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Revamping one of our long standing giveaways with double the money and some tweaks to the tips to account for new updates! Please shoot me a PM if you see anything out of date.

Just a friendly reminder to our old players that we are not allowed to "bump" posts. If you notice new players posting questions or looking for help, feel free to drop the link to this thread as a response and help keep the thread active without "bumps".

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This next giveaway is inspired by @Herzeloyde 's giveaway on Bluegrass and after getting permission, I am super excited to implement it here! This giveaway was a huge help to starting my herd on Bluegrass and although I had to make a few tweaks to make it more feasible on this server, but I hope it is just as impactful here! This giveaway will run indefinitely for all new players.

*If you are new to this server and your daily payout is less than 10,000 hbs, put a horse up for sale for 100,000 hbs. Post the link to the horse here, and I, or another established player will buy them from you, so that you have some extra fundings to begin your HaJ addiction.
*This offer is intended for newer members. If you are a long time established player, this offer is not intended for you.
*One horse per player, and if you have multiple accounts, you can only enter this with one of them.
If anyone else buys the horse before I do - no problem! The most important is that you get some money to start your game

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Below is some advice for new players also written by @herzeloyde with a few minor bonus modifications from myself

If you need to build your economy, and can still create foundations with points, here is what I would do:

1)
First, try to get hold of all the following Herd helpers you can get:
- Exceptionally Perfect
- - Exceptionally Producing (of all kinds)
- Exceptional Show Horse
- - Perfect Foundations
- Great Show Horse
- - Rank Specials

Because they will be more attractive to buyers. Then, when you have created as many as you can with these HHs every day, you can start creating from regular Herd Helpers.

2)
If you get a rare 600+pointed horse, keep them if you want, but sell everything else, unless it is a rare Herd Helper that you just can't part with.

Put the horses up for sale for 50-60% of their lifetime value, announce it on the forum, and they will sell quick. If you name them according to their HH, it is more easy for buyers to see which ones they want to buy. i.e. I would call a horse created from the Exceptionally Perfect HH something like "9890973 Ex Perfect" or "9890973 Great ShowH" if it is the "Great Show Horse" HH you used etc.

Do not make seperate posts for each sale horse. If you go an a large create spree, put all of those horses up together in one forum post.

You do NOT need to waste money on testing them, other than the free breeding test, because experienced players will already know about how good they are, if they are created from one of the above Herd Helpers.

3)
Enter any horse that did not sell after a couple of days into the auction, and use the money you earn to create new horses, and repeat step 1-3.

Keep only the few that you do not want to part with, or that will be crucial to your breeding program, and the ones with the highest points. (more than 500+ at least), because as a new member, you want to keep the horses that earn you the most per stall

Also note that accounts can only create horses with points if they have under 60,000 points held total AND have less than 100,000 points among all horses they have created. Your points per create start to decrease as you get closer to the cut off. Make sure to collect as many high pointed show horses as possible to give your barn income while you wait for your home bred show horses to earn up points.

Once you reach your limit and all the horses in your stable are horses you want to keep, it is time to use the money you have saved in your bank account and buy the biggest barn you can afford.

4)
Now it is time to buy other player's pointed foundations, and fill the new barn with pointed foundation show horses only. When you have done this, you will have a nice, steady income to support your pixel pony addiction

5)
You can also get a nice income by selling off Rank Specials, if you are lucky enough to get one, for their real market value which you can see here (https://mesa.huntandjump.com/herdhelpers.php)

The money you earn from this should be used to buy a Basic upgrade, or for saving for the special show barn.

PS, if you want to read more about how to earn money in the game, here is a great post, where a lot of players share their experiences: https://www.huntandjump.com/forum/discussion/27151/attn-new-players-want-to-know-how-to-make-money-to-support-your-hj-habit
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