What's the best thing about Stereos? What has made them such a huge hit in such a short time? We asked you to tell us what you thought and then picked ten winners to walk away each with a pair of concert tickets and a couple of Nexopia t-shirts.

Click HERE to see the winners.

-- The Nex Team

We're giving away 10 pairs of tickets to different Stereos shows in Canada and this is your chance to walk away with some.

CLICK HERE to learn how!

-- The Nex Team

We don't want you to miss AFI and their special guests at the Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver on January 24th, 2010; so Nexopia is giving you the chance to grab yourself some tickets early.

This presale is for the Vancouver show exclusively, and only those 19 years or older will be allowed access.

CLICK HERE for more info.

-- The Nex Team

Every year we ask Nexopians to get their cackle on and post pictures of great costumes. We've had some good, great and hilarious entries. Last year we ran "Dress Your Pets" and this year we brought the spotlight back to you!


WHAT YOU DID & WHAT YOU GOT

Did you have the best Halloween costume this year? We asked you to post a picture of you dressed up in your Halloween finest and we took a vote here at Nex HQ to pick the best costume. One grand prize winner scored a Flip Mino Video Camera, and three runners up each got 6 months of Plus!


WINNERS

Grand prize winner:

Bender - dayvid.




Runners up:

Lego Man - miranda;



Jack Sparrow - Link85



Poptart - ::*aBiLeNe*::




Want to see more submissions? Then head over to the Halloween contest thread.

We've updated the Nexopia user search & browse to make it bigger and better so it's easier for you to find people you know (or meet someone new!)

• You can use the search in your sidebar to look for specific users by their Nexopia username, email, or even real name.
  
  
• If you'd rather, you can browse through users you don't know by location, school, gender, or multiple interests.
  
  
• If you haven't already, make sure to add your name and school in your account preferences to make youself easier for friends to find in the search! (Note that entering in your name or school in your preferences is for search purposes only -- your name will never be displayed on your profile, and your school will only be displayed if you set it as such on your profile Basics block.)
  
  
• If you decide you don't want people to be able to search for you by your real name or email address, you can also disable the searchable option for that information in your account preferences.

-- The Nex Team

Every year we ask Nexopians to get their cackle on and post pictures of great costumes. We've had some good, great and hilarious entries. Last year we ran "Dress Your Pets" and this year we're bringing the spotlight back to you!

Also, don't forget to get your Hallows' Eve freak on by dressing up your Nex in the new and improved Halloween skin!


WHAT YOU GET

We'll be giving away a Flip Mino Video Camera to the lucky winner, and three runners up will get 6 months of Plus each!


HOW TO ENTER

Do you have the best Halloween costume? Post a picture of you dressed up in the Halloween contest thread in the Contest Forum. We'll be taking a vote here at Nex HQ to pick the best costume.

Note: The picture must be of your costume; fakes will be disqualified.


DEADLINE

The contest ends on November 3, 2009.


QUESTIONS

If you have any questions email contests@nexopia.com
Please use "Halloween Contest" as the subject line.

What better way to show your love for your favorite band and artists than plastering them all over your Nex? Now you can choose from our new site skins of some of your top faves like Billy Talent, Alexisonfire, Against Me and more. Get 'em while they're hot on the Site Skin page!

Looking for more band skin choices? Stay on the look out for even more Nex band skins coming your way soon.

-- The Nex Team

Have more control and stay more up-to-date! We're firing two new features at you today to make your time on Nexopia even better.

• Customizable sidebar!
  We wanted to give you some more control over how your Nex looks and how you use it, so we've given you ability to customize your sidebar so it works better for you. Don't like the way the sidebar is arranged? Reorder different blocks to arrange them to your liking! Never use a certain feature of your sidebar? Turn it off to hide it from view! Now you can have complete control through your new and improved preferences page.
  
  
• Friends activity page!
  Has one of your Nex friends updated their profile? Changed their dating status? Gotten Spotlighted? It's a pain to always have to visit each of your friends' profiles to make sure you know what's new, so we've created the friends' activity page to keep you instantly updated. You can control what updates you get from friends and what updates they receive about you through the friends' activity settings.
  

-- The Nex Team

Now you can have your own arcade right at your fingertips! Nexopia is bringing you 10,000 of the best online Flash games powered by Heyzap on our new Nex Games page.

• Shooter, strategy, sports, puzzles, and all of your other favorite gaming genres -- there's something for everyone.
  
  
• Challenge and play with your friends in the multiplayer games.
  
  
• Purchase Coins to unlock special features and levels in the more advanced games.
  

Eventually we'd like to add more features to this section, like scoreboards, awards, and ways to share your favorite games with friends. So what are you waiting for, go work out some of the pent up tension in those itchy keyboard fingers.

-- The Nex Team


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We like to keep you all in the loop about what's new on Nexopia, and this week we rolled out two new features to help you get the most out of your Nex time:

1. Set your mobile to sleep.
   When you sign up for Nexopia Mobile, you'll find that on your preferences page there is now the option to automatically turn off Nex Mobile for a set time period. No more being woken up at night by your friends' Shouts and PMs!
   
   
2. More +1's for Plus members.
   When you come across some cool blog content on Nex, make sure to +1 it! The more +1's a post gets, the higher it raises in the Top Blogs and the more other people will get to see it. Now Plus users get to mark their favorite posts as +1 twice instead of just once.

-- The Nex Team

In the car, on the bus, watching a movie, or walking down the street -- once you signed up, all you had to do was Shout or PM from your mobile -- any topic to anyone.

Each time you used Nexopia Mobile you were automatically entered for a chance to win. The more entries you had, the bigger the chance you had to be the one to walk away with the cash. One lucky winner took home $500 CASH to spend anywhere on anything!

Check out the winner here!

-- The Nex Team

We wanted to deliver more of the best user generated content on Nex straight to your greedy fingertips, so check out the new Top Blogs feed page.

This page lets you click through all of the most recent public blogs posted across Nexopia for your browsing enjoyment, including battles, photos, videos, and polls.

If you find something cool, vote for it by clicking the +1 button (if you're a Plus user, then you can +1 a post twice!) -- the top rated blog posts will be featured on the Most Popular lists for the immediate quick fix when you're searching for cool stuff.

Don't want your posts to show up on the Top Blog page? You can hide your public posts from the preference page; also, freeform posts will never show up here.

Find out more about this new feature here.

-- The Nex Team

We got our hands on some Red Jumpsuit Apparatus tickets that we thought you may want! This was a blitz contest -- we just chose random entries -- so all you needed to do was tell us which city you wanted tickets for and BAM! you were entered in our draw and that much closer to a chance to see Red Jumpsuit Apparatus in concert.

Check out all of the winners here!

-- The Nex Team

We've got our hands on some Red Jumpsuit Apparatus tickets we think you might want! To find out how to get in on your chance to win them, check out the contest page.

-- The Nex Team

In the car, on the bus, watching a movie, or walking down the street -- you can now Shout from anywhere! Sign up for Nexopia Mobile and start Shouting and PM'ing for a chance to win $500 CASH!

For more info, check out the contest page.

-- The Nex Team