[Animal Jam] Custodian on Animal Jam Wiki

Some of you may be aware of the fact that I use the Animal Jam Wiki and have been contributing there for a while now. I really enjoy working with the community and helping with pages.

And now I am a Custodian on the wiki!

The vote passed with about 80% support. 

I never thought I would be able to say, "I'm a staff member!" and have it be true, and now here I am. Even if it's only a Custodian, it's still something. It means I'll be able to help even more with spam pages and vandals.

Also, someone named Yumms567 is running for Content Moderator. I suggest you go vote on their RfR if you haven't already because I think they really deserve to be a content mod. They edit every day and make some of the best changes. They're also very active. Some users might know about a little mishap they had in their first RfR, but I think we can forgive Yumms for that now.

Goodbye from undefinity!

-2023zhanl38

[Animal Jam] WildWorks Complaint?

I want to announce - before I get into the main subject- that I will no longer be doing the Necklace to Spike Challenge for 2018. I simply don't have the time. Sorry.

I will say, I'm very, very shocked this happened. I can understand - AJHQ doesn't want hacking information to get out. So what happened, exactly?

Apparently, WildWorks made a DMCA copyright or something complaint about a thread on the Animal Jam Wiki - which I can't link since it has since been removed - that contained hacking information about the unreleased Jamaaliday Gift items on the Daily Gift Calendar back in 2017 and proof that they are not on there.

As said above, I can understand why they filed the complaint (because sharing hacking info is against the rules of Animal Jam), but I think copyright is a little too far. I don't understand all of this as much as most do, but I don't think just giving out data is copyright. No one was claiming it as their own. No one was revealing anything that could potentially harm the game - all they were doing is telling the others what they found, not exactly how anyone else could do it on their own.

The person who made the original post (known as Kitsoon A on the wiki) left his/her opinions in another thread here.

"No matter how you put it it's not infringing their copyright, it may be against the rules as 'threatening their intellectual property by sharing hacking information' but it's not against their copyright...They went too far, they should've just admitted they weren't on the Calendar and stop being cowardly." - Kitsoon A, Animal Jam Wiki

Exactly. I also believe that another reason why Animal Jam may have filed such a complaint wasn't only because it was info about hacking, but also because they don't want players to know that they aren't on the calendar (Kitsoon also said this on the new thread), which is sad because on Instagram, they left a reply to someone's comment saying that the black candy cane socks, the raspberry gingerbread hat, and maybe even the red icicle horn are "very rare, but you can get them".

Another person named Cheesypotatoes :) (as on the wiki) stated in a reply to the thread announcing the complaint (here):

"While I agree that it wasn't the best idea to publicly reveal the sensitive information disclosed in the thread, I hope that WildWorks uses that information to take action in order to prevent this sort of things from happening in the future. The issues with the calendar have been going on ever since it came out in 2011..." - Cheesypotatoes :), Animal Jam Wiki

Per what Cheesypotatoes said, it wasn't the best idea to reveal the info, but maybe AJHQ didn't have to be so...salty? I also don't remember anything from the original thread (or at least not that much) except for the fact that a friend of Kitsoon did some hacking, but I don't think they were explicitly revealing any info, only what they discovered and concluded.

It also seems that AJHQ is doing this "unreleased" stuff on purpose. Making an extra variant and never releasing it. Are they using it to trick us or were they going to use it as a rare prize?

All of this is confusing, but I really don't think that the thread was copyright. So unclear, so undefined.

~2023zhanl38

[Soler] Happy 27th Birthday to Alvaro Soler!

It looks like we have a birthday today. And that person is very special and amazing. He is a great (nope, the best) singer, he is a warm-hearted person, he's what most (including me) would call sexy, he loves tiramisu, and his music saves lives. Who is this person I'm speaking of?

Of course I'm talking about Alvaro Soler. Who else? 😛

~ Mira, Sofia ~

Alvaro Soler is without a doubt the most amazing person out there. I'm sure it's completely impossible for one to truly explain how much they appreciate him. So many feelings, not enough words, not the right words.

Honestly - what is there to dislike about Alvi? His voice is amazing and can never be forgotten (and it doesn't matter whether he's singing or talking!), his smile is so warm, that loving gaze in his eyes every time he looks at someone or something no matter what it is, and he can be so childish and adorable but also so damn handsome and sexy at the same time - and there's so much more about him that nobody can hate.

I mean, seriously - take a look at all these pictures! How can you not fall in love with him?!

And, today, Alvaro turns 27 years old! Below let me just rant about how much I love him 😘I'm also going to be writing as if I'm talking to him even though he'll probably never see this.

~ Bajo el mismo sol ~

Like said above, there is no sure way to explain how much I love you and how much you've affected my life and my perspectives, Alvaro. Before you decided to appear in my life, there was a missing part of me that I couldn't understand. It's like that one piece of the puzzle that's going to join two larger, already completed parts together but you just can't find. You were that piece I stumbled upon one day a few years ago, forgotten about, and realized the true value of later.

Here's the story: 

During the summer of 2016, I used to have extreme suicidal thoughts. I didn't tell anyone because I didn't see any positive outcome from it. I kept silent because I felt so alone and so lost. I didn't understand myself. I don't know if I was depressed; maybe I was, or I just felt like my life had no purpose.

The only things I could do were to go onto the computer and pound out endless little fanfiction stories of my favorite franchises or people. Most of them had to do with one person hurting another person. Then the victim commits suicide or dies in some accidental way and the main character realizes what he/she did wrong. I always listened to sad songs on Spotify while I was writing those. I had chosen a random playlist which had only a few more upbeat and joyful songs in it. Most of them were songs I didn't know. After a while, the B-Case remix of Under the Same Sun came on.

I liked how the beginning sounded, so I let it continue playing. When I heard the words "bajo el mismo sol", I thought, Damn, if this is a Spanish-language song, I'm not going to become "addicted". Looks like I didn't exactly keep that "promise" to myself after all...

After a while I heard the chorus: "Los celebration / No matter where you came from / We're all under the same sun / Y bajo el mismo sol..." and I realized that I wasn't alone. I wasn't alone at all. I thought, This dude and whoever the other girl is, they're both right. We are all under the same sun. We're all in the same world. Nobody's alone. There's always someone right next door who's also under the same sun.

I found out about Sofia later. I listened to both these songs over and over for a week or so until I was dragged onto a long family road trip in which I wasn't allowed to use my phone at all. When I got back, I had already forgotten about you, which I can't believe happened.

Only a few months back in October, I heard Sofia playing in one of my classrooms, and I was like: hey, I remember this guy! And that's how I rediscovered you, Alvaro. To this day the remix of Under the Same Sun is my favorite song of yours (though I'm not exactly sure if it counts since it's a remix) because it saved my life. It stopped me from killing myself that year.

When I discovered more about you, I realized you're an amazing yet peculiar person. You can speak so many languages (6? or 7?), the more mature side of you shows most of the time but deep down inside you have the soul of a child, your amazing voice is unexplainable (or undefined!), and so much more. There's so much about you that I love and absolutely nothing that I dislike (except maybe the art I draw of you sometimes but that's on me, not you, haha).

I love you so much, Alvaro Soler, and I'll say one last thing - I don't understand how such a wonderful person like you could exist, and because of that, I'm going to label you as undefined. Welcome to undefinity, Alvaro! Again, happy birthday, or feliz cumpleaños, and I really hope this day was awesome for you, because it's your day!

~ Como un animal, animal ~

My top 10 favorite songs from Alvaro:

• Esperándote (10)
• Lucía (9)
• Agosto (8) and wow Agosto is number 8! get it? lol nvm
• Libre (7)
• Tengo Un Sentimiento (6)
• Volar (5)
• El Mismo Sol (4)
• Animal (3)
• Sofia (2)
• Under the Same Sun - B-Case Remix (1)

But all of his music is amazing because his voice is amazing and he is an amazing - and undefined - person. And if you don't know who Alvaro Soler is or haven't listened to his music...then why haven't you?! Find Sofia or one of his songs and blast it on repeat until you're "addicted" to his voice!!

~2023zhanl38

Happy New Year - January 2018 announcements

Well, what do you know! It's 2018, and that means some new things.

First off, today is January 1st - that means I can start working on the January 2018 story I promised I'd do. It is Little House on the Prairie fanfiction, and here's the summary (which is changed from what I said a few days earlier):

Perhaps a single spare tablet might trigger the biggest of all questions: simply, why? Laura begins to realize that many things are hidden from her. If she can't write down all her feelings, how could anyone say all of theirs?

~ undefined ~

It also means that I'm beginning the Necklace to Spike Challenge for January. I won't get around to doing it today, sadly, but I may be able to tomorrow. The change in the rules are:

None. For January of 2018, there will be no change in the rules. Do the challenge as is.

~ undefined ~

And so you have it - two challenges for the month of January in my face. I also have a bunch of huge goals for 2018, not just these two. I'll try and get around to talking about them.

Here's a list of people who brought out the good in 2017 for me:

• AJHQ - they follow their dreams for the game (Animal Jam).
• Alvaro Soler - he's my inspiration for not giving up and being kind.
• Aparri - it amazes me how he can handle so much hate from the community.
• Bepper - she loves staying positive.
• Julian2 - he makes me laugh with his funny videos.
• Laura Ingalls Wilder - Little House on the Prairie calms me when I'm not feeling the best.
• Lucyfluffy(dendecor) - she reminds me that there is still creativity in humanity.
• Nutelli - she reminds me that everyone deserves a chance, because they could be amazing.
• Snowyclaw - she's my inspiration for standing back up when life shoves me down.
• Transformice -  this game reminds me that if a mouse can reach the cheese, I can reach a goal.
• All the music out there - even if I don't like some of it, it lifts the mood no matter what.

[Animal Jam] - Necklace to Spike Challenge (2018)

I'll tell you something: technically speaking, I've already completed the Necklace to Spike Challenge twice. I hadn't been going to earn a second rare wrist, but it happened.

I was planning to do this challenge (monthly, again) for 2018, but with the strict rules I've set up for myself and the other stuff that's going to be in the way, I might not be able to do so. It seems fun, though, and I will try and squeeze in the time for it.

But if you want to do it, I'll give you the rules!

~ undefined ~

Steps:

1. Create a new account. This is critical to the challenge. You must use a new account only for this challenge. Using your main account, a storage, or backup account leads to bias and you may forget which items you are allowed to use for the challenge.
2. Buy a necklace from the store. Remember, you can buy as many necklaces as you want, but you are not allowed to change the color of it. Keep it at the default magenta color it is.
3. Start trading. It may be difficult, but remember - there will be someone who wants a necklace or will accept a trade for it.

Easy, right? However, there are many things you can and can’t do.

You MAY:

• Buy as many necklaces as you want
• Play adventures (this does not include seasonal ones)
• Complete the Journey Book
• Play games (including The Claw and Phantom Invasion)

You CANNOT:

• Ask others for items
• Use an account that already has items on it
• Collaborate with someone to complete the challenge
• Use other websites to communicate trading/tips
• Hint or tell anyone you are doing this challenge
• Scam/Hack
• Enter or host giveaways
• Buy membership on the account being used
• Buy other items besides necklaces
• Play seasonal adventures (Twists and Turns, Jamaaliday Rescue, etc.)

One of the most important steps is the track your progress. How do you do this?

1. Get out a new document. Make sure it’s blank.
2. Type down the date. For example, if I made a trade on July 1st, 2017, then I would type 7/1/2017.
3. Type down the trade or action done. Let’s say I traded my necklace for a deer plushie. Then I would type “Necklace → Deer Plushie”.

Remember this:

• If you were the one who made the trade, then simply do “Item → Item”.
• If someone traded you, then you should do “Got Item → Item”. This is important because otherwise, there is no way to tell the difference between someone who traded you or you trading someone else.
• If you obtained an item from an adventure/game, do “Obtained Item from Adventure/Game”. Be sure to mark whether or not the adventure was in Hard Mode.
• If there’s some other way you obtained an item that was not listed here, let me know. I’ll add it if it’s allowed.
• You do not have to record the username of the person you traded or got traded by.

~ undefined ~

Now you know what the challenge itself is, here are the rule changes if you decide to do the challenge for each month that either makes the challenge harder or easier:

Any rule stated in a month does not apply for any other month.

January - None. For January of 2018, there will be no change in the rules. Do the challenge as it is.

February - Only you can trade. For February of 2018, the only change will be that you are not allowed to accept trades from other people. You must trade someone else. If someone trades you, it does not matter what the trade is - you must decline it!

March - You cannot collect den items. For March of 2018, the only change will be that you are not allowed to use den items for trading. This means no accepting trades with den items, no trading away den items (though I'm not sure why you'd have those anyway?), and no trading for den items.

April - You can play seasonal adventures, but you cannot play regular adventures. For April of 2018, the changes will be that you are allowed to play seasonal adventures, but you may not play regular (year-round) adventures. For example, you can play the spring egg thing, but you can't play Return of the Phantoms, The Phantom Portal, Meet Cosmo, Bubble Trouble, etc.

May - You cannot play games that reward items. For May of 2018, the only change will be that you are not allowed to play games that reward items. This means you can't play The Claw and earn plushies, or play Phantom Invasion and earn animal toys. This includes the den item games.

June - You are not allowed to wear items. For June of 2018, the only change will be that you are not allowed to wear items. This will be difficult for trading because many Jammers will think "Hmm, that person isn't wearing any rare items. They're probably not rare, so I'm not going to trade them."

July - You can communicate trading/tips on other websites, but you are not allowed to just trade in-game. For July of 2018, the changes will be that you are allowed to use Wikia/Instagram/Google+/etc. for discussing trading, but you may not just go up and trade someone/accept a trade in the game. You actually have to talk to someone using another source, agree on a trade, and then make the actual trade in Animal Jam.

August - You can communicate trading/tips on other websites, but you must use Bubble Chat in-game. For August of 2018, the changes will be that you are allowed to use Wikia/Instagram/Google+/etc. for discussing trading, but inside of Animal Jam, you must use Bubble Chat. You can still trade without finding someone on another website, but you have to use Bubble Chat no matter what. If you find remembering to use Bubble Chat difficult, then go to your Parent Dashboard and set the account to Bubble Chat.

September - You are not allowed to use anything that could tell you the rarity/value of an item. For September of 2018, the only change will be that you are not allowed to use sources that say anything about the rarity/value of any item. For example, you can't use Animal Jam Item Worth Wiki or any forum. You can ask around in the game, but you can't use outside sources.

October - You are not allowed to complete the Journey Book. For October of 2018, the only change will be that you are not allowed to complete the Journey Book. You may know that finding all the items/animals in a certain area of Jamaa will reward you with a certain item. You are not allowed to do this for October.

November - The only adventure you are allowed to do is Bubble Trouble. For November of 2018, the only change will be that the only adventure you can do is Bubble Trouble in either regular or hard mode. The mode (hard/regular) does not matter. You are not allowed to do any other adventures (this includes seasonal adventures).

December - Repeat any one month's challenge (January is NOT allowed). For December of 2018, the change will be that you must choose any month (with the exception of January) and apply the same rule again. For example, let's say I wanted to do May's challenge again - then I'll do it. I could also do October, June, April, or any other month that is not January.

~ undefined ~

Can I use the items that Peck gives me in my den? Yes, you may, but please also add it to your document. Avoid the part where she wants you to buy something from Jam Mart Furniture, however. The only month where you are not allowed to do this is March - where you aren't allowed to use den items in trading.

For December, can I use the Daily Jamaaliday Gifts? Yes, you may.

~ undefined ~

If there are any more questions, let me know, and I'll answer them. Until 2018? or maybe a few days later? Until the next post, then. Stay undefined 😀

~2023zhanl38

Merry Christmas - Things for 2018

It's Christmas today, and it's been great for me. Cookies, presents, music, all sorts of fun. I got some pretty neat stuff - what did you guys get?

Speaking of Christmas, I'm thinking about all the Little House on the Prairie episodes that were Christmas-themed. I'm also wondering about the Jamaalidays on Animal Jam and Christmas in Transformice. I'm wondering how Alvaro Soler's Christmas went - was it good? As a "solerina", I hope so!

~ Silent night ~ Holy night ~ All is calm ~ All is bright ~

Here's the flat-out truth: I'm planning too many things for 2018. Too much writing I'll probably never finish. Too many challenges I might never get around to doing.

Now, speaking of challenges, I'm planning on doing one - about writing. Maybe fanfiction-related stuff and maybe original content. Each month (starting January 2018) I write a (5000+ words) one-shot, or short story, of a different genre/theme (changing each month). It's up to me whether I want to link the events or not to each other.

If I decide to do that, I'm probably going to do Little House on the Prairie (TV series) fanfiction. It seems the easiest. Little House has always been easy for me to write about. It will be posted on FanFiction.net under the username 2023zhanl38.

Here's "how" I'm thinking about doing it:

January - "Diary". Since Charles is left-handed (or Michael Landon, I should say :P) he probably struggles with trying to fit in. I haven't observed any other left-handed character in the show, and nobody makes any sort of remark about his left-handedness, so maybe he "suffers" in silence. Basically, one day, Charles realizes what it means to be left-handed and starts writing down all the small problems he experiences because of it. Taken from first person POV.

February - Romance. I don't know romance that well. It's just going to be a small fic about either Charles and Caroline or Laura and Almanzo. I'm still deciding on which one of those two I should do, but I'm leaning towards Laura & Almanzo at the moment. Taken from third person POV.

March - Fantasy. It's going to involve a lot of random things that will never be possible. Unicorns and flying humans and (pfft) you get the point. Taken from third person POV.

April - Humor. Hey, hey, it's April Fool's Day - so why not add a little funny stuff? This one is mainly going to be exploring how the characters find the funniest and maybe the most inappropriate parts of many things in life. Taken from third person POV. 

May - Drama. Some drama "springs" up in Walnut Grove and Laura has to fight through it. Her parents aren't supposed to know a thing - because she and the other kids have encountered something strange, for which they have been warned to not discuss with people not mentioned For this one, I'm going with a theme that causes unusual conflict between day and night. Taken from third person POV.

June - Science Fiction. Since Little House takes place in the mid-late 19th century, their sort of "science fiction" could take place in the 21st century, or even later than that. It may as well even take place in the 20th. So, for this, I'm pondering over whether to put the characters in a position that happened to us recently, or make them people from...2023? 2105? Somewhere around that Forget the year - and they managed to time travel back to where the show actually takes place. Taken from third person POV.

July - Random. For this month, I'm going to write anything at all. Any genre, any theme, anything. July is the month where writer's block is most in the way for me, so I'm setting this one to random. I'm thinking about a little tragedy (some Ingalls family member gets depressed, writes in a journal, and commits suicide - the last entry is by another member of the family or of another character). Unsure about POV; leaning towards first person.

August - Mystery. Laura has disappeared. They have to find her. It's not as simple as it seems. Taken from third person POV.

September - Realistic Fiction. For this one, I have to write something that would make sense in their time. Still wondering what I'm going to write for this, though. Unsure about POV.

October - Horror. Hey, hey, it's Halloween - so why not give you the creeps? I already have written a Little House horror story called Horror on the Left Side - you can find it on my profile page on FanFiction.net. For 2018, I'm planning on doing something related to either 1. an early blizzard or 2. Halloween or 3. the mystery from August. Taken from third person POV.

November - Adventure/WHN. I'm not sure about this one because I know adventure usually has lots of chapters, and for these, I don't want them to be too long. That's why I'm leaving WHN (What Happens Next) as another option; I'll write about what happens after an episode. I'll eventually think of something. Unsure about POV; leaning towards third person.

December - Historical Fiction. For this one, since it's going to be December (a whole year? whaaaat) I might decide to write about what would happen if the characters of Little House were there at the time of Jesus' birth, or I could write about something that took place before the show originally takes place. Unsure about POV; leaning towards third person.

~ Baby, it's cold outside ~ 

So there you have it - what I'm planning to do for 2018. I have another challenge in mind, it's another month to month thing, but I don't know if I want to do it. I can set up the rules for you if you want to do it, but I'm probably not going to.

Until then!

~2023zhanl38

What is 'Undefinity'?

You've probably been wondering the same thing for a while.

What I like to think of it, though, is everything. The definition of "undefined" is not clear or defined. We're not exactly sure what created us in the first place, so everything must be undefined. And if everything is undefined, then everything is undefinity.

I'm a piece of undefinity. There's no explanation as to why I am who I am.

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I'm an INFP (-T) and I play Animal Jam, Transformice, Restaurant Story, and other stuff. I love the TV show Little House on the Prairie, even though I don't watch it anymore, and I'm a fan of Alvaro Soler.

I don't know a thing about League of Legends, Pokemon, Game of Thrones...none of that. I don't know a thing about Jennifer Lopez or Selena Gomez or Beyonce or any of those people.

My name's Lillian (or 2023zhanl38) and I am true undefinity. I love winter and I hate summer. I love December and hate July (not June? lol). I look like an extrovert but am actually an introvert. I like dogs but not cats. I like potatoes but not sweet potatoes.

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And more. Maybe I'm more than undefinity, but that's how I label myself and everything around us.

~2023zhanl38