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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

Comments: 124

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PIKA (#270)

Posted on: Fri Apr 12, 2013 11:01pm

so a 75% HCC item should totes come out within the next 24 hours
get on knees and begs

Kassander (#29302)

Posted on: Fri Apr 12, 2013 11:01pm

Probably the reason they have such a short grace period is because they don't want people to have time to start a bunch of "limited edition" sphinx pets. That being said, I could imagine someone whose been working on a sphinx design and won't have internet connection during the next 24 hours, and it would be incredibly unfair to that person. I think people should be able to post/email/pm somewhere/someone in such cases explaining why they need/needed additional time to complete and submit their design.

👻 Sesh 👻 (#21919)

Posted on: Fri Apr 12, 2013 11:02pm

Question: Is the Simii now banned entirely for having all of the following? Human Mouth, Human shaped head, Human-like arms and legs, Human hands. Just sayin'. Also, the time limit is extremely constricting and allowing either naked boobs -or- clothes is kinda ridiculous. So is putting elf ears on the isolation list, considering elves are, by definition, not human.

Moved (#39990)

Posted on: Fri Apr 12, 2013 11:03pm

..Had big plans. Big plans crushed. Clei is not a happy camper. He is a sad, sad camper.

Star! & JROD300! (#5141)

Posted on: Fri Apr 12, 2013 11:04pm

I wholeheartedly agree with this news post. Sphinx pets should never have been allowed, and people kept testing and testing and testing, until by all rights we have half human half pet, pets. This is against the rules, is it not? I think even the hands, feet, boobs, butts, should also be disallowed, by all rights. But this is a good start on keeping the rules in order.

Kitsune (#17645)

Posted on: Fri Apr 12, 2013 11:04pm

"It bothers me pets can have boobs or a butt but not a nose =/ Why is sexualizing pets more alright than letting em smell =.= "

I'm sorry, Kaiyo, but I lol'd hard XD

Tigg&(inactive) (#29419)

Posted on: Fri Apr 12, 2013 11:05pm

My artist that I commissioned talked to Skitty earlier today to see if my geisha cerby would pass Skitty said yes but on the list here it says no human nose edits. :/

Spirit_of_Auron (#33592)

Posted on: Fri Apr 12, 2013 11:06pm

I'd like clarification on the clothing edits as well as I bought recently a suune in a space suit design, and i'd be really upset if that 10 GP is now gone to waste if it ends up being disallowed.

Raven [Wants RBC] (#3944)