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On Chicken Smoothie, players can communicate with each other over a section of the site referred to commonly as "the forums." There, players can make public posts, and other members can reply them. While Chicken Smoothie also has a private messaging system for private conversations (note that all site rules still apply to private messages), players use the forums to have open discussions, advertise trades, and play games with other members. There are even certain sections that can be used to display art, dress ups, and store special information used on other topics.

For the purpose of organization, there are many different sections in the forum boards. Each section is individually referred to as a "forum," while the five main sections are called "boards." That way, members who are searching for something specific they can find it more easily.

Our voulenteer team works hard each day, moderating the site to make sure the site rules are followed. Although different team members have different duties, but ultimately they all serve to make sure everyone can have a safe, fun experience on Chicken Smoothie!

Most users are able to post in any forum once their first post has been approved by a moderator, but COPPA members have more restrictions due to the standards placed by the United States on its citizens under the age of 13. They can only post in a few select boards, and even have certain forums blocked from view.


The General Forums

These topics can be found at the top of the page upon clicking the "Forums" tab at the top of the site. There are so many different forums here that they've been split into sub-forums as well!

Suggestions + Help

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CS Help, Suggestions, and Problems

This section has two uses, the first of which is to ask easy questions about the site. This should be used to get answers from other users about problems they'd be able to assist with. More complicated questions should be submitted to the Help system for an official answer from the CS Team.

This board can also be used to make suggestions for the site, bringing up ideas for new features that would make using CS easier or more fun. Some of the more frequent suggestions just aren't possible at this time, so please make sure to check what has already been declined before.
Public: Yes - COPPA: Readable - Member: Unrestricted

HTML/PHP Coding and Webdesign help

Use this section to ask for tips about coding your own HTML and PHP site, or read guides written by other members. Many people on CS have an interest in exploring web design or maybe even creating their own adoptable website, and CS wants to be a supportive community for upcoming developers.
Public: Yes - COPPA: Readable - Member: Unrestricted

General

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Announcements

The administrators use this forum to post important site announcements to notify the community of changes being made to the site or staff. Topics featured in the Global Announcement section at the top of each forum are eventually moved here after their message is no longer relevant.
Public: Yes - COPPA: Readable - Member: Response-Only

Introductions & Newbie Guides

Tell other members about yourself, or welcome new and returning members to the site! You can also find some guides on how to star playing CS. Are you a CS veteran already? Consider watching things here and help out new members when they have questions.
Public: Yes - COPPA: Readable - Member: Unrestricted

Entertainment Discussion

This is the place to talk about media. It isn't necessarily just for fans to gather (although of course that is allowed) but also a place to discuss more general topics about entertainment. Just remember that rant threads aren't allowed.
Public: Yes - COPPA: Readable - Member: Unrestricted

Animal Chatter

A place to talk about real life animals and pets! You can share photos of your own animals on their respective topics, or chat about your favorite species. Topics on wildlife, conservation, and awareness are also welcome, as long as members can stay respectful.
Public: Yes - COPPA: Readable - Member: Unrestricted

General Discussion

This forum is for any discussion topics which don't really fit into other areas of the board. Topics can range from casual, to funny, to serious, as long as everything stays child-friendly.
Public: Yes - COPPA: Readable- Member: Unrestricted

Adults Discussion 18+

A place for more serious discussions geared towards more mature users. All content posted here must still remain child-friendly, and users under the age of 18 are allowed to post as long as they are taking the topics of discussion seriously.
Public: No - COPPA: Hidden - Member: Unrestricted

Clubs and armies

Find other players who like your favorite things! While this can have some overlap with the Entertainment and Discussion forum, for fans of media, but can also expand to other areas like sports or even other large community games on Chicken Smoothie!
Public: Yes - COPPA: Readable - Member: Unrestricted

International Board

Use this forum to chat with other users who speak other languages or live in different countries! Chicken Smoothie users primarily use English, but here you can find users who prefer other languages. You can also ask for tips in learning a second language, or practice writing with native speakers.
Public: Yes - COPPA: Readable - Member: Unrestricted

Forum Games

Find quick games to play with other members. Great for a laugh or killing some time.
Public: Yes - COPPA: Readable - Member: Unrestricted

Other Websites

There are a lot of cool games and websites out there outside of Chicken Smoothie, and this is the place to discuss and advertise them. It's also a great place to advertise your own website or forum if you are just getting started with web design.
Public: Yes - COPPA: Readable - Member: Unrestricted

Adoptables

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Chicken Smoothie Discussion

This forum is for discussing events on and playing Chicken Smoothie. You can find things from monthly pet discussions to guides made by fellow players. Any topics about Chicken Smoothie can be found here.
Public: Yes - COPPA: Readable - Member: Unrestricted

Adoptable Collections & Clickables

Show off your pet collections, or your adoptable from other websites. You can also find the thread where you can ask other players for clicks on their clickable pets from other websites.
Public: Yes - COPPA: Readable - Member: Unrestricted

CS Trades - Pets, items and C$

Players are allowed to make one active topic here to advertise the trade deals they are looking for. When online, users can bump their trade thread so other users might happen to see what they are looking for.
these threads are automatically deleted after 3 months of inactivity
Public: Yes - COPPA: Readable - Member: One Topic

CS Auctions

Run auctions for your Chicken Smoothie pets, items, or C$. Although the offers made here are not binding, it can be a great place to scout out deals and compete for the site's most sought after objects.
these threads are automatically deleted after 3 months of inactivity
Public: Yes - COPPA: Readable - Member: One Topic

CS Free Adoptions

Find generous users who are giving away free pets and items! There are different creative methods used to give these prizes away, from simple games to raffles to "pounds" to first-come adoption centers! Topics can only made those who are giving away objects. For those seeking free things, check out the threads already made on this forum!
these threads are automatically deleted after 3 months of inactivity
Public: Yes - COPPA: Readable - Member: One Topic

Trades & Auctions for Other Websites

Use this forum to arrange trades with Chicken Smoothie currencies and another game's items. Just make sure that the site you are trading with also allows off-site trading with CS. Chicken Smoothie allows trading with any game that also allows it except for Animal Jam.
Public: Yes - COPPA: Readable - Member: Unrestricted

Chicken Smoothie Events Discussion

During any of Chicken Smoothie's annual events, you can find some community topics going on to keep up with the adventure! The topics found here may include celebrations such as Easter, April Fool's Day, CS Birthday, the Summer Event, Halloween, or the Advent Calendar (although not every holiday will necessarily be included here every year).
Public: Yes - COPPA: Readable - Member: Response-Only


Art Shops

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General Art Shops - Trading CS pets for custom-made art

Exchange your Chicken Smoothie pets, items, or C$ for custom artwork from the many talented artists in the CS community. This includes completely original artworks, or pre-made line arts colored to the customer's preference. It does not include pre-made characters for sale. Artists are welcome to ask for other forms of payment, as long as they have at least one Chicken Smoothie payment option available.
Public: Yes - COPPA: Readable - Member: Unrestricted

Character Design Shops - Trading CS pets for characters

Use this forum to arrange the sale of original character designs with other Chicken Smoothie members. Artists are welcome to ask for other forms of payment, as long as they have at least one Chicken Smoothie payment option available.
Public: Yes - COPPA: Readable - Member: Unrestricted

Coding and Signature Design Shops

Hire others with Chicken Smoothie pets, items, and C$ to help you write BBCode for your signature or forum topics. Find resources to help yourself learn how to create more complex BBCode on your own! Seek advice from others to improve your BBCoding skills. Public: Yes - COPPA: Readable - Member: Unrestricted


Creativity

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Art Competitions

Use this forum to host or enter art competitions!Use Chicken Smoothie pets, items, or currency as a prize and see who rises to the challenge.
Public: Yes - COPPA: Readable - Member: Unrestricted

Art Galleries & Discussion

This place is a supportive forum to share your art and creative projects! You can also use this section to discuss art techniques or ask for tips on improving your work! All creative mediums are welcome here.
Public: Yes - COPPA: Readable - Member: Unrestricted

Discuss & Share your Writing

If you have a knack for writing, share your creations here for other Chicken Smoothie members to enjoy! Poetry and prose are both welcome here. Find other authors to discuss writing with and find a new supportive community for the skill,
Public: Yes - COPPA: Readable - Member: Unrestricted

User-made adoptable pets/characters

Some users create their own line arts and run adoptable species on Chicken Smoothie. You can find some of those user-made communities here! Have fun playing the games set up by the species' artists to win unique characters.
Public: Yes - COPPA: Readable - Member: Unrestricted

sub-forum: User-made adoptables - archives and other extra topic

Character Storage

If you have original characters with art or reference pictures, you can create a topic here to store their resources.
Public: Yes - COPPA: Readable - Member: Unrestricted

Forms for Adoptables/Try-outs

If you enjoy participating in any of the user-made adoptable communities on Chicken Smoothie, you can store your try out forms in this forum. This makes them easy to link for any competition you enter.
Public: Yes - COPPA: Readable - Member: Unrestricted


Scenes

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Dressup scenes

When you post a dressup scene it will appear in this board, which only contains this one unrestricted forum. Even if you start the scene from your "my stuff" menu, it will be posted here publicly.
Public: Yes - COPPA: Moderated - Member: Unrestricted

Most popular of all time

This forum automatically sorts the most popular dressup scenes based on the number of likes each received. The topics here are arranged chronologically by latest posts still, but only ones with high likes appear, fed in from the Dressup scenes forum.
Public: Yes - COPPA: Moderated Response - Member: Response-Only

Popular this week

Here the dressup scenes from the "dressup scenes" forum are automatically selected to appear based on the amount of likes they've received over the past week. The topics here are arranged chronologically by latest posts still, but only ones with high likes appear.
Public: Yes - COPPA: Moderated Response - Member: Response-Only


Oekaki

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Beginner's Oekaki

Everyone is welcome to post their drawings here! Start your oekaki adventure (or even your digital art adventure) by sharing your work in this section!
Public: Yes - COPPA: Moderated - Member: Unrestricted

Intermediate Oekaki

Once you've begun to get a strong handle on the oekaki program, try posting your art to this section instead! It's for more experienced artists to share their work, but isn't quite at the "advanced" level yet.
Public: Yes - COPPA: Moderated - Member: Unrestricted

Advanced Oekaki

For those who have mastered the oekaki program, this section is home to some of the most impressive artworks one the site.
Public: Yes - COPPA: Moderated - Member: Unrestricted

Editable Oekaki

Find all sorts of creative line arts made by fellow members for your use! Let others use your base to create their own works, or color without worrying about the lines. Just remember each artist can set their own rules for their editable, so make sure to check what you can use it for.
Public: Yes - COPPA: Moderated - Member: Unrestricted

sub-forum: Colored in

Sketches and experiments

When you want to post your quick sketches this is the place to go! Unfinished sketches, experimental pieces and styles, or quick silly can all be found in this section of the oekaki board.
Public: Yes - COPPA: Moderated - Member: Unrestricted

Competition

Challenge other users to create you some artwork on oekaki, with a prize for the winner of the contest. Just make sure to provide something for the contestants to work with; blank canvases aren't allowed!
Public: Yes - COPPA: Moderated - Member: Unrestricted

sub-forum: Entries

Adoptable Oekaki

Users often create their own unique species on Chicken Smoothie. Join their communities and compete in contests to win these user made characters and participate in their own unique content.
Public: Yes - COPPA: Moderated - Member: Unrestricted

sub-forum: Created pets

Comics and series

Discover creative stories drawn to life by Chicken Smoothie community members! Follow original stories as they unfold, or try your hand at making your own comics! Public: Yes - COPPA: Moderated - Member: Unrestricted

Collaborations and gift linearts

A place for your editable pieces which you only want to share with a few friends, not the entire public. Simply add the usernames of the ones you want to give permission foresting your base-work.
Public: Yes - COPPA: Moderated - Member: Unrestricted

sub-forum: Collabs/Gift Lines Colored in

Editable User Challenges/Memes

There are some "challenges" which have become popular on the Oekaki board. You can find a collection of them here, or make your own trend!
Public: Yes - COPPA: Moderated - Member: Unrestricted

sub-forum: Challenge Accepted!

Avatars

Use this section to create an avatar for your Chicken Smoothie account! Draw on a square canvas and easily use the finished product as your account's profile picture. If you so choose, you can make your piece public so that anyone can use it for their account.
Public: Yes - COPPA: Moderated - Member: Unrestricted

Editable Avatars

Create a base or line art to help your fellow Chicken Smoothie players create the perfect piece to decorate their profile. Or, if you want to color something in, find the perfect place to start. Just make sure to follow the rules set forth by the artists when it comes to using their line arts.
Public: Yes - COPPA: Readable - Member: Unrestricted

sub-forum: Avatars colored in

Most popular of all time

Here the most popular drawings, based on likes, are gathered for display! While they are still displayed chronologically by latest comment, only the most popular pieces from across the board will appear.
Public: Yes - COPPA: Moderated Response - Member: Response-Only

Popular this week

This forum displays a collection of the drawings which have been popular over the last weeks based on their likes. While the topics still display chronologically base on the latest post, from all the topics across the boards only the ones which received many likes in the last week will be included in the results.
Public: Yes - COPPA: Moderated Response - Member: Response-Only

Official Oekaki Challenge

Every so often the Chicken Smoothie Staff releases a drawing prompt for users to attempt! They're meant simply as fun pass times to challenge artists and help expand the talents of those who frequent the board. You can also view the creative efforts spent on past oekaki challenges!
Public: Yes - COPPA: Moderated - Member: Unrestricted

sub-forum: Previous challenges


Role Play

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Human Roleplays (Realistic)

This section of the role play board hosts realistic games for writers of all abilities. While the setting may vary (such as realistic historical events) all the characters have normal abilities and real-world limitations.
Public: Yes - COPPA: Hidden - Member: Unrestricted

Animal Roleplays (Realistic)

The games here focus on animal characters which are bound by the limitations of the real world. The species allowed here exist in real life, and match the time period of the role play. Writers of all skill levels are welcome to participate.
Public: Yes - COPPA: Readable - Member: Unrestricted

Human/Humanoid Roleplays (Fantasy)

This section allows for human(oid) characters to be played in more fantastical settings. Powers, special abilities, humanoid species (aliens, monsters, mythology, etc.) are all proper topics in this location. All skill levels of writing are welcome to this section. However, role plays which are based on existing universes (like those from books or movies) belong in a fandom-based forum.
Public: Yes - COPPA: Hidden - Member: Unrestricted

Animal Roleplays (Fantasy)

Here is the spot for role plays that focus on animals with powers or abilities. This category also encompasses mythological creatures which don't exist in real life, or creatures whose abilities don't match the setting they are in. All writers are welcome to post no matter their skill level. Public: Yes - COPPA: Readable - Member: Unrestricted

Human/Humanoid Roleplays (Fandom-based)

All writers are welcome to post on this forum with games focused on existing media about humans or humanoid characters. The original universe may come from books, movies, games or any sort of media. The games themselves can focus on canon characters, or original ones placed into the same universe as the original material. As long as it focuses on humanoid characters and is based on an existing work, it belongs in this section.
Public: Yes - COPPA: Hidden - Member: Unrestricted

Animal Roleplays (Fandom-based)

For role plays based on animals from existing universes (books, games, movies, etc.), all skill levels of writers are welcome to post here. The character can either be canon from the source material, or original ones while users play in the universe created by the existing content.
Public: Yes - COPPA: Readable - Member: Unrestricted

Human/Humanoid Roleplays (Advanced/Semi-lit and Lit+)

For our more advanced writers, the "lit" forum is a great place to expand you skills in creative writing. The posts here are generally expected to be long and detailed. The person running the RP sets the standard for the specific game. This section focuses on games with humanoid characters, regardless of the setting, inspiration, or universal rules.
Public: Yes - COPPA: Hidden - Member: Unrestricted

Animal/Fantasy Creature Roleplays (Advanced/Semi-lit and Lit+)

Writers who wish to write more advanced posts use the "lit" board to improve their writing skills. The game host can decide the specific literacy level for their own game, but generally this forum expects longer, more detailed contributions. The characters here are animals, and can be placed in any setting despite realism or inspiration.
Public: Yes - COPPA: Readable - Member: Unrestricted

1x1 and Invite-Only Roleplays

Arrange for private games between yourself and a small group (or even just one person) here. Even in private role plays, the forum layout can be far more convenient than that of private messages, and so this forum is here to help out these small private groups. You should only post on topics you've been invited to join; people won't appreciate strangers butting into their game. Find partners in the topics sticked at the top of the Roleplay Discussion Forum.
Public: Yes - COPPA: Readable - Member: Unrestricted

General Roleplay Discussion and Forms

In addition to a couple topics for advertising your role plays and/or availability, this forum can also host discussion topics for group games. It's an ideal spot to collect forms for roleplays with applications to join.
Public: Yes - COPPA: Readable - Member: Unrestricted

Roleplay Guides and Help

Want to learn some tips to improve your roleplaying abilities? In addition to the wiki's resources, you can find guides made by community members in this section. Furthermore, if you can't find the information you need, make your own thread to ask for other people's input!
Public: Yes - COPPA: Readable - Member: Unrestricted

Roleplay Character Storage

If you use the same character frequently across many roleplays, this category is a helpful place to store your information. Note, the storage is for characters, not coding templates. Only developed character sheets/forms should end up here.
Public: Yes - COPPA: Readable - Member: Unrestricted


Dressup Challenge

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Dressup Challenges

Display your pet dress ups by submitting them to an active challenge! Once submitted to a challenge, the dress up will be preserved forever, even you you later take the items off the pet. The challenges are simply fun prompts, there are no official winners.

Each challenge has its own section, listed chronologically on the main page. Each challenge displays three sections: recent activity, random entries, and the most popular. The recent activity category shows the dress up topics with the most recent comments, while the popular entries are those with the most likes (although they are still displayed chronologically by latest post). Random entries are drawn from all the pictures submitted for a given challenge.
Public: Yes - COPPA: Moderated Entries - Member: Limited Entries