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Post by Thor on Jun 23, 2024 22:24:43 GMT -5
I've noticed that a lot of new people ask (especially on the Petz Discords): "What's MPA?" So it stands for "My Petz Adoptions" or "My Personal Adoptions", which according to a definition I found on WW means "used for petz that were on someone's personal crew for some amount of time". Type 1: I've seen threads of people giving away these MPA'd petz as kind of like free-for-all/ first come, first served/ freebies on forums and Discords. Such as: petzforum.proboards.com/thread/70374/mpa-dogz-adoption-p4-leftType 2: Some folks say that MPA is more like a special pet you are giving away as a freebie since the pet did spend time on someone's crew, therefore it means more of an "application should be required." (I couldn't find some examples on RKC atm but they're usually here: petzforum.proboards.com/board/23/petz-adoptions-trades-non-freebies ) This made me very curious since the term seems to have changed over time for some people! A lot of folks have in their rules that "MPA is OK"-- when it's in your rules do you allow or care about Type 1 or do you strictly expect Type 2? Just felt like having a discussion about it because I thought it was neat that the term might've changed with time for some folks but not others.
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Post by Kieran @ Fractal on Jun 24, 2024 12:50:17 GMT -5
I was in and out of the discussion that spurred this on, so you know this, but for posterity: i don't care either way, really! I only say MPA bc it feels like a shame to have to delete something, but if it's just a bred pet... I don't really want to have to take the time to adopt a pet out again when someone returns it to me lol. It can be a whole deal or it can just be tossing it in a friend's DMs and going "I don't want this, but you might". For a hexed pet it might be a *little* nice to ask for something, just for the principle of the thing, but again, it's not like it affects me lol. like what do i gain materially from someone having to give someone else reasons they like something i made? i'm probably not even gonna see it, ya know?
anyway: tl;dr, i can't speak for everyone, but if it's a pet of mine, don't worry about making a big to-do of it.
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Post by Alex@Marvel on Jun 24, 2024 13:45:03 GMT -5
I'm kind of in the same boat, it really depends. If it's one of my sammies, I'd rather it come back to me so that I can continue with my project.
If it's another bred pet, then I probably wouldn't care as much.
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Post by Thor on Jun 24, 2024 23:42:19 GMT -5
If it's one of my sammies, I'd rather it come back to me so that I can continue with my project. Yeah, but then you'd probably not write "MPA is OK" for your sammies, right? You'd write "Please return if no longer wanted". I feel the same way as what everyone's said so far! When its a special pet, I usually will write "please return"; but everything else is "do what you want".
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Post by Alex@Marvel on Jun 25, 2024 4:42:42 GMT -5
Yup, I do that on my rules when I adopt them out. Though I've noticed sometimes it doesn't save on their actual bios in game for whatever reason.
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Post by Wilds on Jun 28, 2024 7:35:24 GMT -5
hmmm I think for me 'MPA' just carries the original definition: adopting out petz that were on your crew for some time and therefore are somewhat meaningful to you, as opposed to a random pet you bred that you've only known for 5 minutes before adopting out. but I don't have any expectations around how a pet should be MPA'd! all it really means to me is 'adopt them out to someone else instead of deleting/returning them', so I don't much mind how that happens, only that it does.
i think for petz that had been on my crew a LONG time and/or had a lot of value to me, i'd want them to go to a good home willing to actually apply for them rather than take them as a random freebie, but that's the kind of thing i'd probably specify in the post for them... case-by-case basis sort of thing!
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Post by Arie on Jun 28, 2024 14:55:34 GMT -5
What Wilds said! When I do MPAs myself, it's usually for applications; but for petz adopted from me, I'm totally fine with those being passed on as freebies. It's all entirely personal and case-by-case!
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Post by muttthecowcat22 on Jul 5, 2024 11:03:22 GMT -5
Thank you for posting this here. I'm newer to adoptions, so I was trying to figure out exactly what everyone meant by MPA and how that differed from regular adoptions.
I think for me, I just don't want people to delete the petz that they adopt - so putting them up for adoption, even for free, is good!
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Post by delighy on Jul 11, 2024 15:30:30 GMT -5
I agree with Arie n Wilds ! !
MPA to me is a shorthand for communicating 'this pet has sentimental value / is special to me and even
though I am adopting them out, I am still invested in their well-being. this is how I make you aware !'
😭 I also like to allow MPA for everything from me, including hexies, because it feels like a way of keeping pets in the community when th e out to lunch sign is up !
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Post by Flamingo on Jul 13, 2024 3:49:01 GMT -5
I feel the same as Delighy even if I'm giving it away as a freebie. I did a bunch of MPAs in PAAC the other day and I hope that they are treated with love despite not needing an app (even if they spend most of their time foldered, they sure did with me lol)
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Post by Thor on Jul 13, 2024 19:30:15 GMT -5
Okay! I see now an MPA is more for a pet that you adopted and was on your crew for some time.
So here's a follow-up question: what if you received a Grab Bag of petz and you pick and choose some from it; would you consider it a MPA to adopt out the rest that you didn't want??
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Post by Flamingo on Jul 14, 2024 2:46:35 GMT -5
Okay! I see now an MPA is more for a pet that you adopted and was on your crew for some time. So here's a follow-up question: what if you received a Grab Bag of petz and you pick and choose some from it; would you consider it a MPA to adopt out the rest that you didn't want?? Nah, in that case I didn't even personally pick them in the first place, and i probably spent very little time with them, so it wouldn't really be "my" petz.
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