Lights, Camera and Action!

Hey Chotopians!

Don't miss our current contest: Coins's Rain! :)
As you know some of you are really talented to create some Chotopia Music Videos! I would like to invite you to a contest for that. I'll start from the 24th of February until the 08th of March. You can do whatever you want, but it should be at least 60 seconds long. Of course, you have to look if your song has some bad words in it or has a bad topic. You have the chance to win our much in demand camera! What are you waiting for? Take your Screen Recorder out and try your luck! Here are some great examples from Mike!
So wie wir wissen, sind einige von euch sehr talentiert in der Videobearbeitung. Ich würde euch gerne zu einem Wettbewerb herausfordern. Es fängt heute bis zum 08. März an. Du kannst an sich alles machen, nur es sollte mindestens 60 Sekunden lang sein, keine Beleidigungen enthalten oder ein unpassendes Thema. Du hast die Chance unsere heiß begehrte Kamera zu gewinnen! 

Also, we're having a great event on Friday the 28th at 8 PM Cho Time! One of our Agents are gonna host the most requested Event ever: Sliders! We're having one winner and the board is gonna be open the whole night until Saturday. Don't miss it, because we're also hosting a Party there. Spontaneous, so even our Agent doesn't know whem.. :P! Are you ready to beat us all?

Ebenfalls, werden wir eine Agenten Veranstaltung am Freitag, den 28. haben! Es fängt um 20 Uhr Cho Time (21 Uhr DE) an. Einer unserer Agenten wird das Event Sliders hosten. Wir werden einen Gewinner haben und das Brett wird bis zum nächsten Tag offen bleiben. Verpasst es nicht, denn wir werden eine spontane Party feiern.. so spontan, dass unser Agent es nicht mal weiß! :P

Friday, 28th - 8 PM Cho Time at Academy Street

Of course, you're waiting for our winners from Sweet Battle... so here we go for our best candy-thrower!

Congratulations to Puzzle10, Honest and Mcmanus!

Check your inbox for your rewards!
Checkt euer Postfach für die Gewinne aus!

•    1st:   7 days of citizenship,  10.000 bugs 
•    2nd:  5 days of citizenship,    7.500 bugs  
•    3rd:  3 days of citizenship,    3.500 bugs

 I can't wait to see your results and your creative music videos!
Ich kann es kaum abwarten eure Resultate zu sehen und vor allem eure Musik Videos!

Until then, Jasmin
Bis dahin, Jasmin

Carnival and Coins

Hey Chotopians!

Thanks for participating in the Party. I had a lot of fun and hopefully you too. Some jokes were made, the Santa visited us and you had a foretaste from our "Cooming Soon" catalog. Your Costumes were so great, that we're having three winners instead of one!
Danke an deine Teilnahme bei der Party. Ich hatte sehr viel Spaß und ich hoffe ihr auch. Einige Witze wurden gerissen, der Weihnachtsmann kam uns besuchen und ihr hattet einen Vorgeschmack von unserem "Kommt bald" Katalog. Eure Kostüme waren sehr toll, so toll dass wir drei Gewinner anstatt einen haben!

Congratulations to Honest, Eistee and Puzzle10! You're winning 10.000 bugs for your great costumes!

Herzlichen Glückwunsch an Honest, Eistee und Puzzle10! Ihr gewinnt 10.000 Blech für eure tollen Kostüme. 

I know that you can't wait to know which Contest is gonna be the next. After having a multiplayer contest, we'll host a one player contest! I see that most of you like to play Coin's Rain.. :]. Here we go! It starts on the 24th of February until the 3rd of March. Ich weiß, dass ihr den nächsten Wettbewerb kaum abwarten könnt. Nachdem wir einen Multispieler Wettbewerb hatten, werden wir einen Einzelspieler Wettbewerb haben. Ich habe gesehen, dass die Meisten das Münzspiel gerne spielen.. also lasst uns die Chance nutzen! :)

Some impressions of our Carnival Party! :) Pictures were taken by our most recent Agent Honest. Thanks a lot!

I'll see you on Monday at my next post.

Ich sehe dich am Montag bei meinem nächsten Post.

Until then, Jasmin :]

Bis dahin, Jasmin

MAJOR UPDATES!

Hi everyone!

Recently we referred to major updates coming to Chotopia , and they are being brought in as we speak (or, type). A few updates have rolled through, with more to be added in the coming weeks and months. Let's take a look!

Citizenship

• We have updated the Citizenship packages to include a new pack (6 months) and increased the rewards you receive in each pack. 
• New items will be offered with the packs each month, each very unique and rare! 
• We are currently planning on adding more items to the 3 and 6 month packs, e.g. a playercard or chat bubble with the 6 month pack. 

Stay tuned, Citizenship is about to be transferred! 

• Below is a screenshot of the current packs on offer for February 2020. 

$hop

• We are in the process of updating the $hop, with brand new items and promotions. 
• Currently, we have added some rare (previously Staff-only) items to the $hop, such as the coloured winter scarf or the Niceplayer hoodie.

Make sure to benefit from the unique items, before the $hop is refreshed again! 

New $hop Feature

We also added a new, never before seen feature to the $hop.

• For $15, you can request to purchase any item in the game. "Any item?", you may ask. Yes, any item! 
• You may choose any item within our files, be it a regular item, a Staff item, or even a prize item, and we will send it to you. You can let your mind wander and finally have that one item you've always wanted. 
• There are no limits!

NOTE: The $hop refresh is still on-going, with new items being added frequently. We are adding some awesome new chat bubbles and playercards once exclusive to Staff. Don't miss it! Feel free to suggest potential $hop items to us too, you may get lucky!

Website Changes

We are currently working on updating the entire website, the look and the blog. As previously mentioned, let us know if there are any ideas you have to suggest regarding features, themes, etc. Recommendations are always welcome!

More updates will be coming shortly. Remain alert!

As always, thank you for reading!

The Chotopia Team

Costumes out - Carnival !

Hey Chotopians!

Don't forget our Post about Journalism. Click here. Also, we started a new contest: Sweet Battle! You can find more informations in our previous post. 

Friday, 21st at 7 PM Cho Time - SHOP!

Carnival is about to arrive and we want to celebrate this event with you! We're hosting a Party on Friday, the 21st at 7 PM Cho-Time in our best-provided Shop! Give a look at your wardrobe and wear a cool costume, because we're looking for the best-dressed at the Party! The best and creatives Outfit is about to win 10.000 Bugs.
Karneval ist fast da und wir möchten dieses Event mit dir feiern! Wir veranstalten eine Party am Freitag, den 21. um 19 Uhr Cho-Time (20 Uhr) in unserem best-ausgestattetem Geschäft! Schau in deinen Kleiderschrank und zieh dir ein cooles Kostüm an, denn wir werden bei der Party den best gekleideten auswählen. Der Gewinner erhält 10.000 Blech.

Thanks a lot who colored our trees in-game! Our Trees never looked so beautiful and manifold at the same time. Congratulations to our Winners!
Ein großes Dankeschön für die Personen, die unsere Bäume im Spiel beworfen haben! Unsere Bäume haben noch nie so schön und vielfältig ausgesehen. Herzlichen Glückwunsch an die Gewinner!

Congratulations to Zazul, Nightfury0 and Shower!

Check your inbox for your rewards!
Checkt euer Postfach für die Gewinne aus!

•    1st:   7 days of citizenship,  10.000 bugs 
•    2nd:  5 days of citizenship,    7.500 bugs  
•    3rd:  3 days of citizenship,    3.500 bugs

Also, did you see Puzzle10's entry for our Valentine's Drawing Contest? Here we go for our lovely drawing! Love is in the air - you can smell it.
You win 5.000 Bugs and a paintbrush-flag in a selectable color. :)!

Congratulations Puzzle10!

I can't wait to see your costumes at Party! Let's throw some candies through Chotopia while waiting for our Event. :)

Ich kann es kaum abwarten eure Kostüme bei der Party zu sehen! Bis dahin lasst uns doch ein paar Süßigkeiten durch Chotopia werfen.

Until then, Jasmin

Bis dahin, Jasmin

Did somebody say 'Sweet Battle' ?

Hey Chotopians!

I hope you enjoyed Valentine's. Make sure to check out our Journalist Program! Click here.

Don't forget our actual Palm Tree & Valentine Drawings Contest! (: Don't wait too long to participate. Also, every time when you see our Developer Novo you should ask him if he wants to play Sweet Battle against you. It's his favorite game at Chotopia. When you were at Voicechat with us, you literally can wait for the Question "Sweet Battle, my lads?" So we want to challenge y'all and have it as a contest! It's gonna start from the 17th until 23rd. Let's see who can beat Novo and is the best Candy-Thrower!
Vergesst unseren aktuellen Palmen Wettbewerb und Valentinstags Mal Wettbewerb nicht! Wartet nicht zu lange um teilzunehmen. Jedenfalls, immer wenn du unseren Entwickler Novo online siehst, solltest du ihn fragen, ob er eine Runde Sweet Battle gegen dich spielen mag. Es ist sein Lieblingsspiel in Chotopia. Wenn du mit uns im Sprachkanal bei Discord bist, kannst du wirklich warten bis die Frage "Sweet Battle, my lads?" auftritt. Also, wollen wir euch alle herausfordern und einen Wettbewerb veranstalten! Es wird vom 17. bis zum 23. stattfinden. Lasst uns sehen wer Novo schlagen kann und der Beste Süßigkeiten-Werfer sein wird!

Can't wait to throw some sweets!

Ich kann es kaum abwarten mit Süßigkeiten zu schmeißen!

Until then, Jasmin

Bis dahin, Jasmin

Happy Valentines!

Hey Chotopians!

Please check out our previous post and click here. Also, don't forget our Valentine Drawing Contest! It's still open until the 16th. 

The Chotopia Staff Team is wishing you Happy Valentines and enjoy this day with your loved ones! We really enjoyed to celebrate Valentine with y'all a bit earlier and are sending you many hugs and kisses. For this special day, our Winner of Poetry Contest wrote a poem. Congratulations to Puzzle10!
Unser Team wünscht dir Fröhlichen Valentinstag und genießt diesen Tag mit euren Liebsten! Wir haben es sehr genossen mit euch den Valentinstag etwas früher zu feiern und wir senden euch viele Küsse und Umarmungen zu. Für diesen speziellen Tag hat der Gewinner des Gedicht Wettbewerbs ein Gedicht geschrieben. Herzlichen Glückwunsch an Puzzle10!

Where the days are never the same,

I make my way into the park

Where I take my pet for a walk.

When Chotopia time

Hits nine

I spend the rest of the day

Out by the bay

Where at this beach

The blue sea is always out of reach

So I sit and I pout

But now on my way out

There is a cho

Making my screen glow

Standing outside of rockmall

Ipads are pouring like rainfall

Also, here we go for some nice impression which Bebot took! Thanks, Anna and Jaay for hosting this amazing Valentine-themed Party. We had a lot of fun! 

Ebenfalls zeige ich euch jetzt ein paar Einblicke in unsere Party. Bebot hat diese Bilder geschossen und ein Dankeschön an Anna und Jaay die diese Party veranstaltet haben! Wir hatten sehr viel Spaß.

Enjoy this wonderful day and don't eat too much pralinés! Cupid is watching you. 

Genießt diesen wunderbaren Tag und esst nicht zu viele Pralinen! Cupid hat euch im Blick.

Sending hugs, until then, Jasmin

Ich schicke euch Umarmungen, bis dahin, Jasmin

Return of the Journalist Program

Hi, everyone!

Before I begin this post, I want to announce that there is a Valentine's Day party on Chotopia TODAY (12th) at 8 PM Cho-time! Make sure to twin up with someone or partake in the themed quiz for the chance to win a prize!

After a long break from the Journalist Program, the Staff team were considering starting it back up as our community grows. Following a 2 week poll, the community has spoken! Based on majority vote, we are happy to confirm that the Journalist Program is back! 

You may be confused about what this means. Don't worry, we got you!

To quality for Journalism, you will need to follow the guidelines listed below:

    Your blog must be updated a minimum of 2 times every 2 weeks (1 weekly post). 

     Your posts must be written by yourself, not taken directly from the Official Chotopia Blog or anyone else's Chotopia blog(s).

     You have permission to use Chotopia Blog's pictures regarding events, recaps, and contests, but we encourage you to get creative and use your own work. This will make your blog even more distinctive, unique and interesting.

     The blog MUST relate to Chotopia. 

At this point you may be wondering, what are the benefits of Journalism? Let us lay it out for you:

•     An updated Journalist Badge on your playercard
•      Become an Elite Journalist by being a Journalist for a minimum of 3 consecutive months. The period of consecutive journalism will be 3-5 months, depending on the standard of your blog.
•     There will only be 1 Elite Journalist.
•      An exclusive Journalist-only Playercard
•      A Purple Journalist name tag
•      A Journalist feather hand-item
•      One week of free citizenship at the beginning of each month
•      The ability to PC Moderators even if they are blocked
•      Your blog will be listed on the Official Chotopia Blog
•      You will be invited to write one Official Blog Post 
•      The ability to have your own contests on your blog with their own prizes!

The Journalist team will be updated monthly, although if you are a consistent blogger and your blog is within the guidelines, your Journalism will remain with you. This means we will be choosing some new Journalists here and there, although providing you fit the criteria, you will keep your journalism. Journalists will NOT be rotated out monthly, unless necessary.

You have 2 weeks from February 12th to February 26th to submit your blogs. You may do this via the comment section in this post or Discord. We will then evaluate your blogs and announce the journalists at the beginning of March. Get blogging!

As always, thanks for reading!

The Chotopia Team