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heatherm19 • 1 February 2024 at 5:41 PM

@lexicon "what the very insanely talented eggcavers create, to me, is more than a mere suggestion. they are creations born from the pure love of eggcave and wanting to bring to life something that adds to the lore of EC! "

I think this is what it comes down to in my eyes. I don't really want to g...

kataclysm • 1 February 2024 at 5:25 PM

This sounds to me like a quick solve to the matter of artists going off of a very brief ... Brief, would be for them to be given the entire listing to read and reference? @prairie , based on your experience, is there a valid reason that Ian elects not to share the description and info written by use...

prairie • 1 February 2024 at 4:55 PM

@dragrawr
Alright.
"It’s just been two months in a row of people feeling disappointed and or disheartened over their suggestions being used and it’s quite saddening to see" - It does stink that people aren't happy. However I'll take the low blow and say: [i]you put the suggestion up for th...

lexicon • 1 February 2024 at 4:03 PM

ya know this whole thing is making me rethink the very basis of "what is a creature suggestion?" LOL

to me, a suggestion is- hey, wouldn't it be cool if there was a green 3-headed mole creature? the EC artist can then take that and run with it and no one would be upset with the outcome provided i...

dragrawr • 1 February 2024 at 3:38 PM

@prairie I totally get that, I know about the whole 90x90 but things can be done to keep the design. I think asking for a certain artist isn’t that much, especially considering eggcave makes profit off our designs and will be on the site forever. I think that’s pretty small of a request. It’s okay i...

prairie • 1 February 2024 at 3:05 PM

@dragrawr
If you ask me. Asking for a SPECIFIC artist to draw your creature which is a suggestion Ian can implement any time..... is lowkey shadow commissioning; just with benefit to the site.
Suggestions in any way are kinda shadow commissioned (Ian being the inbetween), its just in the...

prairie • 1 February 2024 at 1:37 PM

Going to put a few statements I voiced in the Blog here too; for the sake of it.

I totally get the want for Creature Suggestor's Suggestions to be close to their original concept; however. As an artist who does artwork for sites like Eggcave, I do have opinions on how hard people are press...

ashlinnhi • 1 February 2024 at 10:47 AM

This is definitely an important discussion to be had and I'm glad it's been brought up. Of course, it's still necessary to acknowledge and respect the hard work of the site artists, whether we're happy with final results or not — in the end, we don't know what goes on behind the scenes.

With that...

katze • 1 February 2024 at 8:25 AM

I just resently came back to the site and I resurrected some of my eggs... one of which is a Snowby...

was wondering what they are worth...
[img]https://carton.eggcave.com/eggs/2794662.png[/img]

thx

kataclysm • 1 February 2024 at 8:23 AM

I agree - there needs to be a bit of a rethink around suggestions being made into actual creatures. In many cases, it seems as though EC users are putting a lot of passion into designing their creatures mindfully. Users aren't just throwing out 'wouldn't it be cool if we had a fish that was also a v...

opalquinze • 1 February 2024 at 8:04 AM

i’ll admit that as much as i don’t mind this artist doing these suggestions for this month, i feel like there could’ve been some feedback between the staff/site artist with the creator if said changes were acceptable. it’s understandable that the artist can’t show much of the progress to the creator...

ida92 • 1 February 2024 at 5:13 AM

Hello!

I felt like addressing what has been going on the comments uder the Site Blog post. I would like to start with asking everyone to remain respectful. We want a construtive discussion, not a hate spill.

I also want to mention that I greatly respect @Ian and all the Egg Cave team for all...

heatherm19 • 31 January 2024 at 6:37 AM

@margaretschi Welome to Eggcave, hope you enjoy it here! There is a nice user-made Newbie's Guide if you want a basic rundown of the site's features. 😊

odorable1 • 31 January 2024 at 12:23 AM

@twinkle
Thank you! I will definitely be here. 😃 I'm loving this site! I just wish I knew about long time ago. ><

opalquinze • 30 January 2024 at 10:46 PM

think i recall stumbling upon one of the site artists’ cove here a while back (they did the art for the Flowerfur as stated on their bio), but i’ve forgotten what their username was and from their recent wall posts, they haven’t been on for a few years… don’t remember how i even found ‘em, guess i j...

heatherm19 • 30 January 2024 at 1:39 PM

I remember being so confused when I first joined, coming from a petsite where artist credits are Important and very visible. It really does seem weird, there is SO much amazing art on this site but the only 'credit' ever given is to users for concept or description.

kataclysm • 30 January 2024 at 8:13 AM

I feel like the ability to reroll a daily quest for x amount of EC would be such a nice feature. Especially when we're on day 3 (?) of profile comments.

Some other thoughts I've been chewing on recently but don't have time to trawl through 20+ pages of conversation to see if we've already brough...

kataclysm • 30 January 2024 at 8:08 AM

@lifeform42 I always found the adoption page to be weirdly aggressive as well. 'Creatures are for LIFE', okay... So... I'm just supposed to keep pets in my cove where they might die if I can't get a magic leaf? That's a better alternative to rehoming them through an adoption centre? The narrative is...

daisycat • 27 January 2024 at 9:49 PM

@dragrawr
Oh crab! Please accept my apologies, I missed that you wrote the description! It's definitely beautiful. ❤️
We have a lot of fierce dragons on this site, so to have more dragons, and have them be complementary to the fierce ones, is very needed! It's nice to have a variety. ^^ I'd love...

odorable1 • 27 January 2024 at 6:56 PM

@daisycat
Hehe I found the site through Yarold. I'm so glade I did.

odorable1 • 27 January 2024 at 6:39 PM

Hello, I'm new. I'm liking the site so far and the pets look amazing. Back to exploring more. See you guys around.

dragongirl02 • 27 January 2024 at 12:05 AM

Yes, but there are days I am just exhausted and forget. I will be forced to either do it at night or do that dreaded under-the-table method at work once the timezone thing comes into play again in March, as once that happens, work will step all over the rollover time. February is going to be hard, t...

rainbow • 26 January 2024 at 1:55 PM

[center][b]So I have a light faerie that hatched around 500 views, then a second that didn't hatch till around like 800 views, and I have one that still hasn't hatched and its been over 1000 views for like two days.
[color=saddlebrown]Anyone else noticing their light faeri...

ida92 • 26 January 2024 at 8:27 AM

@xmar_27 I don't think I would use this often, personally. But I do support this idea, because I understand why this might be important for some users. I would probably check myself, once in a while, if this was implemented. 😊

What I would find of great use would be a field, next to the price f...

Deleted • 22 January 2024 at 5:49 AM

Welcome to the site! You definitely choose a good moment to be here, it's CRW (creature release week), starting today we will have one new creature for each day of the week, and If you find one of these grab 'em, they'll be more valuable to sell in the future. 😉 You might also want to see this usef...

foxarye • 22 January 2024 at 5:29 AM

Hi! I'm Foxarye (or Fox, or Rye) and I joined this site yesterday! Seems like an eggciting time to join, from what I've gathered! I am overall familiar with the concept of the site, just have one question in regard to eggs: how many eggs of a species should I get from the Cave? What's the most commo...

Deleted • 22 January 2024 at 1:45 AM

@zircon
@lexicon

You both raise good arguments, and very good ideas! I worried too about the effect it might have on the CC economy, but I still think it's worth a try (maybe, as Lexi said, with lots of testing first) and also... I don't think it...

anarchy • 22 January 2024 at 1:41 AM

i wasn't sure how to feel when i saw this year's theme was fairies, but i gotta say the whenuahe looks pretty dope!! the soft outlines + heavy detailed shading is one of my favorite art styles on the site, and i'm excited to see the rest of the week has to offer! hoping for some cool concepts!! :]

senkou • 22 January 2024 at 1:18 AM

@lothar wow this is such an underrated suggestion but i love it so so much, the design is so original and it looks so majestic and regal-looking- a concept we don't see much of on the site (but NEED more of). really rooting for this owl baby ❤️❤️

Deleted • 21 January 2024 at 4:19 PM

@organgrinder324 glad you like the idea my dude and thank you for posting! 😊 Yes, I think it's a long shot as well but I'm hoping Ian and the crew will still consider it or take some time to think about it. This reminded me of an user I really respected - she joined some ye...