{Spongequines} Main Thread! HIATUS

[Spongequines]

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You know those sponge animals they sell in the dollar store that grow when you put them in water? Well these ponies work the same way! You see, a man in Switzerland had bought those growing sponges for his daughter one day (in the shapes of horses, of course! What else would a little girl want?), and they put the sponges in a glass vase with water so they could grow overnight. Well, boy did they grow! In the morning, the man and his daughter were surprised with the appearance of little foals running around their house! The man had no idea where they could have come from, but the girl knew where they came from, for she had a mind not blinded by logic and realism. They put the foals out into their barn and the man simply accepted the occurrence as nothing, for many strange things happen in Switzerland overnight. But his daughter had a mission; buy every last one of those sponge horses out of the town! Strange enough, so did every other girl do the same that day. The whole of Switzerland soon found out the truth of those mysterious little sponges, and now you can have one too! The only catch is that they never grow beyond the size of a foal, for they lose the ability to absorb water and become larger once their spongy embryo has fully expanded.
Yet they appear as foals, they are still called "Mare" and "Stallion", since they are capable of reproduction.





Welcome to Spongequines, the (mostly) FREE adoptable! There are no entry fees for events and no costs to buy items. The only things that require payment are customs. JellyThunda ,Wildfilly94, and Victoria make up our staff; JellyThunda is the creator and owner and Wildfilly94 is a part-time colorist and full-time helper. Victoria is just here for the cookies. Oh, and she colors too. XD

[Spongequines]

~Examples~




! Arabian Mare !





! Arabian Stallion !





! Friesian Mare !





! Friesian Stallion !





! Mix-bred Mare !





! Mix-bred Stallion !





! Babies !
(these are universal-no matter what breed it will be, the baby will look like this; by the way this is just a compilation of a lot of babies for added effect. <3)


the original (non-rotated and thus not pixelated) sponge is the red one in the upper left hand corner

[Spongequines]

~Events~



~Event from Wildfilly94~

Event Details:
Basically, your creating a full custom, but it won't be going to you, it'll be added to the adoption list. I need to make some premades, and I don't know what to make hence this event ^^ Post your ideas here, please. ^^ I will post the outcome just for fun.  This will be an 'Always running' event. So go on posting! <3 This will Greatly speed up my issues at creativity for the premades for adoption.

~Event from JellyThunda~

EVENT HAS ENDED


Here's the prizes and the winners!

1st luv007
2nd kunaisa
3rd Wildfilly94
4th Victoria
5th CrystalAngelNeko
6th EvanescentHowling


Please post/pm the name of your prize if you have won!

Ended August 10th, 2011, at 17:00:00 (or 5 pm) Standard Time.

~Premades, Semi-customs, Full-customs, and Love Pairs~




Go to the website's "adopt one" page to submit an adoption/order form for a premade, a semi-custom, or a full-custom.
Premades are not always available and will be visible on the website's "adopt one" page if there are any up for adoption. There is a limit of 2 premades per person, per month so that everyone has a chance at getting one.
Semi-Customs are always available, though there is a limit of 5 per person, per month so that the colorists don't get overworked. They will cost 50k in sg or you can trade your adoptables in exchange for a semi-custom.
Full-Customs are also always available, and also have a limit of 5 per person, per month. They range in price between 200-500k, depending on what you want. Mystical customs will always be more expensive than normal breed customs. You can also trade adoptables in exchange for a full custom.
Love Pairs always have unique lineart and are limited to 2 per person, per month because JellyThunda would explode if she had to draw too many of these! They usually cost 500k-700k, and the price depends entirely on complexity (if the spongequines are normal breeds and have no items on them (i.e., extras) then it probably will cost around 500k - if the spongequines are both mystical and have a plethora of items on them, then it'll cost yah). You may trade adoptables in exchange for a love pair.


Please read the directions at the top of the "adopt one" page before you submit a form to prevent any possible mistakes.

~Items~

Items are also available for claim on the website, on the page called "item shop".
There are three items as of now and they are located in a table with their description, price, and quantity available in the item shop.
There is also a form located to the left of each item's picture which allows you to request an item to be added to your inventory.
There is a limit of 15 claimed items per person, per month so that the amount of breedings and growings is limited.
Currently, there are an infinite amount of items available and they are free of charge, since Spongequines are a free adoptable.

If you want to request an item, please read the directions at the top of the page called "item shop" in order to prevent any possible mistakes.

If you have forgotten how many of a certain item you had, then you may check your inventory in the Directory thread (link in siggy).
Wildfilly94 or JellyThunda will then pm you the contents of your inventory.

link to the website!

[Spongequines]

~Information~

Breeds~

There will be many different breeds of Spongequine, including (but not limited to) the Arabian, the Thoroughbred, the Friesian, the Lipizzaner (or Lippizan), the Shetland, and the incredibly rare Thessalian! All the breeds will have the same baby line art, however, since the breed of a Spongequine is near impossible to tell from the time of budding.

Mystical Breeds are anything that is considered fantasy in real life, such as pegasi and unicorns. The only way to obtain these is through special events and full customs. Each mystical spongequine will have a unique lineart and will be able to produce offspring which may inherit its mystic breed. Breeding mystical spongequines is covered further at the end of the "breeding" section of this post.

Breeding~

The breeding process of a Spongequine is very similar to that of a sponge. During breeding season (which will be all the time unless I specifically state that it is not breeding season) a stallion will find a suitable mate, using his sense of smell to identify a truly sublime-smelling mare whom he thinks is lovely. Because of stallions' attraction to fragrances, mares without a mate can use perfume to lure in a stallion.

Once a pair have bred, the mare is in gestation for 1 week (some mares may start budding before one week) before she begins the process of "budding" and buds 2-3 sponges (the record for the amount of sponges born at one time is 5). Sponges usually grow to their full foal size within 1-2 weeks of age, after they have been sprinkled with water (though it has been reported in some rare cases that a sponge may mature immediately after being soaked).

Mares may only breed once every 2 weeks, but Stallions may breed to as many Mares as will accept them as a mate (though I will set a cap of 5 breedings for any single Stallion per 2 weeks - any more would make too many sponges for me to color and grow! This breeding cap may increase over time).

Cross-breeding is allowed, though any offspring will be of the "Mix" breed type- an androgynous Spongequine breed. "Mixed" Spongequines will be fertile, but any offspring will belong to the "Mixed" breed as well (unless one parent is a Mystical breed- see below for Mystical Spongequine breeding information).

There are no items that a potential breeder needs in order to breed two Spongequines together. Yet there are many items which can help to produce more babies, more mutations, more markings, etc.

For example, perfume, as I mentioned above, will allow you to breed a mare you own to a wild stallion. The native Spongequine Stallions (these are wild and always are available) are attracted to your mare, resulting in your mare becoming pregnant (the baby will have some traits of the mother and some random traits). This item is useful when you have no Stallions in your herd to breed with your Mare/s.

Even though breeding itself does not need any items, you will need a very simple item to be able to grow a sponge into a foal. All you need is a vial of water- just sprinkle it onto the little sponge and watch it grow!

Offspring of a mystical spongequine, when one parent is not mystical, will produce offspring with a 10% chance of being mystical as well, though they also will have a 50% chance of being a mix-bred sponge and a 40% chance of being the breed of the parent which was not mystical. Mystical X Mystical crosses guarantee mystical offspring.

Line art edits work similar to a mystical breed, yet they are still different. The offspring of a spongequine with a line art edit and a spongequine without one has a 30% chance of having a similar line art edit, and a 70% chance of not having one. If the parents are different breeds, then the baby will be a mix-bred with the same possibilities of getting the line art edit as a pure-bred baby.
If both parents have a line art edit, then the offspring will definitely receive a line art edit but it will be a mixture of the parent's line art edits instead of being either or.

To claim yourself an item or two, visit our website and go to the item shop, where you may submit a form for a perfume, a vial of water, or a rainbow sponge.

~more info coming soon~

[Spongequines]

~Pick-Ups~



All pick-ups can be found in our directory. <3 They are ordered by ID#.

link to directory

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Extra Post!

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[Spongequines]

Another Extra....

[Spongequines]

You may post while I set up... (let me have a while... about 15 minutes)

[Kahlira]

*plops down*

new threadsss!

[Wildfilly94]

I was wondering when you'd get a new thread. Lol. I took up like, 3 pages of the old one. XD
Should I continue my event here or on the old thread?

[Spongequines]

continue here. <3

[Spongequines]

lol I'm lazy.
I'm gonna just cut and paste the last thread's stuff here, and then I'll edit it with some new stuff.
I don't want to leave the thread without anything posted for too long. XD

[Wildfilly94]

Alright!

Event Details:
Basically, your creating a full custom, but it won't be going to you, it'll be added to the adoption list. I need to make some premades, and I don't know what to make hence this event ^^ I may award a prize or something small to each person that submits a ''Custom'' Post your ideas here, please. ^^ I will post the outcome just for fun. I need to make about 5-15 more, so we have plenty to last. So go on posting! <3

Usr's that have submited a ''custom'':
red_uni387
wildnightblazer
Victoria
EvanescentHowling
Kahlira

[Wildfilly94]

You have a... few messages from me on the Jellythunda account, by the way. XD

[Spongequines]

Okay.. <3

[EvanescentHowling]

Is there a form for breeding, because I would love to breed my two horses together haha.

[Spongequines]

The breeding process of a Spongequine is very similar to that of a sponge. During breeding season (which will be all the time unless I specifically state that it is not breeding season) a stallion will find a suitable mate, using his sense of smell to identify a truly sublime-smelling mare whom he thinks is lovely. Because of stallions' attraction to fragrances, mares without a mate can use perfume to lure in a stallion. Once a pair have bred, the mare is in gestation for 1 week (some mares may start budding before one week) before she begins the process of "budding" and buds 2-3 sponges (the record for the amount of sponges born at one time is 5). Sponges usually grow to their full foal size within 1-2 weeks of age, after they have been sprinkled with water (though it has been reported in some rare cases that a sponge may mature immediately after being soaked). Mares may only breed once every 2 weeks, but Stallions may breed to as many Mares as will accept them as a mate (though I will set a cap of 5 breedings for any single Stallion per 2 weeks - any more would make too many sponges for me to color and grow! This breeding cap may increase over time). Cross-breeding is allowed, though any offspring will be of the "Mix" breed type- an androgynous Spongequine breed. "Mixed" Spongequines will be fertile, but any offspring will belong to the "Mixed" breed as well. (Unless one parent is a Mystical breed- see below for Mystical Spongequine breeding information)
There are no items that a potential breeder needs in order to breed two Spongequines together. Yet there are many items which can help to produce more babies, more mutations, more markings, etc.
For example, perfume, as I mentioned above, will allow you to breed a mare you own to a wild stallion. The native Spongequine Stallions (these are wild and always are available) are attracted to your mare, resulting in your mare becoming pregnant (the baby will have some traits of the mother and some random traits). This item is useful when you have no Stallions in your herd to breed with your Mare/s.
Even though breeding itself does not need any items, you will need a very simple item to be able to grow a sponge into a foal. All you need is a vial of water- just sprinkle it onto the little sponge and watch it grow!

[EvanescentHowling]

I guess what I am asking is how I would inform you that I want to breed Adonis and Scarlet Vixen. You don't need to use the perfume because that is just to attract a wild stallion correct?

[Spongequines]

2 New Events are up! <3

I guess what I am asking is how I would inform you that I want to breed Adonis and Scarlet Vixen. You don't need to use the perfume because that is just to attract a wild stallion correct?

Correct. ^^ I would just notify JT that you'd like to breed them together, that should be all you have to do, however, I don't know for sure so I'd wait for her to let you know.

[EvanescentHowling]

'I, EvanescentHowling, Wish to claim Door #6 Please!'

2 New Events are up! <3

I guess what I am asking is how I would inform you that I want to breed Adonis and Scarlet Vixen. You don't need to use the perfume because that is just to attract a wild stallion correct?

Correct. ^^ I would just notify JT that you'd like to breed them together, that should be all you have to do, however, I don't know for sure so I'd wait for her to let you know.

^Okay will do thanks!

[skysnolimit]

Ooo!  Ooo!  Ooo!  I, skysnolimit, Wish to claim Door #5 Please!

[CrystalAngelNeko]

I, CrystalAngelNeko, Wish to claim Door #8 Please!

[wildnightblazer]

I, wildnightblazer, Wish to claim Door #7 Please!

[Spongequines]

Updated! ^^

Edit: FAIL! I lied. >.> I thought JT just messed up the form. XD

The LOVE PAIR form is up. XD Yes, I said Love pair!! They, like the Mysticals will always be custom made, so none will ever be the same.

Its the last form if you scroll down on the Adopt One page. Titled as Full Custom.

[EvanescentHowling]

*Nom nom* he is gorgeous <3 thank you!

[JellyThunda]

I changed the title from full custom to breeding pair form, because I had forgotten to change it (I had copied and pasted the full custom form code for the breeding pair form, lol).

I am currently working on the next wing of the website, which is a place that I'll call "The Ranch" and it will contain the link to the page currently known as "adopt one", as well as a few new places that will allow for most of everything to be done on the website, except of course events and fun things like that, which will always be hosted on Secundi. (It's gonna be somewhat like a database of sorts, so that people can access their personal inventories and junk like that. )
Its gonna take a while... *goes back into PS*.

[wildnightblazer]

Sorry for the hold up, I'm making sure I do it right. I think I'm almost done though.

[Spongequines]

Sense I went crazy coloring.. ALL of the doors will have prizes behind them. ^^

[Neocridders]

'I, Neocridders, Wish to claim Door #9 Please!

[wildnightblazer]

Well, where's the fun in having prizes behind all the doors? Oh wait, everywhere!

Oh, and I finally sent the form.

[Keilin Alyr]

I, Keilin Alyr, Wish to claim Door #3 Please!

[Spongequines]

Yeay for more people! <33

Everythings updated as of now. Working on wildnighblazer's Full Custom ^^

[skysnolimit]

*tries to sneak through her Door while nobody's looking*

[red_uni387]

I, red_uni387, Wish to claim Door #4 Please!

[Spongequines]

Updated! <3 wildnightblazer's Custom added to the pickups

And Oiy! Noo yaahhh donnttt!! @ skysnolimit :p

And we now have a system- I (Wildfilly94) post in blue, JellyThunda posts in green. ^^

[Spongequines]

Pick-A-Door prizes are Posted! Please follow the rules posted below them to see what you need to do to get your prize <3

[wildnightblazer]

Ooo... She's pretty! Thank you!

[Spongequines]

Your welcome!

15 minutes left to submit your Quiz answers!

[Spongequines]

Please note: The Customs and Semi Customs from the Pick-A-Door event do NOT last forever. You have to follow the rules I specified in order to claim them. You have a few days to do so, but these will not be things added to your inventory for later use. We don't have inventroies set up on the website yet, so you have to claim them asap.

[CrystalAngelNeko]

Could you name my little stallion Aron for me please? ^.^

http://i638.photobucket.com/albums/uu107/AdoptablesAccount_1996/Pony%20Island/Spongequines/Event%20Premades/pickadoor5copy.png

[Spongequines]

Your boy is certed, Crystal. He is in pick-ups.
<3

[skysnolimit]

Squeeee!  I can't believe I get a full custom! 

I'm so excited, and I already have my idea.  I just have to study for/take a take-home test first before I can get my base images together.

JT, how do you feel right now about outlining a mythical?  Good idea/bad idea?  =D

[EvanescentHowling]

For the semi I won I didn't see that I should pm you the form so I just sent it in on the website, should I still send you the form anyway and cancel the semi form on the website?

[Spongequines]

Yes do that please. ^^ @ Evanescent.
Edit: Well JT must've seen your form beforeI could warn her, so I guess she will be the one coloring it and I'll just let her know she wont be getting payment, sense it was a freebie from my event.

And as for skysnolimit, I would say no Mythicals for this event, sorry dear. <3

[EvanescentHowling]

I thought I would help out a bit for your "custombutnotacustom" event thingy.

1. friesian mare- buckskin overo, dark legs and muzzle, green eyes, white mane and black tail, dark hooves
2. friesian stallion- cleveland bay, bald face, blue eyes, black stockings and white socks on all legs, dark mane and tail

[Spongequines]

Thanks! I'll do them when my mom gets off the laptop

[Spongequines]

Posted Official Breeding thread, for all your Growing/Breeding needs. <3

[Neocridders]

Ciel looks great! Thank you!

[Wildfilly94]

Your welcome! ^^ Glad you like him.

[wildnightblazer]

Another "custombutnotcustom" thing:

Friesian stallion, white, blue stockings, different color "paint splotches" all over his body and hair. By "paint splotch" I mean it looks like someone put splotches of paint on him. Sorry I keep making weird references .