Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Never ending PCA's: Kat Alaric

You might remember PCA (Pico Choice Awards) from Ameba Pico: A unofficial awards ceremony started by a family in Pico. It awarded people with different types of award categories like Favorite Male Pico, and Favorite Pico Band. They continued this ritual in Ameba Pigg, and for the second time around in Ameba Pigg, they are doing it once more.

I get to talk to Kat Alaric, who is currently one of the members of PCA's planning team and asked a few questions about it. Here's what she had to say:

Q: Why did you decide to start another Pigg Choice Awards?
A:  Almost everyone is starting school or already has started school. So, Bunni Alaric decided to start another PCA event so everyone could be able to vote and join.

Q: How is it like without Michie Alaricworking with you guys?
A: Working without Michie Alaric is really different and sad because it brings memories from our past PCA events. She would always do the polls and pick the nominees as well and decorate the stage. Even though she's not currently working with us, were doing our best to have a better event this time.

Q: Are there any new things to look forward to this time?
A: Hatsune Miku is performing XD. There's also more different categories than the last PCA.

Q: How can we vote?
A: You can vote at this link: http://apps.facebook.com/my-polls/pxfmv. Just click the options you prefer and proceed to the next question and you're done!

Q: When, and where is it?
A: It is in August 4 at  7PM (eastern time zone) and it is going to be held in the Mundial Club.

Q: Anything you want to tell people about PCA?
A: I want to tell the people to support us to keep PCA running! We need your votes as well. Thank you for everyone that has been participating in PCA since 2012!

For more information about the PCA's visit https://www.facebook.com/AmebaPiggChoiceAwards .

Monday, July 29, 2013

An Overview of the "Big Brother" madness in Pigg

Big Brother?

What is that? A larger sibling? Or just a huge sibling? A boss? What is this Big Brother that's been circulating around the Pigg gossips for a while?

October of last year, when AmePigg was just good ol' AmePico Magazine, we started a mini-game show called "AmePico Big Brother", that featured a group of Pico Players that virtually lived inside a house equipped with video recording device for several hours every scheduled date. These players were then dubbed as "Houseguests" and they competed in every day by either themselves or by groups. The winners of these competitions will then be crowned the "Head of Household", who would later nominate two people to be voted out by the public. The person with most votes by the end of voting sessions will be removed from the game and the last one standing will be crowned the winner of Big Brother.

First Season

For the first season, not a lot knew about the competition except for a few people in Pico - which are the ones working for the production team. It's funny to start such strange and foreign game show around people who have no idea what it is. It's going to be challenging, but we pulled it off. The first season was a great hit, and people look forward to it a lot, with many of them wanting a to be in a second season if there would ever be one.

But all of these enthusiasm and excitement went down and slowly faded away as the announcement of Ameba Pico's closure led to the cancellation of the season. It was a devastating moment, and only two episodes were produced.

Second Season

Due to popular demand and the production team's perseverance of creating another season, AmePigg decided to renew AmePico Big Brother for another season, but in this case, it would be called "Big Brother Ameba Pigg". Since people from Pigg/Pico have already heard about it, hundreds of aspiring Pigg players applied but only nine were accepted. Season two had intruders, twists, and a massive finale that involved the finale two to show their faces. In the end, the winner was crowned and received 750 AG and 5 tokens in total. With the season finale, people were asking for another season, and so the team did renew it for another season.

Was AmePigg the first to have Big Brother in Pigg/Pico?

Believe it or not, AmePigg is not the first one to bring the gameshow in the virtual worlds of Pigg and Pico. Rhenjhennel, a Pico Player who was famous among Filipino players, created his own version of Big Brother, following the Filipino format. Another Pico Player named Kerby also planned his owned version of Big Brother called "Young Brother", although his account was locked and it was never continued.




Worldwide

The country to thank for this awesome reality game show is the Netherlands, where Big Brother all started in 1999. Then several countries had their own versions. From being called Big Brother, it was also called Grande Fratello, Gran Hermano, Veliki Brat, and Secret/Loft Story. Over Sixty countries have their own version of Big Brother, but our version decided to follow the United States' format of Big Brother, with competitions and where the houseguests are allowed to discuss who they'd like to nominate and such.

Season Three

Our lips are sealed for what's in store for Season three. But you can audition and apply early via our website here.



Sunday, July 28, 2013

Ameba Pigg's Scratch Card Cheat Sheet

Greetings, Ameba Pigg people! We might have announced on our Facebook Page that AmePigg Magazine production is on hiatus (because, you know - busy schedules and the usual "time conflict" problem). But that doesn't mean we are going to stop helping and posting fun stuff for you guys! One of our models Wubby Alaric posted a Scratch Card cheat sheet that helps you get what you want and what each card contains. It is very handy if you are a daily scratch card enthusiast. You can find the whole gallery by going here.
The Red Spots indicate where the Tokens (Tickets) are located.