Top Farmers

Hey friends!

For the past month our community has been so hard at work cultivating feed for Daisy that there's enough supply for the rest of this summer! And of course, the exceptionally hard work of three particular farmers were not unnoticed. Congratulations to Chef, Can189, and Trophy:

•      1st place: 9 days of citizenship, 7,500 bugs
•      2nd place: 7 days of citizenship, 6,000 bugs
•      3rd place: 5 days of citizenship, 4,500 bugs

P.S. Don't forget to participate in our currently running in-game and out-game contests: the Mechanical Crab/Sliders and Summer Item Design, which are looking encouraging so far, as well as attend the party on July 3!

That's all for now,
Katic

4th of July Party and Summer Design Contest

Hey friends!

Please join us in celebration of the 4th of July! Here are the details:

1PM PST | 4PM EST | 3PM CST | 9PM GMT

Don't forget to wear colours of white, blue and red in honour of this special day which is especially for our US players!

Also, we would like to invite you to design a Summer themed item to make this summer fashionable! It could be something to keep us cool from the heat or beach ready. Among winning other cool prizes, the best part of this contest is that you'll receive your item in-game! Here are the official guidelines if you are interested in entering:

Guidelines & conditions: 

•      It is up to you which item of clothing you want to design: wigs, shirts, trousers, shoes, costumes, accessories - anything you can think of as long as it's summer related.
•      Your design can be hand-drawn on paper or done digitally. If you are experienced with Adobe Flash, please use this template. 
•      You are not required to illustrate your design from all perspectives. 
•      You must enter your submission in the comments section of this post. Please only provide an imgur link.
•      You may submit multiple entries if you wish to - in fact, it is encouraged.
•      Innuendos are not allowed. 

We will be evaluating your designs on July 8 with creativity and uniqueness in mind, so be sure to have your designs entered by then! 

Happy designing,

Katic

Garbage Collector Winners

Hey friends,

What a long but well worth two weeks it's been of gunning down space waste! In other words, the Garbage Collector scoreboard has closed and it's time to announce the winners:

Congratulations to Trophy, Tinker and Bluewonder for their incredible effort!

•      1st place: 7 days of citizenship, 5,000 bugs
•      2nd place: 5 days of citizenship, 4,000 bugs
•      3rd place: 3 days of citizenship, 3,000 bugs

Thanks to everyone who helped in this cleanup! On this note, I suggest you make your way to the Gamezone now to get a head start towards a championship in The Mechanical Crab, which will run until July 12. 

That's all for now, 

Katic

New Rank + Program and New Journalist

Hey friends,

It's now possible to aim for a new rank that we are calling Promoter with which you'll be recognised by a new, distinctive badge on your playercard! Chobots who spread the word about Chotopia by maintaining a Twitter, Instagram or Facebook page are eligible for this rank. While this is similar to our Journalist Program, your content will vary depending on the social platform/s of choice; you are not expected to follow a blogging format. Therefore, you can be as creative as you'd like in how you advertise. In fact, we highly encourage you to relate and showcase it through the eyes of your Chobot!

Meanwhile, for a period of 2 weeks starting today, we will be rewarding you for inviting your friends to play! Chobots is largely a community place and a lot more fun with more friends online.

Please review these guidelines:

•      Ask your friends to sign up for free! Tell them about what makes you love to play and show them around the game.
•      He or she must be activated to be counted as an invitation.
•      Each invited person must have a game-play time of at least 7 hours (your friend needs to be active within the period of this contest).
•      These invitations are for your friends: family members/relatives will not be accounted for.
•      The invited user(s) must be registered during this contest. If reigstered before or after the contest end date, it does not count.
•      If you play other games or discuss on other forums, feel free to advertise and ask people to join Chotopia, however, please be respectful of their guidelines (ex: if they don't allow advertising of other games, then abide by those rules).
•      By the end, you will submit a comment listing all of your invited friends' names.
•      Make sure to include your name clearly so we know whose entry it is.
•      All invited names on every entry will be checked - don't cheat! That includes using family members, making your own accounts, or making new accounts for someone else. If found cheating, you will be automatically disqualified.

How the guidelines differs from previously held invite contests in terms of how you'll be rewarded:

•      The more friends you invite, the more exclusive the prize you will earn.  
•      This contest has no place ranking, every user is eligible for all the prizes available.
•      It is important to note that players must be from different locations in order to count. 

Also... the Journalist Program has ended!

We were very impressed by the blog entries we received this month, and through careful review, would like to congratulate Can189 for being the first of our rebooted program to be accredited the prestigious journalist title. We loved that they had original and very comprehensive content but also the blog's temporal design - that it was summer themed! On this basis, we hope you are inspired to start your own blog!

https://chotopianewsbycan189.blogspot.com/

Not forgetting, we would like to acknowledge the efforts of all Chos and remind them to not give up, especially as they will certainly qualify before the next review period! And to further encourage our journalists and blogging community, please be sure to leave direct comments, replies and suggestions below their posts.

Good luck!
Katic

More Updates + Party Recap

Hey friends,

This month has been extremely busy so far with many new updates anticipated and brought forth--ranging from subtle interface details to entire room changes, and not to forget, the addition of experience multiplier events! What's more, Chotopia's levels system has been reworked to mean that:

•      The maximum level a Chobot can reach has been raised from level 60 to 80.
•      For Juniors, this now caps at level 50, previously level 30.

Furthermore, you may have noticed that the map has been updated for today inaugurates a new location:

Lastly an all-new shop has also opened at the Magic Shop:

Thank you everyone for coming to the party earlier today!

That's all for this week, stay tuned for more updates to come!

Have fun,
Chotopia Team

Summer Party + Update

Hello Chotopians!

We're finally beginning to push out more events and updates to keep you the users engaged within the community. To start the Summer right, we're going to be making changes to how, when and where contests will be held.

Changes to Events

1)        As you may have noticed... there will always be a competition available, which will last a month. These competitions will ALWAYS be playable alone, meaning you don't need other Chotopians to play with and can go solo mode.

2)        We'll also be having competitions in game where you will need to play with other players as well.

3)        We've also added a new feature to the game. We'll now have bugs and experience multiplier events:

•        The multiplier events will occur 4 times a month, and occur on the following days of every month:

Bugs multiplier days: 01, 08, 15, 22, 29

Experience multiplier days: 02, 09, 16, 23, 30

For example, the next multiplier event begins today on Chotopia time (06/15/2018). Following this format, you can see the next multiplier event after today's will be on 06/16/2018 and so on.

•        Juniors will earn 2x the amount of bugs and experience, whereas Citizenship holders will earn x3. Chotopians with a boost can earn x4 and Boost + Citizenship can earn x5 the amount.
•        These events do last a full 24 hours of Chotopia time.

If you're unsure, you can click the Newspaper button and look at the bottom right corner to see if the event has started:

This will enable users to earn more bugs and make more purchases as we plan to roll out new items.

Bug Fixes

1)        Issues with Choproff and arcade games have been resolved.

2)        Palm tree paintballs splash effect fixed.

$hop & Topup Update:

All $hop items have been restocked! If you Topup your account with money, you will receive a 50% bonus! 

Also, we're officially closing the market and all of the links associated with it. We hope you all read the post earlier in the month and redeemed all of your bugs/items. Some users have negative market bugs, your debt will not disappear! It'll rollover to a future update that's in the works! :)

Lastly, the Chotopia Summer Party!

Date: Next Thursday on June 21, 2018 (First day of Summer)

Time: 8PM or 20:00 Cho-Time (1PM PST | 4PM EST | 3PM CST | 9PM GMT)

Location: Beach

Dress up and win sweet prizes!

You'll also see some decorations in some of your favorite locations :)!

That's all for now!

Chotopia Team

Chotopia Journalists!

Hey everyone!

With Summer just around the corner for many (and it already here for others), we thought it would be a great chance to bring back Journalists (with a few changes), as there will be many updates to the game that might not always be announced on the Official Blog.

To qualify as a Journalist, you will need to make sure you follow the guidelines listed below:

•      Your blog must be updated a minimum of 2 times every 2 weeks.
•      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.
•      The blog MUST relate to Chotopia in some way (Parties, Events, Competitions, Updates, Etc).

As a Journalist, there are a few rewards for your hard work:

•      An updated Journalist Badge on your playercard
•      Become an Elite Journalist by being a Journalist for a minimum of 3 consecutive months.
•      An exclusive Journalist only Playercard
•      A Purple Journalist name tag
•      A Journalist feather
•      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
•      The possibility for your blog to be featured on the play page
•      You will be invited to write one Official Blog Post 
•      The ability to have your own contests on your blog with their own prizes!

One important change we are making to Journalists is removing monthly Journalists. Users entering now will have the opportunity to stay Journalists for as long as they'd like. Blogs must follow the guidelines above to stay a Journalist, but they can be removed at any time if they fail to do their job (with a new blog taking their place).

Good luck to everyone and we hope to see all of your blogs very soon!

You have until Friday, June 22 to submit your blogs for evaluation. If you have any questions please reach out to us here, on Discord, or In-Game. 

Neptune

June Update!

Hello Chotopians!

We once again have an exciting new update for you all! Although we just had an update, we have plenty more to share with all of you! Everything can be found here:

Website Updates

• Market has been removed
• Be sure to go to https://chotopia.us/market/financial to transfer your bugs to your account!
• To see if you have any items still in the market, go to:
  https://chotopia.us/market/myAuctions
• If you have any items, send a support ticket and we will transfer your items back to your account

In-game Updates

• Achievements have been updated with an all new design!
• Beach has been recolored as well as received new beach furniture
• Agents HQ has been updated
• Bank has received a new dialog (citizen only)
• Dashboard has received a new dialog
• Daily Challenges coming soon!
• Recycling Bin has been made smaller as well as Market Bin has been removed
• New Storage system which can be found through your wardrobe in place of the Market Bin
• The Pet Creator has been updated! (More updates to Pets will be coming soon)
• More paintball colors have been added to paint the trees around Chotopia!

That's all for now!

- Chotopia Team