Special Release Pets
This guide was originally written by Chry
What does "Unreleased/UR" mean?
On the 18th of December, 2008, 4 pets were released during the advent calender. These were pets classed as "Unreleased" because they were pets made for Chicken Smoothie that were never released at any other time but on December 18th.
What do these "Unreleased/UR" pets look like?
The 4 pets below made their first appearance in 2008 on the 18th of December. They have been also been re-released during the 2009 and 2010 Advent Calendars. The banana and the UR Cat were originally custom pets owned by just a few members. When released in the advent, some users deleted the banana pets believing them to be worthless, but later the rarity was revealed to be 'OMG so rare!'
http://chrypix.webs.com/CS/URandZebraGuide/URBwolf.png http://chrypix.webs.com/CS/URandZebraGuide/URMintHorse.png http://chrypix.webs.com/CS/URandZebraGuide/URBanana.png
UR Butterfly Wolf ---------------- UR Mint Horse ---------------- UR Banana
http://chrypix.webs.com/CS/URandZebraGuide/URCat.png
UR Cat
The 3 pets below made their first appearance in 2009 on the 18th of December. They have also been re-released in the 2010 Advent Calendar.
http://chrypix.webs.com/CS/URandZebraGuide/URDog.png http://chrypix.webs.com/CS/URandZebraGuide/URPurpleHorse.png http://chrypix.webs.com/CS/URandZebraGuide/URApple.png
UR 09 Dog ---------------- UR Purple Horse ---------------- UR Apple
The 4 pets below made their first appearance in the 2010 Advent Calendar on the 18th of December. Malk had a special box during this advent calender where you had the chance to adopt her first "Unreleased/UR" pet.
http://chrypix.webs.com/CS/URandZebraGuide/URTigerDog.png http://chrypix.webs.com/CS/URandZebraGuide/URRat.png http://chrypix.webs.com/CS/URandZebraGuide/URGrapes.png
UR Tiger Dog ---------------- UR Rat ---------------- UR Grapes
http://chrypix.webs.com/CS/URandZebraGuide/URMalkdog.png
UR Malk Dog
How do I get an "Unreleased/UR" pet and how rare are they?
The only time you can adopt an "Unreleased/UR" pet is on the 18th of December. There is a random chance that you might get one of these pets, out of several other hundred pets being released from the same box, and you are only allowed to adopt from this box twice. This makes the rarity of the "Unreleased/UR" pets 'Very Rare' and 'OMG So Rare'. They are highly sought after, and are very popular, making them quite difficult to trade for.
The Zebras
How do I get a Zebra?
While Equimagine's lines were still being released in 2009 and 2010, there was a small chance you could get a Zebra from all the horseshoes she released. All you had to do was adopt her pets and hope you were lucky enough to get one and this system is still used with Yulynh's Horses and Ponies. Users had a 1 in 40,000 chance of getting a Zebra, and they are, collectively, the rarest pets on Chicken Smoothie. The Zebra's are released this way because Zebra's are Tess' favorite animal, and she wants to keep them extra special. Since the retirement of Equimagine's lines, and the arrival of Yulynh's new lines, the Zebra's are only being released intermittently. They have not been retired and are not under the "Unreleased/UR" class.
On June 1st 2010, there was a mix-up with the way Zebra's were released, and there was a 7% higher chance of getting a Zebra. This was rectified after about 10 minutes, but there were about 14 extra Zebra's adopted that month. This slightly lowered the over all rarity of the Mountains Zebra, which is the more common of the 3 Zebra's. Although this isn't the only reason, the Mountains Zebra has had several rarity changes over the 2010 Advent Calender, going down from OMG So Rare to Very Rare, then back up again. You can see all the fluctuations in the Rarity Changes Archive linked at the bottom of the thread
There are 3 Zebras. The Mountains Zebra, being the most common (But still rarer than the rarest dog), the Grevy's Zebra, which is the least liked from what I've observed, and isn't as common as the Mountains Zebra. And last, but by no means least, is the Plains Zebra, the rarest of the 3. I created the chart below so you can easily distinguish between them :)
http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn135/wombat69rulz/ChickenSmoothie/Zebras.png [/center]
