Salika wrote:On a similair note, did anyone else encounter people who are very "anti hoarders" or even outright rude to you?
Quite a bit in the earlier days. I never was anti-hoarder myself, so I didn't really understand the hatred and downright impoliteness some people expressed once I started my first hoards. I had so many pets that I didn't even LIKE and for WHAT?! A full collection? The amount of stress and frustration I was experiencing trying to get that almost impossible goal just wasn't worth it after a while.
Once that stopped appealing to me and I began to only look for pets I liked, making little themed groups for them based on my hobbies and interests, CS became WAY more fun! Not to mention tons of my old rares, very rares, and lists were now up for grabs where they wouldn't have been before for the sake of my "collection".
To add to this, I just now went on a MASSIVE hoard-purging spree. Anything that no longer sparked joy, whether a complete or incomplete hoard, was transferred into my trade groups. That is THOUSANDS of pets now up for trade to anyone and everyone stumbling across my profile.
Come get ya'll's juice lolI really don't understand the negativity and thankfully, like many people have already said, I haven't encountered it in a while. We trade just as fairly for our pets, even overpay at times, and I honestly believe we help keep the trade economy going. Who else is going to take in all of your omgsc pets just because they look cute?
Not to mention I feel like an outlier as I usually hoard 100+ of each pet. Many hoarders (from what I've seen) commonly go for about 20 or so of the outcomes they want. You're telling me they're "stealing" all the available versions of that pet and "not letting anyone else get one" when they only have 20?! Please...