Talk:Neoteric Dragon/@comment-26296920-20160101183634/@comment-6613158-20160102064248

Ckid: I started playing in December 2012, right in the middle of the first BEB actually, because my daughter needed a Gem friend. I got hooked and where she didn't play for more than a few months, I'm still as addicted as ever.

By August 10, 2013 (good old Game Center...) I achieved the "Every Last One" badge. Of course this achievement only recognizes available Dragons, at that particular time, and I was still short quite a few expired ones. And of course many new Dragons have been released since then, some even more difficult to obtain than Gold Olympus, but that's a bit besides the point. When I finished the "Every Last One" goal, I hadn't sped-bred any Dragon. At all. I may have used a few Gems to clear space for a new Egg, I honestly can't remember but I probably did. What are Gems for, after all?

The first Dragon I sped-bred was Winter shortly after its release in December '13. That was the only one for a couple of months, but I guess since the Summer of '14 I've given in to my addiction and have started buying Gems in larger quantities.

I hope this answers your question, including the implicit one ("Yes, I've been there, done that, but the t-shirts hadn't been released yet"). Not that it's any of your business of course...😊