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I like the first proposal |
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I have my own idea for helping.... |
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I don't think there's anything wrong with the way things are. |
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Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2011 9:14 pm
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There have been some issues recently with the viability of minis in the shop. Basically, regular sized Soquili outnumber them greatly, which is to be expected since they have been around longer, but they have continued to outnumber them since most people will chose a regular vs a mini. One can argue the reasons why or why not, but the simple fact is: people generally prefer regular sized Soquili to Usdias.
I have a few proposals that might help the situation, but are pretty drastic so I don't know how well they will go over. But the first one is:
Putting minis (and/or mers?) on a separate cool down. As it is, customs are VERY hard to get. It usually takes months, if not over a year, to get a slot. And even if you do win, you have a 2 month cooldown before you can try for another custom. Taking all this into consideration, most people put more work into a regular size Soquili concept. I think this is in part to “well, they are rare anyway, so might as well go for the big prize.”
If minis were on a separate cooldown, a think the interest level would stir in them greatly. Basically, you could have 2 concepts as a time: a regular Soq, and a mini Soquili. They would be on separate timers completely – kind of like the familiars are now. (ie, winning a mini custom would not affect your ability to try for a regular sized Soquili the next month and vice versa. You only couldn't enter for a mini for 2 months). In addition, you should be able to enter for both a full size and a mini slot per custom opening (assuming both slot types are being offered by the colorists).
You see... I think if more people were free to design a mini and not worry about it “replacing” their regular concept, more people would get excited about them. They wouldn't have to worry about (for lack of a better term) “wasting” their custom slot on a mini. I think MORE people would put more effort into more mini concepts. More people would be excited about them and overall I think it would highly mobilize the interest in them. Yes, it WOULD make minis harder to get, and I know the original intent was for them to be easier and cheaper for newbies to get. But the fact of the matter is, even most newbies go after regulars more than minis (money is not usually an issue thanks to the generosity of the Soquili community).
The second suggestion (and this would be kind of an either/or scenario) would be to blow out the breed restrictions completely. The lack of RP and breeding opportunities is one of the biggest complaints I've heard about minis/mers. I, personally, don't see why a mini and regular can't breed. In most species were there is dwarfism (including people), they can still interbreed freely with the regular sized member of their race. If a female dwarf gets pregnant by a regular sized male, her babies are born generally the same size at birth – regardless of they will grow up into regular or dwarfs. I know the Usdias are more looked at as a separate species rather than just a dwarf of the regular ones, but it's something to consider. As far as the mechanics and lineart goes, I'd figure, just like the races, the babies would be rolled to see if they would grow up to be a mini or a regular.
The same argument could be made for mers. They can already breed with kelpie (yeah I know because they are better swimmers...)... so while the, hrm, physical mechanics might be complicated – hey – true love no no bounds, right! Again, the babies would be rolled to see what they will be as adults... for IC purposes a female mer could lay her shells in the sand of the beach, like sea turtles, and the babies that are mers could make their way to the ocean and the ones who walk on land would already be there.
Again...these are suggestions based on what I've been hearing about people concerns/complaints with the minis and mers, and ways we can increase their visibility in the community in a long tern way. Sure, having a mer and/or mini only event tends to create a bubble of interest, but it tends to fade shortly after.
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Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2011 10:21 pm
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Nyx Queen of Darkness Crew
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Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2011 10:34 pm
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Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2011 10:37 pm
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Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2011 11:07 pm
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This i my math XD I did this right after the new owner's list came up. XD
Let's use my Nessie for example. She's a female mer. I want to breed her, ONCE, to a kelpi. Because it's how her character would develop.
So take those 33 males. By taking out all 2nd gens, that aren't pure. I've come down to 25 possible males! Still not too awful, thought nothing like the Kalona or earth list.
After taking out the 8 that I've contacted, I'm down to 17. Then one that's mislisted (it's not pure). That brings me down to 16. Of those 16, I don't even recognize some of them as people I've ever seen in the shop or who aren't oldbies with tons of breedings already.
And this was what I was going to post XD
Things I'm looking/hoping for.
list of what rights we are seeking by raising awareness.
1. More kelpis for mers or possibly accepting those that LOOK full-blooded. More Seathi and Usidia. 2. Eventually Elder rights, if not new lines then maybe a tattoo or more baskets. Something to represent that our character is worthy and has worked hard. 3. Not to be excluded. We want mixers too! We don’t want breedings that are JUST about us, we just want the right to be able to try for things too. It’s hard enough finding a fling, why can’t ours have a separate mixer sometimes too? To branch off about this. I like mixers. There should be more mixers for EVERYONE. But I would next time, like to see a seperate thread (provided everyone can't breed together) where one usidia random pairing was rolled and one mer random pairing was rolled.
Now, I do not know if this was done in the past. I wasn't active in breedings till October. If it has been, great! I just would like to see more of them all round.
Raise awareness, not problems.
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Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2011 11:27 pm
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Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2011 11:49 pm
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Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 12:09 am
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Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 1:47 am
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Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 1:55 am
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Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 4:56 am
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Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 5:42 am
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Just random thought, as some people have brought up the size difference to me, especially involving Seathi as they are supposed to be like the size of housecats, another OPTION would be to have Soquili be able to breed with -/+1 their size category.
Think like this:
Smallest - Seathi Small - Usdia Medium - All Regular races Large - Mers (I figure like most marine mammals they are probably massive in weight/density if not just pure size)
So, a Seathi could breed with other Seathi & Usdia, but no one else Usdias could breed with Seathi, Usdia, and Regulars Regulars could breed with Usdia, Regulars, and Mers and Mers could breed with Regulars and Mers
It's not AS OPEN as just blowing out the restrictions completely (again this wouldn't help much with events like singles mixers), but if people are more comfortable with this system, it should still GREATLY open up the breeding pools for people who play the fringe races.
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Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 6:28 am
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Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 7:53 am
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Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 8:07 am
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