Sled Pups Event Page V2- Western Event!

[chipackerz]

Here's what I thought about the event!
Did you participate in the event?:yes
What was your favorite part/why?:I liked the hotel because that was a good place for non-owners to get their own Sled pup!
What was your least favorite part/why?:I really don't have any complaints it was a really fun event
What was your favorite item?:The tortoise
What was your least favorite item?:I don't really have a least favorite item
Did you enjoy the chance to win a horse:Yes
How did you feel about such a large companion? Would you put it in your sig?:I like that you can have bigger ones and i would put it in my sig because i have enough space
Do you have any thoughts on what could be done differently?:not really
How did you like the raffle options/raffles in general. Is there anything you would like to see raffled off next time?:I really liked that you could enter a raffle but i can't really think of anything that i would want raffled off next time.
What kind of event theme would you like to see?:maybe roman idk
Anything else?:Nope not really
Sled Pup image for the item add on:

[SkyWishes21]

Here's what I thought about the event!
Did you participate in the event?:I sure did!
What was your favorite part/why?:I loved the role-play element and the storyline!
What was your least favorite part/why?: Hmmm..... The chance of getting a horse.
What was your favorite item?: The horses, the snake, and the chaps!
What was your least favorite item?: The mustache. It was a bit tricky to figure out how to put it on.
Did you enjoy the chance to win a horse: I enjoyed the horses, however, I rather wish there was a way for everyone who didn't win one through chance to be able to get a very basic one by paying some large-ish amount of fishbones. I would have liked to be able to collect all the items from the event including the horse.
How did you feel about such a large companion? Would you put it in your sig?:I would totally put it in my sig, it was so beautiful!
Do you have any thoughts on what could be done differently?: Maybe have at the end a basic grey horse or whatever else up for a large amount of fishbones for those who weren't lucky enough to win a raffle?
How did you like the raffle options/raffles in general. Is there anything you would like to see raffled off next time?:I enjoyed the raffle option, and for new raffles, maybe a retired item, or a sled pup with one special edit?
What kind of event theme would you like to see?:Space, or the antarctic (Penguins!), or maybe the sky or mythical creatures.
Anything else?: Thank you for hosting this event!
Sled Pup image for the item add on:

[Eulee]

Here's what I thought about the event!
Did you participate in the event?: Yep!
What was your favorite part/why?: Definitely the hotel because it was easy to get new pups, and you got to work for one instead of hoping to win a raffle.
What was your least favorite part/why?: My least favorite part wasn't existent. The whole event was fun, and the art was amazing!
What was your favorite item?: The tortoise or the cowboy stuff c:
What was your least favorite item?: The cowboy chaps, sorry. I mean, the pants part looks awesome, but I'm not a big fan of the belt?
Did you enjoy the chance to win a horse: Yep!
How did you feel about such a large companion? Would you put it in your sig?: They're really cool, and I would put it in my signature.
Do you have any thoughts on what could be done differently?: I don't think so.
How did you like the raffle options/raffles in general. Is there anything you would like to see raffled off next time?: I liked the raffle options. I'm not sure there's anything else that could be raffled off.
What kind of event theme would you like to see?: Greece would be cool!
Anything else?: Nope c:
Sled Pup image for the item add on:

[donkeykong]

Tomorrow morning I will be finally counting this event as closed. If you do want the rattlesnake companion please fill our the form before tomorrow morning! If I have asked you to edit your form please do so before the morning as well or I will be skipping over your form.

I will also do a short Q & A like thing either in the fanclub or here with answers to some items I found should be addressed in some of the forms, so please do keep an eye out!

[donkeykong]

Q & A for the Event:
more like and A & A. x—x

I just thought I'd clarify some items that were mentioned in the forms. I loved and valued all of the feedback and will do my best to implement some of the ideas in future events! I can say the Halloween event will be much more low-key than this as I am back in school and don't have much time to devote to something like this. It will more than likely be just item purchases and maybe a raffle one can enter. If anyone has item ideas for Halloween, please post them on the Fanclub page! Thank you all again for your help!

I will also try to post the finalized images for the snake companions tonight in one large post, so do please check back then!

I didn't understand how you gave out points.

Points were awarded based on a number of different factors. I usually awarded one point to each item, but if I really liked a post or found one too hard to read I may have added or subtracted some points from your point total from the day. Things I looked at are:
1. Grammar and comprehension- Could I read and understand what you were saying?
2. Action of the Sled Pup- Was the Sled Pup actively doing something versus just walking around?
3. Tie-In to Area- Did what the Sled Pup was doing fit well with where you said they were located?
4. Length- Did you provide enough description to give me a good idea about what your Sled Pup was doing?
5. Interesting Idea/Humorousness- Did I feel the action of your Sled Pup was unique, funny, or inventive?

I'm thinking I will be posting these 5 rules to the main page for next time, so other users can do checks on their posts.

Maybe next time in stead of adding the new tickets to the first batch of tickets, make an a new entry with them?

I actually had thought about doing it that way, but because the number system is randomized and you have the same probability no matter which numbers you had I didn't see a need to do that. I will attempt this the next time though and see if users prefer it better.

Lack of item drops like the Ocean.

This was one of the things I felt got quite a bit of complaints last time I did an event. People weren't getting the items they wanted. I'd rather users get items they want by being able to choose them than randomly receiving things they don't like. That's why I made the horses as the only item drops. I probably won't do more than one item drop in the future for the stated reasons and how much time it took to go through the randomization process and item additions each day.

I personally didn't like the way the hotel guest were given away. I tried multiple times to acquire one, but someone always got the first. Maybe in the future they could be done raffle style?

Next time I'm thinking some premade raffle pups would be a good idea, however I wanted some people to feel rewarded for their work in their forms and FCFS is a nice change from raffle after raffle. I know more people wanted to get Sled Pups from the event, but I try to limit the amount created now due to how many are around, but not seemingly active.

I would have liked it to go on longer.

At this point, 10-11 days is quite a while, so longer events probably won't happen. Most users seemed to get burnt out after the first couple of days based on how the number of forms each day lowered, so it actually may have been too long. I just wanted to make sure there were enough days so that everyone could get the items they wanted through points.

For new raffles, maybe a retired item, or a sled pup with one special edit?

The Sled Pup with a special edit would just be considered a custom lined Sled Pup no matter the edits done.
Retired items are tricky for a couple of reasons that I have explained to some Sled Pup owners.
First, I had an issue with the image file, where some of the items were lost a while back. This included some items I redid as they were popular. Some though, can not be retrieved and are not very easy to recreate, so those would not be coming out of retirement.
Second, there are some that are specifically made for other players and I wouldn't want someone requesting those.
Third, my file for Sled Pups items has over 250 layers on it. I'm working on transferring them to multiple files, but as of now I usually merge the layers, so coloring can not be changed or I delete some items that were event specific.

Alright, hope some of the answers clarified some things! Thank you for reading!

[donkeykong]

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