Our Email to Pandanda


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Hey Guys,

About a week ago we asked everyone to give us ideas on what Pandanda should add or remove from their game. We added some of your ideas up, and made a big huge email!

Here is the email we sent to Pandanda:

Dear Pandanda,

We have played and blogged about Pandanda since beta, and in the past few days, we asked pandas on our blog to tell us what they wanted to be added or removed to Pandanda.

Different topics came up in the comments; some said that Pandanda was falling behind as a virtual world; some said that Pandanda is repeating a lot of different festivals, and ideas, and everyone wanted new things to be added to the game.

New Quests, New Rooms, New Parties, More Blog Contests!

2011 hasn’t been the best year for Pandanda. In 2009, three rooms were added. In 2010, another three rooms were added. In 2011, nothing yet… in fact, the only real ‘new’ things in 2011 were the March of the Snowmen, the Tropical Break, and the new character, Maggie. Color Days are just copied from 2010, along with festivals, and different events.

Some Pandas wanted more small parties, like the 4th of July Party, just a few days, with decorations, and free items along with new ways to get free items - like scavenger hunts, riddles, etc. - instead of having to collect different things for festivals the majority of the time.

From: Alvin, Penguitt, and Clones, Sandano

Bloggers

Bloggers together have wanted new ‘cutouts’ of pandas for graphics, to add a panda along with other up-to-date objects & items to our headers or sidebars, we used to be able to try to cut out those things from catalogs, but they are gone now.
Some bloggers wanted a Pandanda Blogger shirt, if you get accepted on the Pandanda blogroll, maybe the panda gets a special exclusive blogger shirt.

From: The bloggers of Pandanda

Cinema, Newspaper, and Others

We received a bunch of comments about the old cinema in Beta, asking it to come back, because everyone was excited for it coming.

The newspaper was enjoyable; everyone thought it was awesome to get the daily scoop of Pandanda news all at once.

Super-Questers

The super questers of Pandanda enjoy doing quests every day, but currently, there is no encouragement. Leading up to level 50, everyone was dedicated and excited to get a dragon… Now the super questers aren’t looking forward to anything, because there’s really nothing new in the Questy Greybeard Catalog.

Everyone is REALLY hoping that the quest level ends at 100. We can still do quests, but not go up in levels.

Super questers are also wishing that after a certain level, there can be less quests daily, but they are worth more Panda Power.

And maybe even an exclusive item for the first 25 or 50 super questers that reach level 100…?

From: The Super Questers of Pandanda – Penguitt, Alvin, Blowsight10, BetaOmer, Clones, Lime12101.

Other Suggestions

A Panda Gold Gift card, like the membership gift card, so you can give others some panda gold.
-Sherman98CP

When you first register and log in to Pandanda, a tour guide shows you around and tells you how to play the game.
–Draco6

New Companions!
–Draco6

New Panda Paint to be added to the catalog!
–Withyoually

A Spanish version of the game.
–Conociendo

New mini-games on Pandanda, both single players and multi-players.
–Blowsight10

We can save outfit combinations in our inventory, so we can switch between full outfits whenever we want.
–Puchii

Invisibility Mode, We can appear as offline to other players, while still being online, maybe this can be a special feature for super questers?
–Penguitt, and Clone

Different weather conditions, like rain or lightning should appear in-world.
-Jordy456, and Sandano

Earn Panda Gold from playing mini games
-Penguitt

We love the game Pandanda, but we honestly think some things about the game need to change.

We have posted this email on our blogs, so that our viewers can see what we send to you. It would be highly appreciated if you were to reply, so we can post some feedback on our blogs to show our viewers.

- The Pandanda Partnership

We're sorry if some of you don't see your idea(s) or name in the email, but most likely you guys commented after the email was sent; or we are saving your ideas for our next email to Pandanda. :)

We sent this email on Monday, August 22nd 2011, and after one full week of waiting - Pandanda finally responded. Here is their response:

Hi,

Thank you very much for all of the thought and effort you have put into these suggestions and feedback. We are working on a few changes to address some of the things you have brought up, but we are not yet at a point where we can reveal any details. We hope to be able to do so soon.

Regarding your feedback about the repetition of Festivals and Color Days, we understand that our players enjoy new and different events, but it is also important to develop some traditions for Pandanda - things that our players can look forward to every year. That is what the Pandanda Festivals are, as well as the different Color Days.

Our development and artistic team has been given your suggestions and feedback, and you can be sure that they will take your ideas into consideration as they make plans for Pandanda's future. We appreciate our loyal players and bloggers, and want Pandanda to continue being a place where you want to spend your time when you are online.

Keep those ideas and suggestions coming!

Best regards,
The Pandanda Team

Lol, as most of you guys have notice, we finally received and email after posting our email to Pandanda. xP And honestly, overall, the email was a very general response like most of the emails we would receive. For now, the only thing we can do is wait and see if there any future changes that will occur on Pandanda. And hopefully, they will understand the points we trying to get to them about Pandanda. :) So what is your thoughts on the response from the Pandanda team?

-Pandanda Partnership

Free Elite Member Day - August 2011


Hey Pandas!


The free elite membership day is here! This means, anybody on Pandanda can experience the benefits of being a Pandanda Elite Member!! :D


Non-Elites CAN keep their clothes, however they wont be able to use them unless they become an elite, or there is another free elite membership day. They can keep their dragons, however they wont be able to walk them unless they become an elite, or there is another free elite membership day.

Because of the increase in traffic, with everyone logging in, Pandanda has temporarily added more servers!! I still think they should add a server named 'Lime' xD


It is really awesome pandas, pandas crowded all over Pandanda!! ^.^ Love this day, don't you? :D

-Lime12101

Free Elite Member this Saturday!


Hey Pandas,

Henry just updated his blog with information about the free elite member day, that is happening this Saturday! :D


Hey Pandas!

The Harvest Festival celebration is well underway and I've seen tons of excited Pandas gathering caramel apples to trade for the awesome festival prizes. The fun continues this weekend with another Free Elite Member Day this Saturday, August 27th!

Everyone who logs in on Saturday will have full access to all of Pandanda's Elite Membership features for one day!* 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 one day only starting on Saturday at 12:01am PST and ending Saturday at 11:59pm PST so don't miss out!

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

Henry

That's Awesome! Free Elite Days are always popular, and fun days for Pandanda! :P And next month, in September - there will be the very first Free Elite Member WEEKEND, So that there is a full two days of Free Elite Member Days! :D

Are you excited for Free Elite Member Day? :P

-Lime12101

Pandanda Harvest Festival 2011!



Hey Pandas!

Its finally here! The second annual Pandanda Harvest Festival - where you collect Caramel Candy Apples, and trade them in for lots of cool prizes!! :D This is pretty much like the usual festivals we have every few months :P.


To get started, click the Caramel Apple in the top right of your screen, below the Map Icon.


Caramel Apples pop up anywhere in Pandanda Land! Pretty much like Tickets for Zing Ballyhoo, and Cans + Bottles. The Apples appear in more rooms, and a lot quicker then Zing Tickets. A strategy to collect these is to switch rooms often, and really pay attention.


After you find at least 25 Caramel Apples, you can trade them in for prizes!! Just go to the Harvest Grove and click on the Scarecrow.


There are a bunch of awesome prizes to choose from :D Yellow and Blue Overalls, Red Chef Hat, Red Apron, Marshmallow on a stick, A Barbecue, and a spatula. All the items are very cooking, and barbecue like, don't you agree? xP But the prizes are pretty cool :P What do you think?


There is also two other Harvest Festival Items at the Clothing Co, for Panda Gold! (Thanks, Cpdarkrai! :D)

One of the items is a White Chili Apron, which is on page 1.


And a White Chef Hat on page 3! :D


In all, I think the Festival is awesome :D Lost of decorated rooms, and much more. :P But I think that the prizes could be a little better o.o I dont think I am going to wear any of them, really... xD Comment your thoughts xP

-Lime12101

Help Think of New & Fresh Ideas for Pandanda!


Hey Pandas,

On twitter, we seen a bunch of Pandas talk about how they want some new things to be added to Pandanda, and to let Pandanda know about our thoughts, we have decided to write a big email with some suggestions on what to bring to Pandanda! :D

So, What we want you to do is comment on this post, with some suggestions, and ideas on what should be added to Pandanda, or maybe even things that should be removed. We will try to combine all of your ideas into one big email, and send it off to Pandanda, so they can get suggestions. Remember to put your panda name in the comment, so we can give you credit in the email! :D



To make this more effective and show Pandanda how serious we about this, the more help we can get the better. So please tell your friends, friend's friends, and anyone else about this post and to post their support even if they can't think of an idea. Thanks!

When we finish the Email, we will post it here to show you guys! :D

-Pandanda Partnership

Henry posts Beach Day pictures!


Hey Pandas!
Today Henry posted the pictures of the recently concluded Beach Day. This is what he had to say :-


I hope everyone had a great time during the Beach Party on Wednesday. I know I did! I spent a little over 4 hours visiting with my panda pals during the day, and I made lots of new friends.


Happy Beach Party Day!
Coconut Beach was full of pandas having fun in the sun and sand. Let me tell you, that sand can get HOT!

Party in the sand!

Then it was time to cool down by splashing around in the Pandanda ocean waves.


Splish splash!
All that activity made us hungry, so we toasted marshmallows and made s'mores around the bonfire- so yummy!


Toasted marshmallows + chocolate + graham crackers = S'mores!


I took a lot more pictures during my visits, but I am still getting them ready for the Facebook Album. Once I have it finished, I'll post the link here so everyone can have a look! Thanks for making Beach Party Day such an awesome event!

Henry


Wow looks like great fun! I couldn't make it due to exams though :( Henry says he will post more pictures on Facebook when he is done uploading. We will add the link to it once he is done. We're you there? Did you have fun? As always we love to hear your views so feel free to tell us what you think.

-AltoBhai

Beach Party Day on Pandanda!


Today is Beach Party Day, in celebration different beaches are in rooms of Pandanda, kind of like the Summer Festival! :D

It is time for an end-of-summer Beach Party in Pandanda! You'll notice sandy beaches and tropical music popping up all over Pandanda Land tomorrow, but THE place to be will be Coconut Beach!

A lot of pandas will be starting school soon, so this will be a great time to relax and share some good times with your friends. Splash around in the waves, go for a ride on your surfboard, or just soak up some sun on the warm sand. As the sun goes down, gather around the beach bonfire to roast some hotdogs or make s'mores. Yummy!

And don't forget, I will be visiting Pandanda tomorrow to party on the Beach with you! If Coconut Beach is full in one server, head to another server. I will be making the rounds so I can see as many of my Panda pals as possible!

Here is the schedule of  my Wednesday Beach Party visits. Just click on each link to see what time it will be where you live!
3am Pandanda Time
9am Pandanda Time
1pm Pandanda Time
5pm Pandanda Time

I'm looking forward to seeing you all on the beach!
Henry

Awesome! Have you met Henry yet today!? I have! :D He visits Pandanda for a full hour at those times, switching between servers every 10 minutes :P You can see if he is on or not by using the Henry Tracker on our sidebar.


So what do you think of this event on Pandanda? It reminds me a lot of the Tropical Break we had a few months ago.. :P

-Lime12101

New Pandanda Calendar Updates!



Hey Pandas,

Pandanda updated their calendar a bit late this month... but they finallly have all the events planned out for September 2011! :D


On September 11th, There is another exciting color day! :D For this color day, you should wear stormy colors, liek gray or black.


On September 12th, Zing Ballyhoo comes back for another visit! :D As ususal, he will be on Pandanda for 4 weeks, and leave on October 3rd.


On September 17th, There will be another Games Day! :D Last Games day was really successful and fun, Lets hope this one will be too!


On on September 24th and 25th, there seems to be two Elite member days in a row! Does this mean that there will be a free elite member day weekend!?! :O


So, what do you think of the next month on Pandanda? o.o I honestly think that there is a lot of repeats of old events, we need something new! xP

-Lime12101

New Pandanda Summer Clothing!


Hey Pandas,

Today, Pandanda added new items to the Clothing Co! The new items are very summer-ey :3


This batch of clothes is a lot like last year summers clothes, just in different colors xP

For example, the Lei's came back from last year, but it lots of different colors -  yellow, green, purple, and red. And it looks like Pandanda released ANOTHER blue lei xD Lol it looks almost identical to the one last year, just a slight different shade.


And, There looks to be an annoying light pink lei glitch, this happened last year during the summer festival, where all the lei's on Pandanda turned light pink for 10 minutes. This time, with the new red lei, green lei, purple lei and 2011 blue lei, turn bright pink on your panda log in screen, if you have your panda saved on the computer.

This is what I look like on Pandanda with my new red lei:


And this is what my panda looks like on my login screen, the lei is bright pink!


It does this with all the new lei's, except the yellow one.

>.> This glitch is really annoying, I really hope Pandanda fixes it!! D:

So what do you think of the new summer items? :P This is what Henry said:
Friday's update will bring some new summer fashions as well as some older items in fresh new colors.
I think the new items are pretty cool :P Lol but the whole blue lei thing is confusing xD And the glitch is annoying me. >.>

-Lime12101

Blazin' Hot Red Color Day!


 Hey Pandas,

Today is Blazin' Red Color Day! Another regular color day on Pandanda, this time you should dress your panda in all red to celebrate! :D


Are you dressing your panda in red today? xD
Drench your panda in Red Panda Paint, then wear red clothes and red accessories to show the summer sun that you are red-hot!
Next Wednesday is Beach Party Day! On this day, Henry will be making visits to the panda land, to celebrate  summer!

-Lime12101

Zing Ballyhoo Leaves Pandanda!


Hey Pandas,

Zing Ballyhoo has officially left Pandanda land, after 4 weeks of prizes xP

His tent is still at the tree house lobby, but only for the next few days.


Over the past 4 weeks, the theme was 'nature', the prizes included a Nature Background, Binoculars, Wooden Walking Stick, and a Brown Safari Hat!

During the time he is gone, fun events will happen on Pandanda! Including the Harvest Festival! :3

-Lime12101

Zing Ballyhoo Prize #55 - Brown Explorer's Hat!


 Hey pandas!

Zing Ballyhoo has given out his 55th prize for Golden Tickets! :D

Here's how you get the new item:

1. Open your map in Pandanda.
2. Click the Treehouse lobby.
3. Click on Zing Ballyhoo.


4. Look for tickets around Pandanda, they pop up like Cans and Fruits do (Note: you can't find tickets in tree's or in the fishing pond).


5. Once you find ten golden tickets, return to Zing Ballyhoo to receive your prize. (For more instructions, check out our "How to Collect Tickets" Guide.)


This week's prize is........BROWN EXPLORERS HAT!!!!!!!!!!




Now here is a picture of how it looks like on a panda's playercard



Well, I was right xP The theme for this one was 'exploring' or 'hiking' and 'nature' xD Told ya so Blowsight >.>... Lol. This is the final zing prize before he leaves again! :P So what do you pandas think about Zing 55th mystery item?? ^.^

-Lime12101