I know that a lot of you have been asking for Boutiques to return. I hear you. When they were removed in February, I briefly touched on what led to that decision, but I want to paint the full picture in detail. Something important to note is the role that designs play in the core gameplay loop of the site. Designs serve as the reward for playing and doing well in games. When a user wants a design but can't afford it, they join a game. Their other main option is to purchase Koinz. When Boutiques were introduced, it added a third option: simply trade an old design for a new one. As innocent as that sounds, it resulted in a lot of behind-the-scenes damage to the site. As mentioned before, the incentive to join games dropped, but there were a few other major impacts that I haven't touched on. Shops. The Shops Game has a fixed scarcity imposed on it. It pumps out 1,064 designs a week for our ~500 daily users. This means the average user earns ~2.1 designs a week. This is a sweet spot. It's attainable enough for casual players to feel rewarded, but not too abundant that designs hold no value. Boutiques removed this fixed scarcity because everyone could sell a design, not just shop owners. The result was a plummeting economy, and designs lost over 80% of their value. The biggest consequence of a broken Kovaze economy, and one I seldom discuss, is the impact on the site's revenue. Designs generate almost all of the site's revenue. They allow us to keep the site free to play while still covering server costs, marketing, development, freelancers when we need them, and the work required to keep the site running and growing. It's why I'm always cautious with shops update - because it always has a direct impact on how much Kovaze earns and is able to spend on itself for the next month. As much as I love Boutiques as a developer, they're quite risky from a business standpoint, and it's equally my job to ensure this business, our website, thrives. Does that mean Boutiques are never coming back? Not necessarily! It just means that if they did come back, they wouldn't be exactly as they were before, and that changes to Boutiques and Shops (which are coming!) need to be very carefully risk-assessed. I'm hoping this blog was able to provide some useful insight, and I really want to do more of these in the future (even though it took me 4 hours to write this lol). I firmly believe that transparency with the community is crucial to sparking meaningful feedback and discussions. I can't expect you suggest how something can be solved when I haven't told you what the issue is! Can't wait to hear from all of you!

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I do love me some spartagow but how do you blog this https://kovaze.com/blog/173567 Then without fail I see you sweating and hustling in every special game. I swear you could be in a coma and someone hosts a Maze Race and you would magically wake up and enroll.

and I'll give you a Sin Fortune Cookie (from life lessons that I've learned this year) Him - Time waits for no one. Koolness234 - You will only want what is in your field of potential. bubba - Good things can happen to you, but only if you let them. PenguinOwen126 - Celebrities will come soon. You will be okay. ChloeKay - Do not eat food with visible mold. x - Until death, all defeat is psychological. BUnderscore - Your guards being up don't protect you from life, they remove you from it. MarieEve - You must develop a strong opinion on yourself to not internalise the opinions others have of you. Justini - You have way more agency over your life - you're just scared to change it all. Jackie - You don't need to figure everything out right now. That's what the journey is for. bim - Indecision is failure. TheWoman - The love you allow yourself to receive is limited by the love you show yourself. Isla - Believe that you have the ability to - and reject anything that contradicts that. Nexa - Sometimes you don't need time to heal, you just need more experiences to show your nervous system a different reality. VenusVafa - I lost a family member a couple of months ago. There is much pain but so much healing to be found in grief. Thumper91 - Open your ears to your thoughts, they're trying to tell you what you're refusing to hear. Jack_o_lantern - Life doesn't make sense. Don't waste time searching for answers that don't exist. shmevo - The degree to which you can grow is directly proportional to the amount of truth you can accept about yourself without running away. Felicity - Things are never as bad as you think. AMANDA - Fortune is in your future.

In the last round yall said it was time to say goodbye 1 an actual Game Changer in Kathy! Kathy is a very underrated person in the fandom to me like most modern survivor fans don't know the contributions Kathy did to Survivor like the way her Vecepia Neleh Sean and Pascal all switched the game up and toppled the majority and she doesn't get enough credit for that like before that it was just boring and even the endgame which is usually the slowest part of the game was interesting when she went to rocks! That final 3 that season is chefs kiss truly an all time great! I wish I casted Neleh also looking back very underrated also! I would be so down for a Kathy modern day return but the big reason I think we won't is due to her current age but both her appearances are amazing and in All Stars I really really wish Kathy and Shii Ann slapped Lex to his senses and just keep Jerri who was never winning a jury vote I believe in that cast but yeah damn how things have went and she's slowly being forgotten in the history but this blog will put her back on the map and yall need to revisit why Kathy made top 27 and see how her run truly shaped how Survivor went! 27th Place: Kathy Vavrick-O'Brien (Survivor: Marquesas and Survivor: All Stars) In this round it will be 1 spoon to give out to be safe! The first 25 to be commented will be moving onto the next round! Cast: Tina (Australia) 🥄- SAFE Jerri (Australia) 🥄- SAFE Vecepia (Marquesas) 🥄- SAFE Shii Ann (Thailand) 🥄- SAFE Eliza (Vanuatu) 🥄- SAFE Cirie (Panama) 🥄- SAFE Parvati (Cook Islands) 🥄- SAFE Amanda (China) 🥄- SAFE Courtney (China) 🥄- SAFE Natalie B (Micronesia) 🥄- SAFE Sugar (Gabon) 🥄- SAFE Crystal (Gabon) 🥄- SAFE Brenda (Nicaragua) 🥄- SAFE Abi Maria (Philippines) 🥄- SAFE Kass (Cagayan) 🥄- SAFE Natalie A (Blood vs Water 2) 🥄- SAFE Kelley Wentworth (Blood vs Water 2) 🥄- SAFE Michele F (Kaoh Rong) 🥄- SAFE Shan (41) 🥄- SAFE Maryanne (42) 🥄- SAFE Cassidy (43) 🥄- SAFE Dee (45) 🥄- SAFE Emily (45) 🥄- SAFE Genevieve (47) 🥄- SAFE Savannah (49) Sophi B (49) 🥄- SAFE 90th/89th: Alicia R (One World) 90th: 89th: Michaela (Millennials vs. Gen X) 88th/87th: Danielle (Survivor Panama) 88th/87th: Kellyn (Ghost Island) 86th: Candice (Cook Islands) 85th: Shambo (Samoa) 84th: Laura (Samoa) 83rd: Kellie (Island of the Idols) 82nd/81st: Ciera (Blood vs Water) 82nd/81st: Dawn (South Pacific) 80th/79th: Shirin (Worlds Apart) 80th/79th: Sophie (South Pacific) 78th/77th: Sierra (Worlds Apart) 78th/77th: Andrea (Redemption Island) 76th/75th: Monica (One World) 76th/75th: Kelly (Borneo) 74th/73rd: Chrissy (Heroes vs Healers vs Hustlers) 74th/73rd: Janet (Island of the Idols) 72nd/71st: Amber (Australia) 72nd/71st: Kim (One World) 70th/69th: Alicia C (Australia) 70th/69th: Natalie C (David vs Goliath) 68th: Gabby (David vs Goliath) 67th: Hali (Worlds Apart) 66th/65th: Sue H (Borneo) 66th/65th: Liz (46) 64th/63rd: Francesca (Redemption Island) 64th/63rd: Angelina (David vs Goliath) 62nd/61st: Danni (Guatemala) 62nd/61st: Eva (48) 60th/59th: Kimmi (Australia) 60th/59th: Karishma (Island of the Idols) 58th/57th: Debbie (Kaoh Rong) 58th/57th: Tiffany (46) 56th/55th: Reem (Edge of Extinction) 56th/55th: Sue S (47) 54th: Figgy (Millennials vs. Gen X) 53rd: Victoria (Edge of Extinction) 52nd: Kamilla (48) 51st: J'Tia (Cagayan) 50th/49th: Stephanie (Palau) 50th/49th: Sarah (Cagayan 48th/47th: Corinne (Gabon) 48th/47th: Denise (Philippines) 46th/45th: Jenny (42) 46th/45th: Peih-Gee (China) 44th/43rd: NaOnka (Nicaragua) 44th/43rd: Taj (Tocantins) 42nd/41st: Stacy (Fiji) 42nd/41st: Michelle (Fiji) 40th/39th: Rachel (47) 40th/39th: Carolyn (44) 38th/37th: Jenna M (Amazon) 38th/37th: Jenna L (Borneo) 36th: Kat (One World) 35th: Tasha (Cagayan) 34th: Sandra (Pearl Islands) 33rd: Sage (49) 32nd: Venus (46) 31st: Cydney (Kaoh Rong) 30th: T Bird (Africa) 29th: Aubry (Kaoh Rong) 28th: Alecia (Kaoh Rong) 27th: Kathy (Marquesas) The Survivor Girlies Stats if you're interested in this blog link below! https://kovaze.com/blog/173368 Tagging folks who have showed interest in a Survivor spoons theme season Alakazamking Theworldofjj JonJ Dailyicon username M2thamax Cray Thumper91 Woofums Nora Geminifoxx Fancy Lexey Jessiejedi Randybandy Felicity Marquis Cinnamon Mint TheBreeze Katheryn Jack_O_Lantern Mileena Akshar Toque JJ26 Dreamfyre BUnderscore Fiji Lunalux SurvivorDJ Rainolds TrueBlood Connor Jake Gabs ChloeKay Tiffany VenusVafa PenguinOwen126 Bosslady Mochalatte hausofkimchi AngieKStan October PureEssence Tone ZsolDrew Nettles stuartlittle16 Spikedcurley Juulpod DrewmeliaBedelia Knowuh gay X Isla mango Sparrow Lime casayo bim Hunter FireX Dakota goldelli Peyton Katherinee_ 5651Omar zeebem10 Zee_ Doom Melodrama

HAS THIS EVER HAPPENED???? 🏆 Glaceon wins Arena! 🏆 0 minutes ago ROUND RESULTS: gay: 0 Glaceon: 0 Melodrama: 0

has a 4 person premade brookie jack_o_lantern starrydash thewoman

of ME winning hoh in AMANDA game

I had the time of my life racing with you in OG ICONIC LEGACY RACE Spartagow <3 maybe my first time winning with the same person in back races (?) being with you is something beautiful we dominated that race from start to finish tbh...my only ever doubt was in the finale 6 race wins together and never been eliminated xoxo

and then get out the round after, u do deserve a pm from me laughing at u the same can be said for if i betray someone / get out right after tho. but either way its deserved

jaded & amanda

on Brookie . Stay tuned.

Was replaced with the KSwap Meets? - You can put a design you no longer want up in the swap meets - You will receive offers from others users with a design they no longer want - You can accept or decline any offer - You’re only allowed to trade away 2 designs a week, both posting as a seller or buying Sin

FLIPPING A COIN TO DECIDE IF YOU EVICT ME IN HYSTERIA OR NOT. U HAVE NO FUCKING BACKBONE GLACEON AND NOTNICKY333 RUNS YOU

This is another double elimination day, and you need 4 Spoons. Comment 2 names. CHARACTERS: Luigi - jessiejedi 🥄🥄🥄🥄 (SAFE) Daisy - jack_o_lantern 🥄🥄🥄🥄 (SAFE) Toad - nick 🥄🥄🥄 Toadette - josh 🥄🥄🥄🥄 (SAFE) Rosalina - yandertron21 🥄🥄🥄🥄 (SAFE) Monty Mole - cray 🥄🥄🥄🥄 (SAFE) Pauline - ChloeKay 🥄🥄 24th: Dry Bones/Lazarus 23rd: Waluigi/dumblonde 22nd: Ninji/camell22 21st/20th: Wario/mileena and Koopa Troopa/theworldofjj 19th: Donkey Kong/Dakota 18th: Birdo/nebula 17th: Peach/bubba 16th/15th: Bowser Jr./nenalala and Mario/melanie 14th: Boo/trueblood 13th: Shy Guy/x 12th: Spike/angiekstan 11th/10th: Yoshi/robby202 and Bowser/PadamPadam 9th/8th: Diddy Kong/zsoldrew and Goomba/Nettles