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Suggestion: Gripe WTH? No women?

ArtmakerArtmaker Posts: 415
So I FINALLY got to the level where I can pick an avitar for the horse thing. And see others.

NO WOMEN AT ALL????? Just a handful of goofy looking guys and PETS? Where are the lady horse owners out there? This is discrimination! X(
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  • hh5512hh5512 Posts: 18
    edited 28.08.2015
    "New Talents Cup - Silver" had a woman avatar. but i don't really like it, it looks very old.
  • bikeboy (GB1)bikeboy (GB1) Posts: 486
    edited 28.08.2015
    I better not comment Artmaker, but here in Yorkshire we have nice women, most have curlers in their hair and wear flat caps and aprons. It would be nice if we could put our own little image in there, it would not take much doing, but unless GGS charge us gold to add our own image, it will not happen.
  • Gwendolen (US1)Gwendolen (US1) Posts: 1,268
    edited 28.08.2015
    The people avatars are drawings of the developpers and other people who make this game. They went into the avatar pool by draw, and not many women were lucky to be picked. If I remember correctly, Nafaru said there might be more in the future.
    The animals/pets were suggested here on the forum often by players who wanted something different and/or gender neutral.

    I am a orang oetan now :D
  • Lesley52 (GB1)Lesley52 (GB1) Posts: 1,590
    edited 28.08.2015
    bikeboy wrote: »
    I better not comment Artmaker, but here in Yorkshire we have nice women, most have curlers in their hair and wear flat caps and aprons. It would be nice if we could put our own little image in there, it would not take much doing, but unless GGS charge us gold to add our own image, it will not happen.

    Been a yorkshire lass,have never worn a flat cap,apron or curlers,my aunt who is 80 this year does (hair net replacing flat cap) Unfort these jobs like most are still male donimated thats prob why not many frmales are up there
  • bikeboy (GB1)bikeboy (GB1) Posts: 486
    edited 28.08.2015
    Hey the flat caps are great, i never tried one until I had to wear one for the horse drawn boating that i do and they feel good, definitely a better feel/fit than the baseball caps. I like the pet avatars , i mean who in their right mind would want an image of those "boat races" that GGS offer us ! Laughing now at the thought of Aunt Nora Batty
  • ArtmakerArtmaker Posts: 415
    edited 30.08.2015
    Ok, I get the avitars are developers. BUT... I think at least ONE woman should be an option here. WE are the ones actually playing this game after all. I don't like being a guy, or a pet. I have pets, I married a guy.
    So why couldn't they have two pools? Men and women? And at least one from each got drawn?

    Better still, how about tools so WE could create our own? They don't have to be complicated. Generic face, a few hair colors and styles, and like that. Other games do it that way. Heck I play on one game site (I'm sure I can't mention here) where you have several free choices, many bought with game points, and quite a few really special ones you have to actually pay for. That would be right up their alley here.
  • Yakoska (US1)Yakoska (US1) Posts: 1,631
    edited 30.08.2015
    There are two female options, Artmaker.

    -Y
  • Gwendolen (US1)Gwendolen (US1) Posts: 1,268
    edited 30.08.2015
    Which one besides the blonde lady with the hat do you see as female, Yakoska? Not judging, just curious :)
  • jess_d (US1)jess_d (US1) US1 Posts: 3,515
    edited 30.08.2015
    I like the idea of being able to create our own avatar. :)
  • Pingo42Pingo42 Posts: 537
    edited 30.08.2015
    Gwendolen wrote: »
    Which one besides the blonde lady with the hat do you see as female, Yakoska? Not judging, just curious :)

    There's also a woman with a purple shirt and glasses. But I think you had to finish in Diamond league to have that one available to you.
  • Yakoska (US1)Yakoska (US1) Posts: 1,631
    edited 30.08.2015
    Yes, purple collar, glasses, and a brunette braid.

    -Y

    edit> So in a sense, while women are under represented (0 in the second batch), we did get the #1 avatar in the first batch at least.
  • Gwendolen (US1)Gwendolen (US1) Posts: 1,268
    edited 30.08.2015
    Ah, ofcourse! I didn't get into Diamond league yet and forgot all about that one,
  • NegunuUser (GB1)NegunuUser (GB1) Posts: 10
    edited 31.08.2015
    I'm not at the point of being able to choose an avatar - but quite surprised to hear there are only 2 women to choose from!!!
    Am a Yorkshire lass, but seem to see many more flat caps when I go down Somerset way than I do in the dales :-)

    choosing different hair/eye colour shouldn't be hard for the powers that be, you would think, great idea!!
  • ArtmakerArtmaker Posts: 415
    edited 31.08.2015
    I have not once seen a woman. Only up to platinum in any of my farms. Only a few guys and animals. Seriously? A cat, dog or ape is the only choice for a woman playing this game?

    And honestly, I'm about bored to death with it all. I train and train and train, keep breeding up, train some more, and lose lose lose.... lose... WIN ONE, lost... out of fuel....

    My level 6 stuff can't be upgraded until I have what? 15,000 gold horse shoes? My level 30 and 40 horses simply will NOT advance. I slide the training bar just before intense training, the blue arrow shows 3 or 4, supposedly that's how many points the thing will go up, but then NOTHING goes up. Not even one point.

    At this rate I'll die of old age before I ever get past the point I'm at now.


    When does this become fun?
  • Pingo42Pingo42 Posts: 537
    edited 31.08.2015
    How long have those level 30 and 40 horses been training? What level were they when you got them (either through breeding or through buying them in the market)? Horses should not be trained more than 10-12 levels or so; training them longer results in exactly what you're describing - the horse's level takes a very long time to increase, and it wastes a lot of horseshoes. Train for 10-12 levels, then breed with a similar level horse. Train the foal another 10-12 levels and breed it with another horse of similar level. That's the way to get a high-level horse. As for whether or not it's fun, I happen to think it is. I enjoy the challenge of breeding a better horse. But not everyone likes it, and it isn't compulsory - it's just one more option in the game that players can choose to participate in or not.
  • Yakoska (US1)Yakoska (US1) Posts: 1,631
    edited 01.09.2015
    Artmaker wrote: »
    I have not once seen a woman. Only up to platinum in any of my farms. Only a few guys and animals. Seriously? A cat, dog or ape is the only choice for a woman playing this game?

    And honestly, I'm about bored to death with it all. I train and train and train, keep breeding up, train some more, and lose lose lose.... lose... WIN ONE, lost... out of fuel....

    My level 6 stuff can't be upgraded until I have what? 15,000 gold horse shoes? My level 30 and 40 horses simply will NOT advance. I slide the training bar just before intense training, the blue arrow shows 3 or 4, supposedly that's how many points the thing will go up, but then NOTHING goes up. Not even one point.

    At this rate I'll die of old age before I ever get past the point I'm at now.


    When does this become fun?

    You only had to make it to silver in the "New Talents cup" to get one of the female avatars.

    -Y
  • Latten (DE1)Latten (DE1) Posts: 6,246
    edited 01.09.2015
    If you like, feel free to create a "What avatars would you like" topic, or something similar :) Our team is always thankful for your ideas, and we can't ever be 100% sure what you guys actually would like ^^
  • ArtmakerArtmaker Posts: 415
    edited 01.09.2015
    Yakoska wrote: »
    You only had to make it to silver in the "New Talents cup" to get one of the female avatars.

    -Y

    With three farms, ALL THREE made it past the silver cup. GOld or platinum. I have not even seen a female avitar. Not available to pick from and not from one of the challengers. Not one. So my choice to pick from is either be a guy, or an animal. (And for all I know, the cat, dog, and ape are all boys.) WTH??? Do I really need to start ANOTHER topic for suggest an avitar just to get the female gender represented here? Anyone care to take a guess how many of the players of this silly game happen to be girls? MOST of my three coops are women.


    But that's beside the point. I'm so frustrated with the whole horse thing I may just go back to ignoring it all together. Too much of it makes no sense and I rarely get answers posting here.

    To Pingo42;
    I did read the breeding guide (forgot who put that up, sorry. IT's good.) I train two horses into level 10s then breed. Train that to a level 20 or better and breed with another level 20 or better. And like that. But once I hit level 40, it seems the darn thing only goes up one point at a time. Regardless of what the blue arrow says when I'm setting it's training. And my level 40+ horse, (bread from two level 40s, he's going to be my first level 50) but he's only going up one point at a time now too. FOUR HOURS per point? Not to mention all the shoes.

    Then in competitions now, I see that word "unfortunately" over and over and over. Only rarely a win. And WHY I keep getting matched with people way higher than me is a mystery. One farm I finally upgraded one training thing to level 7. And holy hannah, the next one will cost 42,000 gold shoes? At an average ONE or TWO wins per fuel tank? I'm sick of the whole thing. I've ignored it pretty much since it was put up never able to make sense of it all. So I have mountains of horse shoes. But when those are out? I go back to pushing the horse farm off the screen and forgetting about it. phoey.
  • Angie6704 (US1)Angie6704 (US1) Posts: 25
    edited 01.09.2015
    artmaker wrote: »
    ok, i get the avitars are developers. But... I think at least one woman should be an option here. We are the ones actually playing this game after all. I don't like being a guy, or a pet. I have pets, i married a guy.
    So why couldn't they have two pools? Men and women? And at least one from each got drawn?

    Better still, how about tools so we could create our own? They don't have to be complicated. Generic face, a few hair colors and styles, and like that. Other games do it that way. Heck i play on one game site (i'm sure i can't mention here) where you have several free choices, many bought with game points, and quite a few really special ones you have to actually pay for. That would be right up their alley here.

    i totally agree. I love my bf but dagnabbit i am a woman not a man. Last time i checked i have female parts on my body. Love to see something with red curly hair or something better than a man.
  • Yakoska (US1)Yakoska (US1) Posts: 1,631
    edited 01.09.2015
    Artmaker wrote: »
    With three farms, ALL THREE made it past the silver cup. GOld or platinum. I have not even seen a female avitar. Not available to pick from and not from one of the challengers. Not one.

    She is the only avatar wearing a hat. Also a blue shirt with what looks like purple flowers, blonde hair, what appears to be a part of a bun on the back of her head, and her eyes look bluish-green. If you finished above silver, you have the option to select her.

    -Y
  • FlowerChild (INT1)FlowerChild (INT1) Posts: 127
    edited 02.09.2015
    I do NOT have any option to choose ANY female nor have I even seen one. Made it well past silver last time around. Unless this is new. Still... I'm at silver now and NO WOMEN!

    Just some dorky looking guys. One in a straw hat (kinda looks like someone I knew once.) One with GREEN HAIR and one that seriously needs to either decide to grow a beard or shave. The dirty face look is not a good one.


    (Yes I do know these are based on real people. Take the hint. And if anyone is wearing their underware OUTSIDE their pants, or pants below the knees, take the hint there too. Purchase a belt. And actually tighten it.)

    I think there was another but it doesn't come up much. (Gotta be an executive. They are never around when you need them.)
  • Cookiie4meCookiie4me Posts: 655
    edited 02.09.2015
    I do NOT have any option to choose ANY female nor have I even seen one. Made it well past silver last time around. Unless this is new. Still... I'm at silver now and NO WOMEN!

    Just some dorky looking guys. One in a straw hat (kinda looks like someone I knew once.)

    The blonde in the straw hat is female; I know it's hard to tell, but many folks have told me that one is female.:S

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