oh gosh i just recently got into CS (by recently i mean yesterday evening) and i need help?? i'm not so sure how to start. i've been going to the pound every time it opens and adopting pets and have gotten a few from the adopt section. but i'm still 100% confuzzled and could use a little bit of help? // i also play from the mobile site because i don't have a laptop ;-;
CS can be a little confusing at first. I would certainly recommend adopting all the monthly adoptables each month and going to the pound will be great! :) Additionally, there is a section of the forums where you can get free pets from other users - just remember to read through the rules of each adoption center/giveaway before you send a trade! You should be fine playing on mobile - probably the only feature that you won’t be able to use as easily is the oekaki, which is the drawing application built into the site. Everything else, though, should be easy to do on mobile!
I would start to browse the site and see what catches your eye. There are forum games, role-plays, art shops, and of course all the CS-pet-related topics like the monthly pet discussions and the trading forums! All kinds of people use CS for all kinds of different things. You’ll have to poke around and see what interests you!
If you are interested in collecting pets, I would take the time to look through the archive and start adding pets to your wishlist! One thing you should know, however, is that the older the pet is, the more valuable it is. Most of the pets from 2008 are extremely valuable and are worth far more than the more recent pets, since they’re from the first few months that the site was up and very few people were around to adopt them! That doesn’t mean you can’t add them to your wishlist, but be aware that most people don’t treat them like normal rares or very rares. :)
You can also make it your goal to complete the collection of pets that’s released each month. It’s totally up to you what you want to do!
I would highly recommend, however, that you check all your trades on the “Is this a fair trade?” thread to make sure they’re fair as well as to learn a little more about rarity and how trading works. :)
Here are a few key notes on rarity:
The rarity scale - all pets will get a rarity within 1-2 months of their release. The possible rarities are: OMG so common < very common < common < uncommon < rare < very rare < OMG so rare. Most monthly adoptions will be between OMG so common and sometimes uncommon, though occasionally a rare pet may pop up too!
If you’re looking for a certain pet, generally a pet of the same rarity from the same year that was adopted within 3 months of the original adoption date will be a fair trade. This doesn’t apply to special pets like store pets, for example, who can only be bought for the real-money currency C$ and are worth more than their year of adoption implies. Additionally, pets adopted on December 18th of any year may be a re-released older pet, and worth more than the date implies.
And finally - demand. There is a lot of debate on how much demand factors into trading. Some people believe that demand matters more than anything else and may not trade a high demand uncommon for even an older rare! Others might not consider demand at all and will trade pets as if there was no demand factored in at all. Demand basically means how badly a pet is wanted by a large amount of people. Some pets, for example the shima longtail dog (a 2009 rare), have a lot of demand because many people like the design. Because so many people want the pet, they’re willing to offer more than it is worth to try to get it - hence demand. But sometimes people ask for TOO much because they feel a pet should be worth a certain amount due to its popularity. It’s a tough call, but it’s good to keep in mind that just because someone says such-and-such offer isn’t good enough doesn’t mean that everyone will feel that way!
Yikes - talk about a long answer. I hope I haven’t totally lost you! Welcome to CS - and please feel free to send more questions here or send me a private message (I’m Kyar on CS!) if you need any more help or want more explanation of anything I’ve said here! :) Have a wonderful day/night!