People who are takers and don't return the favor

I have read posts about people who don't help others. Yet, they get help. I know this is just a game, but there are times a person can't load a boat on their own, or need trees and bushes done. I've had boats sit till last minuet because of no help. I also change farm name to boat is in or something to do with what boat needs. To those people who laugh and say they have followers and don't know why because they don't help others, kinda seems that that's the personality you hold in real life. So sorry for you, because when you need help, it may not be there. When I go through the paper here, I help who ever I can. And I like the farms that I buy and help. I also help the people who are on my lists. Kinda sucks you can only have so many people.

there are actually plenty of people like that in my game, i simply unfriend them. whats the point of keeping people who dont help? it works both ways.

But you don't know if they CAN help... I've come across plenty of boats where I simply don't have what the person is asking for. And I never fill dairy or sugar boats because I always need that for my own orders (but then, I never open those boxes for my friends to help either). The way I see it is; if you can and want to help me that's great! But you will also get Xp, money and boat score out of it so it's not a completely selfless act. And I may or may not be able to help you out and I will in return get points and money. But you can't really apply complete justice and expect everyone you help to always help you, the game doesn't work that way.

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Originally Posted by Avastra

But you don't know if they CAN help... I've come across plenty of boats where I simply don't have what the person is asking for. And I never fill dairy or sugar boats because I always need that for my own orders (but then, I never open those boxes for my friends to help either). The way I see it is; if you can and want to help me that's great! But you will also get Xp, money and boat score out of it so it's not a completely selfless act. And I may or may not be able to help you out and I will in return get points and money. But you can't really apply complete justice and expect everyone you help to always help you, the game doesn't work that way.

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I agree. It is just a game. I am new to this. So don't ask for dairy or sugar. Hmm. Lately that's what I've been getting and I can't fill 2 dairy s at once and make it. Or when it calls for sugar and something that calls for that sugar. Guess I'll figure it out.

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Originally Posted by Lynae

I agree. It is just a game. I am new to this. So don't ask for dairy or sugar. Hmm. Lately that's what I've been getting and I can't fill 2 dairy s at once and make it. Or when it calls for sugar and something that calls for that sugar. Guess I'll figure it out.

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Unless I'm really well stocked on dairy or sugar I send that boat away before filling any boxes. It's just not worth it and I'd rather wait for the next boat.

Hi Lynae, did you know you can cast away boats you cannot fill? ;)

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Originally Posted by Kiw1

Hi Lynae, did you know you can cast away boats you cannot fill? ;)

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No I did not know. How do you do that?

There's probably others that could explain it better than me lol but I'll give it a go.
When your boat comes in do not open any of the crates. Tap on the boat icon to cast it off. It will ask you if you want to cast boat off..do so.

Before you fill or flag any boxes send like normally would. It ask you to confirm and click yes then will have to wait 3 hours for next boat. You can add me I make brown sugar all day long just to be able to help boats that need it. If I am not stuck selling everything I have for some new machine I fill boats all day I haven't even filled one of my own in a week now. Only 200 or so left for my co-op lll. Yay lol

Hi Lynae,
As earlier mentioned - it could be that you would like to help some of your GC friends but are unable because you do not have the necessary things. I try to help when I can, even if I have to go out and buy things to help other.

When I get help I often go to my helpers shop and buy something, just to say thank you. But it is not always they are selling anything. But when I can, I buy - even wheat - just as thank you for the help.

You are welcome to add me in gc - right now I do not have so much time to play, but when I play I help.

And it is a good idea to send boats away with sugar, cream etc.

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Originally Posted by Lynae

I have read posts about people who don't help others. Yet, they get help. I know this is just a game, but there are times a person can't load a boat on their own, or need trees and bushes done. I've had boats sit till last minuet because of no help. I also change farm name to boat is in or something to do with what boat needs. To those people who laugh and say they have followers and don't know why because they don't help others, kinda seems that that's the personality you hold in real life. So sorry for you, because when you need help, it may not be there. When I go through the paper here, I help who ever I can. And I like the farms that I buy and help. I also help the people who are on my lists. Kinda sucks you can only have so many people.

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Add me to your friends. I will help if I can.

What I really hate and find annoying are people who asks for help but never have anything on their stalls and never help others to fill their boats.

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Originally Posted by kiw1

there's probably others that could explain it better than me lol but i'll give it a go.
When your boat comes in do not open any of the crates. Tap on the boat icon to cast it off. It will ask you if you want to cast boat off..do so.

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thank you!

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Originally Posted by cosmo2503

Add me to your friends. I will help if I can.

What I really hate and find annoying are people who asks for help but never have anything on their stalls and never help others to fill their boats.

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I do the best I can. I try to keep certain things on hand for boats, like popcorn. Cream is another. I just got my ice cream maker. Constantly have that going. My stall usually always has something. I'm trying to earn money for the next machine after the ice cream. I'm finding it real hard not to spend my money unnecessarily. !! Now.... How do you add people??

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Originally Posted by Lynae

I do the best I can. I try to keep certain things on hand for boats, like popcorn. Cream is another. I just got my ice cream maker. Constantly have that going. My stall usually always has something. I'm trying to earn money for the next machine after the ice cream. I'm finding it real hard not to spend my money unnecessarily. !! Now.... How do you add people??

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You can add through Game Centre. You need to know their Gc name for example mine is Moli Jones. ( you can add me if you want )

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Originally Posted by Lynae

I've had boats sit till last minuet because of no help. I also change farm name to boat is in or something to do with what boat needs.

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Your friend may not play at the same time and when they do, if they are saving money and don't have enough to help, they probably won't buy thing to fill your crate. Try to get help from others than your in-game friends.

Do you advertise ? I always do that when I have a difficult boat. Put something nice in your stall or with reduced price and advertise to attract customer and away to thank them. There would be 1 or 2 to fill your crate out of 10 customers.

Since you can only ask for help on 3 crates, make sure you can fill the rest or let people think you can fill whatever left.

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Originally Posted by Lynae

I do the best I can. I try to keep certain things on hand for boats, like popcorn. Cream is another. I just got my ice cream maker. Constantly have that going. My stall usually always has something. I'm trying to earn money for the next machine after the ice cream. I'm finding it real hard not to spend my money unnecessarily. !! Now.... How do you add people??

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I know that feeling. Other people helped me a lot with ice creams and juices while I daidn't have my own stocks and start getting juice and ice creams orders.
You can add me sending friendship request from GC application. MyID is cosmo2503.

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Originally Posted by meonhoc

Your friend may not play at the same time and when they do, if they are saving money and don't have enough to help, they probably won't buy thing to fill your crate. Try to get help from others than your in-game friends.

Do you advertise ? I always do that when I have a difficult boat. Put something nice in your stall or with reduced price and advertise to attract customer and away to thank them. There would be 1 or 2 to fill your crate out of 10 customers.

Since you can only ask for help on 3 crates, make sure you can fill the rest or let people think you can fill whatever left.

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That's a really good trick, I do that a lot. A nice item brings all the boys to the yard (sorry, couldn't help myself :) ) and hopefully someone will help you fill the crates.

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Originally Posted by meonhoc

Your friend may not play at the same time and when they do, if they are saving money and don't have enough to help, they probably won't buy thing to fill your crate. Try to get help from others than your in-game friends.

Do you advertise ? I always do that when I have a difficult boat. Put something nice in your stall or with reduced price and advertise to attract customer and away to thank them. There would be 1 or 2 to fill your crate out of 10 customers.

Since you can only ask for help on 3 crates, make sure you can fill the rest or let people think you can fill whatever left.

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problem is the person who buys the stuff you put up might not be the one helping. so you're technically giving out reduced priced item to people who dont deserve it lol

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Originally Posted by Someone2

Hi Lynae,
As earlier mentioned - it could be that you would like to help some of your GC friends but are unable because you do not have the necessary things. I try to help when I can, even if I have to go out and buy things to help other.

When I get help I often go to my helpers shop and buy something, just to say thank you. But it is not always they are selling anything. But when I can, I buy - even wheat - just as thank you for the help.

You are welcome to add me in gc - right now I do not have so much time to play, but when I play I help.

And it is a good idea to send boats away with sugar, cream etc.

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I read your quote at the end of this page are people having problems with unsolicited challenges? I'm not into them. Would not accept them. I still need to know how to add friends. Tried looking for the app that they say is out there can't find it I'm on an ipad..

Where do you find the Game Center? I look in the app section and all I see are games. I've tried hay day apps, etc ...

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Originally Posted by Lynae

Where do you find the Game Center? I look in the app section and all I see are games. I've tried hay day apps, etc ...

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I think it should be on the iPad as a standard thing. From memory mine was there when the iPad was set up. When you find it go in and there is a tab called "request" where you can send people requests to be friends.
Good luck.

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Originally Posted by Lynae

I have read posts about people who don't help others. Yet, they get help. I know this is just a game, but there are times a person can't load a boat on their own, or need trees and bushes done. I've had boats sit till last minuet because of no help. I also change farm name to boat is in or something to do with what boat needs. To those people who laugh and say they have followers and don't know why because they don't help others, kinda seems that that's the personality you hold in real life. So sorry for you, because when you need help, it may not be there. When I go through the paper here, I help who ever I can. And I like the farms that I buy and help. I also help the people who are on my lists. Kinda sucks you can only have so many people.

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I am confused I have people buying my stuff and never see them on my last helped and followers I can go anywhere I only have 5 people but all these people keep doing my trees and bushes but I'm never asked to do any ones shame coz I love the game

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Originally Posted by meonhoc

Your friend may not play at the same time and when they do, if they are saving money and don't have enough to help, they probably won't buy thing to fill your crate. Try to get help from others than your in-game friends.

Do you advertise ? I always do that when I have a difficult boat. Put something nice in your stall or with reduced price and advertise to attract customer and away to thank them. There would be 1 or 2 to fill your crate out of 10 customers.

Since you can only ask for help on 3 crates, make sure you can fill the rest or let people think you can fill whatever left.

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That depends on players style. Some people just grab attractive item from stall without looking if seller is in need for help. Whenever I find cool things that player sell or open box on someone's farm I do the best to help his/her boat too.
When I need to attract potential helpers I'd rather advertise muffins and sweaters at low prices then jams, cakes or ice creams at any price.

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Originally Posted by Lynae

Where do you find the Game Center? I look in the app section and all I see are games. I've tried hay day apps, etc ...

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On my iPad, the Game Center icon is located right next to my App Store icon. Hope this helps. :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by Lynae

Now.... How do you add people??

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If you've not yet found it per instructions already given you, the Game Center app comes automatically with iPad, iTouch, and iPhone. The icon is a multicolored icon divided into 4 parts, each part containing a gaming icon: chess piece, base ball and bat, rocket ship, joy stick. You cannot delete the GC app so you do have it, just look.

I sent you a friend request through GC when you first posted and it went through. Either you already have a GC account or someone shares your name and they got my request.

Anyway, if you've not yet done so, when you open the GC app, it will show 5 choices at the bottom: Me, Friends, Games, Challenges, Requests.

Me is where YOU set up your GC account. Just follow the on-screen instructions.

Friends is where you'll see a listing of all people you've connected to through GC friend requests. These same people will show up on your friends tab on your Hay Day farm. There will also be a "+" in the upper left corner. Click this + and you'll be able to send a request to another person, providing you know their GC id. Many of us list our ids in our signatures and the id will often appear as the shop or farm name.

Games lists all the Apple games you've played.

Challenges is where you'll find head-to-head challenges for other games that have been sent to you. These have been getting sent automatically lately and have become quite a nuisance so you can decline these to delete them.

Request is where you will find request sent to you that you can accept or decline.

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Originally Posted by cosmo2503

Add me to your friends. I will help if I can.

What I really hate and find annoying are people who asks for help but never have anything on their stalls and never help others to fill their boats.

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Just curious, how would you know they never help any other boats?

I mean, you could say for sure if they ever helped YOU, but how would you know if they weren't helping 10 other people every hour?

Likewise, how would you know if they never have anything in their shop? Between boats and trucks, and other peoples crates, it can be hard to build up a huge stockpile of extra goods to have in the store. Maybe they DO put some goodies out there but because they have 100 followers who buy everything really quick you're missing what they put out?

Although I suppose they could make a bunch of sweaters, spicy popcorn, roasted tomatoes, pumpkins, indigo and the like and put THAT in the stall... but then they'd probably have a bunch of people complaining that their store is always full of things they don't want...

I guess my point is: maybe give people the benefit of the doubt sometimes? And recognize that not everyone is playing the game the same way you are?

I typically help people who is in the "Help" tab" but here is the thing though. I don't help them if they are asking for brown/white sugar, cream or cheese, these I ignore because the stuff I make requires these items. Also, when my boat is asking for such items like that I stated (brown/white sugar, cream or cheese), I just send them away empty. Since I don't help fill those crates on neighbors, I don't expect them to fill my sugar crates.

But I do fill other crates (that does not ask for sugars, or dairies) that they need help with and if and only if I have that item available to me.

Oh and I do put stuff on my roadside shop but only once a day, and usually its before I sleep, otherwise you will just see all on wheats (which sell very fast on my end).

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Originally Posted by Lynae

Where do you find the Game Center? I look in the app section and all I see are games. I've tried hay day apps, etc ...

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Game Center App is a native app that ships with the ios (I believe from ios4?). It maybe inside your folder so I would check that.

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Originally Posted by CheddarLimbo

Just curious, how would you know they never help any other boats?

I mean, you could say for sure if they ever helped YOU, but how would you know if they weren't helping 10 other people every hour?

Likewise, how would you know if they never have anything in their shop? Between boats and trucks, and other peoples crates, it can be hard to build up a huge stockpile of extra goods to have in the store. Maybe they DO put some goodies out there but because they have 100 followers who buy everything really quick you're missing what they put out?

Although I suppose they could make a bunch of sweaters, spicy popcorn, roasted tomatoes, pumpkins, indigo and the like and put THAT in the stall... but then they'd probably have a bunch of people complaining that their store is always full of things they don't want...

I guess my point is: maybe give people the benefit of the doubt sometimes? And recognize that not everyone is playing the game the same way you are?

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Okay, let's say they never helped ME and I always find their stalls empty. But if they ask for help I could assume that they are in game actively at moment and it would be nice if they put something on sale. I choose to help my last helpers first and then my other friends always. As I cast off my own boats that requires sugar I also help others with sugar as I don't need that much for my own production.

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Originally Posted by CheddarLimbo

Just curious, how would you know they never help any other boats?

I mean, you could say for sure if they ever helped YOU, but how would you know if they weren't helping 10 other people every hour?

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There are achievements for filling crates on other people's boats, and you can check gamecenter friends' achievements. For someone who has achieved captain III and always has boxes open on their boat but hasn't even gotten the achievement for filling 10 crates for others I am less likely to help their boats. I feel like most people who are helped are out helping others. There are a couple I have wondered about and so spent the time it took to go and check their achievements. In one case I was pleasantly surprised that though they had not been able to help any of my request either because they were not online or didn't happen to have what I needed, they were consistently out helping others because they had filled at least 500 crates on other people's boats. That person I help without hesitation now. The other I spent the time to check had achieved captain III but not helped even 10 crates for others. This person I will help now only for the easiest things, but they will never see any of my cakes, jams, juices or ice cream land on their boat.

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Originally Posted by Giggleclickchick

There are achievements for filling crates on other people's boats, and you can check gamecenter friends' achievements. For someone who has achieved captain III and always has boxes open on their boat but hasn't even gotten the achievement for filling 10 crates for others I am less likely to help their boats. I feel like most people who are helped are out helping others. There are a couple I have wondered about and so spent the time it took to go and check their achievements. In one case I was pleasantly surprised that though they had not been able to help any of my request either because they were not online or didn't happen to have what I needed, they were consistently out helping others because they had filled at least 500 crates on other people's boats. That person I help without hesitation now. The other I spent the time to check had achieved captain III but not helped even 10 crates for others. This person I will help now only for the easiest things, but they will never see any of my cakes, jams, juices or ice cream land on their boat.

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That's a really good idea, however I have a lot of randoms from the Internet from my Facebook account (not my real FB account though!) so I have no way of checking them out. But, oddly enough, as they are not on the forum they usually have fabulous things in their shops, far more so than GC friends I have acquired through the forum as they don't trade.

I also help a lot of my friends with boat orders, but there are a certain few that I would be willing to give my last few items of a difficult to produce item - even jam, whereas others only get spares, and I will first check if my good helpers need help first (and i judge not just in filling boat orders but also reviving my bushes and trees quickly, and actually bothering to check if I have something that needs reviving when I have a boat flagged).

But I don't accept a boat order for myself unless I know I can fill the majority of the crates easily, and if the worst happens I can usually fill it but taking much longer and not getting my bonus points for sending the boat off quickly if I have to (have chanced it with some jam orders though, when I've had the wrong one in the barn). I also ask for help on 1 of each crate even if I can fill it easily to give friends a chance to get boat points, but will go back and fill after 30-60 mins if no one else has filled it (I haven't needed to as yet though as it's always filled really quickly!)

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Originally Posted by Giggleclickchick

There are achievements for filling crates on other people's boats, and you can check gamecenter friends' achievements. For someone who has achieved captain III and always has boxes open on their boat but hasn't even gotten the achievement for filling 10 crates for others I am less likely to help their boats. I feel like most people who are helped are out helping others. There are a couple I have wondered about and so spent the time it took to go and check their achievements. In one case I was pleasantly surprised that though they had not been able to help any of my request either because they were not online or didn't happen to have what I needed, they were consistently out helping others because they had filled at least 500 crates on other people's boats. That person I help without hesitation now. The other I spent the time to check had achieved captain III but not helped even 10 crates for others. This person I will help now only for the easiest things, but they will never see any of my cakes, jams, juices or ice cream land on their boat.

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That seems borderline stalker-y, and a lot of trouble to vet someone so thoroughly to make sure they have "earned" your virtual jam. :D But if it's that important to you, I guess go for it? Sounds like a solid system.

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Originally Posted by cosmo2503

What I really hate and find annoying are people who asks for help but never have anything on their stalls and never help others to fill their boats.

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I had to laugh at this. I think we are neighbours and I never see anything in your stall. lol. :cool:

It is hard to judge how these things work really, so I agree with CheddarLimbo. I put stuff in my stall and within seconds everything except the bacon and eggs are gone. Gone! As I put something into the slots it disappears. And within minutes even the bacon and eggs are gone too. And this is true whether I advertise or not. The only time things stay in that shop is when i put indigo, strawberries, eggs and roasted tomatoes in at the top price. :p

Otherwise it might easily appear to someone visiting in the middle of the day that my stall is always empty and since I find it very challenging to help with sugar (10 brown sugar needed for one crate?!! You must be joking!) and dairy boats (8 cheese per crate?!!!!) (and so many of my neighbours request help on those) it might appear that I'm always buying stuff and asking for help and never helping back in return. :rolleyes:

But I do know what you mean. It gets frustrating when you pop open a boat you think might not be too hard for friends and neighbours to fill and you end up having to scrounge around to fill it or have to watch sadly as you couldn't get anyone to fill that 3 butter crate in time. These days I cast any boat off that I cannot fill myself. I will give my neighbours the opportunity to help me out (:rolleyes:) with one of each item. But if it doesn't get filled after a while then I fill it myself and send that boat off. Last night I even put cornbread and blackbery muffins in my stall at default price so that whoever came by could buy them and help my boat out at the same time. lol.

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Originally Posted by CheddarLimbo

Just curious, how would you know they never help any other boats?

I mean, you could say for sure if they ever helped YOU, but how would you know if they weren't helping 10 other people every hour?

Likewise, how would you know if they never have anything in their shop? Between boats and trucks, and other peoples crates, it can be hard to build up a huge stockpile of extra goods to have in the store. Maybe they DO put some goodies out there but because they have 100 followers who buy everything really quick you're missing what they put out?

Although I suppose they could make a bunch of sweaters, spicy popcorn, roasted tomatoes, pumpkins, indigo and the like and put THAT in the stall... but then they'd probably have a bunch of people complaining that their store is always full of things they don't want...

I guess my point is: maybe give people the benefit of the doubt sometimes? And recognize that not everyone is playing the game the same way you are?

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Yes I agree. Was just something someone said.

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Originally Posted by bobbyrae2

I had to laugh at this. I think we are neighbours and I never see anything in your stall. lol. :cool:

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Lol I second that :D. Maybe we're in different time zones but I hardly see anything in her shop as well :(

Empty shops are....BORING. Sell something, anything please.

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Originally Posted by Haystacker

Lol I second that :D. Maybe we're in different time zones but I hardly see anything in her shop as well :(

Empty shops are....BORING. Sell something, anything please.

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I think it's been said before somewhere in this thread, that we do put things our shops, and within seconds they are gone. Sometimes to neighbours/friends. And sometimes to just people who have popped by. I, more often than not, have excellent stuff in my shop, every box with a good item. Today I added Jams, nails, planks, ice cream, cakes, pies, mallets, stakes, deeds, jewellery. And it sat there for hours, then everything was brought by someone I've never seen buy from me before. They took everything. But if I filled my stalls each time like that, re stocking each time it was brought, I'd have nothing left. Sometimes, I guess people visit my shop at the wrong time of the day...

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Originally Posted by bobbyrae2

I had to laugh at this. I think we are neighbours and I never see anything in your stall. lol. :cool:

It is hard to judge how these things work really, so I agree with CheddarLimbo. I put stuff in my stall and within seconds everything except the bacon and eggs are gone. Gone! As I put something into the slots it disappears. And within minutes even the bacon and eggs are gone too. And this is true whether I advertise or not. The only time things stay in that shop is when i put indigo, strawberries, eggs and roasted tomatoes in at the top price. :p

Otherwise it might easily appear to someone visiting in the middle of the day that my stall is always empty and since I find it very challenging to help with sugar (10 brown sugar needed for one crate?!! You must be joking!) and dairy boats (8 cheese per crate?!!!!) (and so many of my neighbours request help on those) it might appear that I'm always buying stuff and asking for help and never helping back in return. :rolleyes:

But I do know what you mean. It gets frustrating when you pop open a boat you think might not be too hard for friends and neighbours to fill and you end up having to scrounge around to fill it or have to watch sadly as you couldn't get anyone to fill that 3 butter crate in time. These days I cast any boat off that I cannot fill myself. I will give my neighbours the opportunity to help me out (:rolleyes:) with one of each item. But if it doesn't get filled after a while then I fill it myself and send that boat off. Last night I even put cornbread and blackbery muffins in my stall at default price so that whoever came by could buy them and help my boat out at the same time. lol.

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You're my neighbor and you always sell great stuff! :) and thank you for helping out with my boats too!

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Originally Posted by Giggleclickchick

There are achievements for filling crates on other people's boats, and you can check gamecenter friends' achievements. For someone who has achieved captain III and always has boxes open on their boat but hasn't even gotten the achievement for filling 10 crates for others I am less likely to help their boats. I feel like most people who are helped are out helping others. There are a couple I have wondered about and so spent the time it took to go and check their achievements. In one case I was pleasantly surprised that though they had not been able to help any of my request either because they were not online or didn't happen to have what I needed, they were consistently out helping others because they had filled at least 500 crates on other people's boats. That person I help without hesitation now. The other I spent the time to check had achieved captain III but not helped even 10 crates for others. This person I will help now only for the easiest things, but they will never see any of my cakes, jams, juices or ice cream land on their boat.

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That's really interesting actually! I have a few "friends" in my GC that I never see help out so I went and checked their achievements. They all had Captain III but hadn't even completed Co-Op I. Of course they are free to play the game whichever way they want but I'd rather not help them fill their boats if it's clear they will never help my boat... So I unfriended them.

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Originally Posted by Cricks3

If you've not yet found it per instructions already given you, the Game Center app comes automatically with iPad, iTouch, and iPhone. The icon is a multicolored icon divided into 4 parts, each part containing a gaming icon: chess piece, base ball and bat, rocket ship, joy stick. You cannot delete the GC app so you do have it, just look.

I sent you a friend request through GC when you first posted and it went through. Either you already have a GC account or someone shares your name and they got my request.

Anyway, if you've not yet done so, when you open the GC app, it will show 5 choices at the bottom: Me, Friends, Games, Challenges, Requests.

Me is where YOU set up your GC account. Just follow the on-screen instructions.

Friends is where you'll see a listing of all people you've connected to through GC friend requests. These same people will show up on your friends tab on your Hay Day farm. There will also be a "+" in the upper left corner. Click this + and you'll be able to send a request to another person, providing you know their GC id. Many of us list our ids in our signatures and the id will often appear as the shop or farm name.

Games lists all the Apple games you've played.

Challenges is where you'll find head-to-head challenges for other games that have been sent to you. These have been getting sent automatically lately and have become quite a nuisance so you can decline these to delete them.

Request is where you will find request sent to you that you can accept or decline.

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My ame center doesn't look like that. All I can do is access my account. The games are on each side of the board . It has add photo, my name and access account. Wierd. I'll keep looking.

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Originally Posted by Nink

I think it's been said before somewhere in this thread, that we do put things our shops, and within seconds they are gone. Sometimes to neighbours/friends. And sometimes to just people who have popped by. I, more often than not, have excellent stuff in my shop, every box with a good item. Today I added Jams, nails, planks, ice cream, cakes, pies, mallets, stakes, deeds, jewellery. And it sat there for hours, then everything was brought by someone I've never seen buy from me before. They took everything. But if I filled my stalls each time like that, re stocking each time it was brought, I'd have nothing left. Sometimes, I guess people visit my shop at the wrong time of the day...

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Understood. I'm not asking for a full stand 24/7 but something there to at least let me know ur still playing the game. I do truck orders all the time so I'm in constant need of stuff. I tend to scroll through my friends list first then check the paper for the items I need. There's nothing more depressing than seeing an empty stall all the time.

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Originally Posted by Cricks3

If you've not yet found it per instructions already given you, the Game Center app comes automatically with iPad, iTouch, and iPhone. The icon is a multicolored icon divided into 4 parts, each part containing a gaming icon: chess piece, base ball and bat, rocket ship, joy stick. You cannot delete the GC app so you do have it, just look.

I sent you a friend request through GC when you first posted and it went through. Either you already have a GC account or someone shares your name and they got my request.

Anyway, if you've not yet done so, when you open the GC app, it will show 5 choices at the bottom: Me, Friends, Games, Challenges, Requests.

Me is where YOU set up your GC account. Just follow the on-screen instructions.

Friends is where you'll see a listing of all people you've connected to through GC friend requests. These same people will show up on your friends tab on your Hay Day farm. There will also be a "+" in the upper left corner. Click this + and you'll be able to send a request to another person, providing you know their GC id. Many of us list our ids in our signatures and the id will often appear as the shop or farm name.

Games lists all the Apple games you've played.

Challenges is where you'll find head-to-head challenges for other games that have been sent to you. These have been getting sent automatically lately and have become quite a nuisance so you can decline these to delete them.

Request is where you will find request sent to you that you can accept or decline.

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ok! I found it! I had to turn my ipad for the list to show up.

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Originally Posted by bobbyrae2

I had to laugh at this. I think we are neighbours and I never see anything in your stall. lol. :cool:

It is hard to judge how these things work really, so I agree with CheddarLimbo. I put stuff in my stall and within seconds everything except the bacon and eggs are gone. Gone! As I put something into the slots it disappears. And within minutes even the bacon and eggs are gone too. And this is true whether I advertise or not. The only time things stay in that shop is when i put indigo, strawberries, eggs and roasted tomatoes in at the top price. :p

Otherwise it might easily appear to someone visiting in the middle of the day that my stall is always empty and since I find it very challenging to help with sugar (10 brown sugar needed for one crate?!! You must be joking!) and dairy boats (8 cheese per crate?!!!!) (and so many of my neighbours request help on those) it might appear that I'm always buying stuff and asking for help and never helping back in return. :rolleyes:

But I do know what you mean. It gets frustrating when you pop open a boat you think might not be too hard for friends and neighbours to fill and you end up having to scrounge around to fill it or have to watch sadly as you couldn't get anyone to fill that 3 butter crate in time. These days I cast any boat off that I cannot fill myself. I will give my neighbours the opportunity to help me out (:rolleyes:) with one of each item. But if it doesn't get filled after a while then I fill it myself and send that boat off. Last night I even put cornbread and blackbery muffins in my stall at default price so that whoever came by could buy them and help my boat out at the same time. lol.

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I usually always have stuff in my stall for sale unless I'm bought out. Sometimes things go pretty quickly.

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Originally Posted by Haystacker

Lol I second that :D. Maybe we're in different time zones but I hardly see anything in her shop as well :(

Empty shops are....BORING. Sell something, anything please.

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I usually always have stuff for sale. Unless I'm bought out. I think there is another Lynae out there because I couldn't use that name. I had to add cd after it. The people who sent me requests sent them to her. I never received them.

Maybe it's the hot summer weather (for us in the N. hemisphere), but is anyone else finding this thread full of kind of grumpy neighbours? I had no idea people were that careful and critical about checking their neighbours out before helping.

Now I'm feeling bad about not being there 24/7 for everyone, but I'm usually rearranging my Gazanias, adding pools and benches and buying yet more trees with my precious vouchers to replace those I thoughtlessly cut down at the beginning of the game. Gosh, it takes half my play time just turning away those pesky little people! But I try to help whoever needs it, friend, follower or stranger from the paper...it just seems right for me, but not a big deal if it's not returned...sheesh! (random acts of kindness anyone?)

I only accept a boat I know I can fill myself eventually, but I always advertise one or two crates for some awesome friend to fill for me. That gives me pleasure and him/her pleasure too, I would hope. I also always stock my stall regularly although not constantly with good stuff at cheaper than full prices and now that I'm finished expanding everything on my farm, I am happy to pass along ALL those items to friends in need.

I love how Hay Day is so international and recognize that half my neighbours may be in bed while I'm Hay Daying, but I think we need to accept that everyone plays it differently and hopefully, we play it to have fun! PLEASE, happy farming to all.

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Originally Posted by Nink

I think it's been said before somewhere in this thread, that we do put things our shops, and within seconds they are gone. Sometimes to neighbours/friends. And sometimes to just people who have popped by. I, more often than not, have excellent stuff in my shop, every box with a good item. Today I added Jams, nails, planks, ice cream, cakes, pies, mallets, stakes, deeds, jewellery. And it sat there for hours, then everything was brought by someone I've never seen buy from me before. They took everything. But if I filled my stalls each time like that, re stocking each time it was brought, I'd have nothing left. Sometimes, I guess people visit my shop at the wrong time of the day...

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you have really awesome stuff at your shop - fish & chips, jellybeans, deeds, popsicles, ice cream. i HAD to refrain myself from buying you out lol

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Originally Posted by kaylinpickles

you have really awesome stuff at your shop - fish & chips, jellybeans, deeds, popsicles, ice cream. i HAD to refrain myself from buying you out lol

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You should have done....I add them to sell, so buy them. I love when I find good stuff. I'm so addicted to this game it's unreal lol

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You should have done....I add them to sell, so buy them.

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everything? nooo. then you'll have nothing else to sell to your other neighbors. like you said you cant possibly restock everytime.

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Originally Posted by Macpuddleduck

Maybe it's the hot summer weather (for us in the N. hemisphere), but is anyone else finding this thread full of kind of grumpy neighbours? I had no idea people were that careful and critical about checking their neighbours out before helping.

Now I'm feeling bad about not being there 24/7 for everyone, but I'm usually rearranging my Gazanias, adding pools and benches and buying yet more trees with my precious vouchers to replace those I thoughtlessly cut down at the beginning of the game. Gosh, it takes half my play time just turning away those pesky little people! But I try to help whoever needs it, friend, follower or stranger from the paper...it just seems right for me, but not a big deal if it's not returned...sheesh! (random acts of kindness anyone?)

I only accept a boat I know I can fill myself eventually, but I always advertise one or two crates for some awesome friend to fill for me. That gives me pleasure and him/her pleasure too, I would hope. I also always stock my stall regularly although not constantly with good stuff at cheaper than full prices and now that I'm finished expanding everything on my farm, I am happy to pass along ALL those items to friends in need.

I love how Hay Day is so international and recognize that half my neighbours may be in bed while I'm Hay Daying, but I think we need to accept that everyone plays it differently and hopefully, we play it to have fun! PLEASE, happy farming to all.

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Hi. I don't think people here are being grumpy. For myself helping others boats etc is the main reason I keep playing. There's nothing for me to unlock anymore. I rarely do truck orders. I would like to get the last 2 horses eventually. That's not much to hold someone's interest though. The problem with neighbors who appear not to be helping is that I still only have 1 jam maker for example. I can make maximum of 3-4 jams per day. If I help a friend who I see is not helping others then later I may not have what is needed to help a friend who I know is out spreading the love around. I would rather help the helpers love hay day than the non-helpers. And since there's no chat the only way I can sort of encourage the helpful people is to make sure I help them as often as I can. To do that, sad to say, I have to make them a priority over those who are clearly not contributing to the positive environment of the hay day community.

Also just keep in mind that all communication here is text only. The tone you read into written text is not always what the writer intended. I have learned that the hard way from previous online experiences. It is best to try to read things with the most positive light possible. Give people the benefit of the doubt as often as possible. Then even if they intended to be grumpy it doesn't negatively effect your day.

And if you are trying to be helpful people will know that. Nobody expects you to be filling boats and watering trees all the time. Just enjoy the game as you see fit and let others think what they want. Just the courtesy you show in not asking for help for all the hard things builds you up in the mind of a lot of players. People love the chance to help boats that aren't always asking for dairy, sugar, popcorn, etc. I would love a neighbor like that.

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you have really awesome stuff at your shop - fish & chips, jellybeans, deeds, popsicles, ice cream. i HAD to refrain myself from buying you out lol

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everything? nooo. then you'll have nothing else to sell to your other neighbors. like you said you cant possibly restock everytime.

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See, it's like I said, I need a new machine or something new to make lol. I just make and sell and make and sell. Maybe one day I will buy that red tractor ha ha

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See, it's like I said, I need a new machine or something new to make lol. I just make and sell and make and sell. Maybe one day I will buy that red tractor ha ha

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i want that too!!

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Originally Posted by Giggleclickchick

People love the chance to help boats that aren't always asking for dairy, sugar, popcorn, etc. I would love a neighbor like that.

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i am that neighbor. i will NEVER flag sugar, dairy or popcorn lol

[QUOTE=kaylinpickles;805989]i want that too!![/

Everytime I go to someone's farm and see the tractor, I want one even more lol. I never win it, I always get the gnome things or the topiary things. I'd even be happy with the penny farthing bike. One day....one day... Ha ha

Prior to discovering this forum, I really had no idea that an unwritten etiquette exists in this game. Maybe it is just with us hard-core players. But I do find myself agreeing with some of the unwritten rules, and trying to mind them myself. For instance, the sugar/dairy boats. I cast them off (except the one rogue one my 5-year old did). I typically open 1 crate for each of the 3 items requested so friends can fill to get points and thank you cards. Most of the time I do not need help with those items..I open them to help others. I have quite a few friends from here, and I rarely have to wait to get the crates filled. On the flip side, I rarely see friends asking for anything other than diary/sugar. I think most of my friends that don't ask for these get their crates filled so fast that I rarely see them. I try to stock my roadside stand at least once a day, and I always sell LEM and SEM. My friends from this forum seem to take a few items and not raid...friends not in the forum tend to take everything. Regardless, my stand sells out within minutes usually. If you drop by and see corn in my stand, I am running ads. I save the good stuff for friends.

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Everytime I go to someone's farm and see the tractor, I want one even more lol. I never win it, I always get the gnome things or the topiary things. I'd even be happy with the penny farthing bike. One day....one day... Ha ha

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I want the tractor too and have gotten 2 bikes as consolation prizes. I always imagine them as person powered tractors with a plow or something attached to the back. I call them my incognito tractors.

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I want the tractor too and have gotten 2 bikes as consolation prizes. I always imagine them as person powered tractors with a plow or something attached to the back. I call them my incognito tractors.

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Oh my farm would be so complete with the tractor lol.

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Originally Posted by Nink

You should have done....I add them to sell, so buy them. I love when I find good stuff. I'm so addicted to this game it's unreal lol

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I feel the same way. I add them to sell. Whoever gets there first gets there first.

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Originally Posted by Macpuddleduck

Maybe it's the hot summer weather (for us in the N. hemisphere), but is anyone else finding this thread full of kind of grumpy neighbours? I had no idea people were that careful and critical about checking their neighbours out before helping.

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Nah. I wasn't being grumpy. Honest I wasn't. I'm hardly ever grumpy and I live in hot weather 12 months of the year :)

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Originally Posted by Lynae

I usually always have stuff for sale. Unless I'm bought out. I think there is another Lynae out there because I couldn't use that name. I had to add cd after it. The people who sent me requests sent them to her. I never received them.

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I'm glad I was able to help you find the Game Center. I just sent you a friend request at YOUR GC of Lynaecd. Looking forward to being neighbors. :)

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Maybe it's the hot summer weather (for us in the N. hemisphere), but is anyone else finding this thread full of kind of grumpy neighbours? I had no idea people were that careful and critical about checking their neighbours out before helping.

Now I'm feeling bad about not being there 24/7 for everyone, but I'm usually rearranging my Gazanias, adding pools and benches and buying yet more trees with my precious vouchers to replace those I thoughtlessly cut down at the beginning of the game. Gosh, it takes half my play time just turning away those pesky little people! But I try to help whoever needs it, friend, follower or stranger from the paper...it just seems right for me, but not a big deal if it's not returned...sheesh! (random acts of kindness anyone?)

I only accept a boat I know I can fill myself eventually, but I always advertise one or two crates for some awesome friend to fill for me. That gives me pleasure and him/her pleasure too, I would hope. I also always stock my stall regularly although not constantly with good stuff at cheaper than full prices and now that I'm finished expanding everything on my farm, I am happy to pass along ALL those items to friends in need.

I love how Hay Day is so international and recognize that half my neighbours may be in bed while I'm Hay Daying, but I think we need to accept that everyone plays it differently and hopefully, we play it to have fun! PLEASE, happy farming to all.

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You are a great neighbour and I agree it depends how you play. I am in the southern hemisphere and very aware of the time differences.
I just play to relax and help wherever I am able too.

Well, I'd like to thank all my great neighbours for always being so helpful, even when I (shame, hang head) do open a crate or two of dairy/sugar products for you to help me fill!

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I usually always have stuff for sale. Unless I'm bought out. I think there is another Lynae out there because I couldn't use that name. I had to add cd after it. The people who sent me requests sent them to her. I never received them.

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You should include your GC name in your signature, then people will find you.

(Although that being said no one ever finds me because of the spaces in my name!)

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You should include your GC name in your signature, then people will find you.

(Although that being said no one ever finds me because of the spaces in my name!)

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Yes, just finished editing my signature. Thnx!

I try to help with my friends boats I often try to do d the products if I do t have them I go back at times and the boat is already filled and at times they need things beyond my level

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I do the best I can. I try to keep certain things on hand for boats, like popcorn. Cream is another. I just got my ice cream maker. Constantly have that going. My stall usually always has something. I'm trying to earn money for the next machine after the ice cream. I'm finding it real hard not to spend my money unnecessarily. !! Now.... How do you add people??

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Add me in GC,i will try to help if i can.

You can't be a good friend to others if you never take care of yourself. While I'm filling someone else's boat with brown sugar, I am NOT making any brown sugar products to sell so that I can make whatever that NEXT item is someone needs.

So there is clearly a balance between helping others and decapitating yourself in frustration :)

That said, to the OP, I think maybe your expectations are skewed. A game friend isn't someone that has decided to stand by their whole life to help you do boat orders. What they are, at the very least, is a potential passerby on your roadside stand that prior to your friendship was only available if that person has an ad or you are following them.

Adding a friend gives you ACCESS to other people's sales. THAT is how friends help you fill orders - by taking care of themselves first so they can make product for you to buy for your orders. You in turn do the same thing and we all live happily ever after :). Anything a friend does beyond that, they do from the goodness of their hearts, and anything done from the goodness of a heart requires no implied compensation or return.

....time to fill the sugar mill :)

Work on mastering your sugar and dairy mills. Once mastered you will not have any problem filling these crates again.

I fill as many as I can for others and I also open my sugar and dairy crates. I have never had a problem having them filled by other players. If anyone deletes me because I open those crates, so be it. There are plenty of new players to add.

There is such a hatred for sugar and dairy crates among players. I get most of my boat points by filling those crates for others.

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You can't be a good friend to others if you never take care of yourself. While I'm filling someone else's boat with brown sugar, I am NOT making any brown sugar products to sell so that I can make whatever that NEXT item is someone needs.

So there is clearly a balance between helping others and decapitating yourself in frustration :)

That said, to the OP, I think maybe your expectations are skewed. A game friend isn't someone that has decided to stand by their whole life to help you do boat orders. What they are, at the very least, is a potential passerby on your roadside stand that prior to your friendship was only available if that person has an ad or you are following them.

Adding a friend gives you ACCESS to other people's sales. THAT is how friends help you fill orders - by taking care of themselves first so they can make product for you to buy for your orders. You in turn do the same thing and we all live happily ever after :). Anything a friend does beyond that, they do from the goodness of their hearts, and anything done from the goodness of a heart requires no implied compensation or return.

....time to fill the sugar mill :)

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Such a good philosophy on the whole helping. And there teuely are so many people that help not wanting anything in return that makes this game so great. And because a lot of them don't want anything in return other than the feel good feeling of helping someone I always look for others to get my feel good feeling from and pay forward all of the blessings I have received

I'm going to get something off my chest...I'm not pointing this at the OP at all but reading some comments about how people get angry at their friends for opening boxes of a specific item makes me a little saddened that a game I thought had no possible negative feelings between players (other than the rare stealing of trades) would foster resentment.

Who cares if they opened the box for say Chocolate Cakes which you ardently never fill for anyone? No one said you had to fill it. If they begged you via KIK and PM and weren't taking no for an answer I could see your point people but just because it is opened doesn't mean you have to do anything.

When I can I fill boxes for things that are rare. Sometimes to my detriment but they didn't make me do it and I don't resent them for opening the box. I can't always fill boxes and I feel bad that I can't but I never figured my game friends actually would be mad at me that I couldn't. You fill what you can, you get points, a thank you letter, and a special glow in your heart (cheesy yes I know) that you did right by someone...

"...Anything a friend does beyond that, they do from the goodness of their hearts, and anything done from the goodness of a heart requires no implied compensation or return." ~Spyder (yes I should have used the forum quote feature)

Kodama, that's a good point.

I'm sad the game turn players against each other by asking for some specific items.

This is an odd thread.

I guess it's human nature to get really involved in the things you like, but it would never occur to me to overthink things this much. If I can fill a crate, I do. If I can't, I don't. It certainly never occurred to me that anyone would get irritated by the item someone else was asking to be helped with.

Regardless, if you're enjoying the game by playing it that way then more power to you. And if I'm on one your lists and you don't like how I play, drop me. You won't hurt my feelings :)

I have just read through this thread and am ASTONISHED at how desperately seriously some players are taking this subject! Folks, all this stuff is VIRTUAL!!!

I know some people buy diamonds but, apart from that, everything we do is supposed to be for fun and for free. As I read some of the posts, I began to feel so guilty about not being able to fill all the crates on other people's boats, then common sense returned as some posters stated that they do what I do, I.e. fill some crates some of the time. I ask for help occasionally, like yesterday, I needed 6 strawberry cakes and 9 syrups, and I only have one machine to make white sugar and syrup so some kind soul was able to provide 2 cakes and I managed the rest on my own. To return that favour, I try and fill crates for other people when I visit their farms; however, it's not always I've got 14 pop corns or 8 brown sugars so I can't help. Luckily, my ice cream maker is going practically all the time and these are usually required in 2's so I give these when I can.

i don't understand the condemnation of some posters who seem to expect a reciprocal service from everybody. This is a game and, if somebody helps me, I'm delighted. Likewise, I feel a little bit chuffed when I help somebody else. But, if I helped somebody else and they didn't return the favour I wouldn't cry over it!!

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I have just read through this thread and am ASTONISHED at how desperately seriously some players are taking this subject! Folks, all this stuff is VIRTUAL!!!

I know some people buy diamonds but, apart from that, everything we do is supposed to be for fun and for free. As I read some of the posts, I began to feel so guilty about not being able to fill all the crates on other people's boats, then common sense returned as some posters stated that they do what I do, I.e. fill some crates some of the time. I ask for help occasionally, like yesterday, I needed 6 strawberry cakes and 9 syrups, and I only have one machine to make white sugar and syrup so some kind soul was able to provide 2 cakes and I managed the rest on my own. To return that favour, I try and fill crates for other people when I visit their farms; however, it's not always I've got 14 pop corns or 8 brown sugars so I can't help. Luckily, my ice cream maker is going practically all the time and these are usually required in 2's so I give these when I can.

i don't understand the condemnation of some posters who seem to expect a reciprocal service from everybody. This is a game and, if somebody helps me, I'm delighted. Likewise, I feel a little bit chuffed when I help somebody else. But, if I helped somebody else and they didn't return the favour I wouldn't cry over it!!

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I agree with you. I help out when I can. And I can hardly ever help out with sugar or dairy boats because I need that for my own production. The only time I get annoyed is if I see someone who has thousands and thousands of boat points but hasn't even got the first co-op achievement. That tells me that they never help out with boats. And although it's up to them to play the game that way, I don't feel like helping them out as I know they will probably never help me or anyone else.

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This is an odd thread.

I guess it's human nature to get really involved in the things you like, but it would never occur to me to overthink things this much. If I can fill a crate, I do. If I can't, I don't. It certainly never occurred to me that anyone would get irritated by the item someone else was asking to be helped with.

Regardless, if you're enjoying the game by playing it that way then more power to you. And if I'm on one your lists and you don't like how I play, drop me. You won't hurt my feelings :)

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Well said.

~powdermonkey

Sometimes when I play this game, I wonder if I am participating in someone's sociology experiment: "If we set up these conditions for people to interact, how will they behave? And if we change this condition slightly, will their behavior change?" I won't be surprised if someone writes a dissertation somewhere sometime using data derived from this game.

~powdermonkey

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Sometimes when I play this game, I wonder if I am participating in someone's sociology experiment: "If we set up these conditions for people to interact, how will they behave? And if we change this condition slightly, will their behavior change?" I won't be surprised if someone writes a dissertation somewhere sometime using data derived from this game.

~powdermonkey

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I wouldn't be surprised either.. considering I've written a paper on games myself lol.

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Sometimes when I play this game, I wonder if I am participating in someone's sociology experiment: "If we set up these conditions for people to interact, how will they behave? And if we change this condition slightly, will their behavior change?" I won't be surprised if someone writes a dissertation somewhere sometime using data derived from this game.

~powdermonkey

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This is exactly what I've been thinking since I started paying this game. I thought that it would be a great platform for someone's MBA thesis.

people who just takes and gives nothing back is something we know all about on the CoC side ;( so annoying. luckly i dont have anything on my low lvl farm that anybody wants for other reasons than helping me hahahhahahah

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I have read posts about people who don't help others. Yet, they get help. I know this is just a game, but there are times a person can't load a boat on their own, or need trees and bushes done. I've had boats sit till last minuet because of no help. I also change farm name to boat is in or something to do with what boat needs. To those people who laugh and say they have followers and don't know why because they don't help others, kinda seems that that's the personality you hold in real life. So sorry for you, because when you need help, it may not be there. When I go through the paper here, I help who ever I can. And I like the farms that I buy and help. I also help the people who are on my lists. Kinda sucks you can only have so many people.

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Kinda Sucks you can only have so many, After 100 players are following you the ones you have become attached to are kicked off the follower bar one by one with the new ones replacing them. In other words the players you like to & have been helping all along are no longer available for you to help, seems to me as though once you hit 100 followers they should tell the newbies there is no space to follow this person instead of kicking out the ones you were attached to from the beginning, I think there are some stupid calls made in this area of the game by the staff! Doolfnoj

I try to help whenever I can. However, Usually, I'll be one item short though, and I can't fill the box for them
But if I have the stuff, I fill them no questions asked.

What I also do is, if all the boxes are filled up and I see they have other boxes of stuff that I have, I'll buy an item from their shop to help signal them to come buy the rest from my shop. It works often enough, since people get the hint

but sometimes it completely fails because they take too long to get it from my shop and someone else will have bought it

Well, I think that some users need to recognize that each person has their own game and they have their own personal reason for not being able to help - they don't have the stock or it's just not good for their business/gameplay on that particular day. I don't think people should unfriend because someone isn't helping at a particular time.

I help my friends as much as I possibly can. I had made lots of money on my own and so, for a few months there my main goal was to produce in order to help friends regardless of if it was jams, sugars, dairy etc. They are products I could have made a profit on but instead chose to help people because I wanted to.

At the moment, I am trying to make more money again from sales. I always check to see who needs help but at the moment I just don't have the stock to help that much. I do make a ton of popcorns knowing that's something my friends can struggle with in boat orders but other than that for a couple of weeks I just haven't been able to do to much. Because my stock is low this means I have been more inclined to help lower levels IF a higher level is also asking for the same item i.e. yesterday two friends were asking for raspberry jams. I only had 2 and I gave it to the lower level user.

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I try to help whenever I can. However, Usually, I'll be one item short though, and I can't fill the box for them
But if I have the stuff, I fill them no questions asked.

What I also do is, if all the boxes are filled up and I see they have other boxes of stuff that I have, I'll buy an item from their shop to help signal them to come buy the rest from my shop. It works often enough, since people get the hint

but sometimes it completely fails because they take too long to get it from my shop and someone else will have bought it

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wow! that's a great idea! this is something I am noticing a lot when I go to help people so I will give this a go.

Yeah there are quite a few on my friends list that never help me. By now they must have got the chance. However i always help them with orders. And they are around or higher levels than me.

I think i might delete them. But then again. I like getting all the exp points from filling their crates as i don't bother with the truck orders.