https://mail.mesa.huntandjump.com/forum/index.php?p=/categories/announcements/p16/feed.rss Fri, 17 Apr 26 15:17:40 -0700 Announcements - Hunt and Jump Forum - Mesa en-CA https://mail.mesa.huntandjump.com/forum/index.php?p=/discussion/4567/white-10-axiom-red-rainbow-riot-nacre-tiger-eye-1-phantom-bats-phantom-ghosts-phantom-spiders-phanto Sat, 01 Oct 2022 06:30:01 -0700 Ammit 4567@/forum/index.php?p=/discussions White 10

Axiom Red

Rainbow Riot Nacre

Tiger Eye 1

Phantom Bats

Phantom Ghosts

Phantom Spiders

Phantom Skulls

Phantom Pumpkins

Rainbow Riot Paintbrush Prism

Phantom Will-O-Wisp
]]> https://mail.mesa.huntandjump.com/forum/index.php?p=/discussion/4554/congratulations-to-all-of-our-year-30-breeder-club-champions- Wed, 28 Sep 2022 06:00:02 -0700 Ammit 4554@/forum/index.php?p=/discussions HuntAndJump.com would like to congratulate all of our year 30 breeder club champions.]]> https://mail.mesa.huntandjump.com/forum/index.php?p=/discussion/4507/sooty-plus-mushroom-sabino-1-snowflake-axiom-nexus-chinchilla-dense-pheomelanin-onyx-dun-factor-prom Thu, 15 Sep 2022 06:30:01 -0700 Ammit 4507@/forum/index.php?p=/discussions Sooty Plus

Mushroom

Sabino 1

Snowflake

Axiom Nexus

Chinchilla

Dense Pheomelanin

Onyx

Dun Factor Promoter One

Chocolate

Phantom Apple Picking

Dun Factor Promoter Two

Snowdrop

HMGA2 Height Regulator

Platinum
]]> https://mail.mesa.huntandjump.com/forum/index.php?p=/discussion/4497/account-merging-is-now-by-request-only Mon, 12 Sep 2022 06:46:10 -0700 Ammit 4497@/forum/index.php?p=/discussions
The price for mergings has been halved to 15 IVS for a base price, but we now track every single merge and will be scrutinizing every merge request to make sure it looks like a real request and not like someone trying to exploit the name and collect new member benefits. ]]> https://mail.mesa.huntandjump.com/forum/index.php?p=/discussion/4491/the-t-allele-of-agouti-is-temporarily-a-brown-updates Sat, 10 Sep 2022 06:08:13 -0700 Ammit 4491@/forum/index.php?p=/discussions For context here is the original post about the agouti overhaul
https://www.huntandjump.com/forum/discussion/54623/changes-are-coming-to-agouti-here-is-what-you-need-to-know#Item_34

All horses who had the t allele in the game now have A*. A* is a placeholder to help people with the transition. As the former t allele holding horses age out of the game, A* will vanish over time. When you breed a horse with A* any foals it has will only inherit normal A. You can not edit A* onto any horses.

A* is exactly the same as the old t allele and follows those rules when creating the brown phenotype and color name.


New brown rules
All horses, including foals of A* horses, now follow the new brown rules. To be marked as brown a horse must have 4 or more darkening conditions. This works like liver/chocolate for ee horses. They require 3 darkening conditions, brown requires 4.

What is a darkening condition?
With our liver horses each copy of sooty and each copy of DP count as one darkening condition. This will be true with brown horses as well. In addition to sooty and DP being EE or Aa will also count as a darkening condition for brown horses.

EE = +1
Aa = +1
Sty/- = +1
Dp/- = +1
Sty/Sty = +2
Dp/DP =+ 2

Agouti promoter reduces brown counters. Every copy of Agouti promoter acts as a-1 darkening condition.


Exactly what genetic combos will be bay versus brown?
I have made a spreadsheet
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1EHr5iP5D8NNHME1LWc-6tgpwupd_BdZpuMKeqNBnZuI/edit?usp=sharing

Will DP now be required for brown?
No, EE Aa StySty horses will brown even without the DP gene.

Exactly what genetic combos will be bay versus brown?
I have made a spreadsheet
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1EHr5iP5D8NNHME1LWc-6tgpwupd_BdZpuMKeqNBnZuI/edit?usp=sharing


Herd Helpers
The former herd helpers that had the t allele have all been straight edited to have the A allele. That means many of the formally brown herd helpers will no longer make brown all the time. They will make sooty bays instead. Many of these horses can still end up as browns, it just is not guaranteed. There will be new brown-only herd helpers coming in the future.


Future agouti generation
Right now the generator has some relatively harsh lines between wild bay, bay, and brown. It also is struggling with buckskins. There should be a smooth gradient of expression from very little black point remaining all the way to nearly fully black expressions of agouti. My plan is to rebuild agouti this fall. The aim is around November but we will see how things line up. Looking forward to it!


Please let me know if you have any questions. ]]> https://mail.mesa.huntandjump.com/forum/index.php?p=/discussion/4482/wild-bay-to-agouti-promoter-update-has-begun Tue, 06 Sep 2022 08:43:04 -0700 Ammit 4482@/forum/index.php?p=/discussions
Herd helpers that used to call the Wild Bay herd helper may not properly produce agouti horses today.

The update is expected to finish today. ]]> https://mail.mesa.huntandjump.com/forum/index.php?p=/discussion/4479/september-fall-colors-sale Tue, 06 Sep 2022 05:30:55 -0700 Ammit 4479@/forum/index.php?p=/discussions September Fall Colors Sale!
Thank you to everyone who voted for our sale genes. Based on your feedback I created this pigment modifier/fall colors sale. 20% off through the end of the month on the following:

Dun Factor Promoter Two
Dun Factor Promoter One
Onyx
Platinum
Chocolate
Chinchilla
Mushroom
Sooty Plus
Dense Pheo

Buy Sale Genes]]> https://mail.mesa.huntandjump.com/forum/index.php?p=/discussion/4464/rainbow-riot-thunderstruck-chocolate-phantom-apple-picking-rainbow-riot-2-toner-appaloosa-spot-regul Thu, 01 Sep 2022 06:30:02 -0700 Ammit 4464@/forum/index.php?p=/discussions Rainbow Riot Thunderstruck

Chocolate

Phantom Apple Picking

Rainbow Riot 2 Toner

Appaloosa Spot Regulator 1

Splash White 3
]]> https://mail.mesa.huntandjump.com/forum/index.php?p=/discussion/4451/congratulations-to-all-of-our-year-29-breeder-club-champions- Sun, 28 Aug 2022 06:00:01 -0700 Ammit 4451@/forum/index.php?p=/discussions HuntAndJump.com would like to congratulate all of our year 29 breeder club champions.]]> https://mail.mesa.huntandjump.com/forum/index.php?p=/discussion/4364/shattered-stained-glass-game-and-lab-sale Mon, 01 Aug 2022 09:02:04 -0700 Ammit 4364@/forum/index.php?p=/discussions Oh no!


PonPon and her friends were playing hoof ball on the quad and may have accidentally broken HAJ University's prized stained glass window. Can you help them find all the precious shards?



Just by being active each day on the game through the end of the event (August 15th), you can find stained glass shards. Each shard is worth between 1 and 3 points. The top 5 players (ties decided by random draw) will receive the following prizes:

1st Place
Shatterglass
Watercolor
Nacre
Toner
Inkspot

To be added to ONE horse of their choice.

2nd Place
Shatterglass
Nacre
Paintbrush Prism
Toner
Inkspot

To be added to ONE horse of their choice.


3rd Place
Shatterglass
Nacre
Inkspot

To be added to ONE horse of their choice.

4th Place
Shatterglass
Nacre
Inkspot

To be added to ONE horse of their choice.

5th Place
Shatterglass
Paintbrush Prism

To be added to ONE horse of their choice.


Horses to be edited must be GMT eligible. Chimeric horses will only get one copy of each gene, not two.




In order to fund the repair costs of the window, the University is having a sale on rainbow genes in the GMT lab. Through August 14th you can purchase:

Shatterglass
Watercolor
Nacre
Paintbrush Prism
Toner
Inkspot



]]> https://mail.mesa.huntandjump.com/forum/index.php?p=/discussion/4416/haj-member-created-wiki-is-now-out- Mon, 15 Aug 2022 04:00:18 -0700 Ammit 4416@/forum/index.php?p=/discussions

Want to help build out more information? Every individual that helps contribute helps make the wiki better. You can join the wiki discord, and register for an account on the wiki to get editing access.
https://discord.com/invite/vYtgaqeVPf


A huge thank you to the members who have spearheaded getting this project off the ground. ]]> https://mail.mesa.huntandjump.com/forum/index.php?p=/discussion/4415/satin-kit-promoter-axiom-red-rainbow-riot-nacre-sunshine-phantom-sun-runes-phantom-star-runes-now-f Mon, 15 Aug 2022 06:30:01 -0700 Ammit 4415@/forum/index.php?p=/discussions Satin

Kit Promoter

Axiom Red

Rainbow Riot Nacre

Sunshine

Phantom Sun Runes

Phantom Star Runes
]]> https://mail.mesa.huntandjump.com/forum/index.php?p=/discussion/3746/changes-are-coming-to-agouti-here-is-what-you-need-to-know Wed, 11 May 2022 07:19:08 -0700 Ammit 3746@/forum/index.php?p=/discussions What is happening?
The + and t alleles of agouti are being removed from the game.

When?
Probably around September but I am not positive on the exact date.

Why is this happening?
When HAJ was first created we did not have agouti variants. Then it became the internet consenses that + and t were real. After several years of this being the dogma, I added them to the game. There now is updated scientific evidence showing that the thinking from that period was incorrect. As far as we know A and a are the only alleles of the extension gene found in horses.

What is going to happen to wild bays?
I am going to create a new gene for the restriction of black points. It will work just like wild bay does now BUT instead of being on the agouti gene directly, it will be inherited separately. You will need to breed for agouti AND agouti promoter to get wild bay horses. Agouti promoter is going to be just as common as + is now and I will be turning horses with + in the game now into these promoter horses. The transition should be seamless for you. Other than having to watch out for both genes when breeding instead of just agouti status breeding wild bays won't be notably different.

The + allele will be removed completely in one swoop but your horses will not appear any different.

What is going to happen to brown?
Brown is more complex and will see more drastic changes. First, the t allele is going away NOT the brown phenotype. Brown will change to work like liver and chocolate palomino does now. A horse will need 4 or mark darkening conditions to have bay become brown in their color name. This is based on current scientific understanding showing that EE horses tend to be darker than Ee horses and that Aa horses tend to be darker than AA horses. (EE Aa horses tend to be brown.) This is combined with other darkening factors (represented as sooty in the game) to create the final shade of the horse's coat. E (extension) and A (agouti) status are not the only factors that decide if a horse is brown but they are contributing factors.

What is a darkening condition?
With our liver horses each copy of sooty and each copy of DP count as one darkening condition. This will be true with brown horses as well. In addition to sooty and DP being EE or Aa will also count as a darkening condition for brown horses.

EE = +1
Aa = +1
Sty/- = +1
Dp/- = +1
Sty/Sty = +2
Dp/DP =+ 2


Will my brown horses turn bay?
No. While I am totally eliminating all copies of the + allele the brown allele will stay in the game as a ghost allele. I will not be removing t from any horses. I will be making it so all t alleles look like normal A alleles but they will secretly be t. That way if your horse is brown now that won't change. However, they will not be able to pass on this t allele after the changeover. All foals they produce will get the normal A allele instead of t.

Will my brown lines turn bay?
Maybe. Absolutely some genetic combinations currently in the game called brown will be called bay after this change. Since most people who breed for brown also breed for heavy sooty and DP in their brown lines, most lines will be unaffected. This post is your multiple months in advance warning. If you breed for brown without sooty and DP you should start adding those to your line. Sty was already a requirement to get reliable brown horses in the game so this should not be difficult.

Exactly what genetic combos will be bay versus brown?
I have made a spreadsheet
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1EHr5iP5D8NNHME1LWc-6tgpwupd_BdZpuMKeqNBnZuI/edit?usp=sharing

Will DP now be required for brown?
No, EE Aa StySty horses will brown even without the DP gene.

How can I guarantee brown foals every time?
EEAAStyStyDpDP is true-breeding and will produce a brown foal every single time if both parents have this genetic combo. Make sure your lines are heavy with Sty and Dp to guarantee brown foals. Keeping your brown line homozygous for black will also help a lot.



You are welcome to post any questions, concerns, or feedback. I am starting this conversation very early because I know this is going to be a scary change for some of you and I want to make this as smooth as possible for everyone. :) ]]> https://mail.mesa.huntandjump.com/forum/index.php?p=/discussion/4361/hot-august-sun-runes-for-the-north-and-chilly-august-star-runes-for-the-south-new-genes Mon, 01 Aug 2022 04:29:12 -0700 Ammit 4361@/forum/index.php?p=/discussions


Embrace the summer bounty with Sun Runes. This firey phantom gene needs one copy to show and requires pinto white to show well (White spotting, tobiano, frame, sabino, or splash white) but will show some heat spots on solid horses.

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Chilly night skies are abundant in the southern hemisphere right now. Cozy up to Star Runes! This breezy phantom gene needs one copy to show and requires pinto white to show fully (White spotting, tobiano, frame, sabino, or splash white) but will show some bold white partial runes on solid horses as well.



Both phantom genes are available for the month of August and are licensed genes]]> https://mail.mesa.huntandjump.com/forum/index.php?p=/discussion/4359/sabino-1-onyx-rainbow-riot-paintbrush-cool-pangare-plus-hmga2-height-regulator-phantom-sun-runes-pha Mon, 01 Aug 2022 04:30:02 -0700 Ammit 4359@/forum/index.php?p=/discussions Sabino 1

Onyx

Rainbow Riot Paintbrush Cool

Pangare Plus

HMGA2 Height Regulator

Phantom Sun Runes

Phantom Star Runes
]]> https://mail.mesa.huntandjump.com/forum/index.php?p=/discussion/4345/congratulations-to-all-of-our-year-28-breeder-club-champions- Thu, 28 Jul 2022 06:00:01 -0700 Ammit 4345@/forum/index.php?p=/discussions HuntAndJump.com would like to congratulate all of our year 28 breeder club champions.]]> https://mail.mesa.huntandjump.com/forum/index.php?p=/discussion/4298/new-advanced-facilities-page-max-out-ability Tue, 19 Jul 2022 01:53:31 -0700 Ammit 4298@/forum/index.php?p=/discussions
I would advise if you wish to also boost to do so AFTER maxing out ability. ]]> https://mail.mesa.huntandjump.com/forum/index.php?p=/discussion/4190/mermaid-parade-dress-up-contest- Mon, 04 Jul 2022 23:46:30 -0700 Ammit 4190@/forum/index.php?p=/discussions https://mail.mesa.huntandjump.com/forum/index.php?p=/discussion/4313/change-to-new-user-forum-process Wed, 20 Jul 2022 21:04:09 -0700 Ammit 4313@/forum/index.php?p=/discussions
When you join the mesa forum now you can only ever see the announcements and new member sections of the forum and you can not make a new post anywhere. You can only reply to the new member section. I am also going to remove all the random "Hello" posts in there to further reduce confusion. Trying to make this process as streamlined as possible.

Hopefully, these changes can stop the flood of people just posting instead of doing the task. :) ]]> https://mail.mesa.huntandjump.com/forum/index.php?p=/discussion/4271/satin-splash-m-axiom-wrong-warp-chinchilla-rainbow-riot-thunderstruck-rainbow-riot-nacre-tiger-eye-2 Fri, 15 Jul 2022 04:30:01 -0700 Ammit 4271@/forum/index.php?p=/discussions Satin

Splash M

Axiom Wrong Warp

Chinchilla

Rainbow Riot Thunderstruck

Rainbow Riot Nacre

Tiger Eye 2

Chocolate

Rainbow Riot Paintbrush Prism

Dun Factor Promoter Two

Phantom Jellyfish

Shatterglass

Ice 19
]]> https://mail.mesa.huntandjump.com/forum/index.php?p=/discussion/4213/no-customer-service-available-july-8th-until-july-16th Thu, 07 Jul 2022 01:34:38 -0700 Ammit 4213@/forum/index.php?p=/discussions
As a bribe to behave I have provided you with some beach toys in the form of herd helpers. :D

See you in a week! ]]> https://mail.mesa.huntandjump.com/forum/index.php?p=/discussion/4170/looking-for-wiki-editors-to-start-planning-and-building-our-wiki- Fri, 01 Jul 2022 23:43:21 -0700 Ammit 4170@/forum/index.php?p=/discussions https://mail.mesa.huntandjump.com/forum/index.php?p=/discussion/4186/can-no-longer-overwrite-closed-and-fantasy-genes-with-the-rgs-page Mon, 04 Jul 2022 01:35:44 -0700 Ammit 4186@/forum/index.php?p=/discussions
In the rare case you actually want to overwrite a closed or liscened gene just let me know and I can remove it for you before the purchase is made. ]]> https://mail.mesa.huntandjump.com/forum/index.php?p=/discussion/4160/gulastra-plume-rainbow-riot-nacre-phantom-diamond-sparkle-phantom-jellyfish-snowdrop-rainbow-riot-2 Fri, 01 Jul 2022 04:30:01 -0700 Ammit 4160@/forum/index.php?p=/discussions Gulastra Plume

Rainbow Riot Nacre

Phantom Diamond Sparkle

Phantom Jellyfish

Snowdrop

Rainbow Riot 2 Toner

Pangare Plus

Gray Reduction

Platinum
]]> https://mail.mesa.huntandjump.com/forum/index.php?p=/discussion/4139/herd-helper-catalog-update Tue, 28 Jun 2022 02:26:08 -0700 Ammit 4139@/forum/index.php?p=/discussions Herd Helper Catalog

The herd helper catalog can always be found on your member home page under "My Herd Helper Collection"

I have broken this page up into different ranks that you can more easily navigate to and added an average price field to show you how much each HH tends to sell for. ]]> https://mail.mesa.huntandjump.com/forum/index.php?p=/discussion/4155/help-out-haj-by-voting-for-the-rgs-allele-you-are-most-interested-in-adding-to-your-herd Wed, 29 Jun 2022 23:47:11 -0700 Ammit 4155@/forum/index.php?p=/discussions
CLICK HERE]]> https://mail.mesa.huntandjump.com/forum/index.php?p=/discussion/4131/ponpon039s-pinata-rewards-plus-limited-time-gmt-lab-offers- Mon, 27 Jun 2022 05:29:21 -0700 Ammit 4131@/forum/index.php?p=/discussions
Grab the following limited genes in the GMT lab:

Mushroom
Sun
Snow
Onyx
DFP1
DFP2
P+
Appaloosa Spot Regulator]]> https://mail.mesa.huntandjump.com/forum/index.php?p=/discussion/4154/mushroom-white-3-axiom-red-rainbow-riot-thunderstruck-tiger-eye-2-tiger-eye-1-dun-factor-promo Thu, 30 Jun 2022 04:30:02 -0700 Ammit 4154@/forum/index.php?p=/discussions Click here to purchase.
Mushroom

White 3

Axiom Red

Rainbow Riot Thunderstruck

Tiger Eye 2

Tiger Eye 1

Dun Factor Promoter Two

Shatterglass
]]> https://mail.mesa.huntandjump.com/forum/index.php?p=/discussion/4148/watercolor-sabino-1-sabino-2-axiom-nexus-chocolate-rainbow-riot-paintbrush-prism-halo-varnish Wed, 29 Jun 2022 04:30:01 -0700 Ammit 4148@/forum/index.php?p=/discussions Click here to purchase.
Watercolor

Sabino 1

Sabino 2

Axiom Nexus

Chocolate

Rainbow Riot Paintbrush Prism

Halo Varnish

HMGA2 Height Regulator
]]> https://mail.mesa.huntandjump.com/forum/index.php?p=/discussion/4140/congratulations-to-all-of-our-year-27-breeder-club-champions- Tue, 28 Jun 2022 06:00:01 -0700 Ammit 4140@/forum/index.php?p=/discussions HuntAndJump.com would like to congratulate all of our year 27 breeder club champions.]]>