Here my opinion:<br /> Like many have said, HA don't fit into a dog breeding site. Its focused around dogs; breeding them and making them the best they can be. It was never about people ever and only until the Junkyard theme came out wasn't there anything to do with people.<br /> I buy upgrades for only a couple of reasons and freedom of avatar is one of them. I spend money to pick out a picture and use it, I feel like it'd be wrong to have like the HA for non-upgraded players or make it so you can only use HAs.<br /> Theres also the point of them taking up more time to make items for them. It may not take long but eventually there will be more human things added than items. It may not be that drastic but I'd rather see items added that actually affect the site.<br /> It feels stale as well. So many animal sims have HAs and I'd hate to see Alacrity just listening what every other sim is doing. Alacrity is a nice, original game. Keep it that way &lt;3

sounds fun but i worry it would take away from the dogs and there would be more stuff for avatars than new dogs

My two cents.<br /> <br /> I think if people want to pay a few bones for an avatar, then that would be a great way for people to be more involved in donating, besides the fact that we have the collectables up for a small donation amount. <br /> <br /> I think that if they were added, there shouldn't be tons of emphasis put on them. It should be more of an accessory than a necessity. Also, maybe make them so that you unlock certain things when you reach a certain trial level or a certain amount of first places? To integrate it with the agility side that Ala was created on. <br /> <br /> I personally love the idea and would be really happy to have something somewhat personalized to have on my profile.

I completely agree with Mutt. This is dog sim. I'm so against HA that I would leave Alacrity because of it. This the exact reason why I don't play Aywas...

I'm not too crazy about the idea. From what I've seen on a couple other sites where the HA is present, things just get a bit more complicated. I've loved the fact that Alacrity doesn't use any human sims/avatars/NCP characters, because we're the trainers and handlers of our own dogs, not some little human that will probably end up looking nothing like us. I understand how more money could come from adding HAs, but I like alacrity the way it is, dog orientated, y'know c: Just my opinion.

I'm against human avatars, I agree largely with Rasdashan's and Shadow Wolf's comments, Alacrity is a dog agility site I’d like to see it focus on the dogs I’d much prefer a new breed to Human Avatars and I don’t think having HAs would improve Ala in any way, to me they would be bothersome and I’d probably drift from the site so I feel pretty strongly about Human Avatars I know from websites that have them that they would distract me and often make me shake my head as I believe the vast majority of people won’t try to make them look like themselves or make them look like an average Joe they’ll want them to look like anime characters, celebrities ect and that always bothers me. Plus there’s always going to be people who don’t want/can’t afford (I know I couldn't afford it now that Odie and Gromit trials run so infrequently) to dress theirs up and having human avatars with no clothes on even though I imagine they’d look like Barbie and Ken dolls would still bother me somewhat.<br /> <br /> I don’t want to go on too long because I'm half asleep and I’ll repeat myself over and over without realising it so I’ll just say, I just want Ala to be focused on the dogs because at the end of the day it is a dog sim. There’s a lot of demand for new breeds, I know I'm hyped up about Great Danes (but concerned that there’s been no real updates on them since before the Shiba Inu was released) and that’s what I’d much rather see.

I'm against the idea, I dont like HA's on my animal sim sites, just a personal dislike of mine honestly..<br /> <br /> I'd also much rather see more dog breeds around and see the art staffs time going towards dog related things. C:<br /> <br /> Them affecting breeding and trialing would make me dislike them even more because the I would feel like I HAVE to have one to be able to compete with other breeders/trials ect.

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Took me a moment to realize what HA was. For anyone else confused it means human avatars.<br /> <br /> I'd love to see an art example of what you guys have in mind for the avatars.<br /> <br /> Keep in mind that this isn't affecting the great danes being released. The avatars aren't going to be made anytime soon seeing as we are only having a site conversation for it at the moment =)

Unpopular opinion time!<br /> <br /> I think that Human Avatars could be a really dynamic and interesting addition to the site! Personally, I'd love to have one, but in order to stray far, far away from the creepy same-ness that other HA's on other sites tend to have, I'd really appreciate if there were a range of skin tones, lip/eye/nose shapes, and perhaps most importantly, a wide range of BODY TYPES!<br /> <br /> One of the things that always bothered me about HAs on other websites is that there was always one cookie cutter body type, and frankly that kind of ties into body image issues - kids and teenagers are under insane amounts of pressure from all kinds of sources these days. Alacrity should be a place where people can escape from all of that, and feel like they can be themselves. <br /> <br /> Being able to EXPRESS themselves through their avatars instead of trying to squeeze into a box would make a lot of users more comfortable about HA's in general, I think. Lots of people here mention not liking them on other sites but do not list any reasons - this is my reason. They're uncanny, they all look the same, and there is little to no diversity apart from skin tone and eye/hair color. To be brief: what is the point of having human avatars if they cannot be made to look even slightly similar to you and look just like everyone else's?<br /> <br /> Outlining my ideas - I'd prefer there to be at least 4 body types per gender, and knowing how efficient and skilled the art team has learned to be, I don't think this would really be too much of an issue. The art team manages to create items that fit every breed of dog every single month PLUS puppies - after the initial art of the human bases are finished it'd be like dog art. Obviously I doubt the HA's items would get updates/additions as frequently as dog items, but I think this would be a good way to win people over.<br /> <br /> If people had Human Avatars they could relate to and could make to look like an actual caricature of themselves, I think they would be a lot more inclined to create one.<br /> <br /> That said, I do think this feature should be OPTIONAL, because many people do not want one. If you charge bones to create a HA, the people who do want one can contribute to the site, and the people who do not want one can continue on their merry way. :)<br /> <br /> Just my 2c.

I originally voted for being fine either way, but now I'm starting to lean more towards no HA's.<br /> <br /> I'd honestly like to see more dog related updates (new breeds, items, activities, etc.). I fear that if HA's are implemented most of the artists/coders time will be devoted towards getting that up & going. Therefor we won't be seeing dog related updates anytime soon. <br /> <br /> <br />