Ethical Dilemma Here

[mousehole]

I was speaking with my daughter yesterday and commented that ever since she reset her town, she hasn't played on it much. Turns out she hates the villagers that she has. I've been using her game for storage, turnip sales. etc. so I can understand what she means, they are a pretty motley crew.

I built her campsite and began to do the camper reset trick. I've also been TTing on her game in order to accelerate the move outs. So far I have 2 of her dreamies - Erik and Rosie - and will be working on the rest of her list.

Now comes the dilemma. She and I share several dreamies. If Julian or Phoebe comes in I would like to have them in my town. Is there a way I can pick up villagers from the campsite? Should I, considering it's her town and it's her campsite. There's no guarantee that she's even going to continue to play after I set up a town full of her dream villagers and it would break my heart to have worked so hard to get them, only to see them be locked in the game cartridge for heaven knows how long.

opinions please.

 

[esprit]

It's moot since you can't invite campers from other people's towns. Whether or not taking virtual animals from your child's game is an ethical sticking point is for you to decide.

 

[jokimori]

it's not possible to directly pick up campers if you're a visitor of the town, but you can make them move in your daughter's town and then make them move from your daughter's town to yours.
about the dilemma, i would let my daughter have them (if i had a daughter hehe). if then later it turns out she gets bored of it and the town is catching dust, you can make the dreamies move to your own town :^) with dreamies there's no hurry, i always think!

 

[Ankhes]

You can always leave a sticky note on the game box with the date it was last played, so if your daughter doesn't play you can then return to that day and then go on from the last date played to get the dreamies into your town.

That's what I would do. I think you should let your daughter keep them first, tho, and hope she feels the love again.

 

[Maude]

I have had similar situations with my son in this and other games, I usually let him have items/villagers he really wants but also make sure he tells me if he tires of them because I get first dibs before he trades them off My son is 16 though so he understands the arrangement but if your daughter is much younger, I would say just watch and see if her dream villagers are moving you get them then?

 

[jolokia]

There's always another Julian, you know. If your kid gets him and doesn't play with him that won't prevent you getting one of your own! It won't hurt her Julian's feelings

I think you should ask your kid though, honestly. Now I don't know you or your kid so this could all be nonsense, but to me it sounds like she's losing interest in the game as a whole, and maybe doesn't want to admit it to you because you like the game so much. I mean by the sound of it you're already doing all the work on her file as it is. If you get all the villagers for her, is she even going to have any attachment to them since she wasn't involved at all in getting them?

tl;dr strongly suggest straight-up asking her what she wants to happen with the town.

 

[Shirohibiki]

You can always leave a sticky note on the game box with the date it was last played, so if your daughter doesn't play you can then return to that day and then go on from the last date played to get the dreamies into your town.

That's what I would do. I think you should let your daughter keep them first, tho, and hope she feels the love again.

Pretty much this. Kids are fickle (well, depending on the age).
Or, alternatively, just get her her dreamies and get yours from auctions/cyclers. That works too.

- - - Post Merge - - -

There's always another Julian, you know. If your kid gets him and doesn't play with him that won't prevent you getting one of your own! It won't hurt her Julian's feelings

I think you should ask your kid though, honestly. Now I don't know you or your kid so this could all be nonsense, but to me it sounds like she's losing interest in the game as a whole, and maybe doesn't want to admit it to you because you like the game so much. I mean by the sound of it you're already doing all the work on her file as it is. If you get all the villagers for her, is she even going to have any attachment to them since she wasn't involved at all in getting them?

tl;dr strongly suggest straight-up asking her what she wants to happen with the town.

Also this, definitely. Dang you guys are good at advice omfg I'm terrible

 

[Kildor]

Sadly, there is no way to get villagers from other Mayor's campsite. But you can get Julian from your daughter's town if he is moving, and you have two seperate 3DS'S that you use to play the game. Also, I love how you bond with your child through gaming c: My mother isn't much of a gamer so I don't usually see her play games. Thank you for holding Skye for me as well, you are a really nice person. I'll be sure to be on the lookout for any Julian/Phoebe giveaways.

 

[mousehole]

Thanks for the advice everyone. I should have stated right off that my daughter is in her early twenties. lol She always does this - gets involved in a game, we play it for months together and then she moves onto another interest, while I can't let go. Eventually I end up playing several different games at the same time. Excellent tip about the sticky note with the date. That seems like the perfect solution.

 

[Amykins]

She's in her TWENTIES? Then puff all that noise, yeah, keep Julian for yourself! XD

 

[aimeekitty]

good advice on this thread <3

 

[Ras]

It sounds like she is unhappy with her current town and is maybe reluctant to reset since you have so much stuff over there. I'd suggest you take your stuff back and let her reset. I'm sure it can be worked out by talking to her.

 

[mousehole]

Well she just got hoe from work and I showed her her new villagers a long with this thread. She's tickled about getting two of her dreamies so quickly - little does she know of how many resets that took - and laughed at how tempted I am regarding Julian and Phoebe. ( If they ever show up that is. ) She has declared that we shall have no unicorn war in this household. Once I fill out her list she has 2 months and then they're up for grabs. She's going to keep track of the date so I can pick them up if she loses interest.
She's currently playing Diablo 3 online with her boyfriend. That's one game in which mother will not partake esp. over vent. With that game 2 is company, 3 will definitely be a crowd.

 

[Ankhes]

I'm so glad things are looking so good and so fair. I have the feeling that Diablo 3 will take over, especially with a boyfriend (boy, I was addicted to THAT game last year and will be again soon on a higher difficulty) and it is as addicting as this one.

No "unicorn wars"...I LOVE that!