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I know it feels frustrating spesially during the mission, but there is missions every half an hour, so they cannot be in same mission every time. Please, don't let them win this, just ignore them.
(sorry, my english is not correct)
As far as blocking pranks go... how would that work? Everybody could just block the pranks thus defeating the purpose. Pranking during mission play is a strategy move. Takes a solid player down to one knee and gives the underdog a chance. Is that what upsets you? Allowing the underdog to have a fighting chance? I view things from all angles.
Next time you get pranked... respond... "Oh, thank you for your gold. Can you please prank me 2 more times so I can buy some gifts next time the event comes to town. ^^"
I have to agree with Goofella though, why would you want to leave because someone is pranking you? When I was pranked but a person on the game I took it as a compliment, someone likes me enough to spend their own money on me.
Is this person also sending insulting messages? If so, that I can understand can be difficult.
I guess it is just different from person, it really depends on how you want to look at things. I prefer to look for the good in everything, but that is just me.
I really am sorry this has happened to you and sorry it has made you quit the game.
~Space~
NO amount of karma pionts are worth being BULLIED, HARASSED, OR STALKED over!!!!
8-( sorry to see you go, but 9x's out of 10 you will not be the only player leaving!!!!
NO ONE, ABSOLUTELY NO ONE should be reduced to BULLYING, HARASSING, or STALKING !!!!!!
Edit by PINJO: merged posts, please use edit button
This is what it boils down to I'm afraid. Pranks are a revenue source for GGS. They know there are certain types of players who will gladly pay to grief other players. This can be the only explanation for having this 'feature' in an otherwise non-confrontational game.
Best bet, if the "event" comes up, don't do a mission or other important things until the event is over. If it comes up before you're finished, that's the risk you take. If you choose to do something important during this event, then that's the risk you take.
I, for one, am not in a co-op (my choice), and have never been gifted or pranked (granted, now that I've said that... lol). Perhaps the reason for this is because of the fact that I'm doing my farming all by myself with no co-op to converse with. I know that when the village disappeared for me and became a co-op thing, I can no longer look at anyone else's farms. Perhaps no one can look at mine, either. Or they don't pay any attention to it. Either way, doesn't matter lol.
Pranks/gifts cost real-life money. Even if I could, I wouldn't be pranking/gifting anyone because I don't have the money to spend on it. If, by some chance someone pranked me, I'd say thank you for the karma points. Get a few of those, and I could buy a prank or gift for someone else for free (I think that's how it works?). I'd feel happy that someone was willing to spend their hard-earned money on me. Me, just a random person out there in internet land.
The "event" only lasts a specific length of time, and the pranks themselves don't last too long, from what I've read. I can think of way worse, definite bullying behaviour that can last for ages... days, weeks, months, years... that have nothing to do with a silly game where you occasionally spend real money to be so "mean" to someone else - money that could be put towards something much more important, like bills or rent or food.
Sorry to see you (or anyone) go over something like this, but it is your right and your choice to do so if you wish. No one can be forced to stay.
As for doing missions and coop projects, I see no reason to forgo those. The missions can just be done at your leisure, getting credit for stuff you were going to harvest anyway. And the coop projects have several that would not prevent anyone from getting event tasks done. Eggs, milk, apples...you'll be harvesting those all the time anyway, so why not get credit for it in a coop project if you can? It's the corn, cabbage and wheat that can be tricky and hurt players during an event. I'm trying to avoid running all but corn ones during an event and I'm planning to make corn projects only coincide with tasks that require corn.
I'm rarely on when the event comes up, anyway. Maybe that's why I don't see it as a big deal lol.
Yeah, it's not a big deal if you keep missing it. Honestly, it's only a big deal to people who want to do it all and they want it done NOW. And to the people who just barely finish stuff, too.
I am new here, and this is my first post on this forum, but I had to post because I feel so strongly about this. I started playing Big Farm here, and liked it so much that I decided to give Empire a try.
Wow, was THAT a mistake (for me). I did not like at all the pressure to join this or that alliance otherwise my castle would be pretty much wiped out the first week. As soon as the "no-attack" period ended (I think it was three days?) someone jumped all over my castle and sent a message to join up or be attacked.
It might have been my fault, but I thought it was going to be a FUN, easygoing, build-a-castle and fight off wolves or highwaymen or whatnot kind of game. Being at odds with another player and facing the loss of what I had worked so hard for made me decide it just wasn't worth it. I play games online to get AWAY from annoyances - including annoying people. >:-/
It would upset me just as much to be the target of someone - and this sounds like it's been more than once, not just luck of the game sort of stuff but really "oh, it upsets that player, let me do it again" kind of thing. If that is the way Naughty & Nice can be abused then I want no part of it. I agree with those here asking for a way to opt-out or block it... or why can't it just be Nice? Ways to help someone out? Random acts of kindness for someone in your co-op or just a random player.
Why foster negativity and potential hostility and hurt feelings when it could be a win-win scenario instead?
And now I'm going back to lurking. But I just had to say I can completely understand why, for someone like me who plays this game to relax and enjoy some free time and for the accomplishments of finishing tasks and leveling up, how Naughty pranks can be very upsetting and possibly even enough to drive someone away from the game.
What fascinates me is all the time and effort and gold that must go into this for the person doing the bugging. I mean you would have to stock up on the pranks as the pranks are only available while the event is on. You would think they would have better things to do!
Edit to reply to Maxiroy, EXACTLY! You need to take being pranked as a compliment because someone thinks you are worth enough to spend money on and there time.
~Space~
I have no psychological training.
But I have myself many years ago had a deep mental depression, so I can speak from personal experience here:
For people who are in normal good mental balance with themself, it is easy enough to say: Do not care about the harassment and just be happy for the karma they provide.
But:
For someone who has a weak mind and maybe even in a depressive state, it is therefore not so easy to just say to themselves "never mind" when they meet resistance.
Although mental health problems are not visible as such. a broken leg, can mental illness be as resistant as serious visible disability.
For those of you in the thread here who do not understand that pranks can be a serious problem for some people:
Try to imagine what it would be for you that would make you some very fysicaly demanding tasks, such as. to climb up the stairs to the top of a very tall building, with both legs broken, or what in now or else you can imagine as something that will require skills which you does not belive you have.
The insults are very hard for a weak(mentally) to digest..
Playing a prank upon someone in a friendly way is fine but hurting someone with insults is not at all tolerable and should really be complained about..
i would like too see the names like on the gifted farms
then we would see the pranksters have some fun
wouldn't that be a real ball !!!!!!
Why not GGS ?
How about it ?
Was reading a bit of this thread and was a bit surprised that no one has ever mentioned calling the police. Now this is for people who go beyond just playful salting your field once and a while this is meant for people who send you insulting mails, create multiple accounts to go after you, and day after day do things for the sole purpose of causing you stress. All you need to do is keep a record of what was done, screen shots of messages and such. If your local police department does not have a cyber crimes unit you may need to go a level or two up to either state police or the FBI. But yes it is a crime to harass people even if it is done solely online, and they can get court orders to reveal who the other person is in real life.
Here are a few links that may be useful
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/We_Find_Them/ways-handle-prevent-cyber-harassment/story?id=15973742
http://www.ehow.com/how_6664782_report-internet-harassment.html
if you are in the UK they have some very nice laws to protect you too
http://www.report-it.org.uk/reporting_internet_hate_crime
Hope these help