With August coming to an end, we are officially entering autumn. Back to school comps, designs and outfits are starting to make their appearance on vp again, and we’re all here for another fashionable school year! Speaking of fashion, we have a fun little fashion game for you created by our very own Melk in this issue of the monthly magazine, in addition to all the regular updates and a full recap of the month we just finished. This month we are also appreciating one special user, so make sure you flip the page to see who it is, and enjoy the rest of the August magazine!

Dear NT

Thank you.
Thank you for this opportunity. Thank you for all the support, the conversations and the laughter. Thank you for the memories and the amazing years. I will cherish what I’ve had with you for years to come. Though it’s only vp, this team has been a huge part of my day to day life these past few years, and taught me so much about teamwork, the world and myself. I’ve spent way more time than I’d like to admit thinking of ideas, planning, researching, writing and practicing coding. Thank you for allowing me to be me, pestering you with reminders, updates and cute... but probably unnecessary ideas.

I’m looking forward to continuing reading all your incredible articles and admire each of your layouts for the masterpiece that it is. You’re all amazing people, and I will miss this team so much.

Love,
Atencia

From August 2nd to August 8th, buying credits gave you up to 6 female sets, or 4 male sets, designed by Ouch, Autumn, Annie, Melk, Solovey, Aske, and Allie. The outfits ranged from beach outfits to fantasy looks, with a sprinkle of royal fashion in between, all in a variety of colors and styles.


// Matching €25 sets for females and males designed by Melk

The MCW sets were not the only new sets for this week though; on August 7th it was time for the August auction. Dark colors were a feature on all sets — made by Solovey, Hungry, and Lokes — and if you were a fan of Danny Phantom, you probably recognized the female cr set made by Solovey, inspired by Sam Manson.


// Credit sets designed by Solovey (F) and Hungry (M)


// Popdollar sets designed by Hungry (F) and Lokes (M)

This month saw a total of three competitions arranged by our two competition-hosting teams.

The Social Media Team started off the month with their usual “Who wore it best?”- competition, this time giving all users a new grey hair designed by Rowan to style. The 24 winners, who were announced on Twitter, got one of the two colourful matching female and male sets made by Dwaal. To see the creative entries, which included everything from fantasy to street style, click here.

The second competition of the month, called “Back to school lookbook”, was also hosted by SMT. For this competition, those who entered had to make as many as three scholastic outfits, according to the three following themes: First day, gym, and prom. The lucky winners, who were announced on Instagram, got one of the two matching female and male sets designed by Heaven/Mada. To see all the entries, check out this thread.

The third and last competition of the month was hosted by the Event Team. Titled “Hopeless romantic”, entrants had to use the ET account's wardrobe to create an outfit matching the one of his date – an outfit which also happens to be the prize for this competition. The matching female and male sets, designed by Encrede, will make their way into the winners' wardrobes as soon as they are announced. In the meantime, you can take a look at the entries here.

August saw a special competition, namely a return of the TikTok contests. Hosted by Shadowjess on the orders of Kaj in the hope of attracting more players to the site, participants this time had to make a TikTok video that showed some of the dressup aspects of VirtualPopstar. Unlike the two previous times, the winners of this contest weren’t chosen based on how many views the videos got, but purely for creativity. The focus was on money prizes, with the winner getting €100, the second place €75 and third place €50. Beside this, everyone got a participation prize, which for the females was a set made by Solovey, and the males the equivalent of that set’s value.


// The female participation prize

However, it might look like the players are getting tired of these TikTok contests, as despite both money and participation prizes, only 11 people entered the competition. The winners were announced here, and we in NT would like to say congrats to Aria for winning first place, SailorPom for getting the second place and Rochellette for the third place! You can watch their TikToks by clicking on their names.

You either don’t have an NT style icon or you won’t classify your looks as “nice”. (Or you like wearing dirty looks, like Melk). 

Why don’t you try starting at “Do you change your look?” instead?

Your style icon is Emmienem. You like fantasy looks and are not afraid to experiment with a maximalist style. You are known for your amazing ability to make looks and even make countless amounts of items make sense together. 

Remember to tell us who you got in the comments!

Your style icon is Atencia. You are known for your great sense of fashion and you’re not afraid to use hours to perfect your looks (or quit after you give up after a long long time). Your looks are glamorous and you use just the right amount of accessories for the look to make sense.  

Remember to tell us who you got in the comments!

Your style icon is Callum. You might not prefer the maximalist fantasy style that’s very popular on VP these days, but you have a great sense of picking just enough accessories to make amazing and cohesive looks. Your fashion sense also has an edge and you would pick street style over glam any day!

Remember to tell us who you got in the comments!

Your style icon is Libertas. You either love making glamourous looks or you really don’t feel like it at all. All in all you like to wear good look and you always look amazing!

Remember to tell us who you got in the comments!

Your style icon is BloomCissi. You are an icon. Why change something that’s already perfect?

Remember to tell us who you got in the comments!

Claiming codes on a side account is a common problem on VP and therefore we wanted to talk about this problem in this issue of the magazine. We are going to explain the rule and the consequences of violating the rule and hopefully will learn to not violate the rule so more users can get a chance of claiming limited codes.

The rule can be found under the “team related information” and it’s this pretty long part of that section:

“Claiming codes: All codes are given by team members. If you come across a code that has NOT been given by a user on a team, DO NOT claim it. We ask that you message an online moderator with the information with the name of the user and code name. If you do claim the set, you will be asked to send it to a moderator. If you refuse, the item(s) will be deleted from your wardrobe and you risk receiving a warning.

Limited (LE) codes: If a code with a limited amount of redeems is released, a user can only obtain this code on their main account. Users are prohibited to obtain more than one copy or claim codes for the opposite gender on a side account. For example, if a male code is released by a team, a female main cannot use a side account to obtain that code. The only time this will change is if the team specifies that multi-redeems/side accounts are allowed. If you fail to follow this you will receive a warning. If this behaviour continues, you risk being barred from any competitions where codes are prizes. NOTE: It is your responsibility to message a moderator if you share an IP address with another user within the same household.”

The simple and short version of the rule is to NOT claim limited codes (a rule of thumb is that if nothing else is clearly stated then the code is probably limited, but most teams mark their limited codes with LE) on any other account than your main. If you miss the code for your main account’s gender then you are NOT allowed to claim the code for the other gender.

If you would get a code from someone who is not a team member then you should NOT claim the code, instead you should contact a moderator (either by sending them a message or reporting the message). You should never share a code with anyone on VP, it ruins the fun for the teams that has planned the event and it is also against the rules to share such information. You should also never share a prize code that you have recieved when winning an event hosted by a team, if you would then you would recieve a punishment from a moderator and you could also be banned by the teams from joining events in the future.

There are a few different consequences for claiming a LE code on side accounts. The first time you are caught claiming a LE code on a side account you will recieve an official warning where you will be informed that it is not allowed to claim LE codes on multiple accounts. If you would be found claiming LE codes on side accounts a second time then you will recieve a time out. If the behaviour continues, despite multiple time outs, you would be banned from VP.