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[Larimar]

making a video that helps wreck an economy and saying that this isn't to wreck the economy doesn't justify it.

If a robber makes a video on how to rob a bank saying this isn't to rob the bank it doesn't justify teaching people how to rob the bank

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Oh I dont neccesarily doubt what you and khaelis said, of course he did it for views. But at risk of sounding like That Person I'm going to say that this is a video game, and is nowhere comparable to a bank heist tutorial. I truly do feel bad for the game community economy though, and I hope this doesnt hurt it much worse than before.

and going off of how nintendo apparently removed his last dupe glitch video the day after is came out, they're probably going to be on top of this and fix the glitch sooner than if he didnt make the video :O I agree he probably shouldn't have released the video when he did, but who knows how down-low people were trying to keep this glitch and how long it would take to gain enough attention to warrant a patch

 

[Altarium]

I agree. If the person who discovered this glitch wanted to be nefarious, they would just keep it a secret and continue to exploit it themselves without telling anyone else. The people who make videos about this stuff do it because they want to share their knowledge with others who want to use it. It may affect the "economy", but not everyone wants to be a part of the economy and it's not the responsibility of people who discover these glitches to keep them secret to protect the economy. Nintendo will patch this out eventually, but people should stop trying to police other players on this until then because it really is just a video game.

Except... this exploit can potentially corrupt your save file and cause other game-breaking glitches. And I see no disclaimers on the video. It is kinda nefarious to share it imo.

 

[terminator]

Was it on this forum? Because honestly, you both should alert staff to all the users that messaged you.
There is a policy that duplicated items are not to be sold/traded here on the forum so if there was a fair number of people message you there is a possibility one of them may have gotten the items through the duplication glitch... thus, staff needs to be made aware so they can look into their activity. Obviously, they aren't going to be warning or ban hammering innocent people.

i mean it was on this forum, but it could've just been someone wanting to make a sale on an item they had lying around, and they saw a high bid that didn't win in an auction. its suspicious with the duping thats been going on, but i don't have any proof it was a dup.

 

[Ananas Dragon]

Oh I dont neccesarily doubt what you and khaelis said, of course he did it for views. But at risk of sounding like That Person I'm going to say that this is a video game, and is nowhere comparable to a bank heist tutorial. I truly do feel bad for the game community economy though, and I hope this doesnt hurt it much worse than before.

and going off of how nintendo apparently removed his last dupe glitch video the day after is came out, they're probably going to be on top of this and fix the glitch sooner than if he didnt make the video :O I agree he probably shouldn't have released the video when he did, but who knows how down-low people were trying to keep this glitch and how long it would take to gain enough attention to warrant a patch

True, bank heist was just a silly example though, but I do agree

 

[Sudsofsplash]

This! I miss going to Tortimer's island and catching bugs/fish! I spent many hours with a friend doing this and when I reflect on ACNL, the moments on the island were the most precious to me. And not because of the money, it was the bonding that occurred and the community of friends that were very much enjoying the game and economy back then!

Agreed! I hope they bring back some actual fun multiplayer things! I miss being able to play mini games with random people haha, I feel like New Horizons focus on multiplayer is...lacking, lol

 

[thatveryawkwardmayor]

honestly can we just get beetle farming back at this point

it was way more efficient and you literally get double of what you would’ve gotten from tarantula islands, plus some people i know are scared of the tarantulas and scorpions. but cheats just kinda make me frown, but then again i’m not gonna tell them how to play because it’s not my problem

this is why the economy is so screwed tbh when NL released in the summer it was super easy to make bells beetle farming and catching sharks. theres not a lot of high bells creatures in the spring and they’re all kinda rare

 

[terminator]

i miss just relaxing and catching bugs while watching something on netflix.

 

[FireNinja1]

i mean it was on this forum, but it could've just been someone wanting to make a sale on an item they had lying around, and they saw a high bid that didn't win in an auction. its suspicious with the duping thats been going on, but i don't have any proof it was a dup.

I would still report it all the same. The staff took action against people who were using dupe-based pricing to rake in money, so it's not unlikely that they would take a similar stance now.

 

[Larimar]

Except... this exploit can potentially corrupt your save file and cause other game-breaking glitches. And I see no disclaimers on the video. It is kinda nefarious to share it imo.

He actually does mention it can harm your save, and if you think you've broken anything to try to turn off the game before it auto-saves :O

 

[PugLovex]

this is why the economy is so screwed tbh when NL released in the summer it was super easy to make bells beetle farming and catching sharks. theres not a lot of high bells creatures in the spring and they’re all kinda rare

one of my friends was playing in the southern hemisphere at night so i decided to go to their town to do some rare beetle farming and let me tell you, the 2 hours i was there, not 1 spawned, not even a goliath. i was so disappointed, perhaps they’ll increase spawn rate at some point?

 

[Misuzurin]

I hope they bring back Tortimer Island. If everyone can have fun with the games and collect sets or harvest beetles and sharks it will bring us back together again. Plus people would be less inclined to exploiting if they could farm stuff like that. This glitch you can get 1 million in a few minutes. Catching bugs and sharks was more time consuming and but at least it was a little fun.

 

[Altarium]

He actually does mention it can harm your save, and if you think you've broken anything to try to turn off the game before it auto-saves :O

Well my bad then, didn't bother watching it fully.

 

[Red Cat]

Except... this exploit can potentially corrupt your save file and cause other game-breaking glitches. And I see no disclaimers on the video. It is kinda nefarious to share it imo.

I don't know enough about this specific glitch to know if there's documented evidence of that or not, but I find it ironic that most people here are shaking their fists in the air hoping that people who use this glitch or buy duped items get their save files corrupted instead of caring about other people and trying to spread the PSA that this glitch can damage your game. That's a much more compelling argument to get me to not try this glitch than for someone to yell at me calling me a cheater if I were to use this glitch.

 

[FireNinja1]

this is why the economy is so screwed tbh when NL released in the summer it was super easy to make bells beetle farming and catching sharks. theres not a lot of high bells creatures in the spring and they’re all kinda rare

Stalk market is the new beetle farming, and I think you actually make more off of stalk market than you do with beetle farming. That being said, you have to wait in long lines, pay entry fees, and all that (not so) good stuff. I do wish beetle farming was brought back though.

 

[DinoTown]

Luckily the mods on TBT are aware of this already - I made a thread like this when I found out, and the mods closed it with a final message that they were keeping an eye on individual sales and sellers for the time being, which is good.

What I didn't know, however, was that it worked for any tabletop item, even 1x1, I thought it was limited to 2x1s only. I wanted to test the glitch when I found it out to see if it was true but I couldn't find myself any 2x1 items that fit on the 2x1 surfaces I owned. (Side note: sea bass don't fit on low tables apparently) So I never ended up trying the glitch - good thing too, in the thread I made, someone mentioned that attempting this dupe has the chance to break your game and essentially corrupt the spot you duped into, you can't put anything down, move anything into it, etc, like something's already there when there isn't.

 

[Ananas Dragon]

Luckily the mods on TBT are aware of this already - I made a thread like this when I found out, and the mods closed it with a final message that they were keeping an eye on individual sales and sellers for the time being, which is good.

What I didn't know, however, was that it worked for any tabletop item, even 1x1, I thought it was limited to 2x1s only. I wanted to test the glitch when I found it out to see if it was true but I couldn't find myself any 2x1 items that fit on the 2x1 surfaces I owned. (Side note: sea bass don't fit on low tables apparently) So I never ended up trying the glitch - good thing too, in the thread I made, someone mentioned that attempting this dupe has the chance to break your game and essentially corrupt the spot you duped into, you can't put anything down, move anything into it, etc, like something's already there when there isn't.

I actually kinda want to try this out and then quickly close the game, will actually try it but only for the purpose of testing

wish me luck at not dying

 

[Larimar]

True, bank heist was just a silly example though, but I do agree

Yeah, I still got where you were coming from! It's just hard to draw comparisons like that with video games without exaggerating how non-serious it actually is. I do wish the best for the community economy and that this gets patched swiftly now that it's in broader daylight

 

[mayortiffany]

I personally hope that other big AC:NH streamers, YouTubers, whatever do bring attention to the glitch and warn their viewers that it exists and it is potentially game-breaking. They would not have to mention the mechanics of how it's done or link people to that, simply mention what items it affects, underline how it could be game-breaking, and tell people to be safe on the trading market.

At this point, I'm pretty sure Nintendo is aware of it - if I remember correctly, I came across a Polygon article discussing it and they are quite well known - but it can't hurt to inform more community members who may not know about this glitch and be super excited to get all those new cheap katanas and lucky cats.

 

[DinoTown]

I actually kinda want to try this out and then quickly close the game, will actually try it but only for the purpose of testing

wish me luck at not dying

good luck.
like seriously, good luck. If you mess up and need to restart, don't hesitate to ask me for all the fruits lol

 

[celesludenberg]

I have tested it to see if it worked but I don’t think it’s worth trying if it can corrupt your save. I am now nervous that it may have messed with mine because I am paranoid like that. I don’t want to get banned or something by Nintendo either.