i'm back for probably no time at all but with all of the online games i've been active on, the forums have always been my favorite, so i figured i'd give a shot at what i'm pretty sure is my first post here in the? 14 years? i've had this account? LMAO
chickensmoothie just really isn't up my alley anymore (and trying to triage and figure out what's going on with my like.... 1000+ pets in categories made when i was 12 seems a little overwhelming) but it's still nice to see that the website is around and presumably doing well and primarily the fact that they haven't changed literally a thing since i remember joining lol. the fact that it looks exactly the same is mind blowing to me.
i'm not sure how active these forums are, but in the case someone does see this and decide to respond:
- is there any way to sort your pets by rarity/importance? ive got like a half dozen miscellaneous pets in unsorted, one of which is titled "omg so rare," and an absolutely absurd amount of categories-- some with hundreds of pets in them. i have absolutely no idea if anything i have is of value and i have no idea how to start finding anything that would be. i have a vague sense that i should maybe sequester some stuff away in the case i do decide to come back for realsies, but honestly, i might just leave everything in their raw straight-from-the-early-2010s glamour.
- similarly, is there a comprehensive group-viewer-editor page? is there any way to mass delete/rename/change trading settings on multiple groups, or is it done entirely one-by-one? i have no idea why so many of my groups have names in like, swahili or something. i am so so sorry to anybody that speaks swahili, i'm 99% sure it's all google translated kitschy phrases. i genuinely think i just thought it sounded cool.
- can groups that are set to no trades allowed or whatever still be viewed by others?
- unspoken trading rules?? please?? i was never very good at it (i was very much a child) but i do remember getting burned a couple of times-- one i still think about was one of the more in-demand pets, a rearing horse-type thing with multiple legs and white fire accents, that i traded for several "common" dogs without thinking about it. the thing was distinct and had a common name starting with an S, but i can't remember it. i might still be bitter. related to the former question, how do i know if i'm trading fairly? i vaguely remember some sort of capital-L List from the 2010s, which were specific pets with more unspoken rarity than others? is that still around/something to keep in mind?
- do rarities of pets come out the next month after they're released? i get the whole thing with not knowing until they're grown, but what about the PPS ones? i know it stands for something something Permanently Small or whatever, but they're not changing and still don't have rarities lol
- where can i find those little stamps yall have in your signatures. it's giving 2008 deviantart and i'm so incredibly here for it
- is there any way to see not necessarily all of the threads you've posted in, but the ones you've posted? "my posts" link just directs to a list of threads from like 2012 with hundreds of replies, one of which is apparently mine (unspecified, on an unknown page-- is there any way to see where your post specifically is too?)
- other pieces of advice please LOL
overall idk how active i'm gonna be on here (probably not so, i'm in college and finals are coming up in a few weeks lmao) but i'm excited to still have the account and i'm looking forward to probably dropping in more often now that i've officially made my forum debut :) i still like to drop in on my old accounts every once in a while, and i do still think of chickensmoothie every time december 18th rolls around, so i'll be in and out at the very least just to keep checking in on this relic!
PS: do they still have these insane messages before you trade a pet away? my inbox is untouched (i don't think i could access it with the COPPA restriction or something), including both the trade link to the above fire-horse incident and also a few of these LOL. lethal injection????? it's hilarious tbh but jesus!