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Game & Forum Discussion => Game Discussion => Topic started by: Adorableness on July 06, 2015, 12:17:02 am

Title: Mate Centers
Post by: Adorableness on July 06, 2015, 12:17:02 am
I've noticed something about EVERY. SINGLE. MATE. CENTER. EVER.
And that thing is... People judge you by your appearence, not your personality. For example, say that an extremely beautiful winged vibrant character walks into the mate center. EVERYONE wants him/her as a mate, but that person's personality is in fact, rude and greedy. Another plain character walks in, and gets rejected. That person's personality was caring and willing to help his/her mate. So the people in the mate center got a rude beautiful person instead of a nice plain person.

I've been to the mate center before as a plain gray domestic cat named "Sprinkles." I was going for a domestic cat feel with the size and name and everything. But, surprisingly, I got rejected. I've noticed this very hidden detail in the Mate Center, so I went and made a wolf that was seemingly beautiful to get a mate. Her name was Neon. I went back to the mate center and ended up getting TWO mates. That's right, TWO. And the bundle even came with an instant pup.

The way people assume these details about others is really amazing, people get forced to make a character against their own will.

I don't hate the game, I just needed to get this off my chest.
Have a silly gif I made.

(http://i.imgur.com/KRm2kbM.gif)

Title: Re: Mate Centers
Post by: magicfairy on July 06, 2015, 12:19:33 am
I can agree with you. People sometimes need to understand what's beautiful about a person. *Sigh*
Title: Re: Mate Centers
Post by: jackthealpha on July 06, 2015, 12:32:05 am
I agree :P but then again there's always bio stalking to see a characters personality. -cOUgh- wait wut?
Title: Re: Mate Centers
Post by: Warriorstrike on July 06, 2015, 01:32:32 am
There are many mysterious about mate centers, and that may be one of them. Mate centers, as a whole, appear to be auctioning for a mate, so I don't see where there is much time to actually get to know your partner until after they've been chosen. (Besides bio-checking)

Also, I hardly ever see felines enter mate centers. Come to think of it, I've never actually seen a feline get chosen for a mate even when they do decide to enter. :/
Title: Re: Mate Centers
Post by: Echoing harmony on July 06, 2015, 01:43:05 am
Ikr?? Besides, mates there only last for 2 minutes before they have to go offline. I'd rather find a mate in RP and love them for their personality, rather than sitting around all day.
Title: Re: Mate Centers
Post by: FizzyPaws on July 06, 2015, 04:00:41 am
That's why I don't participate in Mate Centers! ^_^ I would rather find a lasting mate, who I would know personally, and love them based on they're personality, because really, everyone is beautiful in their own way, no matter how plain they look.
Title: Re: Mate Centers
Post by: alanawolf on July 07, 2015, 12:09:43 am
I agree so much to this,
People only like you for your apprence and don't know your personallity, that's one of the reasons i never usually take part in Mate Centers.
I rather find someone and become very good friends with them before that is taken to the next level, Mate Centers seem to rush everything and you skip all the good moments. Although, it does keep some of the mate beggers away for a short while..
Title: Re: Mate Centers
Post by: Fearlesswolf on July 07, 2015, 02:45:33 am
Oh my lord xD I dont know where to begin.

Since I am indeed a feline RolePlayer and hardly use my canine accounts, I havent had pne on one experiences with the 'Mate Centers.' But there arw some things Ive noticed when sitting around Bonfire.

 I agree 100% with what everyone has said so far. Looks are judged, which is sad; yes I get you want a "beautiful mate," but inside you dont know what he/she is like.

Another thing I dislike about the Mate Centers ; someone doesnt get picked, no one steps forward and no intrest is shown. How do you think that player is feeling? Invisable. I find the responses of the MC's rude- always saying things like "Next time!"and So sorry! Next up is [name]!" Dont get me wrong, I have seen many Mate Centers with more courtasy than that, but they're rare. There's also the fact that you are sitting with players you do not know nor have you talked to, expecting to have some come up and fall in love with your character. It doesnt make sense to me.

So, to summarise:  Dont go to a Mate Center expecting to get one. The chances are a lot smaller than you think. You may get a mate, bit it might be hard to maintain the realationship because how little you know about each other.
Title: Re: Mate Centers
Post by: Adorableness on July 07, 2015, 04:28:41 am
Quote from: Avy on July 07, 2015, 02:45:33 am
Oh my lord xD I dont know where to begin.

Since I am indeed a feline RolePlayer and hardly use my canine accounts, I havent had pne on one experiences with the 'Mate Centers.' But there arw some things Ive noticed when sitting around Bonfire.

 I agree 100% with what everyone has said so far. Looks are judged, which is sad; yes I get you want a "beautiful mate," but inside you dont know what he/she is like.

Another thing I dislike about the Mate Centers ; someone doesnt get picked, no one steps forward and no intrest is shown. How do you think that player is feeling? Invisable. I find the responses of the MC's rude- always saying things like "Next time!"and So sorry! Next up is [name]!" Dont get me wrong, I have seen many Mate Centers with more courtasy than that, but they're rare. There's also the fact that you are sitting with players you do not know nor have you talked to, expecting to have some come up and fall in love with your character. It doesnt make sense to me.

So, to summarise:  Dont go to a Mate Center expecting to get one. The chances are a lot smaller than you think. You may get a mate, bit it might be hard to maintain the realationship because how little you know about each other.
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Yeah. Honestly, I go to mate centers just to troll. I'd also found out the people there don't approve of same-sex relationships, so when I walked up to a female wolf, she was creeped out by me xD.
Title: Re: Mate Centers
Post by: BadAssJeff on July 07, 2015, 08:29:21 am
Poor old mate center, being rejected.

Mate center is a nice way to get mates BUT the only problem is you only know this mate for a few minutes/half hour before they decide to leave you or log out so when your logged out they can just unbuddy you. Mate Center is especially good for trolling, for example; buttswinging or dancing in the middle when the person who's running it asks you to exit the center and then they threaten to report or block you.

Mate centers don't really have a purpose, when you go in the middle and someone comes up to you then sits. It's just like, ''who the hell are you? I don't know anything about you dude.'' Its true, you really don't know ANYTHING about that player, you can take a look at there Biography but that's either left blank or about their character. You don't know who they are, you haven't had some quality time with that person so it's awkward once you ''pick'' that mate. When you do decide to pick that certain person you don't know what to ask them or what the topic will be about now, you ask them ''So do you want to adopt a pup?'' or ''What do you want to do now?''. They don't know what to say after you question that, they ALWAYS and I mean ALWAYS say ''Idk'', it gets on my nerves. That's why I think Mate Centers shouldn't really exist.

Other:
Most players who go to the Mate Center judge a person by there looks, don't be fooled if you think, ''Hey that guy/girl really likes me <3

Warning :
Don't expect to get a mate at the Mate Center. It's a load of crap :)
Title: Re: Mate Centers
Post by: Wyldercat on July 07, 2015, 03:02:53 pm
I must agree with this.
Though I'm not the kind for having mates (outside of my serious roleplays); I do notice what kind of characters get rejected, or chosen/begged.
90% of the time, the couple won't last a day (at least from what I've seen).
Title: Re: Mate Centers
Post by: jackthealpha on July 07, 2015, 04:18:06 pm
One time I was bored out of my skull, so I decided to play around with some of the other pups at the adoption center. I couple came and adopted my character, and I just kinda went with the flow to see what the family would be like. Literally five minutes later, the couple had broken up.
I forget what I typed, but behind the screen, I was laughing like an idiot.
Title: Re: Mate Centers
Post by: Adorableness on July 07, 2015, 05:45:44 pm
Quote from: Dr.Twisted on July 07, 2015, 03:02:53 pm
I must agree with this.
Though I'm not the kind for having mates (outside of my serious roleplays); I do notice what kind of characters get rejected, or chosen/begged.
90% of the time, the couple won't last a day (at least from what I've seen).
I've gotten a couple before. It lasted 2 days, I think. Is that a FH record?!
Title: Re: Mate Centers
Post by: ritat on July 07, 2015, 06:28:14 pm
Hunting matecenters hidden secrets and finding them out, is like you see a ketchup bottle and inside it is filled with ketchup. That's how ridiculous their secrets are when you find them out. I once did an experiment to see if people cared about a lonley, plain wolf and they all rejected which was disappointing. And then when I changed into a beautiful, stunning wolf more than 20 people asked me to hang out with them. I was very upset, that I went around all of ficho and told all the people who rejected me: 'Next time, care about who the person really is inside and accept to hang out with any lonley person. Because, if it's that way, you are a horrendous person yourself.' They never opened their mouth again. Do not ever judge anyone by their cover, the heart is the most important key. :)
Title: Re: Mate Centers
Post by: galania on July 07, 2015, 07:04:04 pm
In my opinion mate centers should be disallowed I always though even when I was playing game little bit more than I do now that they should be banned completely. They don't contribute much to the roleplaying nor do they help they pair people up too quickly and the people who find people often end up not liking the people that pick them. so it's pretty much not a good thing.
Title: Re: Mate Centers
Post by: FizzyPaws on July 08, 2015, 05:34:25 pm
Honestly in my opinion, mate centers are pointless. Mate centers are filled with rude, judgemental people, with a few exceptions. I have never participated in one myself, but I have observed them. Mostly. the actual MC is pretty rude, and has no sympathy for those who go home without these "mates". You could hardly call them mates though, because often times you don't know the person, and you wont get along. It reminds me of a show I once saw on Lifetime called "Married at First Sight". It's kinda like that, (but on the show, you can't just unfriend the person and say, "Oh sorry, I don't like you as much as I thought I would.") you don't even know the person you're mating. It's pretty much contradictory to the whole saying that you learned growing up: don't judge a book by it's cover. Seriously, if you want a mate, join a roleplay, and meet the perfect person, instead of the perfect looking person.
Title: Re: Mate Centers
Post by: magicfairy on July 08, 2015, 05:36:31 pm
Quote from: ThatFizzedUpHusky on July 08, 2015, 05:34:25 pm
Honestly in my opinion, mate centers are pointless. Mate centers are filled with rude, judgemental people, with a few exceptions.

What Fizzy said.
Title: Re: Mate Centers
Post by: ThrillexForLife on July 08, 2015, 06:26:44 pm
I wondered who was first to started this mess... x.x
Title: Re: Mate Centers
Post by: FizzyPaws on July 08, 2015, 08:20:02 pm
Quote from: Thrillex on July 08, 2015, 06:26:44 pm
I wondered who was first to started this mess... x.x
You know, I don't know... but I see them in every 3D environment RPG I've played.

Probably some desperate person. 
Title: Re: Mate Centers
Post by: Jango_Fett on July 08, 2015, 08:33:23 pm
Whoever started it was probably bored and didn't think it would catch on.

Or it was some angry FeralHeart god.
Title: Re: Mate Centers
Post by: FizzyPaws on July 08, 2015, 10:11:16 pm
Quote from: WarKat on July 08, 2015, 08:33:23 pm
Or it was some angry FeralHeart god.

Agreed.
Title: Re: Mate Centers
Post by: TheDarkCrow on November 28, 2015, 06:32:47 pm
Yeah, that is sad that they just judge your appearance. I think that mate centers should do something like: When characters in the middle he/she should introduce her/himself to others and THEN they would decide if they would want to be his/her mate.