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WELCOME TO THE -[ .hybrid TECHNICA. ]- CHINESE NEW VALENTINE'S PARTY EXTRAVAGANZA!


. This event will be running from the 6th of February 2008 to the 14th of February 2008 .

Please click on the banner below to learn more about HyTech and our Hytes.

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. welcome .
. your hosts . valentine rat+bytes raffle . raffle instructions .
. terms and conditions + crash course .
. candygrams . candygram ordering . candygram lists .
. now playing .

. House Rules .
♠ Please exercise common sense wherever necessary
♠ All art and ideas are ©HyTech - please do not use without permission
♠ Chatspeak is not recognised - apologies for any inconvenience caused
♠ Please do not intimidate nor guilt trip the other visitors
♠ Please do feel free to discuss and have fun - keep the thread alive! Thank you!

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Jun D's Prince

Garbage Cat

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. YOUR HOSTS FOR THE PARTY... .

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Hello honeys, your resident Don JuanMaxx – here to kickstart the par-tay. Some of us are dressed for Chinese New Year, some for Valentine’s Day because we’re bastardizing our own culture’s holiday. We’re sticking to ‘It’s okay if it’s our own culture!!11’ I’ll be your host again, and though we don’t have a contest this time, please feel free to get festive and dress up with us for the occasion(s).
Our little sweetheart Belle is your Valentine Messenger and you can be sure she'll be moving as fast as she can on her winged, gold-slippered feet to get Candygrams to your loved ones.

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Our depressed artist Jun is currently looking a lot like Karate Kid from Legion of Superheroes, but I'm sure it's a coincidence…And I'm still peeved they don't have cheongsams for guys and destroyed my devious plans.
Demi is the hottest GM I've ever seen and looks like she would've been called "The Midnight Lotus" in the 40s. Whoo! Whoo!

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Jules, the RP manager, is a dutiful Knave of Hearts and will be defending the thread's honour. xd

- And we are of course, your lovely staff-c**-hosts for this event.

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Maxx D's Princess

Shoujo Shounen

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Buy your tickets [please refer to Instructions for details] from…
12pm PST on the 6th February 2008 to 5pm PST on the 14th February 2008
…for a chance to take the Valentine Rat girl home!

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. Valentine Rat ♀ | Keyword - SUGAR SPICE EVERYTHING NICE .

Alright, so that's a keyphrase, but it's all true! How obvious is it that we're [mostly] 1. Chinese and 2. single? Because, yep, we'd planned for a little rat girl for Chinese New Year, but totally forgot about Valentine's Day. When we realised our slight, we jacked in an extra infusion of PINK to compensate - but we might have overdone it, because she's now smart like a Chinese Zodiac rat, sugar-sweet like candy, and has fluffy hair pink-striped like a peppermint sucker in strawberry. Oy vey! The little heart she's making with her claw-tipped fingers might definitely have been too much…

Please Note: The preview shown is of her third stage evolution
Please refer to Crashcourse for growth details

. As Raffle Consolation Prizes…CHINESE NEW YEAR 2008 BYTES! .

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One week after the raffle, these orbs will open to reveal a Byte…
♠ So it's really obvious what food these Bytes were made from… ^^;;
♠ Cert them with your Hyte, or keep them for yourself!
♠ These Bytes are a limited run of 10 - 5 male, 5 female

10 TICKET HOLDERS WILL RECEIVE 1 BYTE FROM THIS 'BREED' EACH

Ticket Price - 100g Each

Tickets Sold : [ 17398 ]

RESULTS
The raffle was conducted with Integer Generator on Random.org.
The raffle for Valentine Rat has been won by the power of Thornless Rose's incredible amount of tickets! [So incredible we actually lost count... sweatdrop ]
Congratulations Rose! She'll be certed and threaded as soon as you get back to us with a name for her.

Here is the list of those who were drawn for the raffle Bytes :
♠ Nyralia
♠ Thornless Rose
♠ AyaCamui
♠ Randy2Love
♠ Kaitaia
♠ AnimeEyeshime
♠ Lord of the Deep
♠ Noah South
♠ elfgurl1234
♠ leon_a_darkangel

A PM with the Byte will be sent to you shortly!

. Ticket Holders .
Katrina Amore - 1-20 | 26-325 | 857-876
RuthieAngel - 21-25 | 596-605 | 656-665 | 977-986 | 2127-2136 | 3887-3896 | 4187-4196 | 7062-7071
ShtrDrNGry - 326-335
Lupe Garu - 336-435
Thornless Rose - 436-535 | 755-854 | 1517-1716 | 2937-3036 | 4197-4696 | 4797-5046 | 5227-6226 | 7072-7086 | 7727-10226 | 12107-17106
x_Nata_x - 536-545
Chuchu-Chan -546-595 | 3037-3136
Chrystali - 606-655
Enikil - 656-684
Ruriska - 685-734
Malhyanth - 735-754
frozen_flames06 - 855-856
AyaCamui - 877-976 | 6427-6626 | 11747-11946
Kaitaia - 987-1086 | 3157-3656
AnimeEyeshime - 1087-1486
Naotsuki - 1487-1516
Pandora Talie - 1717-1731
elfgurl1234 - 1732-1761 | 2097-2126 | 3857-3886 | 4007-4036 | 5197-5226 | 7187-7216
T ` P o i - 1762-1766 | 6627-6636 | 11947-12006
Noah South - 1767-2096
Nyralia - 2137-2936 | 3907-4006 | 4087-4186 | 4697-4796 | 5147-5196 | 6227-6426 | 6637-6661 | 7087-7186 | 7227-7726 | 10227-11726 | 17107-17356
Randy2love - 3137-3156
leon_a_darkangel - 3657-3856
MJNeko - 3897-3906
byagane319 - 4037-4086
Slanndalous - 5047-5146
Lord of the Deep - 6662-7061 | 17357-17398
Kuro_Maata - 7217-7226
Neshaka - 11727-11746
Kiara Adachi - 12007-12106

Stats last updated: 14th February 2008 - 5.35pm PST

. Points to Note About Valentine Rat .
♠ Her hairstyle and Valentine colouring is special, 'against type', meaning that there are elements that would ordinarily not be included on a Hyte with its human form conceived off of its base animal [i.e. short hair on a short-furred animal is 'to type', long hair on a short-furred animal is 'against type']. This is an attribute that only customs and rare special events may have.
♠ Her Adult Stage does not come with a Tektek’d outfit option – she will be depicted in a pre-designed cheongsam/qipao/what-Gaia-so-charmingly-terms-dragon-gown
[the owner cannot choose]
♠ She comes depicted with a heart-shaped hairclip in all stages, and has a Mandarin-orange-heart emblem on her certificate to indicate her special status

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Maxx D's Princess

Shoujo Shounen

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. TICKET BUYING INSTRUCTIONS .

Please make sure you've read all the information on this page before buying!

. Raffle Method .
♠ We will be vending tickets for 9 days - from 12pm PST on 6th February 2008 to 5pm PST on 14th February 2008
♠ There is no limit to the number of tickets, nor to the number of tickets you can buy
♠ You cannot choose the ticket numbers as we are vending them sequentially - apologies!
♠ Please state clearly the number of tickets you are buying
♠ Please post your purchase in the thread in PINK [or light violet if you can't change the coding]
♠ Start the trade with LABLUE BELLE as soon as you post, and the tickets will be recorded after it is confirmed
♠ Anyone may purchase tickets, and the winner can still purchase Hytes from any subsequent event
♠ The tickets will be consolidated and the winners announced by 6pm PST on 14th February 2008

THINGS TO NOTE

. About Naming .
Allowed: Proper names from any culture | Most nouns | Heck, most words
Disallowed: Chatspeak | l337 [in most cases] | Lame combination handles [e.g. LadiesMan217, number optional]
Discouraged Culture-specific names unsuitable for cultural context of the Hyte | Overtly dubious fandom names

. About Co-ownership .
♠ Co-ownership is not encouraged, but allowed - if bidding as such, note the different owners but do still calculate and state your total
and make sure the payment trade is from one account alone
♠ There is no guarantee we may be able to fit all your names onto the cert!
♠ HyTech is not liable in case of dispute between owners
♠ If the dispute cannot be settled, the Hyte may be rehomed judging on a case-by-case basis

. Hyte Collection .
♠ The Hyte will be certed and threaded after you inform us of her name
♠ We will then PM you with the cert thread and the cert url
♠ Thereafter, we will PM you after every stage growth with the url of the relevant off-cert graphic
[Remember to keep up your checking-in until your Hyte has matured!]

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. TERMS AND CONDITIONS .

Checking-in - While HyTech does not require RP, we do require regular checking-in until the Hyte is fully mature. HyTech will inform owners via PM every time there is a stage progression - thus, checking-in periods are as such:
♠ One cert thread post [or PM] per stage growth
♠ One cert thread post [or PM] every two weeks for non-growth periods
This is only necessary until the pet has reached the adult stage
♠ There is a grace period of a week to make the relevant post
♠ Growth will not commence for the next stage until contact is made
[*RP not necessary - any indication of acknowledgement will suffice] The reason why we require checking in is so we can make sure of contact in time for the outfit customisation of the adult stage. HyTech is usually quite forgiving for up to approximately half a year, but if no contact is forthcoming and everything falls into a state of impending extinction, don't be too surprised if Social Services comes around and decides to rehome one's Hyte…

Return Policy - If the owner tires of the pet, HyTech will accept a return and rehome the pet at reduced prices. As this is a raffle Hyte, we will not offer a refund. While we do not perform exchanges, a previous owner may still purchase other pets in the future.

Speaking in Terms of Reality - While the owner owns the character of the pet and may display the images and certs at will, the art and character design itself is still property of HyTech, and must be credited as such. The artist reserves the right to display or use the artwork and pursue other avenues with the design. All better-sized images are accompanied by a background logo for our image protection - owners may request unmarked versions for the cert threads. Thank you for your understanding!

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. CRASH COURSE .

Before you apply for a Hyte, you really should read all the information in our Shop Thread. Just in case, though, here's a crash course to cover the basics and the most important bits you need to know!

. About the Pets .
5-stages [RP +1] with unique lineart for each pet past protoform cylinder
♠ Most Hytes take an average of about 3 months to fully mature [not including RP +1]
♠ All pets are breedable - please refer to Shop Thread for details
♠ Roleplaying is not required, only checking-in till Adult stage - please refer to Terms and Conditions for details

. In-house Example of Growth Progression.

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. About Roleplaying .
Roleplaying is entirely optional
♠ Each pet will come with a cert thread that can be used as an RP journal
♠ RP incentive: extra stage - please refer to Showroom for details
♠ As there is no strict RP storyline, HyTech RP is a casual affair with emphasis on character interaction, particularly among pets.
Through RP, one may be able to influence the final appearance of the Hyte before it reaches the adult stage.

All the same, please do visit the Shop Thread to read up on all the information if you haven't done so!

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. CANDYGRAMS .

You probably saw this coming - literal CANDYGRAMS! Get a little living [kinda!] cupid truffle to express your love - either to your loved ones, or to yourself!

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. I ♥ U .
spacer. I ♥ ME .

. ORDERING CLOSED .
Candygram Price - 1500g [1.5k] Each
[To cover Maxx's pain of having coloured them and having to recert them. sweatdrop ]

On Valentine's Day, these orbs will open and the Byte will emerge - with a message of love…
♠ These little cupid truffles flutter to your loved ones [or you] on white chocolate wings, bearing a sugar ♥ heart and a message of love!
[*Note: The "I ♥ U" Candygrams are for sending to others, the "I ♥ ME" Candygrams are for purchasing for yourself - unless you are very narcissistic, you cannot send a "I ♥ ME" Candygram to someone else, and unless you refer to yourself in the second-person, you cannot buy a "I ♥ U" Candygram for yourself]
♠ They come in five flavours, and unlike usual Bytes are UNLIMITED until the order deadline closes at 10am PST on 14th February 2008!
[*Note: the five flavours vary only in very minor colour differences and the preset romantic couplets attached]
♠ Either send them along our preset romantic couplets as specified below [and try not to think too hard about how randomly Jun chose them or where they’re really from ^^;;], or choose your own special message!
♠ For those with Hytes (or other pets) - you can send these Candygrams from Hyte to Hyte, Hyte to human, or human to Hyte (applicable to other pets in all cases) - just remember to specify clearly in the Recipient field in the order form!

FIVE FLAVOURS

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. ORANGE . STRAWBERRY . MINT . BLUEBERRY . GRAPE .

ORANGE PRESET
Ganz war mein Herz an deiner Seite
Und jeder Atemzug für dich

- "Willkommen und Abschied" (1771), Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
[While all my heart was at thy side
And every breath I breath'd for thee]

STRAWBERRY PRESET
Ciò che m'incontra, ne la mente more,
quand'i' vegno a veder voi, bella gioia

- "XV", La Vita Nuova (1293), Dante Alighieri
[What could restrain me dies out of my mind,
When I stand in your presence, my heart’s bliss]

MINT PRESET
Sweet, there is nothing left to say
But this, that love is never lost

- "Her Voice" (1881), Oscar Wilde

BLUEBERRY PRESET
两情若是久长时
又岂在、朝朝暮暮

- “鹊桥仙” (宋), 秦观
[But if both loves endure through time
What matters this separation of sunrises, sunsets]

GRAPE PRESET
Je ne parlerai pas, je ne penserai rien :
Mais l'amour infini me montera dans l'âme

- "Sensation" (1870), Arthur Rimbaud
[I shall not speak, I shall think about nothing:
But endless love will mount in my soul]

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. CANDYGRAM ORDERING INSTRUCTIONS .
ORDERING CLOSED.

♠ To order Candygrams, just PM me - LaBlue Belle using the following template, and start a trade with the total as soon as you send the PM:

Application Template
Title of PM: Candygram Order - [Number of Candygrams to be Ordered]

Body of PM:
Recipient: [name of recipient | if buying the "I ♥ ME" Candygram for yourself, put "Me"]
Flavour: [insert flavour here]
Anonymity Level: [Choose One: "Open" (i.e. your name will be put on the cert as sender from the start) | "Timebomb" (i.e. your name will only appear on the cert as sender when the Byte emerges on Valentine's Day) | "Total" (i.e. your name will not appear on the cert as sender and we will not reveal your identity to the recipient)]
Candygram Message: [Either put "Default" for our preset poetry lines, or input your own message - maximum of 2 short lines (approximately 15 words) | You can also request for one of the other preset poetry lines than the one designated for your chosen flavour]
PM Message: [Anything you want us to tell your recipient [or yourself] in the Candygram PM we will send to them [or you] - no word limit!]

[Cut&Paste Form for as many Candygrams as desired!]

♠ Once the PM is received, we will PM you a confirmation and accept the trade
[*Note: If there are any problems, such as the special message being too long, we will inform you at this stage unless there are any unforeseen difficulties later]
♠ Once you confirm the trade and the gold is received, we will start work on the order
♠ Once we have sent the orders to your recipients, we will PM you
♠ And that's all! You may order whenever you like, as often as you like!
♠ The closing date and time for order is 10am PST on 14th February 2008

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. CANDYGRAM LISTS .

. I ♥ U Candygram Hopefuls .
[ If you're desperate for a I ♥ U but don't have a split personality to blame, PM me to be put on this list! ]
ShtrDrNGry

.Candygrams Ordered .

I ♥ U
Orange : [ 13 ] Orders
Strawberry : [ 23 ] Orders
Mint : [ 22 ] Orders
Blueberry : [ 24 ] Orders
Grape : [ 27 ] Orders

I ♥ ME
Orange : [ 3 ] Orders
Strawberry : [ 6 ] Orders
Mint : [ 6 ] Orders
Blueberry : [ 6 ] Orders
Grape : [ 1 ] Orders

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Jun D's Prince

Garbage Cat

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. NOW PLAYING .

I’m renewing my DJ Pimp Daddy/Don Juan Maxx status with an eclectic mix of Chinese songs, love songs, and Chinese love songs. This means you’ll be getting Chinese songs from the 90s or from a very specific band.

I warned ya.

And now, as you guys threaten us with fireworks and festive damages for the raffle results, I will smoothly incorporate the last dedication we received - what Kaitaia described as a 'love-y' song, The Taste The Touch by Asteria. Thanks for your dedication Kaitaia, and please enjoy while we scuttle off to Random.org, burn a few sticks of incense and baste ourselves at the feet of mutiple gods and pray for good atmospheric noise. BRB guys. wink


Taking your dedications whenever you send them and whenever I'm online. smile
PM me with:.
♠ The url to the song [mp3 or streaming]
♠ Band and Title
♠ Your message [dedication or otherwise]]

I'll be waitin'!

. Past Requests .

Asteria - The Taste The Touch
Rodney Carrington - Carlos, Man of Love
The Hazzards - Gay Boyfriend
One Semester of Spanish - Love Song
New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle
张学友 - 分手总要在雨天

Number of Requests : [ 6 ]
Kaitaia - The Taste The Touch by Asteria
Sailor Savannah - Carlos, Man of Love by Rodney Carrington : "Not the faint of heart! He is what you're dreaming of, let Carlos be your Man of Love!! ♥"
Sailor Savannah - Gay Boyfriend by the Hazzards : "For all the ladies that can never seem to find the right guy at the right time, this one's for you!!!"
Colton [Kuro Maata] - One Semester of Spanish - Love Song : "Just because Lilith thinks that she loves you, I felt the need to dedicate a song to you. This is a good depiction of what I see when you try and court Lilith."
RuthieAngel - Bizarre Love Triangle by New Order
Maxx D - 分手总要在雨天 by 张学友 : "I’m starting the list with a Chinese – actually, Cantonese – number, 分手总要在雨天 by 张学友, one of my [unfortunately deceased] mom's favourite songs. Okay, so it's not really romantic nor is it about the New Year, and it's a lot more about rain and breaking up in it, but hey, most of you can't tell right? twisted "

Stats last updated: 14th February 2008 - 5.38pm

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Maxx D's Princess

Shoujo Shounen

I am so frigging tired. Do you think anyone will buy this stuff?
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This will all end in spectacular failure...
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insert word here
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The thread is now open~!!! whee
Peeks in. Hello
-POSTS-
Second, yay! <33
I would like to buy 20 tickets please.

right now. Will buy more later. heart

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