My point is that if they want what they want, they should encourage others to support their cause so it becomes the majority view. That's what I mean by having a communal voice that gets the big idea through. Change minds to see what you want by being loud and persuasive.
I'm going to be honest here, that's not how your point came across hahaha. That's indeed the case obviously, if people want to they're going to have to convince other people. But honestly, the way you phrase it makes it sound more as if other people are wrong for wanting the animals that they want and that's why you get the reaction you've gotten so far.
To say ocelots and serval are yet more cats is nothing short of a fact because ocelots and servals are objectively cats.
Yeah I get that, but your phrasing alongside calling animals like the American Black Bear distractions does give it a connotation you might not want it to have; but I think in general most people interpret it as "ugh, yet
another cat". And that sentiment would be subjective.
You can't get anywhere if you don't have a good reason to show people why the idea you bring to the table should be considered over the leading idea.
And whilst that's true, you're not going to get anywhere by invalidating the wishes of others by for instance calling them "distractions". Because that's not going to be a productive way to persuade people.
That being said, I think the energy is much better spent on gathering the community to report and confirm as much of the low hanging fruit bugs in the issue tracker as possible instead of focussing our attention into the animal roster. I think there's specific reasons why certain animals aren't in and that no amount of real community pressure is going to change that (like flying birds feel like the obvious sequel item at this point), so we might be more productive by rooting out some of the bugs that have been plaguing the game for a long time.
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