I think it would be cool if we could read to or feed pets in the adoption center, to add value to them without having to adopt. Sort of like with the minions on Atebus.

No support - some people would rather have adopted pets with no books read or food fed to, so that they can track easily what has, or has not been fed to their pet

- the pet profile has links to what has and has not been fed to your pet, so it's super-easy to track that way. Most pets never ever get read to or fed, though, and that seems mighty sad.

Personally, I wouldn't be interested as I read and feed character related things to my pets. It tends to be very specific for me.

I do however think it is a cute idea. Maybe adopt one and feed/read to it and zap and put back to be adopted?

It doesn't matter if it's "super easy" - blank states are more convenient that pets who have 25 foods fed to them already, sorry.

It's more of an obstacle than an advantage.

People who will be more inclined to adopt a pet because it has 15 cheap books read to it: very, very few

People who will NOT adopt a pet specifically because it has 15 cheap books read to it: many

This is a cute idea, but with the current state of the community, this feels like it would get boring and end up forgotten very quickly. The pound is prettymuch always empty or near-empty these days and there's loads to do on Subeta (frankly, I feel there's too much to do here, but that could just be me). I don't know how much sense it would make to add another thing you can do on the site (and that's another thing to maintain & keep an eye on) while other, bigger features remain unfixed and without updates. ._.

A donation drive event for food, old clothing & books for the pound could be neat, though. But not with the items being read/fed to the pets, not until we get something that "wipes the slate clean" for books read/food eaten for those users who like to adopt pets, make characters up and feed them specific foods, read them specific foods, get their stats to a specific number, etc.

For the moment, you're better off doing it manually - adopting, zapping, feeding, training, reading and then pounding.

I feel like people don't feed their pets now, nevermind the pets they don't even own in the pound. This idea would be great...if it was a real pound with real animals who rely on donated food and need people to entertain them. The pixel pets? Not so much. :c

I like it, because it sounds like a cute way to remove food/toy/book items from the site. :P We have the Donate Food link on Charity that already works like this, so maybe that could be linked in the pound? Scratch that particular role-play itch?

&, man, you guys are so down on this for such a strange reason.

The whole "they would have books read" or "they ate some food" When you adopt a pet on here that someone else already had... that's what happens anyway? A lot of the dudes I picked up came with books & food already on their lists & had stats from being trained. If I wanted a fresh, clean slate of a pet, I'd just make one instead of adopting it. ha.

Plus, it wouldn't HAVE to actually read/feed/etc the pet in there and have it count/be added on their list. It could be 'adding value' in the idea that you're helping out to take care of them; the same way that you're not really feeding those minions, you're just removing an item. Not everyone plays the game in the same way and some people like that sort of thing.

People really jumped to the conclusion that actual items would be used to play with/interact with the pets. Am I the only one who didn't see it that way? I thought it would be more like actions you could choose to do - "read to", "give snack", "pat on the head", etc that didn't actually change the stats of the pet, or add to the foods eaten or books read lists. Just choose an action and get a random response, purely for entertainment/roleplay purposes.

People have pointed out drawbacks that I think are valid - there's already too much to do, people don't feed/play with their own pets much less ones in the pound. And if it's not taking items out of the economy, I'd even go so far as to say that, if the whole roleplay thing isn't fun for you, then this idea would be completely pointless.

But then again, there are other activities on this site that I think are pointless, but lots of other players enjoy them, so they're there. And that's okay! So if enough people would have fun with something like this, I still think it's worth considering.

"People who will be more inclined to adopt a pet because it has 15 cheap books read to it: very, very few

People who will NOT adopt a pet specifically because it has 15 cheap books read to it: many"

Really? I have adopted quite a few and read them a bunch of book nook books (plus a few training levels) and then sent them back. Is this not a good thing to do?

There's people who wouldn't care if a pet they adopted from the pound has books or food read to them. I know I wouldn't since I adopt based on name more than I do what's on their pre-existing profile.

That said, for people who want to have their books or foods adhere to the character they created for their pet, having existing foods or books on their profile for a pet they adopted would likely prevent them from adopting pets in the pound.

I don't support this idea either for that reason though I think a donation type event for the site itself without the pets being actually fed items would be an interesting idea.

In the most practical sense virtually no one will want a pet solely because it has a few books or foods added to it, but it might stop some people from adopting it because they won't be able to fully control the pet.

But if you like doing it then I think it's a good thing, you shouldn't stop. The joy you get out of it surely outweighs any "negative" outcomes. :)

Idk about that, but I like the idea of interacting with the pound pets though! Maybe exercising the pets to add to their stats instead would be good? ♥

Maybe your active pet could have an increase in a random stat when you visit the adoption center. For example a mechanic could be added that allows for a user to visit and click once per day. Clicking would then display a text line saying you take a pet out for a walk, or bathe, feed or pet one of the residents. As a random reward the active pet of the user could have a chance at a random stat increase. This would not be a guarantee that your pet increases in strength, level, etc. but rather a chance. The stat increase would be similar to the random explore event where your active pet groans and gains a skill.

So for example, I visit the Adoption Center, I see an option to interact with a resident pet. I click it. (Please note I am using my active pet Leondra as an example).

Message 1: Your pet Leondra enjoys running alongside Pet234, and happiness level for both increase by one point!

Message 2: Leondra exclaims, I love how much you care for all the Subetan pets! Leondra gains one point in strength!

Message 3: Leondra exclaims, that was so much fun, let's do this again tomorrow! (No status change).

Message 4: While you were bathing another pet, your pet Leondra found a box of pet cookies. Oh no they ate them all! Your pet is full! (this would be another way to potentially fill up a pet's hunger level).

I love this idea!! I already go kiss the survival memorial fifteen times and feed worries to Oatmeal all day for Major Drills. This would be another cute thing along those lines that could also provide some benefits.