Tuesday, October 29, 2013

About introverts...

Introverted people are often misunderstood.  I'm one of these creatures, so I know all about this.

I'm always happy, but sometimes my face is misleading.

I love people and I love knowing they're there, but often that's more than enough for me.  I don't go out of my way to socialize and in fact, I often avoid people.

But I need the socialization some, so I do have my moments when I need to be with friends and family.  When I need to actually socialize.  While this gives me a lot of enjoyment, it also wears me out mentally and physically.  Normally I need two days rest for every one day of socializing.

I'm also quiet more days than I'm outspoken.  This doesn't mean anything, other than maybe it makes me a better listener than some.  I just don't feel the need for small talk like many other people do.

Family often misunderstands and think I want to be left alone, when that's not actually the case.  Even my husband gets this wrong sometimes and we're very close.  I understand how tricky this is to get right, so I don't get upset with anyone, even when I'm sad at being left behind.

Often, being an anonymous person among many is a comfort.  I try to schedule a few days a month where I take my day's work to busy areas, like Starbucks, Panera, or Barnes and Noble.  Oddly it helps me be more comfortable introducing myself to new people.

Baristas and managers, of course, are ones I talk to a lot.  I used to manage a coffee shop and I will own one in the future.  I've worked alongside other writers and artists, a cartoonists, software specialist, students, and more.

Introverts like people.  We just suffer social stress.

This is me in Real Life.

I think this is why Myst attracted me to playing games online.  I could choose to play by myself or play with friends.  I could play in Ages occupied by other players, where I could see people and know I wasn't really alone, or I could choose a private instance.

The cool thing is that I also found my first virtual family that way.  Real people with real problems coming together inside a game to develop mental stability in dealing with life's challenges.  This has initiated a book in process with a character going through this.  I've heard of a few others with their own version of a similar idea.

My Second Life is much the same.  But more purpose driven.  We get to do more in Second Life so often I'm in doing "chores" or building.  And when I'm price shopping breedables, it's the same.  Often chat is closed and radar is ignored.  Guess I'm perceived as rude sometimes.

Sometimes I go in and sit, listening to the radio station or environment while working in Real Life.  So AFK a whole lot.  Guess that can be rude too.

Don't meant to be.  It's just who I am.

I love my friends, but there's not as many for me as there are for others.  I'm more sociable with them...or maybe I'm just a pest more often than not.  haha

Monday, October 28, 2013

New private group...

I'm not working the home store right now, although I still have plans to get it on marketplace one day and hope to create a Christmas present for people.

I cleaned out the Frosted Myst and Breedables group and made it private.  Going to invite friends into it and use it for those of us who wish to give away or trade breedables with one another.  We have plenty of spots we friends belong to for advertising the items we're actually selling, but not bartering or giving away.  There's a nice bartering group, but they still do Amaretto.  My intent is that this one be mostly Biobreeds.  But anything else is totally welcome, and I'm sure I'll announce other breedables for myself in it too.

Not sure what's up with WK.  For a week solid I've gotten only single sacks.  Perhaps I've pissed off the WK gods, not sure.  My WK normally do give twins.

Popeye and Olive Oyl gave a single female as their last baby together before taking the hobo walk.  Nice traits, prehistoric teeth and extra long whiskers - but regular size and low level 2, no eye.  I set it aside to perhaps do something with it later on.

Whiskey and Honey go next... but debating on Whiskey... maybe he should wait for this latest girl...must think on that, quickly.  They'll drop soon.

Saw a hint of a surprise on Halloween day from WK.  If it's a random drop, then pooh.  A one-day random drop for a breedable with 2 weeks growing time to hit 100 for the first time and ten days in between sacks is no fun for most people.  It leaves out the small breeders.  Their week long random eye drops for the month of October included everyone and that was a very good thing.

Doing well on WK numbers - they'll be down where I want them shortly.

Happy that Biobreeds is doing another random drop.  Sad that Smmu did't get the dalmation one.  I checked this morning.  lol  I didn't either.  That's okay...I really just wanted Smmu to get one.  Maybe she'll get a pony or exotic one.

Biobreeds numbers are figured out.  Just have extras to try to sell before heavening.  I'm using my traffic counters and giving them so long to go, based on how many people have seen them.  This week a bunch of nice lineage shibas go if they don't sell.  Next week the spot will be used to show my extra dobes or gs and give them a chance... er, some of them.  It will be a slow process - I have a lot and it will be as I can afford to heal them.

Still have on my wishlist that BB animals just go dormant in inventory.  I'd really keep more if they did, but I've found that healing and reseeding both is just way too expensive for me.

In fact, I think all breedables should have a dormant state.  The market has grown to the level where I believe this could be an asset to both the breeders and creators, rather than a means of abuse.

Still, Biobreeds got my vote in the choice awards, as did Camelot Ranch, and of course, some of my D'ni family.  http://avichoiceawards.wordpress.com/enter-your-nominations-here/#contact-form-444


Sunday, October 27, 2013

Ebony is in Second Life now

Ebony is the real life dog I introduced in a previous posting...

A black Great Dane I rescued from a puppy mill, where she was stuck in a small crate as a 8 week pup.  Kept there until I got her.  Never cleaned.  Never given a bigger crate.  She grew up in waste.  The crate "squished" her.  She had bones so soft she was walking on her knees by the time I got her at six months old.

She was black with white on her nose and chest, and a bit on her feet.  Not a perfect match to any of the BB Great Dane coats, but I have her memory covered.

My danes have thrown a Harlequin, Black Mantle and a Black Night.  All females, of course, as all 11 babies have been females so far.

The Harlequin is called Paisley.  The Black Mantle is Ebony and Ivory.  And the Black Night is Ebony.

Been seeing a lot of new BB people.  Think that's great.

Amazed at the number of KC people.

See more dwindling on the Amaretto end of things.  Wonder if they'll do some small changes like letting people see the sex on the bundles, to encourage more breeders?  Doubt it.  That doesn't seem to fit into their personal plans and if your need or suggestion doesn't fit with their own, then it doesn't count.

I had a passing desire to get into breeding a few of those...but it passed.  \

WK prices are way lower than the creators wanted, but I think they'll continue to grow.  People just aren't going to spend the higher linden amounts for a breedable as often anymore.  Maybe they saw themselves taking Amaretto's place in high dollar breedables, but I truly think those days are over.  You're just not going to see as many 100-400K pixel sales.

As it is, prices really are out there at a level where people may be willing to invest in.  I see this as a good thing.  I try to keep my prices where the norm is, not where they say we "should" be.  There are a few die hard nay-sayers on this who don't feel the excellent creators and the excellent product they have is enough to keep it going.  I don't agree.  The day this "market talk" gets out of hand is the day I pull them from my stores.  Give away to friends the ones I don't use or send them away for points.

Got three weeks to cut back to where I need to be.  It's going really good.  Then I'm going to reassess my KittyCats.  I may try to go further with them if I can.  Prims won't matter with them seeing as the cattery is there to use.



Thursday, October 24, 2013

Starter angst....

There's a reason I'm not a starter person in the breedables.  They can drive me batty!  So glad I was too linden poor to go as high with the danes as I wanted.

Out of ten starters - 2 males and 8 females, I've now had the first crate from all 8 females.  All 8 were females.  Only 2 showed anything new.  And of the rest, none were trait loaded.

In other words, I don't know what my starters are carrying for sure.  I know two carry a new coat, and I have that narrowed down to 50/50 chance of guessing which one has the coat.

This means another 10 day wait before I can tell which ones to keep, which ones to let go of, and the same for their babies.  Right now I have a flat price of 500L on their babies.  Some will come down to 200 or 300 once I know something of whom carries what.

Now, I can say I don't get the angst in the fishies.  They seem to show hiddens pretty quickly, allowing you to make your choices right away.  I like that.

Got solar storm shade on the green and white betta today.  Yay!


Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Wow, my animals are mad at me!

Don't think my breedables like me very well.  All drops from all types was crappy coats or low levels and lacking traits.  One of the WK couple gave a lesser level coat and they were the hot producers last time.  LOL

Saw triple coat husky offspring go for little bit of nothing last night at auction.  Man, I really wanted to piss people off by chewing them out.  I may hate the market talk, but cheap selling that line is a slap in the face to the ones who worked so hard to create it.  It's a special line.  No way to treat your friends.  Little pissed about it.

So wish I'd win the lotto. I'd try to get as many as I can with that line to sell to me, heaven the lesser ones and give the rest to the original breeder and get that line fixed.

My display for that line was getting full, so I culled.  Sent a few live offspring to heaven, and the one shaded crates.  Birthed the two triple shades I had out for sale for live sales.  Not lowering my prices so they won't sell, I'm sure.  May as well make them work while they're there then.

I did cut the shiba prices down but they're not selling.  I am thinking about culling all except 5T ones to make room.

Anxiously waiting for the next two rounds of crates from Great Danes.  I got two females I want and then will keep a blue one for myself, and choose a male to keep.  Selling the rest or heavening.  Ready to get to it!

And it's time to cull heaven offspring.  The spots are getting full.  Managed to sell two at auction last night, so that helps.  Kind of surprised.  The Heaven and Hellish offspring aren't selling as easy as I expected.  Me thinks perhaps not letting the hair pass along with the eye may have hurt.  Not sure why they didn't let those pass.  They'd be more valuable to me if they did, to be honest.

Side comment: wish whoever has that stupid auto spammer in The Farm group would be taken out.  Why send ads there or leave the group up when that stupid thing is going off constantly?  People who abuse those tools give the rest of us users a bad rep.


Also, not too impressed with Google's blog system.  Thinking of going elsewhere.


Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Gonna take FOR-E-V-ER

Finally realized I'm done learning all I can from my Second Life.  Time for the next chapter.  And time to get my Tyme back.  Tyme is my real life horse.  We've been apart for many years.  I plan on correcting that issue in the spring.  My friend took this picture of him last week for me.




So...Second Life preparations are underway.  Wild Kajaera, Pet Peddlers, and KittyCats are easy.  I started out managing my population of those right away.  Will take me a week to work out their prim count needs.  Maybe just a day.

Biobreeds, on the other hand. Oiy!  

I am ever so thankful I started heavening anything not on the top of the list long ago.  And still it's a mess!  

I started my lists and it's going to take a bit to get through them.  Think I'll heal 25 at a time when I can and set them out for sale.  What doesn't sell after so much traffic will get heavened.  At least give my friends a chance at them.

Not quitting.  Nothing like that.  Just may go down to a few days a week in SL, and eliminate most of my expenses.

I pay for extra land.  More than what my critters pay for.  Why?  It's my allowance, but why there when I could save it to get my Tyme to me?  It's the thought running through my head ever since my friend sent me that picture yesterday.

I also realized I've been thinking about this the wrong way.

I've been wondering how to play Second Life.  How my priorities have changed.  But they haven't.  I'm just ready for the next chapter.

Hard to explain, but totally different way of thinking.

Also planning ahead for my epic purchases.  I'll still buy the special editions in BB and KC.  Just won't breed them as much and may give some as donations away for the sims I support.  Good for raffles.  Especially for my RFL donations.  Those will still go through breedables.

No WK.  They're too expensive.  I commend their efforts at trying to build a strong second market from the start.  Just don't think it works.  People don't operate that way.  Starters are too expensive for my budget and their special editions are way too expensive.  MAYBE I'd make the next RFL an exception.

Going to give away my Imaginimals.  Not doing those now as I just don't have the time to commit.  

No Amaretto.  They bore me and lurking in chats has shown me that the attitudes still aren't what I appreciate.

May expand in Inworldz though.  Get started with Pet Peddlers full force there.  Maybe I should be a sea captain with my own ship!  LOL


Monday, October 21, 2013

They get treats again....

Well attention anyway.  My great danes decided to give me two coats this time.  A Harlequin and a Black Mantle.  So they got taken out for a walk and swim.

My animals have done really well yesterday.  Got a nice 4T white shiba with the Heaven Eye too.  Thinking I'll keep her for breeding, but haven't fully decided yet.

Sales stalled so my pay it forward has stalled too.  Sniff!  Thinking I'll go through and heaven a bunch and birth some more new.  Sent a lot of nice line 3T shibas away already.  And one of the double ribbon Appaloosa pennies.  Need to open up spots for the danes.  I'm only keeping a few.

The Harlequin girl is named Paisley.  Named the Black Mantle Ebony and Ivory.  Just need the Black Night one to call it Ebony after my Ebony.  A rescue Dane I owned awhile back.

She was black and I rescued her from a puppy mill through the shelter I ran.  She had been in the puppy mill since 8 weeks old but never tended to.  Stuck in a tiny crate, even as she outgrew it.  Crap piling up.

At six months I got her.  It was touch and go.  Her bones were so soft, she walked on her knees.  My father built a special crate for her, as I could only let her out 15 min a day.  Special food, light exercise, lots of love and she was walking upright in a few months like a normal dane.

Two years she stayed with me, then had to be put down for serious bone pain from the experience.



Saturday, October 19, 2013

Update and Sales Progress...

Not talking about my Great Danes.  In fact, I'm not talk TO my Great Danes right now.  When they decide to drop a new coat and something I actually want, then we can talk.  No treats for them!

Huskies did great.  Changing who I'm keeping again.  The Ciel Twinkle Blush boy gave his shades onto the purple coat which I like better, so keeping his son.  Love Me 3 Times will not go out for sale.  He will go back to the original Triple Threat home.  That line may have been abused, and I may not be rich enough to find them, bring them back in, and repair the damage, but I will do my small part when I can.

This is where I agree with selling higher and sticking to it.  Some got sold cheap and then bred cheap.  And then offered again cheap.  It mucked up the line.

Trying to avoid that with my WK lines...different with this in the way that it doesn't matter what happens to the babies that get sold.  This is my line's status within my own breeding program, not with what's out there at large.

But my levels in the line I'm wanting to get certain things are throwing the certain things, but in level one coats.  So, it's not, "Oh! I'll just save that for the next matching sack."  It's something to set aside and think again about just exactly what from the line to put it with.

Me thinks my plan of knocking back to 10 WK is going to be very tricky indeed!

Sales were good this week and I was able to do a lot of paying it forward after meeting my expenses.  Felt good to be able to do that again.

3k in biobreeds, 3k in pet peddlers, 1500 in wk, and 100 in kc.

None of the strong lined shibas sold.  They've had their boxes so I may super sale them and heaven what doesn't sell this week.  Some of them maybe.  5t will stay out for proper amount.  I'll have to check the lines to be sure.  Thinking most of the lines have been shared enough by now that it doesn't matter.  I want to make room for the new lines I want to create.





Thursday, October 17, 2013

D'ni Family Night - Thursday CCCP

Beach does such a great job designing the Lake Bottom Dance Floor


It was great to see Harp again.  Been so long.  I miss Myss Terrie's Bevin days.
This is me, Harp and Charlottemarie


And Smmubert made it in to wave her brains on a stick around.




This is our family, brought together through the creations of Cyan Worlds, Inc.  They created the various games of Myst, Uru, and Riven.  Our love for them is very strong, as shown by our support of MystOnline that runs through donations and the first day's progress for Cyan's new game they're wanting to create called Obduction.  If you want to support a game company who you can trust and believe in, give to their kickstarter.

Sunday, October 13, 2013

My live sales...

I have a lot of crates I wanted to birth and use but won't get to.  Figure while I have the time to play with them a bit, I'll birth them and set them out for sale.  Then keep for more future sales the crates the ones who don't sell give.  Eventually most all out will be sent to heaven if they don't sell.  (There are exceptions, such as epics and the actual breeders that are not for sale.)

But I've chosen fun and colorful ones to show off.  Good prices.  Although I can't say my shibas are out for cheap.  Try as I might, there's still certain lines I'd just rather take the eventual 5 biochips than lower their price.  These shown are all on the Camelot market sim.


Awe, ain't he cute!  He's a sweetie.  I'd keep him if I didn't have one exactly like him already.  Lost my heart to their long whiskers on that coat.  The cougar has tiger eyes.  And the little newborn cheetah in the corner is a large size.  I'll admit.  I birthed him cause I had to check it out.

And yes, I've decked out my main store in Myst.  They're laying on Sharper's rug, and the backdrop is Kveer, one of my favorite ages.


Keeping the lavender and puce exotics running, and I've made enough to show off at sales area.  One of these is off of sale cause she's going back to the ranch for Smmubert's side.  The appaloosa pennies are from the RFL Hope epics and they have the double ribbon traits.  I'm up to 3rd gen on this.  No one likes the pennies but me, but this is a fun group to breed.


Shibas are so wonderful with the traits!  Still one of my favorite dogs to breed.  They MAY end up with a higher allowance that two sets from me.  Need to count how many equinoxes I have to breed first...kind of went overboard with those.  LOL



Favorite Pairings...

I've cut back a ton on my BB, but still have a huge excess that I need to get rid of.  I feel that having a favorite pair of the breeds to keep as breeders is a good plan.  I'm think 4 total - 2 I allow out to breed at a time, and 2 stored in inventory.  And I can rotate between the two.

I'm starting with huskies first.  I chose a triple shade pair, since my triple male made a daughter with the rose shade I love.  Then two of my polar nights I have in inventory already...the muddy paws pair.

So the excess are being healed and then will be offered at 300-500L after.  What don't sell after a certain amount of days will be heavened.



Thursday, October 10, 2013

Decisions made

I THINK I've decided how to fit SL in my life without going mad and without having it interfere so much with RL.  Maybe...

I will play with my land and my animals as my RL game allowance lets me.

New purchases will be based on direct sales and auction sales.  Not buying at auction unless there are sales.  And this could be sad for me.  No sales right now and there's one in today's I really want.  Won't happen though...this one will be too high, even if I get one sale or even if my panel sells.

Not going to sweat the auctions...if I get an early panel, I'll try to do The Farm and Camelot auctions.  I am "free" in my own house, but for both auction times, my ability to be there during the last half is really getting more and more iffy.  Nothing bad.  Both auctions are ran well and at good times, just got some life obligations making it hard to be available for more than 1/2 hour to hour at a time.

Don't have this issue other times because I can just go afk when a need arises, no biggee if it's something that takes an hour or multiple hours even.  I freelance so this happens a whole lot.

But...I'm going to live my life the way I need to during auctions and not sweat what anyone thinks should I need to go afk.  Things like that start getting challenged, then I'll think about just not doing them.  I DO buy and pay it forward when I have sales.  And my attendance is a show of support.

And I try not to take advantage of the raffles that I don't have true need of...
I wear the grower robes as my RP D'ni person, so I do not join the contest, unless it happens to match my everyday wear.  Likewise, I don't join for the Shade or Drake raffles as they're something I won't use.  I donate for the giveaway raffles so don't join those.  Well, during new release I do join in the sack raffle, or if I want to start a new line of something.  And I do join the paid raffles - my way of showing auction support, even when I can't buy a panel.

This said, I'm debating next week's auctions.  Maybe a break is in order.  Think the weather is messing with me.  I got a little irritated at something at last auction...but not until hours after the auction.  So weird!  May need a break to let my bitchy side calm down a bit.  LOL

I'll see how I feel over the weekend.  Life is stressful right now, as I'm sure it is for all.  Especially those of us stateside.  Nervous times.

But I did take the emphasis off of sales.  Heavened most of my low priced BB crates, sent away the excess WK sacks.  Kept the KC area at Camelot the same, but birthed three key BB babies and 2 WK babies for those sections instead of the unbirthed animals in the main store.  What unbirthed animals I kept went to our personal sales yard with prices reduced.

Don't ask me why, but I'm still breeding the double ribbon traited penny appaloosas.  No one wants those, but for some reason I like them.  So they're still in the small Camelot corral.  Birthing the lavender and puce exotics to set out for sale, cause they're pretty.

In large corral, I picked up most and birthed a buttload of shibas.  They're for sale, except for the Heavenly group.  I know sales aren't "important" to me, but they're set where they should be...just couldn't set prime line ones for so little.  Maybe later.  Didn't get the eye on a special line one, but set it aside with 3k on it.  May birth some from the line to work back into it, unless someone sees its value and steals it before then.

It's hard trying to work out who to keep and who to let go.  Luckily I started right away with WK on a good rotation so that's not so bad.  I'm doing the same with the fish, and KCs are settled in their routine.  But BB.... gosh - still have so many in storage. I won't use all those!

Really need to start healing and heavening.  Deseeding those I want to keep for later.  Etc. Etc.  Slow process and so hard to decide who to do what with!  LOL

So, my jabbering is done.  Another decision I've made.  Blogging is information and sharing the new stuff or experiences with breedables.  A fun, lively blog only.  See how this works out...


Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Little better...

I am anyway.  Second Life, on the other hand, is really messed up this morning.  Even in areas not set for restarts today.  I wouldn't be surprised if they do a grid wide restart day.

Got an interesting fish:
Breed: NO_DATA
Eyes: NO_DATA / Shade: NO_DATA
Fins: Light Red / Shade: NO_DATA
Bubbles: d10b56e8-a60f-a1c9-bc48-93a2b95126a4 / Shade: NO_DATA / Color:
Body Shade: NO_DATA / Tail Shade: NO_DATA
Sex: Male

LOL Too early for pet peddler management to be on, so letting it sit awhile.  The fish are in the sleep cycle so maybe it will connect after they wake up.  Then I'll let Bluntz and Fisher know how it played out.

Still thinking of taking some sort of break in SL, just not sure what kind.  My issue with time may get better in another month or two.  My issue with people may not.  Depends on if we learn to play nice together or not.

I must be odd.  For some reason, I know sometimes things come out wrong and just let it go instead of staying mad.  I was proud of myself last night.  I still went to the auction even though someone had said something that kind of pissed me off earlier.  I exchanged as if nothing had happened, and you know what?  It was okay!  It was fun.  Of course, Lance has a way of making things fun...too fun sometimes and that gets him, and us in trouble sometimes.  LOL  But that's okay.  And Thank God we have someone to help keep us in line.

I noticed other people hanging on to grudges within the game.  Again, I must be odd.  That's not worth it to me.  If I'm going to be that way, I may as well just leave the game all together.

As usual, once again, I'm close to people on both sides of a "disagreement".  I'm used to that.  Happens to me in Real Life all the time too.  Why should it be different here?  They're behaving, so not getting caught in the middle.  Thank God.  Although I still feel it.  Kind of sad.

And I'm anti-sociable.  LOL

Been posting on sales mattering and not mattering.  Makes me look a little bi-polar in the blog.  LOL

Okay - linden sales don't matter, although they're welcome and they are an indication of what should or should not be bred.

Sales in general do matter because, while I love breeding, I would like to be able to rotate out their babies without sending all of them to their next level of existence.  I have high standards on what gets set out and what gets sent away.  Wish all others did too and only put out the top of the line stuff.

Won't happen.  We're natural hoarders and some concentrate on the possible linden too much.  Even I do.  I've been sending BB away like mad and still have folders full of lives and crates.  Can't seem to part with everyone.  LOL

I am going to go through and send away the excess from the sales areas.  4 traited dog crates may go, many good bred out coats will go.  May switch my Camelot store to just selling lives.

I may still hoard the left over RFL offspring WK sacks though and not send them away.  Why, I don't know.  Mine make good enough babies to birth replacements.




Tuesday, October 8, 2013

If I was smart....

I'd take a long SL break.

Little bit pissed, and I may not be rightly so.

(edited to take out what could be taken wrong)

It's not that bad, really.  I just should not be in SL for awhile.  I have way too many commitments going on and taking things too personal.

But I do need to think things through.  Maybe I should heaven all excess and just breed at home for awhile, no selling.

Smmubert and I can quietly play on our own salesyard.  No one's obligated to visit or buy from us.

Will think on it.  Just know I'm not doing any patron auctions.

Sorry if anyone finds this and is offended.  Life's a real cluster right now for me and just venting, most of which I took out...

Monday, October 7, 2013

Last Hoorah! for awhile?

I don't know.  But I'm in a position where having to take a breedable break is very real.

Not sure why, but it seems the government shutdown have people not buying.   If most of our regulars are government employed I didn't realize it!  LOL

I forgot to figure in for a few things, so the WK population isn't as bad as I said.  But still high for the number of people who are in.  Think us early breeders will just have to be patient while they attract new people and the group grows to handle a good rotation of buying and selling.  I do manage to sell a 350L sack here and there, so can't complain.  Sticking with my 20 limit though, as they produce enough to keep me stocked.  If my sales were up, I'd probably just buy cheap to resell rather than birth more breeders anyway.  At 21 prims each they take a lot.

The fish are doing great.  Haven't sold any yet, but I've gotten over a dozen bags out.  When my starters birth later this week, I'll do a lot of chumming and figure out my final total on them.  Think I'm mainly going to do green and white bettas and seahorses with a few predators.

Well, without sales to keep my bills paid, and having to fix some financial matters in real life, I'm a little stuck.  We're okay...just have some things to deal with for family between now and spring.

I'm going to give myself the last of what I can and then see where it goes from there.  Sad...made myself an aquarium home that I like.  Would hate to lose it.  But then, it didn't impress some as I thought it would.  Had thought of offering copies for sale, but if it failed to impress my friends, may not be worth it.

Already put myself out there in Real Life.  When you build something special in SL - or when I do - it's also a part of me.  Rather not know people aren't impressed.  LOL

Great Danes come out today.  I've been waiting FOREVER for them.  And while I can't do the full 50 I wanted to now, I'm going to do a bunch.  One last Hoorah?  perhaps.  Nonetheless, I plan on having fun with it.





Tuesday, October 1, 2013

I say no more...

The title reference is to my thoughts on Biobreeds traits.

For a long time I kept posting that I want the 11th pony trait.  And I really did, until yesterday.

I was heavily into Amaretto and think it's a good product.  But they've done too much with it.  I walked markets yesterday to see what the newest coats were and saw the new haven horse.  Wow, perhaps the market hasn't crashed and it's still there, but it's definitely not the healthy market it was when I bred Amaretto.  Looks like I got out at right time.

And the traits...I see the traits as a real contributor to this.  There's too many.  It's cluttered up the breeding.  I don't want to see my BB ponies ruined this way.

I do enjoy seeing all the custom designer Amaretto horses though.  Some of the combos are super cool looking.

Biobreeds was always a variety product and that's what attracted me to them in the beginning.  I've been very happy with how they've brought out new breeds.  And how there's no interbreeding of the dogs.  And how we get to reseed them.  Really makes them more valuable to me, and with them, I know I have something to have for next year.

Only wish is that they'd go dormant in inventory.  Sometimes it is necessary to cut back on land for a few months or to leave SL for RL reasons for a bit.  Very inconvenient to have to heal the animals you bring out of storage.

As it is for rotation breeders like me.  I keep a set number of breeders out at a time.  When it's time to rotate to another from storage, I have to heal them first or wait for them to heal.  May have to see what Ozzie says on this.  They do give other perks so this may be one of the few ways they get to keep an income flowing.  It may not be easy for them to fill this need.

I do see that pet peddlers and Imaginimals have it so theirs go dormant in inventory.   If I'm not mistaken, WK cats still eat while in inventory as long as the person has food purchased on the grid somewhere.  While this is an option it would cause me to let go of a lot and start over in many of my breeding...I have a ton of BB in storage with seeds still.  My food wouldn't last even a day and all of them would starve!


Smmubert's dogs sleep on water.


Now that I found a nice spot to relax, I have to get back to work.