Dispelling a common breeding myth

[Hamilton Lecker]

Anna... Zero's and One's.. you are so right.. It is hard to believe that the beauriful KittyCats we see on our screen are all Zero's and One's - LOL

Yes the passing of of traits is interesting and you have done well on your explanation - I am an old fashioned type fellow who still works on gut feel and hold thumbs for the "Servers" decision.. YAY! Sometimes I WIN

(09-10-2012 12:55 AM)anna acanthus Wrote:  

(09-10-2012 12:05 AM)Hamilton Lecker Wrote:  mmmm. I do not think you are nit picking Saga... Pulling traits is not the greatest expression.. I rather see putting a high trait kitty with a low or starter kitty as simply "Trying" to EXPOSE what traits are hidden and then continue from there.. It sometimes, but not always helps.. I still firmly believe that the "Server" is the master

Lol hamilton, i must admit, sometimes i'd like to be Saga But i'm just Anna
We"ve been using the word "pull" for well over a year now and as far as i know we always know what we mean by it and this is the first time i've seen it questioned.

But your comment on the server being the master is a good occasion to re-iterate on some basics :
Of course, ONLY the server decides which traits you receive in that new box.
It has the trait data on each kitty, and at each pairing will randomly choose whether to give the shown or the hidden trait, the hidden being allways either the same or a more recessive trait as the shown (NEVER more dominant) but can only give a hidden reccesive if paired with same or more recessive than this hidden, and the same goes for the shown. In very basic binary terms; 1 or 0, = yes or no, ( forgetting the legendary phantom "maybe" we all had fun with in classes ) although of course, rather more complex in this case .
And the server is just a dumb program on a dumb machine, doing what it's been told to do; and this in a strange barbaric language that only the hardiest minds can bear trying to get around lolol.

I'm sure someone has a clearer, more simple way of explaining this, i'm not that good at it i'm afraid.