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Hello everyone!
I'm here to tell you about a change in custom rules. And now before you raise your pitchforks, please read and hear us out.
Aywas is a pet site primarily dealing with non-human species and while we do have human avatars, we have never wanted to merge the two aspects into one. There was an exception to our "no human features" rule which was a small section that allowed "sphynx" type edits. A.k.a the Egyptian statues with the human-like face on the cat body.
In hindsight we probably should not have allowed that but as what happens on growing sites, it was allowed and originally only a few were made. But as the site grew the "sphynx" type edits grew in popularity and whenever something like that happens, people do tend to push every boundary they can and try to see what they can wiggle around with. It has become an issue that we need to address.
And you probably know what I'm leading up to, with that long introduction.
We are changing what we allow on customs on Aywas in regards to humanoid features.
For each feature we consider "human", I'll explain whether we allow it, disallow it, or will allow it in isolation.
Disallowed completely:
Human Noses
Human Ears
Allowed completely:
Eye edits
Eyebrows
Hair edits
Accessories (hats, scarves, etc.)
Allowed in isolation:
Breast edits
Abdominal muscle (abs) edits
Butt Cheek edits
Human Mouth (with lips, etc)
Human shaped head
Human-like arms and legs
Human hands
Human feet
Elf ears
Extreme clothing edits (such as pants and a shirt or a dress).
Allowed in isolation means your design or custom can only have one of those features in that list, and no more than one.
So what about those sphinx designs you have in your pocket and haven't created yet?
We want to give you a chance to submit them before the rules take full effect.
Here's how it'll work:
You have 24 hours from the time stamp on this news post to finish submitting your sphinx customs. Assuming they do not break any of the custom rules or crystal/orb/token/etc. rules that existed before this news post, they will be accepted.
All customs that are submitted after the 24 hours and break any of the above new humanoid rules will be rejected from the queue. The rules will be in full effect at that point.
Thank you for your understanding!
EDIT: We overlooked the recent USD artist event commissions. Sorry about that! We're going to still honor those commissions so long as you have them submitted by May 14th (2 weeks after the date all transactions must be fulfilled by). You'll need to PM Skitty with proof of the transaction and negotiation, which, by the rules, was logged in the thread in the forum. So just PM her the link to the thread along with the image of the design you're submitting and make sure you submit it before May 14th!
Posted by Kyu & Mauri
(#1010) on Fri Apr 12, 2013 9:56pm
- Shadow Rose
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Posted on: Fri Apr 12, 2013 10:03pm
Wait... Breast edits and clothes edits are both on the isolation list... So you can't have both? Does that mean there's going to be more nipples on customs? Because if there's no clothes to cover them up, it's just a pair of breasts... Not covered up...
Also, does that mean we aren't allowed to have hair +clothes on a pet, like, for example, This pet? (Best example I could find in my lair)
- ♥ Retta ♥
(#63)
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Posted on: Fri Apr 12, 2013 10:04pm
I'm glad to see this addressed. It does suck that some people might not be able to get it in 24 hours, but... the Sphynx pets were kind of a loophole to begin with, and I'm unsurprised to see the rule change. -- Imay
- Tea.Time [Soulwings]
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Posted on: Fri Apr 12, 2013 10:04pm
Erm also curious. We can have boobs but not clothing, and butts but not clothing. Does that mean the boobs will have to be naked? That seems a little odd XD ~Ryu
- ヨッシー
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Posted on: Fri Apr 12, 2013 10:06pm
Thank you for enforcing this!
- ♥blueyesrmine♥
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Posted on: Fri Apr 12, 2013 10:06pm
yay, naked boob pets >.>
- Shycat
(#45175)
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Posted on: Fri Apr 12, 2013 10:06pm
I personally don't like sphinx pets much, so it doesn't affect me. However, I do think that 24 hours is a bit short, for the reasons that people have already listed. :/
- Pheobe
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Posted on: Fri Apr 12, 2013 10:06pm
Plague masks are still ok though, right?
- Macbeth
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Posted on: Fri Apr 12, 2013 10:07pm
....I wow. I don't know what to even say about this. l^:
- Zephy [Hiatus]
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Posted on: Fri Apr 12, 2013 10:07pm
I have no rule, but I think 24 hour deadline is a bit extreme, especially given that many newer users cannot immediately fund the appropriate crystal or orb. It also begs the question of what will happen to in-progress commissions, any GCC deal prompts that were sphynx. Personally I think a 1 month deadline would be the most fair (following the time limit on commissions taken today), but I'm sure staff has its reasons for 24 hours.
Posted on: Fri Apr 12, 2013 10:03pm
hmm it doesnt affect existing species, does it? That is if they already have those traits.