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April 10, 2018

Unique Spotlight – The 40mph Couch Potato

The Greyhound. Built for speed, designed for sleep.

How To Get: Many were gifted as thank you gifts to those who helped me in my early days of play. Many were traded for missing TDs as the time. Now I trade for personal Uniques I am missing. This item will probably stop at 250.

Meaning: I created the unique to highlight what amazing pets Greyhounds make and help change some misconceptions. Built for speed and not for stamina, Greyhounds do not need a lot of exercise. In fact, two twenty minute walks a day will suffice. They do love to run if given the space, but a 5 minute race round the garden or dog park will totally wear them out. What do Greyhounds do best? Sleep! For 22hrs a day in fact. No I am not kidding, think giant cat. Talking of cats, yes it’s true not all Greyhounds are cat safe. But then again that can be said about any breed of dog.

Which number unique is this for you? This was my 1st Unique, based on one of my First Greyhounds, “Freckles,” who I had to say goodbye to her in 2007 after she lost her battle with cancer. She and kennel mate (out other hound at the time) were rescued from the Irish Racing industry.

Closing Thoughts: Some interesting facts for you:

Greyhounds are mentioned or featured in 11 of Shakespeare’s plays.
General George Custer was a big greyhound fancier.
President Abraham Lincoln had a greyhound on his family coat-of-arms.
Greyhounds are the fastest breed of dog, reaching top speeds of 45 miles per hour!
Greyhounds can see CLEARLY for a distance of a half-mile!
In England at one time, it was forbidden for ‘commoners’ to even own a greyhound.
Greyhounds come in 19 different primary colors and in over 55 different color combinations.
Greyhounds have a larger heart, lungs and more red blood cells than other canine breeds.
Rescued greyhounds are used for donating blood for other dogs! Greyhounds have a more universal blood that can be used for dogs needing blood transfusions from accidents, injuries or surgery.
A Greyhounds foot placement when running is different to any other dog – during the Greyhound’s complete stride, he is off the ground twice – a double suspension gallop (they run like a cheetah, not like a horse). When running, greyhounds spend 80% of their time in the air. It is as close to “flight” as a land animal can get.
Greyhounds require little exercise, are very quiet, and are ideal for suburban homes, unlike many other large breeds of dogs.

April 6, 2018

Weekly Buzz 04/06/18

Hello Collectors,

Quick update today. Magic wands, juice, and the colors black and white.

Behind the Curtain

Development keeps on going slowly but surely toward the next app update. With a small team working on WallaBee, it can take a while. We hope that you continue to enjoy the game as we make improvements.

When you wish upon a star… shaped magic wand, lots of things can happen! In fact, items may change before your very eyes. We have a new Unique coming soon that has the power to change certain variants. Tired of having a white Easter Chick? Use a the magic wand and PRESTO CHANGO, it’s now one of the other 13 variations. What about changing that flavor of Jelly Beans you have? You can do that too! The item’s number remains the same and the previous history will be updated with the new variant artwork. Warning: use of magic is highly random and will sometimes not give you the variant you want. Many magic wands may be needed before favorable results are achieved. There may also be a small explosion when using this type of magic, so use with caution.

We’re just about finished with the Freshly Squeezed set. Remember, if you get stuck on figuring out one of these mega mixes, all recipes are available on ItemBee.

Our next set will have everyone speechless. Literally.

Player Unique Spotlight

With more and more Player Uniques coming out, we want to spend a respectable amount of time learning more about them. This week’s Player Unique Spotlight highlighted Roaming Gnome. You can read more about this unique here.

Roaming Gnome

This Week In WallaBee History | April 2nd – 8th

April 3rd, 2014: Cruise Brochure released as the first item in Cruise Control. Gaberbocchus

April 4th, 2016: Beastly Tooth was released as the third item in Tell Us A Tale. To this day, no one has figured out what this really is.

April 5th, 2015: Marshmallow bunnies and chicks met their demise in 6 Ways To Kill A Peep, with the first death being Death By Chocolate – arguably the best way to go.

April 8th, 2012: Eggception. Many eggs were destroyed. A day that will not easily be forgotten.

Room For Growth

We have compiled a list of issues that we are currently working on. If you find something that doesn’t fit into this list, please reach out to us and let us know.

Battery drains like crazy
- Under investigation.
Forum Notifications/Count are missing
- Coming in a future update.
General slowness
- Under investigation. Ram Issue.
Item View Crash – Go to pouch, Tap / open item, Tap menu, App crashes
- Fix available in next update.
Layout Issue (Android Specific) – Entering the app through a push notification, from a landscape-based app, makes the layout freakout.
- Investigating.
Performing an action that triggers a pop up sometimes ‘freezes,’ which needs a hard close to fix
- Currently being sorted out.
Places List – Bottom of row doesn’t register input.
- Fix available in next update.
Random Crashes (especially on older devices)
- We have discovered that the ram needed for the app fluctuates way more than it should, sometimes peaking over 1gb, which can cause older devices to crash. We are investigating what is causing this, so that we can enhance app performance.
Sets Page always shows ‘try again’ before loading view
- Fixed in the next update. For now, you can avoid this by viewing your Pouch before looking at the Sets page.
Store Item and Icon don’t match during drop
- Under investigation. At the moment, there is a chance that the previous item image will linger, even though the item has updated to the next one in line (viewable by the honeycomb price and set icon).
Store purchases hang up for a long time
- Under investigation. We’re so sorry for those effected by this issue… which should be everyone during a drop. Other times, it runs like a champ.

Community Content

This is a section of the blog where we will highlight any funny images or videos from the community. These may appear through links in the forums, on Facebook, guides on YouTube, or other sites.

Auction House Moderator extraordinaire, JenBee997, is taking the Freshly Squeezed set very seriously. How seriously, you may ask? Well, she purposely put kale, spinach, mango, banana, coconut, blueberries, granola, açaí, chai seeds, matcha and wheatgrass in her smoothie. That’s dedication to WallaBee, right there! Thanks for sharing, Jen!

If you think someone’s content (or your own) is worthy of being highlighted, you can suggest by emailing support or tagging it with #WallaCommunity.

Any additional questions, comments, concerns? Email: support@wallabeegame.com

April 3, 2018

Unique Spotlight – Roaming Gnome

With a carefree, ambling stride
He travels far and wide
Seeking good where’er he goes
As kindness is all he knows

Owner: elli61

How To Get: TD Gnomes freely given out for in-game acts of kindness. To receive one you need to be nominated for one by another player. To nominate a player for a Gnome see the Roaming Gnome thread in the Wallabee Chat Forum. SD low DD Gnomes are available for trade. Please PM Elli61 or see her profile for details.

Meaning: When I started playing Wallabee I was helped by some very generous players who gave me items (and advice) when I had nothing of value to give in return. This Walla-kindness is one of my favorite parts of the game! So I knew I wanted a unique that contributed to that aspect of the game.

Which number unique is this for you? 2. My first unique, the Hamsa is owned jointly with the player Michal who is both my dear friend and my cousin!

Closing Thoughts: I have a collection of garden gnomes that started when one was given to me as a joke by a good friend (she has no idea what she started!) I also love to travel, and the combination of both led to the creation of the Roaming Gnome.

March 30, 2018