Pet Spotlight Update!

July 29, 2016 6:33 pm

The Pet Spotlight has undergone a revamp! The rules have been updated and clarified to be a little clearer and simpler, and we now are able to give denial reasons when we reject pets from the spotlight. We've also updated our Pet Spotlight forum thread where we will be able to continue clarifying if need be, as well as adding things like helpful guides and examples.

One of the main rule updates is to the 'Show us your pet' section. Some users felt prior guidelines implied that as a pet spotlight, we were looking to spotlight pets only and not humanoid-type characters. We having been accepting human characters for a while, but have reviewed and updated the rules to be clearer: It is now a requirement to include your actual Subeta pet, or Custom overlay equivalent, on your pet profile. We want to see the connection between Subeta's artwork and your character creation!

We look forward to seeing your spotlight entries, and to helping you achieve those spotlight trophies!

Note: There will be a two-week grandfathering-in period in which any pet currently in the queue to win could potentially still win with their human character. We will be messaging each user in the win queue that doesn't follow the rule update to give them a chance to change it, but after two weeks the new rules will be fully in motion for every user.

July 29, 2016, 7:54 pm by

All my non-fanpets are humans but they still have "quad" designs. It's the PET spotlight yo, not just generic character spotlight. I really agree they should have SOME connection to the subeta pet, because that's the vessel you're expressing them through. With some of my human pets, I just put their pet "overlay" at the bottom of their story box. It's... really not difficult and doesn't interfere with the profile design at all.

July 29, 2016, 7:53 pm by

shitty rule rather

July 29, 2016, 7:53 pm by

- Yep! You can have human characters still, as long as you put a pet image somewhere on the page (even if it is hidden with a hover or spoiler). I got this clarified below. :)

July 29, 2016, 7:53 pm by

the overlay rule is a shotty rule and hampers profile creativity by requiring it

July 29, 2016, 7:52 pm by

- people can still use human art as the main image, they just have to also include pet art representation somewhere as this is a pet spotlight.

- Even including the overlay as a small image at the bottom of the story would be acceptable.

July 29, 2016, 7:52 pm by

I'm not sure how I feel about the pet image requirement. For aesthetic reasons, I prefer not to show the pet image (especially when default pet images have that white background). Not having a pet image doesn't take away from the character but certainly having one can add to it. A lot of pets only have human art on their profiles, that shouldn't disqualify them if they executed a great story, character, and profile.

July 29, 2016, 7:50 pm by

I need this clarified --

so my pet pages need to be showing their actual pet image, but my pet can still win as a human character, correct? I hope that's what it's saying, otherwise I'm never winning the spotlight again :/

July 29, 2016, 7:44 pm by

Excellent because I've been dying to know why my girls, Maika and Seren, got rejected before. I know they were nominated once, but neither has been nominated since then, and I wish I knew why so I could fix them. For all I know, it's technical issues with the coding, causing the profiles to appear different on different screen sizes and what not. I have no idea. I would like to find out so I can fix the problem. xD

July 29, 2016, 7:29 pm by

I only have one human character so I guess that's not so hard for me

I like that we will get notifications and reason for denial

But what I've wanted most is to know what queue we are in!

July 29, 2016, 7:26 pm by

Not a fan of this ~ won't ever win a spotlight again most likely xD

Good luck to the rest.

July 29, 2016, 7:26 pm by

Thanks for the update

July 29, 2016, 7:24 pm by

lmao okay.... not a fan of this change at all. i don't see why it's necessary to have the pet image or overlay on the profile. i design my profiles to only have what is necessary to experience the character, and a lot of times the pet image/overlay are not necessary for that. sucks that rosemarie wont be able to win after the fuck ton of work i put into her profile and "story" and after a year, if not longer, in the queue. sucks that people won't be able to experience her now unless they find her through other means (: i don't even think i have the character space to add a code for a pet image tab even if i wanted to.

guess i won't be entering spotlight anymore. out of all the changes needed to spotlight, this wasn't the one needed.

July 29, 2016, 7:21 pm by

so what actually was improved here

July 29, 2016, 7:13 pm by

Out of the dozens and dozens of things needed to be done to improve the spotlight, ou guys instead chose to implement a pointless restriction? For fuck sake. Glad I barely come on here these days, bet all the people who spent millions of sP or paid real money are so happy they can't use their art as intended now.

July 29, 2016, 6:52 pm by

- Okay, that's what I thought, but just wanted to double-check! I am one of those people that always has a pet version on there somewhere anyway, but love to use pet designs as ways to influence character personalities, more than just having kitty ears or something. ^^ Thanks for the clarification! Though I am the same as - I always thought the rule that pets had to at least show an overlay or some sort of pet art on there somewhere was pretty clear. That's probably why I was confused by the clarification. lol. ^^;;;;

Thanks again for these changes! It has definitely inspired me to know the pet spotlight was being worked on. I have made two pet profiles (and working on a third) in the past two days... forgot how addicting working on my pets could be. LOL

July 29, 2016, 6:51 pm by

- yeah, I totally realise they will not fit in with a lot of profiles, but hovers or making them little or any workaround you want is really fine as long as somehow we can see the pet on the page! (But hopefully some people will be encouraged to make lovely pet versions of their human characters and display those too)

July 29, 2016, 6:49 pm by

yas good because that would be v bad for all the people who I already made profiles for (sorry but some subeta art just looks very out of place on some profiles GOTTA HIDE IT)

but yay at least human pets are still allowed :3

July 29, 2016, 6:47 pm by

- that's exactly right! Mostly we want to check for misrepresentation, but also we just like seeing how our Subeta art has influenced characters that aren't in any way a Subeta pet anymore. We want to still see the connection, because we're proud of our site art!

July 29, 2016, 6:47 pm by

Thanks for the clarification, !

July 29, 2016, 6:46 pm by

I'm really surprised that 'the pet must be on the pet profile' wasn't all that clear before, that seems like a given fact. :)

July 29, 2016, 6:46 pm by

- that's honestly fine, as long as we can see it somewhere :) (And check that there's no misrepresentation)

- Anything that the custom overlay rules allows if fine :)

July 29, 2016, 6:45 pm by

I have to draw pet versions of a couple of finished or near finished pets now. Dramatically throws table ... Alright I'm not actually upset I just hated that table.

July 29, 2016, 6:45 pm by

- Okay, so this change is more about adding non-human art than the character itself? Here, I will give an example. I have a pet that I was wanting to make a shopkeeper in Saherimos. I was going to write the story as if he was human (or the same race as the other subeta NPCs that live in Saherimos). However, I DO have a pet design for him (and a custom overlay ready for whenever aqua neelas become a reality), and plan to prominently display this overlay as the main art on his page. So, as long as a character has at least some pet version art, the character itself is okay? I could still write it like he was a humanoid NPC? Or would I have to make it sound like he was more anthropomorphic in the writing?

July 29, 2016, 6:42 pm by

Just for clarification does the profile literally need to have a subeta pet species as far as art, or can someone have a generic dog/dragon/etc? None of my pets are subeta pets but they're not humans either. They're just generic fantasy animals like dragons or griffins.

July 29, 2016, 6:42 pm by

/hides all pet art under hovers

gl with that requirement

July 29, 2016, 6:41 pm by

- give me some examples of what you're unsure on. Under the new rules, humans are allowed, but there must also be pet type art on there too. Anthros are allowed (like Angrybeard, Chase etc), quads with human minds or that wear clothes are allowed. If you have a character that looks like a relative of Quentin, we want to see the pet equivalent of that and not just the human art.

July 29, 2016, 6:40 pm by

It'll be good to know the denial reasons, thank you for the update! 😊

July 29, 2016, 6:38 pm by

Thanks for the update! :D 👍

July 29, 2016, 6:38 pm by

Yay for denial reasons and rule updates!

However, I do want to ask about this humanoid-type character part. What about pets that are anthropomorphic (subeta pets with human qualities)? And what about characters that are based on subeta humanoid races (such as the human-like NPCs and people who supposedly live in the different Subetan worlds)? I can understand not allowing straight up humans, but what about humanoids that are based on the Subetan world?

July 29, 2016, 6:38 pm by