Walk like an Egyptian!

ROBLOX has gone Egyptian! Check out all of the cool Egyptian things we’ve got for you this weekend:

Scepter of Pharoahs - Defeat your enemies or perhaps just passing mummies with this awesome scepter.

Ra’k Guitar - Who likes to ra’k that party? I like to ra’k the party!

Bronze Khopesh - Deadly effective.

Pharaoh’s Headdress - I bet all that gold makes this hat really heavy.

Headdress of Aken-Aten, the Sun King - Be a mighty king with this shiny hat!

Priest of Anubis - Anubis mummified his own dad. Creepy.

Evil Vizier - He’s a man you take seriously.

The Viper Band - You’re playing with poison in this hat!

You can talk about these items and many more in our forums!

Bring on the bubbly – introducing “Bubble Chat”

ROBLOX now has two ways to chat! Before today, Robloxian’s were forced to chat with a scrolling view on the side of their screen of all chat text. Now you can set up your place so that chat occurs in cartoon-like "bubbles" as well. This is especially fun for social games where you want to watch the other players.

But we know that some users in Roblox don’t like change, so we’ve made Bubble Chat an option for place owners. Simply go to the “Configure this Place” option on your showcase and you can change the chat settings for visitors to your place.

Feel free to discuss this feature in our forum on this thread.

Happy Thanksgiving!

We’re celebrating Thanksgiving the old fashioned way. With Capotains and bonnets! Check out some of the cool Thanksgiving items we’ve got in the catalog:

War Turkey - We’re taking food fights to the next level, one turkey at a time!

Staff of the Winds - It quite literally blows away the competition!

Felt Capotain - He’s keeping it classy!

Pilgrim Bonnet - You’ll never have another bad hair day with this bonnet!

Talk about all of our awesome Thanksgiving items here.

ROBLOX Thanksgiving Turkey Hunt

It’s time to catch some gobblers! Head to our Turkey Hunting grounds and see how many you can gather up. To catch a turkey, all you have to do is grab it. The sparkly turkeys are worth more points, and make your character run faster. You can only hold 6 turkeys at a time. Once you’ve got 6, run back to the table near the starting house to drop them off and get points. You have 5 minutes to get more points than anyone else in the level! You can also mess with the other players by knocking them back with your trusty Staff of the Winds.

We’d like to thank all the players for being so awesome and dedicated to ROBLOX. Thanks to you all!

No turkeys were harmed in the making of this hunt!

Turkey Tuesday

Pilgrim Bear - Pilgrim Bear likes turkey and corn … and lots of it!

Native Bear - Native Bear wishes you a Happy Thanksgiving!

Apple Pie - The finest of the holiday pies. Almost too delicious to throw … almost.

Bear Man - Hmm… what a curious name.

Talk about the new stuff on the forums!

Hey DJ!

We’ve got a lot of great stuff for sale this weekend!! Here are some of the things you can buy this weekend:

Disintergrex Blast Gun - Blast away the competition!

Hey DJ - Keep them dancing all night long!

Special Ops Desert Commando- He can spot an enemy from a mile away.

Gladius Maximus He’s extreme and old school at the same time.

Check out the rest of the new stuff in our catalog! Then talk about it on our forums.

ROBLOX Sports Survey

Hi there! We love to learn more all the time about our users. This time we’d like you to fill out a survey about what sports you like to play. We like to know what sorts of things you are into as well as ROBLOX. It’s a quick and anonymous survey!

The survey is here!

You can talk about this survey more on our forums. Also, check out these cool looking places that were made by ROBLOX players!

-ReeseMcBlox

Never Gunna Give You Up!

Desert Commander - Big hat for a big desert.

Rick - He’ll never give you up or let you down!

Flashbang - First it bangs and then it flashes, but bangflash doesn’t sound as cool.

Pilgrim Hat - Celebrate the season with this stylish pilgrim’s hat!

Pointy Warrior Helmet - It wards off potential rick rollers with it’s fierce pointy horns.

Islander - Perfect for those deserted island games!

Niagara Falls Fun Fact: The falls are about 12000 years old.

Four-In-A-Row - Can you get four in a row before your opponent?

Talk about the new stuff here!

Place sharing complete

Trade

Market Order Limit Order

What I'll give:

Tickets Robux

What I want:

Robux Tickets

* NOTE: Your money will be held for safe-keeping until either the trade executes or you cancel your position.

A limit order is an order to buy at no more (or sell at no less) than a specific price. This gives you some control over the price at which the trade is executed, but may prevent the order from being executed.

Allow split trades

What I'll get:

Estimated Trade: ?

*NOTE: Your money will be held for safe-keeping until either the trade executes or you cancel your position.

A market order is a buy or sell order to be executed immediately at current market prices. As long as there are willing sellers and buyers, a market order will be filled.

Operation Awesome!

We’ve released some awesome new hats over the past couple of days. Check them out:

Goldface - Although not particularly artful, the name is accurate. His face is gold, and if you wear this, your face will be gold.

Charles de Gaulle - Dress up as the beloved Charles de Gaulle - and I don’t mean the airport.

Arctic Hood - Is the weather outside frightful? This hood is quite delightful.

Tin Foil Hat - Don’t let those baseball bigwigs know what you’re thinking.

Operation Desert Cyclone - With that hat you’ll be prepared for whatever your next mission is.

1950’s Sitcom Star - You can definitely be in the show with this wig.

The Dream of Flight - Functional and stylish!

:] - You know how people talk about happy mediums? This is like medium happy.

Talk about the new items here!

Samurai Saturday

Samurai Soldier - Brave and strong singing his Samurai song.

Crimson Helm of the Unsetting Sun - He battles to keep his way of life.

Ludicrous Floppy Hat With Unreasonably Large Bow - One of these things is not like the others - can you guess what it is?

Crimson Katana of the Unsetting Sun - With this sword, victory is the only possible outcome.

The Awe Star AWfully powerful.

Eyes of Azurewrath His eyes are the key to his power.

Mind Reading Device You know when you finish your friends sentence and then he’s like “Dude! You read my mind!”. With this hat it’s like that all the time.

Sub-Zero Survival Gear - Perfect attire for one of those ice hotels. Not so useful in California ….

Talk about the new items here!

Blue Tuesday!

Today we’re celebrating blue hats! We’ve got some cool blue hats (and one cool not so blue hat) for you today.

Backwards ‘R’ Hat - A sweet cap that goes with almost any outfit!

Frost Clan Hillfighter - So cold that it wraps back around to hot - kind of like dry ice.

Space Soldier The bravest soldier in the known universe.

Sir Francis Drake - This salty sea dog had style. It’s undeniable.

Tokyokhaos Froggy - The latest in our Tokyokhaos collection. Collect them all!

Hunter - This hat is mostly to make you look taller to the animals.

Prospector - There’s a gold rush - this golden … well yellowish hat will bring you luck!

Beautiful Brown Hair for Beautiful People - It’s hair! It’s beautiful! It’s for you!

Talk about the new items here.

Interview with RobloTim!

ROBLOX player PrivateZack of the fansite RobloxFever gave RobloTim an interview. Let’s see how RobloTim answered these user questions!
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What is your favorite thing about working for ROBLOX?

My co-workers. I work with some brilliant and creative people. Just as an example, I’m constantly asking RobloSam questions about .Net development or Vibhu about AJAX to try to learn more.

I work with some
really smart people and I try to steal as much as I can from them. (Read: Erik is a god). On the creativity side, I’ve also found that
the more people I run my new features by, the better of a product it
comes out. Guaranteed.

You can often hear people discussing ideas
across the room here, or constantly walking back and forth to
each others’ desks. There’s really a positive and collaborative feeling
in the air here and it leads to some very cool ideas (as hopefully you
all agree!).

What was your biggest contribution while working for ROBLOX?

Biggest… I’m not sure, you’ll have to ask Builderman :P
Personally, I’m most excited about my work with Groups. Being able to develop a full feature from the back-end database work to the website interface is a great feeling. And it’s still in its early phases. There are so
many more cool things we want to add; I’m very excited about the
future of groups.

How long would you like to work for ROBLOX?

Forevar!!!

Who would you make a Admin, Mod, or Developer?

I think there are a lot of great users in our community that deserve
credit. Hopefully we can continue to make more features that let kids
keep ROBLOX safe and fun and give credit where credit is due.

I’d particularly like to thank everyone who helps out with our
test/staging site before releases. We need the help to iron out all of
the kinks before releasing to the public, and I (as well as the other
devs) find the feedback on the forums extremely useful.

What is your favorite place on ROBLOX?

Oh man, there are too many to mention. It blows me away at how many
cool places our users make. Recently I’ve been enjoying xLegox’s train
builder, but I don’t think I could pick a favorite.

Is there any other game you like better then ROBLOX?

No way. I live, eat, and sleep ROBLOX. Hah. To be honest though, I
don’t play nearly as many games as I used to. When I was younger I was
really into MMO’s (Everquest, WoW, DAoC), especially PvP oriented
ones, but since I started developing games the last thing I want to do
when I get home is see another video game. I have to keep a balance. I
guess Dark Age of Camelot is my favorite game of all time. Mythic did
a great job on that one.

What is your favorite section of the forums?

I love the creativity in the Role-Playing forums. I also think the
Building Helpers section is a great example of how supportive our
community is.

What is your favorite hat?

Sparkle Time Fedora, obviously!

Why did you become a ROBLOX Admin?

Was poor, needed a job. Haha, no. I’ve always wanted to work in the
game development industry. I’ve also always been interested in
educational game design (my parents were both in education) and I
co-developed a 2D physics game for the Hidden Agenda contest, so
ROBLOX’s educational nature definitely appealed to me. I think it
really gives players an outlet for creativity and definitely teaches
some useful programming skills.

On a scale from 1-10 how much have you enjoyed being interviewed?

10. Well, except that you’ve been holding me up from working on a
SUPER cool new feature!!! No, just joking. I love giving back to our
cool community. You’re what makes ROBLOX rock. Thanks for the
interview :)

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Wow that’s pretty awesome! You can talk more about RobloTim’s
interview on the forums!

I’ll Grant You Three Wishes

We’ve got a magical selection of hats this weekend.

Bubble Bee Man - You’ll look bee-utiful in this awesome hat.

Fire Ruby Crest - The more difficult something is to obtain, the more valuable it is. Someone risked life and limb for this hat, that makes it extremely valuable.

Royal Genie - Once he’s out of the bottle, that’s it. You’re not getting rid of him until you make three wishes. I think I’d wish for a Bloxicola. Seems simple enough…

Sand Dancer - His scarf dances in the wind, his sword dances in his hand.

Pizza Knight - He’s fighting for some delicious toppings and extra pizza sauce. A noble cause if ever there were one.

Ebenezer Scrooge - Show everyone just how miserly you are with this expensive hat.

Goldbot Goldbot - So nice we named him twice!

Exoflex Spax Helmex - Journey into outer spax with this XtremE spax helmex. Could this be more awesome!?!?!

The rest of these items will be available tomorrow. You can talk about them on the forums.

ROBLOX Halloween Treasure Hunt

Find the treasure and solve the mysteries of the ROBLOX Halloween Treasure Hunt! Use your cleverness to solve the puzzles of this spooky landscape.

The prizes are the Halloween 2009 Treasure Hunt Insane Uber Win Badge, Ruby Serpent Mummy Mask, Halloween 2009 Treasure Hunt Epic Win Badge and the Sinister P. Pumpkin Head.

You can enter the Treasure Hunt and try your best to get all the prizes. This place allows some types of gear that may help. Maybe you’ll even be able to figure it out without help from the other players or the forums!

We hope you’re enjoying the Halloween themes on ROBLOX!

Spooky Catalog

Happy almost Halloween! We’ve got a lot of cool spooky stuff that’s perfect for Halloween. Many of the Halloween items won’t be for sale after Halloween, so get them while they last!

ROBLOX themes

Today, we are introducing a big feature that we’ve been working hard on - site themes, and a makeover for many of our pages. We’re happy to announce that the site themes and other updates will be available to everyone - You will now be able to go to your account settings, and choose one of two themes (three for OBC): “Classic”, which is the version of the site that you are familiar with, and “Test theme,” which is a new theme that we have developed, and which we hope you will like and help us test.

You’ll notice significant changes throughout the site on all themes. Many pages that haven’t been updated in quite a while have been given a makeover, including pages that you access everyday, like the Games page, the People page, and the Character page. There are many other small improvements throughout the site. For example, we’ve added two small, but handy features on the Catalog page. One allows you to browse the Catalog without all of the information showing, and the other gives you the option to see the items on a dark background. You can also quickly access a place search on the Games page via the Search link.

This is a major update that we’re all looking forward to at ROBLOX. Let us know your thoughts!

Vibhu, the “in before the lock” admin

Halloween Paintball Game

Hi everyone! Check out our Halloween Paintball game! You can go into this spooky place and work with your team to all win the prizes!

Prizes

Halloween Paintball Badge	Halloween Paintball Mask

Bonus Prizes!

Halloween Paintball 2009 MVP Badge	Halloween Paintball 2009 Trophy

How to win!

Enter the official Halloween Paintball Place and win with your team. That’s all you have to do to get the Prizes! To get the Bonus Prizes you have to have the highest personal score at the end of a round of Halloween Paintball.

Every 5 minutes the teams are scrambled and a new game begins. If your team lost last time, maybe your new team will win the next time. Keep playing until you get the badges, mask and trophy!

Have fun and talk more about this place on our forums!

Ticket Tuesday

I’ve got a case of the Tuesdays and the only cure is more items sold for tickets!

Stained Glass Chrysalis - A work of art on your head. It’s made from unbreakable glass so you don’t have to worry about wearing a glass helmet.

Sir Beatdown the Mighty - There’s a reason they call him Sir Beatdown the Mighty. No … you don’t want to know why they call him that.

Blue Monster League Baseball - It’s time for the Monster League’s World Series. 7 games, 1 winner. This hat is also available in Red so you can support whichever team you prefer!

Halloween Jester - Halloween is a time for mischievous merriment (aka tricks) so this hat is perfect!

Cosmobot v1.0 - Like Cosmonaut but not naut.

Golden Gate Bridge - The first in a series of national landmark hats. Collect them all!

Age of Exploration - I guess this is like the age of Aquarius… except you know …. totally not like that at all. Oh also - cooler!

Fruit Turban Thing - “Bananas have to ripen in a certain way / When they are fleck’d with brown and have a golden hue / Bananas taste the best and are the best for you”

That’s all for today! As usual, you can talk about the new hats in the forums.

Captain’s Club

Captain’s Flintlock Are you elite enough to join the captain’s club?

The Red Destroyer - Have you ever built an awesome sand castle and thought that kicking it down afterward was the best part? That’s how this guy feels about everything.

Burro Pinata - Who knew donkeys were so delicioso?

Renaissance Muffin Hat - This popular style was worn by noble man and commoners alike.

Bloxiade - Want to be the fastest athlete around? Drink Bloxiade!

Ironic Welder’s Mask - He’s BFFs with The Red Destroyer.

Naromros the Hero’s Hero- He makes tools that save people so that you don’t have to.

Thunderdrone - The Thunderdrone army needs your help! Join today!

The following items will be available on Sunday:

Talk about the new items here.

Reading is Fundamental

Bookzilla- Bookzilla believes that reading is fundamental. Fundamental for making mischief!

WWII Infantry Hat - Keeps you protected from the elements.

Evil Scarecrow - I’m scared so I guess he’s doing his job.

Alien Death Panda - I dare you to call him cute. Double dare.

Chile Misterioso - a world class luchador!

Frenemy - He’s a paradox.

Dr. Elephant - The most affordable doctor around. He charges peanuts. lol.

Monsieur Marcel - An interesting hat for an interesting man. Are you interesting?

Talk about the new hats here.