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[UPDATED] Happy Imagination Day!

Today we pull the giant knife switch to turn on the new Imagination system! We need to squeeze a few chickens and rearrange some bits for imagination, so we are turning off access to the game for a bit today. Your characters will be run through our patented Imagino-matic 5000 to prepare for Imagination.

When we come back, you will almost certainly have a different level (the level curves in the new system are different). You will also be able to spend imagination (iMG) right away, but only on character upgrades (this is NOT the housing reset, so you won’t be charged for land expansion until that happens).

We do not have a hard ETA for when the servers will be back up, but we will provide updates on progress as the day progresses! We will also provide more information on the switch later in the day.

UPDATE (1:15pm PST) - We've completed the player conversion process and now we are testing the various systems affected by the change.  You have probably seen some of the changes to skill learning times and your character!  Even with all the moving parts, we are making good progress.  In a few moments we are meeting to review our progress and determine roughly when the game will reopen to general players.  I will update this post after that meeting.

UPDATE (2:15pm PST) - We are getting close!  Only a few more items to tweak, one last round of internal testing, and then we will open the game again. 

UPDATE (3:30pm PST) - Wow, we are on the very last task on the List of Things that *Need* to Get Done Before Opening the Game Again. So, we are doing that, double checking and we'll be back as soon as we possibly can.

Posted 7 months ago by Mayor Quimby Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • Wow, I wish my imagination would show up...I hate that big fat ZERO at the top of my screen ;p
    Posted 7 months ago by Domina Anglorum Subscriber! | Permalink
  • 429,144 imagination points.  But what does it meeeeeeeeeeeean???
    Posted 7 months ago by Cecelia Subscriber! | Permalink
  • will the icons give out imagination now instead of the xp?
    Posted 7 months ago by ❧ℜook❧ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I wont start panicing just yet but on my skills page its saying that to learn Garden V will take 40 days 15 hours.
    Are skill learning times changing?
    Posted 7 months ago by York Subscriber! | Permalink
  • so bummed that i didnt stay up later last night racking up points :| gggggaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh
    Posted 7 months ago by Melanie ❤ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • RagDolly Anna: XP is gone forever.
    Posted 7 months ago by Little Miss Giggles Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I have so much imagination now!  I can smell the world opening's getting closer and closer!
    Posted 7 months ago by Tibbi Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I have imagination! See folks? I really really have imagination!

    Why do I want to print out a paper and put it on the fridge with my imagination points?
    Posted 7 months ago by Forcythia Subscriber! | Permalink
  • 30 days to learn Mining III?!?!?! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
    Posted 7 months ago by Melanie ❤ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I imagined this day would come!
    Posted 7 months ago by Forcythia Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Ughhhh so long for skills now!!!
    Posted 7 months ago by Lily Linguistic Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I'm breaking the F5 key
    Posted 7 months ago by AwesomeCardinal2000 Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @York: Eek, all my skill learning times went up too! Glad I started learning Tinkering V before the update...
    But yeah, I wouldn't panic yet, I have a feeling that maybe they took away the BL skills but we will have the ability to spend imagination points to decrease our skill learning times overall.
    Posted 7 months ago by Omnika Subscriber! | Permalink
  • 75 days for TP5
    Posted 7 months ago by shhexy corin Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I must admit im glad i actually spent some time last week learning all the new skills and getting them learning at top speed. Only have 9 skills left to train anyways.
    Posted 7 months ago by York Subscriber! | Permalink
  • my imagination lv is still zero, does say much for the player does it? lol
    Posted 7 months ago by ❧ℜook❧ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • LOL i know i'm glad i've learned all the skills but if i was to unlearn better learning 5 it would take 99 days
    Posted 7 months ago by Santa Clause Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Oh, ha, 94 days for Mining 4
    Posted 7 months ago by shhexy corin Subscriber! | Permalink
  • (((gasp))) When I signed in...I haven't seen that sign for a long time!
    So many new things, you guys know how to keep the excitement up, haha.  I love new things, can't wait to see what the world will look like.  ^,^
    Posted 7 months ago by Phoebe Springback Subscriber! | Permalink
  • 52 Days for Better Learning V :'(
    Posted 7 months ago by Burgster Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Glad I only have 4 days left to go on my last skill, Unlearning III.

    Still waiting for my imagination. What if they forget me? What if the Giants are trying to tell me I have no imagination? What if...

    *grabs Xanax bottle*
    Posted 7 months ago by Koftun Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I wonder what character upgrades will be like?
    Posted 7 months ago by Tibbi Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I'm not seeing these ridic skill times yet (haven't been processed yet I suppose), but hey ppl, it's probable they're Glitch game days, not actual days.
    Posted 7 months ago by Touya Subscriber! | Permalink
  • 2,131,519 imaginationing propellants!
    Posted 7 months ago by Dinghus Khan Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I wonder why my imagination level is zero.  I imagined it to be higher than that.
    Posted 7 months ago by swampfox2222 Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @swampfox they are rolling out the imagination - it is appearing slowly, and not everyone has seen theirs yet
    Posted 7 months ago by riscy Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @swampfox: don't worry, mine and a lot of ppl's are still 0 too. I imagine it is taking them some time to convert everyone's XP to imagination points.
    Posted 7 months ago by Omnika Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Can't wait to see the new character upgrades!
    Posted 7 months ago by AwesomeCardinal2000 Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @swampfox mine zero too
    Posted 7 months ago by ❧ℜook❧ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I don't want Miss Melody upgraded, I love her as she is.
    Posted 7 months ago by Miss Melody Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @Touya
    Im pretty sure they are normal days, i started training Animal Kinship VI this morning and it was at 3 days something.
    Click to see
    Posted 7 months ago by York Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Skill time increases makes me want to cry. Seriously. 59 days for Gardening 5. I was at like 19 before.
    Posted 7 months ago by Rallie Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Man, I leave the game to do some housecleaning, and all Naraka breaks loose! Can't wait to check out the new stuffs. Thanks, TS! =)

    ETA: My iMG is at 908,145. I was old level 41 earlier today.

    I also have a lot more currents than I remember having, but I wasn't paying much attention to that, so it may be what I had earlier.

    ETA Again: I just checked my profile page. It says I hit level 30. ?????
    Posted 7 months ago by Tonya Subscriber! | Permalink
  • *blows tuning harmonica*  eh heh hem....

    There's a tear in my beer, 'cause i'm crying for you dear.
    Ima-gi-nation's on my mind.
    Into these last nine beers
    I'm hugging all my peers
    Ima-gi-nation's on my mind

    Last night i walked the floor,
    and the night before,
    Ima-gi-nation on my mind.

    It seems my xp is through,
    the world will be so new,
    Ima-gi-nation on my mind.

    and so on.. etc etc :)

    (thank you hank. jr & sr)
    Posted 7 months ago by RainyRain Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Eek! Love it! But I'm trying to even break through the doors of Glitch just to see this. :P
    Posted 7 months ago by I Love You TS Subscriber! | Permalink
  • how do get more IMG
    Posted 7 months ago by Norman Star Subscriber! | Permalink
  • My worst skills to learn are at 11 days now (I think before it was like 3 days or something). But don't worry guys: we don't know anything about the new system yet, and it's likely we will be able to spend imagination to upgrade our skill learning times kind of like better learning did.
    Posted 7 months ago by Omnika Subscriber! | Permalink
  • wow rainyrain
    Posted 7 months ago by ❧ℜook❧ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @Norman Star: After the change, you'll get iMG by doing the same types of actions that would have given you XP before the change.
    Posted 7 months ago by Varaeth Subscriber! | Permalink
  • It was said a while ago (I don't have a cite, sorry) that BL was going to change from a set of skills to a set of iMG-based character upgrades.  So, once the game opens back up, we should be able to spend some of our imagination to pull those skill times back down.
    Posted 7 months ago by Fnibbit Subscriber! | Permalink
  • 964,711 imagination.I guess we spend this on projects?Curious.
    Posted 7 months ago by CrashTestPilot Subscriber! | Permalink
  • YESSSS!
    Posted 7 months ago by Sororia Rose Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I'm excited and scared
    Posted 7 months ago by DustyDean Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I'm scared and excited
    Posted 7 months ago by Otto Otto Subscriber! | Permalink
  • 2,131,519 iMG! Whatever that means.
    Ahh the dreaded red sign. My brain tells me I should be listening to GoodNightGroddle music right now. But alas, I cannot.
    Posted 7 months ago by Codex Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I now have IMAGINATION

    523,079i at level 26 (was 36 and just a smidge more before the break)
    Posted 7 months ago by Crrrystal Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Plus, just because in the old system time for skill was measured in real days that doesn't necessarily mean time for skills in iMG isn't in Ur days.
    Posted 7 months ago by Rebelipuff Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I came here to avoid all the crazy-making reality and it's closed! That sign stumped me for a bit. Now, I wish I had played last night.
    Posted 7 months ago by Jarhaven Subscriber! | Permalink
  • yay just got my imagination 693,697
    Posted 7 months ago by ❧ℜook❧ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • at least it wasn't 666,666 lol
    Posted 7 months ago by ❧ℜook❧ Subscriber! | Permalink
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