Monday, June 27, 2016

"Hoax" Rares

Hello! Today we're going to be talking about "hoax" rares. :3

You've probably never heard of the term "hoax" rares before, right? That's because I literally just invented it about five seconds ago. xD

Hoax rares are rares that aren't ACTUALLY rare. A lot of times famous Jammers will start collecting a certain item, and then their fan base will jump to the conclusion that this item is now extremely rare. When a random item randomly becomes valuable for no reason, it screws up the trading economy.

Other times famous Jammers will do a prank video that will once again cause the fan base to go haywire and jump to the assumption that whatever item is being used in that video is now extremely rare. Take ibex horns, for example.


In this video, Nemachu is being offered a first glitched ring for some light pink ibex horns by his storage account. Naturally the fan base went ahead and started telling everyone that ibex horns had suddenly risen in value. Once Nemachu confessed that his video was meant to be a joke, everyone got really angry, mostly at Nemachu. People practically trading everything they had for these ibex horns - headdresses, spikes, glitched rings, beta tiaras, beta blankets... you name it. Personally I think Nemachu never intended for this video to be a joke and he wanted to screw up the economy on purpose, but that's a story for a different time.

Do you get what I'm trying to say now? I hope I don't sound too confusing. :T

Some other hoax rares include:






I hope you enjoyed learning about hoax rares. This was an interesting topic to post about. c:

Thanks for reading, happy jamming, play wild, stay safe, and most importantly - keep whipping!

19 comments:

  1. Ibex Horns? Never heard of those. o-O
    I wonder why people want chicken hats, can't you buy them in stores? Not meaning to hurt anyone's feelings because they like chicken hats........

    sugarcat2

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    1. Ibex Horns were released for the Night of the Phantoms celebration in 2015. They got so out of hand that Clark Stacey, the CEO of Animal Jam, actually had to step up from his chair and confirm the ibex horns will be returning to stores the following year. Crazy, right?

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    2. Yup, thnx :)

      sugarcat2

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  2. I can't understand why people are making up stuff like ''ULTRA RARE'' items while they're not. For example, I got offered a Shark Cage for my yellow long spiked collar, I declined the trade and the other traded started whining because ''the shark cage is a super epic rare beta''.

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  3. The chicken hat one is actually just the rare one, which is actually a dream item of mine XD.

    The paw rugs drive me crazy because I recycled a green one, then saw people offering spiked collars. They aren't actually worth anything, maybe a wrist at the most.

    I feel like people create these false rares to divert attention from actual rare items. For example, there are thousands of spikes compared to items like party hats, tikis and beta tails, so the latter should be worth more then spikes, right? Whenever I tell people this, they say I'm only saying it to make myself seem rarer, since I have beta tails and parties rather then spices, which is kinda dumb because I'm stating a true fact.

    Once me and a friend tested a theory about these hoax rares, offering eachother spikes etc for feathered masks and seeing how people reacted. People didnt care XD and just said we were scamming each other o.o Of course they only listen to rare famoose jammers :|


    Ironically, most of these items like royal capes can be obtained in adventures

    ~Meganfurryfun37*AJKraft~

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    1. Yeah, now that you mention it, I'm pretty sure it was just the Rare Chicken Hat, but I wasn't totally sure. :p

      You do make some good points in the rest of your comment though.

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  4. This is really interesting! I've never seen any of those items treated like rares (other than the shark cages).
    Btw- I love the new blog theme!!

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  5. CHICKEN HATS were hoax rares!? Wow!

    Alsooo.... I will keep whipping as long as I play! Maybe when I don't play either~!

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  6. Actually I think phantom rugs are worth quite a bit. They were only available for one season. Idk I ist want the purple one :P
    P.S I love the new blog template!-cheer

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  7. Your blog template is really snazzy! Umm just for no reason, I believe straw hats have become hoax rares, and so have monkey rugs for whatever reason 0.o-Misterfrizzy- I will just start calling my self friz or frizzy

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    1. Oh, you're right! Those are also some great examples of hoax rares.

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    2. Oh yeah, Straw Hats. Never did understand that craze. Or the Phantom Rug craze either. When I saw people obsessing over Straw Hats though, it weirded me out a lot, because...come on! They're just HATS MADE OUT OF HAY! Dunno why those became "rare"...

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    3. Straw hats are basically non member edgy things (like on wolves). I don't really get it since its essentially just a farming hat, but hey, someone traded me an orange short for my black one @.@

      I believe, like most items here its simply as it is unobtainable in adventures (except lucky clovers 2015 if I am correct)

      Just waiting for guitar rugs to become hoax rares, though technically they are rare as they were only available on music day

      --AJKraft

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  8. I think the phantom rugs are actually worth a lot... three of the colours were featured on the top ten most rare items in animal jam. But I think only collectors would trade that much.
    -Pinpun

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  9. Well, I have a paw rug and a chicken hat- trade away people.

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  10. I think straw hats are hoax, in my opinion. Also, I love your blog!

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  11. Wow... what are green paw rugs actually worth, then? i have 1 if anybody wants to offer also, i think star rugs and straw hats and hoax anybody agree? Fadedjamaa i agree about straw hats

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