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Hey guys, just an itty bitty little update for you guys with respect to the
breeding rules. They're minor, but please check them out!
As a reminder, all breeding rules can be found
here. To summarize, the new points are the following:
* The room should be clearly titled, and include the species being bred, the names of the parent breeders, the user(s) breeding the pets and any mature tags, if applicable.
Ex. "KR: [Father Breeder] x [Mother Breeder] (Username(s))"
While the format can certainly be tweaked, please try to keep to a standard, clear format for naming rooms. Also keep in mind the
male/father is always first in breedings. That is how we record them. Not mandatory, but keep in mind this is how your breeding will appear under the records.
* You must list, in the first post, what potions and items you are using! Do not spread your items between posts, and do not add potions after the breeding has been recorded.
Specify whose items you are using, ex. "Using A's Generative Draught and B's Chaos Draught".
This has been changed in order to avoid complications in recording potions and items. Our new staff member,
crow, has been beyond efficient in recording rooms, potions, and everything in-between to ensure that you guys can breed with your potions virtually immediately.
However, her efficiency has brought up a valid point. Not only once have members spread their items and potions between two posts; where the first breeder would use their potion, but the second breeder would then use theirs.
Please use all your potions in the first post! With the same rule that you need to post the two breeders in the first post, this now applies to items and potions as well. Simply
specify whose items you are using, and we will record them accordingly.
Finally:
If your room follows all the requirements, the staff will record your slots, your items, and subtract your Keystones from the initiator, and an asterisk (*) will be added to the room title! Do not add or delete this asterisk yourself to or from your breeding topic. This means that your room is valid, and that the staff has added it to the list of breedings to be done once the room is completed.
crow has mentioned that, while recording rooms, she'd found out that some people had been adding the asterisk in their room titles on their own; on my side, I once had a room where the asterisk kept disappearing, and I had to keep going to add it back in.
The reason why this new system was implement is because the Breeding Area is now
two pages as of this update. Rooms are also not finished within 2 weeks any longer, which clogs up the area. We do keep a massive list of all rooms currently in progress, which rooms are done and need litters, what items are being used for each room (if any), and other details.
Because there are so many rooms, we have started including an asterisk (*) to tell ourselves that those rooms have been recorded, in terms of slots, items, potions, etc.
Do
not put it in yourself; and do
not take it out of your topic title. This is for the staff and the staff only.
That should be it. Like I said, mostly minor stuff, but please keep those new tidbits in mind!