Well, maybe that's what other have meant when they say notified. They just logged in and saw it. Although I'm guessing any opening will be done on GMT time (France)

On the list of horses listed

I hate this phone, that is shire and heavy.

I know they don't contact people about it (I've never gotten contacted and I've been a VIP since the feature came out). They usually have something pop up right on your home page asking if you want to be apart of the testing.

Now as far as times...correct me if I'm wrong, but I've seen it various days of the week and at various times. My bad memory might just be kicking it but I haven't seen a true pattern?

What is preprod?

The test server

wait - is Preprod up?

Ok. I'm so impatient for preprod...

Not yet, should be in the next few days or so.

Ok. Thanks!

I'm always worrying about missing it.

As we all gather and wait.

That was tried already, the Diamond Apple. Unfortunately, it seemed to bug out for a lot of people and it had to be discontinued.

This is my first month in VIP, and since I don't know much of Preprod, I've been spending more time on my homepage than doing anything else.

It's a shame the got rid of it instead of just fixing it. But then again I would rather they not bring it back since the old coats are so rare now.

I have always had a PM inviting me. Been a tester for 3 years now.

SweetBriar:It was mentioned by Howrse that Diamond Apple "would be brought back when they fixed the bugs/improved its mechnics so all people could use it" thing. I belive people with the old systems (windows xp and waay back) was the ones complaining about the bugs. Sure it wont be pretty if they bring it ever back,but it can happen.

Maybe they'll bring it back under a different name with different patterns so not to upset collectors. Granted, there would probably still be uproar about similarity, and possible price drops, but it would be better than having the same item. Crystal Apple would be a cool name if they ever did.

I would be the first to protest. I strongly doubt they will. Their idea of bring some old RCs back was met with discontent from RC collectors that banded together. I'm sure the DA community will do the same if that idea is proposed.

Perhaps they would create a different BMI that allows a limited amount of things on a creation. Such as being able to put on only a sock or a blaze. I wouldn't mind that so much.

The collectors would still hold the old horse models so they'd still hold value.

Oh and I've gotten mail about prepod over the last three months with an invite.

SweetBriar,THeir idea was to sell the old RCs for real money in christmas packs...
but yes I agree there will be another outrage if they bring it back

It would be fun with new bmi item... like white pearl or something.Draw a horse,put it on horse without any votes needed. Of course would probably be not sellable but still!

@katiedingo

If they are added - I am so naming a Shire Shirt in honor of that auto-correct (I love the good ones like that that are funny)

AS for the Diamond Apple - Assassins Creed is right that when it was removed that Howrse stated that if they found a way to fix the glitches and issues with it, that they would consider bringing it back.

I personally would love to see the Diamond Apple return...As it offered no benefit to the horse, and the numbers were not tracked (like retired coats) so there's no real way of knowing the rarity - I don't think it would cause a lot of upset.

Though my dream with it would be for it to return, and all horses with a DA currently be given a free DA to use to update them to the new coat shape [kind of like how all horses with a Helios' Ray before the most recent change to the format were given an unlimited ray so that people could change the background if they no longer liked the way it looked]

Ah well, I can dream ~

Wasn't there is extremely expensive marking horse that was jumping.....? It was a mare it think..

Too many foreseeable issues with something like that;

Stolen art work
Inappropriate art work
Not horse artwork *yes, we have the GA coats that look like Dogs, Dragons, etc...but I'm talking about someone flat out drawing a wolf to use it as a horse*

I don't think I'll ever buy a DA in the sales just on the off chance they bring it back. ._.

Yeah, I can't really foresee this happening right now for these reasons... =\ And also, if you can just put one on your horse, the Creation Space would be virtually useless...

Is someone making fun of auto correct? I turned mine off, but the phone still corrects. Well in my case, just puts what it wants.