Unfortunately whenever I give my cats Dreamies I'm reminded of AC.
Words that are overused in the AC community
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Unfortunately whenever I give my cats Dreamies I'm reminded of AC.
Yes so much. Goes for anyone popular really let people like what they like
YES, thank you!! "5 STARS" splattered across video thumbnails is probably the only thing that really makes me cringe. I've gotten 5 stars with half of my island being barren and saw others with decent looking islands but only at 4 stars because of "too many trees" or items on the ground or whatever, and these content creators were acting like Isabelle was the spokesperson for world renowned vacation destinations. Because of it I also saw newer players complaining their islands sucked because it wasn't "5 stars". Like it's really not that deep, relax!
"Glitch"... as in thinking every little thing that's even a bit off is a massive Nintendo fail and the devs should be ashamed of themselves, how dare they, etc. Or better yet, when it's used to describe things that are normal. "My Peppy villager was working out. New glitch?"
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I use "dreamie" so much, and a couple of the other terms mentioned here XD I think words like "Wholesome" and "Aesthetic" that you guys mentioned mainly made their way to ac because they are popular terms in general currently, if there is such a thing. I personally dont mind them even if they are indeed used so much. But yeah, i think "Dreamie" is coined by, and exlusive to us and it might never go away XD Now i am really curios to know what are the popular, used terms in some other games fandoms.
Dreamie is a very old term, and not exclusionary to animal crossing. I remember using it on virtual pet sites around 2007/2010. For me, it's such a common term because of it that it sounds very neutral. But I guess the word can sound a bit childish, although at the same time, we're playing a pretty childish game all things considered ;p
"5 Stars", especially on youtube videos as mentioned above, does grate on my nerves however. It's just such an empty word now, all islands in videos are basically 5 starts, whatever they look like. The whole term became moot very quickly, and is just clickbait now.
At least "NMT" and discussions of its worth isn't as overused now as it was in the first couple of months of NH's release.
"5 Stars", especially on youtube videos as mentioned above, does grate on my nerves however. It's just such an empty word now, all islands in videos are basically 5 starts, whatever they look like. The whole term became moot very quickly, and is just clickbait now.
At least "NMT" and discussions of its worth isn't as overused now as it was in the first couple of months of NH's release.
Everything related to houses being aesthetically pleasing, all the grievances and complaints threads. And the new Marshall, that cat whose name I ironically forgot.
I don't mean any disrespect listing these, everybody is free ofcourse to express themselves and bla bla bla.
I don't mean any disrespect listing these, everybody is free ofcourse to express themselves and bla bla bla.
Your Local Wild Child
Matty the smarting-nosed “reindeer”
We’re all going to have to be mute if we don’t wanna overuse every word but both “Raymond bad” and “stop saying Raymond bad” is overused
”dreamies”, “popular”, “unpopular”,“overrated”, “underrated”, “cute”, “ugly”, “cottagecore”, “Raymond”, “Marshal”, “Lolly”, “Barold”, “5 star island”, “perfect”, “Bubblegum K.K.”. These are all words that players use. I don’t use them as much, unless I’m talking about ‘the dreamies’ (you know who I mean), island designs or other villagers.
toadsworthy
Tangsworthy
Going off the "5 star" in plastered thumb nails, I completely agree. There are so many twitch streamers and you tubers that if you watch them play for like 5 min, you can tell they aren't as into it as other streamers who legit like to play animal crossing games. One streamer was like, it must be at least 3 stars.... I'm like, that can still be boring af.
Dreamies I feel like its so overused at this point, like I see it more as like conveying which villagers someone is looking for. Its moreso the nature of how its used that can be off-putting or the context.
I like villager conversation and seeing why someone likes a certain villager, but like give me something interesting other than "uwu i like raymond because he is cute." I would say most islands i see on twitch, youtube, or here theres a solid half of their villagers repeated. Marina, Marshall, Raymond, Judy, Julian, Sherb... etc. Like I get having a certain pink/pastel aesthetic or something to go off of, but having a business cat and pink octopus in the same village isn't any aesthetic, its just you either want popular villagers to be "cool" or you were only exposed to them so you didn't make your own opinion.
I love the term cottagecore though tbh lol, I think it describes an aesthetic and can easily paint a picture of something. What is annoying and overdone is whole islands of just straight cottagecore. I'm currently working on a cottagecore type area on my island, but I wouldn't say its my entire island's aesthetic.
If all you can do is make 200 wooden stakes and put them in different patterns around white hyacinths and cedar trees and a different piece of log furniture, then sorry I'm not gonna be as impressed by your island.
Dreamies I feel like its so overused at this point, like I see it more as like conveying which villagers someone is looking for. Its moreso the nature of how its used that can be off-putting or the context.
I like villager conversation and seeing why someone likes a certain villager, but like give me something interesting other than "uwu i like raymond because he is cute." I would say most islands i see on twitch, youtube, or here theres a solid half of their villagers repeated. Marina, Marshall, Raymond, Judy, Julian, Sherb... etc. Like I get having a certain pink/pastel aesthetic or something to go off of, but having a business cat and pink octopus in the same village isn't any aesthetic, its just you either want popular villagers to be "cool" or you were only exposed to them so you didn't make your own opinion.
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I love the term cottagecore though tbh lol, I think it describes an aesthetic and can easily paint a picture of something. What is annoying and overdone is whole islands of just straight cottagecore. I'm currently working on a cottagecore type area on my island, but I wouldn't say its my entire island's aesthetic.
If all you can do is make 200 wooden stakes and put them in different patterns around white hyacinths and cedar trees and a different piece of log furniture, then sorry I'm not gonna be as impressed by your island.
sarosephie
Senior Member
Cottagecore just sounds like one of those words in high school you created to be 'edgy' and 'different'. I abhor this word.
SpiritofAce
The Barista
"RNG" and "Stan."
Your Local Wild Child
Matty the smarting-nosed “reindeer”
Yea, it sounds like you’re trying to be an edgelord while at the same time you still want a twee homey look.
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