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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 Two: The queue gets a unique unbreedable genus and the top 10 will receive a custom maker
Posted by Eve
(#2775) on Tue May 26, 2020 12:58pm
- Voluspa is on Hiatus
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Posted on: Tue May 26, 2020 1:45pm
It's looking like the scribble babies are winning, so.... I guess I'll have a lot of alcohol to put in the pumpkins come Halloween :p (I don't really care for most scribbles - a select few are adorable, though)
But if we're not getting a new genus here.... Then we REALLY should get a new exotic. Right? Right! *looks sternly at Eve, Kaiyo and the other members of staff* :D
- Eve
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Posted on: Tue May 26, 2020 1:46pm
♑ Voluspa ♑ (#67552) - There are no plans for additional exotic linearts.
- Alana
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Posted on: Tue May 26, 2020 1:47pm
Pinsel ღ (#74078)
This would be a future change and would not affect any breedings retroactively :) All existing breedings would remain as-is, and the winners of May's drinking game would receive the old prizes as well.
- Voluspa is on Hiatus
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Posted on: Tue May 26, 2020 1:47pm
Eve (#2775) *pout*
- Ax & blu
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Posted on: Tue May 26, 2020 1:47pm
Here to toss my two cents in and back Alana Alana (#70812) about not only limiting to one pet entered but also introducing a cooldown for winners. This should help and encourage more players to take part and enjoy whichever result gets made official.
- Pinsel ღ
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Posted on: Tue May 26, 2020 1:48pm
Thanks for clarifying, y'all!
- Haru
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Posted on: Tue May 26, 2020 1:54pm
The second option would be good if this new genus was something akin to a Neura / Nimbus / Boreas. As in, it is a site genera but no site colourations are ever accepted so it's not available anywhere but through a custom maker or a special breeding addon.
- bd84
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Posted on: Tue May 26, 2020 1:55pm
As someone who sells my alcohol items I hope the scribble option wins. It’s more in the spirit of the game imo. That you get a fun mixed up baby and don’t need to go hire an artist to get it made.
Question though. Can you still get unbreedable pets drunk for either option that wins?
- Kalid [hiatus]
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Posted on: Tue May 26, 2020 1:58pm
I'd rather what Haru is describing than have it be totally unbreedable. But that's because I just dont like "Breedable: No" on the profile lol
Posted on: Tue May 26, 2020 1:45pm
Option 2 says the queue will get an unbreedable new genus, so I thought this would apply to, well... the already existing queue :D