Monday, 10 November 2014

Non-member Rares Going Extinct?

Hi jammers! Today I want to talk about something that has been bugging me. From the title, you probably know it's about rares. Since it's RIM (Rare Item Monday), AJHQ will release an item that has been re-coloured or new. Usually, the rare pattern of nonmembers and members alternate,the ratio being about 2:1. However, the past weeks have been different. Here's a list of the past rares.

Nov. 10 Rare Knitted Sweater  .     (Member)
Nov. 3  Rare Lasso            .     (Member)
Oct. 27 Rare Spooky Top Hat   .     (Member)
Oct. 20 Rare Phantom Balloon  .     (Member)
Oct. 13 Rare Cupid Wings      .     (Member)
Oct. 6  Rare Pumpkin Throne   .     (Member)
Sep. 29 Rare Cone Collar      .     (Member)
Sep. 22 Rare Purple Beard     .     (Member)
Sep. 15 Rare Seaweed Boa      .     (Member)
Sep. 8  Rare Cupcake Hat      .  (Nonmember)

See something unusual? In the past 2 and a half-ish months, there has only been ONE NON-MEMBER RARE! Now, I don't have anything against members, but being someone with a non-member status, I find this a bit... one-sided. Now let's see the RIMs before that.

   Sep. 8  Rare Cupcake Hat             .     (Nonmember)
Sep. 1  Rare Paradise Couch          .     (Member)
Aug. 25 Rare Raccoon Tail            .     (Member)
Aug. 18 Rare Flip-Flops              .     (Member)
Aug. 11 Rare Sun-Visor               .     (Member)
Aug. 4  Rare Monkey Hat              .     (Member)
   July 28 Rare Eye-patch               .     (Nonmember)
July 21 Rare Nautilus Necklace       .     (Member)
July 14 Rare Mohawk Spiked Mohawk    .     (Member)
July 7  Rare Samurai Helmet          .     (Member)
   June 30 Rare Freedom Tie             .     (Nonmember)

Well, would you look at this. 5 member rares, and 1 non-member rare, but before that, it was 3 member rares, than 1 non-member rare! What is happening, AJHQ? Why is the amount of non-member rares decreasing? I know that to run Animal Jam, you need money. And that money mostly comes from memberships. But,this pattern of rares, is becoming, well, biased in a way.That's all I wanted to point out for this post today, and I hope I brought this situation to light. I really do hope that there will be an non-member rare next RIM, or this situation is just ... *shakes head* unfair...






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