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[nimrod.]

I apologize I thought by breedings they meant in a summed up manner the agings as well as breedings themselves. You could possibly contact dream and ask if you can be added in order to complete your orders possibly. I don't know if they would or not but it wouldn't hurt to try.

[cowgirlchrista]

Okay guys, now it's my turn for an opinion statement and exactly how I feel about all of this; coming from both the perspective of a regular adopter who is part of the community and as a now new artist.
Okay, so I know this all started back when the artist competition was judged:
When the artist competition was made, Dreamwalker was looking for people who were good with other people and who were absolutely dedicated. Now, I know a lot of the artists before us had that passion and drive to continue to make adopts even if they didn't quite have time. Dream was not only looking for skills, but imagination, creativity, and a forceful urge of love for the horses. A lot of the contestants whom had entered did have that passion; and I could see it. It showed in a lot of entries. The reason the GAs/artists who were chosen were chosen because they fit the spitting image of an artist Dream herself had believed in. I know so many people seemed let down and upset about it, but life happens. To those who believed the artists were judged unfairly or poorly; it wasn't only Dream's choice. A lot of senior artists helped Dream decide who was to be chosen. If you believe the competition was judged unfairly and you want to leave the community for that reason just because some of the more well-known equine artists on CS didn't get chosen, I'm sorry for you. Really. I know that I've never gotten experience in a large-scale adoptable like this before and it is a lovely experience working with all who are involved in this community.

Now, onto the issue at hand:

I know a lot of people are upset due to the artists chosen, I know this. I will admit, it hurts watching some of the elder artists that I had the amazing chance to work with go and me be one of the ones to step in their shoes and help take the reins. It's hard. Personally, in my eyes, the artists did not have to have a message in order to know they had been retired; yes, retired, not fired; because there was fair warning MANY times after the artist competition that Dream was going to keep some or all of the GAs and retire some of the older artists. In fact, it had been repeated! I know a lot of people are upset to see Tato and/or Inky go, as am I. But this is a fresh start. Dream is trying her damnedest to make everyone happy and keep this adopt together. I remember sitting there talking to her last night in a video call with her panicking because she was dreading to post the artist results in the first place. She was scared because she knew everything was going to rebound; as it always does. In my opinion, everyone should just learn to grow up and quit complaining if you're going to act as such. Nobody was being exiled out; there were obviously more than just one person being retired. You guys need to stop making it seem like everything is personal, because it's not. All the artists who were retired were lovely, amazing people, and I really loved working with you all. Also, this is a website/adoptable guys, do care to remember. This isn't real life, and you don't always have to expect to be so. The adopt aren't always going to be realistic, though we try our best to make them, and things may be dealt with differently from real life. People stress over this like a job; I've been one of the people who have stressed about this all day and night because I honestly... Right now everyone, you guys are making me feel bad about being an artist. No, I will not retire just to place 1 or 2 people. I love the horses, I love the people, I love the community, and I love the experience! But I feel as if right now, nobody wants to respect Dream OR her choices even though she is trying so hard. All of the staff here at Bear Run constantly worry about things blowing up in our faces like this when decisions are made, particularly large scale ones as such. It scares me to loose people from this community just because everyone is deciding to take things personally. It actually irritates me and frustrates me and I tend to break down when I get extremely frustrated. I have cried over this adopt on many occasions due to the fact of everyone's reactions as I feel like some people take everything on here for granted. You guys have really let me down a bit, and it hurts a lot. I will stay and continue to make adopts, but saying things like you guys have before? You know, my mother had told me a saying that tends to come in handy multiple times: "If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all." And it's true. It helps, it works. Everyone is just unsettled right now, and being immature and flipping a table and being rude about things isn't going to necessarily help you yourself either in the end. I feel like everyone needs to remember exactly why we all joined this community in the beginning: The love for the horses. The love for the other owners, the friendships. Just remember that's why you're here. We were all one giant happy family just 3 days ago; now everyone is throwing p*ss fights and being completely snappy about everything. Come on guys, please.
About the colored hooves/eyes; it's a common mistake, and it's not going to always happen. Excuse me for not coloring my hooves all the time and forgetting to. It's not my fault I get sidetracked.
Thanks everyone for letting me voice my opinions. It's nice to vent out and let everyone know exactly how I feel about everything.

[Saturn V]

first off congrats to all the new permanent artists I am certain you all deserve it well done. I also thing people need to learn how to accept things. dreams word is final and everyone needs to stop getting at each other as it makes the adopt less happy. Dream and all of the other staff work hard to make it as happy and friendly and welcoming. there was plenty of notice to everyone saying some of the artists were going to be retired. the GA who were chosen to be permanent artists were very active with the species so there were new tolters every day. yes there are many things that happen with outside life and it means you cant get online but there were many other reasons why the GA were retired. now lets just put all of this behind us and get the species back to the welcoming place it was. if anyone wants to discuss this further pm me my inbox is open to everyone and I will gladly discuss things with you

[Sezzas]

Just want to point out that no one's really been 'rude'. If you're mature, you have to be able to discuss and accept some people may have other opinions. /Especially/ staff should be able to handle this, and critique. And how will you ever learn if people don't let you know when something is wrong?

[mewmew.]

Guys can we please move on from this or can a mod please put an end to it? We need to get back to the reason we are all here which is to become a better friendlier community of love.

Would anyone be interested in being either mates or friends with this bubu right here? Also I need help with his name!

[inkyy]

Yes, sorry I was just waiting to see what'll happen.

I hate to be that childish one, but I was left no other choice. Goodbye and farewell, tolter community. I hope, like Dream was when she made the changes, that this place will become friendler and nicer.

I will be keeping my tolters but may change the desgins (my desgins) over to different lines.

[Azteca.]

//Comes out from under my rock//

Hello y'all! I think its time I officially introduced my little babies! ;;

M i n n i e ....

& K o d a!
I'm always looking for more of these little darlings for companions xD

I'm looking for a mate for them both and friends! Please pm me if youre interested in your doggie being a mate or a friend <3 and I'll update y'all in a bit cx

[Sezzas]

Okay, so, as we move on, I wanted to bring up something else x3

As some of you know I made a stamp for tolters a while back and I even made some custom stamps for people. Now, I think the default bay one that's on the front page is really ugly, so I was thinking about making a new default that features about 4-5 tolters, but I don't just want to take ANY tolter.

SO, if you would like one of your tolters featured in the public stamp, let me know 8D
If you aren't aware yet, it looks like this; (these are a few of the customs I made, they're not for public use)

[mewmew.]

Okay, so, as we move on, I wanted to bring up something else x3

As some of you know I made a stamp for tolters a while back and I even made some custom stamps for people. Now, I think the default bay one that's on the front page is really ugly, so I was thinking about making a new default that features about 4-5 tolters, but I don't just want to take ANY tolter.

SO, if you would like one of your tolters featured in the public stamp, let me know 8D
If you aren't aware yet, it looks like this; (these are a few of the customs I made, they're not for public use)

Sezza you can use my tolters! You can even just use the one of Sabine if you really want to! :D

Edit: I actually would prefer the Sabine one not used because I paid you for it but feel free to use any of my tolters

[Saturn V]

my tolters