Search Bar

fallenangel1550 • 30 December 2013 at 8:22 PM

First of all, I apologize if this has been suggested before.

My suggestion:
Be able to use the search bar to see a list of every creature in a specific species.
Currently we are able to search for a creature with a term in the name or search for a user.
Besides knowing the rarity of a creature, it would be interesting to find out how many creatures in a specific species are currently alive.
It would be interesting to know which stage is most popular.
This would also give us another way to find specific creatures that may not be listed in the trades, auctions, or in a general search because their name has nothing to do with their species.
I would love to use this tool to see if anyone was able to freeze a jester in egg stage.

Please let me know of any pros or cons you can think of, as well as if you would use this tool.

momokie • 31 December 2013 at 2:03 AM

@fallenangel1550

I adore this idea!!! I've always wanted to use something like this!!

karamel • 1 January 2014 at 6:22 AM

@fallenangel1550 I'd definitely use this tool--but the main con I can come up with is that begging is more likely. I'll be honest and say that I'd only use this to find someone who has the remaining creatures on my wishlist and then /potentially/ haggle with them if they don't say it's NFT.

I voted neutral. >_<;;

fallenangel1550 • 1 January 2014 at 11:25 AM

@karamel
That is a really good point. I guess I can see myself doing that as well.

sprite • 4 January 2014 at 8:55 PM

@ fallenangel1550

I'm against it due to many people have side accounts to store creatures so they won't evolve. People can seach for them it will speed up the process. Also people like to shove creatures they have no intention of trading away into a secret cove and people will bug them. Even if you have clearly stated NFT people still ask :/

Of course there are Jester Eggs. Not many but there are some 😊

fallenangel1550 • 4 January 2014 at 10:13 PM

@luvmykids244

That is a good point. I didn't think about that perspective. Thanks for sharing. 😊

cherryish • 4 January 2014 at 10:43 PM

@fallenangel1550 This would be neat. 😸 I have actualy though of this before 😋 BTW Here is a Jester egg: http://eggcave.com/egg/470712

fallenangel1550 • 4 January 2014 at 11:11 PM

@kittylover2009 I actually found this jester egg as well as one other that a mod has. But as far as I know, those are the only two in existence. I hope there are more out there!

purrclan • 4 January 2014 at 11:39 PM

@fallenangel1550
This seems like a good idea...
And then you realize that not only would it enable much more begging than is already taking place, but it would defy the purpose of 'secret' sides. If you don't want a creature evolving but you can't get a freeze just yet, put it on your 'secret side' that nobody else knows about and voila! No more unwanted clicks, feeds, or views. Unless, of course, your so-called 'hidden' creatures can be found with the click of a search bar. Oh look, it's a (unfrozen) first stage Tine! I've always wanted a first stage Tine! I'm going to click on it and pester whoever owns it about trading! And then a hundred more people do that, and suddenly the first stage Tine is a second stage Tine, which is the exact thing the owner wanted to avoid in the first place.

In short, I wish I could say this was an awesome idea, but there are too many ways it could backfire.

liza200aa • 5 January 2014 at 6:42 AM

@fallenangel1550
Maybe you can add onto the idea by saying that a person could have the option of making their creature hidden from search? That could solve the problem with the unwanted searching and hidden coves. 😸
I'm pretty neutral about this idea, since I've got a few neat creatures here and there that aren't for trade.

karamel • 5 January 2014 at 11:39 AM

I know this isn't particularly sympathic, but there is /nothing/ about "secret sides/accounts" in the ToS, only begging. It's your problem if you don't want some creatures to evolve but they do anyway. There's nothing in the site guidelines that says "do not increase the stats of a creature that someone doesn't want evolved".

@liza200aa That's a good idea! A simple checkbox in the 'Edit Profile' page would be nice; something like "Hide creatures from search results". c:

lechubacabra • 2 February 2014 at 4:18 PM

who cares about secret sides its not like a secret side has the persons username in highlight yellow letters!! @FALLENANGEL1550 THIS IS A GREAT IDEA

metaphor • 2 February 2014 at 4:26 PM

I just wish there was an option for "exact search" so I wouldn't have to sift through, say, pages and pages of pets named Snowgurl and ------snow----- just to find the creature Snow. Would make name hunting a lot easier.

blub • 7 February 2014 at 4:28 AM

I like the idea! And not from a 'hunting' perspective. I would like to learn more from this site, as said, for example, knowing how many creature from a certain species are alive.
The option og bugging people for a trade is already happening, all you have to do is saying 'shut up'.
people bugging and bothering is anyway a stupid thing, but you can just block that person if someone is doing that

And there are people who wouldn't mind trading a creature, only if there was interest and a good offer, not in the trading lot (I had a few creature traded though that). Otherwise you'd only find those through looking through as many users as possible

And knowing which stage is the most popular, would help with trading 😊

mastergemma • 7 February 2014 at 5:03 AM

I would suggest that this function will only state how many of a species there are (actual numbers, not like in the archives) or just add that to the archives

Yeah... it would be a touchy subject because I've got a hidden side that I keep my rarer creatures and if someone searches blitz and clicks my blitz i'd be pretty upset...

@fallenangel1550

Plus, in your status it says that you do not want clicks or feeds but people will just use this search bar to click and feed creatures, they wouldn't even see your status in this case