Archive for May, 2018

Questions for Bucket Head!

Hey everyone this will be the last one of my staff questions for fun! I was able to catch our elusive bucket head a.k.a Nash!

What is your favorite kind of cheese? i love gruyere cheese mostly.. but any real cheese will do.

Could you survive in the wilderness for a month? without a doubt.

What is the perfect temperature to set the thermostat at? 70

Where can I hide a body? toss em to the pigs

What animal would you like to see scaled up to the size of an elephant? sugar glider

What fictional place would you most like to go? Gilligans island

What takes up too much of your time? Sorting legos

What age do you wish you could permanently be? 30 ish

It has been a lot of fun asking these questions and getting everyones answers! Maybe we will do it again sometime with a new round of questions! Happy Breeding Everyone! This is Ava over and out!

Navigating Your Breedables

Happy Hump Day Fellow Breeders!

If you’re like me, when you see or hear the term “GPS” (acronym for Global Positioning System), your first thought is of those devices that help us find our way around Real Life. GPS systems can enhance our productivity by providing navigation from one location to another and tracking the position or location of objects.

Did you know you can, also, use a GPS to help you be more productive with your Amaretto breedables? You can! Amaretto has created some handy dandy tools for Horse, K-9, Barnyard Bird and Ponie Pal breeders that will make Second Life just a little bit easier too!

➧ For Horses its the Global Pony Settings (Barrel)
➧ For K-9s its the Global Pup Settings (Hydrant)
➧ For Barnyard Birds its the Global Peck’n Sort (Silo)
➧ For Ponie Pals its the Global Ponie Sychronizer (Apple Tree)

Each one of these amazing tools is absolutely free and works only for the breedable for which it was designed. So if you breed Horses, K-9s, Barnyard Birds and Ponie Pals, you will need one for each breedable. These tools allow you to control your breedables in just a few clicks. Options include movement, animations, text, sound, particles (for Ponie Pals only), range and home setting. They can turn possibly hundreds of clicks into a just a few!.

It is important to point out that these devices apply settings SIM WIDE to EVERY rezzed breedable owned by you. So, if you have special pens set up to manage special projects you may have to manually reset those.

Please Note:
➧ Although 96m is the maximum for range, the “suggested” setting on any breedable is 40m.
➧ Turning off movement and animations CAN improve sim performance some. So, if you’re on an already laggy sim, you might consider keeping these options off in order to support better performance. Text on or off has zero effect on the performance of a sim.

Pick up this time saving tools at all food store locations:

http://amarettobreedables.com/pages/locations

Plus, in addition to these goodies, Amaretto Ranch University offers FREE classes on how to use each GPS.

Check the ARU Calendar for class schedule:

http://amarettobreedables.com/pages/ARUCalendar

Till next time…Happy Breeding!

Shade & Glaze & Brilliance… Oh My!

Hello everyone and Happy Monday! I hope everyone has a fantastic weekend! On this beautiful day I wanted to take a moment to go over Shades, Glaze, and Brilliance! The Shade trait comes from breeding Collectors Edition Barnyard Birds “Starter Breeds” together or 1 starter with any other bird. The Glaze and The Brilliance traits were introduced in the 2.0 Barnyard Bird Update, You must have purchased new starter birds or new 2.0 Sanctuary Birds to get your chance at this trait. Take a look at these beautiful traits below!

Please note that these traits CAN be passed on.

Shade:

On October 28th, 2013 Amaretto released the 2013 Collectors Edition Halloween Barnyard Birds! Any breeding of these 2013 Collectors Edition Halloween Barnyard Birds gave a chance at getting a hidden surprises! These surprises were the Shades Slime, Panic, and Pumpkin! On Monday December 18, 2013 Amaretto released the 2013 Holiday Barnyard Birds! Any breeding of these 2013 Holiday Barnyard Birds gave a chance at getting a hidden surprises! These surprises were the Shades Fire and Frost! On February 9, 2015 Amaretto released the Valentines Day Collectors Edition Barnyard Birds. by breeding any of this year’s 2015 Amaretto released the Valentines Day Collectors Edition together you may find the hidden surprise they hold! These surprises were shades Love and Sunshine! Take a look at these beautiful shades below!

 

Glaze:

The Glaze trait was introduced in the 2.0 Barnyard Bird Update, You must have purchased new starter birds or new 2.0 Sanctuary Birds to get your chance at this trait.

Brilliance:

The Brilliance trait was introduced in the 2.0 Barnyard Bird Update, You must have purchased new starter birds or new 2.0 Sanctuary Birds to get your chance at this trait.

Happy Breeding!!

Until Next Time….

 

Ava’s Answers!

Well since no one sent me any juicy questions I will answer the same ones the rest of the staff answered!

What is your favorite kind of cheese?
Sharp Cheddar!

Could you survive in the wilderness for a month?
No I wouldnt last a day!

What is the perfect temperature to set the thermostat at?
70 I like it cool!

Where can I hide a body?
I could hide a body in the back 40 at the end of my property.

What animal would you like to see scaled up to the size of an elephant?
A yorkie cause i love my yorkie babies!

What fictional place would you most like to go?
Secondlife of course duh!

What takes up too much of your time?
Cleaning my home……..

What age do you wish you could permanently be?
If i could be one age frozen in time I think it would be 30, i mean your not as dumb as you were in your 20’s but your not as old as your 40s!

Well I have one more team member to catch lets see what he has to say on Thursday! This is Ava over and out happy breeding! I hope to see you all at the community meeting tomorrow!

 

Blueberry Cheesecake Anyone?

Hello everyone hope you all are having a terrific Saturday.

In my Customer Connection today I want to share with you all what I found out about today. Did you all know that today is NATIONAL BLUEBERRY CHEESECAKE DAY!!

A food holiday for cheesecake lovers, National Blueberry Cheesecake Day is observed on May 26th.

Cheesecake is a sweet dessert that is a mixture of fresh soft cheese, cream cheese or cottage cheese, eggs and sugar on a crust made from crushed graham crackers, crushed cookies, pastry or sponge cake. Cheesecakes can be prepared baked or unbaked and are often served topped with fruit, chocolate or whipped cream. There are many varieties of cheesecake. However, this day honors the blueberry cheesecake.

HOW TO OBSERVE
Enjoy a blueberry cheesecake at your favorite restaurant. If you’re handy in the kitchen, try one of these recipes:

The Best Blueberry Cheesecake
http://www.geniuskitchen.com/recipe/the-best-blueberry-cheesecake-292007

Blueberry Cheesecake
https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/7934/blueberry-cheesecake/

No-Bake Blueberry Cheesecake with Graham Cracker Crust
https://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/No-Bake-Blueberry-Cheesecake-with-Graham-Cracker-Crust-108320

Blueberry Cheesecake
https://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/blueberry-cheesecake

Blueberry Cheesecake Cookies
https://www.keyingredient.com/recipes/13859039/blueberry-cheesecake-cookies/

Post photos of your celebration on social media using #BlueberryCheesecakeDay.

 

 

You don’t want to indulge in cheesecake? Well then how about all those delicious blueberry traits Amaretto has for us.  Did you know that all our breedables has a blueberry trait?

Blueberry Pie Crazed Coat Perlino
http://wiki.amarettobreedables.com/index.php?title=File:Blueberry_Pie_Crazed_Coat_Perlino.jpg

Hoof Blueberry
http://wiki.amarettobreedables.com/index.php?title=File:Blueberry.jpg

Blueberry Pie Crazed Coat English Bull Terrier
http://wiki2.amarettobreedables.com/index.php?title=File:Blueberry_Pie_Crazed_Coat_English_Bull_Terrier.jpg

Blueberry Tart Collar
http://wiki2.amarettobreedables.com/index.php?title=File:Blueberry_Tart.jpg

Blueberry nose
http://wiki2.amarettobreedables.com/index.php?title=File:BlueBerryNose.jpg

Blueberry Pie Crazed Black Tailed White Japanese Bantam
http://wiki3.amarettobreedables.com/index.php?title=File:Blueberry_Pie_Crazed_Black_Tailed_White_Japanese_BantamRooster.jpg

http://wiki3.amarettobreedables.com/index.php?title=File:Blueberry_Pie_Crazed_Black_Tailed_White_Japanese_BantamHen.jpg

Blueberry Bandit
http://wiki4.amarettobreedables.com/index.php?title=File:BlueberryBandit.jpg

Until next time this is Snookie saying have a yummy day and Happy Breeding!!

Let’s Look At Ear Tips!

Happy Friday Amaretto Community! Are you ready for a tip-top weekend? I know I am and speaking of tips… today I wanted to take a moment to tell you about the Ear Tips for the horses! The Ear Tips are an awesome trait and they are a perfect addition for those trying to color coordinate the traits! The Ear Tips were introduced as the 25th Trait from the 2015 Independence Day – Uncle Sam Horse. You can change the color of your horses ears with this trait! This trait DOES have the ability to pass! How exciting! Take a look below at the beautiful Ear Tips!

http://wiki.amarettobreedables.com/index.php?title=Ear_Tips

Have a great weekend!!!

Happy Ear Tip breeding! Until next time……

Questions with Tmzasz!

It was bound to happen and it did I caught TM! I asked him the same question I asked other staff members, check out his responses!

 

What is your favorite kind of cheese?
pepperjack

Could you survive in the wilderness for a month?
yes would go for 2 months though

What is the perfect temperature to set the thermostat at?
76

Where can I hide a body?
I cant tell you that now can I?

What animal would you like to see scaled up to the size of an elephant?
a goldfish because it would be funny

What fictional place would you most like to go?
cyberspace

What takes up too much of your time?
games

What age do you wish you could permanently be?
21 because its old enough for everything but young enough for everything

Guys i need question that you would like for me to answer so please put em on a nc and next week it will be my turn! Happy Breeding Everyone!

3rd Annual Intercontinental Expo

HAPPY HUMP DAY FELLOW BREEDERS!

Three years ago, to coincide with their birthday celebration, E&S Breedables Market began a week-long exposition of beautiful creations bred by Amaretto breeders, just like you!

This week, which marks E&S’s 7th year on the SL grid, they are proud to present the 3rd Annual Intercontinental Expo. The expo is being held from Saturday, May 19th thru Friday, May 25th.
In past years the Expo was limited to just horses, but, this year’s entries where open to K9s, barnyard birds and ponies as well!

Let me tell you, there are some gorgeous breedables here! Just take a look!

Here is your ride to the Expo! http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Miniconjou/175/52/25

Go over, check them out and vote for your favorite while you are there!  You can vote for each entry once a day. Voting is only L$10 and proceeds go to offset the awesome prizes!
Winners will be announced on Saturday, May 26th, during the birthday festivities.

Good luck to all the entries and Happy 7th Birthday to E&S!

If you have an Amaretto based event you would like me to mention in a future Connection, please send me a notecard with details. I LOVE sharing all the great things from our community!

Till next time…HAPPY BREEDING!

Hungry & Sick Breedables!

Happy Monday Amaretto breeders!! Who is ready for the new week!? I hope it is a good one for everyone!! Today I wanted to take some time to help with two of the most common questions I see in the Amaretto groups.  “Help my breedable isn’t eating!” or “Help my breedable is sick!”  There are quite a few things you can try to get your breedable eating again but remember if all else fails you can always file a ticket on the Amaretto Support site and have a CSR help you look into it.

Let’s talk a little about the food for your breedables first. The Ponie Pals only have 1 food type, Ponie Pal Grub. You will feed this to your ponies to keep them healthy and able to breed. The Horses, K-9s, and Birds all have two different type foods available. Breeder Food is for Horses, K-9’s or Barnyard Birds that you want to breed. Pet food is used when you do not wish to breed your animal.  If  you decide later that you do wish to breed them it will take 7 days of them eating Breeder food for the Pet food to wear off.

Using Food:

1. Rez the Food within your breedables set range. (A breedable’s default range is 5 meters)

2. You can click the Food to change options and see remaining %. Options include Owner only, Group only, and All.

A.  Owner only: Will only be consumed by the owners breedable.

B.  Group only: Will only be consumed by breedables in the same group as the food/water is set to.

C.  All: Any breedable within range of the food/water will be able to consume it.

Once the Food has been completely consumed it will disappear.

 

amaretto_brand_breedable_food

petfood

amaretto_brand_k-9_breedable_kibble__water

amaretto_brand_k-9_pet_kibble__water

amaretto_brand_barley_bird_diet

pet_pellets

In case your breedable gets hungry try these tips:

1. Re-rez fixes 99% of the issues.

2. If the land is set to a group, are the breedables and food set to that group? Some sims have it set that no scripts can run unless they are set to the right group as the land.

3. If the land isn’t set to a group, then check that the breedables and food are set to the same group as each other. So often the food is in one group and the breedable in another. The food is set to feed only those in the same group and before you know it you have sick breedables

4. For the horses, k-9s and birds, check to see if the breedable is set to the type of food out (You can check this in their More Stats)

5. Re-set home position.

If your Breedable still doesn’t eat after trying this, you will need to file a support ticket. Please include a location URL, so that we can come out and see them, in world. Please make sure that we have permission to come on the land.

Remember if you put a Breedable in your inventory it will get hungry.

For the horses, k-9s and birds, they will eat once every hour. If food is not present their hunger and thirst will rise until it reaches 100% (or in the case of the Barnyard Birds until it reaches 0%) at which time they will get sick, this will take 3 days

For the ponies, they will eat once every 96 minutes. If food (Grub) is not present their Grub will rise until it reaches 100% at which time they will get sick. This can take 5 days.

A Healing Kit for horses, Vaccination for K-9s, Flu Shot for Birds, and Ponie Noodle Soup for Ponies can be used to heal your breedable.

The horses, k-9s and birds, will eat their way out of sickness. Horses and K-9s take approximately 3 days and Barnyard Birds take 4 days.

To use a Healing kit, Vaccination, Flu shot or Noodle Soup, simply rez the item nearby your sick breedable. Click your breedable select consumables and select Healing kit, Vaccination, Flu shot or Noodle Soup. Before your eyes your Breedable will go from sick back to perfect health.

So there you have it all you need to know if your breedable starts to become sick.

Happy Breeding & Feeding!!

Until next time….

Gacha Geek Out!

Hi Everyone

So I thought I would do a connection on what the Gacha horses are named after!, A little science geek-out with Marku!

First up is Ariel

After Miranda, Ariel is the second-smallest of Uranus’ five major rounded satellites and the second-closest to its planet. Among the smallest of the Solar System’s 19 known spherical moons (it ranks 14th among them in diameter), it is believed to be composed of roughly equal parts ice and rocky material. Its mass is approximately equal in magnitude to Earth’s hydrosphere.

Elara

Elara is the eighth-largest moon of Jupiter and is named after Elara, one of Zeus‘s lovers and the mother of the giant Tityos.[5]

Callisto

Callisto is the second-largest moon of Jupiter, after Ganymede. It is the third-largest moon in the Solar System after Ganymede and Saturn‘s largest moon Titan, and the largest object in the Solar System not to be properly differentiated. Callisto was discovered in 1610 by Galileo Galilei.

Amalthea

Amalthea is the third moon of Jupiter in order of distance from the planet. It was discovered on 9 September 1892, by Edward Emerson Barnard and named after Amalthea, a nymph in Greek mythology.[7] It is also known as Jupiter V.

Europa

Europa is the smallest of the four Galilean moons orbiting Jupiter, and the sixth-closest to the planet. It is also the sixth-largest moon in the Solar System. Europa was discovered in 1610 by Galileo Galilei[1] and was named after Europa, the legendary mother of King Minos of Crete and lover of Zeus (the Greek equivalent of the Roman god Jupiter).

Titan

Titan is the sixth gravitationally rounded moon from Saturn. Frequently described as a planet-like moon, Titan is 50% larger than Earth’s Moon, and it is 80% more massive. It is the second-largest moon in the Solar System, after Jupiter’s moon Ganymede, and is larger than the smallest planet, Mercury, but only 40% as massive.

Aurora

An aurora (plural: auroras or aurorae),[a] sometimes referred to as polar lightsnorthern lights (aurora borealis) or southern lights (aurora australis), is a natural light display in the Earth’s sky, predominantly seen in the high-latitude regions(around the Arctic and Antarctic).

(Information Taken From Wikipedia.com)

So there we have it, the gachas are awesome and you can still go grab some by visiting any of the main Horse, K-9, Barnyard Bird or Ponie Pal stores and play the Gacha machines to have a chance at getting any of the coats.

Thats all from me today, Hugs Marku.