We're pleased to announce that our
Server Maintenance was completed yesterday without any downtime and was a success. You may remember that on March 23rd we wrote in the news about the new load balancer. Back then we had hoped for it to be completed and live by March 25th but as usual, things don't always go as planned and it took an extra month of work and testing to be sure it worked correctly.
For those who would like to know more about what the changes mean,
I will try to explain:
Before yesterday, Marapets had 24 different servers that load the PHP scripts and generate all of the pages that you visit around the site. Whenever you visited a page, one of these would be picked at random and you would be sent to a random one. This worked OK, but not great. Random is random and it would send too many people to one server and less to another. It also didn't know the diference between a CPU intensive page and a basic page, so some servers could be getting lots more load while others are sitting idle.
We now have 63 different servers that run our PHP scripts - nearly 3 times as much as before! And we also have a brand new, very smart
Load Balancer that makes sure that each time you load a page on Marapets, you are always sent to the server which has the lowest load! You should notice that Marapets is running faster and smoother than ever before and will continue to do so at all times of the day, no matter how many players are online.
Marapets has had 100.00% uptime performance so far for the whole of 2019 and we are constantly working to make sure this remains. Thank you for all of the
Account Upgrade buyers who have helped us to manage this!
Our servers are located in Canada and our players in North America currently have a slightly better experience than our players in the rest of the world. Our next planned upgrade - which we hope to manage later this year - will be to improve the speed of our network for players outside of North America.
The
Photo Parlour in Lush Lake has been improved and has brand new artwork. Staff also have a new system in place now where they can upload and release new photos and plates to the site without my help. From now on, when a new pet colour or minipet is added to the site, staff will
aim to have their photos and plates added to the site later the same day. There may still be times when they are added a little later that that - so it is not a guarantee - but it will still be much faster than before!
All
Lava, Easter, Genie & Jinn pets will receive
FREE TRAINING at the Gym and Elite Gym until May 10th.
And all
Lava, Easter, Genie & Jinn pets will receive
FREE LESSONS at the School until May 10th.
The Azul, Crikey, Dakota, Eyru, Figaro, Flab, Gonk, Kaala, Kidlet, Kronk, Leido and Poera can now wear the
Lava Costume.
Your loyalty is important to us!
King Baspinar rewards you for how old your account is and
Queen Eleka rewards you for the number of days you visit us.
Mara also enters you into a
FREE Progress Raffle every day that you visit us. Visit us every day of the week and you receive 8 raffle tickets. You will be entered into either a Bronze, Silver or Gold raffle depending on what level you have progressed to. Winners are announced every Friday. Congratulations to last week's winners:
A new
Lava Account Upgrade has been released, with 8 new lava themed items and either a Lava coloured Chibs or Grint Enchanted Plushie. This AU will
retire May 20th.
Can you find these new
Hidden Avatars?
The Addow, Astro, Bolimo, Chibs, Decadal, Equilor, Grint, Knutt, Kujo, Mordo, Pucu and Zola can now wear the
Lava Costume.
A new
Weekly Quest Contest has just started. This week's quest game is
Talon. The challenge is to complete as many of these Quests this week. The top 3 players at the end of the challenge will receive a
Pastel Costume, 200,000MP and a Gold Trophy, the next 6 players will receive 150,000MP and a Silver Trophy and the next 9 players will receive 100,000MP and a Bronze Trophy.
Congratulations to the winners:
Gold: Wrestlinggirlzel,
sexyhuntress,
abbiedabbiedodaa
Silver: MissFudge,
dryless,
xNatalieee96x,
Rozs,
Fax,
Tasque
Bronze: mcguire2006,
MissyAnne,
Xan,
Twinkling,
monkey2u,
Newday,
Mccandles,
SunPam,
coke
A new
Ugly Contest has just started. The theme to dress up as this week is
Underappreciated Villain. Congratulations to last week's winners of the Hero's Sidekick theme:
A new
Crossword has been added for you to complete this week.
Your loyalty is important to us!
King Baspinar rewards you for how old your account is and
Queen Eleka rewards you for the number of days you visit us. Queen Eleka also gives you a
FREE Loyalty Raffle Ticket every day that you visit us for this Weekly Raffle. Visit us every day of the week and you receive 8 raffle tickets. Winners are announced every Wednesday. Congratulations to last week's winners:
£25 Account Upgrades Credit
Won by
Meryl
A new
Weekly Item Contest has just started. This week's item is Giant Gherkin. The challenge is to delete as many of this item as you can this week. You will earn 1 Point in the contest and 1 Memory Point for every Giant Gherkin deleted. The top 3 players at the end of the challenge will receive a
Rosewater Tea, 200,000MP and a Gold Trophy, the next 6 players will receive 150,000MP and a Silver Trophy and the next 9 players will receive 100,000MP and a Bronze Trophy. Congratulations to the winners:
Gold : Newday,
manachan,
BC
Silver : tasha234,
Honey,
Sinkitty11,
Furship,
Oreoania,
Rozs
Bronze : ReiBubbles,
chickpea,
CHEAP,
Beth,
treble,
dryless,
Gold,
MissyAnne,
LoreneGo
A new
Word Search has been added for you to complete this week.
The Addow, Astro, Chibs, Daisy, Doyle, Flab, Ideus, Kaala, Knutt, Kujo, Leido and Murfin can now wear the
Thunder Costume.
A new
Weekly Battle Contest has just started. This week's opponent is Appy. You will need to have a Appy Trading Card in your Battle Deck. The challenge is to win as many battles against this opponent this week. The top 3 players at the end of the challenge will receive a Operative Trading Card, 200,000MP and a Gold Trophy, the next 6 players will receive 150,000MP and a Silver Trophy and the next 9 players will receive 100,000MP and a Bronze Trophy.
Congratulations to the winners:
Gold: Topazjewel,
treble,
totom
Silver: Toni1826,
Nitewalker,
GoddessOfKaos,
DarkRealm52,
chickpea,
AmyMarie
Bronze: dreamlover11359,
iammom,
daisiepetals,
AutumnRose,
Twi,
Pukwudgie,
sweetninnocent101,
Daisyduck61,
gunk
A new
Beauty Contest has just started. The theme to dress up as this week is
Fairytale Royalty. Congratulations to last week's winners of the Secret Agent theme:
A new
Weekly Job Contest has just started. The challenge is to earn the most MP in wages this week from the Freelance Agency in Vortex Park. The top 3 players at the end of the challenge will receive a
White Lela, 200,000MP and a Gold Trophy, the next 6 players will receive 150,000MP and a Silver Trophy and the next 9 players will receive 100,000MP and a Bronze Trophy. Congratulations to the winners:
Gold : Sweetangeleyes,
Fork,
Sweetdemonicangel
Silver : Cappygirl,
Mccandles,
cybele,
waterlogged,
fluffynkacy,
waterkant
Bronze : xintilla,
Maureen,
DW,
Beth,
blitzen,
AuroraCopernicus,
bigfatdaddybear,
iFrogs,
rainbow54
The
Lottery has been drawn for this week.
smartgurlzrule is the winner of the 3,139,700MP Jackpot with the winning numbers of 8, 10, 13, 20, 35 and 48. Congratulations!
Last Week's
Raffle has now ended.
Caveira is the winner of the
Red DNA and 100,000MP prize with the winning raffle ticket number 1015605. Congratulations! Make sure you buy your tickets for today's raffle - only 10MP per ticket!
The
Game of the Week has changed to
Battle of Baspinar and this week's
Olympics Event is Running.
The
Mission of the Week has now changed. Earn 50% more MP completing levels of
Beast in the Woods this week.
Voting has closed and a new
Shop of the Week has been decided. For the next 7 days, the
Chocolate shop has a
2 for 1 sale. Every time you buy an item from this shop you will pay for one and receive two.
Vote Now for next week.
All pets wearing a
Grey Costume will receive
Double Training stats this week at the Gym and Elite Gym.
Vote Now for next week. All pets wearing a
Mermaid Costume will receive
Double Education stats this week at the School and University.
Vote Now for next week.
EASTER EGG HUNT
The 2019
Easter Egg Hunt in Candyland has just started. There are 40 new gourmet Easter Eggs hidden around the site and you have to follow the clues to find them. When you find an Easter Egg, it will be added to your
Easter Basket in Candyland. Only when you find all 40 eggs can you collect them - you will receive two of each Easter Egg this year! Also, if you miss the clue, it will now be shown at your Easter Basket. Every level has a prize - for the first time this year will receive two items AND MP with each clue! The final clue will reward
Account Upgrade Credit!
First Clue
'The annual Easter Egg Hunt is back,
Hurry over and pull from the stack!'
There is one
IMPORTANT RULE - you cannot list answers or give out answers on the Forums, Blogs, MaraTalk or Club Boards, ONLY via Maramail or private MaraTalk. Anyone caught giving answers anywhere publicly on the site, or linking to websites with the answers listed on the Forums or Club Boards will be banned from taking part, will have their prizes taken away from them and will be fined up to 100,000MP.
WARNING : You are only allowed ONE account on Marapets. Anyone found to be receiving Easter Egg Hunt items from more than one account will have their account frozen for multiple account abuse.
Using family and friends accounts to gain Easter Egg Hunt items is against the rules.
The
Easter Egg Hunt will finish June 30th and all Easter Eggs and Prizes will retire. Make sure you complete it and claim your Easter Eggs before this date.
Your loyalty is important to us!
King Baspinar rewards you for how old your account is and
Queen Eleka rewards you for the number of days you visit us.
Mara also enters you into a
FREE Progress Raffle every day that you visit us. Visit us every day of the week and you receive 8 raffle tickets. You will be entered into either a Bronze, Silver or Gold raffle depending on what level you have progressed to. Winners are announced every Friday. Congratulations to last week's winners:
A new
Weekly Quest Contest has just started. This week's quest game is
Hump Racing. The challenge is to complete as many of these Quests this week. The top 3 players at the end of the challenge will receive a
Polar Costume, 200,000MP and a Gold Trophy, the next 6 players will receive 150,000MP and a Silver Trophy and the next 9 players will receive 100,000MP and a Bronze Trophy.
Congratulations to the winners:
Gold: sophiachia,
Raynee1,
Euphoriala
Silver: smellyhamster39,
mymysweetiepie,
sammi412,
guitarherorocks,
jeslyn8900,
Gwylynnsgarden
Bronze: Jin,
Affection,
Nicky,
monkey2u,
skycruiser1,
snowflake1089,
magenta2977,
Tylien,
mepopmad
A new
Ugly Contest has just started. The theme to dress up as this week is
Hero's Sidekick. Congratulations to last week's winners of the Rebel Style theme:
Your loyalty is important to us!
King Baspinar rewards you for how old your account is and
Queen Eleka rewards you for the number of days you visit us. Queen Eleka also gives you a
FREE Loyalty Raffle Ticket every day that you visit us for this Weekly Raffle. Visit us every day of the week and you receive 8 raffle tickets. Winners are announced every Wednesday. Congratulations to last week's winners:
£25 Account Upgrades Credit
Won by
Tickler
10,000,000MP
Won by
Zelda
Two Hundred and Fifty Dukka Coin
Won by
beatles
A new
Weekly Item Contest has just started. This week's item is Portable Television. The challenge is to delete as many of this item as you can this week. You will earn 1 Point in the contest and 1 Memory Point for every Portable Television deleted. The top 3 players at the end of the challenge will receive a
Cotton Candy Pearl, 200,000MP and a Gold Trophy, the next 6 players will receive 150,000MP and a Silver Trophy and the next 9 players will receive 100,000MP and a Bronze Trophy. Congratulations to the winners:
Gold : Danieluk1994,
Fork,
Rozs
Silver : EireannCeit,
Isawthat,
dreamlover11359,
Faithy88,
Karammii,
MandiJo
Bronze : Caveira,
Valiar,
SilentFate,
fuzzyfrizzytizzy,
discourse,
colleenmurphydevlin,
erikaz13,
Seo,
raenarabbit
A new
Weekly Battle Contest has just started. This week's opponent is Explorer. You will need to have a Explorer Trading Card in your Battle Deck. The challenge is to win as many battles against this opponent this week. The top 3 players at the end of the challenge will receive a Partysaurus Trading Card, 200,000MP and a Gold Trophy, the next 6 players will receive 150,000MP and a Silver Trophy and the next 9 players will receive 100,000MP and a Bronze Trophy.
Congratulations to the winners:
Gold: DarkRealm52,
Sizzle,
xenious
Silver: twistme1,
bjd360,
shizuhu,
Dresden,
evercia,
Devil928
Bronze: Antonia,
abbiedabbiedodaa,
Daisyduck61,
Andy,
NativeNancy,
noutchy,
sportfreak69,
_Dee_,
Panther
A new
Beauty Contest has just started. The theme to dress up as this week is
Secret Agent. Congratulations to last week's winners of the Bohemian Style theme:
A new
Weekly Job Contest has just started. The challenge is to earn the most MP in wages this week from the Freelance Agency in Vortex Park. The top 3 players at the end of the challenge will receive a
Black Adorab, 200,000MP and a Gold Trophy, the next 6 players will receive 150,000MP and a Silver Trophy and the next 9 players will receive 100,000MP and a Bronze Trophy. Congratulations to the winners:
Gold : Sweetangeleyes,
fishdoctor,
NativeNancy
Silver : xintilla,
xenious,
waterkant,
Mordos,
Fork,
behappy
Bronze : cybele,
waterlogged,
AuroraCopernicus,
Cappygirl,
blitzen,
Maureen,
DW,
MYSTERYGIRL58,
SpaceBohemian
The
Lottery has been drawn for this week.
EloquenceMarie is the winner of the 3,382,700MP Jackpot with the winning numbers of 3, 4, 8, 9, 42 and 47. Congratulations!
Last Week's
Raffle has now ended.
Martina is the winner of the
Red DNA and 100,000MP prize with the winning raffle ticket number 984129. Congratulations! Make sure you buy your tickets for today's raffle - only 10MP per ticket!
The
Game of the Week has changed to
Football and this week's
Olympics Event is Swimming.
The
Mission of the Week has now changed. Earn 50% more MP completing levels of
The Fates this week.
Voting has closed and a new
Shop of the Week has been decided. For the next 7 days, the
CDs shop has a
2 for 1 sale. Every time you buy an item from this shop you will pay for one and receive two.
Vote Now for next week.
All pets wearing a
Emo Costume will receive
Double Training stats this week at the Gym and Elite Gym.
Vote Now for next week. All pets wearing a
Chibi Costume will receive
Double Education stats this week at the School and University.
Vote Now for next week.
Your loyalty is important to us!
King Baspinar rewards you for how old your account is and
Queen Eleka rewards you for the number of days you visit us.
Mara also enters you into a
FREE Progress Raffle every day that you visit us. Visit us every day of the week and you receive 8 raffle tickets. You will be entered into either a Bronze, Silver or Gold raffle depending on what level you have progressed to. Winners are announced every Friday. Congratulations to last week's winners:
A new
Weekly Quest Contest has just started. This week's quest game is
Simerian Excavator. The challenge is to complete as many of these Quests this week. The top 3 players at the end of the challenge will receive a
Lightning Costume, 200,000MP and a Gold Trophy, the next 6 players will receive 150,000MP and a Silver Trophy and the next 9 players will receive 100,000MP and a Bronze Trophy.
Congratulations to the winners:
Gold: Gwylynnsgarden,
waterlogged,
Sweetdemonicangel
Silver: Panda,
Dory,
Jasmine,
DebiJ,
Twinkling,
Skippy
Bronze: ArcaneSpirit,
Lockheed,
natskiddo,
Sizzle,
mcguire2006,
mymysweetiepie,
wax,
delloyd,
Stefan
A new
Ugly Contest has just started. The theme to dress up as this week is
Rebel Style. Congratulations to last week's winners of the Lively and Crazy theme:
Your loyalty is important to us!
King Baspinar rewards you for how old your account is and
Queen Eleka rewards you for the number of days you visit us. Queen Eleka also gives you a
FREE Loyalty Raffle Ticket every day that you visit us for this Weekly Raffle. Visit us every day of the week and you receive 8 raffle tickets. Winners are announced every Wednesday. Congratulations to last week's winners:
10,000,000MP
Won by
Culli
Two Hundred and Fifty Dukka Coin
Won by
buck2772
A new
Weekly Item Contest has just started. This week's item is Haunted House Stamp. The challenge is to delete as many of this item as you can this week. You will earn 1 Point in the contest and 1 Memory Point for every Haunted House Stamp deleted. The top 3 players at the end of the challenge will receive a
Lowlyhood Easter Egg, 200,000MP and a Gold Trophy, the next 6 players will receive 150,000MP and a Silver Trophy and the next 9 players will receive 100,000MP and a Bronze Trophy. Congratulations to the winners:
Gold : LukeGreen,
dreamlover11359,
fasorogirl33
Silver : discourse,
erikaz13,
Josh,
melody49,
Twigs,
PoisonIvySaur
Bronze : shna1234,
A new
Weekly Battle Contest has just started. This week's opponent is Explorer. You will need to have a Explorer Trading Card in your Battle Deck. The challenge is to win as many battles against this opponent this week. The top 3 players at the end of the challenge will receive a Undying Trading Card, 200,000MP and a Gold Trophy, the next 6 players will receive 150,000MP and a Silver Trophy and the next 9 players will receive 100,000MP and a Bronze Trophy.
Congratulations to the winners:
Gold: DarkRealm52,
Gwylynnsgarden,
Nicky
Silver: Poker,
ris,
Bane,
Sweetdemonicangel,
Bitty,
SpirouTheDragon
Bronze: bjd360,
Teanae,
tommyg01,
dreamlover11359,
TraceyLCM,
_Dee_,
Bethy,
go44rby,
Cleola
A new
Beauty Contest has just started. The theme to dress up as this week is
Bohemian Style. Congratulations to last week's winners of the Elegant and Mature theme:
A new
Weekly Job Contest has just started. The challenge is to earn the most MP in wages this week from the Freelance Agency in Vortex Park. The top 3 players at the end of the challenge will receive a
White Vorto, 200,000MP and a Gold Trophy, the next 6 players will receive 150,000MP and a Silver Trophy and the next 9 players will receive 100,000MP and a Bronze Trophy. Congratulations to the winners:
Gold : Sweetangeleyes,
Leprechaun,
skycruiser1
Silver : NativeNancy,
Cappygirl,
waterkant,
Twinkling,
waterlogged,
fluffynkacy
Bronze : cybele,
AuroraCopernicus,
MissNora,
Mordos,
xintilla,
fishdoctor,
Sizzle,
MommaCats,
bigfatdaddybear
The
Lottery has been drawn for this week.
xMidnightx is the winner of the 4,020,700MP Jackpot with the winning numbers of 8, 20, 25, 32, 36 and 42. Congratulations!
Contact Lenses is back under new ownership and can be invested in again. Shares are starting at 772MP.
Last Week's
Raffle has now ended.
Aster is the winner of the
Red DNA and 100,000MP prize with the winning raffle ticket number 956266. Congratulations! Make sure you buy your tickets for today's raffle - only 10MP per ticket!
The
Game of the Week has changed to
Rofling Stamper and this week's
Olympics Event is Swimming.
The
Mission of the Week has now changed. Earn 50% more MP completing levels of
The Troll this week.
Voting has closed and a new
Shop of the Week has been decided. For the next 7 days, the
Pearls shop has a
2 for 1 sale. Every time you buy an item from this shop you will pay for one and receive two.
Vote Now for next week.
All pets wearing a
Invisible Costume will receive
Double Training stats this week at the Gym and Elite Gym.
Vote Now for next week. All pets wearing a
Pink Costume will receive
Double Education stats this week at the School and University.
Vote Now for next week.
Your loyalty is important to us!
King Baspinar rewards you for how old your account is and
Queen Eleka rewards you for the number of days you visit us.
Mara also enters you into a
FREE Progress Raffle every day that you visit us. Visit us every day of the week and you receive 8 raffle tickets. You will be entered into either a Bronze, Silver or Gold raffle depending on what level you have progressed to. Winners are announced every Friday. Congratulations to last week's winners: