Announcements & News

[center][url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?p=mb&board=ann&id=1314499][img]http://flightrising.com/dropbox/okapi_news.png[/img][/url][/center][br] Dragons across the continent are beginning to display beautiful striped hides. The okapi gene is here![b][url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?p=mb&board=ann&id=1314499] Click here to read more about this update.[/url][/b][more][br][br] [br][br][b][size=4]Okapi Tertiary Gene[/size][/b] The okapi gene is available in the [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?p=market&tab=spec&type=0]treasure marketplace.[/url] This gene displays bright striped spots of color on your dragon's neck, horns, and legs using its tertiary color! These genes will be stocking in increased quantities during the week of its release. [center][item=tertiary gene: okapi][/center] [center][img]http://flightrising.com/dropbox/okapi_examples.png[/img][/center] [br][br][b][size=4]Encyclopedia Update[/size][/b] The fifth coliseum venue information page has been added to our encyclopedia. Click here to have an peek at the monsters and treasures of [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?p=wiki&article=64]Golem Workshop[/url]![br][br] [center] [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?p=wiki&article=64][img]http://flightrising.com/dropbox/golem_workshop_wiki.png[/img][/url][/center] [br][br][b][size=4][url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?p=mb&board=frd&id=1314498]Item Caption Contest[/url][/size][/b] Writers, if you've ever wanted your blurb to grace an item tooltip, your time has come! Dust off that keyboard and look upon these poor orphaned items with compassion and creativity. What is their story? The premise of [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?p=mb&board=frd&id=1314498]this contest[/url] it to take these icons and create a unique caption for their tooltip. The caption must be under 160 characters. If desired, players may rename the item in question along with their caption. Captions can provide facts, short anecdotes, or jokes.[br] [indent][b]Premise: [/b] Write a tooltip for any of the items provided in this contest. [b]Deadline: [/b]Tuesday January 20, 23:59 server time [b]Length: [/b] Less than 160 characters (caption). Less than 32 characters in name if renamed. [b]Prizes: [/b]Winners will be credited in the tooltip of the item, will receive a copy of the item they wrote for, a writer's vista + 1000 gems [/indent][br] [center][item=aged tome][item=battered book of fables][item=bluespine slug][item=spineback slug][item=magi casting rod][item=mender's healing staff][item=micro deer][item=dwarf fawn][item=wildwood moss][item=sakura moss][item=fragrant orchid][item=delta orchid][item=rusted chain][item=tarnished chain][item=zebra cricket][item=songbird mimic][/center] [br][br][br][b][size=4]Hiveworks Affiliation[/size][/b] As many of you may be aware, from time to time our advertising would bounce people off site or present problematic ads that we just don't want! As a result we are moving to managed advertising with an affiliation with [url=http://thehiveworks.com/affiliates.php][i]Hiveworks[/i][/url]! [i]Hiveworks[/i] provides marketing and advertising management to over 100 webcomics and sites, and they will now be helping [i]Flight Rising[/i] as well! This move should provide us access to more and diverse ad networks, a seasoned ad management team, and a safer browsing experience for our players. (and on occasion display ads to some pretty keen webcomics and artists!) [br] [center] [url=http://thehiveworks.com/affiliates.php][img]http://flightrising.com/dropbox/hivelogo.png[/img][/url][/center] [size=2]Even in the best ad networks, a bad ad can slip past from time to time. If you encounter an ad that auto-redirects you or appears anywhere but our left side menu and the red banner area at the bottom of the page, that is not an ad we want on our website! Please [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?p=mb&board=frd&id=27823&page=1]report it in our advertising report thread[/url]. We will be watching this thread, and will use the reports there to help further manage the ads that Flight Rising displays![/size] [br][br][br][b][size=4]Additional Updates[/size][/b] [LIST] [*]The[url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?p=wiki&article=42] [b]Cycled-Out Items[/b] article [/url]in the encyclopedia has had Night of the Nocturne and seasonal event items to its directory. [*]The [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?p=wiki&article=47][b]Boreal Wood[/b] venue article[/url] has been updated to include the newest morganite flourish jewelry uncommon venue drops. [*]The [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?p=wiki&article=44][b]Kelp Beds[/b] venue article[/url] in the encyclopedia has been updated to include the Mantarune, Wavesweeper, and their commonly dropped unique items. [*][b]Mantarune[/b] and [b]Wavesweeper[/b] had the runes on their heads changed to reflect the monster's elemental type, replacing the existing runes. This change was made because the original runes bore an inadvertent resemblance to an existing logo. [*]The [b]Golem Workshop[/b][url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?p=coliseum] coliseum venue[/url] has had additional[url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?p=wiki&article=64] uncommon drops [/url]added. [/LIST]