www.whyville.net Jul 12, 2006 Weekly Issue


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1. Congratulations to all of our winners for our recent maple leaf hunt and Statue of Liberty hunt. Each won a free one-month Why-Pass!

Canada Day Golden Leaf Winners
jlsd010
boots16
tiger62
13Avril13
gabey
frogface7
Elite81
ayami
slk51650
niceboy3
Samy16
duh101dg
Empanada
Lim3PinK8
Pepzee
roo12330
xSunkist0
KyLeE16
99baby9
htgirl114
boo2901
soccerga
BrIaNnAo
AcldHeArT
blazeontr
BaN334

Canada Day Most Red Leaf Winners
jagrrr45 (found 187 maple leafs!)
xxFashion (found 180 maple leafs!)
Pepzee (found 168 maple leafs!)

July 4 Red Statue Winners
roseypo
Loor
opdoop
dreams07
MeganLJW
andy34
JOElboy1
Pepzee
trina95
oXGirlyXo
samc8
peaches70
iROCK21
blitz504
Ginny565
grace258
Puff911
tcbuddy3
milana12
tcbuddy3
SuRRRRe
crazyinnc
altaboy9

July 4 Most Green Statues Winners
stefrules (found 327 Statues!)
ONE4ALL (found 189 Statues!)
luv2talk2 (found 137 Statues!)

99baby9 won two Why-Passes by finding two of the special, golden maple leafs. Tcbuddy3 won two Why-Passes by finding two of the special, red Statues of Liberty. Finally Pepzee won three Why-Passes, one each for finding a golden maple leaf, a red Statue of Liberty, and for finding a lot of the red maple leafs.

2. We've introduced a new Scion color — Serpentine — and a new accessory — "Side Pipes Exhaust".

Anyone can check these out by visiting the Scion Configurator (click on the DJ in Club Scion to visit this.)

3. New Helper of the Month.

The Ymail Helper that spends the most time helping out in the Newbie Center in a given month is chosen as the Helper of the Month (HotM) and gets their picture and name up on a plaque in the Newbie Center. They also get a free one-month Why-Pass. June's winner is jkool. Drop her a line and congratulate her!

4. The next election cycle has started.

Almost 250 platforms have been submitted by those running for the office of senator. Signatures can be collected through July 19. The three candidates who get the most validated signatures will be the three finalists for Whyville's next Senator and will have a public debate before the final round of voting.

Note: 'Validated' means that we don't count votes from newbie accounts or other 'duplicate' accounts that appear to have been created, or are being used, to 'stuff the ballot box'.

5. Last but certainly not least, Scion Solutions has opened!

Scion Solutions is a loan office where citizens can apply for loans to buy Scions. Each citizen is given a WhyCO score (like a real-world FICO credit score) which aids in determining if the citizen qualifies for a loan and, if so, what their interest rate will be. The WhyCO simulator is really neat! You can adjust all kinds of setting to see how much different things on Whyville affect your score. I highly recommend you check it out!

Citizens can vary the length of the loans, get a 'co-buyer' (like a co-signer) to help them qualify, get pre-approval, and make weekly payments. If you miss payments, your Scion may get booted and possibly repossessed if you miss enough payments.

That's it for now. Wow, our community is growing in leaps and bounds! Stay tuned for more.

 

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