Take Back the Derby: Making Derby Fun Again!

[Momscar]

Fyi, I did try taking a low first task, 237 sugar cane harvest task. We still have 3 perfect finalists, so I don’t see any merit to this theory.

It was worth a shot

If this had been a regular derby maybe the results would have been different. I hope you were not in the bottom 3. If taking less than perfect keeps you in the CL (if that is your NH goal), and everyone is enjoying farming and not stacking, I’d say it’s worth it.

My few hood mates and I love decorations, so we endured this week. Next week it’s back to this relaxed way of play.

[Synful]

I honestly believed that there was no way that SC could make a worse derby than the first bingo derbies but they knocked it out of the park with this one. Our NH had to trash more tasks than we did in our last 3 bingos. We gave up on high point tasks and the smell from overripe strawberries and stockpiled fish is intense.

I didnt realize a derby could could both suck and blow at the same time but I guess I learned something new this week.

[WussyPuss]

Well, I must say that my attempt to “take back the derby” failed

the last derby took out another hardcore derbyist, so I think we have hit rock bottom.

there is only one way to go, right?

[LynnK2015]

Well, I must say that my attempt to “take back the derby” failed

the last derby took out another hardcore derbyist, so I think we have hit rock bottom.

there is only one way to go, right?

Ouch, WP. How many derbyists have opted in for next derby including you?

[Tahoe]

Well, I must say that my attempt to “take back the derby” failed

the last derby took out another hardcore derbyist, so I think we have hit rock bottom.

there is only one way to go, right?

I'm really sorry to hear how these derby's have effected you and your nh members WP. I hope that SC makes the necessary changes (I, personally feel they will) and that you get some more awesome players in your hood

[WussyPuss]

The remaining derbyists include

1) blissfully unaware
2) me
3) doing it for me
4) since you asked so nicely, I am back
5) I am back too and I can do 2 tasks and get all rewards

thankfully, still 4 and a bit, so we may get all thresholds

btw, nobody is leaving. We have 28/30 members in our hood.

[LynnK2015]

The remaining derbyists include

1) blissfully unaware
2) me
3) doing it for me
4) since you asked so nicely, I am back
5) I am back too and I can do 2 tasks and get all rewards

thankfully, still 4 and a bit, so we may get all thresholds

btw, nobody is leaving. We have 28/30 members in our hood.

So that's what you meant by putting your hoodmates on notice.

Good luck on getting all thresholds in next derby.

[WussyPuss]

I am still hopeful we have another entry!


And yet another

[Momscar]

I am still hopeful we have another entry!


And yet another

Well, it is a start!!!

We are 3 playing this week, so no way to reach the last horseshoe. My strategy this week for relaxing is actually to take tasks I might not otherwise do, like the Pets Basket that has Milk, Bacon and Carrots in it. I will just be patient and not burn thru all my tasks in 1 day. I’m trying to keep the machines going, even though my barn is full, but will sell more in my stand.

[Spartan1]

I am beginning to wonder if this is the new derby format for the special derbies. Before, derbies, even special ones, were fairly predicable. Everyone did 400 point tasks because they were so readily available just as during a normal derby, everyone does the 320 tasks for the most part. By making the 400 point tasks difficult to spawn, it sort of forces players to take something lower (or spend). Since they implemented this, I have noticed less neighborhoods aiming for the max score.

We had 7 opted in the last derby, none of us were able to squeeze out a perfect score. I was the closet with 19 points below max. But, I know if I actually attempted to try to get a max score I would have HAD to spend with the tasks I took. I was literally collecting quesadillas up until I went to bed for my last task.

I don't actually mind this approach. I like the more variable scores I have seen. Before, special derbies (for me at least) were super easy to squeeze out that 4000 score. I just wish someone from SC would say something about it...