I think this is a really great idea! :3
This is pretty neat. I feel like its maybe something that we should be able to do without paying 2.5mil or 100CSC on everymonth though :/
I dont make sP very much due to working alot. I dont make alot of £ cause I pay bills alot.
Nice idea though :)
I would also love a 6 months/1 year package with slight discount. For convenience I guess haha Love the idea, finally pets get a spotlight!
I wish there was an option to purchase it for a year. Maybe even discounted to 1k or something. For me it's more the convenience of not having to renew things every month, the ooh la layers already annoy me enough. xD (yes, majorly lazy, but i barely get enough time to do things as it is lately)
I really like this idea and plan on getting, you can easily get 100 CSC through offers it's really not that hard honestly. Though I do think that it would be better if it came with a gold account as a perk, but I love my pets enough that I'm willing to go and earn the 100 CSC through offers.
To everyone freaking out about real money for virtual things that expire - ever gone to the movies? Rented a movie? Anything similar? It's not a tangible thing you can keep, it costs money (usually over $10 for a couple hours), doesn't last, but is widely considered worth it due to the enjoyment it brings. There are tons of other examples of similar concepts.
Also I will never understand why people get so offended when things cost CSC. This is no different than if it was 2.5mil in the Millionaire Centre. You can choose to buy it with sP, or you can pay real money for CSC. They're quite easily interchangeable once on the site, and it's each individual user's prerogative which they'd like to do.
I do love this though - not everyone will buy it, so when someone has a pet leashed you'll know they're actually into pets. I'm excited to leash one of mine, just need to decide which. The forums are starting to look a little busy though. I wonder if there's a way to design them so that HAs, little HA hearts, pets, post counts etc look a little more streamlined. Not a desperate need obviously, but looking into that could be worthwhile (I've been messing around with rearranging things and it's not an easy task haha, but I'm sure something will work nicely, and it's not like it's horrible right now at all) c:
The idea is fine, but can the image link on the pet page be removed? Its bulky. I think I text-only link would be fine.
I'm never unhappy when new features/items come out. If it's not worth it to me I simply won't buy it. Relax with the complaints.
This one's not something I'll pay 100CSC for, but it would make a good gift for some of my friends with awesome pets. Thanks Subeta Team :)
Hmmmmm... Nah.
I wont need it but i know some people have spent hours on the pet pages and want to show them off.
Oh and guys no feeding the trolls, they make such a mess. It totally isnt worth it.
Plus then you know if you click on one of the pets you wont be taken to some blank page or some pet someone just linked to caue they could and wanted to. This way you know if you click the pet there's something amazing. something someone put a lot of time and thought into.
I just feel its better to pay the 100CSC. its a way pet fans can help the site since till now the only pet csc items were potions at least for existing pets already. and if your pets already colored there's nothing pet enthusiasts can donate money to. So users actually suggested this idea AND the fact it cost 100 CSC to hopefully help the site.
Everyone already has a 'free' version of this if you hover over a users name you see their active pet. this is more of a bonus feature to have a pet and a text under your HA. i think 3 pennies or 64k a day isn't something outrageous to ask.
I'm happy about the new feature and I don't think 100 CSCs are too much to enjoy it. ;) And so far it's working without troubles so even more yay! :D
Sorry, I meant , not creatureofhabit.
That does sound elitist.
Everyone should be able to use this feature. -.- End of story.
I'd like to use this someday. :)
I thought this would add a leashed version of the HA, which would have been a lot more awesome than this... So i got all excited for nothing. =x
I would use it! Probably next month!
Yea and the fact you spend that dollar instead of it free with a GA or free at all really makes it stand out so you know your going to see something awesome. -^_^- Its a nice feeling to know that the people who truly care about there pets and put all the time and effort into them don't have to wait for a single day of fame in the spot light that may never come they ca just use this ad post in the forums and people will actually realize " oh that pet must be awesome" and check it out.
For those that dont want to buy a GA ( I know I find that odd to but ehhh different strokes)but want the feature having as a cash shop item seems a good idea.Another way for the site to generate money.However most other site have this as a default setting.Yes Subeta isn't other sites and blazes its own path.That is the reason we are all here and not there.So while the While the price is not the issue I do believe that since it expires it should have been another incentive to buy a GA item.Yes I know there are lots of people that do not focus on nor want to spotlight there pets or actually see others pets due to load issues on the forums .Maybe a setting that turns it off on forums like the setting for profiles in shops? Being totally coding inept I am not sure if that's possible.
Would it be possible to change the petpage? Having many pets stretches it out and it looks quite ugly (specially with no previews). A neat idea though, I am just afraid of what people will come up with for their description.
I probably won't use it but see how some may like it however I DO hope the fairly large icons on the pet page are removed and simply a click added like all the other pet page choices.
Zombie- same. Quite frankly I do think pets have become secondary on subeta, which is another reason I'm okay with this costing money here but not on neopets. HAs, from what I've seen. are what the majority focuses on. This shows me people who care enough about their pets to spend 2mil/$1 a month to get me to look.
creatureofhabit Its not an actual item you buy it from the pet page. If you want to use SP you need to buy a 100 CSC card.
slaVIC I don't know if this comes out elitist but I kind of hope it Isn't a feature for everyone or all GA's.
The more people who have it the less likely anyone will pay attention to it. its like trying to find a single person in a huge croud. Were as right now its like putting someone among a huge crowd but on a pedestal so you know when you click on the pet there was a lot of effort put into it. the moment its available to all GA's with how many people have gold acount itll be like 3 of every 4 accounts will have a pet under there avatar stretching the forum pages and all fighting for attention.
This way itj ust seems more special i guess. And it'll help if you want to get nominated for pet spot light without acking for the nomination. the more people the less likely.
Puck_n_Loki Yea it just draws attention to the pets and you just have feeling thouse pets that are features must have SOMETHING special be it a story or battle stats or layout or SOMETHING -^_^- Ive found quite a few amazing pets so far thanks to this.
Frankenchokies; (Yes I know I'm late to the conversation)
Without trying to make an argument out of this, I'm college student (okay so maybe English colleges are different to American ones if you are from America) who has next to no money because I have to pay for food, bus fair, books and so on while I'm unable to get a job - I have no idea where I'm getting the money from in all honesty. My fifty-five year old mum has paid for CSC for me before because she knows I like coming on Subeta and it's sort of a treat for me between all my homework and the tonnes of volunteer work I find myself doing. Therefore, age isn't a factor in this argument.
500 CSC is about £3.14 (if google is correct) which would last five months if I wanted to leash my pets - which, honestly, I don't but that's just because all my pets are far from being finished and I don't want to stretch my posts from this anyway. That aside, my bus fair to and from college is £8 a day unless I buy a week long ticket which is only £9.50. £8 times by the four days I'm at college is £32 (and I sometimes use more than that going into town and so on) so I'm saving at least £22.50 through getting my week long ticket with is way more than enough to buy 500 CSC each month if I wanted therefore I don't think any CSC brought items are unreasonable and all of them help to keep the site running - not just the GAs; how do you know the amount spent on buying GAs would be enough to keep this site going each month?
As for gym memberships, just while I'm here, I don't see how it would be unreasonable to pay for them monthly? I can afford £16.00 a month to go to the gym but a larger amount to buy the equipment at home is impossible for me - any spare money I have is spent on college things usually so I wouldn't be able to save the money. Also, what about space? I don't have room to store exercise bikes, treadmills, different weight machines, cross trainers and so on - all of which I use at the gym. The fact that my membership also lets me attend classes (body combat, Zumba, yoga, spinning, LBT...) is pretty amazing because they're not things I can just casually do at home. Sure there's a Zumba game for the Wii now, for example, but it's not the same as attending the class.
That aside, I like this leash idea though I won't be using it myself P:
I think this feature is pretty nifty, and honestly I'll probably use it more to look at other people's pets then people having it in their siggy/forumset just on the basis I tend to ignore most siggies/forumsets. And when I finish any of my pets I'll probably use it.
Is it lonely up there on your pedestal?
Yeah, Zombie, I see where you're coming from!! Which is why I said that if people want to pay for this simply because they don't find the GA features to be worth it for them, it should be an option of course!
But I've noticed a majority of pet obsessed people seem to always have GAs since.. slots need active GAs to function LOL. :D
I bought one anyway because 2 mill isn't that steep, and I really wanted to try this feature out, but I still think that it just should be free to GA members. xDD
although I cannot find it in any user shops - it says the item doesn't exist...
Good point again. It would cost more if it was permanent. I've reconsidered my "testing" this. I'll give it a try for a month, see where it gets me. I like the idea of it being shown off for more visibility for the pet profile award. And to just show off my pet, period. So I think I'll give it a try. I always tell myself don't throw the baby out with the bath water....
Seeing the people saying "I could just do it myself" is amusing me to no end. I don't see you using it, so stop complaining about it when there are people who like the feature and are willed to pay for it.
I think it's a bit sad you're charging money for four lines of coding, though.
I think the idea is interesting, but I wouldn't pay for it. Maybe if it was a GA feature, but otherwise, nah. Not when I could either use the CSC on pet slots or sell it to get some more sP.
Shit I'm considering this. I love my pets, I wanna show them off.
100 CSC isn't too big of a deal when I have a little bit to spare. Thanks (:
I like the idea, but I won't be spending my CSC on it if it's not permanent.
olololol you guys stop feeding the troll
Yea it is sad but 3 pennies a day isn't bad. you can find that pretty easily in a parking lot. Its just if it didn't expire it probably cost a lot more and some people wont want it indefinitely forever under their avatar Some may just want it to show it off in hopes it gts nominated for spot light. It just seems like something that would be better as a 'pay as you use' sort of deal instead of $10 - 25 dollars forever and ever and ever.
Tho trust me i see both sides on this. i know its a pain but i feel the way it was handles is probably for the best despite its potential short comings with certain groups.
Only think i think that could have been better is how it makes the pet page look with all the images. It would have been nicer like oh la layers as an item you buy and can sell and can put in treasure chests. I'm sure it would pull in more revenue that way as well.
Almost every other pet site I've played on has this as a default option, so Subeta is not only late, but...charging for something that other sites give away for free. :/ I guess the option to have a description there is something I haven't really seen before, but, as much as I love my pets, I'm not super keen to spend an extra dollar on a pet site just to show off my pets.
I totally agree with SLAvic. This is a pet site, why do we have to pay to show off our pets? I realize that avatars are also a part of the site, but making you pay [in SP or usd] to display your pets on the forums? That seems a bit ridiculous to me. Isn't this a pet site? Or is it just an avatar community that happens to have pets as well? We don't have to pay to display our human avatars. I could just as easily take an image of one of my pets, throw it in my forumtext or signature and put a description at the bottom. For free.
Why wasn't this an option to show either a pet as an 'avatar', or your HA? Not everyone on the site dresses up their avatar, and not everyone on the site does much with their pets. There should be an option to choose between the two. Not something you have to pay for, that only lasts for 30 days.
-whatever the hell your name is...
slaVIC & creatureofhabit There are some people who don't want that feature who have a GA and with howe many people have GA's it would clutter the forum pages a lot if all GA's had it. This is an extra to show your pets you cherish since the fewer of these there are the more likly you will notice when you run into one and may go check out the page
And there are already about 4 people I've counted with no GA but this pet add on. why pay 5 dollars for everything else if all you want it the pt add on on the forums.
And slaVIC if you hover over your name you see the active pet. This is more the convenience to see a second pet or see the main pet without having to hover just to bring more attention to it.
it is a cash shop item.
I agree with slaVIC. It should have been a gold account feature, not a cash shop one. I just can't see spending more money each month to renew the leash option. It's like the Ooh La Layers book.... now that I don't mind because you can buy it in user shops for cheap. Even tho it lasts 31 days as well, it doesn't bother me to buy more. So as a frequent cash shopper, this one I won't be spending my money on. Sorry....
Very cute! ...I didn't even have to look any further your HA to find CS items. So In some way you have actually "paid for virtual items" you=hypocrite.
I think this should be an item in the cash shop instead. (Kinda like the OLL)
I just... can't believe I am saying this but why do I not have to pay even one cent to show off my AVATAR, but if I want to show off my pet... on a supposed pet site.. it costs me real money or some sP?
... Maybe I'm just stupid but I don't understand..
I really believe this should have been a Gold Account add-on instead, and an optional purchase-on for non-GA accounts.
Awesome! ^-^ People need to stop complaining about the price. You can bu the CSC from user shops pretty cheap. =)
Lord love A DUCK I want one for my gallery!!!!
LORD love a Duck
Yea its all personal preference i guess. I'll use it . and I've seen others use it as well. I have some huge as hell post in the feedback forum tho over my opinion on it XD don't want to stretch this page out that much tho.
Looks like the drama llama itself came in here and spewed it's throw up all over this page.
It'd be nice if this was a feature for GA's though. But ah, I won't be complaining. I'll leave that job to other people.
Was about to buy this sooo fast, but apparently pet's have gotten lumped into forum sets :|
Which means as someone who has full forums turned off... this awesome new thing is useless to me as it stands now -___-;;
Wish there was a way to make HA gtfo my forums completely, and see these instead ): UGH.
"so when someone has a pet leashed you'll know they're actually into pets." I'm into pets but I don't want this leash - does that make me unqualified to be into my pets? I'm one of the countries where offers don't work, so, no, I can't just
go do an offer.Nagging aside, I knew some wanted this, so nice to see it finally released.