WARNING ABOUT HACKERS! Please read!

[mynooka]

Wow. People have way too much time on their hands.

Hope no one gets screwed up by this.

 

[Ladybonkers]

Sharing this on my FB groups, if you don't mind.
Powersaving is rampant on there so it's a matter of time until someone pulls this.

I don't mind at all! I think spreading the word would be wise.

 

[Momo15]

I don't mind at all! I think spreading the word would be wise.

I'll be sharing this with my friends

 

[Jinglefruit]

You're absolutely right. I'm going to edit that into my first post, so people aren't living in TOTAL fear. x'D

Glad I could be of some assistance.

I've stuck a thing on my tumblr as well linking here, so hopefully news spreads quick. Thanks for informing us!

 

[princesse]

I agree. :c
I felt sick when I found out this was starting. I don't have anything against hackers who only do it for their own harmless entertainment, but people who decide to ruin someone's game because they thought it would be funny? Absolutely not. I can't help but imagine a kid who worked really hard on their game to naively trust someone and pick up one of these lists then be completely crushed when they find out they cannot remove or throw away these items. It's not right.

On the bright side, after doing some research, it looks like there is no current way to seed someone's town yet. It might come in the future, but I don't know for sure. New Leaf's coding might be different from WW & CF.

I hope that if seeding does happen in New Leaf, that there would be a possible new animal crossing game >.<

 

[nintendoanna]

What's seeding?

 

[FireNinja1]

What's seeding?

Type of hack used in WW to ruin other's town upon upload. Could overload the circuits and the cart could easily become unuseable.

 

[Silas James Reel]

One comment that probably won't be well received: this is why Powersaves devices are a good thing.

True that

 

[infinikitten]

True that

This is the only reason I'd consider getting one. Now I'm doubly scared I'm somehow going to lose my town, especially after seeing another thread about completely random town corruption today D: Thanks so much for the warning, OP!

 

[cosmic-latte]

I had no idea, thanks for the message!

 

[tae]

there is always someone who wants to ruin everyone's day.

thank you for the psa.

 

[MayorAriella]

Omg this needs to be a sticky thread. This is important now I'm never going to anybody's town to trade... ever.

 

[Ladybonkers]

Omg this needs to be a sticky thread. This is important now I'm never going to anybody's town to trade... ever.

:c It's alright, I wouldn't be distrusting of everyone, especially because this is completely avoidable!
Just don't pick up strange titled or looking items. Definitely stay far away from any "garbage" such as lists and other non-useable items. Usually this community/fandom/whatever you want to call it, are generally sweet people who wouldn't dare brick your game, so don't worry too much, hun! You'll be safe as long as you don't fall into any traps. I made this to help people, not scare them away. ; ;

 

[Ladybonkers]

I just wanted to throw this out there: people who modify their game are in no way malicious, even though TBT doesn't allow it and most of us avoid it. They're usually fine and harmless people who are just having a bit of fun. It's people who abuse the exploit and have bad intentions to be weary about. After reading the replies of that post, the person who had the idea in the first place apologised and everyone modifying their game is against ruining the game for others. This is just a warning to be careful of what you pick up in other towns! Thank you.

 

[EmmaFrost]

It's a bit dramatic for anyone to say they're "never going to anyone's town to trade again". I mean...if you're going to arrange a trade, hover over the items you're trading for and don't touch anything else. Exercise some common sense.

 

[KaydeeKrunk]

That's terrifying that they are trying to do stuff like that! Why can't people just play nice? UHG

 

[Dulcettie]

I don't really understand this hack/how it works and how it messes up your game. Can someone explain it to me?

 

[Ladybonkers]

I don't really understand this hack/how it works and how it messes up your game. Can someone explain it to me?

It doesn't brick or ruin your game, necessarily... However there's no way to drop it, sell it, or put it in the trash. That means you can never get rid of the item, period. Holding one list might not hurt you, though it would be incredibly aggravating, but if you pick up several then you would be in trouble. It's more or less a warning that you shouldn't pick up stray and strange items in other towns, especially if someone suspicious asks you to pick up these lists to sell. As far as how it works, I don't know since I don't hack. :c

 

[Manglefoxchu]

I'm glad I don't visit the club tortimer island, and only play with people I trust. I know I might not be able to trust some, we've been friends a long time.

 

[Dulcettie]

It doesn't brick or ruin your game, necessarily... However there's no way to drop it, sell it, or put it in the trash. That means you can never get rid of the item, period. Holding one list might not hurt you, though it would be incredibly aggravating, but if you pick up several then you would be in trouble. It's more or less a warning that you shouldn't pick up stray and strange items in other towns, especially if someone suspicious asks you to pick up these lists to sell. As far as how it works, I don't know since I don't hack. :c

Thanks so much for the explanation! I never considered that someone could/would pick up multiple hacked objects.