New Newspaper - unwanted customers

[Emmie]

Seriously.. Its not the leader board!!!!!!!!!! Nor is it helpers...


i created another new account.. No friends, no boat, no helpers... Posted a plank for sale w/o advertisement. Gone in less than a minute b mystery shopper

Agree!

Am sick of hearing its the LB, I don't believe that issue is anything to do with it. Yes people can find u, but I put up stuff randomly, including at night as a test, when im supposed to be sleeping. if I had stalkers they would know that. They wouldn't think I'll hang round moody cows stall 24/7 on the off chance that at 4.23 am she's gonna post 5 axes and boom seconds later they are gone!

The fact people with sub farms with no helpers, nbrs, boat etc get this happening proves all other theories are flawed.

[Kaptain Kat]

So none of the mods have come across the issue of not-advertizing and someone still buying your stuff?

That is not what I am saying. I sell stuff all the time with no avert whatsoever but I have done so for many months already. Usually the items don't stay in my shop for a long amount of time and neighbours, followers and so on stop by to buy stuff. It's just that I haven't noticed any significant changes in that.

I am pretty sure I can clear out my small almost packed to the max 2100 spaces barn within 30 minutes to an hour without placing 1 single advert. I could have done so before these updates. Therefore this is something that can't be checked on with a high level farm. There are some reports which are particularly strange and it is being looked into.

Well I have found significant change in the game play. I also would prefer not to have friends that don't have avatars. With followers I no longer have a choice, I can't unfriend them even when they are no longer an active farm. I'm tired of having someone sweep in and steal trades. I'm tired of having unknowns sweep in and take any barn and silo items. I prefer knowing who I trade with. I recorded for weeks who did what on my farm and now unknown people are now outdoing my known neighbers. I don't like that kind of game. It's getting frustrating. Big mistake on supercells part.

Trading is something that isn't officially part of the game nor is it supported in anyway and it never was. There was always the risk of something going wrong there. After these updates I have traded or passed items quite a lot to specific buyers. Since these updates I haven't encountered someone other then the intended buyer grabbing the items yet. The last time something like this happened on my farm is many months ago already.

The game by design doesn't give the farmer full control of the items placed in their shop. A regular player will pick up followers and can have people visit their farms in a lot of different ways.

[Woozle]

Please don't feel we are branding you in anyway! I understand your concern now, one more reason for this issue to be fixed SC! scaring away our nice and honest neighbours!

Play as you wish my friend It would be great to have you as a neighbour. Please add me my GC is in my signature. Not that my shop has much to offer but I like to help when I can.

You are showing as a friend on my forum profile but not in my friends section when playing, I'm technically useless, is there something I'm missing? My 3 friends show up on the bar when playing but not on my forum profile.

[UncleYoder]

That is not what I am saying. I sell stuff all the time with no avert whatsoever but I have done so for many months already. Usually the items don't stay in my shop for a long amount of time and neighbours, followers and so on stop by to buy stuff. It's just that I haven't noticed any significant changes in that.

I am pretty sure I can clear out my small almost packed to the max 2100 spaces barn within 30 minutes to an hour without placing 1 single advert. I could have done so before these updates. Therefore this is something that can't be checked on with a high level farm. There are some reports which are particularly strange and it is being looked into.


Trading is something that isn't officially part of the game nor is it supported in anyway and it never was. There was always the risk of something going wrong there. After these updates I have traded or passed items quite a lot to specific buyers. Since these updates I haven't encountered someone other then the intended buyer grabbing the items yet. The last time something like this happened on my farm is many months ago already.

The game by design doesn't give the farmer full control of the items placed in their shop. A regular player will pick up followers and can have people visit their farms in a lot of different ways.

I understand you can sell out without advertising because of all the friends you have at this point. Please address the example of a brand new farm - no friends, no followers, no dock - one plank in stall UNADVERTISED!!!! sold in less than 15 seconds. That has happened and would happen to you if you would take the time to try it. So tell me how does someone find a "new" farm and hang around the stall just on the chance I'm going to sell something?

Trust me, (IBM RPG programmer for the last 20 years) debugging is the hardest part of my job. But you are not listening to what these players are saying. The game is broken and the coders broke it! If it wasn't broke then that one plank should have stayed in the stall for a very long time or at least until Tom or Greg bought it. That's how it used to work before this latest "enhancement".


Oh, and on the candy sales. When was the last time anyone here actually saw any jelly beans or lollipops or even toffee for sale in a stall that was on the DD? It's been over a month for me and I'm on at odd hours because of my work schedule.

[Schmoo]

You are showing as a friend on my forum profile but not in my friends section when playing, I'm technically useless, is there something I'm missing? My 3 friends show up on the bar when playing but not on my forum profile.

You need to add friends thru' the Game Centre on whatever device you're using. This forum is in no way connected to the actual game mechanics, friends here do not automatically become ingame friends.

From the forum Faq:

How do I add friends to my Friends Bar?
The Friends Bar shows both your Game Center and Facebook friends who play Hay Day. You need to use the Game Center app, available on all iPads, iPhones and iPod touch devices, to log into or create a new Game Center account. Use the Game Center app to add new friends, and they will appear on your Friends Bar in Hay Day. Logging into Facebook from Hay Day automatically adds all your friends who play Hay Day to your Friends Bar. Here's how to add friends in Game Center: - Open the Game Center Application on your device - Tap the "Requests" Menu (bottom of the screen) - Tap on the "Add Friends" - Start typing in Game Center nicknames or email addresses - You're friends in Hay Day when they've accepted the request

My gc id is {Schmoo} you're welcome to add me

[KisaraDoll]

Supercell,

A very intelligent group of high level users who are spending money on your game are so eager to address this problem that they are doing your jobs for you. They are running test cases, using their own time, and possibly even money. Then, they are generously documenting the results so you can run the same test cases yourself.

You've been given enough examples to recreate this problem in the last week.

This should not have gone on for 48 pages; if you see the problem but can't figure it out, please roll back to the previous version of the code, pre-newspaper changes.

If you can't see the problem, but want to shut us up and show you care, please roll back to the previous version of the code, pre-newspaper changes.

Thank you.

P.P.S. For the technically minded people at Supercell: If your company is truly an 'agile' environment like your job postings claim, you will take on this rollback in your next sprint. Unless your sprints are three months long. Or you are using the buzzword 'agile' but you're really just a waterfall company. In any case, we don't need gift cards or whatever other bloat is on your backlog. We just want this fixed.

P.P.S. For the emotionally minded: One time the heat in my apartment was broken for days during a blizzard. Despite calling the Brooklyn slumlord manager every hour, it wasn't fixed until I had a lawyer contact them. During this time, my pet fish literally froze to death. Now, this was no ordinary fish. My mother is a betta breeder, and literally I watched this fish being conceived. And then I brought it on an airplane from AZ to NY with me when it was the size of a sesame seed. Her name was Peaches. A female betta with crowntail genes. Not something you can easily get in a pet store. Anyway, I was so hysterical, I called the landlord sobbing. I was devastated by the death of Peaches. As I wept into the phone, the landlord replied "Having pets is not allowed on your lease. It is neither allowed nor supported in any way. You have broken the terms of your lease. Goodbye."

[Kaptain Kat]

I understand you can sell out without advertising because of all the friends you have at this point. Please address the example of a brand new farm - no friends, no followers, no dock - one plank in stall UNADVERTISED!!!! sold in less than 15 seconds. That has happened and would happen to you if you would take the time to try it. So tell me how does someone find a "new" farm and hang around the stall just on the chance I'm going to sell something?

Trust me, (IBM RPG programmer for the last 20 years) debugging is the hardest part of my job. But you are not listening to what these players are saying. The game is broken and the coders broke it! If it wasn't broke then that one plank should have stayed in the stall for a very long time or at least until Tom or Greg bought it. That's how it used to work before this latest "enhancement".


Oh, and on the candy sales. When was the last time anyone here actually saw any jelly beans or lollipops or even toffee for sale in a stall that was on the DD? It's been over a month for me and I'm on at odd hours because of my work schedule.

Like I said already these reports (no ads, no followers etc etc) are particularly strange and we are looking into these and that is all I can say at this point. Of course I can't reproduce this with my farm so that would also be the case for any regular high or mid lvl farm. We are listening and investigating however as you might understand these things take time.

Absolute and complete control of your shop is just not part of the game and it never was and for now we all just have to deal with it as it is whether we like it or not.

On a side note I bought 10 advertised chocolate bars last week.

[Woozle]

You need to add friends thru' the Game Centre on whatever device you're using. This forum is in no way connected to the actual game mechanics, friends here do not automatically become ingame friends.

From the forum Faq:

How do I add friends to my Friends Bar?
The Friends Bar shows both your Game Center and Facebook friends who play Hay Day. You need to use the Game Center app, available on all iPads, iPhones and iPod touch devices, to log into or create a new Game Center account. Use the Game Center app to add new friends, and they will appear on your Friends Bar in Hay Day. Logging into Facebook from Hay Day automatically adds all your friends who play Hay Day to your Friends Bar. Here's how to add friends in Game Center: - Open the Game Center Application on your device - Tap the "Requests" Menu (bottom of the screen) - Tap on the "Add Friends" - Start typing in Game Center nicknames or email addresses - You're friends in Hay Day when they've accepted the request

My gc id is {Schmoo} you're welcome to add me

Thanks so much for that! Sorry to clog up this thread.

[Lindystarr]

Yes, and I'm pretty sure that I remember the ponds and bridges. I remember it because my sister in law spells her name the same way. She's a happy New Zealander, and I thought, if Lynne had a farm it would be jut like this! Also, when I registered my shop name I had to add an ! at the end because there was already a shop of that name so I guess you can't have two. I honestly can't remember if I managed to buy anything, but of course (shock horror) I could be your gingerbread man, this is why I've been posting on this thread, it's not nice from my side either, I want to put an avatar pic up but until this glitch is fixed I run the risk of unknowingly upsetting established players and that's the last thing I want to do. I know that you know it's not a player issue, but it's not a nice feeling being a potential bandit.

Still happening to me by the way, I don't have to advertise anything. I had another weird thing happen this morning, but not sure if it belongs on this thread, can I PM you for advice?

It sounds like my farm, and I definitely didn't advertise - haven't done so for 10 days at least, and yes, of course you can.

[Lindystarr]

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I've just realised that you can't see the name of someone's shop unless you are their friend or click the follow button so I must have done that. No longer following you though.

Oh, I do see names on some shops in the paper, prob a FB or GC thing. And you'd be very welcome as a friend or follower!