Now it says 'Loading 1.9.5.0' & then 'Chumbyland is currently closed for repairs'.

Some sort of region blocking?

Indeed.

Regarding Chum DNA, yes you will be able to see others eventually, as well as, the top citizens in specific categories (soon as I find some room to put some more buttons)

Chumbyland Quests are still under watch, thats the reason why there has been no major announcement.  The way it works is as follows:

Random quest invitations are sent out regularly.  They look like envelopes, and drop like loot does.  You must be at your home location to get and start a Quest.  The invitations do not stay around until you use them, so you need to check home from time to time.

Currently there are 3 quest types, with more to come.

Locate a Chum - find a specific Chum.  If the Chum arrives where you are, that does not count.  You must arrive to where that Chum is.
Travel to a Location - go to the requested location.
Spot a Chumbyland Prop - arrive at a location that has the specified prop showing.

Quests can be completed without your interaction if your Chum is roaming and fulfills the requirements.  You will still get loot as well.

The loot for completing quests varies on a couple of factors, that I am not at liberty to disclose.

There are also some Chumbyland "wide" quest types that will be going live.  These will be "find x first" type of games for those citizens who take the quest.

The "Quests" area under your Chum tools will show your current quests, and the requirements to complete them.

That is the scoop for now, it could change a bit.  Hope that helps.

Happy Chumbyland Questing!

Cheers.

Quest works!  It surprised me that nothing happened when I got to my destination, but I saw the loot when I arrived back home.  It might have helped to put up a message there that the quest was fulfilled (and a vision of the Grail was bestowed upon me, but I'm not worthy to actually touch it).

Hey, cbreeze, I'm wondering about the little prizes that sometimes fall from the sky.  I thought i read that I'm supposed to touch the screen when they arrive.  I've tried that to no avail.  Is there something else I should be doing?

Also, and I"m sorry if these questions are repeating past issues but this thread is now sooo long, but I'm wondering if anyone else has issues with typing mail messages.  I'm assuming it's just my chumby, but it's ridiculously difficult to type on the keyboard.  I've stopped trying.  Is it just me, or has anyone else encountered this?

And by the way, WONDERFUL widget.  It's the only one I really look forward to when it comes up.  I LOVE CHUMBYLAND!

I am wondering if you need to recalibrate your screen on your Chumby. You do need to touch the gifts that fall from above. You may also  be tapping too quickly. I have a chum that has the same issue. I just go over to her desk and touch her screen a bit slower. It seems that a little patience is needed - a lesson I am working on myself (super type A -yikes!) I hope this helps!

Twinkle

I was just wondering if there's a "return time" for the customization tool to come back up.  My timing is perfect: I'm ready to craft more stuff, and lo and behold the tool is down.  Just wonderin'.

It actually is the Chumbylands visited, I just couldn't fit longer text for the "label" so I used Trips, I'll need to change that.

Cheers.

Thanks for asking about that dhl, it's been happening to me lately and I've also been wondering if it's just me...

I think that the Follow mode behavior is normal by the following description in user guide.

Traveling in Follow Mode
:
When switching Follow modes the widget will end its session and the new Follow mode will be active the next time Chumbyland loads.

I just bought a kiwi bird from the prop shop but it didn't give me it and took the things out of my chumbag.
Also, is the Crafting tokens being sold in the prop shop props or real crafting tokens?

I played with chumbyland a lot and every idea for chumbyland is here.  Please don't think of these as requests, just ideas to make chumbyland more fun and new.

"Next place" button - in a trip, makes the chum go to the next place.
In the chum menu, on the bottom, a people playing with chumbyland right now counter.
Computer chatter: lets you go to your computer on gochumby.com/cl and type in something and your chum says it.
Text props: a prop with custom text.
Editing the tweet on the chumby like you do on gochumby.com/cl, instead of having to type a new one.
toll-free quick trips: if you really want people to come to your store, it will let you pay for their trip if they buy something.
Take used props out of your chumbag: if you are using a prop, don't display it in the chumbag. the are really clogging up my chumbag right now!
A choice for trips to travel to chumbylands where there are lots of people, or very little.
Have a chumbyland of the day that you can go to with a travel ticket.

@mrroboto - Thanks for helping!

@abc - Some fantastic ideas there, I'm sure you'll see some of them   I will be doing some testing in the upcoming downtime and also get your item to you.  I probably have asked before, but I am terrible with names - what is your Chum name again?

Crafting Tokens are now purchased through the Chumbyland Prop Shop, but more on that in a little bit.

Chumbyland will be down from 9-11 pm PST tonight for a fairly exciting update of not only Chumbyland, but the Chumbyland Customization Tool as well.  Stay tuned!

Make sure your widget is updated to 1.9.5.6 - you'll need it.

Cheers.