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!

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[krait]

WOW!

I am so weirdly proud that a dragcaver won a raffle prize! :D :D


Personally, I am pretty, let's just say, mercenary? So if I had a CB Prize, I would keep it regardless of what it was, just because its potential as a trade item can't possibly equal its potential to produce trade fodder: no matter how much you ask for it, it's going to be a lot less than you can get for a dozen 2nd-gens!

I'd totally hold on to it for a while, breed some offspring for myself to determine which combos I liked best, and let the Forum people wait. Give everyone a PM saying you're not interested in trading at this time, and let 'em forget about it for a while - plenty of other people, I bet, will be eagerly trying to trade 2nd gen offspring from their new prizes, after all.

Once you've got more of a feel for what combos you like - or just find that the general frenzy is dying down - then I'd breed a 2nd-gen and offer it for trade, or offer IOUs of same via PM.

But if you do really want to get rid of it and not keep it, I'd ask for *multiple* CB metals! I'll see if I can't find a source for what the last known traded CB Prize went for, to help you out!

[ragdoll]

I'm pretty sure one of us won last year too. :) I am still in a bit of shock -- I never win anything! (Maybe this means I'll have won something in the $194 Million dollar lottery too?)

You can't trade the prize eggs this year. TJ said you can abandon them, but they're not tradeable. Not that I would for close to anything (ok, maybe 194 million dollars...*grins*). It's a prize, I won it, and even if it was something as common as dirt, I would love it just because it was a prize/gift. :)

I will be breeding it/trading offspring for stuff, but just not sure what the going rates are. I don't want to seem greedy, but also don't want to just give them away, esp if I don't know who I'm trading with so *they* can get far more than what I'd want, you know? I'm definitely going to play with breeding a bit for myself. From what I'm reading, some people say that prize dragons are less likely to breed, so anything I get will be important. I dunno -- I have a lot of high level and/or messy prize dragons, and they've mostly bred eventually. The shimmers seem to be less prolific, so I have no idea. :)

I can't imagine anyone not keeping their prize egg regardless. I remember when there was a huge furor over people freezing their hatchlings or abandoning them entirely. But hey, it's their gift - they can do what they want. Me, I'm clinging to this one with all my might. :)