All Event Suggestion Thread

[Catsplat18]

For Valentine's Day, I absolutely loved the realistic swans and lovebirds from 2022, and I would love to see more realistic animals that are biologically monogamous for Valentine's Day this year. (These could also be cute items, not just pets.)
Ideas:
Penguins (also a nod to queer partnerships, think of the gay zoo penguins getting married, hatching an egg together etc.)
Shingleback skink (one of the only known monogamous reptiles; probably on Western Dragon EPPS line)
Prairie vole (on dwarf hamster line)
Coppery titi monkey (monkey line ofc)
Laysan albatross (fun fact, around 30% of the pairs are lesbian; chicken line)
Atlantic puffin
Cranes (fun fact, I met a lesbian couple of Demoiselle cranes at a wildlife park)
Gray wolf (ik we got a lot of these already though)
Coyote (ik we got these recently though)
Black vulture (chicken line)
Doves
More parrots

[sky,]

hear me out... summer event idea :

"squiddy" games.. the soldiers are squids (because of the pink suits).

We all compete for and "end" item or rarer pet. (in reference to the cha-ching $$)

Multiple challenges and whatnot. But there is a catch, you have the ability to be eliminated. >:) hehe
Each round, new pets/items are released to the players still in the game. (this will give another good
amount of valuable pets to the economy so people will stick around to get them c: )

there can be different plot twists and whatnot, but that would be AWESOME! (minus the gore, of course c: )


edit;

OOOOOO. there can be a plot twist for the eliminated players! A chance for them to band together and try
and save the others!

[Minimanta]

I have a suggestion for a small random event, just a one-time thing would be lovely. If it's gonna be for this year, it should be released on March 2nd but the date moves from year to year, so just keep that in mind ^.^

The holiday is called Fastelavn, I don't think it has an English name. It's celebrated in a handful of Northern European countries, though I only know the Danish version and traditions.
It is Christian in origin but just like Christmas, it's very much secularized nowadays, so no religious stuff included. It's celebrated on Shrove Sunday, which is on March 2nd this year.
Wikipedia does a solid job explaining the holiday and traditions here.

The holiday is mostly for kids nowadays, where the kids dress up and go "trick or treating" much like a non-spooky Halloween. Though rather than saying "trick or treat" the kids sing a little song related to the holiday before receiving candy or money. I think it's mostly common to do this for your grandparents and other relatives, not sure how common this practice is anymore with neighbors and random strangers.

While the kids are in costumes they will also play a game called "Slå katten   tønden" in danish or "Hit the cat out of the barrel" in English. Think pinata but with a wooden barrel with a black cat in a "Halloween"/scared pose painted on it instead. In the days of old, an actual cat was inside the barrel but nowadays it's, understandably, been replaced with candy and fruit like oranges. The kids will then take turns hitting the barrel with a bat until the bottom falls out and the candy spills out and the game continues until the final board of the barrel is knocked down. Whoever knocks the bottom out is crowned "Kattedronningen" or "The Queen of Cats" and whoever knocks down the final board of the barrel is crowned "Kattekongen" or "The King of Cats", this is regardless of the gender of the kids. They will typically get a small toy crown for the queen and a big toy crown for the king.

A common decoration related to the holiday is called a "Fastelavnsris", Wikipedia calls them "Shrovetide Rods".
They are essentially branches or bunches of sticks decorated with candy, cat paper cut-outs, colorful feathers and colorful paper frizzles among other colorful things.

And the thing most adults like about the holiday is the pastries, called Fastelavnsboller or Fastelavns buns!
They come in a couple of variations and are sweet buns typically with whipped cream, pastry cream or jelly inside and with icing on top.

So now that I've shortly covered what's typically included in the holiday, here's a list of the stuff I think would be fun to see in this little drop of pets and items:

Pets:
I imagine a set of 4-6 PPS pets dressed up in costumes and potentially two adult cats. Could be any pets in any costumes. The dress-up part is very much similar to Halloween though not necessarily spooky.
There are two ways the Queen and King of Cats can be represented. Either one of the outcomes will wear a small crown to represent the queen and another outcome will wear a big crown to represent the king, this is the more realistic way to represent them because that's what kids irl do.
Or they could be actual adult black cats dressed up in royal clothing for a more literal and fun way to represent them.
Potentially both ways could be included?

Items:
Three different "Cat In the Barrel" barrels. One new and unbroken, one with the bottom knocked out and the candy spilling out and the final one where it's just one piece of the barrel still hanging. All should be hanging from the ceiling with rope above and a bat or two included for hitting the barrel with as well as a small and a big toy crown for the Queen and King of Cats. Here is a photo showing what a barrel and what comes with it will commonly look like.
Potentially a random assortment of candy could be included too.

2-5 different fastelavnsris, potentially more if inspiration hits. Examples of what they can look like: One, two and three.

As many fastelavnsbuns as you wish. These are the three most common base buns I see in the stores: One, two and three.
Filling, topping and icing can vary a lot though, so there are a lot of possibilities for items here. I would imagine just a couple of variations of each bun though.


I think that's about it, I would love to see this holiday represented on CS one day. If not this year, maybe one day in the future ^.^

[raffael]

returning player here, im really happy to find out that cs celebrated eid back in 2021! as someone who grew up muslim, i dont see any representation in the games/media i like; so i was super excited to hear about it!!

i just wanted to encourage a possible second eid celebration here :] Or alternatively a south asian holiday like diwali… i would love to see more pets inspired by south asian culture/decor 🙏 🙏 our clothing and patterns are generally very colourful with distinct designs that everyone can appreciate :3
additionally there could be pets inspired by henna tattoos!! henna is for everybody and i think thay our artists can really get creative with it :]
there could also be pets/items inspired by our jewelry or clothing… this includes tikkas (jewelry that trails from your head down to ypur forehead, or “jhumka” earrings that have an iconic “jellyfish” like shape :3 not to mention some sets of bangles!!
both eid al-adha and eid al-fitr traditionally encourage elders to give eidiyah (money) to children/those younger then them, which i think would make cool CS items too :3 (could simply be represented as money in an envelope)
morrocan lamps are also GORGEOUS stained glass pieces tjay i think would make FABULOUS inspo for some pet designs, which i think can be something additional to consider!

even if it’s only a couple adopts, it would reallt mean a lot to see eid come back to chicken smoothie again 🙏 eid al-fitr marks the end of ramadan, and will likely be around march 30 this year, i think itd be super neat if it made a return then :]

[Wookieinmashoo]

International Carrot Day is April 4th

[gao]

summer event... retro theme.. id love to see the more simpler style of pet colorings from 2009 brought back again. primarily because items that are more fitting to older pets's simplicity would be so helpful w customization since a lot of more recent ones vary in stylistic choices & colors and can clash easily with older work

[RoseDust]

It's world art day the 15th of april! Chosen that specific day in honour of Leonardo Da Vinci's birthday. (link)
I've seen it mentioned before in here however it had a whole plan around us making new pets. I would love to see the staff just go with it, and make it a art appreciation day for you guys. I know there's the staff litter but its always dogs and a specific color scheme. I could think of some ideas but i think to actually celebrate it it would be neat to just let the staff do as they want

[ElliotEel]

April fools Day, a bunch of knockoff Totoro pets! Or pets cosplaying as Totoro c: maybe apparel items to do that too

[Enra]

As site has two staff litters - dogs and cats - which are most popular species - I wish to have celebration of dog (Aug 26) and cat (Feb 17) day every year.

[DeadlyWithABow]

I was honestly hoping they would bring back the RenFaire theme!! I would love to see more of that more often