Luckily, you can't mistreat your villagers because they're pixels. You can care about a game while also recognizing that it's... a game.
Why Do People Care About Time Travelers?
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Luckily, you can't mistreat your villagers because they're pixels. You can care about a game while also recognizing that it's... a game.
you hit the nail on the head. it's annoying because it's nice to discover things when it happens on your island. i wish people would add spoiler hashtags or something if you're on a different time track.
the gradual updates could help with this because not everything is in the game yet, so just need to be more cautious when browsing twitter in the days/weeks after an update.
in the end tho, everyone's free to play however they want. tt or not~
thelonewanderer
Senior Member
Well I was pretty much answering the OP question. Pretty sure he/she wanted to see both side of the equation.
Animal Crossing is all about having a community that develop together but those that choose to get ahead are saying "screw the community, its my game so I'll do whatever I want." Its the entitlement mindset that I have a problem with, not just AC but modern society as a whole which also spill over into the game.
There a reason AC work on a real time clock because its what the developers intended it to be. Otherwise AC would work the same way other games would be. Sleep over night and the next day start.
As a TTer, if I didn't care about my villagers, I wouldn't be hustling to make the proper amount of NMTs to pay for my villagers.
I hustled hard to make the proper amount of bells to adjust to the current state the economy is in and buy NMT. I found good villagers out of sheer luck and sold them and now I'm trying to budget and thrive off of what I made from them --- and try to decorate my island + finding the remaining villagers I want for my island.
I care about my villagers, deeply.
noodle'ssoup
Catchable Floaty Thing
How do you literally not have the slightest clue that this is EXACTLY what you're doing
saying "screw the community, this game belongs only to me and I get to determine what is right and wrong for other people to do with it" is the most entitled thing I've heard in a long while
i'm just...oh my god. i can't wrap my head around this.
the thing is, you answered by insulting the personal integrity of time travelers. apparently they are impatient and entitled people? because of the way they play a video game...? it is perfectly possible to have a different opinion on this without bringing in that kind of attitude. look at fey's post. they have a different opinion and they expressed it without putting anyone down or gatekeeping.
and that's, not really what animal crossing is about? animal crossing is about whatever you want it to be about. if you want animal crossing to be about fishing, it's about fishing. if you want it to be about collecting items, it's about collecting items. it is an extremely personal, customizable game, and it's not really fair for you to take it upon yourself to decide that there is one way to play the game, and put down people who play differently.
and the devs have always included time traveling...in fact, in older games it was easier to time travel, they would literally let you reset the clock in-game, not in the system's settings
the thing is, you answered by insulting the personal integrity of time travelers. apparently they are impatient and entitled people? because of the way they play a video game...? it is perfectly possible to have a different opinion on this without bringing in that kind of attitude. look at fey's post. they have a different opinion and they expressed it without putting anyone down or gatekeeping.
and that's, not really what animal crossing is about? animal crossing is about whatever you want it to be about. if you want animal crossing to be about fishing, it's about fishing. if you want it to be about collecting items, it's about collecting items. it is an extremely personal, customizable game, and it's not really fair for you to take it upon yourself to decide that there is one way to play the game, and put down people who play differently.
and the devs have always included time traveling...in fact, in older games it was easier to time travel, they would literally let you reset the clock in-game, not in the system's settings
How does other people playing a single player game affect your ability to play said single player game
I think it's a bit unfair to say that TTers do it because they feel entitled. There's a multitude of reasons why someone might choose to TT... it doesn't just boil down to deciding to give the community the middle finger.
I also think that it's unfair to say that TTers don't care about their villagers, or that they don't care about AC as much as people who don't TT. It feels a little gatekeep-y to me to say that you're not a real fan if you choose to TT.
I timetravel, but I also respect people who don't, and I completely understand that people who don't TT might have their experience diminished due to spoilers, as Fey said earlier.
Honestly, every time this topic is brought up, there's always such nastiness coming from both sides of the argument, and I'd wish they'd just limit this discussion to one thread or something.
avieators
eco-friendly punk
hesitant to poke my nose in here bc i know this is a heated subject (for some reason) but honestly i time travel bc i get super hyperfixated on new stuff and i've been waiting for this game for 7ish years like everyone else haha! also ac is a super important and sentimental series for me and nh literally could not have come at a better time. i'm not interested in spoiling anything for myself or for others, i never leave the month the real world is currently in, and i've been doing it for abt 19 yrs and didn't start getting flack for it until new leaf i believe. most of the time its bc i've done everything i want to do in the current day + have fished every fish out of the ocean lmao
thelonewanderer
Senior Member
I said in general, not every TTers mistreat their animal like you for example. But going by all the replies on this post so far, a lot of TTers don't care. I mean one of the post even mention laughing at non-tters on twitter for attacking a TTers cause the TTers was abusing his villagers.
Just go on reddit, gamefaq, and youtube and see how nasty TTers are to their villager. Multiple people per day on various site post pictures of them digging hole, pitfall seed so that their villagers can't leave the house. Doing all sort of things to their "pixel".
I just don't see that with non-tters (I'm sure there are) but in general I just don't see it.
Underneath The Stars
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nintendo themselves time travel to test the bugs and still failed to fix the i've moved out glitch lol
and people having the nerve to blame tt for that as if the gamemakers don't consider that factor (i don't even tt myself)
and people having the nerve to blame tt for that as if the gamemakers don't consider that factor (i don't even tt myself)
people have been doing that kind of stuff to their villagers since the gamecube games! i did it to my villagers in the gamecube games! they are pixels on a screen. it is disgusting, frankly, to relate that to actual abuse.
i'm stepping out man, we aren' getting anywhere with this.
this has to be a troll. you can't abuse them... they dont exist dude
BubbleBlowinDoubleBaby
Bee Go Buzzzzz
I've time traveled to summer (hahaaa.,, me want sandals) but I'm refusing to TT to fall because it's my favorite season. I'm glad I'm not the only one who loves it!
noodle'ssoup
Catchable Floaty Thing
so excited for fall myself, definitely my favorite season
I've time traveled to summer (hahaaa.,, me want sandals) but I'm refusing to TT to fall because it's my favorite season. I'm glad I'm not the only one who loves it!
i held off on looking at what the cherry trees looked like, and i'm so glad i did! they were gorgeous in-game and the petals in the wind were just *chef's kiss* i hope they do something similar with the leaves in autumn! i just love having the season outside correlate to the season on my island, it makes it feel really special
