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SpaceElf1
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Posted: 3/12/2016 at 5:04 PM
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When one is new, Sylestia can be confusing. While Sylestia one of the friendliest and most welcoming communities on the 'Net, many new players are uncomfortable asking questions about how things work.
This thread is for newer players to have a chance to learn about how Sylesti auctions work by participating in "Auctions with training wheels." The prices are low, without those huge, intimidating sums of gold and Diamonds changing hands, yet one can still purchase a valuable pet.
Here's how it works. First, read at least the first post in each of these threads--
Pet Sale Conduct (Read Before Selling Pets)
Pet Auction Rules {Please Read Before Posting}
As you can see, these rules are just ordinary politeness plus common sense. The enormous majority of players follow these rules without even thinking about it, which is one reason Sylestia is such a cool place.
To these rules I add the following, specific to this thread--
1. You may only participate in an Auction here if your account is at least 30 days old but no more than 120 days old.
2. I will allow a bidder to withdraw a bid if the bidder realizes they bid more gold than they could afford, realizes they don't have room for the pet, etc., providing the bidder lets me know about their mistake. Please note that ordinary Auctions do not allow this! This is my special rule to help newer players participate in their first Auction with confidence. If you goof, it's not the end of the world.
3. If you don't understand something, or an aspect of an auction isn't clear, please post your question here. You see, if you have a question, there's probably two or three other people who have the same question and are too shy to ask it. Help everyone out by asking your question here in this thread. You don't have to be participating in an auction to ask questions. I especially urge players whose accounts are less than 30 days old to ask questions, even though they can't bid (yet).
4. Have fun! Learn things!
SpaceElf1
Level 75
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Joined: 9/17/2014
Threads: 701
Posts: 13,152
Posted: 3/12/2016 at 5:39 PM
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The Current Auction
(Pets being auctioned change roughly twice per week. Ping me if you'd like to see a particular species or Theme for sale.
Each pet image links to the pet.
Note: Final bid must stand for 15 minutes. This means if someone bids at 11:59 pm on Wednesday, everyone else has until 12:14 am on Thursday to out-bid that person. If that person is outbid, the 15-minute clock starts over again. This keeps happening until 15 minutes has passed with no further bids, at which point the last high bidder wins the pet. This rule is to prevent sniping.
Pet #1, "Zarina," a female Purebred Anthias Lunemara caterpillar--
Pet #2, "Macha," a female Purebred Lucky Zolnixi puppy--
The Lucky Zolnxi Theme doesn't change year to year, which is a good thing, because there have only ever been 99 Tagged Luckies, and 5 of those were released into the wild.
Pet #4, "Bertopeng Terbang," a very seasonal Purebred Springtime Zolnixi. He's named after a heroic dog. Springtime was the very first Zolnixi Theme; it came out during the 2013 Spring Festival. Back then, Sylestia was so new, no one had come up with the idea of Tagging Themed pets, which makes Springtime Zolnixies difficult to locate via Advanced Search.
Bertopeng has three Carried traits and good colors, an important consideration with early Themes, which had a lot of color swing.
