Staff Litter 2023 Discussion Thread

[oniaano]

How many outcomes are there?

34 if i counted correctly !

[Thinking.Kiwi]

OK OK! I have a FEELING raire's gotta be one of these 2:



unrelated but..... this one's my favorite so far

Does anybody have any guess who made them??? I'd say raire but the fish makes me think it's not cause she said her outcome was not sea related

[fluffystar]

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unrelated but..... this one's my favorite so far

Does anybody have any guess who made them??? I'd say raire but the fish makes me think it's not cause she said her outcome was not sea related

Catmother is guessing that pup belongs to Wobbuffet because the spots look similar to the spots on this unicorn that they made:

Also, Wobb has a tendency to do line edits and the fish could be considered a line edit.

[catmother456]

I am wondering if these 2 things may be reynard’s hints.

* I noticed in her team bio she had this: “GO CAPS” I thought this is about but it seems odd.
* the bit print “maremagnum” is a Milan-based vertical search site for books. But it also mean “sea”

Note: the interest has been there for a while and is not a hint, as clarified by reynard

If maremagnum does refer to sea, maybe we are looking for a sea species. If it does indeed mean the book store, maybe we are looking for a book worm.

As for GO CAPS, perhaps it is just a reference to the size of their pup - BIG (I hope since the other thing I found doesn’t make sense in terms of pups)

But this is what I saw so far so it make me go 🤔

Now identifying her pup is another story. In the past, her pups mostly consisted of one color with detailing in a smaller section of the body that reflects the pattern of the adult dog.


Her pup has traits similar to her 2022 pup




* It also grew before the 7th
* Its element is water
* The end/adult stage of my pups has lineart edits, but maybe not the pup
* Its name is Nicke! not to be mistaken for Nickel
* I did try something new this year so that was maybe the more "oh wow" part in terms of growth lol. (maybe something bigger?)

So to match the tag, and more patterning at the pup stage, maybe this one

[reynard]

I am wondering if these 2 things may be reynard’s hints.

* I noticed in her team bio she had this: “GO CAPS” I thought this is about but it seems odd.
* the bit print “maremagnum” is a Milan-based vertical search site for books. But it also mean “sea”

Note: the interest has been there for a while and is not a hint, as clarified by reynard

If maremagnum does refer to sea, maybe we are looking for a sea species. If it does indeed mean the book store, maybe we are looking for a book worm.

As for GO CAPS, perhaps it is just a reference to the size of their pup - BIG (I hope since the other thing I found doesn’t make sense in terms of pups)

But this is what I saw so far so it make me go 🤔

Now identifying her pup is another story. In the past, her pups mostly consisted of one color with detailing in a smaller section of the body that reflects the pattern of the adult dog.


Her pup has traits similar to her 2022 pup




* It also grew before the 7th
* Its element is water
* The end/adult stage of my pups has lineart edits, but maybe not the pup
* Its name is Nicke! not to be mistaken for Nickel
* I did try something new this year so that was maybe the more "oh wow" part in terms of growth lol. (maybe something bigger?)

So to match the tag, and more patterning at the pup stage, maybe this one

Some great detective work! Although this pup is a cutie, it is not mine!

You’ve found some important clues, but maybe haven’t quite realized what they lead to yet!

[Wolfieh]

I am wondering if these 2 things may be reynard’s hints.

* I noticed in her team bio she had this: “GO CAPS” I thought this is about but it seems odd.

-snip-

* Its name is Nicke! not to be mistaken for Nickel
* I did try something new this year so that was maybe the more "oh wow" part in terms of growth lol. (maybe something bigger?)

-snip-

I never even thought to note "GO CAPS" as a hint, because it's a very common cheer for my favorite sports team, and I assumed reynard was also a fan.

But I'm glad you brought this up, because I completely discounted it despite the fact that the team, the Washington Capitals, is an ice hockey team. Notably, one of the more popular players (and my personal favorite) is #19, Nicklas Backstrom. Often called "Nicke".

reynard also said her pup has some intentionally shared themes with their 2021 staff litter pup.

When explaining some of the designs for the 2021 pup (shown below), she said, "all my dogs markings are something special to me! the diamonds and hearts and stuff are card suits (I collect decks), and the stripes and stars are the Washington D.C. flag, as its one of my favorite cities. they do all mean something special!"


The Washington Capitals are Washington DC's hockey team.

So, it's very possible that their pup's shared theme with 2021 is a shoutout to Washington DC.

And, with all that in mind, I'm going to guess this pup is yours, reynard:


With major thanks to catmother for making me realize "GO CAPS" might even be a hint, because that one flew right over my head

[reynard]

I am wondering if these 2 things may be reynard’s hints.

* I noticed in her team bio she had this: “GO CAPS” I thought this is about but it seems odd.

-snip-

* Its name is Nicke! not to be mistaken for Nickel
* I did try something new this year so that was maybe the more "oh wow" part in terms of growth lol. (maybe something bigger?)

-snip-

I never even thought to note "GO CAPS" as a hint, because it's a very common cheer for my favorite sports team, and I assumed reynard was also a fan.

But I'm glad you brought this up, because I completely discounted it despite the fact that the team, the Washington Capitals, is an ice hockey team. Notably, one of the more popular players (and my personal favorite) is #19, Nicklas Backstrom. Often called "Nicke".

reynard also said her pup has some intentionally shared themes with their 2021 staff litter pup.

When explaining some of the designs for the 2021 pup (shown below), she said, "all my dogs markings are something special to me! the diamonds and hearts and stuff are card suits (I collect decks), and the stripes and stars are the Washington D.C. flag, as its one of my favorite cities. :) they do all mean something special!"


The Washington Capitals are Washington DC's hockey team.

So, it's very possible that their pup's shared theme with 2021 is a shoutout to Washington DC.

And, with all that in mind, I'm going to guess this pup is yours, reynard:


With major thanks to catmother for making me realize "GO CAPS" might even be a hint, because that one flew right over my head

There is also a 19 tucked on my 2021 pup for my favorite player, that silky Swede! Glad to meet another fan of the beloved nonsense that is the Caps, and a fellow Backstrom appreciator (seriously, there is not Ovi-close-to-record without Backy imo).

Ding ding ding - we have a winner! Decided to make my pup this year reflect my excitement for the budding season. I was struggling to get hit by the inspiration lightning bolt and my husband pointed out this would be a good thing to go with!

Hope you enjoy Nicke’s final form!

[NorthRose]

Sooo something I noticed is the staff pup that was fully green that aged up a few days ago isn't in the archive's yet. Is it possibly not fully grown or just not been added?

[FreddyCenobite]

Sooo something I noticed is the staff pup that was fully green that aged up a few days ago isn't in the archive's yet. Is it possibly not fully grown or just not been added?

Some staff dogs will grow but not be added in the archive until the artist is confirmed. Funny how one got in there without the artist tag because it's a bit notorious this is done so the artist isn't ratted out by the archive. It's a bit of a game, almost. Been like this since before I was a user.

[catmother456]

I was looking back at Aaron✦‘s past GH kitties and staff pups, and this is some things I’ve noticed:

* Aaron✦ has used both colored and non-edited tags, but all seem to be the long one
* He uses line edits which may or may not be at the first stage - last year’s pup had no line edits, but the year before did
* He has used both a long tail and a stubby tail
* he has used both pointed ears and floppy ears
* he has either very little detailing at the first stage, or a lot of detailing at the first stage

Basically, anything goes. But what we do know is his pup has green eyes and/or nose, and no line edits at the pup’s stage, so that leaves these 3 pups to choose from. Also, his pup may have an unintentional cousin



Just a note, this grown dog has green eyes, but I feel Aaron✦ will have a grown dog with line edits so that is why I didn’t include t his one in my guess


So with that in mind, I am thinking the top 2 are more likely to have a cousin in this litter. The top pup has both green eyes and a green nose, so I think that this pup is Aaron✦’s pup



And if I am wrong, there are only 2 pups with green eyes and no line edits left that haven’t been claimed.