Population Scale

The Population Scale is a tool used by StM members and potentially other Mark Spreaders. It is a standard by which the status of a marking or slot can be determined with regards to it's population on LioDen. Raffle Markings are particularly at risk of going extinct or being hoarded by selfish players.

Near Extinction
Markings with <250 pride members and <20 active studs, regardless of marking slot. These marks are in danger of dying out.

Rare
Markings with 251-500 pride members with the mark in any slot, and 21-50 studs regardless of slot. Not in danger of dying out, but still difficult to get ahold of.

Uncommon
501-1000 pride members total, 51-100 studs regardless of slot. Difficult to get a good slot, but the mark is reasonably obtainable.

Least Concern
These marks have over 1000 pride members and are reasonably obtainable. They are spread out nicely through the community, making hoarding and monopolizing them impossible. These marks are typically Common, Oasis, and Applicator markings. Because this essentially comprises most marks on the site, they will not be listed.

Hoarded
A hoarded mark is a marking, usually a raffle marking, that has been actively prevented from spreading through the game by one or a handful of users. These users will not stud publicly, refuse to sell or tree cubs, will kill fails, will attempt to intervene into anything threatening their monopoly (i.e trying to by a Raffle Lioness with Steele panther despite already owning over 100 steele panther cubs), or try and sell the raffle marked cubs or studdings to their raffle marked king for highly unreasonable prices.
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