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layla & majnun Happy new year everyone! I mean, the month's half over, but whatever. So, the first MCs of 2010! I hope you guys like them. I've been checking out the feedback and everything, and I appreciate your comments - it's always good for us on the team to get constructive feedback. I was on Majnun this month. I was especially fond of this month's MC theme, a tale of two tragic lovers split forevermore across the barren desert... of separate items. It's poetic. (Hohohoho, get it. Poetic.) Back in the old days, MCs occasionally related to one another thematically, a bonus storytelling element to keep you entertained while you built an entirely new outfit. Hopefully the story of Layla and Majnun's maddeningly unconsummated passion keeps you warm during this frigid winter. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Layla_and_Majnun If you want to hear more about this ancient story (older by far than Romeo & Juliet, which some speculate was inspired by L & M), I'd recommend listening to The Silk Road Project's performance of the Azerbaijani opera, 'Layla & Majnun'. It's beautiful. In other news, I made some new gold shop stuff for Chinese New Year YEAR OF THE TIGERRRRR WHICH IS ME. And about the wigs - you're right, I do like big foreheads. Luckily you've all found very creative ways around looking like eggheads. Me, I've got a four-finger forehead (fourhead, if you will), and you know what they say, art imitates life.

Posted by: PRlSM Sat Jan 16, 2010 @ 08:20pm

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Commented on: Sat Jan 16, 2010 @ 09:45pm


	I really like the new MCs ^w^ I think they're cute <3 imo, it's fun when the MCs go together 3nodding

Commented on: Sat Jan 16, 2010 @ 10:53pm


	I really enjoyed the Majnun item this month! Hope to get one sometime. I have a four-finger forehead too, but I think that's a statement about my tiny hands rather than my forehead. ^_^;

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Commented on: Sun Jan 17, 2010 @ 01:23am


	I could tell that you worked on Majnun. Don't ask how, I just got that feeling. Nice work! I was actually quite surprised that the MCs were related to each other this time around, and they were actually based off an amazing drama/story/opera. I would buy them this month, but they don't suit my personal image. I'm more of a quasi- Asian/neon thing, with technological influences. Arabic ain't my thing [as of now]. Quite beautiful though. It would be nice to see some more related-MCs available in the future. Idk, maybe it's just me, but I like it when you release things in pairs, because in the long run, the paired items will share an overall theme, making it easy to make a super-awesome avy. [GREAT example--Ebeneezer's Carol and Nick's Carol] Anyway, amazing job on the MCs this month, PR\|SM. Keep up the great pixeling! [and a possible EI in the future pl0x?] QUESTING Checkered Nightmare 100k/600k

Commented on: Sun Jan 17, 2010 @ 01:29am


	I prefer it more when the MCs aren't a matched set. With a matched set if a person doesn't like the theme, he/she is completely out of luck. gonk The theme/pixelling are very pretty for this month's MCs, but I can't see myself using them any time soon.

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Commented on: Sun Jan 17, 2010 @ 02:05am


	I worship those wigs o They are so high quality and beautiful! I love having great hair that I can reuse over and over again!!!

Commented on: Sun Jan 17, 2010 @ 02:15am


	I was wondering if you were responsible for some of the MC prettiness this month. I love the counterpart items.

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Commented on: Sun Jan 17, 2010 @ 02:59am


	Oscar Wilde says "Life imitates art far more than art imitates life." Anyway, I like the Majnun the best, mostly because of the colors, and I'm not too into pink. More gold shop items sounds great too. I'm also a Tiger. whee

Commented on: Sun Jan 17, 2010 @ 03:43am


	i love the MCs, and can't wait until I can get Gcash again so I can get them XD (zong has me on a $20 leash...:B) do you have a DA page? I tried searching you and got nothing... crying

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Commented on: Sun Jan 17, 2010 @ 05:15am


	Great! I'm a fan of Majnun, glad to hear you made him. Excellent work! And I actually liked the MCs being related, this was much more interesting than usual. Though I won't get the other letter, since I'm not big into pink. xd Anywho, great work!

Commented on: Sun Jan 17, 2010 @ 08:04am


	Good to know who is behind what so we can thank you. Thank you! All those items are wonderful! heart

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Commented on: Sun Jan 17, 2010 @ 08:39am


	the MCs this month are EPIC! they are the quality of art that they should be! (in your face RIGs, lol) and i kind of missed having them related to one another, so thanks for helping bring that back.

Commented on: Sun Jan 17, 2010 @ 09:00am


	I love the MC's this month. =)

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Commented on: Sun Jan 17, 2010 @ 07:12pm


	someone did their homework lately! lol I never heard of the beautiful tragic love story of Majnun and Layla until after this MC. I'm getting to learn about classic stories, through glorified pixelized versions of items. How cool is that?! xd Hope we have more MCs that incorporate a likeness to eachother in the near future. =D Year of the Tiger stuff is real spiffy. The high fourhead (haha) brings a new interesting element to our avatars. :3

Commented on: Mon Jan 18, 2010 @ 03:50am


	I was a little shocked that the items actually matched the colour of my avi at the time, since I don't think I have worn that colour combination before. Its a shame the poses I wanted to wear wouldn't work with this avi (canceled out something else) MoooOoOoOOoooo Wigs!

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Commented on: Mon Jan 18, 2010 @ 08:03am


	majnun is a great item! reminds me of the lotus EI biggrin You did a great job on that Majnun MC. The hatpiece is beautiful, so is the flower and bird of course the outfit!

Commented on: Mon Jan 18, 2010 @ 11:14am


	⟣˳I really liked the fact that the two MC's were related to the same story. It's a nice change of pace from the MC's that have been somewhat different from each other that we've been getting as of late.

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Commented on: Tue Jan 19, 2010 @ 06:33am


	I also have a fourhead. lol Anyways, I've always loved the story of Layla & Majnun. It's one of the reasons why I dislike William Shakespeare; he lifted it because, hey, the guy who wrote it was dead and most of Billy's fans couldn't read any Arab languages, so he pretty much got away with it. Same goes for Hamlet. Look into the story behind that and you'll see what I mean.

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