A Year In Review

Hello Chobots!

2013 has been a great year, especially in the scheme of huge advancements and changes for the world of Chobots. Below I have composed some of the highlights of the year in the form of a slideshow with each event name and date, so take a look!

Wow, there has definitely been some amazing accomplishments made this year, not only by the staff and game itself, but from you, the community! Without your constant feedback and activity, Chobots would not be what it is today. Thank you for a great year, and let's set our eyes for the future in 2014!

Don't forget to comment what your favorite memory of 2013 was!

Happy New Year,
Vasa12345

New Year 2014!

Hello everybody!

Another year has passed by really fast, and traditionally the end of the year is celebrated with big fireworks and a late-night dinner with their families, but people also make resolutions to break bad habits or start good ones. Of course there are many other ways how people celebrate New Year, and the Chobots Team wants to celebrate New Year 2014 with a big party on Chobots with you and your friends!

The New Years Party will be celebrated on the 1st of January, at 9 P.M. Chobots Time, in the Rope Street, on all servers! We will have tons of fireworks, colors, animations, but also music and loads of exclusive items rain! The Chobots Team wishes all of you a healthy and a prosperous start into the New Year! We also want thank you for being a part of our community!

Happy New Year! :-)
Birdy

"Let our New Year's resolution be this: we will be there for one another as fellow members of humanity, in the finest sense of the word." -Goran Persson

Winter Baking Contest

Hey Chobots,

Everyone pull out your baking pans and get your cake batter and frosting ready, it's time for our Winter baking contest! It's that time of year again when the weather outside is brisk and we all like to stay nice and cozy indoors curled up while sipping hot chocolate.

This time of year is also one of the best times of year to get our baking on for the holidays and other fun activities. So with that in mind, some of us thought it'd be a good idea to see what kind of baking delights you guys can create. 

Your task is to bake a Chobots related gingerbread, cake or any other kind of delicious desert with a winter theme. The contest will go from today, December 30th all the way through January 5th. So get your apron on and start baking! 

Good luck,

Bluewonder

Scrapbook Contest Winners

Hello friends!

Did you all have a great week? Christmas is now officially over and since the Christmas Scrapbook Contest came to an end it's time to announce the winners. Before doing so I want to show you all entries:


Thank you all for joining! As I promised all of you will get 1000 bugs, as a little prize - except the winners. It was really hard to choose a winner, because I really enjoyed all of the entries. However, we still had to come to a decision and I'm honored to announce the winners!

Santos

Artwise

Mimzy

It was fun reading your scrapbooks and you designed them really cool! For your great work you'll get 5 days of Citizenship, 4000 bugs and an exclusive, limited edition Winter Ribbon! I hope you'll enjoy your prizes and wish all of you a beautiful start into the new year! Also, feel free to leave a comment below and tell us what your favorite Scrapbook entry was.

Have a wonderful day!
Birdy

Christmas Party

Hello everybody!

I hope all of you had a wonderful time with your family and friends on Christmas! We've celebrated Christmas with a big party on Chobots yesterday, too! Can you find yourself in any of these pictures we took during the party?

We've been partying in the Rockemall Street with loads of colors, animations and christmas music! Of course we had some cool rain with winter items aswell! Later we moved the party to the Shop, since we got three new items added to the catalogs:

Bluewonder and I also hosted a quiz with funny and interesting questions, where the winners earned some cool prizes. After the party we moved to the Agents Underground, where the Agents hosted hangman and pictionary!
We really hope you enjoyed the whole week, along with the Christmas party and the free citizenship and bugs you got from the Chobots Team. Please leave a comment below this post and tell us what your highlight of this year was!

Have a wonderful day!
Birdy

Christmas Scrapbook

Hello everybody!

Chobots is a big online community, that is played by people all around the world. We have many cultures and different lifestyles all around the world, so I guess everybody celebrates Christmas in another way. I'm really interested in knowing how you celebrate Christmas and in what country you are in, so we decided to start Scrapbook contest about Christmas!
You have to use these 2 templates for your Scrapbook:

Click here for the full template

Click here for the full template

You have time until the 28th of December to sumbit your entry as a link below this post. It doesn't matter if you create your Scrapbook before or after Christmas. If you don't have any ideas yet you can try to answer some of these questions:

•    What do you like the most about Christmas?
•    What are you going to do on Christmas/What did you do?
•    How do/did you celebrate it?
•    Who do/did you celebrate it with?
•    What was your highlight this Christmas?

You can draw, write and design everything you want. It's your scrapbook, let your creativity run wild and make it special and unique! I wish all of you good luck and loads of fun. The winners and the people who'll join this contest will receive cool prizes!

Happy holidays!
Birdy

Merry Christmas!

Hello friends!

There are only a few days left until Christmas - the season of spreading good cheer, spending time with your family and sharing, caring and giving. Since our community grew into a big family, we want to spend Christmas with you, too! On this occasion the Chobots Team wants to celebrate a big Christmas Party with you and your friends.

If you want to attend the party then join us on 25th of December, in the Rockemall Street, at 9 P.M. Cho-Time. And to make sure all of you will be able to get into the location, the party will be hosted on all servers! We will have loads of colors, magic, music, and of course rain! We'll also host a few quizzes during the party, where you can win awesome prizes! 

We hope to see you there!
Birdy

“My idea of Christmas, whether old-fashioned or modern, is very simple: loving others. Come to think of it, why do we have to wait for Christmas to do that?” - Bob Hope

Winter Disco

Hi Chobots,

As Winter quickly approaches the time for festivities has arrived! My favorite time of the year is Christmas time because I get to spend the day with friends and family. 

Tomorrow, December 20th at 9 PM / 21:00 Chobots Time, meet myself and some other team members at The Disco Lounge on the most populated server for an evening of fun, music and games. Also, be sure to wear your favorite outfit! The best dressed Chobots will receive an awesome mystery item. 

Update: The party has been postponed until December 22nd. We apologize for any inconveniences! 

Happy holidays,
Mike

Winners: Winter Music Contest

Hey friends!

There are only a few days left for Christmas! Are you excited yet? There are still loads of things to do, such as getting all the left christmas presents for your friends and family, decorate your house/room and of course announce the winners of the Winter Musicvideo Contest!
It was hard to choose the best videos of all these entries, but we came to a decision:

Tycoon

Camera

Jaster

Good job, guys! The winners will receive a camera, 10 days of citizenship and 5000 bugs. I  hope you will enjoy your prizes and had fun recording the video. I wish anyone else a beautiful Christmastime and a wonderful week!

See you!
Birdy

Game Night Results

Hi Guys!

I hope you had a great start into the week and enjoyed the Game Night yesterday. It's time to announce the winners of every game. Let's take a look at them:

•        Asteroid: Vasa12345
•        Pinball: Fuffeh
•        Mechanical Crab: Radmil
•        Robot Factory: Holly2009
•        Sweet Battle: Oomegaoo
•        Palm Painting: Caty25pretty1
•        Chess: Xoxoxo9112, Rebubika
•        Sliders: Sugardragon
•        Checkers: Isuarez 
•        Chobots Racer: Godlight 
•        Garbage Collector: Santos 
•        Space Racer: Adventurous
•        Cow Mission: Waash17
•        Tug O' War: Rusty
•        Coins Rain: Lolo1989
•        Choboard: Zali

Congratulations, you did an amazing job!
Each one of you will receive a game controller, 5 days of Citizenship and 5,000 bugs. If you didn’t win this time, don't worry, there is always next time- Good luck! What game did you play at Game Night? Leave your answer by commenting below.

Enjoy your prizes and see you around,
Vani

3 Alternatives to Standing in Cafe Street

Hello Chobots!
These days, I usually find myself standing in Cafe Street, idle and waiting for something to happen. Of course, this is not something that most people want to do. Here I present you with some fun alternatives!

1. Browse the Shop
The Shop is always updated with the latest fashions and styles for this season, so why not treat yourself to a shopping trip? Winter is one of my favorite seasons for dressing up and creating new looks. I have provided below some fun styles that you can recreate, and each item is available for purchase right now.

You can always add your own personal flair to each style, for example any hand item/award will look great!

2. Earn some bugs

We often underestimate the games that Chobots has, and the amount of money you can earn by playing them! For example, the popular Choproff quiz draws a lot of users when he is around. Make sure to take advantage if this opportunity! Juniors make 200 bugs per round of Choproff, and if you are good enough to finish a round in roughly 30 seconds, you can make up to 2000 bugs in only 5 minutes! (for citizens, that amount is doubled!)

3. Start your own event 

Fashion show hosted by Sugardragon

If you see that there is enough players online, you can start your own event! This a great way to meet new people, boost your creativity, and get involved in the Chobots community! Some ideas are hosting a multiplayer game event (Sweet Battle, Space Racer, etc.), going on a shopping spree with your friends, or even organizing a fashion show! Make sure to invite all your friends to your event, and then have your friends invite their friends! Soon you will have a fantastic and fun party that everyone can enjoy.

Don't forget to comment which idea you like best, and feel free to share any other great alternatives!

Have fun,

Vasa12345

Artists Of The Season

Hey everyone!

I've looked over all of your entries and we have some very talented artists in the Chobots world. This was a very hard decision because all the entries were so great, but I've finally picked 4 winners. Take a look at them!

This drawing by Fuffeh is very detailed and I just love the sweet red cheeks. The dull colors in the drawing really gives it a wintry effect. Fuffeh is definitely a very skilled artist!

The landscape in this drawing is wonderful! I really like how Sam managed to draw Vani's face so it shows how excited she is about skiing. 

By looking at this great drawing it's easy to tell Jazzy is an experienced artist, I love how she changed the Chobots into her own unique style, very impressive!

I was actually only planning to pick 3 winners but then I saw this amazing drawing by Pigscanfly and just had to add her as one of the winners. I find this drawing very creative and I really love how she thought out of the box and drew something completely different from the other drawings!

Congratulations winners, you will all be awarded with citizenship, bugs, a special winter ribbon and a paintbrush. If you already have a paintbrush you will be awarded with another artist item.

With love,

Paris

Agent Meeting

Hey Agents!

December is quickly slipping passed us, and with each month comes the monthly Agents' Meeting this weekend! Each month a meeting is held with the Agents to discuss important topics regarding Chobots, and how to improve the game. The main topic this month will be future development of Chobots for 2014.

The meeting will be held on Saturday, December 14, 2013 12PM Chotime at the Agents' HQ on the most populated server. These meetings are not mandatory to attend, however it's recommended that you do attend. Agents that attend the whole meeting will be awarded an attendance gift.

UPDATE: The meeting will be held at 8PM Chotime instead.

See you there,
The Chobots Team

Game Night

Hey Chobots!

Do you have any plans for the weekend? If not, we have something cool planned for you guys. What's your favourite game on Chobots? It's time for another game night on Sunday!

As you can see from the picture above, the event will start on Sunday, December 15th at 8 P.M. Cho-Time. Game Night is held every few weeks, during Game Night all competition boards are enabled for two hours.
All 1st place winners will receive amazing prizes, such as:

•       Citizenship
•       Game Controller 
•       Bugs

Note: If you won a certain game at the last Game Night, you cannot win in that game again! You will have to move to a different game, if you would like to win in this Game Night too. - Also, remember cheating is forbidden! If you found a user cheating in a contest, report them to support@chobots.net with proof.

Good luck and have fun,
Vani

Happy Winners

Hello everybody!

What's up? I hope all or most of you enjoy your week so far. Two contests have come to an end yesterday and I'm honored to announce the winners of both!
Let's take a look at the Scoreboard of the Pinball Contest first:

Our lucky winners are:

•     Holly2009. You'll get 15 days of Citizenship and 4000 bugs
•     Xoxoxo9112. You'll get 11 days of Citizenship and 3000 bugs
•     Leave. You'll get 9 days of Citizenship and 2500 bugs

Well played, guys! You really deserve your prizes.

So, let's continue with the second part of the post - The winners of the Kwanzaa research Contest! It was pretty hard to choose a winner, since there are many amazing entries! Here are the ones that impressed me the most:

Maya

Amity

Ipearcake

Good job! You summed it up in an interesting and creative way and added pretty pictures aswell. The winners will receive 7 days of Citizenship, 4000 bugs and a scroll. 

For those who didn't make it this time shouldn't be worrying. We'll have loads of more funny contests and competitions where you can participate and try to win. Good luck!

Have a beautiful day!
Birdy

Winter Music

Hello Chobots!

In many areas, it has already started getting into the sub zero temperatures! As you roam around the Chobots world, you may have noticed that Chobots has also received a blizzard. You know what this means? A contest!

If you choose to enter, here is what you have to do: create a music video related to a Winter or Holidays song. The actual video should also be based around a winter or holidays theme. You can choose any song relating to this theme as long as it is appropriate.

You will have to upload your video to YouTube. Once you have uploaded it, comment the link to your video below and your Chobot username. You have until December 18 to submit your music video. The winners will receive some sweet prizes!

Good luck!
Thomas

Journalists: December 2013

Hi Chobots!

2013 has been a fantastic year for the Journalist Program, showcasing all of the amazing and impressive blogs. To thank everyone who participated in the program this year (since January 2013), they will receive a prize for their extraordinary blogging skills.

Now, it's time to announce the final Journalists for 2013:

Agnesie Agnesie's Chobots Blog

Ipearcake Cake's Chobots Blog

Elthomii Elthomii's Chobots Blog

Newy82 Newy82's Chobots Blog

Soccer Soccer's Chobots Blog

Sweetneetu Sweetneetu's Chobots Blog

Vasa12345* Vasa12345's Chobots Blog

Vasa12345 has been named as Journalist of the Year 2013. Throughout the past months, Vasa12345 has maintained a well informed and updated blog. She has sustained her seat in the Journalist Program for an extensive period of time. This award also guarantees Vasa12345 will be a Journalist each month for the rest of her blogging career. Finally, she will be invited to write on official Chobots Blog.

Thank you everyone for making the Journalist Program successful this year, and we hope to make it even better in 2014!

Happy Blogging,

The Chobots Team

Pinball Contest

Hello everybody!

I've recently found out that my old computer is still working and the first thing I did on it was playing Pinball. Pinball was probably a little part of your childhood, too, since it was one of the most played "Computer-games" in the past. I still find this game very cool and funny, so I'm glad Chobots brought it into our game. Unfortunately, some people slowly start to forget about this, so we decided to host a Pinball Contest to change that!

The boards for the Pinball Contest will be opened from today, the 8th of December, 9 P.M. Chobots-Time, for 2 days till the 10th of December. The winners will of course be rewarded with super cool prizes! I hope you'll have loads of fun playing this cool game and I wish all of you good luck and success!

Have a great day!
Birdy

"Work will win when wishy washy wishing won't." - Thomas S. Monson

Kwanzaa

Hello everybody!

There is only a few weeks until Christmas and in my opinion, there isn't anything better than Christmas time. The smell of cinnamon and cookie everywhere you go as well as streets and houses twinkling with beautiful lights as they put up their Christmas trees! Some people don't even celebrate Christmas and have other events instead; "different cultures - different lifestyles"! One of the many different cultures celebrate Kwanzaa instead of Christmas. I guess most of you have never heard about this, so it's time to change that - it's time for another Research Contest!
You should use this template for your entry:

Click here for the full template

If you want to join this contest you should find out informations about Kwanzaa - on the internet, in newspapers or magazines, etc. - and put them in the template. Keep in mind that copying text passages counts as cheating! You have time till the 10th of December to sumbit your entry as a link below this post. The winners will receive awesome prizes! Have fun and enjoy creating your own, cool entry for this contest, and don't forget to add your username!

See you soon!
Birdy

Commercial Video Contest Winners

Hey guys!

I hope all of you are enjoying the week so far! Some days ago we started a Commercial Video Contest where you had to make a video about how you would advertise Chobots. This contest ended yesterday and it was really hard to choose a winner! We still had to come to a decision and I'm honored to announce the winners!
  Elthomii

Godlight

Furry

Beautiful

Great job! The winners will receive a camera, 7 days of Citizenship and 5000 bugs for their hard work on the video. I hope the others, who didn't make it this time, still enjoyed joining the contest and had fun recording the video!

I hope to see you soon!
Birdy

New Month - New Items!

Hello friends!

We have recently entered into the month of December and I hope you all are staying very warm. Because it's the start of a new month, we have a new citizenship package that you can now purchase! This December, the designers here at Chobots have made two royal outfits for both, boys and girls, to wear and show off! Not only does it come with two outfits but as well as a icey staff and wings, as well as 10,000 bugs.

Citizens are still given the ability to gift and trade so you can recieve and give gifts to your friends during this holiday season. If you'd like to purchase citizenship, please click here. Also, don't forget to leave feedback on the Citizenship items for December in the comments below!

Happy Holidays!
Birdy

Note: Please ask your parents to buy Chobots Citizenship through PayPal. We accept payments in all currencies. A current exchange rate of your bank will be used when withdrawing the money.

Winter Art

Hey Artists!

Winter is slowly starting to arrive, it's getting colder and it's even starting to snow some places. A perfect way to memorize this beautiful season is by drawing! Therefore we have decided to hold a drawing contest. To enter this contest you must draw at least one of the four staff members listed below, but you can draw as many as you'd like.

The drawings will be of course be judged on quality but also creativity, so remember to be as creative as you can. Drawing the staff surrounded by a wonderful winter landscape or a cozy room with Christmas decorations will increase your chances of winning! The winners will be awarded with some sweet prizes, including a special winter only prize. You have until December 12th to submit your drawings.

With love,

Paris

Friends Reset

Hi Chobots!

You might have noticed that your friends list is now empty, and are wondering why. Don't worry, everyone didn't leave you! The Chobots Team has reset the friends list for a purging process to remove unused, inactive accounts from lists to provide an optimal and faster transition when opening the Friends List.

We understand that this might be an inconvenience for you. For your understanding, we are sending all users 7,000 bugs.

Thank you,
The Chobots Developers

December Journalist

Hello Chobots!

We are looking for new Chobots to join the Journalist program. The Journalist program showcases outstanding and well maintained blogs. If you are interested in becoming a Journalist, below you can find the requirements to apply.

As we have entered final month of 2013, we are looking for blogs the specifically focus on the whole year in-review. These blogs will have a higher chance of becoming a featured blog of the month.

•     Your blog should be at least one month old and updated weekly.
•     The posts on your blog must be your own and creative. You may not copy from other blogs or websites.
•     Images found on the Official Blog may be used in your posts.

Journalists are rewarded with many wonderful perks, such as:

•     Your blog will be featured on the play page
•     Journalist badge on your playercard with the title of your blog, along with an exclusive playercard
•     In the beginning of the month, one free week of Citizenship
•     Invited to an exclusive mailing list to receive information of upcoming events, future features and news before anyone else
•     You will receive the exclusive feather item automatically
•     You will be invited to write one blog post here on the Official Blog
•     The ability to contact a moderator through PC, even when their card is blocked
•        Your blog will be bookmarked by the Moderators
•     Your website will be featured on the Official Blog
•     And, a purple name tag

If you would like to take the opportunity in becoming a Journalist, submissions will be open until Friday, December 6th, 2013. Make sure to include your blog link in the comments. After the submissions are closed, the Chobots Team will review all submissions and announce the new December Journalists.

November Journalists: If you are interested in remaining a Journalist, you are not required to resubmit your blog.

Happy Holidays,

The Chobots Team

Forum Updates

Hello Chobots!

Recently the Chobots Forum Team has been working very hard on making the forums appealing. For those of you who do not know what the Chobots Forum is, the Chobots Forum is a compilation of discussion boards where you can talk with other Chobots users about all different kinds of things! You can start threads and reply to threads, as well as enjoy many of the features on the forum.

Lately the forums have had some drops, so the forum team has decided to add on some new features! We have fixed multiple forum glitches as well as installed a new theme. Currently the forum is offline for down time, but in the next couple of days, you'll be able to see some new things. These include:

•    New forum features!
•    More awards and badges!
•    And more! It's all a surprise for when the forum is back online.

Remember - if you have any suggestions for the forum, feel free to post a suggestion in the "Suggestions" forum on the Chobots Forum! We hope to see you all soon on the forums.

-Thomas
Creative Director

Sweet Battle Winners

Hey Chobots,

After a busy weekend of shopping and partying, the Sweet Battle contest has come to an end. This contest was one of the closest competitions I've seen in a long time. The top three contenders were neck and neck, and it came down to the last few points.

First Place - Pjr40 who has been awarded 5 days of Citizenship, 7000 bugs and a first place medal.
Second Place - Godlight who has been awarded 4 days of Citizenship, 5000 bugs and a second place medal.
Third Place - Ipearcake who has been awarded 3 days of Citizenship, 3000 bugs and a third place medal.

See ya,
Mike