Weevil Weekly was the former official in-game newspaper written by the editor, Scribbles. Every Friday a new edition was published at the Weevil Weekly newspaper stand in Weevil Post. There were over 200 issues published. Every week Scribbles would report on the latest Bin news and gossip, along with sneak previews of upcoming content. Each issue featured top tips, hints, competitions, interview, item features, and code giveaways. Major news stories were reported here first or on the What's New Blog.
Blott is the Bin's perfectionist printer and is always ultra busy. It's up to her to get all the magazine issues ready for publication - and that's a lot of mags! Blott keeps the newsstand stocked up with the latest and greatest of the Bin's magazines. Each week, she squealed with excitement as she got the first look at the latest issue of the Weevil Weekly magazine!
Flash mobs were held in locations such as Tycoon Island and Flum's Fountain for each Weevil Weekly issues. Every Friday, Scribbles would login to random servers to engage with players and take pictures for his latest issue. Weevil Weekly had longer pages than the average player created magazine.
History[]
The first issue of Weevil Weekly was published in 2009. It was available, like all the issues are, in Weevil Post. A summary of the issue was posted on the What's New Blog. Weevil Weekly was continued to be published weekly in-game until November 2013. It was usually published in the later half of the week: Wednesday, Thursday or Friday. From 2012, every issue was published on each Friday. Fridays were normally the time of great releases and changes, so this allowed Scribbles the opportunity to announce releases and content. On many occasions, Scribbles would go missing to help build up an event or backstory.
A Scribbles Trophy was hinted in an early 2013 issue, and was later introduced to the game as a rare reward for Weevil Weekly and What's New Blog competitions winners. This item is considered widely rare by players. Weevil Post received a serious redesign for the 200th issue of Weevil Weekly in August 2013. A more brighter and spaced out design was introduced along with a party to celebrate, eventually including an upstairs with a cafe and the Nest Inspector's treasure from his long travels. Players created nest items through a competition in the Bin Weevils Magazine. A set of player designed items introduced at Nestco and Bin Mart for the celebrations. A Scribbles Trivia was added at the new Weevil Post, where players had to answer a series of questions about Scribbles and his publication to earn an exclusive prize. Decorations and buntings were placed throughout the new Weevil Post. An editor promotional competition was held that rewarded Bin Tycoons an exclusive Green Arrow Top Hat for creating weekly magazine issues at the Editor's Office in Flem Manor. To celebrate the 200th issue of Weevil Weekly, Scribbles changed his look slightly.
In November 2013, Weevil Weekly as an in-game newspaper came to a sudden end. Weevily Weekly moved to the What's New Blog and appeared as ''Weevil Weekly Round-Up''. Still written by Scribbles, the newspaper moved to the What's New Blog. A new Weevil Weekly Round-Up was published on the What's New Blog by Scribbles every Friday. Scribbles FanCam was introduced, a weekly feature of the fans of Scribbles around Bin Weevils. In February 2014, an announcement was published on the What's New Blog informing weevils Scribbles has gone missing. The build-up and story regarding the whereabouts of Scribbles continued for several weeks on the What's New Blog. A new story and backstory was created, linking to the backstory and story that featured in the Bin Weevils Magazine involving Lab and his Time Machine discovery and the disappearance of Slosh. Each post had engaging artwork. A competition and several ''Scribbles Asks'' posts were published on the What's New Blog.
In March 2014, it was announced Scribbles had returned. Whilst weevils were expecting to see the return of the Weevil Weekly Round-Up the following Friday, there was no visit from Scribbles and no Weevil Weekly Round-Up was published that Friday. This brought to an end to the historic Weevil Weekly. After 220 weeks of issues, the Bin Weevils Team decided to end this famous tradition.
Throughout early 2014, Bin Weevils Limited faced a round of lay-offs. Several of the creative and community team members were made redundant. This resulted in planned changes and creative work being scrapped. A Bin Weevils Team member confirmed in-game in July 2014 Bin Weevils Limited lost key staff members and no longer had the resources to publish Weevil Weekly. On 5th February 2017, it was announced that Weevil Weekly would be returning, but only with 4 issues. 2 days later, the first issue was published since its hiatus. The last issue ended on 2nd March, 2017. Despite the brief return of the popular magazine, the newspaper faced strong criticism. It did not resemble previous issues.
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