I think they actually anticipated TTers and made sure everyone gets to have fun and have more things to do via updates which is a good move @ ninty's part because thatbush/hedge fence reveal made me scream LMAO IT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN HOLDING OFF ON FULLY LANDSCAPING MY ISLAND
Why Do People Care About Time Travelers?
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avieators
eco-friendly punk
yea like i literally went to wednesday (earth day) on monday night and there wasn't anything, so i still get to experience it in real time w the way they're doing content updates! honestly this is the best system they could've used, i always hated seeing the holidays before i was supposed to ;_;
BubbleBlowinDoubleBaby
Bee Go Buzzzzz
If I remember right, they did show off little bits of what autumn would look like in trailers and commercials once or twice. I just can't wait to find mushrooms around the trunks of trees again this year!!
YEAH I have a terrible habit of spoiling myself even when I try to avoid them, so I'm here for the update rollout hype
tfw when you've worked at Nintendo as a customer service representative, know people that have been in product testing for the game, know people that have put 3000 hours into NL, know people that were obsessed with past games and you're all called "fake Animal Crossing fans" bc you time travel 
avieators
eco-friendly punk
gosh i've been playing since acgc and i'd be really upset if someone called me a fake fan :/ i'm positive i'm either at or over 3000 hrs for nl. i'm at 300ish for nh and i'm just now getting an idea for what i want my island to look like...another big reason for tt, having to wait a day to move buildings around hahatfw when you've worked at Nintendo as a customer service representative, know people that have been in product testing for the game, know people that have put 3000 hours into NL, know people that were obsessed with past games and you're all called "fake Animal Crossing fans" bc you time travel
goodman314
Chaotic idiot
It mainly piss me off when a friend does it,
the game has a few surprises to be honest,
there was this recent incident that made me completely annoyed by time traveling friends, i played about 230 hours (now about 340) completely isolated never even opened forms or did trading and all i was doing on a daily basis was routines and remodeling which was fun but nothing new was happening,
a friend invites me over (got excited to check out their island for the first time)
at the time they only managed to put in about half my hours (not bragging just as a measure) but their island was amazing and casted a huge shadow over mine that to this day i can't get over, Its like everytime i think of something this or that from their island pops into my head instead, but that was not the main event the main event was the anticlimactic discovery of the upgraded nook's cranny.
this is the sole reason why i hate time skipping, its a great thing honestly especially in trading so i don't give a rats ass about who does it outside a certain circle, its just the spoiler tendency and the overshadowing that easily happens due to its "speedy" nature
anyhow i could be simply bad at design and "imagination" so take my opinion with a grain of salt.
I just want to comment on the idea that the characters are pixels on a screen real quick.
As both a producer (90% of the way through my first novel and I wrote fanfiction for a different fandom previously) and consumer of media, I can safely say that if the characters are just pixels on a screen or letters on a page to you then, in my opinion, something has gone wrong.
If you don't care about the characters, then, by definition, they've fallen into the eight deadly words, the words no writer, actor, director, etc. ever wants to hear: "I don't care what happens to these people." (original source) The characters in any fictional story are meant to be related to, meant to be cared about in some way, even if you just care about them getting their comeuppance, and if you don't care about them, what's the point?
Do TTers care about their villagers? Probably. I did, back in the only game I TTed in, ACGC. It's just the attitude of "they're just pixels, I don't care about them or about people abusing them" that leaves me just utterly lost. It's easily possible to understand that it's just a game, while still being able to engage with, or at least emphasize with the characters within, even if they aren't real, and for me, that's pretty much the whole point.
(Okay, that wasn't quick, but whatever. At least it's off my chest now)
As both a producer (90% of the way through my first novel and I wrote fanfiction for a different fandom previously) and consumer of media, I can safely say that if the characters are just pixels on a screen or letters on a page to you then, in my opinion, something has gone wrong.
If you don't care about the characters, then, by definition, they've fallen into the eight deadly words, the words no writer, actor, director, etc. ever wants to hear: "I don't care what happens to these people." (original source) The characters in any fictional story are meant to be related to, meant to be cared about in some way, even if you just care about them getting their comeuppance, and if you don't care about them, what's the point?
Do TTers care about their villagers? Probably. I did, back in the only game I TTed in, ACGC. It's just the attitude of "they're just pixels, I don't care about them or about people abusing them" that leaves me just utterly lost. It's easily possible to understand that it's just a game, while still being able to engage with, or at least emphasize with the characters within, even if they aren't real, and for me, that's pretty much the whole point.
(Okay, that wasn't quick, but whatever. At least it's off my chest now)
noodle'ssoup
Catchable Floaty Thing
this is fine from a creative standpoint or even as a consumer of art to say, "I hope people care about their islanders"
but it's another thing entirely to take it to harrassment or insult of character based on how people decide to treat the characters in their game
obviously not what YOU did but that was more the concern than anything to do with significance of characters or quality of writing
I don’t really care if you time travel as far as filling your museum/getting items/whatever.
But when you look at prices things go for, especially the most popular ones, there is a clear and distinct advantage to time traveling. You will have 10xs the bells and NMT, in a fraction of the time, so if you want to pay 200NMT it’s no big deal. But to those who don’t time travel, that’s an almost impossible goal.
If bells/nook miles were tied to specific day, like Egg Day was, so time traveling didn’t gain you any currency, then TT would be truly just a way to enhance/play your own game. As it stands now, it does give an advantage.
Having said that, tt all you want. I’ll play my way, and enjoy building my island slowly. Luckily, I don’t find myself caring about the villagers that go for such high prices, so it really doesn’t affect me.
But when you look at prices things go for, especially the most popular ones, there is a clear and distinct advantage to time traveling. You will have 10xs the bells and NMT, in a fraction of the time, so if you want to pay 200NMT it’s no big deal. But to those who don’t time travel, that’s an almost impossible goal.
If bells/nook miles were tied to specific day, like Egg Day was, so time traveling didn’t gain you any currency, then TT would be truly just a way to enhance/play your own game. As it stands now, it does give an advantage.
Having said that, tt all you want. I’ll play my way, and enjoy building my island slowly. Luckily, I don’t find myself caring about the villagers that go for such high prices, so it really doesn’t affect me.
The only issue I have with TT'ing is that is has caused massive inflation in the trading community. People TT'ing are able to obtain more items, more bells and more NMT than those of us who do not. So unless you happen to get a villager or item that is popular, you can find yourself completely cut out of the buying and selling market. Currently I simply cannot afford to trade, as I do not have the time to grind like some people, nor am I currently willing to TT. Sure there was inflation in NL, but it was at a much later point in the game when people had already paid off expansions, PWP's etc and had extra cash to afford the inflated prices, or were active on here to get TBT to trade.
I also dislike the attitude of some who TT'd and then started complaining there is nothing left to do. Or those who TT'd to "complete" their islands as soon as possible, but are now complaining that the new features mean they have to destroy their islands and start over to include the new shops/items etc.
I have absolutely zero issue with TT, except when people try to assert that it doesn't affect anyone else. Because it does.
I also dislike the attitude of some who TT'd and then started complaining there is nothing left to do. Or those who TT'd to "complete" their islands as soon as possible, but are now complaining that the new features mean they have to destroy their islands and start over to include the new shops/items etc.
I have absolutely zero issue with TT, except when people try to assert that it doesn't affect anyone else. Because it does.
The 'just pixels' was mostly in reference to the claim that it's morally wrong and actively abusive to hit them with nets and stuff. Also AC doesn't really have... a story? The villagers are meant to be cute people to live in your town. None of them have backstories. All of them are ultimately just the same 8 characters repeating the same 20ish lines within those categories, with slightly different appearances. I get how some people can get super attached, but also... not a ton to work with there. I get the "you can care about pixels" thing for characters with more development but the animal crossing characters more or less exist to be cute.
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noodle'ssoup
Catchable Floaty Thing
I get this, but I also find it kind of confusing...
this is the time traveling market you're dealing with, which is effectively just what the market would inflate to with time regardless. It does throw up a pretty unreasonable barrier to entry, but it doesn't stop you from trading with fellow non-TTers who may not have all of the items you're looking for, but that's what you sacrifice in not TTing.
But at least this argument makes sense
Hermione Granger
animals have crossed
You should see Discord trading groups. They are crazy with the way they price mom, mush or any winter items. 20+ NMTs for ONE item. It is crazy! That is definitely a downside to TTing; the price and rarity economy. I hope it fixes itself soon, but who knows.
It's a valid game mechanic lol people can't get that mad
If Nintendo didn't want us TTing AT ALL they could easily stop it... prevent our shops from being built, things from being upgraded, etc etc etc
I know they've done stuff to prevent advancing the time in pokemon and they don't in AC and never have, and it's probably for a reason. If it's there, it's there, and people are gonna use it
If Nintendo didn't want us TTing AT ALL they could easily stop it... prevent our shops from being built, things from being upgraded, etc etc etc
I know they've done stuff to prevent advancing the time in pokemon and they don't in AC and never have, and it's probably for a reason. If it's there, it's there, and people are gonna use it
snugs_not_drugs
Senior Member
I think it might just be the influx of new players. All my friends who own switches but have never played an animal crossing game before are interested, probably because of the popularity, and it seems like the new players who have recently found out about Time Traveling are annoyed because they consider it cheating. I was annoyed, myself, because I was trying to google the repercussions of TTing if any in this new game, and the article I clicked on says "don't time travel! because it ruins the pace of the game >:-(" like?? I play how I want, I'm in it to win it man, don't shame me
It wouldn’t be a controversial animal crossing thread without tlw yelling at anyone who doesn’t play exactly like they do
Jokes aside (it wasn’t a joke tho)
TT all you want, I’ve been TTing since wild world I LOVE animal crossing, I send my villagers gifts every day, I check in to see how they are doing, I always do fetch quests for them if they ask, I treat them like real people because, growing up, I didn’t have any real friends, THEY were my friends
So to say that someone doesn’t care about their villagers just because they jump around with TTing is just a wrong statement. I’m so tired I’m going to go make some chocolate milk
Jokes aside (it wasn’t a joke tho)
TT all you want, I’ve been TTing since wild world I LOVE animal crossing, I send my villagers gifts every day, I check in to see how they are doing, I always do fetch quests for them if they ask, I treat them like real people because, growing up, I didn’t have any real friends, THEY were my friends
So to say that someone doesn’t care about their villagers just because they jump around with TTing is just a wrong statement. I’m so tired I’m going to go make some chocolate milk
