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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
- XerxesTexasToast
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Posted on: Thu May 28, 2020 11:21am
I don't agree with making an entire genus unbreedable. I understand the value of preserving the genus's rarity, but that can be done through other methods mentioned by other users (limiting it to special addons or breeding items). Another possibility would be to have most of the leaderboard winners get an unbreedable custom maker, with the breedable custom maker going to the top 1 or top 3.
If the genus is made unbreedable by site order, I'd much prefer the scribblebaby option.
- VarietyShow
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Posted on: Thu May 28, 2020 2:46pm
About the extra question, I think only 1 pet per account in a single month
- ErrantMisty
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Posted on: Sat May 30, 2020 12:29pm
Sorry if this was answered, but in option 2, would we then need to find an artist to make the pet for the marker? I wouldn't want to have to pay for a pet after having gathered enough alcohol to win.
- ErrantMisty
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Posted on: Sat May 30, 2020 12:29pm
Sorry if this was answered, but in option 2, would we then need to find an artist to make the pet for the marker? I wouldn't want to have to pay for a pet after having gathered enough alcohol to win.
- Dragonfyre 🐉
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Posted on: Sat May 30, 2020 12:36pm
I have no idea what any of this means.
- Juke 🇵🇸
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Posted on: Sat May 30, 2020 7:46pm
ErrantMisty (#51563)
It would work like any other custom maker -- you could make it yourself or find someone else to.
- AngelSami
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Posted on: Sun May 31, 2020 10:37pm
One of the reasons I love the drinking game is for the chaotic energy it holds. Force feed your pet alcohol and find out what horrific amalgamation you get for the children. You could have a perfect breeding of two beautifully painted pets or you could get a gorgeous unicorn about to hook up with a worm that is a clown. The drinking game is no rules just right and I think the scribble breedings will keep that chaos.
I really don't like the idea of having an unbreedable pet and custom makers are not that fun. I play in the drinking game to get a random roulette blindbag child. If I wanted clean professional pets, I wouldn't be spending so much BP on drinks for the randomness of the drinking game, I would be spending it on commissions and already existing custom makers.
I also don't think there should be a limit on how many pets you can have in the drinking game. If somebody has enough alcohol to get 4 of their pets on the board then power to them!
Posted on: Thu May 28, 2020 10:36am
I'm not on here very often nowadays, but when I come it is to try to place in the drinking game. So this makes me very sad. I have no intereset in scribble pets, unbreedable pets or custom makers, esp the last since I would have to pay someone to make something. I will simply not participate anymore, which kind of sucks considering how much I spent on getting all my Mini Fridges & Mixers.
The last fun on this site gets taken away, so I guess I won't bother coming back for a while. :(