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Drinking Game: Discussion and Poll

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As part of our addressing Breedings and the hurdles that are preventing us from making headway on clearing out the queues, the topic of the Drinking Game came up.

As you may or may not be aware, all the pets on the score board at the end of the month will be randomly paired together and bred. This means every month 10 new breedings are generated - and while that doesn't sound like much, when you have trouble finding artists who are interested in the type of breeding mix the game generates, the queue piles up. Many long standing members will know that getting the drinking game breedings completed has been an uphill struggle from the game's inception.

As such we have come to the hard decision to make changes to the game - but as this is a big change, we want to share the discussion and the decision with you. After a lot of conversations we have narrowed it down to two possibilities that we feel offer the best results.


Option One
The queue continues to generate breedings, but from June onwards they will now go to the Scribble queue.

While you may pause and question if diverting from one queue to another is a smart idea, the Scribble queue is at a low enough level that injecting 10 new breedings a month would not be unwieldy, especially as the team has been taking on new members recently.

Pets created from the Drinking Game would be eligible as Silver Species Founders without the permission of the other pet owner's permission - so you would need to be certain you are happy to share your pet's markings and edits, with potentially more than one other custom.



Option Two
The queue gets a unique unbreedable genus and from June onwards the top 10 will receive a custom maker.

1-3 = Gold Custom Maker
4-6 = Blue Custom Maker
7-10 = Bronze Custom Maker

The genus would be unbreedable to ensure the rarity of the genus is not compromised. The maker would not be account bound, so it would be possible to sell, trade, or gift the custom maker as the winning user wishes.

Details of the genus are not available at this time, as we would likely try to poll what type of creature people would be interested in.



Bonus Question
As it stands, users may enter as many pets as they wish to into the Drinking Game. In theory, should you have enough alcohol, one person could hold all top 10 spots (though I feel it is important to note that this has never happened!)

Do you believe that the Drinking Game should limit each account to enter only one pet, opposed to entering as many as you wish?



We hope to hear your thoughts about these changes, and especially the bonus question.

Option One: The queue continues to generate breedings, but from June onwards they will now go to the Scribble queue
60% [ 197 ]


Option Two: The queue gets a unique unbreedable genus and the top 10 will receive a custom maker
40% [ 134 ]

Posted by Eve (#2775) on Tue May 26, 2020 12:58pm

Comments: 78


Phage [LL] (#21624)

Posted on: Tue May 26, 2020 1:35pm

I was actually wondering, if the SCC option wins, why would the pet be restricted from the Alcohol game? I mean, at that point, the game would no longer result in breedings - only a new custom maker?

Irene 🍬x3 (#1832)

Posted on: Tue May 26, 2020 1:35pm

I love the idea of getting a scribble breeding from the drinking game! I think it fits the "vibe" of the game really well, it's fun and silly and random.

Voluspa is on Hiatus (#67552)

Posted on: Tue May 26, 2020 1:37pm

Kalid (#49104) I guess I'm not familiar enough with silvers to understand what difference there is between a silver species and a genus, if the genus can only ever be gotten with a custom maker anyway... Seems to me the only difference is where they'd be listed, on site...

Pinsel ღ (#74078)

Posted on: Tue May 26, 2020 1:39pm

I'd definitely vote for the second option, but I think it's kind of unfair~ish? to change the outcome of already existing breedings from the queue. I mean, some people had to really collect alcohol for months to place in the game, with hopes for an eggnog breeding (yes, I'm one of them, sorry :<...).
I still think placing with more than one pet should be fine. :)
Other than that, I'm also super glad that staff works so hard on the breeding queue problems, thank you regardless of the outcome! <3

Alana (#70812)

Posted on: Tue May 26, 2020 1:39pm

I think we should move to a Scribble queue! That sounds fun. The random breeding aspect is maintained but with less stress on the artists :D Plus, drunken scribble babies just fit so well thematically, ehehe.

I also think we should limit people to only being able to place a single pet in the top ten. As someone with zero regenerating alcohol items, I stand no chance of winning at all, really. I think the drinking game has become less competitive because most people can't, well, compete :'D

I'd also be cool with a cooldown period for winners, the same way the old HA Contest worked! If you win one month, maybe you can't enter next month, etc :) That way we can spread the silly around more!

I don't adore the idea of a dedicated site genus, only because breeding is one of my favourite aspects of Aywas! If I have a fancy new pet, I want to be able to use it to make other fancy new pets :'D I totally understand that having it breedable would tank its rarity, though, and then even fewer people would play the drinking game. The scribble baby option is the winner for me, by far.

Voluspa is on Hiatus (#67552)

Posted on: Tue May 26, 2020 1:39pm

Eve (#2775); I know one can make metals with a higher percentage custom maker but it always seems a waste of potential to me :p

The Cavalry💀 (#42995)

Posted on: Tue May 26, 2020 1:40pm

Pinsel ღ (#74078) "The queue continues to generate breedings, but from June onwards they will now go to the Scribble queue."

From June onward. So it wouldn't be changing the already existing breedings. It would be changing the results starting in June. :)

Eve (#2775)

Posted on: Tue May 26, 2020 1:41pm

Phage [Working] (#21624) - Good catch XD I'll fix that to stop any confusion.

♑ Voluspa ♑ (#67552) - You're essentially correct. The only difference is that an official site genus has to be done by our genus artist, will appear in Future Custom, and is an option when you open Mystery Eggs. SCCs can be done by an artist we deem to, and are "unofficial" so they will not appear in FC/Mystery eggs.

Pinsel ღ (#74078)

Posted on: Tue May 26, 2020 1:42pm

I know, but that's not what Option 2 says, which I was talking about :D Or maybe I got something wrong? ^^

The Cavalry💀 (#42995)

Posted on: Tue May 26, 2020 1:42pm

Pinsel ღ (#74078) " but I think it's kind of unfair~ish? to change the outcome of already existing breedings from the queue."

..Is that not talking about the breedings already in queue? xD That would be unchanged?