OMG, I won something!

[ragdoll]

I just got an email saying I won something in the holiday raffle -- there was a link to a web page which told me I got a bronze tinsel. Probably my least favourite of all the prize dragons (much fonder of the shimmers, but it's a CB prize dragon!! *grins*). Custom codes are definitely still on offer -- just hoping/praying my response went through because once I clicked on the 'confirm' button, I got redirected to the Holiday gift page. Other winners are saying the same thing, so hopefully this means we all get our babies.

No big surprise that I'm already being PMed over on the Forum. I've never done this kind of breeding/trading before, so if anyone has any advice, I'll be happy to take it. I'll also be happy to trade with people here ASAP. Other than a CB gold female and a CB green copper female (for my mom), I don't even know what I want!

Comments

[ragdoll]

I just put a big notation at the bottom of my sig saying not to PM me about my prize dragon because I am not responding at this time. I had three people who did ask first, and I will consider them when I'm ready to deal with it.

I'm reading a very helpful thread over on the Forum about prize winners etc, but one of the things they keep stressing is "don't trade for CB metals and CB NDs because those are easy to get". This after saying "don't let anyone tell you what to do with your prize". LOL Am I stupid in that other than other 2G prize dragons, low-level Yules, or progeny from spriters' alts, what IS there that's rarer than NDs or CB metals/coppers?

[dancing_serpent]

Oh, people. You can trade for whatever you want, you can abandon or gift your offspring, or never breed your price at all. If you want to trade for metals or NDs, do so. I know people who have played for five years and still haven't managed to catch or trade for a CB Gold, so fuck their "easy to get". Trade for what you want to have, not for things others tell you you should want.

I expect some people will try to gift you things just so you feel compelled to reciprocate. Enjoy your price, and try not to let anyone pressure you or talk you into anything.

[krait]

Yeaaaaah. Those "easy to get" people are welcome to saunter in and pick me up a couple! PFft. Or just tell me what the trick is, that'd be okay, too. Because there seems to be one - I sure do see a few people making frequent trade posts with multiple CB Metals on offer! Whereas I think I've caught two CB Golds in my entire time playing, and five CB Silvers? (Maybe fewer - it's kinda hard to remember what's been gifted/traded versus caught, at this point.)

[ragdoll]

Oh, I know what I can do. It's just funny that there's already rules on what you SHOULD do, even if it's the form of helpful advice. (Obviously not actual rules, but...)

If those things were that easy to get, I'd have more of them (or in the case of NDs ONE), so yeah, gimme a break. I've honestly never had anything that people wanted to trade for (in terms of rare things), so this is a boon for me.

I can't even imagine being that ballsy in terms of just giving someone gifts in hopes it would coerce them to do stuff for me. That's just...yeah. They can certainly try! Of course, I'm evil enough that if someone "gifted me" something and said "of course, you don't have to reciprocate, but...", I'd probably take that literally. ;)