The Trait Tester Garden: a new educational space

[Ivy Norsk]

• Are you a new breeder?
• Do you have that nagging feeling that there is more to KittyCats than randomly bonking cute cats?
• Do you want to help your community AND learn what the Charts are for?

The Dominance Charts team is beginning our first in-world educational initiative. We have set up a space called the Trait Tester Garden. In the garden, we aim to teach new breeders and those with fuzzy breeding skills how to take a proof-test to completion. When you enter the garden, you will see a series of mats/platforms. Each one is labelled with the name of an unplaced trait.

Each student commits to seeing one proof-test to completion. For instance, we already have a test up for Magic Mountain eye versus Mystic Breeze. This is not a commitment to doing the entire placement of Magic Mountain. At the completion of the proof, a student may elect to take on another proof with the same trait or switch to a different one. The students own the cats and offspring and are expected to feed them. Students will be given test cats or they may opt to bring their own. (Donations of test cats and pullers are welcome.)

We are also seeking mentors with advanced breeding skills who know how to do a proof, who could regularly hang out in the garden and give ad hoc advice.
Priority on mats will always be given to students, rather than mentors. (I do have a test out now as a demonstration but will yield that space when a student comes up to test on that trait.) Prims are also limited; the parcel has been graciously granted for our use by the Cattales management.

Please check out the space. For any further questions or to become a student or mentor, please contact Ivy Norsk.

Visit the Trait Tester Garden

[Grace Winnfield]

This is really cool!

[Arcadiamyst Resident]

CHeck it out, lots of pairs are already working hard on proofs there.

[Arcadiamyst Resident]

Testing of many traits is underway, get involved and choose a trait or bring your test cats. Trait garden is run by IVY NORSK ..and is for everyone
Location: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Ca...62/15/1001

[Beadnstone Jewell]

The garden of dominance is a great place to cuddle a couple of your cats while sitting there and following all the genetic paths the cats are heading to find their dominance place on the charts. It would be nice to see the logic behind the breeding. I enjoyed reading the notecards that are out and seeing the progression. I can hardly wait to see what the kitten will be according to the information in their notecards.
Please if you have the time (if you are breeding in the garden for the dominance charts) to chart out what you are doing in a notecard for all to appreciate the hard work you are going through would be greatly appreciated!

[Arcadiamyst Resident]

That'S a fantastic idea!