I feel that GP doesn’t listen to the rangers. Not one of our requests have been met, as of yet, as far as I can tell. Ever since the first days of the Rangers, we have asked for a Ranger Badge to wear next to our names, so we don’t have to constantly wear the hat. While Samdelion has said that she would personally take care of it, I don’t see any badges yet, in, 8 months now? So, what happens instead? Samdelion and the GP Team make sure that we don’t have to constantly wear our beloved Ranger Hat. She throws them out into the rubbish bin and ‘Pepe accidentally grows BUDDY hats’, which are uglier than the bag hat. I haven’t found one person who claims to like the hat. Have you, Samdelion?

Ever since Memberships, life for the rangers has gone downhill fast. This is a quote from the glory days of GP, when we had our beloved VICKY! “As the game progresses, rangers will find themselves playing bigger roles.” – Steven

For those non-rangers out there, let me give you a heads-up. We’ve lost mostly everything. We lost the Free Ranger Memberships the Moderators promised in the olden days. We’ve lost the ability to contact the Moderators. And, we’ve lost the ability to be listened to. Not to imply that we’re not just like normal gardeners, but we do more than actual staff. Some rangers are devoted players who watch and come online just to help, unlike the staff who argue and used pre-typed messages, along with that fat ban button.

So, ‘Scam-delion’, or ‘Sam-de-moldy-dandelion’, as I have heard even N00B gardeners call you, we’re prepared to gith back. Rangers will get our rights. And for those of you non-rangers, we ask you to join in too. If we make a difference now, then when you become a ranger too, you’ll get more rights!

We are organizing a strike. The date that it will begin will be announced later, but for now, we need to see who will participate. Just comment if you would like to participate in the strike, in which we will refuse to login to GP until our demands are met. So what are the demands?

• MORE RESPECT FOR THE RANGERS
• A bigger role in the game
• RANGER, not BUDDIES
• Our old hats back
• And, a Ranger Badge

Before I end this post, I will let you know how much our role has decreased. Originally, in a certain Ranger area, you would see SOMETHING like…

The GP Ranger Area is where GP Rangers can speak about the wonderful ways they are making a difference in GP, and to chat about how they are improving the game daily.

Now, you see this, quoted exactly:

A place for GP Buddies to share their GP tour guide experiences and enter the GP BUDDY TOUR of the month competition!

Don’t worry yourself with the details. Instead of treating us like valued members who host games, report bad users, chat with friendly users, and provide assistance, we are now thought of as Tour Guides to n00b users, which was simply one of our orginal MANY tasks to perform. Just think about that, Sam, and everyone else. I leave you all with this: GP, I’m not stopping until my demands are met. I will raise awareness and advertise, I will not be satisfied until I get Rangers more rights. And, remember one thing: I am very persistent. To those of you whom GP is trying to hide the truth from, my friends Naughty/Naughts and Xana were SUSPENDED and DE-RANGERED for speaking their mind. Though I realize I’ll be next, at least my GP demotion will not have been in vain. Good day, Gardeners.

-GGX

-GGX

The Party Competition is now a re-occuring competition with an exclusive new prize, the Disco Dance Floor. It is already in the winners’ inventory and is probably in most of their houses by now.

What else is new? We are now in update 391 of GPW and the old, useless Moderator Button has been replaced with a Help button. It is still called the Report button, when you roll your mouse over it though.

Clicking the new Help button opens a help menu, with some helpful advice. It points out that Peppy gives you specific instructions around GP, and also displays links to the FAQ, Rules, Parent Page, and Contact Page. In Peppy’s “What do all the buttons do?” advice menu, this button still appears as the Moderator button, but will probably be updated soon.

Here’s a little trivia, Peppy the owl is now spelled as ‘Pepe’. We are now able to comfirm that Peppy’s name has been changed to Pepe, but it is pronounced the same way (as far as we know). Pepe’s welcome message to new users has been updated to show this as well:

And there is a new ‘Food’ category in the Inventory, Seed Interface, and in the Shop. I’m guessing that the food seeds will be moved into this new category soon, and food items that have been grown will be put into this inventory category. In the past, all food items that have already been grown seemed to dissappear until you used them in your treehouse. Now you will be able to trade, sell, and get rid of food items, I’m guessing.

And there is a night-time update as well. Whenever it starts to get dark, your garden suddenly gains more flowers and a brighter look. It looks pretty amazing compared to the day-time garden design. Try it for yourself!

That’s about all new for now gang, the Red vs Blue info should be along shortly. Keep growing your own fun, gardeners!

-GGX

There is also a new look for some of the Decoration seeds that you plant in your garden. It’s pretty cool and gives the plants a bit of unique-ness. The items grown are still the same at the moment, however.

There are a few new logos on the GP homepage as well. They don’t link to any websites, but show a few awards that GP has won in the safety category. It gives newer GP players & their parents a good impression.

It appears there was also a typo on the recent ‘Breaking News’ update. It says Party Competition entries were due on July 10, when in actuality, they were due on August 10.

There was also a post about the Membership Holding gardeners on the blog. Here are the complete details, as posted by Samdelion herself.

As a Member Gardener you have access to:

• All the seeds and items available in Garden Party World
• Sell, swap and gift any of your seeds and items to other member gardeners
• Play all the Garden Party Games

As a Free Gardener you have access to:

• Some seeds and items
• Sell some seeds and items in Buzz Market
• Play some Garden Party game

To be a Member Gardener and  enjoy everything that Garden Party World has to offer all you have to do is go to the following link:  www.gardenpartyworld.com/account.php

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That’s about all that’s new for now. We are currently in update/version 390 and doing well! The new Weekly Poll is up for all to read and I hope you have fun in GP. I’ve also updated the GP Contests area on the sidebar, so you can find out quickly & easily who won the older competitions. And I added a link to the complete details of the new August Art Competition! We’re just days away from the Party Competition Winners, and the Party Competition Item. Red vs Blue updates to come soon. Keep growing your own fun, Gardeners!

-GGX

Updates on the next Red vs Blue event will be posted sometime next week (or this week, depending on when you read this). I can’t wait to dive back into the Red vs Blue events and I know you can’t either, and with the new GP updates this could be even more fun! I’m glad to be back and I’m ready to have a good chat. Thanks for sticking with us! Keep growing your own fun, Gardeners!

- GGX

After choosing a country, the login screens are the same. You have a larger space for entering the username & password, and a much larger ‘Breaking News’ screen.

The server names are still the same, for both countries, but you’re actually not logging onto the same Server as the other Country’s. Next up are some Moderator updates. When you click the Moderator button, it displays links to the parents page, and the long awaited RULES PAGE!

Sadly, the Moderator button is now useless for contacting Moderators, and you can no longer talk to the Moderators. This means that any questions with the game will need to be directed to GP Rangers. It is NOT comfirmed, but it is rumored that a Ranger button will replace or be put next to the Moderator button soon. Next, the user reporting interface.

This also displays information about the rules, which you should click before reporting. The Report Player option displays many buttons, displaying reasons a user should be reported. False reports could lose your gardener’s playing time. There is now a spot for all message popups that you receive, so none of your messages overlap. The Mod Games are still normal moderator games and have not become GreenFinger games yet.

Whenever you attempt to load an area of the game, or a popup, you get a small cursor to show that it’s loading.

The previous ‘Flashing Minigames’ glitches have all been fixed, along with a few other smaller glitches. The little field on the bottom of the Player Card is now active, displaying item names.

The floor seeds also have a slightly new look:

And you can only send gifts to other members:

And there is a water drop over a plant if it is completely out of water:

FINALLY, the floor glitch (which displayed the wrong names for all the floors) is fixed with this new Decoration Interface!

And there is a BEAUTIFUL new trophy cabinet design!

All Beta Testers have memberships until October 3, 2009. But it’s never to early to sign up for more gametime/membership! If you go to the Membership Signup Page, you have the options to choose membership for 1 month, 6 months, or 12 months. You can also choose a re-occuring monthly membership, as well.

That’s nice for existing players, but what about new account? When signing up, you get a cool new email with LOADS of information:

AND, there’s a brand new welcome message after signing up:

Here is what happens when you’re not a member, and try to buy items. The items are faded out, and you get a popup. Only some items are able to be purchased.

These updates are a huge sign that beta is either over or nearly over. I will keep you updated with anything new I find. Congrats to the new Rangers, DVD & Melody1997. Congrats, and have fun with your ranger hats. Here are July’s Art Competition winners. The best hand drawn pic was Mariodude’s!

And DVD’s computer drawn art:

That’s all the new stuff for now! The news widget is updated and I’ll keep you posted on anything new I find. Keep growing your own fun, Gardeners!

-GGX