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I think some people forget that animal jam is literally a kids game

PLEASE stop trying to bypass the chat filters to say inappropriate things, there are literal children playing this game that absolutely do not need to see stuff like that

#yepyepyep #pillow room. #just #pillow room

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I forgot a bunch so here's a part 2! As always please reblog for a wider range of answers

#yippee justice for animal jam!!!!!! #i was not at all expecting the poll to actually get updated lol #surprised webkinz is higher than club penguin. though tbf i dont know much about either

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”discord is for gaming” “discord is for talking to classmates” discord is for popping open the general chat in a server at 3 in the morning to go “hey guys i just remembered i can recite all of psalm 24 king james version from memory. im gonna type it” and then doing that

#discord is for logging onto the jamblr server once a month to yell about the update #and post a funny screenshot

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Were any of you guys planning on telling me how insane ajpw bubble chat is or was I just going to have to stumble upon that on my own

#wh... why...

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i have a formulative memory of little kid me ~7 years old playing animal jam and going "poster making party at my den!" and then instructing my online party guests to get out an irl piece of paper and write SAVE THE TIGERS!! on it and then try and draw a tiger and that's your poster. and they stayed and did it and it was a great party

#omg this and the tags are so sweet

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Somehow the only place I seem to be capable of making art like this is animal jam... I dont know how or why but as soon as I touch that games crappy art program this always happens and its absolutely ridiculous

#wtf ive scrolled past this so many times and my brain has not processed any of what i was actually seeing or reading- #in the ajpw art studio. this is INSANE. amazing job oml #aj art

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this has almost certainly been done as a tumblr poll before but idk how i'd go about finding it and i'm curious after seeing that old intros post so!

guesstimate if you aren't sure btw. i forgot to add that option.

#jamblr #animal jam #my posts #2013 for me! #i very very vaguely remember gazelle horns being rare and people being mad when they released in stores lol #i'm pretty sure i remember meet cosmo being made nonmember too #which gave my broke nonmember child self hope for years that they might also release the hive for nms #i sent in sooo many of those “suggestions” about it lmaooo

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COMPILATION OF EVERY ANIMAL JAM CLASSIC INTRO

(thank you to @toneinaflat for finding the first two videos!)

0. Beta Testing

i don't know what introduction (if any) was used during beta testing! (beta testing happened from ~march 2010 (closed beta) to september 8, 2010). i think it's probably the introduction shown in #1, but if you have any more info, please let me know!

1. Liza in Jamaa Township (original)

video posted october 1, 2011

started: either beta testing (march 2010-early september 2010) or the official release of the game on september 9, 2010

ended: some time between october 18, 2012 and december 14, 2012 (likely closer to december 14)

this is the original intro to animal jam! it shows liza around the mira statue in jamaa township, where she explains some background lore of jamaa (about mira especially), and some in game functions: moving, changing animal colors, getting achievements, and checking your gems. it's the earliest version of the lore, where "alphas" are called "shamans".

2. 3d Liza in Jamaa Township (update)

video posted december 14, 2012

started: some time between october 18, 2012 and december 14, 2012 (likely closer to december 14)

ended: february 6, 2014

this is an edited version of the original intro. it uses a new, jarringly 3d looking, model for liza, and has an updated introduction to the lore. liza's beginning explanation of mira is replaced with the "return of the alphas" cutscene also shown in the blue heron intro, and the "shamans" were renamed to "alphas". otherwise, this intro is identical to the previous

3. The Blue Heron

video posted february 6, 2014

started: february 6, 2014 (jamaa journal announcing it released on this date)

ended: january 23, 2015

this is the first major change in introduction! the player spawns in on a ship named the blue heron, that is modeled after mira. liza is piloting the ship, and gives you an introduction to jamaa. she introduces you to some in game functions: moving, changing color, checking your gems, and buying from shops. she also gives the option to "Learn about Jamaa's history", via watching the "return of the alphas" cutscene. at the end, the boat pulls in front of jamaa township.

fun fact: this was the only introduction that you could access without making a new account! when this introduction was released, they added an option in the settings to do this tutorial! (shown in the video, i actually couldn't find a video of this tutorial that started from the create an account screen). this option was removed an unknown amount of time later

4. Peck Intro

video posted january 23, 2015

started: january 23, 2015

ended: never 👍 (this is the current intro)

this intro changes the alpha greeting you from liza to peck. the player spawns into a long, forest-y room, and is greeted by peck. she takes you over a bridge to see a bunch of randomly generated animals that are spamming emotes and bubble chat phrases. she introduces you to some in game features: moving, changing color, using emotes, and checking your gems.

fun fact: from november 2016 to march 30, 2017, completing this tutorial would send you to the welcome party, an edited version of the jam session party that has other new jammers whose accounts were just created (if there were any online then....). this party had a singular clothing shop, the same "Clothing Shop" (literally its name) as the one on the blue heron. the end of peck's dialog in the main room is slightly changed to reference this party

BONUS: WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE TUTORIAL?:

after almost all of these intros, you spawn in jamaa township.

at first, completing the original intro would just spawn you in the middle of jamaa township and open up the jamaa journal and daily spin

but then, sometime before october 18, 2012*, the ending was somewhat changed. now it showed the avatar walking from the mira statue area to the middle of the town, and then the player was given this screen:

* why this date specifically? because this video of someone being mean to liza during the intro shows this new ending, and was posted on that date

however, i am almost certain that this was actually implemented on march 1, 2012; because that was the date that the loading screens were changed to their new (and current) format (date gotten from the animal jam wiki)

this end screen stayed for a while, but was minorly changed for the blue heron intro, and stayed that way for the first few years of the peck intro— "explore jamaa" was changed to "go on an adventure":

also, in the blue heron intro you're seen running up from the bottom of jamaa township (from the body of water where the boat dropped you off!). this is kept for the peck intro, although that direction doesn't make as much sense from that one.

when the welcome party existed from november 2016 to march 2017, the peck intro would lead to that party, but then the party had a path leading to jamaa township, in this same fashion. (video of this)

however, once the welcome party left on march 30, 2017, it seems this screen did too. because now, after the tutorial, the player automatically spawns in their den, where peck's den tutorial starts... guess our choice is made for us! (video of this). this date also marked the change in the items that a new jammer has from the get-go: originally new jammers got a sturdy table and a blue rug, but past 3/30/2017, new jammers get a rug, table, small window, chair, couch, lamp, and houseplant

speaking of den tutorials, a brief note:

ever since the peck intro, peck has always done the den tutorial. but i did read somewhere in my research that liza did the den tutorial beforehand— but i haven't found any pictures or videos on it, so you'll just have to take my word on that (if any of you have any pictures or videos of the liza den tutorial, or even a post talking about it, please send it to me!)

this has been information on every animal jam intro, thanks for reading 👍

#OOOO thank you so much for this!! great detective work!!! #i joined in 2013 and have been looking for that updated liza intro for a while but hadnt found it on my own :0 #didnt remember that the liza there was different from the adventure model. wacky lookin #i dont remember like literally anything else about the tutorial so i cant help you with the den thing sadly u_u #BUT i really appreciate this post #aj discussion

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steven universe ass item bro

#quickly scrolling past this on the dash not reading the caption like “oh that item looks like the steven universe cannon” #deadass...

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another one…… ..

#the wretched yet elegant beast !!!! #aj art

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Out of pure curiosity and fun!

#WHERE IS ANIMAL JAM #THE PEOPLE RIOT #(not really its understandable to not get everything lol)

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oh yeah i posted this on the jamblr discord but i should probably share it here too

i got and sold an alpha chest from ajpw treasure hunter and now i have. way more sapphires than are useful to me. so if anyone wants 600 sapphires for a month of membership, put something in your ajpw shop and tell me your user, i'll go buy it for ya! :)

#btw i am still up for doing this! #please i have so many sapphires i do not need them

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another aj dump (if you see the star otter takeover of the aldan pr.. i'm here too !!!)

#NOT THE LAST ONE #aj funny

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A reminder that Jazwares CEO - the company behind toy brands like Kellytoy, Squishmallows, Bum Bumz, Hello Kitty, Pokemon (in North America), Nerf, and many others - is a staunch supporter of Israel, with half of their recent intern cohort from Reichman University being called back to fight in the IOF. Not only this, but he and his wife Laura are working with the organization known as Brothers For Life that gives aid to Israeli soldiers, as well as supporting the infamous Canary Mission, which is responsible for doxxing pro-Palestinian students.

Buying new Jazwares products is going towards a CEO who supports genocide, please continue to boycott Jazwares brands and seek out alternative brands or strictly buy from secondhand sources when looking for new gifts for yourself or your loved ones. Do not continue to put money in Jazwares's pockets.

Source

#sigh. #not sure they even sell aj toys anymore but yeah this goes on the aj blog

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grahams workshop is back and i am BACK at the grind of collecting each resource 1000 times total to find out what the drop odds are (this is all mostly from last year)

here are the approximate silver/gold odds from those 1000 if you were wondering

graham this bag isn't fuckinf big enough !!

#jamblr #animal jam #my posts

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i was talking with my friends earlier about the old AJ alpha designs compared to their current ones and how they've kind of lost their mystique and look more or less "normal" now. the biggest offender is graham. like look at his older art:

compared to his newer art:

what happened to him?! did he bathe in the fountain of youth?? are we seeing graham's son now and graham is actually dead?! or does graham have a daily 3-hour skincare routine and puts on contacts to hide hide brown eyes??? what is going on graham...

#RIGHT??? #this is a general thing that's happened with the art style where things look much more.. #plasticky. clean. marketable even #compare new den items to den betas #or the temple of the ancients to the temple of trivia #and god i love that old style with all my heart!! i love the soft painted natural look to it #i love the weird perspectives and skewed shapes #i love the visible brush strokes in everything #and this is just something aj has lost as it became more streamlined and profitable #for clean gradients and generic bright colors. #SORRY about the ramble here this is just something i feel very strongly about lol #aj discussion #taylor maw the goat 4ever

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im a little goated at the candy catch

#YEAH candy catch pro 🤝 #so satisfying when you get a super high score #i cant wait till i have a usable computer and can play all the new stuff aughhhh god