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14th March 2017
7 years & 15 days ago

Marapocalypse

What a month it has been! On the 16th of last month, Marapets had a hardware failure that caused a lot of database corruption. We had to wait for a new part, re-install and fix everything. Normally not a serious problem just an inconvenience. But we had terrible luck and quickly a lot of small problems turned into a huge problem. We won't go into detail again but several sections of the site were completely lost. We spent day and night for over a week to get the site back to normal but there were so many gaps in data, it was almost like July 2016 until now had never happened!

We have come a long way since Marapets re-opened a fortnight ago with only MaraTalk! We hired an expensive expert in data corruption who was able to retreive a lot of what was lost. We wrote and ran new programs that looked for *ANY* data that was in the cache/RAM memory of all servers that were still up after the crash. We also luckily had almost full logs of everything that players do on Marapets for the past 10 years. Using as much data as we could get hold of, we have been working day and night for the past two weeks to restore Marapets as close to before as possible. Unfortunately it is not possible to restore everything to exactly how it was before. We have done EVERYTHING we possibly could do to limit any loss.

Most players should find that they have been over compensated and as far as we are concerned Marapets is now back to normal and it is safe to play as normal.

· All items/currency on your account is yours to keep. We understand that most people have gained significantly from this. We deliberately overcompensated all players where we could (without too many duplicate items) so that you can rebuild any collections/galleries/avatars you may be missing.

· If you are missing any pets please let us know by Support Ticket. If you have any pets you should not have, please go to the pound where you can Disown them for free. We have closed the pound to adoptions for the time being.

· Any items that were retired from the Retirement Planning feature in Puchalla Village have been un-retired and are back on sale. If you are missing any of these items you can now purchase them again.

· ALL Account Upgrades purchases - even those you used or sold - have been returned to your Attic. We even checked exactly how many limited edition plushies/potions/map pieces you received and made sure you got back the correct numbers. AU Shop purchases and Capsule Machine prizes were also returned.

· We restored all collections, pets, items and currency the best we could. If anything is missing, it is most likely in your Attic or Inventory. Unfortunately we could not restore Gallery orders or Shop prices to before. Equipped Minipets that were returned had no age so we made them 13 Years Old - older than Marapets! Other missing items can be bought again in usershops due to the amount of items that have been put back into circulation. You can pay for items you need to replace with other items/currency you have gained.

· We do not log what prizes were won from our Events. If you took part in the Scouts event you can visit there and claim your prizes again. If you have Advent Tree access you can claim those prizes again. All other events we gave every player that was online at the time of those events either 2, 4, 5 or 10 of each item (depending on the rarity). Anyone online in February received 1 of each Magazine and Newspaper.

· Clubs are still down. As clubs were re-coded recently and they therefore suffered some of the worst loss of data. Even their backups have old data which isn't relevant to the new clubs system! We will work as hard as we can to see what we can restore with these.

· We went through many, many years of Mission logs and gave out Gold trophies of all missions you have completed. You will find that you now have Mission trophies that you didn't have before if you completed the mission before these trophies were released. If you visit your profile and look at these awards, you will receive any mission mission Avatars for each gold trophy.

· Our Job Fair event is on hold. We are also only processing Pet Rename tickets for players who have not received one yet. We will let you know in the news when we are accepting these again. Our Easter Egg Hunt event should go ahead as normal.

· The Town Hall now allows usernames AND pet names that are only 2 characters long.

The important thing for us now is to move on from this. Its been a devastating and stressful month for us all. Please make every effort to use items that are available to you when restoring your pets and collections. If there is something missing that cannot be replaced or is really, really important to you then you can open a Support Ticket for staff to help you. Please be patient as we will be working on more tickets than usual.

Finally we would like to thank you all for your kind words and patience over the past month. Marapets community is a strong one and we will recover from this very quickly!

14th March 2017
7 years & 16 days ago
A new Weekly Battle Contest has just started. This week's opponent is Pumpkin Ghost, you will need to have a Pumpkin Ghost 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 Eleka Minions 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.



A new Beauty Contest has just started. Congratulations to the winners...





12th March 2017
7 years & 18 days ago
The Lottery has been drawn for this week. BrokenxBell is the winner of the 412,400MP Jackpot with the winning numbers of 3, 7, 15, 31, 34 and 37. Congratulations!

Last Week's Raffle has now ended. xgothxangel666 is the winner of the Red DNA and 100,000MP prize with the winning raffle ticket number 2430! Congratulations! Make sure you buy your tickets for today's raffle - only 10MP per ticket!


The Game of the Week has changed to Pearl Skipping.



This week's
Olympics Event is Swimming.

The Mission of the Week has now changed. Earn 50% more MP completing levels of
Sewer Cleaner this week.



Voting has closed and a new Shop of the Week has been decided. For the next 7 days, the
Soft Drinks 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 Ice Costume will receive Double Training stats this week at the Gym and Elite Gym. Vote Now for next week.

All pets wearing a Black Costume will receive Double Education stats this week at the School and University. Vote Now for next week.

9th March 2017
7 years & 21 days ago
A new Weekly Quest Contest has just started. This week's quest game is Knutt Knight. 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 Chibi 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.



A new Ugly Contest has just started. Congratulations to the winners...





8th March 2017
7 years & 22 days ago
A new Weekly Item Contest has just started. This week's item is Feliz Dagger, you will need to send this item to the 'Challenge' account. The challenge is to send as many of this item to 'Challenge' this week. The top 3 players at the end of the challenge will receive a Blueberry 12th Birthday Cupcake, 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.



7th March 2017
7 years & 23 days ago
A new Weekly Battle Contest has just started. This week's opponent is Jester, you will need to have a Jester 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 Little Invader 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.



A new Beauty Contest has just started. Congratulations to the winners...





6th March 2017
7 years & 23 days ago
The Lottery has been drawn for this week. HedgeHog90 is the winner of the 538,000MP Jackpot with the winning numbers of 2, 4, 5, 25, 28 and 41. Congratulations!

Last Week's Raffle has now ended. Brennanite is the winner of the Red DNA and 100,000MP prize with the winning raffle ticket number 2415! Congratulations! Make sure you buy your tickets for today's raffle - only 10MP per ticket!


The Game of the Week has changed to Spider Solitare.



This week's
Olympics Event is Swimming.

The Mission of the Week has now changed. Earn 50% more MP completing levels of
Rubbish Dump this week.



Voting has closed and a new Shop of the Week has been decided. For the next 7 days, the
Bakery 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 Blue Costume will receive Double Training stats this week at the Gym and Elite Gym. Vote Now for next week.

All pets wearing a Blue Costume will receive Double Education stats this week at the School and University. Vote Now for next week.

16th February 2017
7 years, 1 month & 10 days ago
The Camouflage Costume was first released in December 2005 (over 11 years ago!!) in Account Upgrades and the costume has been retired and neglected ever since. We have released a new version of the Camouflage Account Upgrade with 8 new Camouflage themed items and either a Camouflage coloured Tasi or Reese Enchanted Plushie. This AU will retire March 5th.




There are 55 new pets that can wear the Camouflage Costume. We have also updated 10 Camouflage pets to their newer version. In total 66 out of 76 pets can now wear the Camouflage Costume - this costume will soon be wearable by ALL pets!















16th February 2017
7 years, 1 month & 11 days ago
A new Weekly Quest Contest has just started. This week's quest game is Shusan. 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 Fancy 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.



A new Ugly Contest has just started. Congratulations to the winners...





15th February 2017
7 years, 1 month & 11 days ago
The Editorial is back and better than ever! You can now submit one idea/suggestion/comment to us per day. We will regularly keep reading these and whenever something can be answered or implemented, we will do so and respond right away. There will be no more news about a new Editorial. Instead, the newest Editorial question answered will show on the Forums and you can click and view all recent questions with the most recent showing first.

There are 8 pets that can now wear the Millionaire Costume.


15th February 2017
7 years, 1 month & 12 days ago
A new Weekly Item Contest has just started. This week's item is Murfin Gauntlet, you will need to send this item to the 'Challenge' account. The challenge is to send as many of this item to 'Challenge' this week. The top 3 players at the end of the challenge will receive a Jar of Fog, 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.



14th February 2017
7 years, 1 month & 12 days ago
We have exciting news to tell you officially about the Town Hall! We understand that Marapets is very old and many pets might be on 'very inactive' or 'permanently banned' accounts. If there is a pet name you want and you have the Certificate item in your Inventory ready to name a pet, you can send a Support Ticket to us. You must have the item in your Inventory, tell us the pet you want to rename and the pet name you would like. We will do everything we can to see if this pet name is avaliable. If we can make the change for you we will. If not, we will let you know and you can try another name. If you have several names you would be happy with, please let us know in order of preference. Please note that the use of a Pet Certificate is only for names that are avaliable at time of purchase from the Town Hall. Contacting us for pet names already taken is subject to a long list of conditions that only our staff are aware of and this service could be withdrawn at any time.

We released this in trial earlier this week on the forums and the demand was overwhelming. Our goal here is to help as many of our players as possible find the 'dream name' for their pet. Instead we received multiple lists from certain players who wanted to get in there quick for a list of names, only to resell, trade or hoard these names for later. While this is not against the rules, this is not the reason we are spending our time investigating if we can change names for you. Due to this current high demand, we can only provide this service one pet each month per player. At the moment this means that if we changed a name for you in the last 30 days, we will not process another until this time is up. We hope to very soon decrease this limit to two weeks but until then please understand why there is a limit. We want to HELP as many players as possible and not to "sell" as many certificates as we can.



There are 8 pets that can now wear the Floral Costume.


14th February 2017
7 years, 1 month & 13 days ago
A new Weekly Battle Contest has just started. This week's opponent is Possessed Plushie Azul, you will need to have a Possessed Plushie Azul 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 Agent 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.



A new Beauty Contest has just started. Congratulations to the winners...





13th February 2017
7 years, 1 month & 13 days ago
The Candy Tree is spreading the love this Valentine's Day! He has taken a break from his quests and is rewarding everyone who visits him. All pets can visit him every 30 minutes but any pet wearing a Love Costume or Valentine Costume can visit every 15 minutes. All of these prizes will retire when this event ends February 28th.




Can you find these new Hidden Avatars?



There are 7 pets that can now wear the Love Costume.


13th February 2017
7 years, 1 month & 13 days ago
VALENTINE'S DAY HUNT
It's that time of year again! Love it or loathe it, our Valentine's Day hunt has just started. Love Hearts will randomly appear anywhere on the page at any time while you are playing Marapets. Click them and you may win a prize! Find as many as you can until February 28th before these prizes RETIRE. If you are in the top 250 list of winners, you will also win 1,000,000MP and a Pembe Trading Card.




13th February 2017
7 years, 1 month & 14 days ago
There are 23 new Calico costumed pets avaliable.






12th February 2017
7 years, 1 month & 15 days ago
City of Marada Goals have 18 new levels for you to complete. You can now complete up to 50 levels. There are 11 new item prizes, lots of MP and £2 Account Upgrade Credits to be won.



The Capone, Dapurtle, Doon, Rock, Ryan and Toki can wear the new Ball of Prison Yarn.


12th February 2017
7 years, 1 month & 15 days ago
There are 22 new Stone costumed pets avaliable. We have also updated the Stone Basil, Murfin, Rusty, Sindi and Viotto to their newer versions.






12th February 2017
7 years, 1 month & 15 days ago
The Lottery has been drawn for this week. GOMD is the winner of the 702,400MP Jackpot with the winning numbers of 17, 19, 20, 21, 28 and 49. Congratulations!

Last Week's Raffle has now ended. Tannybum is the winner of the Red DNA and 100,000MP prize with the winning raffle ticket number 1176! Congratulations! Make sure you buy your tickets for today's raffle - only 10MP per ticket!


The Game of the Week has changed to Candy Cannon.



This week's
Olympics Event is Swimming.

The Mission of the Week has now changed. Earn 50% more MP completing levels of
Fugunzel Tower this week.



Voting has closed and a new Shop of the Week has been decided. For the next 7 days, the
Potions 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 Fat Costume will receive Double Training stats this week at the Gym and Elite Gym. Vote Now for next week.

All pets wearing a Pastel Costume will receive Double Education stats this week at the School and University. Vote Now for next week.

11th February 2017
7 years, 1 month & 15 days ago
There are 20 new Calico costumed pets avaliable. We have also updated 17 Calico pets to their newest versions!





10th February 2017
7 years, 1 month & 17 days ago
Enpiah Goals have 18 new levels for you to complete. You can now complete up to 50 levels. There are 10 new item prizes, lots of MP and £2 Account Upgrade Credits to be won.



The Fidge, Fynx, Minti, Mizu, Oleni and Zorg can wear the new Ball of Space Yarn.


9th February 2017
7 years, 1 month & 17 days ago
There are 28 new pets thet can wear the Silver Costume. We have also updated 5 older Silver pets to match the new style.







9th February 2017
7 years, 1 month & 17 days ago
There are 13 new pets thet can wear the Snow Costume. We have also updated 13 older Snow pets to match the new style.




9th February 2017
7 years, 1 month & 18 days ago
There are 23 new pets thet can wear the Gold Costume. We have also updated 10 older Gold pets to match the new style.






9th February 2017
7 years, 1 month & 18 days ago
There are 27 new pets thet can wear the Glass Costume. We have also updated 2 older Glass pets to match the new style.