Your opinion on closed species/species community?

[Corrupt-Canine]

I know this whole "species" thing is big on DeviantART, but some appeared here on FA.
If you don't know what a closed species/species in general, it's where a person creates a creature and adds traits to them, and BAM, you get a species. A lot of them are based on dogs, like 2/3rds of them. What are some species? To list a few, Sushidogs, Cinnadogs, soulfoxes, foxfans, Nekois (cats looking looking like Vaporeons), and Waterdogs are all species. But what's a closed species (CS)? A CS is when you have to buy the creature to own one, and you're not allowed to make your own. They mostly look like sparkle-dogs and have food based themes. To get one, you have to go to a bid, and they can range over $400 just to get one.

So now you were given a semi-brief summary of it, what's your opinion on species?

 

[Rheumatism]

Money money money.

 

[Sergei Nóhomo]

"Buy"

And if that's not enough to communicate clearly then please, take these

I've also never heard of a single one of those things

 

[Corrupt-Canine]

Money money money.

Looks like it.

 

[Rigby]

I'm gonna go bake me up some bootleg Sushidogs and a Mayonnaise Moose or two to sell on the deep webz. Who's stopping me, huh??

Sounds as reasonable as giving money to televangelists or toll jockeys.

 

[Corrupt-Canine]

I'm gonna go bake me up some bootleg Sushidogs and a Mayonnaise Moose or two to sell on the deep webz. Who's stopping me, huh??

Sounds as reasonable as giving money to televangelists or toll jockeys.

That's a good and understandable way to put it. Better go sell it next to the drugs, guns, and counterfeits.

 

[Rheumatism]

I'm gonna go bake me up some bootleg Sushidogs and a Mayonnaise Moose or two to sell on the deep webz. Who's stopping me, huh??

Sounds as reasonable as giving money to televangelists or toll jockeys.

Just put antlers on an animal that doesn't normally have antlers. It's what Aimi does, and she's making bank.

 

[Sergei Nóhomo]

Just put antlers on an animal that doesn't normally have antlers. It's what Aimi does, and she's making bank.

Are you actually fucking serious?

 

[Rheumatism]

Yeah bruh.

 

[Tao]

I don't understand. Why do people actually pay for this?

 

[Corrupt-Canine]

I don't understand. Why do people actually pay for this?

Because popular CS owners love to take advantage of dumb kids willing to pay that much. And because of greed.

 

[All#the#fuR]

I love how stupid people can be it's hilarious.

 

[Corrupt-Canine]

I love how stupid people can be it's hilarious.

The best part is watching CS fangirls/fanboys and the owners get mad when somebody buys a roughly similar looking creature to their expensive ass species.

 

[All#the#fuR]

The best part is watching CS fangirls/fanboys and the owners get mad when somebody buys a roughly similar looking creature to their expensive ass species.

Priceless

 

[Yakamaru]

Can't cure stupid. Only laugh at it whenever it crosses your path. Which is every day.

 

[Corrupt-Canine]

Priceless

That's not even the beginning. Some will even say "This is illegal! I/The creators live off the money sold from these $80+ species that get bought every day, I/they could become poor and starve because of these offbrands."

Most of these species don't even have any copyright seal or legal documents, so no, they can't sue. The court will just laugh it off, no court will ever take such a case seriously. And people buy offbrands all the time, they never thought of starving those companies. Hypocrites.

 

[Corrupt-Canine]

Can't cure stupid. Only laugh at it whenever it crosses your path. Which is every day.

That is true.

 

[Rheumatism]

The best part is watching CS fangirls/fanboys and the owners get mad when somebody buys a roughly similar looking creature to their expensive ass species.

Or when the original seller sells the exact same character again, but as a recolor.

 

[Corrupt-Canine]

Or when the original seller sells the exact same character again, but as a recolor.

Oh, this. If CS owners hate anything more, it's when somebody redesign it, let alone as a recolor. On top of reselling it, more than the original especially. They make people pay to redesign them. Do both to give them a heart attack.

 

[FlannelFox]

Wait, so are they like 'adoptables' except they can be sold over and over?

 

[Corrupt-Canine]

Wait, so are they like 'adoptables' except they can be sold over and over?

Yes. Except it's an entire group of them like toys on a shelf. Imagine you got a toy but there were arbitrary rules that you could and couldn't do with the toy.

 

[Wither]

My opinion?

'lmao'

 

[FlannelFox]

arbitrary rules that you could and couldn't do with the toy.

Oh boy, I'd sure pay extra for that!
Never understood adoptables, understanding this even less...
You can create absolutely anything you want and have any of the bazillion artists out there draw it up for you and then 'do' whatever you like with it. Why the frick do you pay a premium for a premade picture of a creature? And how do they enforce what you do and don't do with that design you paid $200 for! ?
Not being able to draw is one thing, but how bad does your brain have to atrophy to buy into that?
Grant you though, I'm jealous of the artists...

 

[Corrupt-Canine]

People will pay for them because a lot of them have that "cutesy, colorful, bright, buy-me" sort of vibe. The way they "enforce" them, get this:
• Revoke your purchased creature without any refund then resell to someone else (which is actually illegal BTW.)
• Blacklist you so everyone doesn't do business with you.
• Tell other groups about your blacklist and damage your reputation.

 

[FlannelFox]

So sell the creature over again like they were going to do anyway except then they'll also gossip about you?