Last helpers tab

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Originally Posted by TheDonsta

"It's a problem for people that only want to sell to their friends"

Not so BrightSunnyDay.

This is not about exclusivity.
I also like to advertise from time to time.

It is about BEING INVITED - that is, I advertise....you come.

As it stands, I have NO CHOICE when certain people come or not and believed that was my right...hence the option/CHOICE to "advertise"

"Most that are concerned are higher level players that don't need the coins"

Big assumption.
I am level 39...im not chasing the almighty gold coin either.
I just want to play my own game thanks.

Is that asking too much?

"I remember when I was a lower level player I was thrilled when someone bought out my entire shop. In fact, I would
keep tossing things in my shop for them to buy more."

"So, now I have gone back to the basics. Do you want 1 item from my shop, 2, 3 or everything? Have at it. Stranger or
friend I don't care! I put things in my RSS to sell and it doesn't matter who buys them or how much they continually
buy."

Again....that is your choice isnt it? (Must be nice?)

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Yes Donsta it is nice and you are correct, it is everyone's choice as to how they play.

I used to get upset because someone I didn't invite bought almost everything in my shop. I lost the fun and joy the game had brought me in the beginning. I deleted all my followers. After all, I didn't invite them to be my friends.

Then one day the final straw came. I deleted everyone, including friends. I sold everything in my barn and silo for base price. I let every tree and bush wither up and just left them on my farm. I didn't play the game anymore.

I am now back, but I play the game very differently. I welcome all my followers and those on my LH tab. I enjoy helping fill crates for someone I run across in the paper.

The he point is, I now enjoy the game once again.

But, as you stated, it is my choice and the way everyone else plays is their choice.

since they help me with my boat as much as they can, I really don't mind. I'm not one for finding raiders a problem anyway, I'm really not bothered who buys what and how much. I myself am not much of a raider with my neighbors, I only buy what I need. When other people buy from me, I never know what their motives are. They could be stocking up to help others with their boats, just as they help me so much. I really can't fault them. If I put stuff on my stand, I expect the items to be bought. By who doesn't really bother me. If I have something for a specific someone, it means I need to coordinate with them on when I put the item up or else it will be bought by someone else. So far that's worked ok for me however.

I like having the last helpers tab because I like to help those who helped me, if I can.

In the interest of satisfying the greatest number of players, perhaps the game needs an "anonymous" mode that could be optionally turned on by the player? In this mode, your link would not appear in the "last helpers" list, you would not get thank you notes, your name would not appear on purchases or helped trees, and you would not appear on the boat leader board.

Just a thought.

~powdermonkey

For me it is not the help tab as I have not helped "strangers" in forever; so I can control if I appear on that or not. I myself have an issue with being followed via facebook. Some "stalker" liked my farm, no idea how he found me, perhaps through the recent contributors during one of the latest global events. I tried it myself (with my ipad), liked a random farm via clicking the smiley and because I'm connected to facebook, they appear in my activity log forever...and I can access their farm whenever I want to. The farm owner in question doesnt have to be on fb himself even. Tried it with a friend, who only uses GC. I don't enjoy playng anymore...whatever whenever I put something up, it is almost immediatly grabbed by this person. I feel like making stuff for a single peron only. They seem to camp at my shop, nothing I can do about it.

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Originally Posted by Bqbowers

Instead of a thank you for a special purchase, how about we gift them something? I am so grateful to some of my friends for selling me such wonderful items that a nice jam or cup of sugar is warranted, and it would be really nice if I could gift them this. I am going to post this in the Ideas and Features thread as well.

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Another brilliant idea, though I can remember suggesting something similar (a donation box) before but it fell on deaf ears, hope you have better luck I would love a gift box feature.

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Originally Posted by Samba

Since SC gives us the option of advertising or not, it seemsl iek some measure of controlling access to our RSS is part of the game. I love to have lots of variety of things to offer to offer to neighbors. I also advertise several times a day. The point is that I can choose which products to offer in which ways. The LH button does take that away.

i did have a stalker who was very hard to track down - I wasn't able to do so until they followed me and I could delete them. And "No Raiders Pls" is in my farm name.

i just wish there were a way for those of us who want to offer certain things to neighbors vs. the general public to do so. My neighbors are so helpful that I like to make sure to have good things for them, too.

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You are always so helpful to me! I have seen your farm name and try to respect your wishes. I think your idea of having your farmed named in a way that describes your preference is a great one! And thanks so much for the help you have given me so many times!
Betsey
GC: Betsey123 44

[QUOTE=powdermonkey;1260063]I really love the "last helpers" tab. While I realize that some people who play the I-don't-know-what-to-call-it-small-circle-of-friends type game that the original poster (Flijo) prefers


it is not that I have a 'small circle of friends' that I like to play with, yes there are some special people amongst my f&n but I play the game much as you do, I enjoying helping others,especially lower level players, and donate what I want to who I want, but that choice is mine. My point about the last helper button was that after helping someone they can "visit" your RSS without invitation and empty it. Have you any idea how long it takes to fill over 100 crates? It is a lot longer than it takes the greedy player (who must have lots of money to be able to afford so much stuff) to empty it. My suggestion was to have less tabs in last helpers so that when you do pick up someone you would rather not have as a visitor, it doesn't take forever to get rid of them,

occasionally pick up players that they consider to be pests in this way,

this can be so upsetting that some players have abandoned the game.. Do you think the 'pest' would be please with this outcome?

for me it has been a way to form some mutually helpful co-operations that I would not have been able to establish in any other way.

Me too - it does have its good points, I agree.


But I find that the most useful feature of this "last helpers" tab it that it is a mechanism for forming a short list of currently active players. I have a problem in that, between friends and followers, I have about 200 neighbors. This is a great thing because it means that among them someone has their help flag out most of the time, and at any given time, at least several of them will be actively playing. However, figuring out who has something in their store but who does not need help is unwieldy, to say the least. So what I do is flag a tree, wait a few minutes, flag another tree, wait, and so forth. People drop by and collect their XP (and buy stuff from my store--yay!), and then I have a list of who is currently playing. This gives me a good idea who will have something for sale in their store, and who would be available if I am looking to trade something. Also, if you are communicating with someone by PM to set up a trade, the "last helpers" list is a lot more easily manipulated than the friends list.

I use it in this way too because with between about 250 f&n negotiating to their farm using the friends or followers tabs can take a long time. Thank you Powdermonkey for pointing out some of the positive features of the last helpers button but I still feel for those who are upset, to the point of not enjoying, or even stopping playing because of the negative points and am pleased that most players are willing to acknowledge that too

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Originally Posted by GirlMixALot

For me it is not the help tab as I have not helped "strangers" in forever; so I can control if I appear on that or not. I myself have an issue with being followed via facebook. Some "stalker" liked my farm, no idea how he found me, perhaps through the recent contributors during one of the latest global events. I tried it myself (with my ipad), liked a random farm via clicking the smiley and because I'm connected to facebook, they appear in my activity log forever...and I can access their farm whenever I want to. The farm owner in question doesnt have to be on fb himself even. Tried it with a friend, who only uses GC. I don't enjoy playng anymore...whatever whenever I put something up, it is almost immediatly grabbed by this person. I feel like making stuff for a single peron only. They seem to camp at my shop, nothing I can do about it.

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That is a disturbing thought. I was unaware anyone could find a farm they liked via Facebook. Does it work the other way around?

i feel for you and hope there is some way you can stop this.

Thanks for the suggestion of choosing to be anonymous powder monkey, that would then make it the choice of the giver whether to 'invite' a player onto their farm. Great idea that ticks all the boxes.

Wilow, thanks. From their username, I think I figured out their time zone (not 100% sure tho) so I put stuff at odd times (their time). We are friends, highlight my signature and get some :D

Ps: once a person liked your farm they can access it via their activity log. Not sure many ppl know about it. I myself always used to like a farm as a way to say thank you. They, however, may or may not get a notice "xyz has liked your farm", but you can't access their farm if you you are "liked"...if it is a rare name you may try and find it through the search feature on FB but with my Ahmet I have not had any luck, too common ;)