by guroboss » Wed Feb 22, 2023 5:01 am
hey! I'm Friday, and I'm an older user that poofs in and out a lot. when
first started playing, I named /all/ of my pets, mostly nonsense names,
and sometimes after users with funny-sounding usernames from another
forum petsite I used to play on.
while I don't aim to be sweaty and complete my collection (though I still
try to pick up missed outcomes), I've made it my goal to give individual
names to all the pets in my collection! I've done similar things in other
games (all my Pokemon in PoGo and the mainline games are named), but
this is the largest task I've taken on so far!
for me it is relaxing and a really fun way to engage with the site/trading!
this is mostly to track my personal progress as I work my way through my
collection, but also a convenient way to keep track of names I've already
used.
I don't expect many people to go through this, but if you're reading this,
and you're not me, glad to have you for the ride!
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milestones!
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feb 21, 2023 )
start!
apr 16, 2023 )
500 pets!
aug 27, 2023 )
750 pets!
sep 22, 2024 )
1000 pets!
apr 06, 2025 )
1250 pets!
apr 19, 2025 )
1500 pets!
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current count!
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( 1500 pets! )
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useful links!
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in order to "simplify" the way I'm keeping track of names, I've created some self-imposed guidelines/"rules"/strategies for coming up with/archiving names! if you ever find yourself naming thousands of pets, or if you're just curious about the process, these could help you out!
๐ฎ usually, all the names will be put in lower-case, to help distinguish from pets that may have been named with the site's name generator (these usually start with a capital letter).
๐ฎ unless I'm placing a pet in dress-up or they are very, very special to me, names won't include any special fonts or symbols. when I archive and link them, pets with special fonts/symbols in their names will be listed in the site's normal font and with no symbols. this helps me quickly look them up, and prevents the name from being unreadable in the archive if I'm on another device.
๐ฎ as an extension of the above rule, having an emoji next to the pet's name is indicative of a special group that they're in outside of a normal collection group, i.e. my hoards, which often have different naming rules. for example, my lisa frank themed hoard all have the names of lisa frank characters, and my slowdive-themed hoard all have names of slowdive songs :]
(I also do this, because out of the context of their themes, a lot of them sound pretty weird ngl, and while I'm ok with people knowing that I'm crazy on the level of naming thousands of pixel pets and archiving them, I'm not crazy on the level of spontaneously naming my pets 'the sadman')
๐ฎ no two pets will have the same name (unless it's related to an OC/sona). while I'll try to avoid different spellings of the same name, I may very rarely do it if I'm making a pun/joke with the name.
๐ฎ names will usually be based on existing words/names/characters, I don't make up words/names!
๐ฎ i don't use any kind of name generators to name my pets! wikipedia is, however, my most-used site when I'm trying to pick a name lol
๐ฎ only pets outside my trading groups will be named. some of my existing collection groups have passed 1,000 pets and looking at my trade group... that thing, it scares me.
๐ฎ i move all named pets into a "holding" group before they're put on the thread! it helps me update the thread with a lot of names in one go vs. make a ton of little updates. also really helps keep track of how many i've named numbers-wise and keeps named pets from getting lost in my other groups.[/list]
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guroboss on Sun Apr 20, 2025 5:52 am, edited 25 times in total.
