Sell Chicken Smoothie (Poll Has Been Reset!)

[nickjr]

People do not necessarily tell the truth about what moderators say to them, especially if they are upset.

I don't have much to add right now besides just wanting to chime in that... based on my real life experiences, this is DEFINITELY an issue with people speaking FACE-TO-FACE. And I'm not just talking about one-off experiences or a few "bad apples" or honest misunderstandings. I've seen this happen for people ranging in age from little kiddies to college students to fully grown adults old enough to have grandkids.

So I'm not surprised that there's a heck of a lot (in terms of raw quantity, NOT percentage! I'm sure the percentage of honest CS users is still super high! But CS, for all that it's shrinking, is still... big. We still got a big number of users lol) of lie by omission happening on a site with CS's userbase where people, by default, don't run into each other in person.

edit: In other words... it's sweet that we trust that others are telling the full, unedited truth, but that's not how Life works. Of course this applies to everyone, but I'm particularly focusing on users who aren't in positions of power, because most of us realize that people in power only say so much while simultaneously thinking that our peers/regular people like us will say more. That's not always the case, and when it is, the difference in how much information is revealed isn't always that big. Maybe I'm cynical, but if the amounts of salt with which I view the words of people in power and the words of people not in power are pretty similar in size. (Funnily enough, I also try to view the best in people. I suppose I'm a whole bunch of walking contradictions)

Oooookay I think I'm done editing. I think.

Nope I lied. Final edit: When I said "it's sweet" I didn't mean to come across as condescending. I meant something more along the lines of "it's genuinely heartwarming and I have hope for humanity", ironically

[rabbit_with_a_fedora]

• i haven't posted on here yet, as most of what i would have said has already been said by other users. however, i would like to say that i agree with most of the opinions on this thread. cs is dying, and something needs to be done to save it. selling cs isn't ideal, but if it will help this site stay alive, i'm for it.
  
  also, i've made some recolorings of a button that was made by yeoreum. here's the original version:
  
  
  and here are the recolorings:
  
  
  
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  i tried a yellow version, but it hurt my eyes too much rip. if there's any other recolorings you guys would like, send me a pm and i'd be happy to make them for you~ :>

Ooh I’ll use one! Anyone wanna try my square one?

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[sniffs]

wanted to slap a mark on this, because this is becoming really fun to read,, along with just making me super happy,,

and also wanna mention i support this 100%

and @AvalancheTheIcewing i really like the button you made! i'll be having it in my sig ^^

[nyabeille]

i'm also gonna mark this, given that my post is one of the first links in tailish's summary. im glad to see this is being talked about and taken seriously, and that we aren't yelling into a void anymore. save cs ♥

[EchoGirl765]

Mark <3 Thank you for doing this <33

[hui]

hello! I don't like to post, so I've been lurking for quite a while now (I've read all 400+ replies haha), but I would like to come in and show my support.

This site was a large part of my childhood, and I know others may say the same. It is my hope that this site will continue to bring happiness to new and upcoming players, just as it had with my younger self.

While I only really use it for oekaki/art currently, I do support the general idea that communication between staff and players is crucial to keep the site running c: It's already amazing to see staff responses, whereas similar previous threads that I read were eventually locked, and I hope that this thread will continue to further communication.


>> I've also hopped on the signature stamp train and made an animated pixel thing. I chose the butterfly wolf since it's a CS unique species (correct me if I'm wrong) and in a way it represents reaching new heights.

The one I drew was the UR, but feel free to recolor or draw a different onsite b-wolf!




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[Dragonswan]

I have felt the site admins have been slacking off a bit... I'm pretty disappointed with the updates and CS is basically the same every month.. collect pets, wait millions of years for them to grow, donate them to the pound if their bad, and repeat.

While I do understand everyone's concerns about lack of communication, updates, etc, I'm not sure about the complaints of "CS being the same month after month". Hasn't it always followed the same formula of adopt monthly pets and watch them grow with the different events happening throughout the year? I'm not trying to disagree or invalidate anyone's opinion, I was just wondering if it was ever different in this respect. I've only been playing since 2016 so forgive me if I'm wrong. =) I absolutely love Chicken Smoothie and want it to stick around as long as possible.

[.muse.]

I have felt the site admins have been slacking off a bit... I'm pretty disappointed with the updates and CS is basically the same every month.. collect pets, wait millions of years for them to grow, donate them to the pound if their bad, and repeat.

While I do understand everyone's concerns about lack of communication, updates, etc, I'm not sure about the complaints of "CS being the same month after month". Hasn't it always followed the same formula of adopt monthly pets and watch them grow with the different events happening throughout the year? I'm not trying to disagree or invalidate anyone's opinion, I was just wondering if it was ever different in this respect. I've only been playing since 2016 so forgive me if I'm wrong. =) I absolutely love Chicken Smoothie and want it to stick around as long as possible.

Yes and no.
The general game play is indeed the same month to month, you adopt pets, you watch them grow, you trade for missed outcomes.

For a damn good while now though, that's all it's been.

The complaint is less "this style of game play is boring and stagnant" and more "what happened to everything else?"
We haven't had much in the way of site updates, new items, new species, in a while.

Plus there's an obvious disconnect between the staff and the user base. That's another large part of the problem. The staff used to feel like any other user that you'd chat with on the forums. I personally have not gotten that vibe from the staff for a good while. The general feeling of "hey a staff member posted... What went wrong this time?" is not how it used to be around here and that definitely needs to change too.

[Maligator]

@Above

I would most certainly agree. We haven't have much new and exciting stuff happening, in terms of items, species, etc... and I remember when there were new species coming out more, and items were being released more frequently. It seemed that CS was always able to make the same gameplay fresh and new then. (: Some linearts retired, some were added, and it was just interesting to see stuff like that happening.

I, for one, am a big dress up person. I love dressing pets up, and so I love items, and it makes me sad that we don't get many new items apart from during events.
I think the last items that were added to the store were the messy buns correct? When I saw new items in the store for the first time in a while I was dancin' a jig and doing backflips.

[yharnam boy]

I have felt the site admins have been slacking off a bit... I'm pretty disappointed with the updates and CS is basically the same every month.. collect pets, wait millions of years for them to grow, donate them to the pound if their bad, and repeat.

While I do understand everyone's concerns about lack of communication, updates, etc, I'm not sure about the complaints of "CS being the same month after month". Hasn't it always followed the same formula of adopt monthly pets and watch them grow with the different events happening throughout the year? I'm not trying to disagree or invalidate anyone's opinion, I was just wondering if it was ever different in this respect. I've only been playing since 2016 so forgive me if I'm wrong. =) I absolutely love Chicken Smoothie and want it to stick around as long as possible.

It has always been like this, and I think that's not the problem. It's simply the concept of this site and it shouldn't be changed. I personally like that you don't have to do anything with your pets except collecting them at your own pace. It's more relaxed than having to interact with them, feed them, etc. - I have many thousands of pets, I don't want to imagine having to do "interesting" stuff with them all the time.

Edit: Can someone please explain to me why furry/anthro depictions with pink bellies are a banning reason? Is this some symbolism I don't know about? I have really no idea, I'm genuinely confused.
Please don't ban me for asking this, I really don't know what's going on with it and I simply want to know. It seems scary to me because it makes me feel extremely unwell with posting anything, with having no idea if there could be something wrong about it that I'm not aware of.