Sell Chicken Smoothie (Poll Has Been Reset!)

[samiam52900]

only thing i WOULD say the staff can't control is the trading system/demand
of pets, because that's ultimately up to us. the second someone starts of
fering more for a pet that's say, the shima, and that news gets spread ev
eryone will kinda follow that? especially when it is wanted by a lot of pl
ayers.

The rarity list was supposed to control that, however it fell out of popularity and was discontinued for many rather alarming reasons, one being that it hadn't been updated in a while. Many people, including me, being a new and still rather clueless player, have supported the idea of a rarity only list that doesn't take into account demand, because demand messes rarity up in a lot of ways and moves way too fast to be accurately calculated for all the rare pets on the site. This list would probably come along with the update to CS wanted in this thread. The list would tell you what swaps for what and nothing more, leaving demand up to the players. Either that or two separate lists, one for rarity and the other for demand.

Yeah, I have some trouble with rarity and demand. I mean, we have some 2008 pets that are worth less than a 2009 pet? Demand and rarity can get confusing. Two lists for demand and rarity would be much appreciated, and can help the newer players like you and me from being stumped.

i like this idea of having 2 lists (one for rarity and one for demand) that way people can choose which one they want to follow

[WhiskeyFox]

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The rarity list was supposed to control that, however it fell out of popularity and was discontinued for many rather alarming reasons, one being that it hadn't been updated in a while. Many people, including me, being a new and still rather clueless player, have supported the idea of a rarity only list that doesn't take into account demand, because demand messes rarity up in a lot of ways and moves way too fast to be accurately calculated for all the rare pets on the site. This list would probably come along with the update to CS wanted in this thread. The list would tell you what swaps for what and nothing more, leaving demand up to the players. Either that or two separate lists, one for rarity and the other for demand.

Yeah, I have some trouble with rarity and demand. I mean, we have some 2008 pets that are worth less than a 2009 pet? Demand and rarity can get confusing. Two lists for demand and rarity would be much appreciated, and can help the newer players like you and me from being stumped.

Even as an older player, I still don't understand demand and such, I had people come to my PM's going like, "You look like you know what you're doing because you have so many of these rare pets." And I'm here like-
I only got gifted, got a lucky pound catch or got it for my art...

We really need to have something that is a bit more clear and less confusing when it comes to them kind of things, only way I can trade is working with the rarity, I don't even understand the way the year rarity works overall I'm bad with maths and numbers

[Shian]

The most notable changes to the site since 2014:
-C$ tag on store pets
-The change of VC and C color

The amount of pets on the site keep growing. The website itself (because it hasn't grown and changed) has been making it harder and harder and harder to do the most basic of things. Trade. Sort pets. Heck even the rarity system could be looked at.
There's 7 rarities and well over 10,000 pets. It's getting pretty close to rarities not mattering at all because there's over a thousand pets in that one rarity tag.
I know it was said long ago that Nick had access to all of the data in CS. We even had "most wished for pets" published a couple of years. People still fight over value and tradeability constantly. Would it really be so bad to publish the actual numbers? If the site's going to be dead, might as well go down in a blaze of glory. (A few MMOs did this where they published things that were still in testing since the site was going down anyways.)
Or not. Maybe publishing actual numbers on site might get people more interested in the site (I'm going to hoard the most common pet on the site and see how far I get!) instead of this constant mistrust in others. Having to rely on someone else and somehow believe that they're not out to scam.

There's so many SIMPLE things that could be done to help some of the issues CS has with sorting, rarity and trading. Stop being stubborn and let us filter the archive by "owned and not owned". It's already displayed there. There's NO ADDITIONAL LAG. What about "add pets on this page to the wishlist"? How hard could that be?

Can I remind you that changing the one color took 3 years.

Why is it so hard to have multiple wishlist types? Stars, Moons, Mountains, whatever. It's too hard to trade and sort pets. The most basic of things to do on this website. It seems like the only part of the site that gets updates is oekaki. You know, the part that really isn't exclusive to CS?

I feel as if I've been incredibly loyal over the years. I was there when the site was having so many lag problems that people thought that there were too many pets on CS so deleted them en masse. I remember not liking the items at first, but loving the idea of a C$ store so the lag problem could be tackled. I remember donating a part of my paycheck each and every month to CS and CS alone because I didn't want it to go back to bad lag times. Because I enjoyed the site. Even in 2016 when the updates had pretty much stopped, you didn't see Tess on the forums anymore, and it was clear that I should leave and find a game that actually updated, I stayed because I naively thought that maybe it would get better.
I understand needing a break. Why not step away for a bit? A year? Two? Then maybe we could go back to building a website together, the community and owner just constantly making small improvements to make something to be proud of.
One by one, I watched many of my peers have quit too- those that I felt have been a part of the community for a really long time.
Each time, I wished we could just go back to the times when Tess would chime in on suggestions, stating why they would or would not work. Or even "good idea". And have that idea implemented fairly quickly.
I started thinning my own hoards one by one. If everyone else was leaving, maybe I shouldn't be so invested here anymore.

Would it really be so bad to sell the site to someone that would actually update it? A site is dead when the owner quits and Tess hasn't been seen in the longest time, appearing only when the site riots and demands a BLM statement (that other sites had up long before). Even the mods don't chime in much anymore, for fear their personal words will carry too much weight and will be mistaken for actual ability to change or update the site.
Maybe showing the tiniest bit of interest in your own site would be nice. If that's too hard, just let it go.

I get it. If I had to keep using 10 year old art and keep working on a website I made in my teens, I'd want nothing to do with the site either, TBH. Just sell it.

[horselurrver]

good suggestion... though frankly if I were looking to invest in an adoptable site, I wouldn't buy one that's over ten years old with a dying audience and in sore need of a giant overhaul. might as well just build a new one from scratch

in theory it'd be wonderful if cs got handed over to admin with the time, passion, and resources to make it a fraction of what it once was, but in my opinion that's wishful thinking. too much work reimagining and updating, and all for a site where members are quitting on the daily. I mean just look around this thread; so many are tired and ready to move on, myself included

if you really cared about cs, I think a better idea would be to team up with other likeminded members and build your own site that carries on cs's legacy and expands on what made it so fun for you in the beginning. that would be taking matters into your own hands rather than waiting around for tess or nick to do something about it, which they most likely won't.

like that one saying goes, be the change you wish to see

[veria]

not going to lie, when I first saw the title, I was completely against it. but after reading through your post, I must say I agree with you. while I don't think Tess should fully abandon the site, and sell it to someone completely new, I think some changes should be made. there are many things I really like about CS, and if someone bought the site, they could make any changes they wanted. I don't want the site to be completely changed. but regular updates, like on FR, or even the new site DV, would be nice. the biggest thing I think needs to be changed is that CS needs to hire more coders. theres no way Nick could pull off some of the things in the suggestions board alone, he'd need a team of coders. I know CS doesn't want to hire more coders because they could have the potential to completely mess up the site, but I think it might be the only way to completely revamp the site.

[Cavus]

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The rarity list was supposed to control that, however it fell out of popularity and was discontinued for many rather alarming reasons, one being that it hadn't been updated in a while. Many people, including me, being a new and still rather clueless player, have supported the idea of a rarity only list that doesn't take into account demand, because demand messes rarity up in a lot of ways and moves way too fast to be accurately calculated for all the rare pets on the site. This list would probably come along with the update to CS wanted in this thread. The list would tell you what swaps for what and nothing more, leaving demand up to the players. Either that or two separate lists, one for rarity and the other for demand.

Yeah, I have some trouble with rarity and demand. I mean, we have some 2008 pets that are worth less than a 2009 pet? Demand and rarity can get confusing. Two lists for demand and rarity would be much appreciated, and can help the newer players like you and me from being stumped.

Even as an older player, I still don't understand demand and such, I had people come to my PM's going like, "You look like you know what you're doing because you have so many of these rare pets." And I'm here like-
I only got gifted, got a lucky pound catch or got it for my art...

We really need to have something that is a bit more clear and less confusing when it comes to them kind of things, only way I can trade is working with the rarity, I don't even understand the way the year rarity works overall I'm bad with maths and numbers

I wholeheartedly agree with this idea. The whole rarity/demand thing is too confusing. There should be two separate lists.

[Wallflower11]

Honestly, there is so much potential here... Watching it waste away is kinda sad. I mean I joined in like 2014 or 2015 played on and off till 2016/2017, and really if there was ever a time to reinvest in this site it would be now with all these bored people stuck at home and returning to their childhood sites and/or discovering new ones as a way to pass the time. That is one of the reasons I've become super active recently after returning at the start of the year. This place has a lot of potential and there are plenty of people here who would be willing to help.

[retro]

marking so i can continue to read future posts

[sweetsakura]

i really love this site, honestly, i used to spend hours on here every day.

but through the nearly four years that i've been here, i grew kinda tired of how repetitive everything was.

i hope improvement will be made, but i also hope this site never dies out completely or gets deleted.

at this point i agree selling would be the best idea

[twistersc]

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