoNigiri
@squirrellie
@Pecan



@petshopgirl
@Cowpro
@Nexinhah
@Cibola
@mochihugs
@Shibe
@RiverStarr
@tishybug
@Kirsty
@voxalice
@Crosszeria
@rotundusbat
@leira
@nitrocharge
@Tetsam
@JohnDoe
@gummyratz



@Thor
@shaylmesse
@Silvy
@inami
@k_liandra
@irissa
@smallsamoyed
@MidnightHour
@SnoozySnore
@Miemieh
@Mongolou
@Travis
@Histayra
@Riverus
@brokenribbon
@Sumasuun
@Howesha



@IcePrincess
@AlaraRose
@Malithion
@Exemplary
@felipe
@POURRITURE
@Wooziness
@Fransis
@Kurogane
@steel_galaxy
@Pycody
@Samarra
@Elliesaur
@Snowflaky
@smashburger
@Nightshade48

The Team Contest will run from now until June 24th, 23:59:59 IcePets Time. Good luck! For any participants, we will also have the Team Channels reopened on our Discord for anyone who wants to chat with their teammates during the competition. The channels will be available for one week after the event ends so team members can wrap up conversations. For everyone else, sit back, enjoy your popcorn, and enjoy our annual Team Contest!



Speaking of questing, we have another doubled quest weekend up ahead! Starting today and lasting until June 13th, 23:59:59 IcePets Time, the Space Quest will have double the prizes!



For the duration of the Team Contest, everyone's inventory will also be increased an extra 10,000 slots. This upgrade will only last until July 1st, 23:59:59 IcePets Time so be sure to clean it out before then.

June Monthly Items Bonus Barn Picturesque Vale Wallpaper - (Estuko) Leaf Exchange: Jagged Desert Mountains Wallpaper (Sym) Amethyst Falls Wallpaper (Sym) Amethyst Falls Autumn Wallpaper (Sym) Amethyst Falls Evening Wallpaper (Sym) Wajas Park Event Stars Event (Term) CWP Store Hare Nose (Sparra) Dye Shop Dye Leopard Spot Fill (Char) Reminder: With the end of May items, any items that are old in any of the locations that are typically monthly - LE, CWP - can be removed at any point. Consider this your only warning to go get them. Additional Note: I am working weekly on feature spotlights that first get posted on SM Platforms, then get posted to our library. Check HERE every week after Monday for which feature we are working on. Feel free to post your questions there or tips and tricks, I'd greatly appreciate everyone's help on this. Have a great June!

The Persona of the Week Contest has been judged! Congratulations to ValkyreSkye on winning this week's competition.

This week's theme: Team Red

Congratulations to the following winners of Luck of the Draw, winning $100,000 PB :
Diosa
Diosa
Diosa
Diosa
barbchin

If you want to be a winner next time, check out the Luck of the Draw - Available at the House of Luck in Badgeria!

Last week's round of What Am I has ended.

The item description was: A bite sized melon, so tasty!
The answer was: TeeniWeeni Melon.

19 out of 21 Ichuans answered correctly.

A new round of What Am I has started. Good luck!

Admin Announcement Thread here ~ ~ ~ ~ Youtube Live link here! Hey all! It's been awhile since we have done a live. Doing one now if youd like to pop in! There will be some giveaways during this stream. :)

Congratulations to our Snapz! of the week winner: gavriela


If you want to have a chance to win next week, make sure to keep your Snapz! updated and current for the season.

Today's winning Mega Money Madness number is: 7258

There were NO winners.

If you want to be a winner next time, check out the Mega Money Madness under the GAMES icon.

The poll booth has a new poll available for you.

This time, we would like to know:
Have you won the special 19th party present from Animal Alley?.

Go There: Poll Booth

Thanks for participating!

It's been a long span of time of collecting and decorating meecebait. You don't know what Jin's planning but it's certainly...something. Although he's already explained what he's doing, he never bothered explaining why he's doing it. Any questions about this topic are met with eccentric responses that frankly, don't make much sense. Nonetheless, he's gotten quite the number of helpers and it appears to all be coming together.

"Are you done with that one?"

You look up and it's Jin. They're looking at you ¢ specifically the meecebait you're holding ¢ over their spectacles, bushy tails twitching excitedly. It's basically done, so you hand it over to them. They accept it with a grateful nod before hurrying away, muttering under their breath. You watch as they go to their creation and carefully add your contribution to it.

Oh yea, so Jin's been taking everyone's art projects and decorating a giant altar with them. It's quite the grand sight, decorated with rocks, gems, light orbs, meecebait, and many many plants. You don't know where he got all the plants from but the altar is adorned with a wide variety, ranging from common grasses to exquisite flowers. They dominate most of the altar, but everyone's meecebait designs are nestled sporadically among the flora.

You wonder what it's all leading up to¢¦

"Oh, oh, it's starting!" Jin suddenly exclaims, bouncing up and down excitedly, "Everyone, look, look, LISTEN!"

Per his request, you perk up your ears and focus. You don't hear anything at first but then soft squeaking fills the air. It comes in waves, gradually increasing in volume. Curiously, it seems to be echoing all around you, so you swivel your head around to scan for the source. Your eyes immediately spy lots of movement among the tall grass. What are¢ meeces?!

Sure enough, meeces start popping out of the foliage everywhere, delighting some Lythians while startling others. One even pops up right next to you, glances up at you, before skittering away. The meecebait is definitely working, because all of them are running towards the altar, chittering away as they study the egg-shaped objects.

Well, the meeces are here...now what?

The return of meeces is certainly a sight to see; Jin had been going on about how it's been a long time since they'd made their appearance but never bothered to explain their importance. You appreciate the spectacle but something else has got to happen at some point, right?

Suddenly, you feel the hair on the back of your neck prickle and an energy rushes through you. It's a feeling that every Lythian knows, no matter how attuned or not attuned to it they are: magic. From the altar, where all the meece have now gathered, you see their beady red eyes glow white, as a surge of energy ripples through the air around you. The magic is warm, hopeful, and invigorating, so you easily categorize it as growth magic. And, as if on cue, all the grasses, flowers, greenery, all types of flora start growing, blooming, revitalizing¢¦

The feeling of Lyth in spring.

Jin's shouting brings you out of your remembrance and you turn your attention back on him. He's kneeling amidst all the flora he'd collected for the altar and something curious is happening. Cradled in his hands is a small, golden leaf, that's glowing with a bright aura. It floats up and away from his palm, suspended in the air, before exploding into rays of light. In the blink of an eye, the leaf is no longer floating; instead, it's resting atop a furry head, framed by two large, pointed ears.

It's another of Jin's species!

"Ostavera worked, it worked, it all worked!" Jin cries, as the vulpines embrace. You can hear the clear, unadulterated joy in his voice as he exclaims, "Welcome back, everyone!" As one by one, each piece of flora on the altar begins to burst into life, each Kikitsu awakening from their deep slumbers.

¢¦¢¦¢¦

Thanks to everyone's help with decorating meecebait, creating altars, and observing Ostavera, Jin was able to successfully revive the Kikitsu species! Because spring had been away for so long, many Kikitsu ran out of growth magic ¢ the source of their energy ¢ and fell into hibernation.

Jin was the last of his species for a long time ¢ but no longer.

Thank you again for partaking in our Ostavera event and contributing to this wonderful community!

Layout Updates

All versions of the layout have been updated! If you are experiencing any issues with viewing the updated site layout, please try using Ctrl+F5. If this does not fix it, please fill out a bug report, thank you!

Mysteriously, the ????? ????? layout has appeared for today only. Be sure to switch to it, if you would... like to... (Please note, the ????? ????? layout does not follow accessible web standards.)

Cash Shop Charity Items

Last year's Pride charity items have been moved to the on-site Cash Shop. This means that these items will be automatically delivered when purchased! The Lythbound Storenvy shop has been placed into maintenance mode and removed from the layout as items that were previously available there are now in the Cash Shop.
We will continue to donate the profits from items marked as [CHARITY] as we go forward into the future. Thank you for your support!

It's been a long span of time of collecting and decorating meecebait. You don't know what Jin's planning but it's certainly...something. Although he's already explained what he's doing, he never bothered explaining why he's doing it. Any questions about this topic are met with eccentric responses that frankly, don't make much sense. Nonetheless, he's gotten quite the number of helpers and it appears to all be coming together.

"Are you done with that one?"

You look up and it's Jin. They're looking at you ¢ specifically the meecebait you're holding ¢ over their spectacles, bushy tails twitching excitedly. It's basically done, so you hand it over to them. They accept it with a grateful nod before hurrying away, muttering under their breath. You watch as they go to their creation and carefully add your contribution to it.

Oh yea, so Jin's been taking everyone's art projects and decorating a giant altar with them. It's quite the grand sight, decorated with rocks, gems, light orbs, meecebait, and many many plants. You don't know where he got all the plants from but the altar is adorned with a wide variety, ranging from common grasses to exquisite flowers. They dominate most of the altar, but everyone's meecebait designs are nestled sporadically among the flora.

You wonder what it's all leading up to¢¦

"Oh, oh, it's starting!" Jin suddenly exclaims, bouncing up and down excitedly, "Everyone, look, look, LISTEN!"

Per his request, you perk up your ears and focus. You don't hear anything at first but then soft squeaking fills the air. It comes in waves, gradually increasing in volume. Curiously, it seems to be echoing all around you, so you swivel your head around to scan for the source. Your eyes immediately spy lots of movement among the tall grass. What are¢ meeces?!

Sure enough, meeces start popping out of the foliage everywhere, delighting some Lythians while startling others. One even pops up right next to you, glances up at you, before skittering away. The meecebait is definitely working, because all of them are running towards the altar, chittering away as they study the egg-shaped objects.

Well, the meeces are here...now what?

The return of meeces is certainly a sight to see; Jin had been going on about how it's been a long time since they'd made their appearance but never bothered to explain their importance. You appreciate the spectacle but something else has got to happen at some point, right?

Suddenly, you feel the hair on the back of your neck prickle and an energy rushes through you. It's a feeling that every Lythian knows, no matter how attuned or not attuned to it they are: magic. From the altar, where all the meece have now gathered, you see their beady red eyes glow white, as a surge of energy ripples through the air around you. The magic is warm, hopeful, and invigorating, so you easily categorize it as growth magic. And, as if on cue, all the grasses, flowers, greenery, all types of flora start growing, blooming, revitalizing¢¦

The feeling of Lyth in spring.

Jin's shouting brings you out of your remembrance and you turn your attention back on him. He's kneeling amidst all the flora he'd collected for the altar and something curious is happening. Cradled in his hands is a small, golden leaf, that's glowing with a bright aura. It floats up and away from his palm, suspended in the air, before exploding into rays of light. In the blink of an eye, the leaf is no longer floating; instead, it's resting atop a furry head, framed by two large, pointed ears.

It's another of Jin's species!

"Ostavera worked, it worked, it all worked!" Jin cries, as the vulpines embrace. You can hear the clear, unadulterated joy in his voice as he exclaims, "Welcome back, everyone!" As one by one, each piece of flora on the altar begins to burst into life, each Kikitsu awakening from their deep slumbers.

¢¦¢¦¢¦

Thanks to everyone's help with decorating meecebait, creating altars, and observing Ostavera, Jin was able to successfully revive the Kikitsu species! Because spring had been away for so long, many Kikitsu ran out of growth magic ¢ the source of their energy ¢ and fell into hibernation.

Jin was the last of his species for a long time ¢ but no longer.

Thank you again for partaking in our Ostavera event and contributing to this wonderful community!

Layout Updates

All versions of the layout have been updated! If you are experiencing any issues with viewing the updated site layout, please try using Ctrl+F5. If this does not fix it, please fill out a bug report, thank you!

Mysteriously, the ????? ????? layout has appeared for today only. Be sure to switch to it, if you would... like to... (Please note, the ????? ????? layout does not follow accessible web standards.)

Cash Shop Charity Items

Last year's Pride charity items have been moved to the on-site Cash Shop. This means that these items will be automatically delivered when purchased! The Lythbound Storenvy shop has been placed into maintenance mode and removed from the layout as items that were previously available there are now in the Cash Shop.
We will continue to donate the profits from items marked as [CHARITY] as we go forward into the future. Thank you for your support!

Start the summer off with some chilly new collectibles! The Dreamworld Ice Cube and Fire Ice Cube are now available at the Frozen Collectives Emporium. You can also get them as a reward from the Space Quest, and the Snowman Quest will be looking for them as well in one week.



Additionally, the Marching Mug, funded by @mochihugs, is now available at the Toy Trunk! If you always have your hands full, this mug is perfect for carrying your drinks on the go. It will be rewarded by the Plushie Quest and requested by the Space Quest starting next week!

Alexia and Alice have both summoned new forces to the Battlefield!




The Moon's Queen, Alice, has ordered her Binary Sorcerers to enter the fray of battle!





Alexia's new pet is also ready for battle! The Mutated Hex Larvas will test anybody on Alice's side!


These new forces have a rather special ability too. Each time you defeat one, the next you encounter will be stronger and stronger! How will anyone be capable of fighting them over and over again? Go, Ichuans, to the Palace of Alexia to fight!!!

It's Sweetfire's birthday once again! While she is on a partial staff hiatus at the moment, she is known as AlwaysMyFault. To celebrate her 19th birthday, we are giving out a Dutch Sweetfire Stuffy to everyone who wins a staff Dicey challenge today.

You can also head on over to the Bingo room and enjoy FREE BINGO CARDS!

Happy Birthday Sweetfire!

Every week, we will be selecting a random pet's blog from the Pet Zone. Only up-to-date blogs will apply for this.

This week, the award goes to Pogo, who got his name in an interesting way! -- (read the blog to find out more)

For having an up-to-date blog with cute pictures, they have earned their owner catavamp a free account upgrade! Congrats!

Make sure you don't forget to put your real life pet images in the Pet Zoneand ADD/keep UPDATED BLOGS to your pet images, so you have a chance to win!

Who knows, they might win the next weekly Pet Zone contest.