hey,
we'd like to take a moment to clarify on 2 things brought up
we did change the date of the Surprise Kitty so that more people had the chance to get one. This is a little event we like to do from time to time to give "surprises" for those who like that (which is why we also offer to remove the "costume" for those who didn't want it).
when we first started SURPISE KITTIES it was a quick idea we tried. we found after that not enough advance notice was given, which is why we now have given more time for people to get ready.
unfortunately, with Chat bugs many people don't get notices, even via email. in summer we know many people are away and so many around the world love the World Cup and it brings the whole world in some ways together as a global community. we LOVE that and wanted the KittyCatS community to share in that with each other. (note: SPECIAL KITTIES are those sometimes born from 2 collection cats)
personally, after making the cats, i am now more aware of how much of an impact this is around the world. i've learned a lot about other countries thru our community being from so many of the other countries. i am SO happy we did this!! at first being from the USA i was like "huh? soccer? really?" when Equinox brought up the idea, and now i am SO glad.
so in that spirit of community and bringing smiles to people's faces, is why we did this and why we extended it to the end of the World Event. it felt right to us to do this for those who totally missed out.
now i'd like to clarify what happened with the easter cats being out longer than we had said. we did that because we had been given the wrong date for the Fantasy Faire and had put them there. so when our date to pick them up conflicted with the REAL end date of the Fantasy Faire we thought the right thing to do was keep them out there. to my knowledge that is the only time we've extended a date on Collections.
we try to make the time frame long enough to respect the fact that many many people aren't in SL every day, and around certain holidays even take a very long break.
i hope that clarifies for you and thanks for your input on the subject.
callie (for the KC team)
Is it ok to change the RULES halfway through a game?
