After a recent post I made on my blog about poor customer service, I was blown away with one company in particular.  Ozimals.  Quickly these breedable bunnies that are predicted to be released October 9th, the two named behind the company have astounded these patient customers with amazing information and previews.  Just the other day, Malkavyn Eldritch provided a small demonstration of their BETA PHASE 2 (breeding) to a small group of people who were interested.  He actually allowed us to ask questions and answered what he could.  Though Malk’s famous line is “I cannot confirm, nor deny.” We did get an amazing source of information.  The team behind Ozimals, has decided to keep somethings underwraps until release, other information can’t be released due to the possibility of those features and ideas not being concrete yet.  This team has customers upmost in their minds.  I was just completely blown away at how dedicated to their patient growing customers (who haven’t spend a single Linden yet!) that I felt the need to post this and share with you, an amazing customer satisfaction experience I’ve had in SecondLife.

Now as some of you have been patiently waiting for, the FAQs.  All this information was taken VIA shorthand notes from the second seminar done by Candy Cerveau and Malkavyn Eldritch over voice, whith an interpreteur to type to those who did not have voice.  This seminar was a little over two hours long and contains extensive amounts of information!  So please be patient, I am adding little by little in based on the category of the content (to better organize it) and as Candy Cerveau approves it, I will post it.  Since there is so much info, I am trying not to flood her or make her go bonkers, as I would, with a workload like they have.

So I will start with the BETA Phase information then gradually work myself up to the actual release information.

PLEASE DO NOT REMOVE OR EDIT THIS INFORMATION IN ANY WAY OR MANNER!  I worked very hard on this and it would be very disheartening to see my work abused.   I took the time and effort to bring this to you for your benefit.  Please try to appreciate that.
Thank you,
Kirakah Little

FAQs
The Magic of Oz sim was established mid October by candy Cerveau and Malkavyn Eldritch, with many ideas in mind.  In October they will be holding a celebration from the 16th-25th to celebrate their first year!
However, Ozimals was not officially started till June 8th 2008.  This is the official date Ozimals team had their meeting.

PHASE1 (I will shorthand any phase as P and then the number associated with that phase)
P1 owners will be able to keep their bunnies, however theres speculation that P2 bunnies may either upgrade to P3 or dissapear.  No further info is available.
P1 may stop at any point after P2 begins, or you may keep them as they are, please note, that they will not upgrade in any way, and will remain with the functions they have now.  Any information on P1 glitches will no longer be necessary as all the information needed has been gathered.
P1 bunnies will not be able to eat P2 food, as there is new food coming out.
Everyone in P1 will be in P2.
No BETA PHASE bunny will be carried over to the final completion of Ozimals once BETA is over.

PHASE2 (P2)
P2 is breeding, no there will not be baby bunnies, it will just produce a regular sized bunny ready breed.  However, if you’d like to take a glimpse of a baby bunny there is one on display in the viewing area of The Magic of Oz on the middle pedistool.
In P2 there will be one kit with three bunny pairs.
P2 will have the ability to breed with other people’s bunnies if they are in the same group.
P2 and P1 cannot breed together.
P2 bunnies must mate with opposite gender to reproduce.  In RL you can only produce baby rabbits with a male and female, Ozimals is no different.
P2 has new food! Peppers are the new food, to avoid confusion with P1.  P1 will not be able to eat P2 food.
P2 will be updated shortly after it begins to include the new jump animation and lop ears.
P2 bunnies have higher intelligence, and speculation of the ability to change meter distance in  the update for P2
Meters need to be hought of in terms of radius.
P2 is not wearable! Please don’t try, P1 has had alot of difficulties due to this.
P2 has a dialog menu to give you your breeding stats.
P2 will have a menu that allows you to give permission for the bunnies to breed, so no fear of leaving them out and them mass reproducing.  Unless you select this menu and approve, the bunnies will have a negative love bar.
At this point, the food servings have not changed.  These are based on timer statistics, and not actual number of servings.  The encryption levels on the food have been reduced to improve performance on laggier sims.
The nest is a beta nest and may look different upon release.
(Candy has told us that she will be writting a blog to clarify P2, so please be patient and keep checking back, the blog will be out before the release of PHASE 2)

FINAL BETA
Final BETA is what the last stage will be called before the release.  Please note as of now, there is speculation for four phases and the final BETA.  This is subject to change.
Final BETA will be wearable.  Babies at this time have no speculation to be wearable (even after release!)
Final BETA will allow EVERYONE (yes even you!) to participate in.  Candy and Malkavyn understand this is alot of people, but stand by these words.
Final BETA will be before the release date.

RELEASE
After BETA there won’t be any numbers listed to tell you the stats of your bunny in reguards to fur color, eyes, etc.  There will be a release of worded traits “EX blue eyes, English Spot Lilac fur, etc.” of what is considered dominant and what is recessive.  The genetics of Ozimals is based on  biology.  Candy and Malkavyn have suggested using punnett squares.  If you’re not sure what this is, you can find them by searching online.  Though a punnett square gives you an ideal offspring characteristics, there are some genetic factors you can’t factor into a punnett square, it’s only a probability calculator for certain traits.
Percentage of male to female on the random packs from the store is 50/50.  It IS up to chance.
At the demonstration the first experimental of 10 random baskets resulted in 6 females and 4 males.
The second demonstration of 10 random baskets resulted in 9 females and 1 male.
So please keep in mind this is not a GUARANTEED 50/50 split.  If you’d like the guaranteed 50/50 there are packages in the store that offer guarantee half female half male.
Babies will not be bred in terms of “litters” it will be single bunny per breeding.
At this time, there is no speculation to suggest possibility of twins or multiple births.
The simple fact behind why there would be a single baby is prim and costs of upkeep.  Though Candy and Malkavyn are set on making upkeep only water and food, it is much more expensive when you have multiple baby rabbits to feed as opposed to one.  Also prim wise residents can breathe safely knowing exactly how many prims to expect when they breed a pair.
At release all regular bunnies will have the same prim count reguardless of characteristics, rares may have more or less but is predicted to not be too far off from the originals.
Bunnies will have personalities distributed at birth.  These personalities will not change during their life span.
Speculation suggest that there may be a “greet” associated to your bunny that will vary on their personalities.
First generation bunnies (bought from Ozimals) will have random genes.  Starting with your first generation bunnies first breed, breeding will be based on parents.
Once two bunnies mate, the mother will rez a nest, this nest is where the baby will come from.
Once a mother makes her nest, you will have to confirm the baby “coming out” of the nest or “being born” so to speak.
There will be a special event that occurs when a pair mate and produce an offspring, no it will not be like the EA games The Sims where fireworks go off, however what will happen isn’t clear at this time, just know there will be an event.
You will be able to see stats of the bunny (EX fur color, eye color, gender, etc.) without actually rezzing it from the nests.
They are working on reducing the prim cost of baskets, or a boxing system (that will be free of cost!) for the prim savvy resident.
The boxing system (if they decide to do it) will be free, and show stats of the bunny inside.
Current baskets are 3 prims.
It will take 72 (actual) hours for a baby to mature to an adult.
Actual lifespan is averaging at 10-14 months (RL time.)
Bunnies must mate with opposite sex to reproduce.
There will be no RGB color palette.  Due to the complexity of the breeding system, coat colors cannot vary from the standard released colors and designs (EX you cannot produce a Mini Rex coat pattern with a color from another breed – although some brees share colors.)
NO RGB color pallete.  None. So mixing a black bunny with a white bunny will not give you a grey bunny.  Colors are restricted to the breeds preset colors.
You can crossbreed, (Ex Mini Rex x English Spot) to bring out recessive traits in both breeds.
Bunnies can return to inventory without harm or damage, though please remember their stats will continue to deplete while in your inventory.
There is speculation of possible “co-owner” for rabbit sitting.
Breeders will NOT have a price guide set by Ozimals.  This is completely breeders discretion, however Ozimals will monitor the market for exploits, gluts, or overpowering breeds.  If a problem arises, Ozimals will discuss with the community the proper response, and will NOT stealth nerf (i.e. change without warning)
Meter ranges will be able to be adjusted to liking, meters must be thought of in terms of radius – think circle.
Males can be with other males, and bunnies will not fight.
Genetic mutations are possible between siblings (brothers and sister) but not from mother – son or father – daughter combinations.
You can NOT pass on genetic mutations to offspring. (EX Mutated bunny x Regular bunny may result in a regular bunny or a mutated.)
Bunnies can survive on food and water (from Ozimals) no additional products are necessary – however options are available to purchase if you want events to occur at an accelerated rate.
Bunnies can form bonds to prevent them from breeding with other bunnies.  This bond is broken after a baby rabbit is produced.  You can reform this bond after the bunny is born.
You have to have a happy bunny to breed, you can achieve this by holding your bunny (and other options available shortly after launch) or by using potions and other items from the Ozimals store.
These potions will not affect lifespan, nor is there speculation for potions to change lifespan in the future.
Bunnies can be named, and renamed.
Special food will be available.  Pet food is for the casual pet owner with no intention to breed.  This food will make the bunnies sterile so to speak and prevent them from breeding.  At any time you can switch the bunnies over to the breeder food, with no disadvantages.  Switching from breeder food, to pet food, however does have disadvantages to your bunnies that will be discusse in the breeding post.
Food, water, and bunnies need to all be in the same group to work together.
There is speculation for dwarf rabbits in the future, all breeds listed currently are all considered “medium” sized rabbits.

( this was originally written for Ozimals forum, to learn more go to www.ozimals.com )

This is the starting point of a silent mind, to which.. there is no end.  This is the virtual ramblings of a secondlife resident’s mind.  What may come?  I’m not entirely sure.  Entertaining will it be?  Perhaps, though I promise nothing.

So enjoy, if you must.

Kirakah Little

First topic to come: Philosophical stand-point of business in the virtual realm.