Animal Crossing: City Folk - Gen. Discussion and info

[quote name='homeland']you should be able to.. I just checked Io is visiting. If you don't mind, bring some fruit of your own.. just let me know where you drop it so i can grab it before I turn it off.[/QUOTE]

ahh shoot, i've got to take off. maybe next time.
 
[quote name='The 7th Number']Does anyone know where i can download that program that helps you make textures? You could load a pic into it, and it turns it into a pixel pic, showing you what colors to use. Like a paint by number thing. I used to have it when i played AC for GC.[/quote]

In case anyone wants this, i found the program here. Hopefully its the same way to make new textures in City Folk.
 
[quote name='CouRageouS']Pics![/QUOTE]

I deleted it. I didn't want the sable sisters to sell a shirt that simulates nudity...you never know where that shirt might end up.
 
[quote name='MusicNoteLess']Forgot to mention, My shops are open for another 2.5 hours.[/QUOTE]


Drat, can't connect to anyone.
 
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[quote name='BlueLobstah']Drat, can't connect to anyone.[/quote]

Well I have you registered. Try again?

Thanks lilboo. Me and Becky are still playing. 2 spots open and 1.5 hours till shops close!
 
Mine finally got here.

FC: 3480-6073-2382
Name: J-Pop
Town: Tryio
Fruit: Apples

Please add me guys. When I get a chance I'll be adding a bunch of you.
 
I crashed MNL's place. Some fish chose his lure over mine, so I ran the bitch off. Bitch fish. Also he is a liar and closed his place up 40 minutes before he said he would, and karmic retribution is wished upon his damnation'd soul.

Io's swarm once again invaded my town and burninated the countryside, burninating the peasants and their thatched roof cottages.

I've added everyone in the OP/those who have posted in the thread. Will play a little longer tonight.
 
[quote name='lilboo']:lol: thanks MNL & Becky! :grouphug:[/quote]
that was fun. :) I should be in bed already but this game is putting me behind schedule. :lol:
 
[quote name='Strell']

Io's swarm once again invaded my town and burninated the countryside, burninating the peasants and their thatched roof cottages.[/QUOTE]

And they were somewhat subdued earlier because they didn't have their 11 year-old sister around egging them on.

By the way, I still am not playing with you guys because my 5 year-old still has the controller in his iron grip :cry:. (Strell and others are playing as I type). I got the noisy one to bed but the younger one stays up longer since he's in afternoon kindergarten... Woe is me...
 
Holy crap that was beyond fun. Chilling in Texas with Janet, Io (and his kids), and Dmunkee was some of the most fun I've had in gaming in a loooooong time.

I took tons of pictures and will have to post them up tomorrow. So many hilarious things happened.

It is downright stupid how much fun you can have in this game considering how simple it is and how seemingly limited the options are, because it turns out that the game is actually quite deep in terms of imagined things to do and try.
 
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Man, that was a blast hanging out with Daisydog, Io, and Strell for lord knows how long. Way too many hilarious things happened all throughout the night.

Daisydog's Texas wins for a great layout too. Can't wait to see pictures!
 
I was wondering who you wuz callin' Blue :lol:.

The best part was when me and my wife were talking (quietly in the background - hope you didn't hear) and meanwhile the baby (who will be 1 in less than a week) got into the cat food. He had himself a snack... ultra-gross... Anyway, as we're cleaning him up the two older boys decided to fight over who got to play with you guys. So there was some stress and yellin' back and forth for a minute there. The mic had to get muted for a while there until all that got sorted out. But all the good stuff (in game) happened after that so it was cool that you guys put up with all the noise ;).

I wasn't sure if you guys knew who you were playing with for most of that last part. It got quiet once I got the 8 year-old to bed, so that was my 5 year-old (who can't quite read much yet, but he seemed to pick up on what you guys were doing nonetheless). Funny thing about the noisy older one: he didn't speak A WORD in school until earlier this year (selective mutism). He was always somewhat noisy at home, but it is actually good to see him so loud and proud with strangers like that as he used to not say a word to anyone but family (though he has been speaking just fine in school the last several months anyway).

The younger one doesn't have that problem but he was somewhat quiet at the end because that's our usual one-on-one game time together and he knows to be quiet because everyone else is asleep.
 
Indeed, this game just has so much unmatched charm and character. We essentially played pretend for hours on end and that was the most fun I've had in so long. The weekend needs to be here now, we have to do it again sometime!

[quote name='io']
I wasn't sure if you guys knew who you were playing with for most of that last part. It got quiet once I got the 8 year-old to bed, so that was my 5 year-old (who can't quite read much yet, but he seemed to pick up on what you guys were doing nonetheless). Funny thing about the noisy older one: he didn't speak A WORD in school until earlier this year (selective mutism). He was always somewhat noisy at home, but it is actually good to see him so loud and proud with strangers like that as he used to not say a word to anyone but family (though he has been speaking just fine in school the last several months anyway).[/quote]

Man, I didn't even notice. He went right along with what we were doing, that was great!
 
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Seriously.

HE'S ARMED.

Sweet goodness I haven't laughed that hard in such a long time. That couldn't have been better timed if we had planned the entire thing.
 
Thanks for visiting Io, Io kids, Strell, and Dmunkee. 3 hours of nonsense always makes for a good time. You guys are the first ones to visit my town, actually.
[quote name='Strell']Seriously.

HE'S ARMED.

Sweet goodness I haven't laughed that hard in such a long time. That couldn't have been better timed if we had planned the entire thing.[/quote]
The best part was when you were staring at him and he walked right up to your face! He was totally ready to hit you with that net :lol:. I need to talk to Elvis today and see if he remembers anything. And I'm surprised they can't fall into pitfalls, that was a bummer, but gave a hilarious result!
(BlueLostah is Jason, but we still call him Blue.)
[quote name='io']
I wasn't sure if you guys knew who you were playing with for most of that last part. It got quiet once I got the 8 year-old to bed, so that was my 5 year-old (who can't quite read much yet, but he seemed to pick up on what you guys were doing nonetheless). Funny thing about the noisy older one: he didn't speak A WORD in school until earlier this year (selective mutism). He was always somewhat noisy at home, but it is actually good to see him so loud and proud with strangers like that as he used to not say a word to anyone but family (though he has been speaking just fine in school the last several months anyway).

The younger one doesn't have that problem but he was somewhat quiet at the end because that's our usual one-on-one game time together and he knows to be quiet because everyone else is asleep.[/quote]
I was wondering why you just kept digging holes towards the end. Your kids are great! Sorry I lied to them during hide and seek. That was just too funny :lol:
 
I officially need to get this game by the weekend - I have a $20 gift card to Target, so I figure I'll wind up picking it up there. Wii Speak bundle or game only? Help me spend my moola! ;)
 
No no, game online really is just fine.
Buy the $15 cordless Logitech keyboard instead. That sale ends Sunday..so..get it on Saturday!
 
[quote name='lilboo']No no, game online really is just fine.
Buy the $15 cordless Logitech keyboard instead. That sale ends Sunday..so..get it on Saturday![/QUOTE]

nvm...found the keyboard post. whoo!
 
Shook all the trees, found lots of bells, AND 3 BEE'S NEST!! Unfortunately each time it shocked the hell out of me and was flustered with the controls.. Got stung so bad, my neighbor said he didn't even recognize me!

Anywoo.. I left my gates open once again while I'm away, if anyone wants peaches or they feel like traveling. As before if you come, not required but other fruits would be nice.
 
[quote name='homeland']Oh and lilboo.. Thanks for letting me know about Mitzi.. Last time I tapped that!! If you know what a mean....:lol:[/QUOTE]

:rofl: Yeah I was walking in your town for a few minutes and no one was there. I took some peaches, met some people, shared my opinion and I left :lol:
 
[quote name='homeland']Shook all the trees, found lots of bells, AND 3 BEE'S NEST!! Unfortunately each time it shocked the hell out of me and was flustered with the controls.. Got stung so bad, my neighbor said he didn't even recognize me!

Anywoo.. I left my gates open once again while I'm away, if anyone wants peaches or they feel like traveling. As before if you come, not required but other fruits would be nice.[/quote] Katrina actually sells a charm where you can avoid bees for a month - thing is, it only applies to those who visit your town. My town's requirement is that someone has to catch a orchid mantis.

Also, has anyone gotten Redd's invitation yet? Send one over to me too! :(
 
[quote name='Wyndia']Katrina actually sells a charm where you can avoid bees for a month - thing is, it only applies to those who visit your town. My town's requirement is that someone has to catch a orchid mantis.

Also, has anyone gotten Redd's invitation yet? Send one over to me too! :([/quote]

Does that give you more time to net the bees? Also will there be more bees in my trees (lol it rhymes!) tomorrow, if I shook all the bees nests out today?
 
Well played Elvis, well played.
00004ekk

[quote name='Wyndia']
Also, has anyone gotten Redd's invitation yet? Send one over to me too! :([/quote]

I just got one, but I don't think you can share it, since it comes in the form of a letter from one of your neighbors from randomly talking to one of them. I have another coming along the way though, so if you can share letters, I'd be more than happy to give it to you.
 
I still need a sling shot and a lobster.. sad times.

What is the strategy for catching the bee in this game? in WW you were supposed to let them swarm for a second before swinging, but in this one, i can't ever equip my net smoothly enough to make it work out.
 
So let's have some fun - it's story time!

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I didn't actually think about the fact that I was pointing at that emotion when dmunkee said that, but it works.





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Totally brah. Poor dmunkee couldn't take part in our group hi-5 action. :]





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And then I GOT MAD. AT IO'S KID. RARRRRRRRRRRRRG.

And with less lag than Brawl!





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This is one of the things you do at about 1 in the morning and you know it's stupid, but you are still laughing your ass off because at the sheer lunacy of finding something fun to do with the little actions you can perform in AC.





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And then dmunkee had the idea to go on the bottom half of the cliff...





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And so then I went, as I was protected with my mighty umbrella. At which point dmunkee made a great observation.





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This, my friends, is where shit got real. We had all commentated earlier in the night that Elvis "is scary" and that "no one likes him" because of his "battle scars" because he was always lookin' for a fight.





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We try to contain the threat - to no avail! He kept comin' right for us!





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dmunkee> Strell uses bubble! IT'S SUPER EFFECTIVE! (I missed taking the picture)

Now I missed a picture before this next one, but we proceeded to corral Elvis onto the little outlet, and then trapped him with shuvels so he couldn't come after us anymore. And this was great fun in and of itself, until he pulled out a net. Someone (Janet or Dmunkee, I am sorry I missed the pictured) yelled out

HE'S ARMED

And I spent, literally, the next ten minutes laughing my damn ass off. I literally couldn't keep playing - had to put the controller down, couldn't see, tears streaming down my face - the whole thing.

During that time, he just started staring at me, which began an epic showdown.





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WHAT? WHAT? WHAT? WHAT? WHAT?





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WHATCHU WANT OLD MAN? HUH? HUH?





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Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooonoooooooooooooo I GOT MY POSSE UP INS NAW.





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MY HOUSE! THIS IS MY HOUSE!





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Uh uh. UH UH! O NO U DIDN'T





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YOU KNOW IT! SHUVEL2THAGRAVE.





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In the interim here, Daisy went off and grabbed a pitfall seed. I saw her bury it behind Elvis, and we had the great idea to push him into it. Well I guess it turns out that NPCs can't fall into them, and all of that resulted in me falling in.





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I was understandably angry, which my emoticon clearly conveys.





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OF COURSE YOU AREN'T, DORK! Roflroforlfroflroflrf.





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Dmunkee's comment reduced me to tears once again. Seriously - watching four people make a half-attempt to coordinate their moves. I think we really WERE playing Wii Music.





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And as such, we needed to have parts.





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Awwwwwwwwwwwwww yeaaaaaaaaaaaah. We jammin' now.

Daisy> Hey let's go on a raid.
Everyone else> Indeed!
Daisy> ED'S.





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I took a great shining to his lighting fixture. Ho ho! Shining! Li...Lighting fixture! I kill me.





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Dmunkee teaching Io's kid things he won't understand and will surely ask his father about later, thereby embarassing our mod.

I tried to get a picture of people running into each other when you roll around on the bed, but I kept missing it. Pictures really ought to be saved directly to the SD without the need to authorize it, because it slows down how quickly I can take/save them.

These pictures don't include group efforts to capture mole crickets (we got four!), the fishing competitions we had (dmunkee got a koi, Daisy caught a tuna), musical chairs in the Roost (hilarious), and a game of Pacman in the museum (which - if you got enough shells and had someone hid them and designated one person Pacman and the others ghosts - you could totally set up). We also tried to play Paper-Scissors-Rock with Shovel-Net-Pole, but we couldn't figure out who won. :/ We need to right rules for that. Note: you DO need someone to audibly call out 1 2 3, because you can't type and select an item fast enough for it to work the other way.

Again, this is all the product of playing the game with people who clearly want to make it fun. I had a blast, and honestly, I didn't expect to. You look at AC and it DOES seem extremely limited, but then you play it with fun people and the possibilities are endless.

Thanks dmunkee, Daisy, and Io/Io's kids for last night. Was truly stupid amounts of fun.
 
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[quote name='homeland']Does that give you more time to net the bees? Also will there be more bees in my trees (lol it rhymes!) tomorrow, if I shook all the bees nests out today?[/quote]
No, you just don't get any bees when shaking trees for about a month. :> Something that I wouldn't mind, if only because I don't like dealing with bees, even if I haven't caught one yet.

[quote name='dmunkee']I just got one, but I don't think you can share it, since it comes in the form of a letter from one of your neighbors from randomly talking to one of them. I have another coming along the way though, so if you can share letters, I'd be more than happy to give it to you.[/quote]

Actually, I think someone who has access to Redd's shop can send a invitation out to someone who hasn't received one... I don't know how, though. :(
 
[quote name='homeland']Oh and lilboo.. Thanks for letting me know about Mitzi.. Last time I tapped that!! If you know what a mean....:lol:[/QUOTE]


I saw lilboo's comment. I avoided Mitzi from then on. Also, visited your town over lunch and raided a few peaches. You should find something in your mail too later on.

[quote name='Wyndia']Katrina actually sells a charm where you can avoid bees for a month - thing is, it only applies to those who visit your town. My town's requirement is that someone has to catch a orchid mantis.

Also, has anyone gotten Redd's invitation yet? Send one over to me too! :([/QUOTE]


My charm is the same, but involves someone who isn't me weeding 5 weeds in my town. Anyone?

Also, a townee should be sending me an invitation but, but I had not received it as of lunch yet. As soon as I get one, I'll see if I can delegate out other invitations. Does the mail have set times of day that its supposed to arrive?
 
Well, I know that you can speed up the process of mail in WW by sending out ten letters or something. I don't remember the details, but it was essentially that the post office has a 10-letter 'hold', and if you go over the 10-letter limit, it'd mail all letters on 'hold'. So essentially if you ordered something from Nook's catalog and wanted it right at that moment, you could pen 10 letters, mail it off, and your catalog item would be in the mail.

I don't know if it'd work for City Folk yet, haven't tried that yet.

I'd take up your offer for weeding your town, but I won't be online until the weeked. :(
 
another day with no axe in nooks. i know somebody wants to buy me 1 or 2 if they have extras and meet up with me later tonight after 9pm pacific

[quote name='Wyndia']Well, I know that you can speed up the process of mail in WW by sending out ten letters or something. I don't remember the details, but it was essentially that the post office has a 10-letter 'hold', and if you go over the 10-letter limit, it'd mail all letters on 'hold'. So essentially if you ordered something from Nook's catalog and wanted it right at that moment, you could pen 10 letters, mail it off, and your catalog item would be in the mail.

I don't know if it'd work for City Folk yet, haven't tried that yet.

I'd take up your offer for weeding your town, but I won't be online until the weeked. :([/QUOTE]

nobody has visited my town yet, but i know in WW that you could have all mail delievered if someone visited your down. so if you have stuff on order just open your gates, when someone gets there then you have your stuff mailed to you.
 
I imagine the mail system is supposed to be somewhat "realistic" but it is really annoying if you are trying to send/receive an item with a person, or if you buy something out of your catalog.

No ax for me either. Has anyone actually had an ax in Nook's yet?
 
Awesome Strell! Those turned out great. Nothing too incriminating :lol: I wish my sd card worked. It was telling me there was no SD card in there. But I know I've transferred pictures from that card to the Wii before.

And nice Randall :lol:. I guess he took a liking to you, but I don't think Elvis will ever come out of his house again.
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You do get an invitation to send to whoever you want once you join Redd's. I have one if anyone still needs it. Wyndia, you want it?
Mail delivery is in the morning sometime and again at 5pm. But in wild world you could mail about 10 letters out and that would force your mail to be delivered instantly. It's probably true for City Folk as well. I haven't even mailed a letter yet. In Wild World I became quite obsessed with the workings of mail. I'm trying not to turn back into that... yet.
 
Yeah, I got my charm from the fortune teller for this month. If ppl plant 2 fruit trees in my town, they get to "reap the benefits", but I dont. :cry: O well. More fruit trees for me. ^_^

I still need an axe. :[
 
Aww, it won't let me into your town :cry: I'll keep trying.


And I caught my first flea today. Figures it would be on Harry :lol:
He still wants to move in with you Strell.
 
Purchased the game during my lunch break (also picked up the wireless keyboard - thanks for the tip, lilboo!). I'll be sure to post my friend code tonight.
 
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