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Posted by JAK
(#15) on Tue Jul 8, 2014 1:37pm
- Seraiden
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Posted on: Tue Jul 8, 2014 1:57pm
It's not the amount of breedings you do, but how many in quick succession. I mean if you have a pet for 2+ years, having 5-10+ breedings is normal to me (I like the edits on a few of my pets and plan to breed them the most) but if you do 5 breedings in a month, or similar to that?
Then it can be over breeding.
- Kingston A
(#13602)
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Posted on: Tue Jul 8, 2014 1:59pm
I feel over breeding varies from person to person based upon what they believe. 10+ seems like over breeding however if they are kept in lair then it may not be I suppose. And the coin does change things for some people as well. I would think that best way to figure out over breeding would be to ask the person who made the rule for that particular pet. Or that people should be more specific when they write the rule in the first place.
- NyctiCorax
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Posted on: Tue Jul 8, 2014 1:59pm
I don't think it's about the amount of breedings submitted, more the effect on breeding lines. MBC/LBC+fertility potion or an rbc breeding, both are breedings but have a really different effect on the lines passing on to the babies.
Also, what about grandkids and further down the line, especially in the case of inbreeding? You could technically allow not to overbreed a certain pet, then breed it once with a different one on same species, then inbreed the grandkids and get a bazillion kids that could look like the original lines. That's a problem imo. (Though I'm not against inbreeding if people don't mind that.)
I also agree with the point that not so much inbreeding is the problem, but making (extreme) profit of the bred babies.
- Steahl
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Posted on: Tue Jul 8, 2014 2:00pm
Not Represented - I don't really care about 'inbreeding' considering these are all pixel arts and not actual critters with genetics. What I do care about is overbreeding for profit. If someone is making a mint off repeated breedings of a line set or species there's a craze for, well, that's excessive.
As someone who is not an artist, and DOES have a line edit she adores in her lair, I breed my pets often to slowly increase my pool of line edit creatures. Very few have left my lair, and I believe that I have a clear set of rules for when my 'footies' end up outside my lair as to breeding.
I believe that breeding rules should remain more in the hands of the owner of a line set/species than anything else and moderators and admins should only be worried or keeping an eye out in case the breeding has grown to a point where duplicate customs/clone pets are a near guarantee.
- Xerneas
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Posted on: Tue Jul 8, 2014 2:01pm
I agree with what Kita said on the first page.
- Iridien
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Posted on: Tue Jul 8, 2014 2:02pm
For me overbreeding depends on the specific pet and it's a ratio of breeds to time, not a hard and fast number of breedings. Generally, I think of it as breed a maximum of 4 times per year. ~Iridien
- ~KrimsonCreature
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Posted on: Tue Jul 8, 2014 2:02pm
I think there's no such thing as overbreeding as long as it's the pet is bred with different pets. Otherwise I feel if it's the same pair, three times should be good enough 3-4 times should be good. :)
- 👻 Sesh 👻
(#21919)
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Posted on: Tue Jul 8, 2014 2:03pm
Picked the last option. What constitutes as "overbreeding" varies wildly from person to person, and is completely subjective to their own opinions. My opinion? No such thing. Breed as much as your budget allows; they're pixels, not actual animals with lineages and genes to keep clean. Now, I know that's probably a very unpopular opinion buuut whatever. :V
- Keera
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Posted on: Tue Jul 8, 2014 2:03pm
I agree with Lunakiri and Steahl; the problem is not overbreeding but breeding for profit.
Posted on: Tue Jul 8, 2014 1:55pm
This topic is always varying in opinions and I don't think with the vague wording "overbreeding" is enough to justify a "number". Unless you apply a set number for your custom to breed/allow to be bred/ use of the edits of parent(s) in question. If overbreeding is not allowed on any custom's rules, then the owner should set a limit in such for the other user to understand. No one can mind read what the other (owner) thinks on the rule, unless it is specified.