We are starting Private Beta on September 27, 2012 (SLT – but at an unknown time).
Yes, you heard me correct – Team Fennux has an official date for Private Beta, and it’s roughly 24 hours away.
We ask that you do NOT camp out the Fennux sim the entire time, as we are still finalizing a few things – and need to be able to access the sim, haha. If we have to – we will shut down the sim for a while prior to the start of Private Beta.
HOW MANY PRIVATE BETA STARTER PACKS WILL I RECEIVE?
We will give every user one private beta starter pack, this will include “3 Fennux Homes”, “1 Big Dish of Food”, “20 Fennux Dens”, a “Fennux HUD”, and a “Fennux Hydrater”
HOW WILL I RECEIVE MY BETA STARTER PACK?
We will be putting Beta Fennux Delivery Terminals all around Second Life. You will merely walk up to a terminal, touch it, and follow the on-screen instructions to get your beta starter pack.
HOW DO I PAIR THEM, BREED THEM, CRAFT, DUEL, ETC?
The first phase of Private Beta is isolated to Breeding and Crafting. We will have in-depth guides on the Fennux Website shortly so you will be able to get started with ease. Dueling will be released in the second phase of Private Beta, again to keep testing isolated. So check the news feed often to see when we’ve added these guides. 
HOW MANY PRIMS WILL I NEED FOR PRIVATE BETA?
We are giving out 3 homes initially which is enough for 24 Live Fennux to be on your sim. This would mean you’d need roughly 288 prims for all 24 to be breeding properly, plus another 3 prims total for the homes, and 1 prim for the food – totaling at 292 prims. The beta starter pack is 8 prims but you don’t need to keep that around after you rez out the homes, dens and food (and grab the HUD/Hydrater).
WHAT IS A HYDRATER?
Fennux are required to be fed, that’s obvious – but they also LIKE to be kept hydrated. The hydrater is a free handheld device that sprays your Fennux with a stream of unlimited water-like substance that is imbued with magical properties. All you have to do is “wear” or “add” the Fennux Hydrater to your avatar, then click on a Fennux you are standing near. By spraying your Fennux at least 2 times within a 5 day breeding cycle – you increase your odds at bettering your Fennux offspring. You have to wait at least 24 hours between each hydration spray, but you only have to spray a Fennux 2 times in a 5 day period to obtain the slight breeding bonus.This is not a requirement, Fennux do perfectly fine without being hydrated, but if you are patient – you will reap the rewards.
Why do we have Hydration in the first place? It allows the more dedicated of users to interact with their Fennux at least a couple times per breeding cycle, rewarding them with a slight chance at better Fennux for their efforts. If for some reason spraying your Fennux 2 times per 5 days is too much for you, we will have “Hydrated Fennux Homes” that keep your Fennux hydrated for you without spraying them. These are one-time fee homes, that cost a bit more than the regular homes.
Again, in-depth guides like the above will be distributed to users before beta starts, so it’ll be very easy to jump in and start enjoying your Beta Fennux.
DO WE GET TO KEEP THE FENNUX AFTER BETA?
Nope, we will be forcing all Fennux to delete after beta. Even if you stick it in your inventory for a year or two, try to take it out later when Team Fennux will “least expect it”, those too will auto delete.
WHEN DOES RELEASE HAPPEN?
After Beta. We have to get through Private Beta, Public Beta, wait a few days… release to our pre-order customers… and then finally release to all of Second Life. So I hate to say it but, soon! We are at the point of Private Beta so it’s not going to be much longer of a wait.
Thanks for reading everyone, we look forward to handing out Private Beta!
-Team Fennux
