Free Elite Member Weekend Fun!

Happy Monday, everyone! I hope you all had a great time during Free Elite Member Weekend. The Pandanda Moderators gave me reports of lots of shopping going on, as well as fashion shows and tree house parties. That's what I like to hear!

Mod Skippers and Mod Gemmza even took some pictures during the weekend. They said they'd love it if I shared them with you. Take a look and see if you made it into one of their pictures!

Gemmza at the Fishing Hole

 

 

 

FEMW = Free Elite Member Weekend!

Skippers and more FEMWs

Evening Bubble Madness!

Zing has revealed his third prize today! You have all week to collect 10 Golden Tickets and claim the prize. I've already seen lots of pandas wearing the new prize. I gotta tell you, I feel pretty safe wearing the prizes Zing has had on this visit!

Party on, Pandas!
Henry

It's Here - FREE ELITE MEMBER WEEKEND!!

Hey friends! Just wanted to remind you that Free Elite Member Weekend is going on now! You can enjoy the benefits of being an Elite Member for the whole weekend!**  Shop til you drop, try out the Elite potions from Paige,decorate your tree house and invite your friends over for a fashion show or party .

Don't forget to adopt a dragon egg from Izzy at the Pet Store. It will hatch in about six days, and you'll have your very own dragon pet! And you can even buy a Horse Companion from Questy, if you have reached a high enough Quest Level!

This event is for two whole days starting now and ending Sunday at 11:59pm PST, so don't miss out!

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

Pirate Pictures, Ahoy!

Here are the pictures that some of you sent me from Talk Like a Pirate Day on Monday. It looks like a lot of you were getting into the pirate spirit! A boatload of thanks to ForceAndre, totov4e, Mistral, TheYAS, Thomaz, and Meatloaf2!

From ForceAndre

From totov4e

From Mistral

From TheYAS

From TheYAS

From Thomaz

From Thomaz

From Meatloaf2

Don't forget, Free Elite Member Weekend begins just after midnight Pandanda Time tonight, and lasts until 11:59 pm Pandanda Time Sunday night. Have fun!

Henry

Free Elite Member WEEKEND!!

Yes, you read that right! This month's Free Elite Member event is not just for one day - it's for the whole weekend! Two whole days to try out the exciting benefits of being an Elite Member of Pandanda.

Everyone who logs in on Saturday and Sunday will have full access to all of Pandanda's Elite Membership features for the weekend!** 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 two whole days starting on Saturday at 12:01am PST and ending Sunday at 11:59pm PST , so don't miss out!

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

Quest Rewards Catalog Updated!

All of you Super Questers have been waiting for it, and it's here at last! Questy has updated his Quest Rewards catalog with awesome items for Levels 70 and 75!

You asked for dragon companions in different colors - you got 'em! You asked for Trixie's hooded cloak - you got it! Plus, there are several more cool things that I really think you will like. I can't wait to see Super Questers all over Pandanda Land with the new items!

Remember, just because we have set Level 75 as the maximum Quest Level, it doesn't mean that Questing is over. There are still lots of Pandas working their way up the Levels. And each day new Pandas join Pandanda, and can begin Questing!

In honor of the new Quest items, check out the new poll! Let us know where you are in Quests - have you just begun, are you halfway to the maximum, have you reached the top? We want to know!

In case you forgot to check the results of the "Favorite Companion" poll, Dragons were by far the most popular, with 77% of the votes. Horse companions received 22% of the votes. But I don't think Horses have anything to worry about. Their owners love them!

Quest on, Pandas!
Henry

Ahoy Mateys! It's International Talk Like a Pirate Day!

Yo-ho-ho! I look forward to International Talk Like a Pirate Day every year, but this year I almost forgot! Arrrgggg! Thank goodness Mod Jule reminded me.

Not sure how to talk like a pirate? Well, we've made it really easy for you! Just check out the Safe Chat menu from the toolbar at the bottom of your Pandanda screen. The very first group of Safe Chat phrases is "Pirate"!

You can say "Ahoy!" instead of "Hello!"  And instead of asking "Will you be my friend?" you can ask "Will ye be me bucko?" Just have fun with it!

I bet a lot of you have the pirate costume that Jule is wearing. If you do, get dressed up with your pirate panda pals and take a funny picture of you all talking like pirates! If you send your pictures to screenshots@pandanda.com with PIRATES in the subject line, I'll pick a few to feature here on my blog!

Avast! I must hit the high seas!
Henry

Pandanda Game Day on Saturday

The first Pandanda Game Day back in July was so much fun, that we decided it is time for another one! So make sure your bunny nets and ghost-catching backpacks are ready to go for your chance to earn lots of 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 and 100 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 Jinxsey. If you play another game with Jinxsey and come in 1st or 2nd place, you can't win any more gold from her. But, if you see another Mod, like Maxxwell, later and play and win a game with him, 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 a visit at 12am Pandanda Time, then at 8am Pandanda Time, then again at 3pm 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 7am-12pm Pandanda Time and again from 2-7pm Pandanda Time, but you can earn double coins all day long!

Get ready to play!
Henry

Zing Ballyhoo Returns!

Zing Ballyhoo is back in Pandanda Land! Yeah, he was a little late, but he made it, and that's what matters! Collect ten of the Golden Tickets that he has hidden all around Pandanda, then visit him in the Treehouse Lobby to get your prize. I've already seen a lot of you wearing his first prize. I am very curious to see what his prize theme is this time!

I had a great time visiting with a crowd of pandas at the Level 50+ Party this past Saturday. There were so many dragons flying around that it really slowed the site down! After taking a couple of dragon-back pictures, we all decided it was best to send our dragon companions back to our backpacks, so we could have an easier time typing and chatting.

Dragons, dragons, dragons!

Smiling Super Questers

Horses and ponies and a dragon, oh my!

I shared some information about updates with them, and now I'll share those updates with you all!

• Questy IS going to be adding some Quest rewards for Level 75, as well as some of the other high levels later this month. There should be even more around Christmas.
• Look for some new Halloween costumes in October.
• New Quests will be added later this year.

Those are just a few things for everyone to look forward to! And don't forget about Pandanda Game Day coming up this Saturday! There will be lots of chances that day to win Panda Gold from Moderators  while playing Ghosts of Misty Hill and Bunny Chase. I'll have more information about that later this week.

Party on, Pandas!
Henry

Weekend Fun!

Hey there, friends!

I wanted to remind you about the events that are planned for this weekend. First, the Level 50+ Exclusive Party will be tomorrow at 11:00am Pandanda Time on Palm Server. Everyone who has reached Level 50 and above is invited to this party, even if you are not Elite. The only requirement is that you are at least Level 50.

Sunday is Stormy Colors Day. Dress in your grey, black or even dark purple Panda Paint, clothes, and accessories and pretend to be a little storm cloud floating around Pandanda. And if you hang out at Misty Hill, where it always seems pretty stormy, you might even run into a Mod who is awarding Panda Gold for catching ghosts!

Sounds kinda gloomy, but don't worry! Zing Ballyhoo will be back on Monday with his shiny Golden Tickets and cool prizes to drive the storm clouds away. I wonder what kind of cool things he picked up on his travels?

Oh, and just in case you hadn't noticed, I put up a new Poll a few days ago. Make sure to cast your vote!

Party on, Pandas!
Henry

1st Players to Reach Level 75 AND Level 70+ Pandas

Woo hoo!!!  I am very happy to be able to announce that three Super Duper Questers reached  Level 75 yesterday! Congratulations to RainbowRacer, who was the very first to reach Level 75, and to Lime12101 and Blowsight10, who were a close 2nd and 3rd!

Remember, Level 75 is the highest Level you can reach in Quests,. These three players have done every single Quest, every day since Quests started on September 30, 2010. WOW!

And here, finally, is the list of all of the Super Questers who reached Level 70 by August 31st. Level 70 is another huge accomplishment, and all of these pandas are to be congratulated!

Alvin	Angelina67	Aylin567	Aylin765
BetaOmer	blacksnake34	bluzzzyz	boomer1
bubbles221	camys71	Cibi	claudinha
Clones	cpdarkrai	cutetiger	darkangel9
depsu	drift	Drusilla	eggplant80
eji19997	eliz63	FairyDust	fifo555
funnyplant	ggutev	happy17	Jozie
keyman12	kuddlewuddle	LemonSqueezy	Lingoes8
lionelmessi7	lolacool	martenee	moisailor
Nascargirl	Panda24	pandidza	PANDSWEROU
Penguitt	Pippster	Rtlryan	Sarpril
scott0023	Sherman98cp	sikibok	Sweetcars12
tuta48	Viperdude	WestHamStar	YodaAds
yojo1	Zemira	Zeto

I am so proud of all of you, and I am looking forward to seeing lots of you at the Exclusive Level 50+ Party this Saturday at 11:00am Pandanda Time in Palm Server! Click that link to see the party time where you live.

Party On, Pandas!

Henry

Super Questers at Level 60+

More awesome Questers to celebrate! Here are the names of the pandas who had reached Level 60 by August 31st.

007NowaPanda	1FierceDude	4tigru4	Aishaza17
Alda25	alysizinha	ANDREIAHILE	berrie
berriepuffy	BrightShadow	bubuga	Chamber99
codycody	Dindapan	Duder	Dudinhafofa
esperansa2	ezabel	Foot	gramanda
henriquefp	heronricardo	icycrush8	irinutza23
jess111222	Jinxsey	JMG24rocks	Jubu
KasySasa	LaylaM	Leblanct	LyliPanda
minyme3	mittens1	mrbluesky	mrcrazycool
MrMachoMan	Mystic	pandacarlie1	pandalot
pandinhameu	Pandora1617	Pankoo	Pannu25
peanut8848	pifinka	pinkpyndy	Pureheart
RanRan	renoso33	rossey22	RuneToonFan
Sandano	SharkBait66	SirGamealo7	Solange97
sonny3	Sophie16	squibbles96	superstarz7
suzana12	sweetopo	taevas	tiko123
Tommy23456	TrAsH13	trudur	Tyamadinha
Veronka	VoPanda	XandyPandy	xJordonx
Xmatthew	Zinho6	Zizi3

I salute you all for your hard work and dedication to Questing! Get ready to celebrate during the Level 50+ Party this Saturday at 11am Pandanda Time!

Tomorrow, I'll post the list of Level 70s and above, plus the names of the very first pandas to reach the Maximum Quest Level 75!!

Quest On, Pandas!

Henry

Important Quest Level Announcement + Level 50 Party!

I promised you all an important announcement about Quests, and here it is -  the maximum Quest Level that players can reach is now set at Level 75. The Pandanda Team and I came to this decision after considering many things, including the comments and suggestions we have received from many of you.

Once you reach Level 75 you can continue to do Quests and earn coins, but you will no longer receive Panda Power or Level Up. There will be some special Quest Awards for Level 75 added to Questy's Catalog soon.

Don't worry! That doesn't mean that Quests are over, no way! There will still be 9 Quests available each day  for all of you who are still working on Leveling Up. Many new players have joined Pandanda since Quests began last year, and many more will join in the future, and they will all be able to keep on Questing!

In honor of this announcement (and since it's been a long time since we've had one!) I have planned a party this weekend for everyone who has reached Level 50 and above! Meet me on Palm server at 11:00am Pandanda Time this Saturday, September 10th. You can click that link to find out what time it will be where you live.

Let's fill the sky with dragons and the land with horses as we celebrate your Quests accomplishments! 

Keep on Questing!

Henry

More Pandas Reach Level 50!

I am going to have some important news about Quests very soon. But before that announcement, I want to recognize the Questers who have reached special Quest milestones since June 1st! Today we celebrate all of the pandas who reached Level 50 by August 31st!

Alexxa	alfalfa9	amy1995	andeecandee
antonella44	atvbeast	Batuque	BearieSweet
bebeboss	bia4you	blackandred	Bluebell
BRENOMONSTER	Brushes	chicomovel	Chock364
cookie779	Coolinater	Dari1111	Darjabest
Dodko28	Doppyer	Dorian1453	Eglantine
eli57	firefly125	Flicka779	foxgirl1
funkey8	gabbi999	Gabrieli	GabsPanda
ghray	goldmist12	gratzy	hamburgeris
hannah228	hisup	hulk264	icarly4eva
igp79	iveta5	jani5	jianna
junglejuice	keshaVIP	LyllyPanda	Marfi1
MARIMONSTER	MightyGeorge	MissPink	natali00
nelinn3	ohuy	Omma14	PandaRon
patoma	pearl123	pettipan	pintuska
PixieDust	pudelulroz	puquinha5252	QUITO
roflmeout	Saben3cats	Serendityx3	smillface
songo222	StylnGirl	superDSI1124	SWEN99999999
Tapinka	teddyangel	tibiman	tinnypanda
TobyRocks83	topsu	ursulet7	Vid4Lok4
xicoclaro	Xolani	Xsuu	Yiannis
Zulfija

Congratulations to all of those pandas for their hard work and dedication! I will announce the names of the pandas who have reached Level 60 and Level 70 in my next two posts. You are all Super Questers!

Party On, Pandas!

Henry

Pandanda Coloring Pages!

I've had a lot of pandas tell me that they wished Pandanda had some coloring pages. Well, your wish has come true! I've just added a brand new Pandanda Coloring Book page my blog. You will find 9 different Pandanda pictures that you can print out and color!

I hope you will have a lot of fun with this new feature! Maybe you will discover that you are an artist as you use your creativity to turn the line drawings into beautifully colored works of art.

PARTy on, Pandas!
Henry

Sheriff Steele's Security Tips - Account Security

Hi again, Pandanda Citizens,

I hope you have all learned a lot about keeping your Pandanda account safe this week. With a strong, hard-to-guess password that you keep completely private, you can pretty much know that your account will be safe and secure.

Here are a few last tips to help make sure that your panda, and all of the things you have worked so hard to collect and buy, will be secure:

Do not check the “Remember my password” box on the login page if you play Pandanda on a public computer, such as at school or the library, or even at home where other people play.

• If that box is checked, all anyone has to do to go on your account is click on your panda’s picture.  
• Always log out of Pandanda when you go away from your computer. It is also a good idea to close the Internet browser. 

Make sure your computer is updated with good anti-virus and anti-spyware program

• Pandanda has many security features in place to protect your account information, but it is up to you to protect your own computer.

Only use an account that you have created yourself, using your own email address. 

• If you use an account that someone else made, that person still has control over the account because it is registered to their email address.

Don't forget, if you ever forget your username or your password, you can use the "I forgot my password" link. By entering your email address there, you will receive an email that shows the username and password for all of the accounts registered to that address. And if you need to change your password, use the "Change my password" link. You can find both of those links at the bottom of the Pandanda login page.

Keep it safe, Pandas!

Sheriff Steele