Adopt a Newbie - Moving to new thread

[Fat Unicorn]

Username: Cefi
How You Found Chicken Smoothie: Through a forum.
What You Like Best So Far: Butterfly wolves. ^^
Any Questions?: Erm, well, what cs cash things are.

C$ (chicken dollars) is basically a sort of chickensmoothie currency that can only be bought with real money (or you could trade users for it). You can buy anything from the store, provided you have enough C$. C:

[❤crystaldolphin❤]

Username: D o l p h i n
How You Found Chicken Smoothie: A Friend
What You Like Best So Far: Rare pets, which I am lookign forward to adopt one, and all the art I want to order them, but how?
Any Questions?: Is there any way you can earn an older rare?

[Celozon]

Username: Cefi
How You Found Chicken Smoothie: Through a forum.
What You Like Best So Far: Butterfly wolves. ^^
Any Questions?: Erm, well, what cs cash things are.

Hello and welcome to Chicken Smoothie! Your adopter will be Kat... They are a user who changed account recently, they joined in 2010. They should be able to help you with any problems and questions you have. If you feel they are not helping you properly or there is something they cannot answer, feel free to PM me or one of the other mods, Claudie, Rosalind, Hoof, or Lord Amazilion. If your adopter does not contact you within a week please let us know and we can re-assign you. Thank you for visiting Adopt A Newbie, once your adopter is done helping you I would be happy to hear any feedback you have. If your adopter could not help you in some areas or wasn't on often enough, or if they were very helpful and you had so problems at all, I would like to have any feedback you have so I can continue to make Adopt A Newbie better.

As Fat Unicorn explained, C$ is bought using real money. Then you can use it to buy items in the store or special pets that come out every month or two. It is not yet possible to trade C$ between accounts, but users often do 'I owe you's and people can come asking for thier C$ any time. You are also able to get the store pets and items through normal trading if you are unable to buy C$.

Newbie.
Username:
Kallian
How You Found Chicken Smoothie:
Short answer: Browsing the web.
Long answer: I was browsing google images for characters to write about in Creative Writing and found one that had been posted on this site. I followed the links and found that it looked really cool, so I joined.
What You Like Best So Far:
The pets (butterfly wolves are really neat and I've never seen them anywhere else) and the RP forums here.
Any Questions?:
Is it a big deal if I can't get on everyday like people seem to expect? When the archive says the pets grow up in say, 10 years, how long is that in real time? I have a ton of questions. That's part of why I would like to be 'adopted'.

Hello and welcome to Chicken Smoothie! Your adopter will be Starna. They are a user who changed account recently, they joined in 2010. They should be able to help you with any problems and questions you have. If you feel they are not helping you properly or there is something they cannot answer, feel free to PM me or one of the other mods, Claudie, Rosalind, Hoof, or Lord Amazilion. If your adopter does not contact you within a week please let us know and we can re-assign you. Thank you for visiting Adopt A Newbie, once your adopter is done helping you I would be happy to hear any feedback you have. If your adopter could not help you in some areas or wasn't on often enough, or if they were very helpful and you had so problems at all, I would like to have any feedback you have so I can continue to make Adopt A Newbie better.

You don't have to get on Chicken Smoothie every day. Most people are perfectly fine waiting a day or two for a trade, and pets usually are only adopted on the first of every month. Every once in a while pets can be adopted for holidays or events. Those usually are available several days. We have events during Easter, Halloween, and Christmas every year, and have had a summer even the last two years. Those usually need to to get on every day so you can collect everything available, but if you miss a day you are still able to get the things you missed. Unless you are very involved in the forums, or you trade a lot, there would be no need to get on every day. Most people get on every day because they trade or post a lot. If you don't do this it would be only natural that you skip a day or two.

[Amaranthos]

Username: D o l p h i n
How You Found Chicken Smoothie: A Friend
What You Like Best So Far: Rare pets, which I am lookign forward to adopt one, and all the art ;) I want to order them, but how?
Any Questions?: Is there any way you can eanr an older rare?

Hello, and welcome to Chicken Smoothie!
We hope you're having, and especially that you are going to have a great time on here^^
Your adopter will be .: Jeanne :.
They will contact you as soon as they receive their notification about your adoption, and will hopefully be able to help you out with all your questions.
If they don't contact you in a timely manner [that is, in several days], you can contact any of the staff listed on the front page
[noleah, Rosalind, Claudie, Hoof or me], and we'll assign you a new adopter.
For the time being, you may want to check out some of the General Guides for Newbies linked here:

~Rules and Help
~Some Great Explanations
~Tips for Newbies

Or some of the various others that you can find here^^
In case you have any questions you need a quick answer to, but your adopter hasn't contacted you yet, you are, of course, free to ask them here, and there'll sure be someone to answer them for you.

Most importantly, have fun exploring CS, may it be as much of a great place for you as it is for us n.n

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To answer your questions: there's three ways you can get old pets on here.
1. Other users
a) Your main source of pets you dont have will likely be other CS users. You can trade with them to receive pets you don't have yet and that they are willing to give away. Apart from swapping for pets of the same age, you can also try to "trade up" some of your pets.
For example, your dog from this month for one from last month, and so on. Or you can trade several pets for one that is either quite a bit older or rarer. Maybe even both.
Shian wrote a phantastic guide on achieving your dream pet here, but it is also a generally good read for trading up/getting good pets.
Sometimes users may even offer you pets for free or very cheap offers. As long as you make sure it really was their intention, there's nothing wrong with accepting - although you may want to get back at them some time later when you see them needing something.
b) A great way to get pets for free are adoption centers. They're also mentioned in Shian's guide, but I thought I'd put some emphasis on them as well. Some people have adoption centers that are for newies only.
Some also offer rare pets at times in form of a giveaway or raffle or other kind of "game" or competition. You can participate in them, and if you win, you'll get the pet.
One example that comes to my head right now is the Selfless Association, who usually have extremely wanted pets in their giveaway, and all you have to do is fill out a form and explain why you think you deserve to win it.


2. Pound
The Pound is an adoption system that allows you to adopt one pet every 24 hours - if you catch the opening times.
Usually, the Pound opens once or twice a day, but it can as well stay closed for two or three. Sometimes there's lots of pets in it, sometimes only a few hundred.
Basically, you go there when it's open, and are shown a variety of pets. You can adopt them by clicking the "adopt" button under their pic. But be quick! The rarest and oldest pets are much wanted, and if you ponder about adopting for too long, someone else may snag the pet.

3. Re-Releases
Every December 18th [and since last year also 24th] the advent calendar gives us a box that we can adopt twice from.
These two pets can be any, absolutely ANY of the pets ever released on CS, or even a so called "UR", a pet that is ONLY adoptable on these special days. If you're lucky, you can get very old and/or very rare pets from the box.

About the art/artshops:
The way you order differs from art shop to art shop. Most users offer art in return for CS pets, so in order to get the art you want you'll first have to get/offer them the pets they set as a price.
You send them the pets, and they'll draw you your picture.
Others want different stuff, maybe items. Or currencies from other websites. Sometimes there's also the offer of "art trades", in which they draw something for you, and you draw something for them. That's, admittedly, a difficult thing, since most users have their standards when it comes to that kind of trade.
Either way, if you visit an art shop, users will usually list their prices somewhere in their post/s, so you'll know if you can afford it or not.
Once you have the payment, you simply have to post/wait for the shop to open, if it's not at the moment, and tell them what you'd like to have drawn. If you're ordering a lineart-colouring, post a reference or explanation of what it should look like.
If it's custom art, you'll need to describe a lot more. [and it's usually more expensive].
Most shops have forms you need to fill out, so you'll already know what information to give.

[CaramelCoffee]

Username:
Cararararara
Why should you be able to adopt a newbie?:
Because I respect newbies and would love to help them
Why do you want to?:
Because newbies are awesome
Do you have basic knowledge of rarities?:
Yup
How often do you get on CS?:
I try to get on everyday
How long do you typically spend on CS?:c
1 hour sometimes more
Are you going to help them whenever they need it?
Yes
Also I have dance 4 days a week and sometimes I have to do homework and I can't get on

[Amaranthos]

Belated reply, since I didn't want to cram this and the list into the already big adoption post:
It's alright, noleah, just take your time to get some rest x3 I'm sure all of us know that sometimes there's just no way to spend hours and hours online. [Unless you lack a life, like me /shot]
Just do everything in your pace, we'll be patient c:

...Reminds me that I should probably change my privacy settings a bit *stops hiding online status*
Why did I even do that in the first place?

Current Adopters Waiting for a Newbie:

~Nimble Awesomeness Do not assign this person until September 8th
~NorthernLights
~Distant_Hybrid
~~LunarWolf~
~.:Cʜᴇsʜɪʀᴇ Cᴀᴛ:.
~tawnypelt3
~Lord Amazilion
~topaz
~Toxic
~.:BroHoof:.
~Emily xxx
~Hybrid
~~Just.Peachy~
~Vegeta Breifs
~pyrrhuloxia.
~draggongoddest
~Equus caballus
~Witch Blaire
~Psiioniic
~☆-reeses3001-☆
~rabbit448
~T r e e O f L i f e
~Ravenclaw<3
~NCISaddiction
~Moynea
~flutterby.
~mainy
~{ p e t e r ♥ }
~Arouria
~Song of Storms
~InuKagndWolfsRaingrl
~Jurrasic
~MyLovelyCry
~~faded love~
~Chroma
~Captain Iron Krista
~mrmoses
~Silent_flight
~Bella's corgi love
~desime
~.Blue.
~Calix
~kitkat2610
~Harley's Shadow
~ForestGrump
~Echo.
~Lynx.
~MystyLUV
~HappyPineapple
~. Sam the papillon .
~bear
~Krywind
~Oliverstorm
~S E A.breeze ~
~ponygurl326
~C a t o
~Team_Dobby
~Not A Myth + Destiny
~!Yui-Chan-Primula!
~:Matryoshka:
~.: Vinyl Scratch :.
~foster
~ndusknvs
~BBL
~MissShadowHunter
~Avatar Korra
~MizzMoka
~Castache
~Flightstar
~Fat Unicorn
~Pandah/
~safari ;;
~TheNinthWolf
~Kinchovi
~Magma Fire
~TieDye7
~Saikiyo
~Sniper
~~Rue~
~sammy213
~Gold
~Deathbyviola
~~Echanted~
~Hoof
~Rosalind
~.For.The.Win.
~foolizz
~.:djFunk:.
~Hunger games!! <3
~Meraki
~~Icy~
~craywolf
~kimmy1479
~.: Afflicted:.
~Mesa
~~Autumn Breeze~
~Snowflake Shine
~tennisbutt
~Chasng Dreams Do not assign until September 4th.
~Moonlight Wolf
~Sapphire Lilys
~Ant0006
~Mintey8
~Lady Masquerade
~H e a r t B e a t
~Stephajo
~tabbiegurl611
~SerenaIzzaBina
~zoning2468
~Brandylovesyoux
~*Snowpaw*
~foxsy
~Norm
~kat745
~RagingTwister
~Tracks
~wildherb
~TheBeastInside
~Mongoose
~Wolfeywalnutbutter
~Cararararara
~TwistedQueen
~Res-Husky

If you posted a form, but you are not on the list post here letting me know. Its possible we missed your form.


These people go to the top of the list, when whatever cause them to be delayed in getting a newbie is fixed
~.Δℓℓ αℓσиɛ. Getting their computer fixed
~Doctor Who <3 Skip this person for time being.
~Kay the Cat-Fox Do not assign this person until September 5th
~luludazzler - Didn't respond to activity check [?]

Updated: September 2nd, 10:32pm server time

[NinthWolf]

Sure, no problem Noleah! Take your time.

@Lord Amazilion- I should probably do the same, I get the feeling from experience it puts members off pming you if it's urgent because they see you may be offline.

[Umbrellas]

Username: TwistedQueen
Why should you be able to adopt a newbie?: Welll, I know CS pretty well! I joined over a year ago and am pretty active on the forums and everything. I love helping out, and I think I have enough knowledge to help a newbie when they're starting. I know my trades, I know how the forums work, etc. (:
Why do you want to?: Well because I know how helpful having a mentor would be when I was a newbie. So I think that if I can make one person's experience on CS better it's worth it. ^^
Do you have basic knowledge of rarities?: Yes I do.
How often do you get on CS?: Every day ^^
How long do you typically spend on CS?: Meh, depends. Usually 2hours+
Are you going to help them whenever they need it?: Yes of course! I'm pretty active on here ^^

[Meduz]

Username: lucyhope
How You Found Chicken Smoothie: Dragon adopters
What You Like Best So Far: The cute pets
Any Questions?: trades, I'm so confused

[arturia]

Username: lucyhope
How You Found Chicken Smoothie: Dragon adopters
What You Like Best So Far: The cute pets
Any Questions?: trades, I'm so confused

Trading is a way to obtain other pets. You can trade your own pets for someone else's pets.

I used to be Nightmare Moon, changed by username. = P