C'mon .. it's the last day

Festive Photo with Your Friends Contest!

One of the best things about the Holiday season is getting together with your friends. That is why I am pleased to announce the “Festive Photo with Your Friends” contest! The goal of the contest is to take the best seasonal picture of your panda with your friends (It's ok to include other pandas who are also playing who may not be on your friends list.)

The most festive, creative and original picture of you and your friends celebrating the holiday season will win the awesome prize of a gift certificate for a 6 month Elite Membership, 200 Panda Gold, and 5000 Panda Power. Plus, you’ll get another 6 month Elite Membership to give to a friend! 

There is a limit of one entry per email address (the one you used when you created your panda) per day. Entries must be received atcontest@pandanda.com no later than 11:59pm PST on Sunday, December 18th. The winner will be announced on Saturday, December 24th in my blog.

Prizes

1 Grand Prize winner will receive:

• A 6 Month Elite Membership gift certificate for you
• A  second 6 Month Elite Membership gift certificate for your friend.
• 200 Panda Gold for you.
• 5000 Panda Power for you.

Here are a few tips:

• Be original and creative. It's ok to try and organize other players in the game to get the coolest, greatest shot ever! If players don't cooperate, though, it is not ok to bully them or be mean. We have so many players around the world, and some may not understand what you're saying. Also remember that safe chat players can't see what you may be chatting.
• Your picture can be taken anywhere in the game. It is ok to drop into a friend's tree house to take your picture. There are some pretty fancy tree houses out there!
• It's ok to crop your picture to whatever size you think looks nice, or you may submit an entire screenshot.
• Cropping the picture is ok, but digitally editing or enhancing your screenshot is not. Digitally edited submissions will be disqualified.

To submit your entry (have your parent or guardian help you):

1. Read and obey the rules. Entering the competition means that you and your parent/guardian agree to the rules. If you are under 13 years old, please ask your parent or guardian to review them with you, along with our website Terms of Use , specifically with regard to the use of submissions you send to us.
2. Ask your parent or guardian to email your entry to contest@pandanda.com from their email address, the one they used when they signed you up for Pandanda. Your entry MUST come from the email address that we have on file for your Pandanda account.
3. Type the words "Picture Contest" in the subject line of the email.
4. Type your Panda name in the text of the email for example "Panda Name: Paige."
5. Do NOT include your real name, house address, phone number, or password.
6. Email your entry to be received by Pandanda no later than Sunday, December 18th at 11:59pm, Pacific Standard Time (PST). There is a limit of one entry per valid email address per day.

A complete list of contest rules and a few helpful tips can be found here.

I can’t wait to see your pictures!

Henry

Game Day ..

Game Day in Pandanda This Saturday!

Hooray! It's time for another action-packed Game Day on Saturday! Make sure your bunny-catching nets don't have any holes in them, and charge up your ghost-catching backpacks so you are ready for your chance to earn lots of Pandanda Coins, and maybe even Panda Gold!

You will have a chance to win Panda Gold from Moderators in games of Bunny Chase and Ghosts of Misty Hill. The Mods will be hosting as many games as they can fit into their shifts, giving you lots of chances to win Panda Gold. Instead of awarding 25 Gold for 1st place and 10 Gold for 2nd place like they usually do, they will award 250 Gold to 1st place and100 Gold to 2nd place!

Also, every multiplayer game will award double Coins on Saturday. That means every time you play Pen the Pig, Line 4, Ghosts of Misty Hill, and Bunny Chase, you will receive twice as many Pandanda Coins as you usually do. There is no limit to the amount of Panda Coins you can win!

There is one change for Game Day to the usual rules for Panda Gold games. Normally, the rule is that you can only win Panda Gold once a day. But for Saturday only, you can win more than once a day, but you can only win Gold once from each Moderator.

For example, say you won Panda Gold from Skippers. If you play another game with Skippers and come in 1st or 2nd place, you can't win any more gold from him. But, if you see another Mod, like Gemmza, later, and play and win a game with her, you CAN win Panda Gold again! Every Mod will be keeping a list of their winners.

One rule has not changed - NO POTIONS! Just use your regular Panda skills to catch those bunnies and ghosts, with no help from turbo or bunny potions. I know everyone will play fairly!

I will be hosting some Panda Gold Games tomorrow, too! I'm planning to kick off Game Day with visits at 6am Pandanda Time,  8am Pandanda Time,  12pm Pandanda Time then once more at 8pm Pandanda Time. You can click on each link to see what time it will be where you live.

Remember, you can only earn Panda Gold from  games that a Moderator or I am hosting. We will be traveling around all of the servers, so you might have a better chance of winning if you play on a less-crowded server. Panda Gold games will be available from 6am-1pm Pandanda Time, from 2-3pm Pandanda Time, from 4-7pm Pandanda Time, and during my final 8-9pm Pandanda Time visit, but you can earn double coins all day long!

Get ready to play!
Henry

Elite Membership this Saturday

Free Elite Member Day This Saturday!

Hey there, Pandas! I hope everyone has gotten their free Thanksgiving Roast Turkey Leg from the Clothing Co. Catalog! They sure look tasty! And check out the new poll about Thanksgiving Dinner. Boy, just looking at that is making me hungry! 

Here's something else to be thankful for - we've got another exciting Free Elite Member Day planned for this Saturday, November 26th!

Everyone who logs in on Saturday will have full access to all of Pandanda's Elite Membership features for one day!** You can use your Pandanda coins to buy anything at the Clothing Co. on East Market Street! Decorate your tree house with furniture from the House & Tree catalog, and unlock your tree house to have friends over! You can adopt a pet dragon from the Pet Shop! And you can even buy a Horse Companion from Questy, if you have reached a high enough Quest Level!

This event is for one day only starting on Saturday at 12:01am PST and ending Saturday at 11:59pm PST so don't miss out!

**Non-Elite pandas will get to keep all the Elite items purchased Saturday but will not be able to use them after Saturday without an Elite Membership, except on future Free Elite Member Days. Questy’s Horse Companions are Elite items. Dragon eggs will remain in your tree house, and will hatch later in the we

Henry

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it's gonna be super ... ^^

Thanksgiving week is coming

Thanksgiving Week is Coming!

Hello Panda Pals! Next week is Thanksgiving Week in Pandanda. I know a lot of you will be out of school for at least part of the week, and some of you even get the whole week off! That is certainly one of many things to be thankful for!

When you log into Pandanda during Thanksgiving Week, there will be a cool Thanksgiving gift for you to get. I hope you'll get to spend extra time with your Pandanda friends, and talk about the things you are thankful for.

Zing will also have his second prize available on Monday. You still have two days to get his first prize, an awesome silver necklace with  moon, heart, and star charms. Just collect 10 Golden Tickets, then visit Zing at his tent in the Tree House Lobby to exchange your tickets for his prize.

And make sure to mark your calendar for another fun Free Elite Member Day next Saturday, November 26th. For one full day, everyone can enjoy the privileges for Elite Membership for free! It is a great way to give Elite Membership a try!

Party on, Pandas!
Henry

Autumn Color Day

Autumn Color Day!

Hi friends! Today is Autumn Colors Day in Pandanda! Let's make Pandanda look like it is covered with autumn leaves. Wear your red, yellow, and orange Panda Paint, and any clothes and accessories you have in those colors. Then dance your way through Pandanda like the falling leaves!

I see many of you have already gotten Zing Ballyhoo's first gift! If you don't have it yet, all you have to do is collect 10 of Zing's Golden Tickets that appear around Pandanda. Once you have 10, visit Zing at the Treehouse Lobby and exchange them for a prize. Choose carefully, because you can only get one of Zing's prizes each week! He will have his second fabulous prize next Monday!

Zing is in Pandanda ^^

Welcome Back, Zing Ballyhoo!

 

Our blue and gold friend Zing Ballyhoo has returned to Pandanda Land at last! He has set up his tent at Treehouse Lobby, and has hidden Golden Tickets all over Pandanda (except in tree houses) for you to find.
Once you have collected 10 Golden Tickets, you can visit him at his tent to exchange them for his awesome prize of the week! Remember, you have the choice of either his prize or some coins, so choose carefully. You only get one choice each week!

I hinted on Friday that there would be a Color Day this week, so here's the update! Autumn Colors Day will be this Wednesday, November 16th. This is your chance to wear all the beautiful colors of the changing leaves of Autumn - red, yellow, gold, orange. Need some inspiration? Head to Harvest Grove and look at the trees out on the hills beyond the fence. 

I definitely feel the air turning cooler and cooler in Pandanda. I love this time of year!

Hunt for those Golden Tickets!
Henry

Party

11/11/11 Party Pictures!

I hope you all had an awesome 11/11/11! I had a lot of fun with you all during my visit at 11:11am Pandanda Time. We played lots of games of Ghosts of Misty Hill and Bunny Chase. But instead of awarding Panda Gold to the 1st and 2nd place winners, I made the 11th, 22nd, and 33rd place pandas the winners!

Congratulations to the following pandas for winning 11/11/11 Panda Gold:

AvataraBG	boojalatte3	callme1memo	candy6785
Cathuin	colourman	CoolioJake	craziekatie32
DaNieL4O17	dorinela123	dudals22	gobito5
jlong	josie421	minimoose	Mistral
muneca644	mvp123456789	Omma14	Pandas4fun
Penguitt	Rosscp	symie8	veggiegirl
verdito25	Weegee6624

Check out these pictures of some of the fun!

Make sure to mark your calendars for the return of Zing Ballyhoo on Monday. And start looking through your closets for clothes, Panda Paint and accessories in the colors of Autumn. I feel a Color Day coming on next week!

Party on, Pandas!
Henry