General and the Community

Hello Jammers! General has been given the honour of becoming an author for the Animal Jam Community Blog, which was one of his inspirations to start Generally AJ way back in 2012! He was very surprised to hear this grand news, but of course he accepted the position! General will post there from now on, so that means...this is his last post on Generally AJ!

Don't worry, not much is going to change! General's post format will stay the same, he will post often, and he might even be able to make some more General Today videos. General's friend Spend E. may pop up a few times, too!

You can see General's first post on the AJ Community here!

That really is all for now, Jammers! See you on the AJC Blog!

A Generally Awesome New Year

It's 2016! There have been a lot of updates since my last post. General now has a new pet penguin, and has hosted a few of his own parties. In other words, AJHQ introduced pet penguins and the ability to host your own parties!

Hosting your own party costs one diamond, and you get to choose from a few themes. General has chosen the science lab theme every time...

General's Super Science Lab Party

General also redesigned his Epic Haunted Manor den the other day, using science lab items. You can see the 'new' den below!

For some reason, General's Jammer tag still displays "Host" even when outside of the party...

That's about it for now, Jammers! Happy New Year!

When Lynxes Attack

Today, AJHQ introduced lynxes! They're the fifth cat animal available (after tigers, lions, snow leopards and cheetahs), and the second cat introduced not to be a member of the Panthera genus (tigers, lions and snow leopards all belong to the Panthera genus, but cheetahs do not). Now enough with all of the facts, it's time to share how cute AJ lynxes are!

General Bravelynx, in General's Tech Centre

In other, arguably more important, news...it's AJ's fifth birthday! You can go the AJ Birthday Party by clicking on the Parties icon and waiting for it to be held, as usual. It's also been about three years since your ol' pal General signed up for AJ, but there's no party for that yet...

That's all for now, Jammers! Happy AJ Birthday!

Radicand in the Sky with Roboeagles

Animal Jam's newest party, the Cloud Party, has become quite popular! This is most likely due to its exclusiveness: only members who have purchased either an eagle or owl from the Diamond Shop can enter. General thinks that the party should be changed to incorporate all animals by adding a ground layer at the bottom, even though he has every animal released so far (including both flying birds).

Enough criticism! Now it's time for a super-cool gallery of Lord Radicand and Mr Roboeagle at the Cloud Party!

Lord Radicand in the Storm

Lord Radicand Partying with other owls

Mr Roboeagle with the rainbow

That's all for now, Gen-Fans!

- General

General & Enchanted Earth!

I have wonderful news, Jammers! That news is Enchanted Earth! According to the few sources I have found with articles about it, Enchanted Earth will be a series of merchandise (including plushies and figures) based on a group of brand-new characters, in turn based on AJ animals. These characters have their own names and designs. Here are two popular pictures of Enchanted Earth!

The characters of Enchanted Earth!

An article all about Enchanted Earth!

My friend Captain noticed that most articles say it's AJ's first toy deal; this is not true! They made Sidekix Plushies of AJ animals a while ago, but they've become very rare. Captain has the Sidekix and wants to compare the new penguin to the original Sidekix toy!

That's all for now!

See you later,
General B.

General's Gecko

Greetings, gecko-lovers! Today marks an important day in Animal Jam history - the day pet geckos arrive! General had five diamonds (from the Play Wild BETA code), so he used three to buy an awesomely cute new gecko pet. Gecko plushies - my friend Captain (Squiddaddy) has both - and gecko banners - Captain has one, too - were available back in the BETA Days.

General and his pet gecko, Toyfrog, in Captain's den

There were also a few new updates along with the geckos. New loading screens, the Cruise Ship Party's return, the removal of polar bears and more! Log on to AJ now and see for yourself!

That's about it for today. Tune in next time for a special post about rainbows! Seriously!

Sincerely,
General

General Fools

It's the second of April! And that means it's time for (well, one day after) the April Fools Party, the most foolish party Jamaa's ever held! Take a look at General's Fool-arrific GIF below!

That's all for today - April Fool's! There's still some more to say.

First of all, there's a brand-new spring-based adventure titled Spring Festival. You can go play it now! According to my friend Spend E., you get a rainbow egg pedestal at the end. General still has to finish it to see if this is true!

There's also a new animal a-coming. It appears to be a gecko!

Now, that's actually all there is for today. Have a foolish day, my Jammers!

- General

General Guest Appearance!

My buddy DaniCantu (known as Kitty Girl AJ on Google+ and YouTube) started an Animal Jam video series last year, titled "Animal Jam Rebel." The second season of the show has started production and General will make a few guest appearances! Look for him in the latest episode!

General is at the bottom of the screen

General appears in The Fight For Jamaa Part 2 as himself. In many season two episodes, he will appear as...

LORD RADICAND, a villainous robotic owl!

Subscribe to Kitty Girl AJ for all Rebel-related updates.

Generally Guessing

Today was an update-ful day for AJ - a new game available through the party selector, "Best Guess," has been introduced! In the game, Jammers must choose whether animal trivia statements are true or false. General absolutely loved the game, but not many other Jammers went to play it.

General was the only one to get this question right

Also, AJHQ has re-released lions. That's bad news for the people who already purchased a lion (like me) but good news for others.

That's all for now!

- General

Slice-of-Pi General

Today is...you guessed it...Pi Day! AJHQ is celebrating the special, mathematical occasion with all kinds of pi-related den items. General - being a math lover and all - had to get some, and now (with the help of Guintopia!) has a pi-themed den. Check it out below!

General's Pi Den

That's about it for now, my Pi Jammers. Be sure to check out "Lucky Clovers" - the amazing new seasonal adventure!

Your Pi-Loving Friend,
General

General Go Lucky!

Top o' the morning, Jammers! Today is my first post in over a month - mostly because of the strange disappearance of my close AJ buddy Captain (Squiddaddy / Guintopia!) that occurred about three weeks ago. Not to worry, General is still happy-fied with the awesome Lucky Party that has returned to Jamaa!

General at the Lucky Party!

General always wears his Rare Lucky Tuxedo, so he fit in perfectly. However, the items for sale at the party were all recycled from previous years - will new ones be coming soon?

That's about it for now! If you don't see me on AJ at my regular times, it's probably because I'm on Tiny Planets - an Animal Jam-ish game that I really like! You can play it at www.tinyplanets.com. (Don't worry, I'm not replacing AJ with other games - it's the only other game I play).

Have a lucky day!

- General

General, The Play Wild BETA Tester

As most of you Jammers already know, AJHQ is going to release a mobile version of AJ soon. They've been selecting various Jammers from Animal Jam to become BETA testers, and guess who was chosen? That's right - General!

Momsandy is now a registered username on the app (thankfully, I chose it before anyone else could). The account is not connected with your basic AJ account (which I don't like), so all of your animals and items are...gone! They haven't released penguins yet - sad news for Gen - so I chose a rabbit and named it General Braverabbit, after my regular rabbit's name.

There's much to talk about with the new app! First of all, the only way to get in is to be recommended by a player or submit a form and hope to be chosen. I was recommended by one of my buddies, and was surprised! I immediately got out my Android Nextbook and cut to the chase. Take a look at the pictures below of my BETA account, with captions!

Loading! So excited!

General Braverabbit in my new BETA den! The flooring? Moon Dirt!

3D Falling Phantoms (General Braverabbit is on the left)

Logged in as Momsandy! Also, the BETA version (as of now) is Version 0.8 (not even Version 1 yet!)

Jam Mart Clothing...sort of.

The Jamaa Journal!

Hmm...it looks like FMAN has already struck the app!


Well, it looks like that's all for now! I will be back with more happenings, but next time it's probably going to be back to regular AJ. Buh-bye, my Jammers!

- General

General's New Year!

It's 2015, my Jim-Jammers! That means the New Year's Party 2015 is here! You can check it out now - this time, the party's featuring items from all different holidays. Also, they've re-released the Jammer Anthem at the party.

There's not much more happenin' in Jamaa...but AJHQ has promised some stellar updates for 2015! Who's excited?

Well, gotta go!

See you later,
General B.

New Homepage!

AJ has donned a new homepage design (it's been around for a couple of days, but I haven't been able to post until now)! It's animated, Jamaaliday-based and cool! Take a look below.

New Homepage

Old Homepage

That's about it for now, my Jammer friends! Have a happy Jamaaliday season!

Glitches Keep Coming

The title says all - AJ is overrun by weird glitches! Starting last month, AJHQ has been unable to fix the odd things going on around Jamaa. An example is below, where I was locked out of my own den by two overlapping "Locked Den" messages! Also, I am my own buddy and can see my own Jammer Tag, but this is old news (I covered those glitches in a General Today episode from last month).

Glitching All Over The Place!

It also says I'm in the United States of America server, as indicated by the striped flag icon. I don't know if this is a glitch...

Another glitch - this one's about the homepage. It doesn't load the full image onscreen and the background is very fuzzy!

When Will The Glitches End?

That's all for now!

- General

General's Made the Epic Den List!

Today was a very good day for General! AJHQ has selected his super-awesome den to be an Epic Den. Just go to the Epic Dens selector on the World Map, you don't need to scroll down. It's only there for a limited time, so hurry if you'd like to visit!

My den on the list!

It's attracted a lot of visitors and a lot of Jam-A-Grams (much more than usual). This is the first time my den's been full, since I usually have 10-20 or so Jammers inside!

That's all for today, my Jammers!

- General

101 Buddies & Counting

Hi, Jammers! You all know that a Jammer can only have 100 buddies - or can they? I now have 101 buddies, and I know how it happened.

I now have -1 buddy slots remaining!

Let me explain. I sent out two buddy requests to two users (named "arewereal" and "nicktoons") when I had 99 buddies. Since you can send as many buddy requests as you'd like until you have 100 buddies, both requests went out and both of the users accepted, leaving me with -1 buddy slots remaining. If it sounds confusing, don't worry - it took me a while to figure this out. You can try this out for yourself, but both of the users you send requests to have to be online. According to my buddy Squiddaddy (who tested it out), a buddy request is removed from a user's Jam-A-Gram inbox if the other user gains a hundredth buddy.

That's surely confuzzling, isn't it? Now, on to my next topic!

As you know, Jamaalidays have begun, and that means that Jamaa is shaking up for the holidays. The Jamaaliday Jam party is here, reindeer pets (like Quickdeer, my main pet, whom I bought two years ago!) have returned, and daily gifts are given to all Jammers!

Me and Quickdeer sliding down the slide!

- General

The Glitch Heard 'Round the World

There have been a lot of glitches in Jamaa recently - one of the weirdest involves Jam-A-Grams. I was sent one by AJHQ, thinking it was another plaque or maybe a gift to apologise for the glitches, but it turns out that the Jam-A-Gram itself was a monstrously odd glitch!

Take a look at the picture below. It is a blank Jam-A-Gram from AJHQ. The gift leads you to the Pet Finder - and doesn't let you leave! It says that you cannot purchase a pet at this time and sends you back to an inescapable window.

That's just about it for today. Special thanks to my buddies Brothermelvin, Brothermarvin, and Dhessimae for helping me out!

- General

Google+

Generally Thankful!

Howdy, Jammers! Today I'd like to say "thank you" to a very nice friend of mine, with the AJ username Dolphin31 (not to be confused with my close buddies Dolphina & Dolphino). Dolphin31 created the AJ blog, The Animal Jam Fan, and ran the site until November 19, 2014.

The blog's logo!

Dolphin31 hasn't quit blogging altogether, but the AJF is shut down. I was very sad to hear this, but it made my day when I found out that the last post, located at this link, included a list of Jammers that Dolphin31 wanted to be recognised for their support - and I was the first one on the list! I was so happy and sad at the same time, it was overwhelming!

This post doesn't have much to do with General or his AJ experiences, but it's worth writing! Thanks so much, Dolphin31!

Generally Glitchful!

General has donned a new look: the all-terrain look! If you don't know what that means, I'll explain: it's a slightly common AJ glitch with penguins (also seals and otters) when their underwater attire is blended with their land clothing when playing a game. Take a look at the screenshot below!

General wearing his glasses and an underwater Fruit Hat (two head items!)

If you were wondering who won the game of Tic Tac Toe, General lost...but that was probably because he was too astounded by the glitch and had to focus on taking a screenshot!

That's all for today, my Jammer friends!

- General