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I really do not like it. 1000 posts? It is really unfair because it'll take almost a year to get that many! At least make it 100 instead because with that rule i won't be able to get a single horse unless the rule changes.

Should we leave that way?

Should it be changed?

It's specific to this shop; I co-owned a shop for a very long time and never adopted any post count rule and I know a number of other shops that don't either.

The high demand on soquili provides an increased motivation to cheat with mules though; that's why the rule is there.

I agree with Kamiki. It's not hard. Once you find a place you like to talk at, it's pretty easy. A lot of Soquili owners took a while to get their first one. And by then, I'm pretty sure that they had well over 1000 posts.

The rule is there mostly to prevent 'mule' accounts from participating in some events. Pretty much, the shop doesn't know which account is or isn't a 'mule' account, and the 1000 posts is supposed to be a good measure that the account isn't a mule.

Using my own account as an example:
Activity
- Gaia Age: 2831 days
- Forum Posts: 48511

That's approximately 17 posts per day. Honestly, it sounds like 'a lot' but it really isn't. Once you make more friends, 1000 posts seems like a lot less (: Find your niche and make it not a chore ;p <3

I didn't mean to imply it isn't common - but it isn't a rule EVERY shop has and the rule is being discussed in the context of soquili, which makes it specific to the shop.

Just go find a contest with a bump contest (the art forums usually have something). It is a very quick way of getting enough posts.

It is also how I won a Soquili (though I haven't seen any contests like that one in years, it was run by a now long gone colorist).

•Okay so everyone's pretty much answered this but underneath the question I see it's something you see as a limiting factor against you.

•Well in fact it isn't you have 7,240 posts so you are perfectly eligible.
So you're already there x7.24.

•100 is nothing and we don't want mules, it is very hard to get a rule change in this shop because they are there for a reason and soquili are very strict when it comes to enforcement, but then...it's there for a reason.

•And to answer you, Yes – we should leave it that way and No – it should not be changed.

•So now you can put yourself at ease... and be warned we CANNOT rule change for one person. xD

Good day fellow wolfie. <3
I hope you found our answers helpful and informative, you do have more than 1000 posts so you are perfectly eligible for a soquili. cat_biggrin