The Beginner's Guide to MagiStream!

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Thanks! That guide really helped me!
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Bunny wrote:Welcome to MagiStream, a rapidly growing online community! Today, I will be telling the everything there is to know about how to get started with some creatures of your very own. Make sure you take a look HERE before getting started. Please reply with any suggestion or feedback you may have.

About the Website
This website was created and is owned by Tristan . If you ever have any concerns, take a visit to the FAQ, private message any one of the staff, or visit the Support and Suggestions forum.

Getting My First Creature
Assuming you have already created and activated your account, we can visit the Home Page (also accessible at any time by clicking on the banner at the top of every page). As soon as the page loads, you will notice a scrolling image which looks like some ocean waves with some orb-like objects floating along. Those orbs are eggs, and are the starting stage of every creature. Simply click any egg you would like to "grab" from the stream! Keep in mind you can only have 4 eggs at once, but you can grab more from the stream once they have hatched. You can take a look at all your pets by clicking on My Creatures, which is as the top of every page (it's in the bottom right corner of the banner, and the second one from the right).

Making My Pet Advance Stages
Every pet has the chance to change into 3 different stages: the Egg, the Baby, and the Adult. Pet's advance stages whenever their "Stage" progress bar reaches 100%. The % in this bar will increase whenever a person visit's your pet's page (e.g. here). The "Overall" status bar increases at the same time as the "Stage" bar, but is to show the progress of becoming the last stage, the Adult. The easiest way for you to get clicks for your pet is simply to post them in the click threads, which can be found in the Reindeer Games, or put them in your signature. You can get the BBCodes (the stuff you put in your signature to show images and links) by going to the My Creatures page and clicking "Embed Multiple". You can then click the images of the pet's you want to get the BBCode for, then copy the text in the box, and paste it here (User Control Panel > Profile > Edit Signature).

I See Some Different Pets I Can't Find in the Stream!
Some pets are extremely rare to sight in the stream, and some pets are only available by being purchased from the MagiStream shops (located in "Shops" at the top of every page). Some of the store creatures can be purchased with Gold (Remy's Inn), while others must be purchased with Crystal Shards (Donation Shop).

How do I get Gold and Crystal Shards?
Gold is currently obtained by posting in the forums. You can receive up to 60 Gold for each post you make, depending on the length of it (but don't go spamming!). The most popular place to post was the "Reindeer Games" section, but the amount of Gold received from there has been lowered as of June 18, 2009. You also receive 1 gold for viewing a creature. This doesn't matter whether it's yours or someone else's, but you can only receive one gold for a certain pet once a day (clicking on my pet 8 times will still only give you one gold, but clicking one of my pets and one of Tristan's pets will get you 2 gold). Crystal Shards can only be obtained through donating to the website ($1 = 1 Shard) through the "Donate" button at the top of every page OR by winning certain contests.

What are the Green Usernames and Purple Usernames I See?
The green usernames belong to users with Moderator privileges, and the purple usernames belong to donors who have donated more than a certain amount (used to be $10, may have increased).

Well, I've told you everything you'll need to know to get started because the rest of it is self explanatory. If you still have any questions, feel free to Private Message any of the Staff. The Support and Suggestions forum is always open for ideas and concerns you may have.
I hope this guide will have helped you in some way, and I wish you luck on your adventures in MagiStream!

Regards,
Bunny




Some Updates by Umbreonage! Thanks!
Trading
Trading allows you to transfer or trade gold or pets to other users. You can find trades, sales, auctions, and giveaways HERE at the Merchant district. Have a look through existing trades, or start your own thread. When you find an offer you like (or someone accepts yours), be sure to PM the other trader, or post in their thread. Either one of you can start the trade. To start it, either click the "Trade" button located beneath your trading partner's avatar, or click the "Trades" button in the banner at the top of every page and enter the person's username. Enter your offer by clicking the creatures you want to trade, and/or enter a gold amount. Please note that you cannot trade unfrozen eggs at this time due to a bug allowing users to go over the 4 egg limit. This is important: Make sure to click "Save Changes" after entering your offer. If you don't do this, you will end up sending the other person a blank offer. After saving changes, enter your password and confirm the trade. The person you are trading with should now have 1 new trade (they will be notified of this underneath the banner, next to where the site tells you of new PMs). They will enter their offer, save changes, and confirm. Assuming they offered the right pets/gold, you can now confirm the trade, and all pets/gold will be traded. Trades can be cancelled at any time by either party.

Breeding?
When your creatures reach adulthood, they gain the abilitry to breed with other creatures. Usually, creatures can only breed with an opposite-gendered member of the same species. However, there are some hybrids that can only be obtained br mixing two different species. This includes fire gryphons (any gryphon X phoenix), ice gryphons (any gryphon X ice phoenix), and ocean leviathans (storm leviathan(shopbought leviathan) X tropical leviathan (aqua colored leviathan)). Donation pets, such as crystalwings, unicorns, and dragons, cannot breed at all. You may only breed a creature once every 3 days. When you breed two creatures, you may end up with a refusal. This does not mean you can never breed these two again, it just means they don't feel like it this time. You may get lucky, and they will produce an egg. The egg will appear on your page. You cannot get multiple eggs from one breeding, only one.

Other Notes
I think it's worth mentioning somewhere that all stream eggs are replaced by fresh ones every 15 minutes, on the hour, xx:15. xx:30, and xx:45.

More updates added by Wolfeyedangel
To add an Avatars (pretty pictures above your name):
In the same place you update your signature: (User Control Panel > Profile > Edit Avatar). If you have a picture on your computer use the first line. If you have one on a website you want to use use which ever of the other two you want. Most of the time the Avatar dimensions will update on their own.



how long dose it take for an egg to hatch????
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The eggs hatch by clicks. Some eggs don't need a lot of clicks, but others need a great deal of clicks. If you don't post your eggs and get people to click, it can take a very long time for eggs to hatch. But if you get lots of clicks, you can get them hatched in a day or so, sometimes. :t-^_^:
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Thanks so much for the help! I needed it! :wave: Woot! My first post!
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MightyOak wrote:The eggs hatch by clicks. Some eggs don't need a lot of clicks, but others need a great deal of clicks. If you don't post your eggs and get people to click, it can take a very long time for eggs to hatch. But if you get lots of clicks, you can get them hatched in a day or so, sometimes. :t-^_^:
Plus, you can use the Image Free Nursery (IFN) to help them grow to. Just copy and paste the creature code in.
Also, twitter is useful for hatching eggs as well.
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thanks so much! Ive been trying to figure out how to find my animals codes haha
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I know thatI'm not new to here, but does anyone here know where I can find Capricorn eggs? i haven't seem many in the Stream, if any...
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keishdante wrote:I know thatI'm not new to here, but does anyone here know where I can find Capricorn eggs? i haven't seem many in the Stream, if any...
Capricorns aren't Stream creatures. To get a Capricorn you need to breed an Ibex with a Koi. :t-^_^:
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Hello!
Thank you very much for this information, they helped a lot me!

PS: I am French thus saddened if I make spelling mistakes or the others!
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Thank you so much for these helpful tips! They have helped me tremendously the last few days in getting more pets and learning the site. :wave:
My little critters need a bit of love. Will you help them grow?

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