Our March 16th News Letter

Hello again, everyone! Today is March 16, 2012, the eve of our second newsletter. This week's edition will include completely new sections, a contest, and even some fan-submitted content, so stick around! Fan submissions for the newsletter are allowed and encouraged. You can find the submission form at the bottom of the post.

Table of Contents

Hottest News of the Week

In which Carmen recaps and discusses the latest news, events, and other happenings in the Webkinz World, along with the week's concerns and issues as voiced by Webkinz fans.
Outfit Modeling

  In which Keikei and her pet, Guinevere the Dreamy Sheep, will help you decide what to wear in Webkinz World.

Poems and Short Stories

In which Carmen will share her stories and poems about Webkinz World. You can find Carmen's new Webkinz webcomic here.

Trading Hall News

In which Keikei will discuss what's "in" at the trading hall, with some tips and advice.  

Cooking with KC

In which Keikei and Carmen combine their culinary creativity to create some scrumptious snacks. These recipes can be made in both the Webkinz and real worlds!
  Facts
Where Carmen and KeiKei tell some fun facts.

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Hottest News of the Week

by Carmen

Zodiac Click-To-Win Working Again

After a disappointing first week of the Zodiac Click-To-Win, during which nobody could actually win anything and one was presented with a message saying that the page didn't exist when they found the floating dial, players can finally begin collecting the WKN-exclusive Zodiac clothing pieces. The event appears to have been fixed on March 9.
The complete Zodiac Earth Costume is available from the Keep Kinzville Clean challenge, the Adventure Park, March 10-13 2012, and the first time it was made available, March 19-30 2011. This makes it the most common Zodiac Costume. 
The Water Costume Top is now slightly more common than the rest, as it's been available twice. The rest of it has only been available once.
As the full Fire Costume was excluded from this year's event, that makes it the rarest Zodiac Costume there is.
And on March 14, the Zodiac Air Costume became official! Apparently, they'd been waiting to let us see it since January 2011.
Webkinz Getting Confused Lately
This is not an article for complaining about or berating Ganz; this is for clarifying some mistakes. 
Fans logging into their accounts on March 10 may have noticed the front-page article featuring the 5 new March 2012 Webkinz. Yes, 5 regular ones: turns out, there was an unannounced addition, the Peace Out Puppy. 
However, in the article, a small mistake has been made.

 The Peace Out Puppy is advertised, yet the image for the Peace Puppy has been used. It's an understandable mistake--just one word makes two completely different pets.

• The Peace Puppy was released 2 years ago, in March 2010
• The Peace Puppy has multicolored peace signs on its fur, the Peace Out Puppy is covered in peace signs, hearts, and flowers from head to paw
• The Peace Puppy's paws and ears are blue; the Peace Out Puppy's are purple
• The Peace Puppy comes with a decorative PSI, the Peace Out Puppy comes with a vehicle
• The Peace Puppy was very popular and now is hard to find, making it worth a lot more online
• The Peace Puppy was officially revealed; the Peace Out Puppy was accidentally revealed in the Webkinz Catalog.

 Also, you might stumble across an advertisement in WKN/WW. It advertises the Signature Bengal Cat, but it  uses the picture for the first Signature Endangered Webkinz, the Bengal Tiger.

Don't get these two mixed up when shopping for Webkinz!

The Signature Endangered Bengal Tiger is rarer, has been out since March 2010, is a Signature Endangered, is a Tiger, and is worth a lot more at places like eBay.

The Bengal Cat is a regular Signature that looks like this.

Incidentally, the Bengal Cat was incorrectly announced as a virtual-only pet! Cat can't catch a break!

Webkinz Newz Upgrades Accounts to Ganzworld Accounts
On March 14, Ganz upgraded Ganz Parent Club and WKN accounts to Ganzworld accounts, allowing holders to use both sites with a single log-in. This appears to have gone over smoothly.
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Outfit Modeling:

As you all know tomorrow is Saint Patrick's Day, and on Saint Patrick's Day you're supposed to wear green. 

Guinevere ( my Webkinz Dreamy Sheep) has taken this tradition to a new fashion level, she has some totally cool outfits for us today! This week, Guinevere has a seven piece mix and match outfit! Seven pieces of clothing and four different outfits! We also had some pics sent to us from a blogger friend, Jasmine. Guinevere loved the pics of Puffball in her trendy outfits so much that she wanted to add an extra theme. The Theme is: "Fun With Skirts!" (You can find this theme at the bottom for Outfit Modeling.)Tips:

                                              #1."When making  mix and match outfits always make sure that all the outfits match, and go well together"

                                              #2. "When matching different shades of green make sure they go well together." Not all shades of the same color look good together, we must be careful when we try to mix shades.    

Outfit Time:

Here are the mix and match outfits:

Now this is a lucky outfit!

  

Here is a better look at our lucky outfit.

                                            Here is another piece of our mix and match outfits:

See, it uses the same skirt but a different top and some cool shades

Can you help me find four leaf clovers?

In this outfit we keep the top, shoes, hat, and glasses, but we added the pants.

Have you seen a pot of gold?

In this outfit we keep the pants, shoes, hat, and glasses, but we added the top.

Have you seen the leprechaun?

    Secrets:

                                       Guinevere has some secrets that she would like to share with you:

Secret #1. Guinevere loves to make mix and match outfits, she thinks that if you wear it once change it a little and wear it again. Secret #2. To Guinevere it's all about color, color in a outfit can tell a lot about you or your pet. Remember, color is everything.

Fun With Skirts!

This is a picture sent in by a fan, Jasmine! Here is her Chinchilla, Puffball, modeling some funky fashions:

This is Puffball in the "Winter Outfit"

Here is a better look at the "Winter Outfit"

This is the "Rainbow" Outfit

    

"Somewhere over the rainbow." "Oh, Toto!"

This is an outfit fit for a trendy Queen!

Here is one fancy outfit!

Lookin' great, Puffball!

Poems and Short Stories
Guest starring that Webkinz-themed webcomic I was talking about!

That Webcomic I Was Talking About That Will Get A Title Next Week  

(call it "that comic" 'til then)

Episode One: The Time Before The Title

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Trading Hall News

By: KeiKei

We all know that the trading hall can be hard that is why Skylar Tune (my Webkinz Harmony Puppy) is here to help. This week will be about the do's and don't's in the Trading Hall.

Helpful Note:

In "Trading Hall News" everything is numbered so when you go down to "Tips" you can find what that tip I was talking about. The numbers are small so be on the lookout. For instance:

The first digit is the number of the tip on the list.

There are two separate lists, so the second digit tells you exactly what tip you should be reading.

So, if you're told to look for "2.4", then look for the fourth tip on the second list. Get it?

Don't's

1. 2 If you (like most Webkinz this week) are looking all over the Clubhouse for the leprechaun please, please do not go into the Trading Hall, and ask someone to trade if all you're going to do is ask them where the leprechaun is. That is very rude because they might have only 15 minutes to play, any many more reasons.
2. 3 If you are going to the Trading Hall please make sure you have items worth trading.W-shop items are not recommended, because they are easy to get. 
3. 4 If you say that you like an item and that you are ready to trade do not back out at the last minute. A lot of players do that because they aren't sure. 

Do's:

1. 3.Be kind, I'm not saying give stuff away for free but don't tell players that their stuff is bad because kids play this game and you might just be telling that to a 5 year old.
2. 4 Do some research on you items to see what they are worth.

Tips:

Here are Helpful Tips:

This tip is for 1.2 : If you can't find the leprechaun and you need to ask someone, but there is only the traders in the Trading Hall than

• A. Ask the whole room and not during a Trade.
• B. Try to find another room.
• C. Google it and find chat room's, threads, or a page about where to find him. 

This tip is for 2.3: Before you go to the Trading Hall ALWAYS look at your dock to see what you have to trade. Never try to trade wshop because it is easy to get and it's not worth anything.

This tip is for 3.4: Before you put an item up for trade that you like think, Here are the 3 things you need to ask yourself.

1. Do you think that the item that the other player has is worth as much as your item or more?
2. Do I like this item? If I do than I probably should not trade it. If I don't than I probably should trade it.
3.  Will I ever regret trading this item?

                                                                     Contact:

Please email or comment. If you know some do's and don't's or if you have tips, or anything to do with the Trading Hall. Have a good week.

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 Cooking with KC

Are you hungry? Well you are in luck! This is where KeiKei and Carmen will show you how to make yummy food in Webkinz World and great food in real life.
Intro:
As we all know tomorrow is Saint Patrick's Day, Carmen and I have some yummy cookies, Irish Breakfast, and a yummy Mataruk-Lucks. Let's Get Started!
Recipes:
Here are the recipes. First we have the Irish cookies. These cookies are so good! There is a link, too.

Here is a link to an  Irish cookie recipe: Link to Irish Cookie.

.:Irish Breakfast:.
Children should have an adult with them when trying to make this recipe.

Credit for this recipe goes to Carmen's brother, who is quite skilled with potatoes.

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As you may know, potatoes were (and still are) an incredibly important part of Irish life. They are a source of many nutrients and vitamins, and are quite the versatile food, usable in soups, salads, pies, cakes, and for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Today, we will be focusing on breakfast.
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Safety Alert! This recipe uses an oven and sharp objects. 

Important! Don't try to substitute a frying pan for an oven...it just does not work. We tried.

Makes 3 individual servings. To add servings, add 1 potato and 1 egg per person.

Ingredients

3 baking potatoes

3 eggs

Seasonings to taste

Utensils

A knife

A melon scoop

Tin foil

A glass baking pan 

 Before you begin...

~Set the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.

~Scrub the potatoes.

~Gather the seasonings you want to use. You can use just about anything--this is potatoes and eggs we're taking about!

~Make sure you've got all of your food and utensils, and that your utensils are clean and the food is fresh.

Now we can begin!

1. Take a potato and cut an oval out of the top.
2. Take your melon scoop and scoop the potato out until it's hollow.

 Your potato needs to be deep enough to hold the egg. Leave a half-inch of potato so it can bake properly. Set the insides of the potatoes on a plate; you can fry those later if you want.

• Crack an egg into the potato. This is the time to add seasonings, and any other fillings you think would taste good.
• Put the potato into the dish.
• Repeat steps 1-4 with the remaining potatoes.
• Put a tin foil sheet over the dish and put it in the oven for an hour and 45 minutes.
• Remove the potatoes from the oven and allow them to cool. 
• After about 10 minutes of cooling time, just pick up the potato and take a bite!

You can add some pepperoni, like we did here, for a boost of flavor.

Bon appetit! If you try this recipe, let us know what you thought of it.
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 Facts
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Did you know...

...that ear muffs were invented by a 15 year old boy from Maine?

...the contents of the first-ever e-mail message? "QWERTYUIOP" (without the quotation marks); the first row of letters on a standard keyboard. 
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