We need your feedback on an update to the rarity system!

[Cygnetta]

I hope the staff will consider doing polls about name changes. It is not fair for one of the most long-lasting, iconic things on the site to potentially be taken away just because a handful of people say so - especially because Christians do not own the word god - there are many religions with gods or godlike deities that are referred to as such in English.

As much as I want fairer trading and a more even system, I'd change my vote to no changes if it was between keeping OMGSR and adding new rarities. If you joined the site and chose to stay here despite how "offensive" it was, honestly that's kind of on you at that point.

I have a problem with offensive things continuing in the name of tradition. Your tradition is not more important than other people's deeply held convictions. If it doesn't hurt you, but it hurts the people hearing it, maybe you should consider their feelings more. This site is supposed to be inclusionary, not exclusionary. Telling people who like the site but don't like one thing to just leave is pretty brutal.

[ShadowKatto]

Can we PLEASE stop arguing about the OMG Rarities? It’s getting repetitive and annoying, and the names of all the current rarities will most likely stay the same anyways.

[Froggieee]

Can we PLEASE stop arguing about the OMG Rarities? It’s getting repetitive and annoying, and the names of all the current rarities will most likely stay the same anyways.

I agree with this. I’m not really sure why it even came up in the first place? I feel like it’s off topic

[not zinnia]

Hello everyone! Just wanted to say I've read through up to this point and I wanted to just clarify some things I've seen come up a few times:

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- I saw some discussion about the use of the word "extremely" but if there was another suggestion to use instead I didn't see one that got support. If this is something people are concerned about, please propose what you'd prefer! Personally, I went with very > extremely because I think that it's pretty intuitive as to which one is worth "more." even if the word extremely is a bit clunky. I'm definitely open to hearing a better option!

In response to this, here are some possible name suggestions for the new rarities we're more than likely going to introduce (please note the list below is the same one suggested in the main post, but my name suggestions are written in red):

OMG so common
Extremely common —Ultra Common / Extra Common
Very common
Common
Uncommon
Very uncommon
Extremely uncommon — Ultra Uncommon / Extra Uncommon
Rare
Very rare
Extremely rare — Ultra Rare / Extra Rare
OMG so rare

The issue with "Ultra" is that their acronyms would end up being too similar to pre-established acronyms, like UC (ultra common) and UR (ultra rare), however I do think "Ultra" suits the vibe of the site so I wanted to propose it! A way around the similar names is to instead use ULC and ULR.

"Extra" would be a great replacement for "extremely" as it's shorter yet relays the same sentiment, and bonus points for keeping the same first letter to avoid confusion in acronyms!

[BlossomTail]

The third option is to add four new rarity categories, which will allow even finer distinctions between the rarity of pets:

That'd give us this list of rarities: (new ones in bold)

• OMG so common
• Extremely common
• Very common
• Common
• Uncommon
• Very uncommon
• Extremely uncommon
• Rare
• Very rare
• Extremely rare
• OMG so rare

Debating rarity names is moot. Nick has already stated in the original post what these new names would be. This discussion was meant for which rarity system will be chosen. They never asked us to debate rarity names.

[Poserpanda]

It looks like votes can be changed now, if we wish to shuffle. Also, thank you for the reminder on names.

[onion]

Can we PLEASE stop arguing about the OMG Rarities? It’s getting repetitive and annoying, and the names of all the current rarities will most likely stay the same anyways.

I agree with this. I’m not really sure why it even came up in the first place? I feel like it’s off topic

its honestly really starting to bother me that people continue to argue on it. they arent changing. let it go pls u_u

[not zinnia]

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Debating rarity names is moot. Nick has already stated in the original post what these new names would be. This discussion was meant for which rarity system will be chosen. They never asked us to debate rarity names.

We were actually encouraged to discuss changing the rarity names...

EDIT; plus, from the way Lacuna phrases this, it doesn't sound like it was even Nick's suggestion, haha

Hello everyone! Just wanted to say I've read through up to this point and I wanted to just clarify some things I've seen come up a few times:

-snip-

- I saw some discussion about the use of the word "extremely" but if there was another suggestion to use instead I didn't see one that got support. If this is something people are concerned about, please propose what you'd prefer! Personally, I went with very > extremely because I think that it's pretty intuitive as to which one is worth "more." even if the word extremely is a bit clunky. I'm definitely open to hearing a better option!

[jazzmatazz]

As a player that has been on here since 2009 newb who didn't really start playing til 2011 trading has always been hard for me to gauge and adding more categories would be helpful for me. Those saying it would make organizing a nightmare, I don't think so I don't plan on changing my trade folders all the commons in one, uncommon in another and rare its own folder.

[Cygnetta]

As a player that has been on here since 2009 newb who didn't really start playing til 2011 trading has always been hard for me to gauge and adding more categories would be helpful for me. Those saying it would make organizing a nightmare, I don't think so I don't plan on changing my trade folders all the commons in one, uncommon in another and rare its own folder.

For organizing people could still have three folders but put multiple rarities in each folder (this has probably been suggested before but this is a decent solution to that problem that comes to mind for me)