Easter Cats

[Nynaveve Wirefly]

(03-19-2012 08:39 PM)Ethereal Hurricane Wrote:  Now, about people saying that this hurts the community? What hurts the community is people bringing the lowest tier 9t cats and expecting people to buy them for extreme amounts. I'm sorry, but 9t doesn't really mean as much as it used to. I don't really like going to auctions anymore because I see the most boring cats. Again, not trying to offend anyone, but 1 year old furs aren't going to sell for more than 100-300 lindens generally, and 9t cats with curious everything isn't going to sell for much (TYPICALLY) either. Anyone now a days can buy 2 cats at auction, mash them together, and get a 9t cat. However, these days it matters more what the traits are. I'm not trying to insult anyone's hard work, but you need to get with the current state of the market if you're trying to do anything more than breed what YOU want. If you're complaining that you don't have money to buy things, maybe you should try actually making a line of cats that will sell, or invest in some higher priced cats, breed them out, and make a profit. Again, if you're just here to have fun, great, don't complain then, that you have no money, that isn't anyone's fault but your own.

TL;DR:
1. Special release cats aren't designed for everyone to be able to afford, don't try to if you cannot. This is not Pokémon, you do not need to catch'em all.
2. Step-up your KittyCatS skillz, invest or breed better cats, get money, ????, profit!

Ethereal,

What you view as great 9T cat and what I view as a great 9T cat may very well be two different things. So you really have no place to say what is "good" and what is not. What's the point in having all the old traits still available if they aren't meant to be bred for? And btw, by the time most of us can actually get our hands on the latest and greatest, breed it out and resell it, its worth beans, as we've been saying. Many people are still breeding lines from the Starters they purchased; that's sheer dedication right there. There is value aside from being recessive or rare... and that is the amount of work, time, love, sweat, etc that you have put into breeding your cat.

Please do NOT insult people's breeding skills here, you have no place to do this. This is not a thread to take digs at anyone, which you did multiple times in your post. If you can't stick to the topic without tossing out insults and jibes, please keep it to yourself. You've insulted a great many people.

As far as collections are concerned, there is value in those to many many people in the community, that goes well beyond any Pokemon mindset. Most people who collect all of them do it as a history museum of the breedable they love; to share with and show new folks who were not around when those cats were released. I have heard many compliments on those collections, saying "Thanks, I had no idea these looked like this..." etc. So trust me, its not about being able to say "Neener, I have them all". Its about history and cherishing something you enjoy, being able to provide that to people new to the community.