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St Patrick's Day Event

GuestSdaf (US1)GuestSdaf (US1) US1 Posts: 86
edited 16.03.2019 in Most Discussed Topics
what is with this prank crap?  you play your game in good faith, then the game decides to take half of your harvest!  i am thinking that the game creators should have a prank in their next pay check of 50% less!!  then they could see how much fun it is!
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  • farmerjohn 22 (US1)farmerjohn 22 (US1) US1 Posts: 37,770
    what is with this prank crap?  you play your game in good faith, then the game decides to take half of your harvest!  i am thinking that the game creators should have a prank in their next pay check of 50% less!!  then they could see how much fun it is!
    @GuestSdaf (US1)   The pranks are actually an opportunity for you to win some GOLD for your farm. ;)
      The members of my coop have been getting gold today from this event. And when my members are happy, then yours truly is happy as well. :)
  • Uncle John (GB1)Uncle John (GB1) GB1 Posts: 11,004
    @GuestSdaf (US1)
    You only have to find the Leprachaun to take the prank off. The worst prize you get is another prank and another Leprecaun to find. Worth it for a chance to win 1200 gold and other stuff  :¬)
  • GuestSdaf (US1)GuestSdaf (US1) US1 Posts: 86
    might change if the lepper ever shows up on my farms.  have had 3 pranks so far and no lepper to be found.  maybe if he shows up....it will be worth it.  just don't get the fun in pranks.  too much like real life.  have a harvest ready and hail comes through.....no lepper with a pot of gold.
  • KarenKay (US1)KarenKay (US1) Posts: 1,036
    @CuddlyFoxes  F~I~N~A~L~L~Y, you know I found the first one in seconds, and immediately got another prank.  Took more than an hour to find the next one:

    I must be a poor chest picker, got another prank, but easy peasy to see on the Flower Farm

    Then finally a treat, sparkled my apples.  :)
  • Artmaker (GB1)Artmaker (GB1) GB1 Posts: 1,495
    GG… WHY do I have to hunt and fish in the forums every time you come up with something new?   WHY can't you include SOME CLUE as to what the BLAZES (not the word I'd like to use here) is going on!!!!!!

    I never did like the whole naughty or nice nonsense.   Fortunately it seems not to many other people do either.  
    But now it's like every time I sit down to play.   One of my somethings glowing with green stink and half my harvest is missing.
    If there is some point to this I sure don't see it.   Even looked in the forums and can't find a topic titled "hey we love to prank our players."  

    Frankly this has got to be one of the dumbest things you ever came up with.   I just want to sit down and play a simple game, not have to start doing research TRYING (unsuccessfully) to figure out what is on your minds.


    LIsten, just put a link to some kind of set of basic instructions will  ya?   Is that really so hard to do?
  • Southern (US1)Southern (US1) US1 Posts: 3,268
    CrazyBigFarm has a page dedicated to it:

    http://crazybigfarm.tk/events/annual/st_patrick_day.htm

  • shazamd (US1)shazamd (US1) US1 Posts: 766
    The Update announcement was pretty clear also.  My farm was pranked as soon as I signed on this morning....found the leprechaun right away.
  • shazamd (US1)shazamd (US1) US1 Posts: 766
    For the life of me, I can't figure out why people don't read the update announcements.......
  • Uncle John (GB1)Uncle John (GB1) GB1 Posts: 11,004
    @GuestSdaf (US1)  He is there, you're just not finding him. Same size as workers or neighbours etc., etc. All dressed in green. Standing in the same sort of places that you found Rudolf at Xmas. On the same farm as the prank. He is there.

  • Artmaker (GB1)Artmaker (GB1) GB1 Posts: 1,495
    Ok, that page is very helpful. Thanks.   

    NO WAY anyone would ever just figure this out IN GAME though.   And not everyone hunts and fishes through these forums.  (I actually tried, and couldn't find a topic just for this.)

    One person was good enough to send me a message directly and explained it a bit.   I found the leprechaun (quite by accident.)  And guess what I "won."  ANother prank.   Don't know where, or what, but I guess that's my "prize."  Swell.  

    Found one on another farm.   Says this time I won a prize.  Don't know what, or where, but ok, guess I won something.   Swell.

    Your page helps.  Now WHY don't they link to a page like that right in the event IN GAME somewhere????
    Not buried in the forums, and not vague non instructions like they put everywhere in the game.
    Click a question mark on a given event and land on a page like that?  Spells everything out.   I hope who ever took the time to compose that page got paid for it.

    As for the "update announcements."  Again are you talking about this forum?  Cause I don't look here very often at all.  Learned the hard way that pretty much every new thing they roll out will be confusing and buggy.
    But this one I can't ignore when it's taking half my harvests.   Especially while I'm trying to get through the toughest prize possible on the asian event.   
    Or that really dumb waste of space news paper thing that they throw up in my face as son as I log in?
    I almost never wait for it to load.   Just click it off.   (When I have looked, it's pretty vague too.) 
  • Sa11y (US1)Sa11y (US1) US1 Posts: 109
    The info isn't buried in the forum.  So sorry you aren't having fun-I am and so is our team.  Can't keep everyone happy :(  I tend to keep an eye on the main page of the forum for everything new that is on it's way.  Everything is always announced and posted as best they can-it is up to us to come here and stay informed.
  • GuestSdaf (US1)GuestSdaf (US1) US1 Posts: 86
    THANK YOU to those who actually gave help!  yes after finding that the lepper is not inside the fence, but outside of the fence similiar to the hidden articles, it was possible to find him.  also found a link in another post that sure was informative!  http://crazybigfarm.tk/events/annual/st_patrick_day.htm
    thanks!
  • rsny (US1)rsny (US1) US1 Posts: 2,294
    He can be tricky

      Today I had to use the outline view and found him standing in the middle of The Mermaid Bay.
          He can't hide long if you use the tools.   lol ;)


  • Is it a glitch or a prank, when I checked the cooperative chat today I found it blank, the cooperative names are gone, all info on other pages are gone also, if I try chat it brings up the dialog again, but when I go out and return it is gone again, How do I get it all back?
  • Artmaker (GB1)Artmaker (GB1) GB1 Posts: 1,495
    Yes, information is ONLY in the forums.  Most of my coop members don't visit the forums.  So either someone has to, or events just get ignored.   Since two of my three coops have mostly no shows in them, I'd say ignored is pretty common.   GG needs to realize all the gold digging nonsense and lack of information IN GAME is a turn off.
    But… I came here today to copy the link Southern posted.   The one coop that is active, (not one person answered me when I asked what this event was all about)  anyway, I'll post that link there.  Maybe someone will find this one fun.   I'm just trying to get through the asian event and getting my piggies pranked when I need way too many of them, and didn't really have time to hunt for the stupid leprecheon  was NOT fun!!!!! 
    I still don't see any great value in the prizes.   I seem to either get pranked (what again?) or get some goodie, what ever, and I have no clue what, or where…. no sign of winning gold so far.  

    By the way, as a side note…. the THREE LEAF shamrock is the symbol of Irish culture, or St Pat's day.
    Not the four leaf clover.    (Though personally, the "lucky" clover is fine with me. Just sayin, it's incorrect as a symbol of ST Pats day or the Irish.)
  • Artmaker (GB1)Artmaker (GB1) GB1 Posts: 1,495

    The info isn't buried in the forum.  So sorry you aren't having fun-I am and so is our team.  Can't keep everyone happy :(  I tend to keep an eye on the main page of the forum for everything new that is on it's way.  Everything is always announced and posted as best they can-it is up to us to come here and stay informed.
    By the way, I tend to AVOID looking at what's coming.   Again… most new stuff this game rolls out comes with an assortment of bugs, not to mention no one at GG seems to own a calculator.   I generally wait until something has been around before I get into it.  By then info is easy to come by.   
    But THIS event doesn't make that possible.   Either I lose have a harvest, or I have to go hunt and fish for the stupid thing to save my hours of crop.   I do wish they would put an opt out by events.   And that would stop all the stuff from flying out of fields too.   Just give us the chance to skip this one.
    That could also be a great way for them to monitor just what people keep turning off.
  • GuestSdaf (US1)GuestSdaf (US1) US1 Posts: 86
    Is it a glitch or a prank, when I checked the cooperative chat today I found it blank, the cooperative names are gone, all info on other pages are gone also, if I try chat it brings up the dialog again, but when I go out and return it is gone again, How do I get it all back?
    seems to be a glitch.  i have seen other posts here in the forum about it.  i had it happen as well.  log out and back in, seems to be the cure.  good luck

  • the Leprechaun can be hidden in the edge of your farm appearing to be in it

  • MRG1 (US1)MRG1 (US1) US1 Posts: 1,554
    edited 11.03.2017
    might change if the lepper ever shows up on my farms.  have had 3 pranks so far and no lepper to be found.  maybe if he shows up....it will be worth it.  just don't get the fun in pranks.  too much like real life.  have a harvest ready and hail comes through.....no lepper with a pot of gold.
    My original thoughts when they announced the St Patrick's Day event was that pranks are so wrong (and I still feel they should not be part of the game).  However, once the event began, I was starting to change my opinion about this event a little after receiving a few rewards. But:

    The end prize will not be useful to me as it is not going to end up with very high Happiness values. And I am not in a coop so I am not receiving Village Happiness on it either.

    After the first prank, it said I won a treat which I never found. Second and third prank I found the leprachaun and found the treat (sparkled the same peach tree twice).
    Now I have just spent 20 minutes looking for a leprachaun on Main farm just to harvest an apple tree. Checked everywhere, finally found him. If I didn't have enough time, if I was in a hurry, I would have been unhappy to only collect a half-crop of apples. Not everyone plays the game 24/7, some don't have the time to spend looking. The fact that this leprachaun was so difficult to find leads me back to my original opinion that pranks should not be a part of this event.

    The hardwork prizes are not all prizes IMO. Although the Horeshoes and Treasure Chests are nice,  I am not in a coop so I don't need collectibles. I have more special seeds than I will ever use, so they are worthless. I don't fish so I have no need for the bait or fishing XP.

    It is nice to see some creativity in introducing a new event, but I think it would have been better that pranks were not involved. Since participation in the event is mandatory, (i.e. you can't opt out) perhaps a sparkle that is only activated if you find the leprauchan. You should not be penalized if you can't find a leprachaun. Some people opt out of the search events because of vision issues or time constraints,etc.

    Edit to add:
    There should have been clear explanation IN-GAME as I am sure some people harvested crops at 50% withou realizing it. Having the event start on the side tasks (Like No Pain No Gain) would have alerted players better than another bouncing exclamation in the overcrowded parking lot.
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  • artful (US1)artful (US1) US1 Posts: 6,617
    An additional problem with the deco:  Because it also has VH, I won't want to put the thing in storage if I rearrange my farm because of the rebuild factor.  (Devs, how about changing this so that there is no rebuild penalty unless you are moving it from farm to village or village to farm.)

    No matter how high my happiness points end up, I'll be saving this one for Greta to chew up.  Pity, 'cause I like the looks of it.


  • artful (US1)artful (US1) US1 Posts: 6,617

    By the way, as a side note…. the THREE LEAF shamrock is the symbol of Irish culture, or St Pat's day.
    Not the four leaf clover.    (Though personally, the "lucky" clover is fine with me. Just sayin, it's incorrect as a symbol of ST Pats day or the Irish.)

    Yep, I was waiting to see how long it would take until someone else noticed this.  LOL!
  • Artmaker (GB1)Artmaker (GB1) GB1 Posts: 1,495
    lol…. it's all over the news here.  Trump came out with a hat with the four leaf clover on it and of course everyone uses that as one more thing to complain about.   Seems Obamas team did the same thing.

    Not either of their faults.  It's the graphic artist who does not know.   

    Again… I'm fine with the lucky four leaf clover.  "Luck" of the Irish don't ya know.
    Besides, if you really want to debate it, Leprechauns dont really exist.  At least both shamrocks and four leaf clovers do.  

    As for this game, the story goes it's lucky to FIND a leprechaun.    I never ever heard that they can pull pranks and make farm fields stink.  
  • Leprechaun on Gourmet Farm                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              

     

  • artful (US1)artful (US1) US1 Posts: 6,617
    Well, St. Patrick was all about the shamrock, not a lucky 4-leaf clover.  So, if they're trying to celebrate St. Paddy's Day, they missed the boat. :)

  • bunny2222 (US1)bunny2222 (US1) Posts: 2
    edited 15.03.2017
    leprachaun trick (green fog) isnt showing so i cant click it or find the leprachaun to get rid of it.
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  • Artmaker (GB1)Artmaker (GB1) GB1 Posts: 1,495
    It's just a dumb little graphics. No big deal really.


    Now… WHEN exactly is this event OVER???? It doesn't say how many days left like most do.
    I got my peaches pranked.   Found him, and my prize for finding him was another prank.  This time cows.  Those take forever as it is.  And now I can't find the thing to turn it off.

    I"m TRYING to get through the highest I can on the asian event and I think when that's done, I'm walking away from this until this ldiotic pranks event is OVER.   

    So…. any clue when it's over?
  • Damaria3 (US1)Damaria3 (US1) US1 Posts: 1,737
      @Artmaker (GB1)  I know I am not the most patient of persons but you make me look golden thanks for that lol.  There is a timer and I believe it is seven more days. I realize this may not be for everybody but don't see it being that annoying  worst case you just harvest and lose half production which is not ideal but if it is stressing you that much maybe this would be better.
  • Artmaker (GB1)Artmaker (GB1) GB1 Posts: 1,495
    Gees I found him.  Standing RIGHT up against the stone wall next to some grass.  NOT suppose to be there is he?  Rudolph was never right up against the boundaries.  So… what was my "prize?"  Yet another prank.
    Fert this time.    But this time he was standing right on the grass.    

    GUESS what I won.   PRANK!!!!! 
    Searched again…  FINALLY I got something other than another prank.   Gold clover leaves.  Big deal.  

    GG this was not one of your better ideas here.    At least the naughty nice event is easily ignored.
    Running an event that directly and negatively effects another event also running is just mean.


    Can't wait for asia to be over.  I'll check in for my coops sake, but that's it.   I gotta get away from this for awhile.
  • When I signed on today the Leprechaun had pranked me. I found the affected field and cleared it. I then found the Leprechaun and was awarded gold glovers.

    The graphic says I still have a prank on me. I have checked every farm and harvested/cleared all buildings. Can not find a prank and can not find the Leprechaun again.

    Anyone have the same issue?


  • farmerjohn 22 (US1)farmerjohn 22 (US1) US1 Posts: 37,770

    When I signed on today the Leprechaun had pranked me. I found the affected field and cleared it. I then found the Leprechaun and was awarded gold glovers.

    The graphic says I still have a prank on me. I have checked every farm and harvested/cleared all buildings. Can not find a prank and can not find the Leprechaun again.

    Anyone have the same issue?


    @Hink (US1)   Have you already tried refreshing the page using Ctrl + F5 or clearing your browser cache?
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