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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
- Lemon-Quitting
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Posted on: Fri Apr 12, 2013 10:28pm
I am fine with the sphinx part.
Zombie
- ky&cro
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Posted on: Fri Apr 12, 2013 10:29pm
Also human ears is kind of odd on the disallowed list considering monkey ears are very similar looking to human ears.
- The Brooklyn Possum
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Posted on: Fri Apr 12, 2013 10:31pm
Not big on the "Allowed in isolation" Thing, at least let us have more then one...
Or get rid of human-like arms and legs, human hands, human feet, and butts, Then let us have the rest without problems.
But seriously naked boobs/bButts?
- Shycat
(#45175)
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Posted on: Fri Apr 12, 2013 10:31pm
Okay wait, could someone please explain to me why faces are now prohibited, but boobs are still allowed? That seems even more humanizing than faces are. o_O
- Raftina
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Posted on: Fri Apr 12, 2013 10:32pm
I think it's the isolation that are only allowed one of each. So a dress + hair + eye edits would be acceptable? Needs just a teensy more clarification on that for everyone I think.
- Serith
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Posted on: Fri Apr 12, 2013 10:33pm
I'll be honest--I was relatively sure they did break some rule or another previously. But, regardless, 24 hours is a lot of time. Maybe a week would have been best, given that some people don't have the time to colour their PSDs due to other commitments; but I'm glad the rules are now much more established. Thanks for the clarification!
- NMP Pansycat
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Posted on: Fri Apr 12, 2013 10:34pm
Wouldn't it be helpful to explain why this is necessary ?
There was no actual reason for the restrictions....If you would explain what is bad about this. A 24hour warning seems rather unfair...
Why are these restrictions needed ?
- Kya (Swaps LLs)
(#43493)
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Posted on: Fri Apr 12, 2013 10:35pm
Okay I admit humanoid pets are errrm odd...But clothing is not nice to put on isolation list =(! It's so fun to dress the pets up and add nice hair and what not...And as mentioned many times before me...Boobs and butts without anything on top is errrrrr...well ya know...
- litwick
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Posted on: Fri Apr 12, 2013 10:35pm
Not sure how I feel about elf ears on the isolation list? Considering so many animals have pointy ears, where does a pointy animal ear, like a rabbit ear, become different than an elf ear? Take the Elven Suune for example. It's not humanized at all, imo, but under the isolation rules it would now be against the rules for ears and clothes?
Posted on: Fri Apr 12, 2013 10:28pm
I can understand the knee jerk reaction to these pets, but a 24 hours deadline is far too severe, I'm very disappointed.