Because we appreciate your kind gestures and the things you do for us, here's a special section for graphics like siggy's, avatars and greeting cards dedicated to me and the rest of the officers. Though we cannot promise to use the siggy's and avatars, we are still very thankful for your efforts and continued support!

Always remember the following:

1. No posting of HTML codes.

2. This area is for graphics dedicated to me and the rest of the officers. DO NOT ask a poster to make one for...

Our site is featured in Forumotion!

As most of you already know, Forumotion is Bearville Guide's forum host and the simplicity of its features have given me the edge to run this site smoothly and very efficiently.

I am very proud to announce that Bearville Guide was chosen by Forumotion amongst their thousands of supported forums to grant them an interview to share with their many members our secrets to running a successful and growing community!

A Happy and Prosperous Chinese New Year everyone! February 14, 2010 marks the start of the Year of the Metal Tiger for people who follow the Lunar Calendar, which we associate with the Chinese.

Did you know that everyone is born with an animal guardian according to the Lunar Calender? Much like the popular zodiac, the Chinese Zodiac comprise of 12 carefully selected animal guardians who would each take their turns guarding the world for a whole year....

Courtesy of Wibiya, Bearville Guide is given the opportunity to test this really cool and interactive toolbar!

Notice the light blue transparent bar at the bottom?



Check out the features!!!

1. Forum Search. The toolbar lets you search BGF...

Dear members,

On behalf of the staff, I'd like to greet everyone a spectacular New Year! 2010 has finally arrived, ushering in new beginnings and changes for the better! 2009 has been a wonderful year for Bearville Guide and none of it would be possible without the love and support that you have given us. Hats off to you guys!

This year we hope to continue being a safe and fun environment that kids and parents love visiting. We have enjoyed providing everything that you need to know about Bearville and more, and with everyone's support, continue doing so for years to come!...

On behalf of the Bearville Guide Staff, I would like to greet each and everyone of you a very Happy Christmas! Truly this season brings out the best in mankind! And what better way to show our appreciation by spending it with our loved ones? We hope that everyone gets to celebrate this season with the people who make our lives better everyday!

We here at Bearville Guide do humbly thank all our members and guests who have graciously allowed us to become a part of their lives. Thank you! This has truly been a bountiful year and we would never have made it without all of you. We hope that...

Congratulations Sammy and Evan for winning our twitter contest! They receive 5,000 paw prints each! Stay tuned for our next contest. To qualify, simply follow us on twitter!

http://twitter.com/BearvilleGuide


Cheers!!!

Having a hard time logging into Bearville Guide? Is everything so slow when browsing the forums? Well, here's a good news!

Dear users,

We are going to replace some Forumotion servers, so we can offer you better performances. This manipulation is harmless for your forums. Only a few slowdowns can be encountered during the process when browsing your forums.

Best,
Forumotion Team


We apologize for the inconvenience. Once everything's all set, we can all enjoy a much better and optimized perforrmance!

Heads Up BGF Members!

Bearville Guide Forums is up for another pawsome and spectacular upgrade! Like Build-A-Bearville, there's always something new and fresh here on BGF! Since all the officers want to keep BGF as fun and interactive as possible, we're always thinking of new ways to improve the site. You must have noticed the constant forum layout changes, chat features and new sections and groups available for everyone. You think that we've stopped there? Think again! Here are some more updates released for the BGF Community!

a. Advanced Profile System

We are opening our very own open chat version exclusive for BGF members only. This is so you can talk and play in BABV with ease and will make our mark parties more fun and interactive.

Just follow these very simple rules to enjoy this feature!

1. All board rules apply here.
2. Respect your fellow members.
3. No giving out personal information. Personal information includes:
Your name, Email, Location, Instant messenger names, MYspace, Facebook or any other networking site.
4. Topics that ARE NOT allowed are:
political debates
religion
race/discrimination

Hello BGF Family!

I'd like to say congratulations to all us, for having reached our first year together. It seemed like such a long time ago when I created this site but look at us now! We've come such a long way and I couldn't have been more proud of each and everyone of us. I'd like to thank the officers for helping me manage this site, for helping me come up with new ideas and for making sure that BGF remains the safe and kid-friendly site I envisioned it would be a year ago. But most of all, I'd like to thank all our members. You guys helped make BGF happen, without your undying...

As you may have noticed, I have taken out the Memberlist. You may bookmark this link for your reference.

Memberlist:
http://www.bearvilleguide.com/memberlist.forum

Cheers,
Admin


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RachelBearySmart has given us a beary smart suggestion, indeed!


Now open: Readers Avenue

Here's the place where you can talk about the latest books, share your all-time favorites, and feature what's coming out soon! Recommend books to your fellow BGF members and check out the latest picks from our resident bibliophiles!

Yet another fun, learning experience from BGF!

Can't wait to share?

I. Paw Prints System

Now, we will no longer use just the number of posts to bid for the Auction House! Starting today, we will be having a cumulative point system where the following will be calculated:

- Your number of posts
- Your number of topics created
- Your reputation points
- Your registration date
- Your number of Visitor Messages

HOWEVER, not all posts or topics you create will give you the same points. I have assigned different points to different categories. It's up to you to figure out which categories and Forums...

This goes out to MaxineCEB - without you, this community will never exist! Thank you for giving us a world of friendship!

To our super chief mums - thank you for your guidance, support and for keeping BGF fun and safe for everyone!

To all the mums out there - your love is the best love that nothing and no one else can ever surpass!

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!

Hi everyone!

I will be taking my much-awaited vacation. Yup yup! Finally! Been planning this for months so I'm beary excited!

I will not close my mailbox, but for your concerns and issues, please send your PM's to any of our Chief Officers or send an email to staff@bearvilleguide.com

Be good! Expect a grand party when I come back!

Classified Ads Section

Now here's a special section for all your requests STRICTLY FOR BGF AND BABV.

Thank you, Fleur for your pawsome suggestion!

Need someone to take your picture in BABV?
Need help resizing and cropping your images?
Need help organizing a party?
Looking for someone to play Baseball with?

Post an Ad here!


Have fun!

Good day everyone!

Bearville Guide Forums is going through a big change this year and we'd all like you to be a part of it! After all, we wouldn't be able to make this huge step without you! That's right! Bearville Guide Forums has now become a .com site!

Yeap! You heard it! We're moving towards a bigger, brighter and better future here at BGF, looking onwards ahead, keeping on moving forward and what better way to mark this resolution than by going official?

From here on out, I ask you to replace the niceboard.net link to our very own personal domain -

Tell your friends about BGF! Add our special buttons and banners to your personal blogs and websites.

Check our weblinkers here!



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Be an official BGF Weblinker! Stick one of our weblinker buttons and get these exciting gifts:

- special weblinker signature where members will be able to link back to your website!
- 2,000 bearbills for your Build-A-Bearville online character
- promote your blog or website here in BGF!


To be an official weblinker, follow these simple steps:

1. Choose any of our official buttons found here! Use the html code provided.

2. We only allow blogs like wordpress, blogspot, livejournal and personal or owned websites. Social networking sites are...

New lay out with new buttons:

Tutorial - for everything you need to know about Build-A-Bearville and our forum navigation

Rewards - short cut to our complete list of furry friends and animal rewards


Changes:

The Profile button is gone. To customize your profile, just click on "My Profile" link, located on the TOP RIGHT widget of the forum, where your avatar is at. It is the box above the Latest topics.

I was looking into our Graffiti Wall (Click here!) when a Homemade BGF Banner caught my attention. One banner after another was posted and just like the rest of the arts shown in the wall, the banners looked great! So I asked this artist a special favor to make us a new banner!

I personally thank HunnyABee, a truly gifted artist, for making this banner for us!

With my all-out support for Build-A-Bear's Love.Hugs.Peace movement, I have recently opened a new section specially dedicated for this program. There we can talk about our pledges, get our friends involved and altogether make the world a place!

Visit our special section now and join the initiative!

For more information about the Love.Hugs.Peace movement, visit the website at
www.buildabear.com/lovehugspeace


Love.Hugs.Peace is a program created and sponsored by Build-A-Bear Workshop.

Greetings!

I have been recently informed that our friends from another forum site have posted a petition link to bring back the Open Chat Feature in BABV and specifically mentioned that the link came from me.

I am not aware of such petition website and I do not make petitions for something I, myself, am not in favor of. I personally prefer the Instant Chat (IC) for everyone's safety over the old chat system. I believe I have expressed my thoughts about this one before.

This is to inform everyone that the said email never came from me. Furthermore, I am not mass...

Good news for my fellow artists out there!

I have opened a new section, Express Yourself!, where writers and artists can show off their talents!



Do you love to write about absolutely anything wonderful? Then the Writer's Corner is your place to be! Share us your stories, poetry or any other form of freestyle writing!

If you are greatly fascinated with the arts,...

Please be careful when visiting other Build-A-Bearville related blogs and forum sites that give out free codes and promise to give you store credits and bearbills when you send your BABV account information to a given email address.

I found this site today and was alarmed by the rampant scamming. Click Here!

Let's not be greedy for codes and items and be blinded and easily fooled. DO NOT share your Build-A-Bearville account to anyone! The only place...

Here's another first from Bearville Guide Forums!

Our reporters-in-training will have this exclusive and rare opportunity to play ChloeRocks.

They get to make a live interview either via the ChatBox or on BABV, submit the article with or without screenshots and whoever gives the best interview, gets published in our News Portal! What's more, they earn 1 point, making them closer to becoming an official BGF Reporter!


For the Reporters-in-training:

Interview a BGF personality and prove to us that you're worthy of...

Hi all!

I hope you like our Winter theme! Been working on it for days.

Notice our new banner? I opened an exclusive banner contest for our Graphic Artists. The artist with the winning banner gets 3 PSI's of choice!

The winner is WinterGlitter! Congratulations!

Our theme will carry on til Winter. For our Spring theme, you may want to think about it as early as now...

Until further notice, the Welcome Pass Hopeful Section is locked. For those on the list, as soon as we get donations, we will give the code in a first-come-first-served basis. Meanwhile, you may check your local Build-A-Bear Workshop stores and see if they have any more Welcome Passes to hand you.

FYI, Welcome Pass Webcodes will give you 5 furry friends BUT will not give you virtual freebies or PSI's. It is still A LOT BETTER to purchase a furry friend at any BABW store and get an Animal ID and Keycode to enjoy the animal rewards that come with your furry friend.

If there...

The portal is where the latest and the most breaking news are posted, viewable by guests and members. Always check this section for the latest updates in BABV and BGF.

http://www.bearvilleguide.com/portal.htm

I am announcing to the public that the character, CharlesVeryCool3 is phony. It is not my character, nor is it related to Bearville Guide Forums. I am warning everyone that impersonating an officer or any of the Build-A-Bearville Special Characters or Celebrities is considered a major offense.

Impersonating an officer means informing the public that you are one of the BGF Officers, spreading malicious rumors, scamming other players, or for any other purpose.

Everyone is free to register and use ChuckVeryCool#, CharlesVeryCool# or follow the BABV names of...

You may have noticed that BGF has been offline for 12 hours now. It is back online but we regret to inform you that all posts made in the last 24 hours have disappeared. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause you. This is a problem with all of Forumotion and not just us. They are working just as hard to restore the site back to normal as we did to figure out how to fix BGF. Please be patient when returning to the forum. If things seem glitchy believe us we know and its being worked on. Thank you for understanding.

BGF Staff


**Update: It has come to our attention...

I have added a new feature that will let our members bond more with people of their own likes and interests. You may form a sports team, make a band, lead a group for a cause or simply create an exclusive group for your online friends!

Please don't forget to read the rules and guidelines, before anything else.
http://www.bearvilleguide.com/rules-and-faq-s-f129/

Enjoy!



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I thank those who came and danced and juggled with all of us in various servers! Here are some photos to share:

The BearXChange is back! Here are a few reminders. It has come to our attention that the trade glitch happens when you have a portrait from the Photo Booth inside your 'My Stuff'. To avoid further inconvenience, we recommend that you place the portrait up in your Cub Condo first, before initiating or accepting any trades.

Should you encounter any problems regarding trades, you may write to BABV through the Help button or PM any of the Officers and we will be glad to help you the best way we can.

Thank you.


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Until further notice, we are closing down the BearXchange to avoid issues related to the existing trade glitch. To safeguard your items, we discourage everyone to refrain from trading your items until BABV fixes the bug - both in trade and through BearMail..

We apologize for the inconvenience. Meanwhile, you can still join our auctions and party contests. We will also be releasing a new feature this week. Stay tuned!



- BGF Staff

I have been receving PM's of almost the same inquiry - how to become a Senior or a Junior Officer.

Rule no. 1: NEVER ask to be one.


Allow me to give you a clear picture.


Senior Officers
These are responsible individuals with utmost credibilty in their own fields and altogether make this board safe and family-friendly. Some are straight-A college students and the rest are respectable mothers in their communities, they go all the way from Europe and America. They serve...

Good Trader Award

The officers will pick one candidate each week to be voted for by members every last week of the month. There will be 4 traders to vote for every month and the winner will be known as the Good Trader of the month.

The winner will get the following:
Good Trader title
A very special Good Trader Siggy
*Goodie bag with these items: PSI of the month, welcome pass webcode, other special items

The Goodie Bag varies every month. The contents of the bag will be announced before the voting starts.


What are the qualities of...

Last June 27, Bearville Guide Forums launched its 5th board contest announcing its search for the official BGF rock band. A band of 4-6 members was needed that embodied the spirit of BGF and its love for Buildabearville. The search was grueling, with almost everyone looking for band members. Finally, on July 12, a decision was made and the winning band was chosen - the Smiley Teddy!

Note: It was supposed to be Smiley Teddies, but you can only type Teddy in the game...

An interview and photo shoot was held at the Teddy Terrace, UK and I, along with the band, took pictures...

It has come to our attention, that a site claiming to be the second bearville guide forum has been created and that an account, copying my account name, Admin claims that this copycat site is under our forum, Bearville Guide.

This is NOT TRUE.

The Bearville Guide Forums exists as one forum and one forum alone. There are no plans to create a new one and if there will ever be updates to BGF, it will be done so through our board.

This message is to inform and warn our members and other guests of the existence of this copycat forum and that BGF is in no way associated...

The New Features:

1. Side board graphics for easier accessibility
2. "Solved button" for resolved issues
3. Report a post/member function. When you encounter a disturbing or alarming post/thread, just click on the green exclamation mark on the upper right side of the message box of the post/thread that you want to report and it automatically sets an alarm to the Board Officers.



I hope you like the changes. Additional features will soon follow....

- Our furry friends list is updated! We added the new bears, U.S and Canada Spirit teddies, courtesy of our Senior Officer, April07 and our member, Miggy.
Check our complete list of Animal PSI's!

- We have reached our 400-mark! We will be having a duo-party on Saturday, June 14, after our Contest 3 for the after party and to celebrate our 400-mark! It will b announced right after the contest!

- For the new ones who have registered and weren't...

With new set of Rules, Guidelines and Game play, the Auction House has been upgraded for your bidding pleasure! Read the new rules and register now!



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I revised the Rules and Regulations in the following areas:

Welcome Pass Webcode Hopefuls:
http://www.bearvilleguide.com/welcome-pass-webcode-hopefuls-f29/revised-rules-and-guildelines-read-this-first-t594.htm

Bear Trade Section:
http://www.bearvilleguide.com/bear-trade-section-f18/revised-bear-trade-guidelines-read-this-first-before-posting-t283.htm

Our first ever formal event turned out to be a a huge success and I thank each and everyone of you, most specially our special guests and judges- Jao Cybearguide, Hannah Cybearguide, Mina Cybearguide and ArashiCybearguide for gracing the occasion. Fancy another one? Stay tuned!