so confused!

[TotalLoser]

Can someone please explain the TBT to me?

like, how does it work?
what are seashells on this website?
and is there a tbt to bells or just tbt to nook miles. how do you spend/ give tbt?

 

[Lavamaize]

TBT (listed as bells on the forum) is a currency you get for posting on the forums. The longer your post, the more TBT you earn. TBT can be used to by collectibles such as the mushrooms under my avatar or to buy in game items in Animal Crossing games such as furniture from other players. Seashells were an old currency in which you could get like avatar extensions and such, but are not currently in use right now, so I would not worry about them. There are no NMT tickets on this site just TBT (which is listed as bells). You can see how many you have on your sidebar by "bells" or by clicking the "Shop" Icon at the top (with the bell bag) and and the second to the bottom will say your amount of bells. To spend/give bells you once again click the "Shop" Icon and click on "bells" from the dropdown. Yow will then be brought to a popup, and at the top you will need to click "donate". Then from there, type in the username of the player you want to give/spend tbt to and then enter the amount of TBT below that. You may include a message that they will receive with the TBT as well if you want. Lastly, just press donate and you are done!

 

[xSuperMario64x]

welcome to the forum!!

so basically TBT, also referred to as "bell tree bells" is the on-site currency. it can be used to buy stuff in-game, as well as collectibles and add-ons for your profile. you can earn TBT by posting on certain boards, but the main way to earn it is by trading with other users.

TBT is transferred by clicking on the amount of bells that the user has in their wallet, typing in an amount, and clicking "donate." you can also transfer TBT to another user by clicking on the "shop" button in the top-right corner of the screen and clicking "bells."

in-game items usually aren't worth too much, maybe about 5-10 tbt a piece, but the big money comes with collectibles, which can be as cheap as 10 tbt or as expensive as 12,000 tbt (when trading with other users, not buying them from the shop). a lot of common shop collectibles are worth less if you buy them from someone else (for example, the Ruby in the shop is worth 299 tbt but you can buy it from someone on her for about 150-200 tbt. also, in the shop the pear collectible is 39 tbt but since they're so common you could probably get it off of someone for about 10-15 tbt). but most collectibles aren't readily available in the shop (some are marked "sold out" and others aren't in the shop at all), so you have to get them from other users.

seashells are another form of on-site currency. 10 are earned upon joining, and ten more are earned after becoming a 2-year member. unlike tbt they can't be transferred between users. however, because the forum just recently transferred from vBulletin to XenForo the seashell system is a bit buggy so the staff has temporarily disbanded the use of seashells. they're likely fixing the issue right now and it will be back up and running in a short while.

there is a conversion of tbt to igb (in-game bells) and tbt to NMT but it changes constantly with the forum's economy. I don't personally know the current rates because I don't trade in-game stuff very much on here. you'll have to consult with people you're interested in buying from and ask them what their rates are, they tend to differ from person to person.


Hopefully that helps