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[Codex]

To all staff: what makes you feel appreciated by the community?

People using my items or just liking how it looks! And also seeing new posts in item suggestion thread, it makes me think people are interested in seeing how we fulfill their ideas when we do

[The Last Raven]

Any staff
Why does the CS store have random store pets and other pets like a toxic? accounts/viewgroup.php?userid=35343&pageSize=1000
Did they come from trade reversals or something

[winx]

Any staff
Why does the CS store have random store pets and other pets like a toxic? accounts/viewgroup.php?userid=35343&pageSize=1000
Did they come from trade reversals or something

Burrito Bunny answered this question here! (:

[FishMilkshake]

why there are no turtles/tortoises? I never saw any
sorry if the wrong thread*

[LilyRoseWater]

Any staff

I actually have 2 questions if y'all don't mind. ^^

1. Are the pet rarities decided by a staff member before the pets are released or is it randomized through code after all the pets have grown up? From what I've gathered, pet rarities normally update somewhere between the beginning to the end of the next month after their released (EX. October pets get their rarities sometime in November) but I did also notice that a couple of the January/New Years pets got their rarities early this year (A couple being the eastern dragons and zodiac Tess dragons), was this an error?

2. Why are western dragons released so rarely? I've noticed that from when I started, to this month that a batch of western dragons hasn't been released in the monthly adopts, are designs harder to do with their line art or are they one of the more rarer pets you don't release often, like lions, unicorns and otters?

Ty in advance for taking the time to answer! ^^

[Spaceinmyhead]

Any staff

I actually have 2 questions if y'all don't mind. ^^

1. Are the pet rarities decided by a staff member before the pets are released or is it randomized through code after all the pets have grown up? From what I've gathered, pet rarities normally update somewhere between the beginning to the end of the next month after their released (EX. October pets get their rarities sometime in November) but I did also notice that a couple of the January/New Years pets got their rarities early this year (A couple being the eastern dragons and zodiac Tess dragons), was this an error?

2. Why are western dragons released so rarely? I've noticed that from when I started, to this month that a batch of western dragons hasn't been released in the monthly adopts, are designs harder to do with their line art or are they one of the more rarer pets you don't release often, like lions, unicorns and otters?

Ty in advance for taking the time to answer! ^^

1) While Nick would know the most about the details of rarities, its actually done with very little human interaction. Basically, at the middle of the month Nick does his wizarding magic with the code (listen I don't code), and it basically counts how many pets are currently in circulation. Based on how many of a pet is in circulation, a rarity is then assigned to it. If I remember correctly, Nick can make it that a certain pet from a litter is a little more rare (like the Golden Gacha for example), but that's probably as simple as changing the chance in the code (say a regular litter is 1=.25+.25+.25+.25. A litter with a rarer pet would be more like 1.1=.25+.25+.25+.25+.10)(this is very basic, again Nick would know more in depth about it). As for the Tess zodiacs, yeah Im pretty sure that was an accident haha, it happens.

2) Its honestly up to the artists! We have the base species that are released (dogs, cats, bwolves), but if the artists want to they can make like a fox litter, a deer litter, or a dragon litter. They may not have the current inspiration to make a dragon litter, or they're working on a big litter like the dogs. We don't stop them from making pets in a month if that's what you're asking, in fact, artists are encouraged to work on what ever they wish (as long as the base species have art by the beginning on the next month).

I just woke up so sorry if any of that made no sense. Please let me know if you want some clarification!

[Saikiyo]

Any staff

I actually have 2 questions if y'all don't mind. ^^

1. Are the pet rarities decided by a staff member before the pets are released or is it randomized through code after all the pets have grown up? From what I've gathered, pet rarities normally update somewhere between the beginning to the end of the next month after their released (EX. October pets get their rarities sometime in November) but I did also notice that a couple of the January/New Years pets got their rarities early this year (A couple being the eastern dragons and zodiac Tess dragons), was this an error?

2. Why are western dragons released so rarely? I've noticed that from when I started, to this month that a batch of western dragons hasn't been released in the monthly adopts, are designs harder to do with their line art or are they one of the more rarer pets you don't release often, like lions, unicorns and otters?

Ty in advance for taking the time to answer! ^^

2 has been answered but an add on as an artist:

Some line arts are used more sparingly to keep them a little bit more special. At least that's a guideline I go by (lions and dragons I consider special). Another reason why I don't personally make a lot of dragons is they're really, really big and have 4 stages. It's a lot of work and will take me 2 to 4 times as long to make a dragon litter as it would a normal litter, like cats, dogs or ponies. Plus I find their body shape a challenging to add patterns to if I don't have a solid plan or theme (mostly the way the wing membrane interacts with the body and the fine bones in the wings). Basically, while I love the dragon lines, I find them hard to work with so I only pull them out when I have a cool idea for them which ends up making them a rare choice for me.

This is just my personal take and other artists might feel differently

[PheonixThunderslayer]

To: any staff!
If you could choose any CS pet to have in real life, which would you choose and why?

and also, does anyone know what happens to really inactive accounts? (e.g, joined in 2008, logged on 2009, never seen agan). do they get banned, and do their pets disappear?

What happens when u swear on CS?

[Spaceinmyhead]

To: any staff!
If you could choose any CS pet to have in real life, which would you choose and why?

and also, does anyone know what happens to really inactive accounts? (e.g, joined in 2008, logged on 2009, never seen agan). do they get banned, and do their pets disappear?

What happens when u swear on CS?

Heya!

Pet in real life: all the dwarf hamsters lol. I actually have pet hamsters irl, but they are a lot of work. I would love chickens one day, but they are also so much work haha

Inactive accounts: Well, it really depends! If the user logged in once and never adopted pets or posted, then the account is treated like it really didnt exist. This means that if a user requests that username on the older account, we can give it to them. However, if the account adopted even a single pet, that account is preserved. There have been cases where people have come back to the site after leaving in 2009 and needed their original account back, so we just keep them as they are.

Swearing: As you know, we are a family friendly site. Most swears are automatically filtered out thanks to some code, and any that slips through the cracks will end up being removed and the user messaged by moderators. Swearing is a no go on CS, and we actively enforce that rule