Things that annoy you.

[qhost]

Why do you doubt military folks are into CS? I suspect you would be very surprised at what some folks here do for a living!

How do you determine which pets are wanted and which are not? Who decides? How regularly and how many exactly do we need to adopt to "prove" our care & attention to our pixel pets?

What exactly is the cut off point beyond which someone's pets (loved or not) are thrown into The Pound for everyone else to scrabble over through no wrongdoing of our own?

All rightie, let's get a little more extreme with our for-instance/example scenarios:-

Maybe both my husband & I were to lose our jobs, or some other family crisis meant we could no longer afford internet access. It's not that I don't want to adopt more, or visit our existing pets, I would simply be unable to do so. How long until my & my daughter's pets are considered fair game because newer players want them?

What if I were knocked down by a doubledecker bus tomorrow and rendered comatose for six months? I can't adopt anything, I'm comatose. I don't love my pets any less, I'm simply unable to adopt more, or visit the ones we already have. Should my pets be impounded or raffled off or given away to whoever fancies them for reasons which are utterly beyond my control?

Sometimes real life intrudes upon online time. Sometimes our priorities shift & change. Sometimes we come back, and sometimes we don't. I can say that it was jolly nice to return to all our pets, safe and sound still in our account, after our absence from CS from Oct 08 to January 09.

If someone was away for six months, they'd probably come back, but when it's a year or more (pets will eventually get older and older) you can't expect them to come back. But, although some people still love their pets, some don't. There are people out there who have completely forgotten and will never think of this site again. I know quite a few people who have done that. It's possible to check IPs etc. to see when they last visited, so it would be easier to tell apart those people who care from those that don't.

But really, I'm not saying this is the right thing to do. Before I made this thread there were a lot of things I didn't think about, and that's why I made it: to ask what other people thought. Some agree, some don't. I think that some pets without accounts should be added to the pound, after checking the owner's IP and all, but not all pets should. It isn't stealing pets, but giving them a new, better home.

As I said I'd get nothing out of this, so this is just my opinion and I'm not saying it so I can get extra pets. I've heard of people who trade just to get extra rare dogs. I saw once that someone had about 3 moon dogs that they weren't trading. That's just greedy to have that many, and I don't see the point in it.

[shez]

Just to put forth that I have zero intention of causing a heated discussion. Just my two cents.

It isn't stealing pets, but giving them a new, better home.

Having pets on this site is a fun thing, but we should try not to confuse them with real pets that have feelings. Pixels don't have feelings, no matter how cute they look 8D

I saw once that someone had about 3 moon dogs that they weren't trading. That's just greedy to have that many, and I don't see the point in it.

If people want to hoard their favourite pets rather than trade them, it's their prerogative. We shouldn't judge when it's them who went forth and adopted them. They own them, they do what they want with them :3 Adds to my challenge of getting the Julys and Augusts, and I think I'll feel much more fulfilled in obtaining them.

[Minimanta]

Now, what I don't understand is pets like this rat:
http://www.chickensmoothie.com/viewpet.php?id=811104
Try click on the adopter
The user dosen't exist? How is that even possible? And why aren't they moved to the pound?

[shez]

Now, what I don't understand is pets like this rat:
http://www.chickensmoothie.com/viewpet.php?id=811104
Try click on the adopter
The user dosen't exist? How is that even possible? And why aren't they moved to the pound?

That would be from somebody who's had their account deleted. I would assume that the pets just haven't gotten around to being added to the pound yet =/

[Minimanta]

I see.. I was just a little... confused, when I saw it didn't had an owner.

[qhost]

Just to put forth that I have zero intention of causing a heated discussion. Just my two cents.

It isn't stealing pets, but giving them a new, better home.

Having pets on this site is a fun thing, but we should try not to confuse them with real pets that have feelings. Pixels don't have feelings, no matter how cute they look 8D

Oh, but they do XD I'm sure pixels have feelings, too

I saw once that someone had about 3 moon dogs that they weren't trading. That's just greedy to have that many, and I don't see the point in it.

If people want to hoard their favourite pets rather than trade them, it's their prerogative. We shouldn't judge when it's them who went forth and adopted them. They own them, they do what they want with them :3 Adds to my challenge of getting the Julys and Augusts, and I think I'll feel much more fulfilled in obtaining them.

I guess that after a while it gets boring if you have a complete set, but if there's only, say, 45 moon dogs out there (of the same variation) you really only need 1. If it was a common pet, then yes I can understand, but when it's as rare as that you need to give other people a chance...

Now, what I don't understand is pets like this rat:
http://www.chickensmoothie.com/viewpet.php?id=811104
Try click on the adopter
The user dosen't exist? How is that even possible? And why aren't they moved to the pound?

That would be from somebody who's had their account deleted. I would assume that the pets just haven't gotten around to being added to the pound yet =/

Strange...usually when an account is deleted, the name just turns to "DeletedAccount#numberhere" XD the "numberhere" is actually a number though...

*cough* to get to other matters, the first post does state that here we can discuss anything that annoys you on CS :3 This accountless pets topic is getting a bit boring, really...

[Minimanta]

Alright then. What about people who ignore PMs and trade requests?
Who find that ignoring?
I HATE it!
It's not alone annoying, but it's rude!

[Ricorn]

Okay, here is a few things that I find annoying:

I find it annoying when greedy people keep complaining about how the accountless pets don't have accounts. This has been discussed many times and if you look around, it has been turned down many times.

I find it annoying when people make threads that already have been made but with a different name.

I find it annoying when people make assumptions about others without knowing anything at all about the them.

Shall I go on?

Oh, and Minimanta... I agree with you on that.

[Sorren Fey]

I find it annoying when greedy people keep complaining about how the accountless pets don't have accounts. This has been discussed many times and if you look around, it has been turned down many times.

I find it annoying when people make threads that already have been made but with a different name.

I find it annoying when people make assumptions about others without knowing anything at all about the them.

XDDD


Minimanta, there are also people with account don't check their PMs or even don't go to the forums...

Well, I don't answer all PMs aswell (even I read them all). Some of them are just not worth to answer and I have better things to do.

[Minimanta]

Sure thing, if it's not worth answer then it's fine. But I've PMed a person about a trade offer 2 weeks ago or so and she is online from time to time and I've seen her use the forums!! And then I find it very rude not to answer. It's okay if the person don't wanna trade, but then let me know!!

But ignoring trade requests is nothing else than rude. There are no exuse for not answer them in my eyes. They don't even have to say something, just an accept or cancel. Quick and easy.

And Ricorn... XD Agree!