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Painted Dreams · Jan 8, 2020 4:45 AM

Happy New Year everyone! After creating my account on this game years ago I convinced my biologist dad that he might find the genetics aspect fun. So he created an account, HorstasticFarms (dad joke anyone :-))). Unfortunately due to work stress and unforeseen family circumstances he has been unable to play in a few months and has asked me to shut down his account. So I decided to make it a giveaway! He has accumulated just over 5.2 million hbs so I will be giving it all away before I deactivate his account.

Who can enter:
Please only enter if your daily show bonus is less than 100,000hbs. I would really like this money to go to a less established player. However feel free to play along even if you are over the limit, just be sure to tell me you don't want to cash in your reply.

How to enter:
Relpy to this post with a short paragraph about your goals for the new year. It can be game goals or personal goals, whatever you feel like sharing. Be sure to include your ID number please!

What do you win:
Now on to the info everyone wants to know! There with be five winners and one honorable mention. The 5 winners will get 1 million hbs each (by buying a horse through my buddy chat) and the honorable mention will win the remainder of the money, around 200k. The winners and honorable mention will be randomly chosen Saturday the 18th.

Happy New Year and I hope this is the year all your dreams come true!

Looper · Jan 8, 2020 5:00 AM

Thank you for hosting this Painted Dreams! :)

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For in game goals I have a couple of mares that I want to boost, including some Secret Santa babies, and I'm hoping to recompare my studs soon and narrow them down to the ones I really want for my lines. :) I want to get down to 2 studs per line as they are taking up most of the barn space after the show horses. For personal, I'd really like to make some headway saving for my own house. It's going to be necessary at some point in the next couple of years and I don't want to be unprepared. Really hoping I never have to live in an apartment again as that was a torturous experience in tech school.

BreezyCreek · Jan 8, 2020 5:19 AM

Thank you to you and your father!

My account ID is 22678.

Game goals in 2020: Narrow down my breeding goals. Right now I just breed anything I find pretty, but I feel a little overwhelmed by all my mares. I think I want to work towards At Buckskin Appaloosas. I just bred a filly I loved with those genes.
Life goals in 2020: get my anxiety under control. It’s getting better, but I still have a long way to go.

EasyDoesItFarms · Jan 8, 2020 5:38 AM

Thank you for the giveaway opportunity!

My ID os #50812

Game goal- I love livers and chocolate Palominos, so I want to breed some of those this year! Especially with paint or appy markings.

Life goal- I have a few. I'm a major procrastinator with my full time job. I end up having to stay up late often to finish my work, and then I'm chronically tired and stressed. My goal is to get my work finished earlier so I have less to do in the evenings and I won't have to work on the weekends! Last year was also hard for me personally. I'm focusing on self care this year and really doing the things that make me happy! Hence the reason I need to get my weekends and evenings more available

SpryOfJune · Jan 8, 2020 7:00 AM

Thank you!
I have a few goals. Some in game. Some not.
First off, I really want to focus on building up my daily bonus... I've been here a year and it's just a nearly 35k.
Second, I have over 300 foundation DP (mostly liver) eggs I want to turn into embryos. That's a less important goal, but the true goal here is to get as many SBA passing foals as possible that fit my criteria. Again, a lesser goal.
Another goal I have is to get myself an actual working phone with service. My phone no longer works for calls. Lol
Another goal I have is to go to a festival type thing I've always dreamed of going to. It won't be cheap, but I'll be very happy. I'm going to start saving, at most, half of my paychecks until I'm sure I've saved enough. Heck, I probably won't stop saving, just to be safe. Lol
Those are my main goals.
I also have a goal to decrease in my unused horses here so I have more space for the ones I do use. That shouldn't be too hard since I'm still kinda small, but it'll mostly be time consuming, individually going through the ponies. Lol

*Edit, I actually have over 800 DP eggs.

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DreamyMeadows · Jan 8, 2020 11:30 AM

ID# 50450

Game goals:
I only started recently and so far this is my aim: Establish a good bootstrap herd and via keeping their offspring, establish a large showing army to develop income for future game goals. I'd love to get this running well in the next 12 months so I can have a solid income by the next real-life year.

Life goals:
Surviving! We are going through a horrible, long drought on the farm, and while we managed to keep going for this year (breeding seasons start December), the challenge will be to make it happen again. Evaluation has to take place before breeding season as you cannot mate sheep you won't be able to feed. I can't imagine what we'll do if we can no longer keep the farm, not to mention selling the sheep, but waiting until they start dying is not an option. Obviously we are praying for rain this winter, are economizing everywhere we can, and we're also improving our stock to be more drought-resistant via introducing different breeds and selection - but naturally this doesn't happen overnight. I'm seeing definite progress in the flock, I was really excited about 2019's lamb quality, but I am also scared as I have all my passion invested in something we might lose.

Thank you very much for this opportunity. Good luck to everyone with 2020!

EasternShowBarn · Jan 8, 2020 3:10 PM

Thank you for doing this, it’s a great idea!

ID- 19225
Game goals: I Just Bought mushroom for my DP bay line and am basically restarting that line and hopefully getting it a lot bigger this year. I hope to get my bonus to 50k by mid year as well.

Life goals: the past few months of my life have been very stressful and mentally heavy on me and I’m trying really hard to get myself happy. I’m going to try to get some friends who can be my people instead of the ones I have now who are toxic to me. I’m hoping to spend quite a bit more time with my horse this year as well. I’m really hoping this year will be better than the last :)

StormwoodFarm · Jan 8, 2020 3:22 PM

Thanks for running this!!

ID: 50888

Game goals: I want to breed tiny riding ponies! At first I was very concentrated on color and focused on chestnuts and other red-based non-dun colors. However, I just picked up a 12.2 black stallion and I guess I'll be using him for my tiny pony dreams!
Life goals: I am trying to be a little bit more organized with my plans. I've always been pretty good at organizing and time management but lately it seems that everything had meshed together. I'm using PonyApp for my horse to keep my rides on track, and I want to start getting myself in better shape, too! I'm also on the job hunt so fingers crossed that something turns up :)

WildAdventure · Jan 8, 2020 3:25 PM

ID- 50911
Thanks for the giveaway. I'm a new player, just started in November. I Have a couple of different lines that I don't want to mix. I have an Appaloosa snowflake line that my secret Santa really helped boost with some nice horses. I also have a small number of Axiom Green horses. That is the line I have the goals for. I really want that line to do well and build a quality herd of pretty green horses.

HomeSweetHome · Jan 8, 2020 6:16 PM

Thank You!

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My goal is to basically get my life together. I've been putting it off since My mental health is terrible. I'd like to get a job, My own Truck. I'm not sure about living on my own, but maybe in the future. I'm also going get my own barrel horse. (Not over $500). I gotta pay bills. Lol I want to find a second solution for my ADD.

Riverstone18 · Jan 8, 2020 7:03 PM

Oooo :D a giveaway :x
ID:9103

Game goal: I'm currently working on a phantom spider's,bats and leaves line at the moment :D kind of my first project and i'm working on my daily bonus too! it's at 4,414 a day now :)

Ellesmere022 · Jan 8, 2020 9:39 PM

Yay. A giveaway :D
My I’d is 47350
I’d like to get my daily bonus up. I’m hoping to pick up enough profit to be investing in a barn every month or so to allow space to add my show babies. I’ve got a few lines on the go, but I’m not really that set on my plans at the moment. I’d love to be looking into the premium upgrade in the year. I also want to merge my baby account into my main one fairly soon.
My real life goals are to continue saving up for a mortgage. I had a pretty successful year last year in regards to new man, new job, new home, new car and I’d really like to get started with finding a mortgage this year. Looks like a few of you are on the same :)

Wildtm · Jan 8, 2020 11:58 PM

44269 My goals for this year hmm there’s a lot both game n personal. For game goals I’d like to focus n breed primarily for Appaloosa ice or brindles paints n eventually pull straws from higher stallions. As for personal our goal is looking for a bigger house as our family is rapidly growing n also getting a bigger car thinking suburban

GraveDancers · Jan 9, 2020 8:30 PM

Thank you :)
My i.d is 48973

My in-game goals are to keep breeding beautiful pixel ponies! I've finally gotten all the closed color genes ( now working on all the ices) and deciding on what projects I want and what to combine.
My personal goal: is to force myself out of my comfort zone. I've become quite a hermit ( agoraphobia) and I don't want to waste another summer hiding in my apartment. So being social or least around people is a small, but huge goal, for myself :)

MythicalSis · Jan 9, 2020 9:00 PM

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For game goals this year, I'd like to be able to collect more geldings/spayed mares to create an solid show team. I'd like to begin to breed my foundation mares with good stallions (with an interest in getting some very colorful patterned horses). Personal goals for the year simplify down to getting through another year of an engineering degree.

WolfDen · Jan 9, 2020 10:32 PM

#50695

I joined last October and have quickly become addicted. I haven't nailed down any game goals yet, but I created too many foundation warmbloods. Horses with dapples and spots might become my goal, and creating a show herd. But I also want to have lots of Sooty, Sooty Plus, and DP ponies. Maybe my game goal for the year should be to decide on a goal and focus on it. Personal goal for the year would be to travel more and save money. :D

MCzigans91 · Jan 10, 2020 5:59 AM

ID# 51139
My personal goals for this year is to get a promotion at work and to build my savings account. We all know horses are expensive haha, and I'm trying to start off the year by making better financial decisions and not spending every extra dollar I have. I really need to get a nest egg for emergencies, and my luck can only last for so long!
In game goals- This is a new account, I started playing in November and made this account a few days ago because I learned so much in my first couple months on the Bluegrass Server, I feel like I can use this account to do things differently. Mainly by building a good show herd with pointed creates since I didn't understand how that worked before, and by breeding my own good horses instead of just trying to buy them.

SandyHoof · Jan 14, 2020 11:23 PM

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My main goals for the year in real life are to get a job and start earning money. I'm 15, and I live in a toxic household, so I'm trying to get on my feet asap. My in-game goal however, is to get established and get my liver blizzard going.

Painted Dreams · Jan 17, 2020 2:27 AM

Reminder!

Giveaway ends this Saturday so get your entries in. It's free money!

OverTheMoonFarm · Jan 17, 2020 3:04 AM

ID: 51199

Hi, Im Kisra! My goals for the new year are extensive... Some of them are physical, others are emotional, and most are completely up to fate. Physically, I want to get fitter with my partner and eat vegan as often as possible. Emotionally, I hope to be less anxious and more eager towards social situations. Finally, I dream of getting hired for first 'big girl' internship and accepted into a good graduate program; all I can do for those two currently is search and wait. I'm a programming major with huge goals, but I need to have more accomplishments on my resume to achieve them! Here's to an excellent and fulfilling year for all.

Thanks for hosting!

gradients · Jan 17, 2020 4:45 AM

Thanks for giving us the chance and I hope everything gets better for your family

ID: 51133

IRL: My goal is a more immediate one: Finish editing my MS thesis and graduate... I know I'm on the last stretch, I know it is close, but it hurts so much to listen to these professors tell me that my research and time was not good enough. Even after repeatedly trying to get a hold of them and being ignored. *Mini-rant over* Sorry, it's pretty big in my mind since I really need to finish today/tomorrow...

The other would be to get a job! One related to my studies if possible! But thesis first!

Ingame: Learn to be patient and grow my show horses!

Drafts26 · Jan 17, 2020 3:24 PM

This is such a cool idea.

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Well in-game I really need to buckle down and focus on my show herd. I didn't focus on building my show herd enough when I first started a few months ago so now it is time to buy some more barns and build it up so that I can increase my daily payout. I also need to get the Appaloosa out of my breeding lines.
Personally I'm going to continue working on self-care. I had really bad ppd after having my daughter which brought me to a place of acknowledging that I didn't actually like myself. Now that I'm healthier, I am figuring out how to be the person and mother that I want to be and how to make sure that my daughter does not grow up in the environment that I did.

Painted Dreams · Jan 18, 2020 4:21 AM

Less than 24 hours! Winners will be announced tomorrow. :D

Painted Dreams · Jan 19, 2020 12:00 AM

Ended! Winners will be announced in a few minutes.

Painted Dreams · Jan 19, 2020 12:15 AM

Our five million dollar winners are:
Looper
DreamyMeadows
Ellesmere022
SandyHoof
Drafts26

And our honorable mention who wins $256,477 is:
IndianaRanch

Congrats to our winners and thank you to everyone who participated. I hope all your new year's goals and wishes come true!

**The winners have been added to Painted Dreams Private Sales. Please put up a horse for the amount you won and HorstasticFarms will buy it in order to get the money to you.

HomeSweetHome · Jan 19, 2020 12:41 AM

Thanks

Looper · Jan 19, 2020 2:18 AM

Thank you Painted Dreams! :D She is up for you. I misunderstood at first and accidentally bought a horse but I reposted it to the chat for whoever it was meant for. Sorry about that!

Drafts26 · Jan 19, 2020 2:29 AM

Omg thank you so much!!

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