Why Do People Care About Time Travelers?

A lot of people like myself don't realize the other is a TTer. Selling things or turnips prices that you TTd for should be marked with a big ol stamp saying so. That way we know if we're buying quality instead of (whatever the cool kids are calling TTers nowadays)

This is why I barely buy online anymore. Never know what item has been TTed to obtain
I respect that's your personal preference so I won't try to change your mind, but if you don't mind me asking... what difference does it make? :O If you're going out of your way to get an item from someone else that you can't get yourself, you're already at the step of doing so. Why does it matter if the item is from a TTer?

I 100% understand not wanting items that are hacked or otherwise, but items received sooner from TTing are nowhere on that level and put your game at no risk
 
Time.

Pretty straightforward. Time is the currency of Animal Crossing. Time-traveling is literally fabricating that currency.
That... doesn't really answer my question. I'm not trying to be condescending or anything, I'm genuinely confused by what youre trying to get at
 
It just doesn't make any sense to me. On the older games it wasn't an issue. People played how they saw fit and nobody batted an eye. Now ever since New Horizons came out, I've seen people get genuinely mad at other players for simply choosing to time travel on their island. What's with the animosity? Why can't we allow people to play how they want on a game that they paid $60+ for without publicly shaming them if their way doesn't match ours? For a game that's supposed to have the friendliest community due to the non-competitive nature of the game, it sure does have one of the most toxic communities I've seen in recent years. Let's try and discuss this like adults. Please no insults. Let's try to keep this thread up

PS. Stay on topic. My last thread got taken down because a few immature users decided to derail the topic and start debating about pizza. You will get reported to a mod/admin if you can't respect this thread
Yea i agree with a lot of responses here, seems like people just like yelling and telling others what to do bc it gets em off
 
I respect that's your personal preference so I won't try to change your mind, but if you don't mind me asking... what difference does it make? :O If you're going out of your way to get an item from someone else that you can't get yourself, you're already at the step of doing so. Why does it matter if the item is from a TTer?

I 100% understand not wanting items that are hacked or otherwise, but items received sooner from TTing are nowhere on that level and put your game at no risk
Because buying from TTers encourages people to TT. I'm not giving them my business as my silent way of protesting. It's like when buying meat that used chemicals. Both them and TTers are never open about their methods and that needs to be changed.
 
Because buying from TTers encourages people to TT. I'm not giving them my business as my silent way of protesting. It's like when buying meat that used chemicals. Both them and TTers are never open open their methods and that needs to be changed.
Please don't compare actual real life situations to a simulation game with talking animals lol

Silently protesting will get you nowhere and won't stop people from TTing, just like BUYING from TTers will encourage non-TTers to TT. I haven't time traveled and yet I've been buying items left and right out the butt from people who most likely TT'd... Guess what. Still don't want to TT.
 
I think the discourse might be extra heated this time because there isn't an "official" time travel setting; Isabelle no longer mentions it directly, so it seems more cheaty. I don't do it myself, but that's just a preference.
 
Please don't compare actual real life situations to a simulation game with talking animals lol
I will because I was comparing the salesman and not the game. Businesses should be honest about their goods.
 
I will because I was comparing the salesman and not the game. Businesses should be honest about their goods.
If you want to be a purist then don't trade in this game at all. If you want to get items, fruits, etc the "genuine" way, don't trade with anybody. Because if you trade, you cheat because if it isn't in your shops or your mystery islands on those given days, you don't deserve to have those items and if you buy them from anyone else then you're cheating, regardless if you TT or not.

See how stupid that logic sounds?
 
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If you don't time travel, it doesn't mean you have to be on a high horse about it. The fact the same people are always in these threads demonizing others is ridiculous. No one actually cares if you don't time travel.
 
I don't like the idea of Time Traveling, so I don't do it. I can't do anything about how others play the game, so I don't let it bother me.
 
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If you don't time travel, it doesn't mean you have to be on a high horse about it. The fact the same people are always in these threads demonizing others is ridiculous. No one actually cares if you don't time travel.
some of these people have such a superiority complex about not time-traveling, it's a little concerning.
 
If you want to be a purist then don't trade in this game at all. If you want to get items, fruits, etc the "genuine" way, don't trade with anybody. Because if you trade, you cheat because if it isn't in your shops or your mystery islands on those given days, you don't deserve to have those items and if you buy them from anyone else then you're cheating, regardless if you TT or not.

See how stupid that logic sounds?
I was talking about TTd goods and not multiplayer goods. I don't do much trading anyways because nobody is honest about TTing when they're selling
 
I was talking about TTd goods and not multiplayer goods. I don't do much trading anyways because nobody is honest about TTing when they're selling
If you are going to let the way other people play the game ruin your game experience that much where you barely trade with anyone then that's your choice. That doesn't give you the right to complain about it because you're CHOOSING this. It isn't being forced on you.
 
That... doesn't really answer my question. I'm not trying to be condescending or anything, I'm genuinely confused by what youre trying to get at

Say a non-TTer spends 50 hours accumulating 60 NMT and then trades those 60 NMT to a TTer who spent 5 hours farming up an A or S tier villager. Then does it again. And again. And again. Not at all equitable, but if everyone's happy, no harm no foul.

Still, ethically shaky and why (along with the simple fact of it being a non-game, verboten exploit) I don't dig on TTing.
 
some of these people have such a superiority complex about not time-traveling, it's a little concerning.
I also like how someone was vagueposting saying there's no such thing as someone not flaunting their complex then there's people literally celebrating the patch changes because "lol TTers get owned xd" when it affects the non-TTers more badly. Pretty cringe tbh. Imagine blindly hating a group of people that you can't see the full on ramifications on the interest and turnip nerf. LOL. Now non-TTers have to rely on scorp/tarantula grind + Flick/CJ to get decent bells without any downsides due to the inevitable price hike on turnip entry fees.
 
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