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Patrice here with a few Prediction Pool Party updates! If you are thinking, "Hey... who is Patrice?" -- don't worry! I'll explain that too!
First off, staff would like me to remind you that you have only 2 weeks left to get your predictions done and submitted. PPP ends on September 30, 2022 @ 11:59 PM!
After that time, you will have a limited window to provide fixes on babies that are rejected for fixes.
Now, more about me and why I'm here!
Do you like donating your silver species for the pool party to use year after year? Do you want your donation to be permanent year to year? You are not alone!
Aywas staff wants me to let you know that they have wrangled up 3 new helper-NPCs to ease the process!
Please help us welcome Patrice, Pete, and Paul over at account #22!
We are all still settling in, but are taking messages from anyone that wants to add a sliver species to the prediction pool party permanently! Any one of us may reply, so you'll never know if you get Paul, Pete, or myself!
So how will this work?
Any species you submit will be added every year to the pool. You are giving us permission to do so for as long as we wish.Not all species may be accepted. If your submission is rejected then you will be notified, along with why.At any point we reserve the right to stop adding your species, for any reason, and may add them back at a later time.How do you submit your species to be added to the pool permanently? First, there are some rules.
1. You must edit the profiles of both founders with the following statement:
"This is a founder for a species that has been added to the Prediction Pool Party permanently. If buying, please ask seller more about this and the rules involved."
2. If you ever sell the founders or the species rights, you must pass on that they are part of the permanent pool party submissions, that the above statement can not be removed from the profile, and that the rules follow the pet no matter how many times it is sold, gifted, or re-homed. You as the seller or gift giver are required to make sure the buyer/recipient understands what this means and what rules are agreed to by owning the pet.
3. When possible, make sure the correct PSD is attached to at least one founder. You can request to attach PSDs for second generation pets (ie if they were sketch babies) in this thread
If you are unable to then you can send a link of the blanked PSD, but making sure the PSDs are attached to the founders will speed processing up.Once you have done all that, then message us over at Account #22 with the following form!
Image of SCC: (please show both if your SCC founders are not metal, and provide the PSD for both versions)
Link to PSD(s):
Link to database page:
I agree to have my Silver Species, listed above, permanently added to the Prediction Pool Party pool. I understand any user who adds them as a baby as a PPP perk will not be held to any species rules as these will be provided "rules free" to the user-base to use during PPP..
You may submit more then one Silver Species in the same message.
... and that is it!
Oh, and if you ever want to withdraw your silver species from the pool, you will need to reach out to one of us. However, please do not make a habit out of it! The point to having a permanent option is to cut back having to add and remove bases. So withdrawal will be case by case only, within reason ;)
If you are worried about any part of adding a species permanently to the pool, you may wish to stick with just adding them each event, so you can control when they stop being part of the pool! I have been assured that you will always be able to add them on a per-event basis.
With that, I'm going to dive back into the pool for a cool dip! I'll hand the last part of this post off to another staff member! Thanks! ~ =^.^=
So users have asked, and after some talks to iron out details...
We are now allowing Artist Collaboration!
There are a few rules involved, and we are currently not offering a USD payment option. We have updated the Exotic Sale Knowledge Base article with the specific rules for collaboration.
If you have any questions please reach out to a member of the moderation team for clarification and they will get back to you!
Posted by Kandria
(#293) on Fri Sep 16, 2022 6:55pm
- KiRAWRa
(#11849)
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Posted on: Sat Sep 17, 2022 4:05pm
Very excited about the prospect of collaboration on exotic sales, but excitement immediately killed after reading no USD payment or bonuses.
Collaboration opens the door for me to not only make more sets by cutting out the amount of work it takes me to finish a design, but can also result in higher quality sets altogether because I can allocate processes I hate or struggle with (like coloring) to someone who is much better suited.
I understand staff is probably trying to keep things as simple as possible for an initial trial run, but I sincerely hope USD payment becomes an option in the future, otherwise it's just not worth it (to me personally).
- Juke
(#7625)
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Posted on: Sat Sep 17, 2022 8:39pm
Nilaa ♥ (#5880) Any silver species you own the rights to can be added to the ppp pot :]
- Kandria
(#293)
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Posted on: Sun Sep 18, 2022 11:34am
KiRAWRa (#11849)
USD is not something staff is looking into offering on this, the core reason for it is once the USD is paid out, we have very limited ways to handle a dispute on it. On-site currency, 30%, 50% and 75% slots we can also enforce or control.
The majority of users tend to claim the 75% slots, and then sell them for USD, same with the 30% slots. That is not going away, the only limit with USD and Collaboration is on the site paying out USD for it.
That said, this whole thing is as you said, still a trial run, so as it evolves so may the rules. I just don't want to set an expectation that it will offer USD for the foreseeable future, mostly due to the constraints listed above.
Posted on: Sat Sep 17, 2022 12:20pm
So, am I understanding it right that any species I own, I can add to the pool? Or do I have to be the artist that made them?