Long post warning
Cant believe its been a year since this came out. Reflecting back on the year weve had with this game has left me with a ton of great memories. Out of curiosity, I went back and found my
first post in the first AC OT. Such a noob. Its funny how massively my post count increased as time went on. Went from 28 in the first OT to 183 in the 2nd, to 741 (!), to 1628 (!!), to 1585. Yikes. I might have a little problem. Very tiny. Unlike my post count.
Anyway, my interest in the game has certainly waned a little at this point in time, simply because there isnt much I want to do aside from grab the three badges Im missing (though the Streetpass one...not holding my breath there). But largely my interest had stayed steady, and thats primarily because of all of you. Ive said it before, but this community has been my favorite thing about this forum since Ive joined. Everyone here has been so helpful and generous. Never matters what time it is or what the request is, theres always somebody who is willing to help, and I love that. Hell, I actually didnt intend to buy the game initially, but got caught up in the GAF hype. Now Im the worst of you
but Im glad. Gonna list some of my favorite memories off the top of my head.
Oh yeah, should mention my starting villagers (share yours too
): Tammi, Elise, Groucho, Flurry, and Boomer. Currently I have Flurry, Tammi, Groucho, Lionel, Soleil, Carmen, Ankha, Jacques, Muffy, and Drago. Out of those originals though, Elise and Boomer moved out (though Elise hangs out on Main Street now). Actually I have most of mine who initially moved in, just Sparro in addition to two I mentioned have moved out. In terms of other moveouts, Rhonda was a camper who moved in because I didnt know that the villager limit was 10 and I didnt know how common they were, and Annalisa I got from somebody who visited. In terms of the replacements Ive gotten, Ankha and Jacques were both thanks to bluepolicebox, Soleil was thanks to MicH (though I think Philia had her before that), and Carmen was thanks to Robin64. Thank you guys once again for them
Its weird how attached you get to these little bros and ladybros even though the ones of the same personality have the same text and such. Anyway:
When I befriended a Japanese girl on the international island
For the most part before that, my online experiences with randoms were usually either silence, or some little shits screeching about fucking my mom with dog dicks or whatever. It was nice to be able to overcome language barriers like that through this silly little game and just have a pleasant experience overall. I actually still keep in touch with her and another friend I made on the island through email, but its mostly just pleasantries. The other girl I befriended also drew me these pictures of some of my villagers which was really cool (
Lionel,
Ankha, and
Flurry). She had a cool town too actually:
Music Swap
Many of you guys probably remember this since thats why a lot of you added me initially. Im not even sure how that came about, just that I was volunteered to be the music distributor. That was such a pain in the ass laying all that music out and then picking it up later, but I didnt mind too much since I was helping you guys out. The worst were the times there was a communication error and everyone had to do it all over again. Or when people couldnt remember where they started. Sigh.
Fireworks and other events
Maybe its just because these happened on weekends during the summer, but these were some fun times. People popping into other towns just to check out the fireworks and hang out. Something about the ambience of this event was just really solid and fun. I guess it applies to other events too, like helping each other get the bug/fish furniture with low scores, trading mushroom and Pave stuff, and just visiting to get region-specific items and mess around with the cutouts. These were always the most fun times in this game though, when we were all hanging out. Tree fireworks 4 lyfe.
Listening to K.K.
There were a few times where a group of us would just listen to some K.K. songs one after another. It was pretty fun to just chill out and do that, but the most fun thing was when we figured out that you could actually stand up during the songs and force the sitting people to watch you mess around.
Tree Flag
Early on, we were split between two camps: the losers who hated the default tree flag, and the righteous ones on #teamtree. Hilarity ensued.
Winter
I think winter was a great time. A bunch of us had stopped or slowed down with our playing, but winter brought a bunch of us back into the fold, at least for a month or so. It hearkened back to when the game launched and when you would go to visit a town and there would be a ton open. Some of the snowpeople were a pain in the ass, but overall it was great that it got people playing again. It was also nice that I got my grass back, albeit temporarily
Accomplishments
Just being able to 100% my catalog and get as far as I did on
my badges in a year was awesome. I really appreciate everyones help, whether it was helping me catalog stuff, or allowing me to visit/coming over for visits, so forth.
Here are some of my favorite pictures that Ive taken in this game over the past year:
Poor guy.
Self-explanatory.
Yup.
Who doesnt?
So rude.
My first mover. Kind of felt bad even though I didnt like her that much.
Messing around with these glitches were pretty fun.
Even Flurry was concerned.
I have no context for this, at all.
Phrasing!
How could you hate on that cool looking dude?
Some night fishing with Animekatt.
This always makes me cackle
This was awesome. She kept burying pitfalls in my town, so I brought one back and got revenge.
Flurry in my wheat field room is the best thing.
I made sure he never said that again.
My 500th visitor, bluepolicebox.
Some Labor Day fun. The one with Marvie_3 and Acid08 always cracks me up.
The time Groucho busted into my house at 1 in the morning and accused me of...something.
Some wisdom from a camper.
Maybe he shouldve started a thread in GAF OT.
Speaking of
They mirin
Captain Isabelle.
Sounds slow-paced and terrible.
I like to think Jacques was a LOST fan.
Love all the small touches, like the Auroras and the rainbows.
Fucking up the snowpeople was awesome.
This really made me laugh. Its always great coming across new pieces of dialogue.
Nailed it.
Birthdays are really nice in this game.
April Fools Day was great just for this exchange.
I think we all know how that goes.
Anyway, just wanted to tell you guys again that playing with you all is what made this game fun. If I had been playing by myself, Im sure I wouldve played a lot less, and may not even have continued playing at all by now. But hey, as long as I can help one of you guys out, Im always happy to load it up. Im really pleased to consider many of you friends. I talk to a few of you outside of GAF (bluepolicebox, Warrior_Keoni, Animekatt, milkham), but if any of the rest of you ever need somebody to talk to, play a game with, or anything, always feel free to PM me, or I can give you my Skype or Steam info (or whatever else) and chat with you there. I couldnt possibly list everyone who helped made this game and community so great, but off the top of my head besides the four I mentioned just above (and I know a ton of these people probably wont ever see this lol): suzu, Frogstep, rpmurphy, SolidEyeSystem, wolfe, eudaemonic, Samurai_Heart, kamikazekoala, Linius, Westraid, Roto13, wheelhoss1, Elija2, Chopper, Marvie_3, Hours Left, Acid08, BGBW, zigg, Collete, 789shadow, SuperSah, MicH, Koomaster, SammySamusu, weemadarthur, someguyinahat, Debs, Philia, KDash, Oxx, Gooster, Ellix, Mekere, spindashing, and a ton of other people who I dont mean to offend by leaving them off. You guys are all great, and much love to all of you.
TL;DR: Love you guys. That being said:
(please don't quote this whole post)