Animal Crossing: Island of Sin

[Benjaminos]

I felt that way about Flick. He is 100% fucking all those bugs that I sold him.

[Dewt]

Zipper the bunny is definitely a sex offender. I want to run him out of Snooktown.

Yeah, Zipper is the psychopathic cuddly animal mascot trope from comedy horror.

He said he's not wearing a costume so maybe if I unzip him his shitty little spine will tumble out and that'll be that.

[Dewt]

too many flying presents. fucking me up. can i hear the whistling of a flying present. christ i should be playing right now what if i an missing presents. fuck bunny day

Don't worry, just pop 300 of them and never get a present again due to bugs

https://www.reddit.com/r/AnimalCrossing/comments/frx00y/psa_balloon_gifts_no_longer_spawning_after_300/

[buntyman]

Got my apple stuff available again for some fruity swaps: 85L16

[Kelvin]

I had a crazily productive night on this, landed at

Spoiler alert

Tarantula

[close]

Island, caught 37 of them, made over 300,000 bells off that alone. Also used the twitter #dodocode to sell over 100 of my cherries, get my last fruit, and fill out all my orchards.

My absolute highlight, though, was when my favourite villager - a sweet little crocodile named, Boots - told me he had woken up early, because he has trouble sleeping. Since I was carrying a sleeping mask I got in the mail, I handed it over to him as a gift, and rather than taking it home, he immediately put it on where we were standing. He's spent the last three hours walking around a field with fuck all idea where he's going. Makes me laugh every time I run past him.

Love this game. 

[Emotional Support Peacock]

I've still not managed to catch a single tarantula, they keep biting me.

I have read what I need to do, but as I see them so rarely I haven't had a chance to put it into practise.

[Kelvin]

I've still not managed to catch a single tarantula, they keep biting me.

I have read what I need to do, but as I see them so rarely I haven't had a chance to put it into practise.

I find it's easiest to just rush them, either when you're close, or straight after they stop rearing up. They only actually attack when you're holding the net, if that helps.

[Fry]

An egg hunt is a great idea. How to ruin it? By making eggs so abundant that you get kind of pissed off to collect one. Sometimes I just want a fish!

Frying pans - best way to make money yet. Just two iron to make. 1500 quid each.

[Abnormal Palm]

Thanks I never thought about making shit to flog it

[kittens]

yeah there is simply too much eggs. I've got a pretty egg bonnet now. egg-nough is egg-nough

[Dewt]

I've still not managed to catch a single tarantula, they keep biting me.

I have read what I need to do, but as I see them so rarely I haven't had a chance to put it into practise.

If you hold A then you hold up the net in the air and creep forwards when you walk. You release the button to catch.

When you do this the tarantula freezes. Inch closer towards it. When you get really close it will pounce. That's when you release the button. Catch guaranteed. Little skill involved, very easy.

[Huxleys Babkins]

You guys are going about tarantulas wrong.

When you see one, press A to ready the net. Creep toward it and when it rears up, stop. After a couple of seconds, it'll go back down again, so start creeping again until it rears back up. Repeat the process until you're close enough and release A to swipe it. There's no need to put yourself at risk of a pounce.

Also, tarantulas are seasonal and they go away at the end of April, so if you want to make some easy cash, you'd better get as many as you can now.

[Dewt]

When you see one, press A to ready the net. Creep toward it and when it rears up, stop. After a couple of seconds, it'll go back down again, so start creeping again until it rears back up. Repeat the process until you're close enough and release A to swipe it. There's no need to put yourself at risk of a pounce.

That's exactly what I said. The only difference is that the moment it moves from rearing up to attacking you indicates the exact perfect point to release the A button, with a nice buffer for human error. You can do it without getting that close, but it's also useful to have that feedback about distance because letting go too early is fatal.

[Dewt]

There's a perfect example of that here: https://youtu.be/m394iCktXTI?t=222

[kittens]

i've only seen maybe 3 tarantulas and they killed me every time. how do i get to tarantula island? mystery nook ticket? they just keep taking me to the same two really boring islands

[Fry]

SW-7643-2439-1114

I would like some fruits please

[kittens]

accept request

[Fry]

Is your island open?

[Huxleys Babkins]

That's exactly what I said. The only difference is that the moment it moves from rearing up to attacking you indicates the exact perfect point to release the A button, with a nice buffer for human error. You can do it without getting that close, but it's also useful to have that feedback about distance because letting go too early is fatal.

I'm all about not getting close enough for them to pounce though. At no point is any cunt entering the pounce animation. I find a character distance between yourself and the Chris* is close enough to successfully nab them without risking that pounce.

_{*Cockney rhyming slang. Chris Tarrant(ula)}

i've only seen maybe 3 tarantulas and they killed me every time. how do i get to tarantula island? mystery nook ticket? they just keep taking me to the same two really boring islands

Yeah, it's random from the Nook tickets. You can technically terraform any island into a tarantula island, but you still need to keep on top of any other spawning bugs and it can take ages to get decent numbers, a situation that has gotten worse with the water bugs that are now in season.

[Dewt]

I'm all about not getting close enough for them to pounce though. At no point is any cunt entering the pounce animation. I find a character distance between yourself and the Chris* is close enough to successfully nab them without risking that pounce.

Yeah, but put yourself in the position of somebody who has never caught a tarantula and doesn't know the right distance. As I said, there's a buffer for human error with this method (the tarantula is not going to get to you before you catch it) and I think that buffer makes it easier to react to the movement of the tarantula than judging the distance which is fatal if you let go of the button outside of that unmarked window. It's analogous to catching fish, having ample time to react after the sploshy sound.

In short, having an easy visual signal for when to let go of the button makes this pretty foolproof.

Yeah, it's random from the Nook tickets.

Is there any data on whether it's limited to 7pm-4am like natural tarantula spawns?

[Fry]

I'm sorry I accidentally stole your flowers and said your island smells of cum kittens, thnx for cherries

[kittens]

that was no accident. enjoy the trouser press

[imitationleather]

Is it poor form to get a dodo code off a stranger on twitter and then go to their island, shake all the fruit off the trees, pick all the flowers out of the ground and then fuck off without even saying hello?

Because I've been doing that all evening.

[Emotional Support Peacock]

Is it poor form to get a dodo code off a stranger on twitter and then go to their island, shake all the fruit off the trees, pick all the flowers out of the ground and then fuck off without even saying hello?

Because I've been doing that all evening.

I did one like that as they said on Twitter that the nooks were buying turnips for 350 bells or something. When I got there I found lots of other stuff to snaffle. However every time anyone arrives at or departs the island there is a very annoying unskippable pause, so I can't imagine doing it too much.

[Dewt]

It is incredible that Nintendo manage to make multiplayer so bad. I can see the technical reasons for doing it the way that they have, but all of them boil down to "this was the quickest and cheapest way to do it".

[colacentral]

Is it poor form to get a dodo code off a stranger on twitter and then go to their island, shake all the fruit off the trees, pick all the flowers out of the ground and then fuck off without even saying hello?

Because I've been doing that all evening.

So that was you.

[rack and peanut]

It was a coconut, not a pear!
G8VCL, I might be doin other things IRL but I've got apples, oranges and a few coconuts.

[colacentral]

Favourite music? I love the 3pm, 5pm and 7pm themes. I haven't heard any between midnight and 6am yet.

[Kelvin]

Favourite music? I love the 3pm, 5pm and 7pm themes. I haven't heard any between midnight and 6am yet.

5am is my favourite, just a very tranquil, calming song, then 7am, with its peppy drums to suggest the start of a new busy day. 5pm is good too, with its funk.

Not a big fan of 3am or 4am, but what ya gonna do?

[Abnormal Palm]

I just love the different music as a concept and execution. Total wide on.