Kings of Spun the 12th and Spun Update

Hail Spunlings! And so we have our 12^th King's of Spun – the spuntastically unpronounceable iLmlgLiOrE9r Spun Majesty of the EU and countrygirl5991 the indisputable Spun Majesty of North America! Unfortunately Uncle Spun has little time today to spend relating the Coronations, as his attentions are being called this way and that with preparations for Spun'mas. Yes, Spun'mas will be upon us sooner than you think!

The EU Coronation was a quiet affair, and Uncle Spun could not help but notice sam_reynolds01 flitting in and out of Spunland – one just hopes that this was not due to unspun crashes! The North American coronation was particularly noteworthy, not just for the glamour and confidence of countrygirl5991, but for the presence of one VMP123456789 in a full body Robo suit – Uncle Spun was most impressed by how fitting he looked wearing the Spun Crown!

Majesty countrygirl5991's unseemly confidence in winning the Spun Crown brought once more to our attention the skewed nature of the contest, and so discussions have begun on how we might best change the coronations to make them more of a contest. Your suggestions are more than welcome.

Before signing off let me once more congratulate our new Kings of Spun and mention one or two small items of news; As of today Spunland Commerce Release 6 finally brings North America up to date with Europe, which is how matters will remain from this day on. Hopefully. Next Wednesday Spunland Commerce Release 7 (the Spunny Farthing!) will appear on both sides of the Atlantic simultaneously, and the Broom Broom LMO reward will once again appear in the Shop Maze, until the start of Spun'mas – about which Uncle Spun will have more to say next time!

Next week's coronation - whoever holds the Spun Crown at 8pm GMT in the EU and 4pm PST/7pm EST in NA on Tuesday the 19th of November will be the 13th Kings of Spun!

Until then, keep it Spun!

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Kings of Spun the 11th and Spuno'ween follow up...

Spun Salutations! Uncle Spun is spuntastically happy to announce that for the first time in over 2 weeks he made it into Spunland to perform the King of Spun Coronations, and so finally we have two new Spun Majesties! Yes, the EU King of Spun is one argonxenon, and our NA King is the mysterious John Unspun! But more on this in a moment...

It has been a very trying and exciting few weeks for us here in Spunland Mansions, what with the horrendously unspun bugs in the last big release, then the excitement and drama of Spuno'ween itself. In case you missed the fuss; it seems that our Chief Spun Engineer had made something of a schoolboy error and consequently Spuno'ween finished more than a little prematurely - at 6pm EST on the 31st as it happens. So after much head scratching, debate and downright argument it has been decided that the Broom Broom LMO will reappear in the Spunland Shop Maze as a free reward on the 20th of November and remain there until at least the 4th of December. That should be plenty of time for any of our deprived American cousins to find this most Spun of rewards. For those who missed out on Spuno'ween itself - well, some round the clock endeavors from our frequently sorry engineers have produced an answer; also from the 20th November the Spunland Portal reward item and the Spunland Relocator in the Spunland Cottage will now provide their users with the option to travel to Spunland in it's Spuno'ween guise. Note that relocating to Spuno'ween from the Spunland Cottage will not provide the usual Daily Score Bonus.

Now to the Coronations. Both the EU and NA were a little quiet last night and devoid of the usual friendly faces that Uncle Spun loves to see so much. Perhaps this is due to the unspun way in which we keep swapping the time and day of these most important of regal occasions, or perhaps a Spunling can only be cast into the great crash void so many times before return becomes impossible... Uncle Spun does not know, but can say with honest confidence that even if things were a little quiet, they were also pleasingly stable.

So the 11th EU King of Spun is the greatly named argonxenon - spun congratulations to you! For a brief moment it looked as though she were going to be pipped to the post by the crazily cartwheeling diablillo_18_bcn, but Spun justice prevailed and she managed to retrieve the freshly harvest-spawned Spun Crown just in the nick of time.

In North America the majestic honour was taken by John Unspun. There were more than a few attempts to thwart his regal ambitions, but John Unspun it seems is an incredibly cool and collected individual. Never before has Uncle Spun seen the bearer of the Spun Crown simply sit down and wait for the Coronation time, and with such confidence! Then, as soon as he accepted the Crown - he vanished! Not a word was exchanged or picture taken! For this empty coronation photo Uncle Spun will not so much apologize as simply extend his heartfealt gratitude to all of our previous Spun Kings, who have always kindly posed for their picture if not conversed with Uncle Spun. As to the enigmatic John Unspun, sir; one hopes that it was some intended inscrutable machination and not mere bashfulness that prompted your sudden disappearance! Spun Congratulations to you!

From next week we will keep the coronations as regular as we can. On Tuesday the 12th of November whoever holds the Spun Crown at 8pm GMT in the EU and 7pm EST/4pmPST in North America will be the 12th Kings of Spun! Have a Spun Week!

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Happy Spuno'ween!

Happy Spuno'ween Spunlings!

So this is an unusual post for Uncle Spun. There were of course no coronations this week, meaning sam_reynoldsUS and richrich1991 are still our resident King's of Spun and will be until next Wednesday! Yes, that's right next Wednesday, not Tuesday. It seems that in all the furious work to fix those unspun bugs that beset us last week the Spun Engineers were a little too diligent in their safety precautions and accidentally made it impossible for Uncle Spun, or indeed the Dukes of Spun to visit Spunland. I would be most upset by missing out on the Spuno'ween festivities were it not for the fact that a few expeditionary sorties by one of our more intrepid engineers has confirmed that the bug bug fixes have indeed worked and that everyone except myself should be able to enjoy Spuno'ween safely with little chance of being cast into the unspun crash void...

The special Spumpkin Broomstick LMO reward will be available today only – so come visit Spunland, it can be found in the Shop Maze... somewhere.

Have a truly Spun Spuno'ween and Uncle Spun will see you all for next week's coronations: Whoever holds the Spun Crown at 8pm GMT on the EU servers and 3pm PST on the US servers on Wednesday the 6^th of November will be the 11^th Kings of Spun.

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Kings of Spun the 10th and Pipeline update...

Spun Salutations! And so we reach the the 10^th King's of Spun, a milestone Uncle Spun would be rejoicing of even more were it not for the unspun bugs and bogies that continue to beset us! Spun congratulations to richrich1991 the 10^th EU King and sam_reynoldsUS, to whose titles we will come shortly...

The EU coronation started swimmingly enough, many of our favourite faces were present and correct as usual, although for the first 5 minutes or so none dared touch the Spun Crown, perhaps they had a premonition of what was to come. Then the claiming began. Uncle Spun saw the crown flit from CandyDragon to ZaKawiia, to richrich1991 and back. Majesty GigiZen looked on, confusing even I for a moment by wearing his very own hard won crown. It was 3 minutes to 8 when the worst crash we have yet seen struck. It seemed as though the world shook with an almighty unspun judder, and from the reactions all around Uncle Spun could tell it was not just he who was thrown unceremoniously from Spunland. Several panic stricken relocations later Uncle Spun was back, just in time to crown richrich1991 10^th EU King of Spun! Congratulations Majesty! And to all of those afflicted by that crash – deep, deep apologies – especially to CandyDragon.

In North America things were busier, but strangely more stable. The coronation went without a hitch, many managed to snatch the Spun Crown for some moments, but none could thwart the steadfast resolve of sam_reynoldsUS. Congratulations Spun Majesty! Sam is the North American King of Spun for the 2^nd week running, the only Spunling ever to be Majesty on both sides of the Great Atlantic and the first to be King 4 times altogether! All hail!

Today we should see the latest hard work on the Spun Engineers go live. The chief Engineer appeared here last week to say a little on this as much has been added to Spunland, which always makes us rather nervous... who knows what new unspun bugs will have crept in. He tells me that they will do their utmost to update again as soon as possible. In the meantime I must advise against riding to the sky on a Spunflower whilst you are in Underspun. If you want to take extra precautions – do not ascend on a Spunflower even after having been in Underspun (big Spun thanks ZaKawiia).

Next week the 11^th King's of Spun will be those who hold the Spun Crown at 8pm BST in the EU and 3pm PST in NA on Tuesday the 29^th of October. Spuno'ween will follow 2 days later. Hope to see you there!

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Kings of Spun the 9th

Hello. It is a dark day at Spunland Mansions. The Chief Spun Engineer has suggested that my name be changed from Uncle Spun to Uncle Sorry. That's not exactly what he said, but it's all I can say for fear of causing offense. Yes, there were a few problems at last night's Coronations – and that during the North American ceremony was entirely my fault. I beg your pardon, especially from Majesty Sam Reynolds. The problems in Europe however were not exactly my fault, so after much heated debate the chief Spun Engineer has agreed to come here in person to 'explain'. But first to the ceremonies...

So our 9^th Kings of Spun are GigiZen and sam_reynoldsUS. Spun congratulations to you – and it must be noted that both have been Kings of Spun before! Gigizen our latest EU majesty was also our first! But as with last week there was no little acrimony due to other competing spunlings falling foul of unspun crashes. Uncle Spun must consequently extend apologies and beg patience from Zakawiia and richrich1991 in particular.

In the US it was once more the mighty Sam Reynolds who took the crown, only in his US guise, which makes him the first Spunling to have been Spun Majesty in both territories! Super Spun Congratulations, and apologies again also. Uncle Spun was not in best form when he travelled across the Great Atlantic last night, the volatile nature of Spunland EU made every minute that he trailed the bearer of the Spun Crown a tension laden tribulation, a veritable fulcrum of torment! Yes, in desperate relief Uncle Spun offered the Crown to Sam, but a moment too late – the Spun Crown had just despawned, and there being no King of Spun, everything froze. Crash. Apologies. It won't happen again. At least, not like that. Promise.

And now let me introduce the chief Spun Engineer, be warned he can be somewhat uncouth and generally a little incomprehensible...

Aye, hello. Embarrassment is no something we usually have time for down in engineering, or apologies either – but eh, I hear we need to. So, sorry. There, that's that. Now the explaining bit. Some of the pipes in the darkest, smelliest parts of engineering have been there for quite a long time now, and when they were laid we had no idea what they were eventually gonna be asked to do. The thing is, since then we've grafted on all manner of new contraptions, and some of it doesny work so well wi the old pipes. Am telling you this as much as anything, 'cause next wednesday the latest upgrade work will go live, and the new spun will come flooding down them pipes and I for one am terrified. You see the latest work we've just finished was a huge job. We were working virtually round the clock to get it done, and I know that when the tap is turned there's bound to be quite a few eh... springs and leaks. Anyway – right now we're binding up our noses and heading back down to the stinky parts of the engine room to take a look at them old pipes. As soon as we possibly can we'll get the whole blinking thing upgraded – you hafta understand but, they never give us enough workers for rzzzfrrzgh...

And there you have it from the Chief Spun Engineer. Next week, on Tuesday the 22nd, whoever holds the Spun Crown at 8pm BST in the EU and 3pm PST in NA will be the 10^th Kings of Spun! Hope to see you there!

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Kings of Spun the 8th

Spun Salutations! Uncle Spun begs your forgiveness if this missive is a little more  befuddled than usual. Yes, the journey down the Spun Pipeline to appear for the coronations in person was a most traumatic affair. Knowing, as many of you have noticed, that the previous stage of the pipeline work had introduced 'imperfections' into Spunland, Uncle Spun feared that he would be  cast off into the ether like so many Spunling Ghosts. Praise the Spun that this did not come to pass! This time.

And so to the Coronations. Spun adulation this week goes to sam_reynolds_01, EU King of Spun for the 2nd time! and to our persistent Spun Majesty smokingpistol - NA King of Spun for the 3rd week running! Heavens above! The 8th Spun Majesties were the first to receive the Spun Crown reward, which we hope they will wear with pride. One must pass on apologies to all of our previous Spun Majesties; it seems we cannot gift this regal reward retrospectively, so can only beg you come compete again!

Talking of which - Uncle Spun did witness some altercation in the EU (and to a lesser extent in NA too) which bears note. One dedicated and fashionably dressed Spunling who he had the pleasure to meet had been in Spunland gathering Spun Points for 5 hours, only to have the Spun Crown snatched from her close to the coronation time by Sam. Uncle Spun can more than understand her frustration at being pipped to the post, but must advise against the collecting of Spun Points for so long! The Spun engineers are working day and night to bring more Spun to Spunland and catch as many of the unspun bugs that they can, but even they (if they could) would not spend so long collecting spun for fear of a mighty unspun crash! There are tactics to employ which will garner you points faster, and multipliers to get if you know where to look - but that is all one can say for now.

The North American coronation was certainly the busiest and most lively Uncle Spun has seen there yet - and for this he thanks all who were present. There were however some spun phenomena the likes of which Uncle Spun has never seen, Spunlings achieving things which, well, one would have thought impossible. At this point Uncle Spun is choosing to put this down to the carelessness of the Spun Engineers, but he has his nagging doubts especially as some dear spunling friends in the EU had that very day brought to his attention unspun events that they had witnessed. Uncle Spun dare not mention this to the management without further evidence for fear of his brother being summoned, whom the less said about, the better.

Next week the 9th Kings of Spun will be decided on Tuesday the 15th of October at 8pm BST in the EU and 3pm PST in NA. Emergency pipeline work should be completed today, so with any luck there will no longer be a crash on entering Spunland when a Storm is in progress. Should you have any unspun experiences, crashes or anything you have a burning desire to pass on please email unclespun@spunland.com Until next Tuesday, adieu!

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Kings of Spun the 7th & the great Spun Pipeline update

Hail Spunlings! Uncle Spun is most excited this week to relate not only the observations of his favourite coronations so far but to herald the completion of the latest Spun Pipeline improvements!

First, the Coronations. Spun congratulations this week go to majesties piratedragon, and smokingpistol. Yes, piratedragon is the 7th Spun Majesty of the EU - she and her friend and erstwhile Spun Majesty CandyDragon worked together as a most impressive team. UncleSpun was initially confused; it looked as though he'd be crowning CandyDragon again, as piratedragon stood in the sky atop a Spunflower, gazing prettily down on all of the Spun shenanigans below but appropriately (as it turns out), majestically aloof. Then at merely minutes to the coronation time she dropped down and they cleverly exchanged the Spun Crown! To say more of their tactic would be unfair, but Uncle Spun must emphasize how impressed he was and how delighted were the Spun Engineers when told of this, their grimy faces glowing with wonder at the spuntastic Spunling harmony!

In North America things were a little more competitive, but ultimately no less wondrous as for the first time we have the same King of Spun for the second week! Rather spuntastically smokingpistol managed to see off ReccaWolf and others to retain his regal title! Super Spun congratulations Majesty! Can you claim it for a third week running, and be the first in North America to receive the Spun Crown reward? Which brings me inevitably to the Spun Pipeline upgrade...

Yes it seems that the third stage of the Spun Pipeline upgrade is complete. The Spun Engineers assure me that they have managed to eradicate various unspun bugs (including one where any score over 100,000 is incorrectly displayed and another resulting in unlikely numbers of rabbits being recorded). There is a new Spun Reward added - a Spunland Relocator for the discerning Spunling's apartment, and a temporary spun point multiplier that you receive if you visit the Spunland Shop. The most significant addition however is the introduction of the Spun Crown Reward for the future King's of Spun! This exclusive regal artifact will make it's debut next Tuesday (8th October) and be granted to the 8th Kings of Spun: to whoever holds the Spun Crown at 8pm BST in the EU and 3pm PST in North America. Until then I must return to the bowel's of Spunland Mansions to heed the mutterings about Spuno'ween (spun thanks GlassReaver). See you next week!

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