Stallion ads. Is there any rule about accuracy?

[owlclover]

I saw an ad for a stallion that appeared to be using the information blurb from the horse's page, and was very favorable. Made it seem like it had mostly + attributes.

But when I went to visit the horse's page, the actual info contradicted it, and the horse was not very good at all! So that seems like a deliberate attempt to deceive people into using the stallion. Is there a rule about that on the game, or is it just buyer beware?

I was taken aback, as it's the first time I've seen a deliberate effort to deceive people to gain money on the game.

[Skraythrax]

I have encountered this situation a couple of times recently myself. It is definitely annoying when there are 15 pages of studs to look through, but so many users put up bad ads in general and/or no horse picture that I look through them very thoroughly anyway. I feel confident that eventually there will be an improved directory once the most important game aspects have been addressed.

[Virgo]

The ads are probably the most frustrating to sort through. I tend to just find breeders that I like and stick with the studs they offer. Maybe there could be a system setup where premium users can offer featured ads or something along those lines.

[owlclover]

Well, it seems wrong. On most other games where young people are welcome, there is some basic rule of behavior. It was shocking to me, because the horse in question has a red in strength, and the ad says it has "...tons of natural strength". The wording of the ad is such that it's obvious that they dumped in the Breeder's Report and then edited the bad wording to sound good.

[Alaina]

It seems like something that would be quite hard to enforce. I would suggest if you come across it just note down the breeder's name and avoid their horses. Eventually breeders will be discouraged from doing this when they find that they just and up with a very poor reputation and no one will buy it breed to their stock.