Do you have standards?

No house farmers, but I've been more lax since the update and some of my neighbors threw up temporary farms for neighbors. Overall I like attractive Springfields I can get inspiration from. Id love to have some forum regulars on my list but I'm not cool enough. :P

I didn't have any TSTO friends for about a month. Then I added 25 and it ballooned to 100 quickly which caused my game to crash like crazy. I deleted them all and slowly added back in the ones I had really liked. I keep getting invites so it has quickly exploded back to 90. I don't like having that many because I feel guilty if I don't visit each one every day so after the holidays I will go back down.

Right now the plan is around 50 and I've identified 40 that I have to keep. These are people who are active on here or who have towns that I love. I actually plan on keeping a coupe of farmers because I like their towns. I also plan on keeping a couple of lower level players because they have done great things with their towns already and I'm excited for them.

So the driving force for me is interaction on here, I like having friends who are active on this forum and who I feel like I'm getting "to know". Second to that would be the aestetics of their towns.

For my primary town, I prefer neighbors who keep their vandalizable buildings accessible, neighbors I've "met" on this forum, and neighbors with whom my Springfield grew. For my secondary town, I like to have neighbors who appear to be having fun with their Springfields. You know, elements of humor, character farming, some design elements present, and the like. Inconsiderate neighbors I delete. For instance, those who have huge, empty spaces as the 1st encounter (on purpose) or have profane messages etched in foliage or shrubbery, etc. We can no longer learn who visits, but if someone hasn't logged on in a week (and there are no reports of server problems), I usually delete or consider deleting.

I had 90 friends to obtain all the coins. I have chopped them down to 30 and there are about 10 that have bought land so I am giving them until the big thaw to redesign or they will get the ax. :D Not really. There are a few that I not only have had from the beginning but they have pretty cool ideas and towns.

I have 100 friends that are daily players (actually I have one spot open for mdfriend, whom I'll be adding next time I login). It took a lot of culling to get to 100 daily players, but now I'm on an even harder mission. Ultimately, I'd like my list to be exclusively forum members, friends, and people that have awesome Springfields. I've begun deleting towns that I can't "learn from" because their town has been a mess for ages and clearly isn't going to be redecorated. I also plan to delete some people that aren't progressing at all. Lastly, and I kind of feel bad about this one, I'll probably be deleting some people with zero premium items. Not nice towns, there are some great towns that didn't cost a penny. I just mean the ones that are also crappy. I don't hate all farms, especially since they were great for Santa coin collecting. But some farms that are poorly constructed and make my game crash have been already deleted for the most part.
There are still a ton of regulars I need to add, as soon as I cull some more I'll start adding more of you guys!

My friends list is full right now because I joined the game late and wanted to finish the Christmas quests. I have been adding people with really nice towns and getting rid of the eyesores. Once the season is over I will continue the process of keeping only towns that I like. For the most, I take notes on the specific towns I like. So for example if they do something cool with their business area I keep tabs on that area for inspiration/ idea stealing purposes.

ChuckElston wrote:
I'm in a bit of a conundrum, because I'd rather not put my name on a "add me" list, because yes, I do have standards; but then again, how do you find other players who also have standards? I guess besides putting your name on one of those lists, and then just culling from there.

I have a relatively nice looking town, nothing too crazy (yet), but I'm pretty pleased with it.

I like the cut of your jib sir. A very classy "add me" request, indeed!

ChuckElston wrote:
I'm in a bit of a conundrum, because I'd rather not put my name on a "add me" list, because yes, I do have standards; but then again, how do you find other players who also have standards? I guess besides putting your name on one of those lists, and then just culling from there.

I have a relatively nice looking town, nothing too crazy (yet), but I'm pretty pleased with it.

Post. Get to know people and the "cool kids" will add you *wink* LOL

The premium thread is a good one, I found some awesome people on there. Go thru that list and add people, once they accept you if their town isn't what they "advertised" then delete them and find somebody else.

I wouldn't put my name on the generic add-me list. You'll get so many invites that you will mentally explode.

I have no standards...just daddy issues and an addictive personality. My desperation clouds any judgment I might have about others' towns. When I'm removed from another's list I plunge into a chocolate Haagen Das downward spiral and rearrange my town to match that of my rejector.

I have been slowly weeding out people that haven't played in over a week to make room for people I've talked on here.