Is there a good reason that Soul Sucker still comes up as HGW Granite Lesser on the calculator and in the store?
I get the point that many soul suckers might have granite as well, but we’re well down the road of experience that HGW + Lesser is all it takes to make a Soul Sucker.
The granite part came from Kevin’s belief that the granite gene could attach to the woma gene. So his woma had a hidden gene and granite could magically attach itself and never let go. If you ever seen anything about hidden gene lessers, they were also part of that fiasco because obviously Kevin’s lessers were special and only they could make true soul suckers. He has since backed off that stance.
With that said we should probably look into the inferno stuff also, as that is in the same boat. Any others anyone can think of?
Really, any morph with HGW that originated with NERD. I also think the whole HGWG label needs to be scrubbed from the hobby
Sadly, the stain he has left on the hobby by holding on to that belief system for so long continues to be a bane. To this day I still get people telling me that I, with a doctorate in genetics, do not know what I am talking about because it contradicts a post Kevin made back in 200X…
Psh doctorate you and your fancy talk, we all know your just a dude that bakes treats n what not.
And just so this isn’t seen as a Kevin bashing. The guy is still pioneer for the bp hobby and has done a ton for it. He produces incredible animals and seems to have a ton of passion.
I still can’t defend that he has been the source of misinformation many times in this hobby.
Yeah, we’ll have to scrub through and see what hgwg things have a name, inferno was the only one that came to mind for me.
I do believe I seen a video were Kevin explains the soul sucker name. Talks about the hidden gene woma sucks out the pattern be he also described it as a failed super form lol.