The Weeding Paradox

[Delphine]

Weeds. They're unwanted, useless, and a pain IRL. In Animal Crossing, if you don't play for a little while, you might have a few appearing here and there in your town every day. It's really not that interesting to weed; it's actually quite boring if you think about it, and it tends to be a chore.

But there are these super cool badges that you can only get if you pull off 500, 2,000 and 5,000 weeds, that people are eager to get. Consequence? You can see a lot of people asking to weed in your town, and some will pay you to help you get rid of weeds!

And let's be honest, we would all love to get every badge from Phineas - but did it ever occur to you that it's actually weird to want to pull off weeds?

I think this is the hardest and most stupid badge that Phineas can give you. It would have been funier, I think, to have a badge related to fossils or gyroids, or something that is easier to get/achieve. What do you guys think about this weeding paradox?
I'm sure I'm not the only one who ever thought about that - sorry if a thread like that already exists

 

[Artemis_Dreamer]

Ah, well I know that it's a badge that I'll never get, that's for sure.

I have a big yard and garden a lot IRL, and weeds are the bane of my existence in and out of the game.

I can't imagine ever getting enough weeds in game to earn the badge, and I'm certainly not going to actively try for them, or pay to weed someone else's town.

 

[Delphine]

Ah, well I know that it's a badge that I'll never get, that's for sure.

I have a big yard and garden a lot IRL, and weeds are the bane of my existence in and out of the game.

I can't imagine ever getting enough weeds in game to earn the badge, and I'm certainly not going to actively try for them, or pay to weed someone else's town.

I feel the same :c Even if you pull off 2 or 3 weeds a day in your town, it will take forever to accomplish.

 

[Zane]

I know right!! I originally had no intention of even trying for the badges but a couple good opportunities came up and I ended up plucking tons of weeds in other people's towns like a weirdo. xD I have silver. Is it really 10,000 to get gold? Because that's ridiculous and I don't think I'm that dedicated to the badge. ; ;
A badge for fossils would be cool.

 

[Delphine]

Oh nevermind it's 5,000! Gonna edit that ~

 

[Reindeer]

I actually have the gold on this one. I just went into my previous cycling town a few times and pulled everything. Easy.

I also opened my gates for three people so they could come pull weeds. Might do that again soon, I'm not sure.

 

[Delphine]

I actually have the gold on this one. I just went into my previous cycling town a few times and pulled everything. Easy.

I also opened my gates for three people so they could come pull weeds. Might do that again soon, I'm not sure.

o_o well, good game dude!

 

[Reindeer]

o_o well, good game dude!

On the other hand, I have yet to get the Dreamer badge and my badge for visiting people is only bronze. I just knew weeding would be annoying so abused my second town for it.

 

[Delphine]

On the other hand, I have yet to get the Dreamer badge and my badge for visiting people is only bronze. I just knew weeding would be annoying so abused my second town for it.

Good luck with that! Wish I had a second 3DS.

 

[Zane]

I actually have the gold on this one. I just went into my previous cycling town a few times and pulled everything. Easy.

One of the reasons I wish I had a cycling town. 8[

 

[budewarmin]

I managed to get gold too from my cycling town, luckily I don't need a second ds as my gf has one herself.

 

[Zulehan]

I don't just feel silly when I'm 'weeding': I feel silly the whole time I'm playing this game.

 

[WonderK]

It isn't the hardest badge to get in my opinion. The streetpass badge is beyond the hardest badge to get. In some cases, impossible (if you live out in the boonies). I do agree that it is very hard to obtain, though. I know I'm having trouble getting it.

 

[Adventure9]

I think 5000 is too extreme. I mean, can imagine hitting your "B" button 5000 times?! Along with everything else you use it for! I weeded an ex-cycling town of mine, and felt like 1000 "B" taps was going to break my button ;A; I'm fine with the silver badge for now

 

[Liquid Ocelot]

weeeeeds.

i just don't even care. I see one and I compulsively pick it. Still not really wanting that particular badge.

But I do like it when Phineas gives me badges and tells me to keep being good ; ;

 

[Zulehan]

I mean, can imagine hitting your "B" button 5000 times?!

Yes.

 

[Kestheba]

Badges for repetitive actions are terrible and I hate this trend in gaming. You shouldn't be rewarded for repeating some meaningless and boring action. Games should be fun, not a chore.

 

[Hypno KK]

I don't care that much about badges and hopefully by the time I'm bored enough to try to collect all of them I will have pulled enough weeds to get at least one weeding badge. I don't really think too much of the weeding paradox in the game but it kind of makes sense that you'd get a badge for weeding since it's technically a good thing you're doing for your town.