MAs and NONs???

[houndspack]

hey so uh I read horrors guide to this stuff but I still don't think I'm catching the whole MA/NON thing
Could someone make it simpler for me please? I keep seeing it everywhere and maybe its bc I'm a bit slow but I'd really like to understand it for future reference! tysm

[Lennie]

Hiya! Nons and MAs (mid-advents) are baseline values in trading. These terms, in trade settings, are not used as names for pets* but rather a way to value pets.

A general guide commonly seen in pet worth threads now breaks the terms down as:
1 non = 10 mid-advents (MAs) = 100 old rares (rares from 2010/2011)
1 MA = 10 old rares
[Guide to Trading Every Pet on CS (or Horror's Guide) - these trade values are fluid, they may vary depending on what pets are involved and who you are trading with!]

The following is for visualization purposes and is not in any way reflective of actual currency valuing for C$/CS pets, etc. ^^;
If you were to compare nons and MAs to currency (US $ for this example), it may be as follows:
Nons = $1.00 (a dollar)
MAs = 10 cents (a dime)
old rares = 1 cent (a penny)

It takes ten pennies to trade for a dime (ten old rares for one MA) > ten dimes to trade for one dollar (10 MAs for 1 non).

If you are ever struggling to identify what a pet you have or are looking for is worth, I recommend asking on the How Much Is This Pet Worth? thread!
Pets that are very rare and above can generally be found on the Guide to Trading Every Pet on CS, which may help you in identifying common trading values. The VR and OMGSR Successful Trades Thread can also be helpful for seeing actual concrete trading data/values for certain pets. c:

*The only exception to the nons/MAs not applying to unique names of pets is in the case of the pets which originated the term "non": four particular dogs from July 2008 - the non-swirl, the non-jewel, the non-coon, and the non-tag.
There is also the non-balloon from August 2008, though it is not regarded in the same way as the above four outcomes!
They are known as "non-[name here]" because they are counterparts to littermates who do have the characteristic that these outcomes are missing.