Weekend of Epic Updates!

Hello guys,
Chobots Team have worked very hard and have introduced a new feature to the game. This is called the market! This is a place where you can sell in-game items to other Chos by auctioning them and bidding on other users items.

How to sell an item?
To the bottom left of your wardrobe, there should be a blue bin. This is where you send your items to sell, you simply drag an item you will be auctioning into the bin.

Then a new tab will appear on your browser, this is the listings page and you will be asked to choose a starting bid, how long the auction should last and then you click 'Create my Auction

It should redirect you to the market homepage and there you have it, your auction is up and ready!
Warning:  When you have listed an item into the market, you cannot access the item in-game.

To view your auction, you click the 'My Auctions' button on the market homepage and a page should appear of your current items on auction and your bidding history.

How do I bid on an item?
To bid on an item, you first need to add bugs into your market account. To do this, you need to click the 'Manage Funds' button located on the bottom of the market page. This will give you the choice to add bugs to your market account, or add bugs back to your chobot account.

After your account has enough bugs for an item you've viewed, you are ready to bid on it! To bid on an item you need to hover over the items tag and a green button which says 'BID' will appear, simply click on it and it will take you to the items auction page.

 

Now you need to bid higher than the current amount and you are the new bidding leader for the item.

What happens when I win an item?
The seller will be notified when their auction is over and will be asked whether they want to sell the item to you. After they have confirmed, the transaction is completed; you will receive the item and they will receive the bugs. If they choose to decline the transaction, they will receive a 5000 bugs fee and you will get back 110% of your winning bid.

Tip: If you want people to bid on your items, be generous on the starting price. You will soon find that multiple users will want your item and raise the bid up high. For example, pricing choproff glasses as 99,999 is pointless because they are free items.

Found a bug or have a suggestion?
Since this is a new feature, there is bound to be bugs in it. If you have found one simply click the Feedback/Bugs button located at the bottom of the market page and tell us!

 

I hope you have great fun bidding and selling.

Fashion Party!
Have you all enjoyed fashion week? Well, to finish off this spectacular week, we've decided to host a giant fashion show for all you Chobots!

The party will take place on Sunday, April 28 at 21:00 Cho Time. We will be having our fashion show at the Disco Lounge.
I hope to see you there!

That's all for now,
Comment what you think about the market!
Twinkle

April Agents

Aye Aye Chobots!

After a careful review of all the Agent Poll, the winners have been announced! It was a close race between the top three candidates, but as you know only two could win. Please congratulate Program and Kelly123 on a job well done, you girls have both proven yourselves Agent materiel and we know you won't let us down!

 

  Fun Fact: The third place candidate was only two votes off from getting their Agent badge.

Once again, congratulations!
Don't forget that the theme for today is back to the future so stay fashionable!

Captain

Arts and Fashion Madness!

Aye Aye Chobots!

My name is Captain and I'm a new author here on ChoGossip and I'm super excited to be apart of Twinkle's blog. I've prepared a short little paragraph about myself, just so you readers can get to know me a bit more..

My name is Mike, but a lot of you know my as Captain. I'm an Agent for the virtual world Chobots, and I love my job! Apart from Chobots, I enjoy playing sports like baseball and lacrosse, playing video games with friends, listening to music, and just hanging out. I joined Chobots back in early Chobots.com beta, and I've been going strong sense.

Fashion Week
Do you enjoy going to fashion shows with your friends? If so, then we have some fantastic news for you! The Chobots Team has made this week all about fashion, so you're going to have a chance to win some sweet prizes at the end of the week.

Below you will find the themes for each day of the week:

Monday - Animal/Green

Tuesday - Black and White

Wednesday - Opposite Genders

Thursday - Blast From The Past

Friday - Your Signature Style

Saturday - Futuristic

Each day of the week a Moderator will come on in-game and see who has the best style. At the end of the week, there will be a big party in the Fashion Show room!

Art Around Chobots
As you may know, Chobots.net is full of a lot of talented and artistic users. So, I went around Chobots and found some really neat drawings on the walls. Take a look at what I found!

Drawn by Kelly123

Drawn by Eggs

Drawn by Brand

Fantastic drawings guys, they I love the shading effects on each one. And the drawing by Eggs looks just like a Chobot! Keep up the great work friends.

Once again, thank you Twinkle for having me on this amazing blog, and to those who are going to take part in Fashion Week - Good luck!

Captain

Earth Day Party Review

Hello Everyone!

I am eggs, and I am a new author on this amazing blog! YAY! SO EXCITED!

So I am a 12 year old girl from Australia and an agent, mini mod/forum legend and citizen! Woo woo.

So, on to the post, yesterday was the Earth Day party!

Before I share with you some photos, I would like to share some reviews by the users:

"Its was absolutely epic. The disscussion got everyone interested, the games were fun and the rain was rare and awesome. It evenn rained my favourite item, the paperbag hat!" -iTunez

"The party was great fun! Jake hosted a game (Guess The Item), and we then had to think of an item he was thinking of. We all had a fantastic time! The party lasted about an hour, and within that time, we had done so many cool things. There was rain, magic, and awesome masks!" -Smiley

That was one of the coolest parties I have ever been to. It was really fun, a lot of music and games worth prizes. I also loved the colour scheme which was green -Godlight

I'm really glad you likes the party guys, so did I!

Here are some photos I took!

Looked like fun huh?

So if you want to know a bit about the party read on:

Everyone crowded in the eco shop a few minutes before and then we talked about how we should treat the environment, what we think earth day is and how our personal experiences with the environment (at our schools and stuff) And then we decided to....PARTY! It rained shirts, peacock boards and more! :D

I had an awesome time, comment your favorite rained item!

Thanks for reading,

Eggs

Earth Day and Updates

Hey guys! Proggy here with some gossip and updates! First of all, I'd like to tell you that we have two new authors for the ChoGossip Team! Congratulations, Eggs and Captain as you two are our authors. Stay tuned as Twinkle might be needing some more authors soon.

Going green!
Have you noticed anything different about the cafe street? That's right, the Chobots Team has made the cafe street atmosphere green! Why? Well, this week, it's Earth Day! Don't forget to recycle and reuse things :)

I love how there are lots of trees and daisies scattered everywhere. Also, the billboard has change and it looks epic!

Earth Day Party

Earth day is today and to celebrate, Chobots are having a party! Earth Day is a day to raise awareness of the environment, you may learn about it at school. We would love it if you could join us.

Our theme is animal masks, so be sure to come dressed in an animal of some sort!

New wings!
Have you noticed any new items? Well, one of  Nightmare's designs got added to our game! They will most likely be put in the $hop later as they can fly and are super awesome so look out for these awesome wings, you wouldn't wanna miss out!

Nightmare rocking out his new wings! I love his style!

Mini Quiz Night
Yesterday Koiz, Twinkle and James hosted a mini quiz. It then followed on to a mini party with music, magic and some rain! We had bucket loads of fun and I thought I'd share some pictures with you!

Well, I guess that's it! Thanks for reading.

Comment your favourite animal mask!

Program

Contests, contests, and a lot more contests!

Hey guys, how've you been? This post contains a lot of contest talk so be prepared!

CMV Champions
These amazing Chobots have bagged themselves 1st, 2nd and 3rd place from the CMV contest, take a look!

In first place, we have Dean! To view his video, look below:

In second place, we have Illusiion! To view his video, look below:

Our last winner is King! To view his video, look below:

Great job guys.
You will be awarded with 10 days of citizenship and 7000 bugs. Dean and Illusion will receive a video camera. On the other hand, King will receive a red rosette instead as he already has a video camera. Enjoy your prizes!

Design Contest
To all of you amazing designers out there, this is the competition for you! This is your chance to show off your cool designs and get your inner creativity out in the open. You mission is to create an item or chat bubble or a brand new location, they must have a hint of spring or summer as that is the theme we are going for. Here's the templates you can use:

Good luck!

Blog Template Giveaway

I hope you guys haven't forgotten that I'm giving away an entire blog package for absolutely free! I'm doing anything and everything to try and get lots of people to enter.

The rules are simple, all you have to do is follow my blog and comment on the contest post.

Click here for the post.

That's a lot of contest talk! Thanks for reading,
Comment your favourite contest below!
Twinkle

75 Followers Template Giveaway!

Hey guys, as some of you may know, my blog has reached over 75 followers!
To celebrate I am having a cool giveaway. Many Chos have been asking for templates so here's the giveaway!
First of all, I would like to tell you what this giveaway includes:

Blog header | Banner | Moving message/banner | Scroll to Top button | Buttons, images (optional)

This will all be given away for absolutely free.

To be in for a chance, all you have to do is follow my blog and comment on this post.. that's it! Also, if you haven't already, add me on Skype so that I can contact you if you are a winner!

My Skype name is ChobotsTwinkle

The contest will end in 1 week which gives you enough time to enter and share with friends!

Keep following my blog, I will be having a contest like this again when I reach 100 followers!

Good luck,

Twinkle

TwiinkleVision CMV's

Hey Chos! Recently, I've been learning how to create CMV's. I decided to show you guys and ask for feedback, they've both been entered in the CMV contest so fingers crossed! The first CMV was recorded and editted on Camtasia Studio 8 and the second one on VideoStar made on my iPad.

Click here to view my YouTube page, don't forget to subscribe!

We R Who We R - Ke$ha CMV

Live While We're Young - One Direction CMV

It was very fun creating these videos so I'll be making more videos in the future.

Thank you for taking your time to read my post, I would love it if you'd leave a comment below!

Twinkle

Chobots Movie Party Review

Hi, Chobots.
It's me, Swifter! You all know about the Chobots Movie Party that went on last night, right?
Well, it's over and I have to say... it was a blast! Sadly, I didn't manage to take any pictures, but I found some that our Agent Captain took. Here they are:

Neat pictures, Captain. 

Everyonewas dressed up as their favorite movie character. It was super awesome. I dressed up, also. Let's see if you can guess who I am....

At the party, there was a huge announcement. The amount of tension was unbelievable! I wonder what the announcement was...

That's right! Our agent Twinklefairyx has been promoted! She is now a part of the Chobots Moderation Department. Isn't that just fantastic? Twinkle has been with us for a very long time. She's always helping, caring, having fun & chatting. She truly deserves this, and has finally made it. Fantastic job, Twinkle.

Well, thanks a bunch for reading my post.

Leave a comment on who you dressed as!

Have a wonderful day,

Swifter

Authors Wanted!

The time has come guys, I need a new author for my blog! To apply you must comment on the post why you should be the next author.

Requirements:
To be in for a chance of becoming an author, you must..

Have added me on Skype. Skype name: ChobotsTwinkle

Have good grammar and spelling.

Have unique posts, not copied from the main blog.

Special Bonus
These are additional bonuses you can include on your application which could boost your chances of becoming an author.

Why you would be right for the ChoGossip Team

Your prior experience (previous blogs, authors on blogs)

A cool fact about you! ^_^

There is no end date, I will be reading each application until I find the right author for me! That's all you need to know! So if you think you have what it takes to be my author, sign up today by commenting on my post to why!

Also, thank you to my 75 wonderful followers! My goal has been reached and I will be posting my contest soon.

Good luck,

Twinkle

Party and Fun!

Hey Chobots! Peace here. How are you all? Can you guess which Movie/TV character I am?

Yup, I'm the Wicked Witch of the West from one of my favorite movies, The Wizard of Oz. I'm preparing myself for a special party that's coming up. That's right, a Movie Party! Everyone is gonna dress up as their favorite character and what better place to hold a movie party than the Cinema! Music, magic and more will happen so I hope you can go! Here are the details:

Update: Movie Party will be hosted in Server Milkyway due to city name changes.

Great Styles

Speaking of movie and TV character styles, I saw some very cool styles around Chobots today!

• Illusiion: I like the way he used the complimentary colors blue and orange and incorporated the cool jetpack!
• Chalk: I really love her outfit, the shade of pink is cute and the wings add an angelic look!
• Perfectlexie: I like how all of her red items really pop out, nice style!

Great outfits everyone, I'm always looking for stylish Chos.

Awkward Choment of the Week

This happens to me all the time! That awkward moment when you receive a message and you click on the green button instead. 

Cool Chobots Art!

Wandering around the forum I noticed some nice art our users have drawn for us!

Look at this wonderful drawing by Vasa12345, it's such a beautiful landscape. Good Job!

Another cool drawing by Ilusiion has a nice 3D effect to it, like the heart is popping out! Great effects!

Okay that's all for now, I hope you can make it to the party!

More gossip to come!

Comment your favourite Movie/TV character!

Peace

Contests, contests & more contests!

Hi there, Chobots.
Swifter here, with a whole package of news! Let's get started, shall we?

April Journalists
The April Journalists have been announced! :O
Ooh, the tension! The Journalists of April 2013 are....

Bebot

Bluezorogirl13

Cati886

Drytoby

Eggs

Lisa09 & David09

Perfectlexie & Flapiefeet

Smiley

Twinklefairyx

Vasa12345

Congratulations, you guys! You've worked really hard on your blogs & it's finally paid off.

I'm sure you'll have a really fun time as Journalists. It really is an amazing achievement.

And, in return for all of your hard work you receive all of the following:

• Journalist badge on your playercard with your blog title. 
• The possibility for your blog to be featured on the play page. 
• Your blog will be featured on the Official Blog! 
• Moderators will bookmark your website! 
• You will be invited to write one blog post on the Official Blog. 
• You will be added to an exclusive mailing list to receive all the behind-the-scenes 
• information and news before anyone else does. 
• One free week of citizenship in the beginning of the month. 
• Automatically receive the feather item. 
• PC moderators even though their player-card is blocked. 
• Purple name-tag. 

Elite Journalists

This is a new scheme which will be starting this month! The Chobots Team have introduced to us.. ''Elite Journalists''. This is a new rank allowing Journalists to have more control over the Official Blog. To qualify for this spectacular rank, you must have been in the journalist system for at least 2 months and have amazing blogging skills. You do not currently need to be a journalist to be chosen.

Brand New Contest!

A brand new contest that has been added to Chobots! The Chobots Team have decided to host a contest with one of our favorite mascots.... CHOPIX!!! That's right. There's a new contest with one of our quests. Fact: This has never been done before! Isn't that just an awesome idea?
Obviously, for each competition, you have to have a scoreboard. Right? Well, they've added one, and I've gotta say; it's looking swift!

It's bright & pink! That's nice. You wouldn't have any trouble finding it, would you? Haha.

Very, very nice indeed! But, hurry! You don't have long to get as many points as you can! The contest is ending on April 15th! Good luck, and may the odds be forever in your favour.

75 Followers Contest

Twinkle will host a contest for an entire blog template when she reaches 75 followers! This includes a header, moving banner, blog banner, buttons, images and so much more!

Share the blog to your friends, only one more follower to go!

Thank you for reading my post,

Comment your favourite contest!

Swifter

Fashion Favourites!

Hey guys! New items are out in the shop.. do you know what this means? Cool, new outfits to explore and create!

As you can see, there are a variety of clothing to choose from. I love how when there are new clothing, everywhere I look Chobots are showing off cool new outfits they've created.

Okay, instead of going through the prices of each individual item, I'm going to pick a few favourites.

Let's call it.. 'Fashion Favourites' eh?;)

Neptune Tail - 3500 bugs.

This is a very unique item. You can dress as the famous Greek God Neptune or perhaps dress as a mermaid.

Tennis Racket Hoverboard - 10,000 bugs.

For all you sporty Chos out there, here is an item you will love! This hoverboard will bring out your inner sportiness, it will also improve your speed on Cho.

Sun Flag - 50,000 bugs.

It may seem a bit pricey, however this flag has such a welcoming design printed onto it. It will add a happy personality to your outfit. 

 

Here are some characters I created with a few of these new items.

Hmm, let's call this.. Character Craze!

Katniss Everdeen - Are you a big fan of The Hunger Games? Then this is the perfect style for you! The cute braid looks identical to Katniss' signature look. The arrow is just an addition to the character making her seem more realistic.

Scientist with '$wag' - This is a random outfit I made with the potion hand item. It goes perfectly well with the ChoProff outfit and the super cute Samantha hair just adds a bit of swag xD

The Little Mermaid - This character is from a well-known, and loved book and movie by Disney. It's Ariel from The Little Mermaid! The flowers in her red hair looks cute, along with the chunky bracelets. The purple eyeshadow works well with the outfit making her look like a true princess!

Sheridan and I chillin' in Cafe St.

After the Agents' Meeting, Cafe St. was jam-packed with Chobots! We were all having fun, dancing and chatting away!

That reminds me! We have an addition to the Agency Team.. Vasa12345, a well-known and loved player who is an active player in-game, on the forums and a great journalist.

What else can I say? Vasa is a perfect addition to the team, good job gurl!

Thank you for reading my post,

Comment your favourite item added to the shop.

Twinkle

Fun page updated!

Hello my Chobot friends! I have re-designed my Fun Page.. this means it has a new, fresh look and I have added extra pages! It took 2-3 days updating it and I love how it looks.

So, here's what it looks like! I added three new buttons and I'd love it if you'd view them. Also, I made my buttons smaller as the big ones made my page go one forever!

As you can see, my blog tutorials are coming soon so keep checking back on my page!

Thank you for reading my post,

I would love it if you comment some cool ideas for new pages because currently I only have 5 and would really like to create some more!

Twinkle

News and Updates

Hello Chobots! How have you been? I have some news and updates to share with you..

Chobots Facebook Page
We finally have 1000 followers on our Facebook page! A while ago Chobots offered some amazing prizes to three Chobots who invited the most users to like the page.

Three Chobots won!

1st Place: Smiley - All 3 items, 7 days of citizenship and 7000 bugs

2nd Place: Master720 - 2 items of his choice, 7 days of citizenship and 7000 bugs

3rd Place: Newy - 1 item of his choice, 7 days of citizenship and 7000 bugs.

It looks like Smiley's enjoying his prizes!xD

Well done! I will be expecting more contests like this in the near future :)

CMV Contest

CMV stands for Chobots Music Video. You must film, edit an create any song you want! You must create new videos as old ones will not be accepted.

The contest will end on Monday, April 15. Good luck!

Here are some tips to include in your videos

TwiinkleVision

I made a new YouTube Channel! My latest video is simply an introduction video. I'll be adding my YouTube Channel to my Fun Page soon, when I have got a few videos.

This is my first official video so I would love it if you could watch it, probably give a like and comment feedback?:3

Also, if you subscribe to me, I'll subscribe to you back! Click here to view my YouTube channel.

April Updates

The events tab has updated! As you can see, there are many events we should be looking forward to..

I'm so excited for Fashion Week.. I'd expect it to be filled with fashion shows and possibly a catwalk?!:O

That's all for now,

Stay tuned for more gossip. Comment your favourite upcoming event below!

Twinkle

Recruiting April Journalists

A new month has began and the Chobots Team have decided to recruit new journalists into the scheme. There are certain requirements you must follow to participate in this program.

• You're posts should not be copied from a different source; you have to write them yourself. You are free to copy pictures from the Official Blog, however if you are taking it from another Chobot's blog, you should always ask for their permission first.
• Be creative and unique - Your posts don't always have to be about Chobots. You could share a story, you could post diary entries, comics.. anything that will make your blog noticed by the judges.
• Your blog must be at least a month old and your blog should be updated at least twice a week.

If you feel that your blog has covered all the requirements then submit your blog!

How? 

Click here to read the official post, this is where you should submit your blog.

You have until Friday, April 12

Have you been submitting your blog since the start of this program and not been very successful? Well I've written the perfect guide for you! Simply click here to read it.

Former journalists do not have to re-submit their blogs.

Good luck to all you budding authors.

Twinkle

Movie Review - Despicable Me

Hey guys, since it's Easter Holidays, I've been really busy this week going to meet friends and family. Yesterday, I went to my cousin's house and we all sat and watched Despicable Me! It's such an amazing movie and I wanted to review it for you guys!

So this is a great movie to watch with family. It's funny, creative and suitable for all ages! The movie is about a man who is a criminal mastermind, adopting three girls to be part of his evil scheme.
He has millions of cute, yellow minions who work in a lair for him. As the days pass, he grows to love and care for them which change him as a person for the better.
I would definitely recommend this movie to all you Chobots out there!
That's what I watched yesterday! Have you watched any interesting, fun movies this week? If so, comment below! (Haha, I rhymed) xD
I'd love to read your movie suggestions.
Twinkle

Baking/Craft Contest Winners

Hello Guys, a few weeks back we had a baking or a craft contest and the winners have been picked and announced  I am pretty sure it must have been very tough for the staff to choose the winners, however they have picked 4 winning entries!
So here's the moment we've all been waiting for.. the winners!

Chalk

I like how the tissue paper underneath the basket is multi-colored, also the mini easter eggs look extra awesome! xD

Pigscanfly

His drawing shows so many scenes in one big picture. The three chobots fighting over the easter egg, people chatting, having fun.. great drawing!

Twinklefairyx

This cake looks and probably tasted delicious. I like how Twinkle used a refreshing green color for the grass and then added mini eggs in the corners.

Kelly123

This must have taken a long time to create! Even the background has been painted by Kelly! I love the Easter eggs surrounding the Chobot. Looks super cute!

For their hard work they will receive:
2 weeks of citizenship!
6,000 bugs
Chef suit

I hope you enjoy your prizes!
What do you think of the rewards? Write a comment below!

Furry