Is the pound system reinforced?

[Shian]

Seriously, I've seen 5 or 6 pets now that are in someone else's clearly marked "trade" section. When clicked on, they have "Pound" as the person that gave them to them.

I adopted mine with the full intention of keeping mine. I'm proud of the fact that I have pets with "Pound" on them and I respect the fact that these are not to be traded. Since I've collected darn near everything else, I'm now collecting Pound pets. Trouble is, I've missed the pound every time (got it only once) since changing to the website location. It makes me sad that people are getting pets just to trade them and totally ignoring the rules. Especially when that's a pup I could have gotten and given mine away.

With the pound going on at random times plus the obvious dilemma of the pound giving out so many pets that it is impossible to keep track of them, should this rule be policed or removed altogether?

[Speckaroo]

i've wondered the same thing...i've seen a few myself, its kinda sad really, like you i've only been able to get one animal(since the change) and im pretty pround their from the pound

[Tess]

Yeah... someone actually emailed me a while back and said 'what would you do if I traded one of my pound pets' and I don't think I even replied, because what could I say? I'd confiscated the pet? But if she'd traded it, that's not fair to the person who'd traded for it, so...?

the pound has over 6000 pets last time I looked, so it's a bit rough to try and keep track of individuals

maybe nick could set up a tracker or something

I'm glad some people stick to the rules, but I'm not surprised that a lot of people don't. They probably never actually read the rules anyway. Seems a lot of people on this site are incapable of reading anything I write. I can get away with saying that, cause they're not going to read this post either

the reason the rule exists is to stop people from adopting heaps of pets specifically to trade them, when the idea of the pound is that its meant to give every user (newer or older) a fair chance of grabbing rarer pets, etc. If people are just adopting them to trade out, it brings the unfairness back in.

[Fiery Gatoh]

I'm glad some people stick to the rules, but I'm not surprised that a lot of people don't. They probably never actually read the rules anyway. Seems a lot of people on this site are incapable of reading anything I write. I can get away with saying that, cause they're not going to read this post either

That happens on every site

I wouldn't dream of trading out any pets I got from the pound. I've only gotten one so far because of my stupid timezone (XD) but y'know, I didn't adopt Gwen just to trade her out. I adopted her because I thought she'd make a nice addition to my herd.

[Shian]

Maybe there is a way to have the pet's name in bold if it's from the pound? Or a different color? That way at least the other end would know they are getting a possible not-supposed-to-be-traded pet so those that like following the rules will know.

[Speckaroo]

They probably never actually read the rules anyway. Seems a lot of people on this site are incapable of reading anything I write. I can get away with saying that, cause they're not going to read this post either

gahh theres nothing more annoying then people who don't read rules

[Speckaroo]

Maybe there is a way to have the pet's name in bold if it's from the pound? Or a different color? That way at least the other end would know they are getting a possible not-supposed-to-be-traded pet so those that like following the rules will know.

its a good idea, but im pretty sure in order to change the pets name(color, boldness, ect.) all you would have to do is change the code at the bottom. And people who get those pets from the pound could just change that.

Edit: but then again people are starting to put links on their trade threads to groups

[Toastberg]

I'm glad some people stick to the rules, but I'm not surprised that a lot of people don't. They probably never actually read the rules anyway. Seems a lot of people on this site are incapable of reading anything I write. I can get away with saying that, cause they're not going to read this post either

Sad to say you're probably right there...
I'd never trade anything I got from the pound. I've only been on at the same time once before, and in that there were only stuff I already had

[Fiery Gatoh]

its a good idea, but im pretty sure in order to change the pets name(color, boldness, ect.) all you would have to do is change the code at the bottom. And people who get those pets from the pound could just change that.

Edit: but then again people are starting to put links on their trade threads to groups

If the name was bolded/coloured on the main page though it couldn't be editted quite that easily.

[Speckaroo]

true, i was just thinking of people who post their pets like i do in trading threads

I think reporting the person helps too