Well, I had hoped it would not come to this; as I really enjoyed the profilers. I go back to before the in world pedigree link, before the image, heck even before you could tell the sex of a box and had to open it. So all the improvements Callie has made to this wonderful product is much appreciated. I would like to see KittyCats put out a similar product if only for the pedigree information. As an Auctioneer it is nice to be able to see back a couple of extra generations, and for those that attend auctions, especially new people, it was a nice option to show how traits trickle down from generation to generation; and of course how that one trait that we had no clue of, pops forward. It did indeed make our jobs easier, no flipping back and forth on pages, made getting ready for an auction much faster. But I do understand Callie's point of view and respect it.
As far as controlling the market. We the breeders/sellers/collectors control the market. Not a tool that we use. We as consumers set the prices and the standards. We as consumers make or break the market for KittyCats. Not a third party tool that we have become accustomed to. KittyCats will go on as long as we the community continue to support it and Callie and her team continue to improve and produce this product. So to claim that Rene was trying to control the market is well...sort of silly; because he can't. We all do.
Rene has always been polite and helpful when I had questions or concerns, always answered me fairly quickly. I did not see the side of him that others are saying they had issues with, but I know it has happened. And I know there have been unfair and unprofessional things said from him and to him. This does not change the fact that as a tool the profiler system was great, the webmarket made it easy to find specific traits, and to see just what was on the market and what wasn't. Now I understand that there are just as many that don't use the profiler's and that is a choice that we all made. Just like back in the day there was the Genie Lamp that would give you the pedigree (before in world pedi links), we had to pay for those. There were many others that we all paid for to use for our shops, and for auctions. So they have always been in existence. I don't know where this all went wrong, and that is really between Callie and Rene, it is just a shame that it all did not work out. But the KittyCats community will go on, this will not ruin or break or make a huge impact on the community. We will carry on as we always have. So stay awesome folks, and be nice to each other
