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RE: [Retired] What does it (Really) mean?
I don't think the problem is with those who've been around a while: it's those new to Kittycats. The question really isn't how the company thinks about it: they've been very consistent. The only quibble I'd make about the official presentation is that one has to dig around on the web site to find out, there is no clear definition of what is meant by 'retired', and when you get to the collections pages, you get phrases like "may not" leaving the door open to "may have" when it comes to whether a given trait was available in generic starters.
That said, yes, it seems to me there is a huge difference between a not-currently-available-in-starters Russian White and a never-available-in-starters Porcelain shade. In the former case thousands, possibly even tens of thousands, of samples of the gene were handed out; in the later, thousands may also, but probably fewer. In the former case, availability was on the order of months, even years; in the later, it's weeks, maybe a month or two. So, it's mainly a plea for clarity, and mainly to help those new to the game.
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