Board Thread:Animal Jam Talk/@comment-30334635-20181027011220

If you don't know what I'm talking about - recently the comments section of the Elf Tail Armor page has been flooded with accusations towards a user. You can go and look for yourself. I made this thread to discuss the situation.

1. No, we did not change the values "all because of one person". Regardless of if this person or others started the rumor, it still affected the worth. If it's true that they were the cause of it going down, I'm not justifying that, I'm just saying, that regardless, it still did actually go down as a result of whatever happened. When people hear an item is going down, they spread it, and then soon most of the trader community believes it as a result of other people believing it - it's a Domino Effect. I and many of my other friends have been trying to trade off tails, and observed that they were no longer the value they used to be listed as - so we changed the values to reflect the fact they have shifted in demand and value. They may even have to be changed again, I will look into it further.

2. The reason why they are "Medium Demand" and not "Low Demand" is because they're not necessarily an unwanted item. Headdresses are similarly listed as "Medium Demand". "Low Demand" is supposed to be for items such as Leap Year Items, 2nd Glitched Rings, Year Banners etc - items that barely anyone wants. I think there is a big distinction between those types of items and Headdresses/Beta Tails, even though HDs/Beta Tails are definitely not as wanted as other items. That's why they're in the middle. I have an idea to make the demand scale more descriptive though, so that things like this can be easier distinguishable - but I've been considering making my own rarity page and I might save it for that instead (if you're asking yourself why that is, it's a mix of the reasons in this blog post and some of my own personal reasons). TL;DR - They are not wanted by traders looking to "profit", but the general public still wants them, just like non-RIM Headdresses. "High Demand" items are items wanted by most traders.

3. I've noticed a lot of people are asking for the user in question who supposedly "started the rumor" to be banned. I am investigating these claims. I just don't know how to verify if they're true or not. I've been reading the comments and said person did admit to trying to make the Magenta Furry go up, which is something I do not approve of. So they're definitely not innocent regardless, especially if they faked Slippers trades like some of you are claiming they did. If you're deliberately trying to influence the rarity system for your own gain by lying to make items go up or down, you will be punished on this wiki. 