About the neighbors threads...

Hey if you guys want to fill up the forum with I'm on vacation threads go right ahead. While we're at it bring back the post count celebration threads and the good morning and good night stuff

However I do have an issue when someone asks a legitimate question that was previously answered but has been buried and the regulars here can't even give an answer without some sarcastic comment like try the search function newb. This was answered a month ago.

Blows my mind that people are OK with repetitive posts from their "friends" yet someone with a legitimate questions gets dumped on because it was answered 3 weeks ago and is buried 5 pages down

allent77 wrote:
Hey if you guys want to fill up the forum with I'm on vacation threads go right ahead. While we're at it bring back the post count celebration threads and the good morning and good night stuff

However I do have an issue when someone asks a legitimate question that was previously answered but has been buried and the regulars here can't even give an answer without some sarcastic comment like try the search function newb. This was answered a month ago.

Blows my mind that people are OK with repetitive posts from their "friends" yet someone with a legitimate questions gets dumped on because it was answered 3 weeks ago and is buried 5 pages down

I think that if you go back and look, you'll see that it's not usually the forum regulars that respond that way, and are disappointed when they see responses like that as well. Often, someone who has seen the thread will provide a link to the buried post in that thread. Once that happens, the thread is sometimes locked. And most of the time you'll see several forum regulars jump in and express their disappointment at the comments and ask the new poster to ignore the negative stuff and stick around.

I have seen posts like this too - sometimes I recognize the names of the people who do this (so admittedly, a very few regulars may indeed be doing this), but more often than not I don't - and I'm definitely what is considered a forum regular. Or it is someone who is known for that type of behaviour (those ones tend not to stick around here very long). In any case, it is always disappointing when this happens to a new poster - no matter who is providing the negative comments.

EDIT: Spelling - autocorrect strikes again!

NuclearPip wrote:

lynnmckenz82 wrote:
I apologize to those whom I offended with my "neighbor alert" thread. I was trying to be courteous to my neighbors. If we could delete threads ourselves, it would be helpful to take these down once their purpose has been achieved.

Gee. Same here. I'm glad I was out of town and missed the angry thread. I appreciate it when my neighbors let me know they'll be gone, and I returned the courtesy. I'm lucky enough to have neighbors that visit a lot, and my town did fill with handshakes while I was absent. Sorry!

You didn't do anything wrong - please don't apologize for trying to be courteous.

EDIT: I honestly think that if you take away the ability of neighbours to communicate with one another about their games in the GD part of the forum then this place will lose what makes it special. I'm afraid that if the ability to post a heads up to neighbours disappear, then the next thing that will be complained about is neighbours discussing or complimenting their neighbours games in threads as well. If we lose that then what so many love about this place is gone.

I realize that there are differing perspectives on this and I'm not saying mine is the right one. But I do know many others who love being able to freely communicate about their games with one another here.

If we could have an in game messaging system of some sort that would be great (I agree that the messages should be preset to avoid possible situations of harassment), but seeing as there are several known glitches that have not been fixed I just can't see the devs making it a priority at this point in time. It would be great, though - that way even non forum neighbours would know what is up with you if you are away.

(autocorrect is really having fun with me today - I apologize for any spelling mistakes I missed).

annettemarc wrote:
How about just selling a series of "signs" in the game store (for ingame cash!) that are as easy to read as the "Hail Ants" sign? Make each "sign" with a "Post" that uses up only 1 small square of land, but the "sign" could be large enough to stand out. That way, we could place it in our Landing Zone by just clearing a tiny area.

Have a bunch in the store, for us to choose from.

On vacation
On holiday (for all you Europeans, who favour the word "holiday" over "vacation")
Bad Wi-Fi
RL craziness
Game Crashing
Redesigning -- Excuse the Mess
Hurrying as fast as I can
Don'tcha love my house farm?
Please Graffiti
NO graffiti!
One Week
Two Weeks
Three Weeks
Four Weeks
More Than Four Weeks
Eat Your Heart Out


If I want to say just "On Vacation", I could just use that. If I'm going on holiday for more than a month, I could use:
"On Holiday. More Than Four Weeks. Eat Your Heart Out."



This would be an improvement over, say, someone with absolutely no concept of spatial planning and no freakin' CLUE how to write a things out in shrubbery, (YOU try writing "A" or "R" with shrubs) who would end up putting a message "Unde Repair" because they didn't realize they were going to run out of space before they got to the end of "Under", and by the time they realized it, were tired and just left it the way it was, because trying to write an actual "W" was way beyond their ability, so they would end up having to add "SCRE IT" and nobody would know what they meant. [/b

LOL!
And a BIG THANK YOU on your response. I thought the same thing when I started reading this thread. EA could very easliy design signs for us to buy and place in our landing zones. Solves all our problems.

suetopia wrote:

allent77 wrote:
Hey if you guys want to fill up the forum with I'm on vacation threads go right ahead. While we're at it bring back the post count celebration threads and the good morning and good night stuff

However I do have an issue when someone asks a legitimate question that was previously answered but has been buried and the regulars here can't even give an answer without some sarcastic comment like try the search function newb. This was answered a month ago.

Blows my mind that people are OK with repetitive posts from their "friends" yet someone with a legitimate questions gets dumped on because it was answered 3 weeks ago and is buried 5 pages down

I think that if you go back and look, you'll see that it's not usually the forum regulars that respond that way, and are disappointed when they see responses like that as well. Often, someone who has seen the thread will provide a link to the buried post in that thread. Once that happens, the thread is sometimes locked. And most of the time you'll see several forum regulars jump in and express their disappointment at the comments and ask the new poster to ignore the negative stuff and stick around.
Hey
I have seen posts like this too - sometimes I recognize the names of the people who do this (so admittedly, a very few regulars may indeed be doing this), but more often than not I don't - and I'm definitely what is considered a forum regular. Or it is someone who is known for that type of behaviour (those ones tend not to stick around here very long). In any case, it is always disappointing when this happens to a new poster - no matter who is providing the negative comments.

EDIT: Spelling - autocorrect strikes again!

I shall agree to disagree on this as I have noticed it from several regulars and a certain moderator of these forums.

I never understood why those types of responses are necessary. In the time it takes to leave the sarcastic response a helpful one could have been left and its not like there is a limit on number of topics allowed to be posted.

But hey it's cool if we have 10 different vacation threads and 15 different walkthroughs

Just to clarify though I'm not saying its all the forum regulars as I don't want to generalize. But there is a select few that seem to donthus on a regular basis

suetopia wrote:
EDIT: I honestly think that if you take away the ability of neighbours to communicate with one another about their games in the GD part of the forum then this place will lose what makes it special. I'm afraid that if the ability to post a heads up to neighbours disappear, then the next thing that will be complained about is neighbours discussing or complimenting their neighbours games in threads as well. If we lose that then what so many love about this place is gone.

I have to agree with Sue here. This aspect of the forum makes the game much more enjoyable for me and I'm sure many others. I also think GD is the perfect location for the "to the neighbors of" posts because that's where they are most likely to be seen. If it doesn't pertain to you then just ignore it. If there happens to be a few days here and there when you see lots of them, no big deal. Especially if several of them are people just having fun. Isn't that why we're here? I personally am not a fan of the "I have an idea for a future event" threads but I just ignore them.

annettemarc wrote:
How about just selling a series of "signs" in the game store (for ingame cash!) that are as easy to read as the "Hail Ants" sign? Make each "sign" with a "Post" that uses up only 1 small square of land, but the "sign" could be large enough to stand out. That way, we could place it in our Landing Zone by just clearing a tiny area.

Have a bunch in the store, for us to choose from.

On vacation
On holiday (for all you Europeans, who favour the word "holiday" over "vacation")
Bad Wi-Fi
RL craziness
Game Crashing
Redesigning -- Excuse the Mess
Hurrying as fast as I can
Don'tcha love my house farm?
Please Graffiti
NO graffiti!
One Week
Two Weeks
Three Weeks
Four Weeks
More Than Four Weeks
Eat Your Heart Out


If I want to say just "On Vacation", I could just use that. If I'm going on holiday for more than a month, I could use:
"On Holiday. More Than Four Weeks. Eat Your Heart Out."



This would be an improvement over, say, someone with absolutely no concept of spatial planning and no freakin' CLUE how to write a things out in shrubbery, (YOU try writing "A" or "R" with shrubs) who would end up putting a message "Unde Repair" because they didn't realize they were going to run out of space before they got to the end of "Under", and by the time they realized it, were tired and just left it the way it was, because trying to write an actual "W" was way beyond their ability, so they would end up having to add "SCRE IT" and nobody would know what they meant.

sadly I think I saw this but never noticed the missing R so it was a-ok on my end.
now I think it's one of the best things ever.

barszap785 wrote:
I personally am not a fan of the "I have an idea for a future event" threads but I just ignore them.

Me either, personally... wouldn't mind those all going into a sticky thread.

Igcognita wrote:

allent77 wrote:


I shall agree to disagree on this as I have noticed it from several regulars and a certain moderator of these forums.

I never understood why those types of responses are necessary. In the time it takes to leave the sarcastic response a helpful one could have been left and its not like there is a limit on number of topics allowed to be posted.

But hey it's cool if we have 10 different vacation threads and 15 different walkthroughs

Just to clarify though I'm not saying its all the forum regulars as I don't want to generalize. But there is a select few that seem to donthus on a regular basis

I've been coming here since late 2012, when my town disappeared and in a panic I came looking for some answer as. I stayed for the awesome walkthroughs, which allowed me to plot out my game better, and have the right characters available, for the great shared info and tactics, designs and general game talk. And Spanser!!!

So I have to disagree with some of what you've said.

I've seen this forum good thru a lot of changes, some good, and some bad. But I can say I think this is one of the "Best" times in forum history. Less trolls, less conflicts, less bullying and attacks. Less overbearing forum members, who think this place only exist for them. Overall less nastiness in my opinion.
You can't expect this place to be perfect, because everyone is looking for something different here.

It really just comes down to enjoying the forum in spite of its flaws. Not everything is for everybody. I agree that I dislike when you ask a question and you get a sarcastic reply or are directed to an old thread. Your new experience shouldnt be pasted off to a discussion that will no longer include you.
But for the most part, I hope your enjoying the positive things about the forum, and try not to dwell to much on the negative things.

Trust me, I've been frustrated by something's that have happened here, but I've decided to just enjoy what I like, and mostly try to skip what I don't.

I think you misinterpreted some of my post. I have also been coming here since 2012 for the same reason. I changed my username and for some reason that makes it appear I'm new

I agree the forum has improved substantially however I am bringing up what I have seen as an issue.

Arbok9782 wrote:

barszap785 wrote:
I personally am not a fan of the "I have an idea for a future event" threads but I just ignore them.

Me either, personally... wouldn't mind those all going into a sticky thread.

I think you missed my point. Just because I'm not a fan doesn't mean anything should be done about them.