This is very sad to watch. It's very sad to see a site that people watched things grow on, support with all their heart, then do predatory things like this.

My heart goes to the people who won't support this or can't purchase the set due to the expenses and bad marketing. It really breaks my heart, I was super excited until I heard that premium is a basically worthless expense. It is the sites own job to watch over it's fan base and not use methods like gambling. It will cause issues for the children on this site, considering the site is 13+.

Premium sounds like a good idea in practice but I cannot see myself supporting a site that markets off of children. We already have hundreds of users buying the monthly outfit bundles, and I don't see the difference between this and those. It's disappointing, considering people already have to wait 7 - 10 days for their items from an offsite source. I really hope to see some things change because at this rate you'll lose so many people who put their heart into this site to see it blossom. Staff had so many different alternatives and did not go through with them. It's not something you hide from the supporters and, honestly, I don't see how any of this can go on with peace of mind for them.

I also wish to see staff address the art style changes. That's not something you hide in development of a site, that's misleading and unfortunate. You market this different painted style in a game then change it behind users backs and expected us not to see that. Many people have spoken out about it and staff has said nothing. To lie and not reveal changes to a community of people that have funded you well over $94K is wrong and should be taken in to heavy, heavy consideration. I hope to see some serious changes in the progressive future from Dappervolk and it's staff, because people sincerely thought that this was a way to get away from all of the other predatory and manipulative pet sites out there. You're not putting yourself into a good light here.