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December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

I miss the manatee-like stare the old one had.

This is really the only revamp where I've had something complain-y to say.

I guess I'll get used to it, since it doesn't really matter - I don't have a Swampie. But it's just... eh.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Honestly, I consider this the best revamp I've seen so far. I hated Swampie's before and now I'm considering making one. The Twilight turned out beautiful.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Would one of the artists care to explain why the chibi kept it's lilac coloring? It's an appealing shade, but considering past redrawn chibis lost their baby-ish coloring I was just curious o-O.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

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; border: 1px solid ; font-family: georgia; font-size: 10;">I kinda wish the pets that have been updated in the past, but there are still old versions kicking around would be changed. cough Angelic/Reborn Torrent

Absolutely. I adore the new Torrent, and I can't wait to see the rest of the redraw colors. Not to put Arbor under the pressure cooker or anything. lalala =D I'm anxious to see the Paralix revamp; another species with very dated art that has so much potential. Although, I think angelic is more than alright the way it is. Obviously, since my favorite pet is one. About the dark colors - some of the galactics are significantly darker than others on my monitor, and speaking of -- Chim, I've been wondering - do you use a Mac? Back in the day when I was making icons for Joss-verse shows I noticed that my friends with Macs always made icons that were significantly darker than those made by people using PCs. ... Not that there's anything wrong with that. ^^

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

If the galactic pets are an indication of the future art - WHOO HOO!!!! So nice to have pets that seem to have character, instead of being characatures.

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; border: 1px solid ; font-family: georgia; font-size: 10;">And we are in the process of updating our old art, so there's your heads up, should you all require one.

Heh... Chimera, I'd noticed, every day, I notice in fact. I think Mashed Potatoes has changed a couple times hee hee It's the item name changes that make me a little twitchy concerned look about rumors about changing the Powerful Prowler.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

I think this is very well done, I always liked swampies, they just didn't fit any of my pet personailities. I don't see where people think this is so drastically diffrent from the old. The tail was always longer then the body and eel like it just curled up around the body and extended past the chest. The fins are the same basic shape/size just slightly diffrent positioning. They seem to be a bit slimmer, but that I attribute mostly to positioning.

The dorsal fins/spikes have got signifigicantly longer but in my opinion that is an improvement as they always looked too small compared to the body before. The addition of a visible mouth is nice as well never understood how a creature could get that big if it couldn't open it's mouth to eat :p

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Great job on the swampie revamp Love it and cant wait to see if reborn will look as good

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

If I may use Shadowgem's post as an example of my point:

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; border: 1px solid ; font-family: georgia; font-size: 10;">Purely for curiosity's sake, are there any set criteria for when a poll is conducted? The potential new Feli is simply a repose and reshade/freshen up (like the Swampie - nothing has been added or removed from its anatomy), and yet it was polled.

Some people apparently consider this a drastic change, and others quite evidently do not. I personally see it as a slight repose and freshening up of the features - it's still very obviously a Swampie.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

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; border: 1px solid ; font-family: georgia; font-size: 10;">yeah, /thats/ the reason we are complaining... are you serious? i liked swampies and though i thought a revamp couldnt hurt, i definitely prefer the old one to this one. we shouldnt be polled about everything, but such a drastic change warrants one, in my opinion.

I said SOME people. Not everyone. No need to take offense if it doesn't apply to you.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Seriously, guys, this isn't even a huge change in the mood of the old Swampie, what's with the incredible hatred?

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

I'm looking forward to seeing the new Graveyard Swampie..and I -love- the Reborn one we have now, but hopefully the updated one will be just as beautiful =X. The colors chosen for it remind me of molten glass..Fitting because it's a water-dweller.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

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; border: 1px solid ; font-family: georgia; font-size: 10;">I struggle to see what's so drastic about this change.

The face, the body, the spikes and the tail are completely different. I don't understand why it has been redrawn, I think, it had been better if they made just a new coloring, because the old one was really ugly. But I like the way the old Swampie appeared, their mouthless face was kinda cute and they had a nice pose. But I've got to say that I like the eyes of the new Swampie.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

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; border: 1px solid ; font-family: georgia; font-size: 10;">I struggle to see what's so drastic about this change.

if i were to theoretically pet the new swampie, my hand would be impaled. the tail is eel-like and it has a mouth. not to mention is has this shiney plastic coating all the new pets seem to have adopted.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

For tips on dealing with darkness, just highlight the image (with your cursor, like you would highlight text). It'll tint the image with a blue shade (or a grey shade depending on what color your computer uses to highlight images), but you'll be able to see every detail even on the darkest images

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

The swampie was one of my favorite pets as it was before, but there were some colours that just looked WAY too much like the serpenth. I think that the redraw is pretty cool especially since it eliminates that problem. Additionally it kinda looks the lochness monster now o.O which is also fun

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Oh. Hee. I keep forgetting. No carroty things. Whoops!

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

I have a flatscreen, Shadow, so I think I know what you're talking about. At certain angles, the monitor seems brighter or darker than at others, and it really makes a huge difference at times.

So that, and just monitor differences in general, might have something to do with it--because all the galactic pets, and the palette we use for them, has the base color show up as a deep (but not almost black by any means) blue.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

I have to agree. How are we supposed to take the galactic pets as example for basic colors? From what I see, the Galactic Swampie doesn't have an eel like tail. It seems much rounder, this one looks like an eels. It's not the same. I had a G.Swampie before, and I never would have had it if I thought it was eel like. I dislike eels.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Stop doing that.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

I kinda wish the pets that have been updated in the past, but there are still old versions kicking around would be changed.

cough Angelic/Reborn Torrent

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Purely for curiosity's sake, are there any set criteria for when a poll is conducted? The potential new Feli is simply a repose and reshade/freshen up (like the Swampie - nothing has been added or removed from its anatomy), and yet it was polled.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Eh, no. No Laptop for me. It's just one of those old, boxy monitors. I used to love it for how rich colors appeared, but now I need a new one because the colors have gone from being rich to "Oh my gosh I can't see!"

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

I struggle to see what's so drastic about this change.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

ah i understand^^ everything clear to me now. so have fun with further celebrating and complaning, i just hope if any of my pets are revamped it will be a good revamp x3 runs off hypering

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

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; border: 1px solid ; font-family: georgia; font-size: 10;">Plus some people just aren't happy unless they are complaining about something.

yeah, /thats/ the reason we are complaining... are you serious? i liked swampies and though i thought a revamp couldnt hurt, i definitely prefer the old one to this one. we shouldnt be polled about everything, but such a drastic change warrants one, in my opinion.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Guess I'll have to wait for the revamps to be released to love or cringe.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Just beautiful It was always among my favorite species and I like even better now. Aqua did a wonderful job with it!

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

The Chibi is adorable too, but I was hoping for a color update. Chibi's aren't babies, so choosing the ambiguous lilac color much like how it's done in the real world when a baby's gender has yet to be defined doesn't really fit to me. I was glad to see the Chibi Malticorn lose the lilac and I'm not sure why the Swampie is any different?

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Galactic Serpenth is a perfect example of the point Chimaera is trying to make.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

My monitor brightness is up as far as it goes. I think part of the difference is that it's a laptop screen, which doesn't get as bright as a regular screen, and is also affected by the angle at which the screen is tilted. So maybe some of the people complaining about darkness are using laptops? The pets that are too dark for me to see clearly, I just chalk it up to my screen.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Ooooooh. You made the Swampie sexy.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

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; border: 1px solid ; font-family: georgia; font-size: 10;">i see, thanks for explaining. "as we do not poll users before we attempt a revamp" this is strange. there have been many polls about revamps, or don't i get the point?

No, you're misunderstanding. What I meant was, we're not about to start polling users to say "Would you like us to attempt a revamp of the _____? Yes or No." as then the debate process would be very lengthy, only to post ANOTHER poll once something is drawn up and say "Do you like this revamp of the ____? Yes or No."

That was my meaning.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

I had a swampie, it was the darkmatter swampie, then I made it galactic, and now it's a serpenth because.. well... I liked the galactic serpenth a LOT and Nostalica was supposed to be a snakelike pet anyway. lol

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

I kinda like the new swampie, though I agree the tail seems a bit long. I wonder if the reborn one is getting revamped - I'm curious to see what Blizzaria would look like

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Ohmaii 8D I love it :3 Now I won't be so angry when the silly V1 Zapper changes my pet to Swampie XD Great job! (stop complaining people xP)

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Pose doesn't change the general structure or appearance of a pet other than in color, save for special colors such as hydrus that actually add extra features to a pet.

In addition, I've seen several people say Galactic is particularly dark; it isn't a bright color by any means, but it's on the same level as dark matter and bloodred in those respects. Have you considered adjusting your monitor setting and seeing if it helps?

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

I like it a LOT more than before. Maybe I'll even get one some day.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

agrees with Kamil 100%

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

My only 'complaint' is the tail. As others have said it just seems too long. Other than that I really like the revamp

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

The new Swampie looks good. (Though the tail is kind of . . . long.)

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

i see, thanks for explaining. "as we do not poll users before we attempt a revamp" this is strange. there have been many polls about revamps, or don't i get the point?

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

As far as me loving the revamp but not owning a Swampie - the old pet was far, far too oogly for me to be willing to own one for any longer than it took for me to get from the fairground zapper to my vault for a Fester or Keeto elixir; I finally gave up the fairground zapper entirely, because I couldn't bear owning Swampies and I was tired of using an elixir every four hours when the zapper gave me a new one. Now, if I go back to zapping Maigrey, I'd be quite willing to use the fairground zapper again - this pet wouldn't make me wince every time I saw my lookup. ^^

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Well the tail is rather eel-like, and there's something about the expression/face I don't like (can't put my finger on it though..), but otherwise, it's definately an improvement

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

...Chim, galactic pets aren't a good way to test out future revamps with people. They're in a different pose and are incredibly dark. You can barely see them, and if you can see them and do like them, they're in a different pose so it's assumed that it's different for the reason of its color, not the reason of what its species will become. And again, the different pose that the galactics have compared to their general species makes them appear differently. So it's not really fair.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

And whoops; Patronus, I accidentally deleted your last comment while trying to copy it, so don't worry that it disappeared. XD

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

"Likewise other galactic pets..."

I'm squee-ing with excitement! I love all the Galatic styles.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

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; border: 1px solid ; font-family: georgia; font-size: 10;">I don't see why people complain about this

Because beauty is relative so what one likes another may not.

Plus some people just aren't happy unless they are complaining about something.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

I kinda liked the old swampie better than this one. The new one's cute and all, I just liked the older one more. I guess the new one will have to grow on me.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

We watch the forums--many times, users have made boards asking for opinions on what pets most needed revamps, in addition to when staff have done so.
Every time, the swampie was one of the first pets to be named, and was repeatedly agreed upon.

And we are in the process of updating our old art, so there's your heads up, should you all require one.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

The comments so far have been overwhelmingly supportive. So the users may or may not own a swampie.

Those same users would vote in a poll, and in the same way. So... what difference would a poll make?

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