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Skye moved in the middle of my time traveling because Gracie. Seriously. GOD. My life... Seriously, why does it have to suck so much...
 
Because you were careless.

Look, man. I do the rumor method. I check EVERY day with Winnie if nobody is moving. In NONE of these days she said she heard a rumor that she was moving. I walk in front of my villagers to see if they ping me, except when they are in buildings. You call that careless? No. But thanks for the "encouraging" message.
 
happens to the best of us ;-;
Beau moved out on me like 3 times and I had to get him back through powersaves.
 
Ahh that sucks! I recommend that you talk to more than one villager in the future to make sure that no one's moving. I've had it happen that I needed to spam talk about all my villagers in one day before anyone said anything about another villager moving out. I also recommend you check the link below. It makes it much easier to find out if a villager is planning on moving out or not. It's been a big help for me.

http://www.belltreeforums.com/showthread.php?145364-Villager-Moving-Rumors-(guide)
 
The 1 villager safety net method has never worked for me. When I TT I make sure to talk to EVERYONE and I don't jump to the next day until at least 2 villagers have told me about the rumors, being 100% sure no one is moving.
 
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Look, man. I do the rumor method. I check EVERY day with Winnie if nobody is moving. In NONE of these days she said she heard a rumor that she was moving. I walk in front of my villagers to see if they ping me, except when they are in buildings. You call that careless? No. But thanks for the "encouraging" message.

Listen, one time I lost a villager I loved because I didn't play for a few days. Instead of coming on here and posting about it looking for generic pity posts from others, I got to work on getting her back because I knew it was because of my own careless mistake. Fast forward some time later, I successfully completed the 16 villager cycle while having 5-6 dreamies in my town the whole time. Not only that but one of those other dreamies moved in during that time and I was also able to sell some villagers on here. The villager I regained moved back in in the same exact spot as before, so it was like she never left and I actually ended up better off than I was before she moved out in the first place.

My point is, you're wasting your time here complaining and looking for sympathy. If you want Skye back, you've got work to do. But first, find out the best ways to check for movers so it doesn't happen again because evidently there's something you missed. I don't check for rumors and I never have to worry about villagers moving because after my incident, I learned what the most reliable way to check for movers is so I'd never lose a villager again.
 
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Look, man. I do the rumor method. I check EVERY day with Winnie if nobody is moving. In NONE of these days she said she heard a rumor that she was moving. I walk in front of my villagers to see if they ping me, except when they are in buildings. You call that careless? No. But thanks for the "encouraging" message.
Well you obviously messed up.
 
Listen, one time I lost a villager I loved because I didn't play for a few days. Instead of coming on here and posting about it looking for generic pity posts from others, I got to work on getting her back because I knew it was because of my own careless mistake. Fast forward some time later, I successfully completed the 16 villager cycle while having 5-6 dreamies in my town the whole time. Not only that but one of those other dreamies moved in during that time and I was also able to sell some villagers on here. The villager I regained moved back in in the same exact spot as before, so it was like she never left and I actually ended up better off than I was before she moved out in the first place.

My point is, you're wasting your time here complaining and looking for sympathy. If you want Skye back, you've got work to do. Figure out exactly how move out pings work because evidently there's something you missed which caused her to move out before you could notice. If you know exactly how it works, you won't even have to check for rumors at all. I haven't for months and I never have to worry about someone moving out because after my incident I became more knowledgeable about villagers moving out and the best ways to stop them.

I think people are entitled to share their feelings and emotions about a villager or something happening to them on animal crossing. The thread is about posting things happening in the game. It's not a pity party just someone talking about something that happened to them. I don't see the big deal or the need to disregard someones feelings at all. Maybe Blacklist is wasting their time to you, but to everyone else that comment probably not. It's one thing to say go get her back, but another to be harsh about it. Just a post, chill out.

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I ended up getting powersaves because 1. I'm a ditz and I'm very forgetful. The times Beau moved out are because I didn't play for a while. Forgot to check on him but spoke to everyone else, and I screwed up TT'ing. So the powersaves help when I have the magical derp moment and someone leaves me ;-;

Maybe you should try getting one c:
 
How are these generic pity posts going to help him prevent that from happening again? Unlike the people who always post "Wow I'm sorry that happened to you, that's unfortunate" on these kinds of threads I'm actually trying to help him realize what he's doing wrong so he can correct it.
 
How are these generic pity posts going to help him prevent that from happening again? Unlike the people who always post "Wow I'm sorry that happened to you, that's unfortunate" on these kinds of threads I'm actually trying to help him realize what he's doing wrong so he can correct it.

But you have to realize when you're being harsh towards someone's feelings. I'm a softy so I can empathize pretty quickly, yes you can give advice but don't just basically tell em quit whining and grow a pair lol I'm not arguing I'm just saying they're in their right to snap at you when you're coming off a bit too blunt. It's a forum you share your feelings, experience, and advice. That's what it's for. I share my feelings about stuff like this all the time, and I appreciate each comment, why? because I don't talk about animal crossing cause nobody plays this game around me lol, so it makes me fit in when I can talk and whine and complain and learn with others. Don't knock someone's emotions >_>
 
Despite being blunt, I've already showed that I care more than the people who just post one liners like the example in my last post because I'm actually giving him advice instead of making a quick one sentence post then never looking at this thread again. Although I will admit, I misread the post when I made my first post. I thought they said Skye moved in in a bad spot, not that she moved out. I probably wouldn't have been as harsh if I realized that the first time.
 
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hug it out
 
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Skye moved in the middle of my time traveling because Gracie. Seriously. GOD. My life... Seriously, why does it have to suck so much...


sorry to hear that, but saying your life sucks just because a villager moved is honestly kind of overdramatic...

there's way worse things that can happen.
 
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