New breeds that devalue/decrease rarity of goodie dyes.

[Elise Morden]

I am sorry if this is a moot point, but something happened today that made me feel quite guilty and a bit bad.
So I thought I would ask generally what the site policy is as things like this aren't in the FAQ as new breeds are so well *new*

What happens when your new breed actually has the same name or similar to someones previous goodie dye?
I am not niave enough or selfish enough to think that "Hah my $95 dollars trumps your $9 dollars so there"

And in case New Breeds and Goodie colours are going to be kept as mutually unique I did check the list on the foum.
There was listed a Phantom Of The Opera colour however the horse originally dyed owner hasn't been on since 2005 so I thought maybe I wll be safe.

Just in case I was turned down though I didn't change layouts or make pics till I got my horses figuring that Nef wouldn't let me have them if there was a problem.

However today I got a message, and not a nasty one saying how they liked my new breed and they have the only Phantom Of The Opera coloured horse on the server and would I be dyeing mine.

I informed them I wouldn't be dyeing them as the colour was already taken, and that as far as I knew there were 2 horses of that colour.

However there are two colours
"Phantom of the Opera" and "The Phantom of the Opera" I looked for the first but the second one I didn't so unfortunatley I have stepped unbeknowst on someones toes.

I have noticed that on some private breeds comments have been made about going to Nef and asking for a change as a breed has the same name as a colour.

I don't wish to cause trouble for Nef and I certainly did not mean to step on anyones toes.
What is going to happen with breeds and colours, Are we new breed owners really devaluing/decreasing rarities of colours by having breeds that share names.

Or are the two just different, is colour rarity not affected by a breed name. This message I got was upbeat and chatty and not offensive at all, however I feel we need clarification because it's only a matter of time before some New Breed owner or Nef for that matter gets hassle for copying someones colour too closely with a New Breed.

Sorry if this blathers on too much, I think in my own ways it's a bit of an out pouring of guilt as I feel a bit crass for just stealing someones colour idea.

Thanks in advance for your time.

Ele

[Mythara]

I've made one of my colours a breed, made one of someone elses colours a breed, and had one of my colours made a breed. I personally have no problem with it, but other people will obviously feel differently about it. Someone asked Nef about it a while ago, and I think the view was essentially, breeds and colours have nothing to do with each other and she won't deny breeds if there's already a colour of it as they are two different things.

[Elise Morden]

Thanks Mythara
I certainly wouldn't want to change my breed now after putting all that work and time into it already, however I was curious to know as to how this would stand from a site point of view.

It's good to know that colours and breeds are not thought of as the same thing at least by Nef so that means I didn't intentionally or unitentionally mislead her into giving me my breed.

Thanks again, I appreciate it Mythara

Ele

[Alabama]

Yes, Nef's view on this is that color and breed are separate. And a color can be one based a horse breed, as long as it's not an exact color already in the game and vice versa.

[Elise Morden]

Thanks Alabama thats put my mind at rest!!

Ele