Animal Crossing: New Horizons.

[Rayn]

1 hour ago, SteveH said:

I have what is probably a dumb question! You know when you go to Orville to open your island, and you have the various options - he warns you that if just want a Dodo code, that anybody could come to your island? Does he mean just because you might be posting it online for friends and others may see it, or that there is some way of searching for dodo codes to allow any old person to come find you? Cheers

 

Some users on here complained about having random strangers coming to the island griefing even though they'd posted their Dodo code on here only, so there might be some lurkers on this very forum that just don't give a damn who they share the codes with. 

I think it was @CovisGod who had some blue roses nicked and some stuff he'd dropped for cataloging so it might be better to PM the code to those you want to come visit. 

[CovisGod]

Yeah it’s best to add people from here as friends and open for Friends only, I noticed a few times with Dodo codes I’d post the code here and literally 8 non Rllmukers would turn up and cause havoc (I had one group that literally just ran over every flower so I had to wait for them all to grow back, my Cataloguing area was all stolen so I’ve now taken to blocking it off etc)

 

I don’t mind who visits, I would just prefer that if I’m opening up to my friends on Rllmuk they can actually visit me rather than a lurker sharing the Dodo on Twitter and nobody be able to get in

[Rayn]

13 hours ago, Broker said:

My gates are open to friends (Paddy from Binkton). I think Nook’s still has a cat tower, and lamps on multi buy. Biskit is crafting orange wall and I think there’s still a recipe or two behind the town hall. If anyone wants me to order anything for them let me know.

 

Sorry I left in such a hurry last night but I had a mate dropping by, I'd forgotten we'd agreed to watch a movie together. Your island is great, especially the first small island within the river banks. The entire villager area with streets, shops, bins, utility poles etc. really makes it look like a living and breathing place. I've never seen so many trees on an island as you've got, the entire massive mountain is covered. Your house is a lot better than mine as well, I've only got one room finished, the rest are simply placeholder rooms for projects that wont be finished until I've found the proper matching furniture. 

[Stoppy2000]

20 minutes ago, CovisGod said:

Yeah it’s best to add people from here as friends and open for Friends only, I noticed a few times with Dodo codes I’d post the code here and literally 8 non Rllmukers would turn up and cause havoc (I had one group that literally just ran over every flower so I had to wait for them all to grow back, my Cataloguing area was all stolen so I’ve now taken to blocking it off etc)

 

I don’t mind who visits, I would just prefer that if I’m opening up to my friends on Rllmuk they can actually visit me rather than a lurker sharing the Dodo on Twitter and nobody be able to get in

What actually is the generally accepted etiquette for island visiting? I'd like to do it but no idea what you mean by 'cataloguing area' - worried I'm the equivalent of England football fans abroad.

[Stanley]

On a slightly serious note is anyone having problems with how much time their children spend on this? My wife came down hard on my daughter this morning and made her come off the game because she was on it so much yesterday and throughout the week - she’s only 6 and with all that’s going on in the world it seems like a nice outlet for her but obviously she needs to do other stuff too. My wife currently has a face like thunder calling people who play video games ‘morons’ but obviously everything wrong right now is down to me, my daughter is bawling her eyes out and the wife is doing yoga in the living room. Happy Sunday everyone!!

[Ste Pickford]

33 minutes ago, Stoppy2000 said:

What actually is the generally accepted etiquette for island visiting? I'd like to do it but no idea what you mean by 'cataloguing area' - worried I'm the equivalent of England football fans abroad.

 

If you're not 'best friends' with someone, the only damage you can do is running through flowers (takes the flower head off so it needs to regrow), so it's best not to run on other people's islands.  Your axe and shovel tools are disabled so you can't dig up trees etc.  You can shake trees and take fruit, so probably best to only take a fruit you don't have - don't rinse an island for all the fruit you can sell.  There's no harm whatsoever in fishing or catching bugs on someone else's island.

 

You can't pick up 'placed' items, but you can pick up 'dropped' items (ie just the leaf icon or recipe card icon).  Lots of people drop spare recipes they don't need, and it's usually fine to pick these up and take them. They've only been dropped because they're spare.  When people do cataloguing they drop items of furniture or clothes. The idea is you pick them up and immediately drop them, so you have them in your catalogue and you can order your own when you get home.  

 

So no problem picking anything up and dropping it again. Usually no problem taking recipes.  Don't take other dropped items, unless it's clear you're allowed to (say, there's a sign saying 'please take' or whatever).

 

It's usually safe to buy anything from the shop, as people generally don't open their island until they've bought what they want, but if there's a really cool item in the shop, probably best to ask first.  But, if you do buy it, it's in your catalogue, so you can always order another one for the islander, so it's not a major crime or anything.

 

Also, it's worth noting that there's usually one villager on the island making something in their house, so it's always worth visiting all the villagers until you find one at a work bench, to get a recipe card from them.

[Rayn]

36 minutes ago, Stoppy2000 said:

What actually is the generally accepted etiquette for island visiting? I'd like to do it but no idea what you mean by 'cataloguing area' - worried I'm the equivalent of England football fans abroad.

 

Don't run through flowers (holding down the sprint button) as it hurts the petals and ultimately destroy them. 

 

Don't buy the limited items in the Cranny without asking first (but it's generally ok to buy them if you don't get an answer as most people check the store before opening, buying what they really need before others do)

 

Even if not asked, it's a friendly gesture to water the host's flowers if you see an area with carefully placed flowers that's intended for breeding. Flowers have a bigger chance of mutating if more people water them. 

 

Don't use crass language in the chat while visiting, a lot of players have their kids helping out on the island, it's not very cool to shout "feck off you c@nt" when their 8 year old daughter is watering the roses. 

 

 

32 minutes ago, Stanley said:

On a slightly serious note is anyone having problems with how much time their children spend on this? My wife came down hard on my daughter this morning and made her come off the game because she was on it so much yesterday and throughout the week - she’s only 6 and with all that’s going on in the world it seems like a nice outlet for her but obviously she needs to do other stuff too. My wife currently has a face like thunder calling people who play video games ‘morons’ but obviously everything wrong right now is down to me, my daughter is bawling her eyes out and the wife is doing yoga in the living room. Happy Sunday everyone!!

 

This is a rather tough one as there are loads of misconceptions about videogames. In general I think video games are one of the best past times as it stimulates the mind in many ways.

With certain games it broadens certain skill sets and can help with hand - eye coordination training, memory training, reflexes and even education. My 10 year old son has learned more about fish, insects and flowers from AC than he ever has in school. 

 

Do you think your wife would've been against your daughter spending an equal amount of time playing with a doll house? If she's ok with that I'd say she's wrong about getting triggered by her playing AC for hours. AC is basically a glorified doll house sim with some gardening thrown in for good measure. 

 

If gaming takes over other activities, like being social with friends, tidying the room, doing homework, drawing/painting or whatever kids do, that's when you should limit their access. Video games should not replace all other activites but in moderation it can be a great supplement to other interests. 

There's also a big difference between spending some peaceful time with AC and having a kid shouting foul language over Xbox Live while playing CoD, that's just not on at all. 

 

My youngest son used to play with a class mate, years ago. At times the kid's parents would text me and ask if he could come to ours and play with our kid. I said no problem and they always went "Oh great, he'll be right over but if your kid is going to play video games you must send ours home at once". This kid is now 11 years old and still not allowed to play video games, but he has no one to be with in the spare time anymore because everyone think he's a weird one. 

[CovisGod]

22 minutes ago, Stoppy2000 said:

What actually is the generally accepted etiquette for island visiting? I'd like to do it but no idea what you mean by 'cataloguing area' - worried I'm the equivalent of England football fans abroad.

you generally shouldn’t leave any items lying about that you don’t want to go missing just in case. The only rule really is to be mindful of Flowers, don’t run over people’s flower patches, I don’t run at all on other people’s islands just in case.

 

A few people have an area that says “Take one, with DIYs or excess furniture, if that’s the case by all means take one, but if something is quite obviously a prop or part of the scenery don’t steal it,

 

Its not like New Leaf where people could literally steal your flowers and dig holes all over your Island

[Jamie John]

Cross post from the trading thread:

 

I'm open to friends on 050QP if anyone wants to come round and have a look. Anything you like the look of, let me know and I'll try to order/make for you. Turnips are going for 93 bells. Furniture and recipe trades on the beach. I'll be semi-AFK.

[Stanley]

24 minutes ago, Rayn said:

 

Don't run through flowers (holding down the sprint button) as it hurts the petals and ultimately destroy them. 

 

Don't buy the limited items in the Cranny without asking first (but it's generally ok to buy them if you don't get an answer as most people check the store before opening, buying what they really need before others do)

 

Even if not asked, it's a friendly gesture to water the host's flowers if you see an area with carefully placed flowers that's intended for breeding. Flowers have a bigger chance of mutating if more people water them. 

 

Don't use crass language in the chat while visiting, a lot of players have their kids helping out on the island, it's not very cool to shout "feck off you c@nt" when their 8 year old daughter is watering the roses. 

 

 

 

This is a rather tough one as there are loads of misconceptions about videogames. In general I think video games are one of the best past times as it stimulates the mind in many ways.

With certain games it broadens certain skill sets and can help with hand - eye coordination training, memory training, reflexes and even education. My 10 year old son has learned more about fish, insects and flowers from AC than he ever has in school. 

 

Do you think your wife would've been against your daughter spending an equal amount of time playing with a doll house? If she's ok with that I'd say she's wrong about getting triggered by her playing AC for hours. AC is basically a glorified doll house sim with some gardening thrown in for good measure. 

 

If gaming takes over other activities, like being social with friends, tidying the room, doing homework, drawing/painting or whatever kids do, that's when you should limit their access. Video games should not replace all other activites but in moderation it can be a great supplement to other interests. 

There's also a big difference between spending some peaceful time with AC and having a kid shouting foul language over Xbox Live while playing CoD, that's just not on at all. 

 

My youngest son used to play with a class mate, years ago. At times the kid's parents would text me and ask if he could come to ours and play with our kid. I said no problem and they always went "Oh great, he'll be right over but if your kid is going to play video games you must send ours home at once". This kid is now 11 years old and still not allowed to play video games, but he has no one to be with in the spare time anymore because everyone think he's a weird one. 

Yes it just came to a bit of a head this morning - she has a good mix of activities including home schooling, painting, exercise, video calls with friends and family etc. She gets to play with her cousins on AC too, so she was sad she couldn’t do that, think the wife just came down too hard, but then I’m not the working be at home all day every day - and that brings other problems, my daughter gets REALLY upset when I have to go to work, and she gets excited about sending me letters in AC - sorry just rambling now! 
 

That class mates parents sound worse than my wife  

 

(she’s fine usually btw and she plays on AC herself)

[Ste Pickford]

Being a parent is hard, and you have a lot of decisions to make.  And too much of anything is probably a bad thing, but whenever I hear of someone complaining that their kid is spending too much time on video games, I always wonder if they'd say the same thing if their kid was spending all day with their head in a book?

 

And most games are actually pretty mentally stimulating.  Probably more than most books, in fact.  
 

[Rayn]

1 minute ago, Stanley said:

That class mates parents sound worse than my wife  

 

 

 

I'm 99% certain they are. They are very religious (christian) and the mother is a sunday school teacher. During the lockdown she set up home office in the church and her kids had to do all home schooling in the church as well. They're not allowed to celebrate Halloween either, and there are loads of other restrictions so it's not only due to the lack of video game knowledge the kids are seen as weird ones. 

[Rayn]

2 minutes ago, Ste Pickford said:

Being a parent is hard, and you have a lot of decisions to make.  And too much of anything is probably a bad thing, but whenever I hear of someone complaining that their kid is spending too much time on video games, I always wonder if they'd say the same thing if their kid was spending all day with their head in a book?

 

And most games are actually pretty mentally stimulating.  Probably more than most books, in fact.  
 

 

Yeah, I've heard parents shouting at their kids to get off the damn nintendo (even if it's a playstation) and do something more constructive, like watch a Disney movie or something. 

Whenever I hear something like that I always imagine that Nathan Fillion gif. 

[Stanley]

6 minutes ago, Rayn said:

 

I'm 99% certain they are. They are very religious (christian) and the mother is a sunday school teacher. During the lockdown she set up home office in the church and her kids had to do all home schooling in the church as well. They're not allowed to celebrate Halloween either, and there are loads of other restrictions so it's not only due to the lack of video game knowledge the kids are seen as weird ones. 

Weird innit, I have a friend who is a church minister and he and his wife are the coolest, despite their religious leanings - they’re pretty liberal. 

[Rayn]

1 minute ago, Stanley said:

Weird innit, I have a friend who is a church minister and he and his wife are the coolest, despite their religious leanings - they’re pretty liberal. 

 

Yeah, the class mate's parents aren't stupid because of their religion, they're just plain stupid!

[bimbam]

Gates open to friends if want to visit somewhere new

 

Friend code is 3054-6535-9129

 

jamesh - Ellijess

[MagicalDrop]

@bimbam I just got booted as I was about to buy the antique bureau. Any chance I could pop back or you could send? 

[Tet]

For the short time I was there before there was a Comms error, it seemed like a really cool island.

[Popo]

What time does Daisy Mae leave? I fear I missed her this morning. 

[thesnwmn]

 

Just now, Popo said:

What time does Daisy Mae leave? I fear I missed her this morning. 

midday

[Popo]

9 minutes ago, thesnwmn said:

 

midday

Ah bums, thanks. 

 

No week at the rat races for me I guess!

[thesnwmn]

I think we have a few later time zone people who might be able to open up to allow you to stock up later

[Rayn]

1 minute ago, Popo said:

Ah bums, thanks. 

 

No week at the rat races for me I guess!

 

There are a couple of americans frequenting the AC discussion. If you're desperate you could try and find an island to visit via the Turnip Exchange website. 

[NexivRed]

3 hours ago, Stanley said:

On a slightly serious note is anyone having problems with how much time their children spend on this? My wife came down hard on my daughter this morning and made her come off the game because she was on it so much yesterday and throughout the week - she’s only 6 and with all that’s going on in the world it seems like a nice outlet for her but obviously she needs to do other stuff too. My wife currently has a face like thunder calling people who play video games ‘morons’ but obviously everything wrong right now is down to me, my daughter is bawling her eyes out and the wife is doing yoga in the living room. Happy Sunday everyone!!

If all she wants to do with her free time at the moment is play AC, then that in of itself isn’t bad. Kids tend to hyper focus on something and do it to death until they’re bored then switch to something else, and tbh, that’s pretty good in terms of being able to maintain concentration for a task etc. 
 

What I do with my kids is make sure they get up at least once an hour and move around. Make sure they’re remembering to drink plenty of water. Putting down devices for meal times so they can focus etc. 
You could also make sure they’re not expiring their eyes to artificial light after sunset to help keep their sleep normal. 

Just basically staying healthy whilst gaming non stop. There’ll be plenty of time for a diet of super noodles and a poop sock when they’re older. 

[Rayn]

Wtf is a poop sock?

[mikeyl]

3 hours ago, Stanley said:

On a slightly serious note is anyone having problems with how much time their children spend on this? My wife came down hard on my daughter this morning and made her come off the game because she was on it so much yesterday and throughout the week - she’s only 6 and with all that’s going on in the world it seems like a nice outlet for her but obviously she needs to do other stuff too. My wife currently has a face like thunder calling people who play video games ‘morons’ but obviously everything wrong right now is down to me, my daughter is bawling her eyes out and the wife is doing yoga in the living room. Happy Sunday everyone!!

I’d set the parent controls on the App and blame the restrictions on Bowser.

[mikeyl]

3 hours ago, Stanley said:

On a slightly serious note is anyone having problems with how much time their children spend on this? My wife came down hard on my daughter this morning and made her come off the game because she was on it so much yesterday and throughout the week - she’s only 6 and with all that’s going on in the world it seems like a nice outlet for her but obviously she needs to do other stuff too. My wife currently has a face like thunder calling people who play video games ‘morons’ but obviously everything wrong right now is down to me, my daughter is bawling her eyes out and the wife is doing yoga in the living room. Happy Sunday everyone!!

I’d set the parent controls on the App and blame the restrictions on Bowser.

[Broker]

3 hours ago, Rayn said:

 

Sorry I left in such a hurry last night but I had a mate dropping by, I'd forgotten we'd agreed to watch a movie together. Your island is great, especially the first small island within the river banks. The entire villager area with streets, shops, bins, utility poles etc. really makes it look like a living and breathing place. I've never seen so many trees on an island as you've got, the entire massive mountain is covered. Your house is a lot better than mine as well, I've only got one room finished, the rest are simply placeholder rooms for projects that wont be finished until I've found the proper matching furniture. 

Aww thanks! I used to try to plan everything and collect items but this time I’m trying to make things out of what I have.

 

3 hours ago, Stanley said:

On a slightly serious note is anyone having problems with how much time their children spend on this? My wife came down hard on my daughter this morning and made her come off the game because she was on it so much yesterday and throughout the week - she’s only 6 and with all that’s going on in the world it seems like a nice outlet for her but obviously she needs to do other stuff too. My wife currently has a face like thunder calling people who play video games ‘morons’ but obviously everything wrong right now is down to me, my daughter is bawling her eyes out and the wife is doing yoga in the living room. Happy Sunday everyone!!

As my kids mum bailed I’ve always been in control of this with my kids, and I let them play loads of games. I make sure they exercise and hydrate and stuff, but I’m not fussed if they want to spend hours every day playing games. My parents hate it though, despite being fine with me spending my whole childhood reading and playing with Lego inside. My parents constantly tell me I should stop them playing games and make them sit in the same place reading, which baffles me. They’re both doing very well at school though.

[Stanley]

Thanks for all the replies everyone really appreciate it, times are hard for everyone at the moment and it’s nice to be able to come here and say what’s on your mind. 
 

She’s now besting the missus at Jenga! 

[Rayn]

25 minutes ago, Broker said:

My parents constantly tell me I should stop them playing games and make them sit in the same place reading, which baffles me. They’re both doing very well at school though.

 

I think this is very much down to their upbringings and norms vs ours. When my parents were young they were told that pop (and rock) music, violent movies, long hair on boys and bell bottoms were the spawn of satan. My father was told to play with his steam engines, train sets and read his Hardy Boys books instead of listening to The Beatles or waste money on foreign fashion. My mother was told to play with dolls and practise cooking, not to chew bubblegum or wear make up. 

 

Growing up myself I heard all the time from my father that he could find his old train sets and steam engines for me to play with, they were much better toys than my Legos and Star Wars figurines. When I bought my NES back in 86 I wasn't allow to play it on the new telly "as videogames will break it".

When I got my own 14" Goldstar tv for my room, I was told that it'd hurt my eyes, destroy my TV and rot my brain. They'd much rather have me sit with them watching Miami Vice or something similarly silly as I could learn about other cultures (wtf). 

For every decade there seems to be certain modern trends that are treated as scapegoats for all things bad or evil in the world. Long hair. Pop music. Rock music, home video systems during the 80s (my parents were all against me watching VHS, but their box of porn cassettes in the master bedroom closet was never mentioned). Video games during the 90s. The internet during the 00's and social media during the 10's. 

Somehow, though, the anti video game brigade seems to be a thing still but I'm happy to see that they are quite rare to come by these days. Judging by my own kid's friends and class mates it seems that 95% of the young ones are playing video games these days, even the girls. 

I guess it all boils down to fear of the unknown. I'm sure as I'm getting older my own kids will jump on new trends I don't understand (well, maybe it has already happened as they're both on Tik Tok) and I'm quite sure that it'll be even worse when I get grand children but hopefully I'll keep my open mind about new stuff for as long as I live.