Tablet Computer, Dust Striped Walls & River Race

Today we have two new items. On the left is Dust Striped Walls in Jam Mart Furniture on the 17th page. On the right is a tablet computer in Jam Mart Furniture.

It's kind of funny that they made a tablet computer, it just doesn't fit, haha. But it looks like my tablet, so I would probably get it if I still had membership. I guess I don't mind this, even if it is a human item.

Today's side topic is about one of my favorite games, River Race. I'm not sure if there is an obvious reason, but for the past month I can't play it! There is no game icon, it's not in Sol Arcade, not even in the store!

At first I thought it was a glitch. But as it has been gone for a whole month, I doubt it. I guess the most likely conclusion is that AJHQ is being realistic and not letting us play River Race when the river is frozen. But I have been through every winter in Animal Jam, and I am almost sure we could play River Race the whole winter.

Does any one have a better explanation? Or has AJHQ already told us, and I missed it? Comment with you answers!

~Gecko~

Brown Tile & More Graphics

First of all, I lost my membership today. D: It's going to take a while to re-design my animals and den. Did you know I got my first membership in February 2011? Back then, 1 year memberships were $60.00, but you received a free 2011 NGK Almanac. (This is not today's side topic :P)

Anyway, todays new item is the Brown Tile flooring from 2011. It's on the 18th page of Jam Mart Furniture.

For todays side topic, uh... more graphics! Sorry, tomorrow will be more interesting. But I have some graphics I have found that I have never released! I will put the graphics URL in a link, so just click it to see the image. So here they are... *drum roll*

BACKGROUNDS:

http://multivu.prnewswire.com/mnr/national-geographic/45284/images/bg-body.gif

http://d41c509fit9ro.cloudfront.net/uploads/loop_theme/background_image/14801/Fox_Everloop_Background-8426979669e186f63a82abcac2bfba2a.jpg

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http://d41c509fit9ro.cloudfront.net/uploads/loop_theme/background_image/14801/ArcticWolf_Everloop_Background-1b6d4b2172823c1c27a6d70aae948502.jpg

http://ads.animaljam.com/Clothing-Shop.jpg

http://prod.web.animaljam.com/public/images/homepage/alphas/alphas_background.jpg

IMAGES:

http://prod.web.animaljam.com/public/images/homepage/alphas/animal_swf_alphas.png

http://prod.content.animaljam.com/903/ajclient.swf?px-hash=90d3462a38dc64c89eb28bf71640f999&v=1

http://prod.content.animaljam.com/903/preloader.swf?px-hash=10572dc37c7b92a20be62cd210a0760f&v=1

EXTRAS:

http://blog.animaljam.com/wp-content/themes/animal%20jam/images/playnow_hover.png

http://blog.animaljam.com/wp-content/themes/animal%20jam/images/playnow_off.png

http://blog.animaljam.com/wp-content/themes/animal%20jam/images/adorn_top.png

So I you want to use these for your blog, great! Just give me credit (not in a post) with a link to Jammer Central. Thanks, enjoy the graphics!

~Gecko~

Rare Cozy Shoes & Graphics

Today is Rare Item Monday! The Rare, Cozy Shoes, are in the Shiveer Shoppe, which is in the Hot Cocoa Hut. I love the colors, but the actual item isn't that great.

Today's side topic isn't really about Animal Jam, but Animal Jam graphics. I often search through the AJ source code to find cool graphics. I used to give the link to my friend Sheesh4, and she would put them on her popular graphics page. So now many, many Jammers have the graphics I worked to find on their blog, and they don't even know I found them. This may sound mean, but this blog need more traffic so if anyone uses those graphics they have to give me credit. There aren't many though, and most of the graphics I found you can use without credit. But anyway, here are the ones you have to give credit to use:

So if I find these graphics on a blog without credit, I will leave a friendly note asking for credit. That's fair, right? There might be a few others, but for now, just these.

~Gecko~

Sled & Cliff Dwellings

Today's new item is a Sled, in Jam Mart Furniture. This item is from last year.

Today's side topic is about cliff dwellings in Jamaa. Well, there aren't any, right? First we need to remember most of Jamaa's lands and map were designed in Beta Testing or soon after, and back then AJHQ had very different goals. Just remember that. The Coral Canyons map and land, was designed while Animal Jam was in Beta Testing. First, look at this screen shot from the Coral Canyons map.

That really doesn't look much like anything in Coral Canyons, or does it... If you haven't noticed, Pecks Art Studio is built right into the cliff in that picture. The same with Epic Wonders. The cliff in that picture is really this:

Maybe that's obvious. But if you look inside Peck's Art Studio, you find ancient carvings on the walls:

They are very similar to the ones in the Canyons Pathway.

Lot's writing for a simple point. If ancient carvings are on the wall of Peck's Art Studio, that means that Pecks Art Studio is ancient, or at least the building. So my idea is that an ancient race of wolves once lived where coral canyons is today. Greely was one of them. They carved all the rooms in the cliffs, and they are really "cliff dwellings". The carved the door with Greely on it was Greely's home, as he was their leader. Wouldn't it be awesome if some day we could explore Greely's home? 

~Gecko~

Cannons & The White Phantom

Today I found one new item in Jamaa, the Snow Canon from last year. It is available in Jam Mart Furniture. Click this item to make it fire!

Today's side topic is about the White Phantom. Ever since the "Rare Phantom Hat" was released in the Leap  Year Party in 2011, Jammers have wondered who this hat is supposed to represent. Of course, it might just be a cool item. But for those of you who read my story Ancient Jamaa: A Nation United, the White Phantom will appear towards the end. I image the White Phantom being the Phantom King.

His father was a normal black Phantom, but the White Phantom happened to be an albino, which in the animal world is considered a weakling. He was shunned, and the rule of Arnak (my name for the Phantom Kingdom) was given to his younger brother. Although he was weak, he created a small army from the other outlaws. Driven by hate, he murdered his brother and reclaimed the throne. He was a tyrant, and although Phantoms have always been evil, he was more evil than any before him. He soon led the last Phantom War, which conquered most of the lands in Jamaa. Where we are in Jamaa's history, we are recovering from that war.

Thanks for reading! By supporting this blog, some of these ideas might end up in Jamaa. Jam on!

~Gecko~

Frozen Bush & Zios and Mira

   Today's new item is the Frozen Bush, in Jam Mart Furniture, from last year. When you change the "color" of this item, it actually switches which season it is in!

I also noticed that the footer on the Animal Jam Website has changed. I think it looks better.

   The Epic Seasonal Tree has changed from a Jamaaliday's look, to a winter look. Credit to Sheesh4 for this discovery.

   For today's side topic, I'll talk about Zios and Mira. You can learn all we know about them on my Jamaa Lore page. Originally, Zios was a god, and Mira was a goddess, and the were apparently "married". We know that Mira was a stork, but there is no evidence of what Zios was. Apparently Zios died.

   I'm going to suggest that Zios and Mira were voted to be King and Queen (they wouldn't be married). Then we could change Lost Temple of Zios to Lost Kingdom of Zios. Does't that sound better? And then maybe in our journeys, someone might find out that Zios survived!

   I am changing my stories a lot, because now we know the current Alphas are the first ever. That means the last Phantom war was much more recent. I am also going to add Zios and Mira to the story, and make Captain Melville be Zios's general. I'll explain more later.

~Gecko~

Phantom In Ice & Future Rooms

   Well, I'm finally back from vacation! There are a heap of updates since I left, but I won't post them. Today there is only one new item, the Phantom In Ice from last year. It's in Jam Mart Furniture:

   As a side topic, I'll talk about some places scattered around Jamaa that could lead to future rooms or lands. The first is in the Lost Kingdom of Zios, (I call it that since temple would mean he's a god). This door has been here since Beta Testing, it's on the far left of the land.

   This mysterious door seems like it might lead to the basement of the Chamber of Knowledge. It may lead to the same place as this:

There is also one in Sarepia Forest, near the center on the ground.

You might be thinking, "It's a log, so what?" But, in the teaser trailer of Animal Jam, released in Summer 2010, a rabbit hops right out of it! Of course  this just meant it lead to another land. Back the the paths leading to other lands were all mixed up. But who knows, some day it might get opened up again?

There is also a famous one in Coral Canyons, the Greely door, on the far left of the ground path.

Before Best Dressed was created, you could see the delicately carved memorial of Greely the Wolf Alpha.

Some say this is the entrance to Greely's home, others say it will lead to a secret slot canyon full of mysteries.

   There is one in Jamaa Township, and this one is very interesting. Back when we could do Flying Glitches, some Jammers found a hidden hut in the bamboo near where we meet Liza.

On the path that leads to Sarepia Forest, we see this:

   It leads straight to that hut! We may very well have found Liza's home. Someday, when we can interact with the Alphas, maybe we can visit her!

In Mt. Shiveer, we have two mysterious passages! The first is straight up from where you start in the land:

   But, in the Penguin Wallpaper released by AJHQ, we find it is open! I can almost guarantee we will be able to go there some day, maybe it leads to a Seal-only room!

The other is near the very top of Mt. Shiveer:

I always hoped this would lead deep under Jamaa, to an ancient mine!

Last, there is another popular one in Appondale, to the far left along the path.

   This one probably leads to a land to the left of Appondale on the map, though we can't see it yet. Maybe some day we will be able to scroll around the map.

I hope you enjoyed this post! Jam on!

~Gecko~