Board Thread:Animal Jam Talk/@comment-34617836-20181211173322

So, I know there's been a lot of drama about Candy Cane Socks lately, so I thought I'd post this.

About Socks

First, I'll go over general release dates and availabilities of any color Candy Cane Socks. In 2014, the Candy Cane Socks were released (all colors except RIM and black) in the Jamaaliday Gift Calendar and have returned every year since until 2017. Up until 2017, black socks had not been officially released into the game and could not be obtained through any legitimate methods. In 2017, however, black socks were officially released into the Jamaaliday Gift Calendar for the first time, although the chance of finding them was much lower than any other color of socks. They could not be found by refreshing the page. In 2018's Jamaaliday Gift Calendar, black socks were released again with a much higher chance of finding them, and you could easily get them by refreshing the page until finding them. But also in the 2018 Jamaaliday Gift Calendar, the chance of finding peach socks was much lower, and could not be found by refreshing the page, much like the black socks in the 2017 Jamaaliday Gift Calendar. The RIM Candy Cane Socks were released on December 21, 2015, as a Rare Item Monday. The dark red varient of Candy Cane Socks was released in stores at the Jamaaliday Jam party during the Jamaalidays in July event in 2018.

'''So... What's The Deal With Peach Socks Now?'''

The thing is, after the chance of getting peach socks in the Jamaaliday Gift Calendar was lowered so much in the 2018 Jamaaliday Gift Calendar, suddenly an item that nobody wanted became so desired. However, since the peach socks have been in every single Jamaaliday Gift Calendar since 2014, there are still so many out there. Thus, peach socks should really only be worth a den beta at the very most. The most probable thing is that each year, a different color of sock will be hard to find in the calendar, meaning probably next year, peach socks will be worth nothing again, and there will be a different color everyone wants. Of course this is just a theory, but it is quite possible.

Black Socks vs. Black Socks?

Rumors about original black socks vs. newer black socks have been flying around like bees around a beehive lately. There is no difference between the black socks from the 2017 Jamaaliday Gift Calendar (also including any other socks given away after that point) and the socks from the 2018 Jamaaliday Gift Calendar. The picture of black socks on the AJ item worth wiki is simply a bad quality image. I have never seen a pair of socks actually in-game with dark black heels. Even before they were released again in the 2018 Jamaaliday Gift Calendar, they have, as far as I can remember, always had lighter grey heels. I don't ever recall seeing a pair in-game that dark black. That's further proof that it's simply not a good example of in-game black socks. (This isn't supposed to bash anyone on the item worth wiki about the image of black socks, I'm simply saying that it isn't reason to believe that there are now two different versions of black socks.)

Shouldn't Black Socks Still Be Rare Because-?

Another idea that has been spreading around is that black socks in general should still be worth a decent amount of spikes. They simply say this because "there are still so many more orange socks than black socks, so black socks should still be worth a lot". What you need to remember is that the three things that play a part in the rarity system don't play equal parts. Here's pretty much how it works: Demand - 70%  Availability - 25%  Amount - 5%  Everyone could get black socks in this year's calendar. And how many people created a bunch of spares just to get black socks? So, now that everyone got a bunch of black socks, trading demand is very low. Plus, since the black socks were so easy to get, they had a lot of availability. Thus, black socks should be worth about 2 RIMs, at least for this month.

I really hope that you've all been able to learn something from this. AJHQ actually said that black socks were in the 2017 Jamaaliday Gift Calendar and they also said that peach socks were in the 2018 Jamaaliday Gift Calendar. I know a lot of people think they were lying, but I don't believe they were. And if anyone claims that AJHQ was lying, I'd like to see their "proof" they have of this, because I've never actually seen that. Thanks for reading! 