Do you guys think converting TBT bells into in game bells is cheating?
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I hate seeing "that's cheating" or "it'll ruin the game for you" like who are they to decide for you? No, it's not cheating. You can do whatever you want with your game without feeling bad about it.
My boyfriend told me he didn't even want to PLAY with me if I time traveled because "it ruins the game", but no, it really doesn't, it made it more fun for me and I play longer that way. There's more stuff to do and I have more than one town. People keep saying that "Beetle farming" is cheating, too, but I don't think you can cheat in Animal Crossing it's not a win or lose kind of game.
My boyfriend told me he didn't even want to PLAY with me if I time traveled because "it ruins the game", but no, it really doesn't, it made it more fun for me and I play longer that way. There's more stuff to do and I have more than one town. People keep saying that "Beetle farming" is cheating, too, but I don't think you can cheat in Animal Crossing it's not a win or lose kind of game.
Wholockian
Midochlorians are the power house of the force
250,000,000-300,000,000Wait... Hold on?
700 TBT Bells is currently going for 21,000,000 Bells?!!!
Does anyone know what 10,000 TBT Bells would currently sell for?
KristianKenneth
Savvy Ground Traveller
I am new here, but what exactly TBT is?
TBT is this forum's currency. You earn it by posting and you can use it to buy collectibles for this forum, trade it for in-game AC bells, etc. The "bells" under your avatar are TBT, you currently have 1,493.
Ebony Claws
Filbert = life
Pffffft "Take the challenge out of the game"
What challenge? Animal Crossing is a challenge now?
What is it hard to hit rocks and shake trees!?
No it isn't "cheating" that's ridiculous. Is there a way to "cheat" in Animal Crossing anyway?
What challenge? Animal Crossing is a challenge now?
What is it hard to hit rocks and shake trees!?
No it isn't "cheating" that's ridiculous. Is there a way to "cheat" in Animal Crossing anyway?
Luna_Solara
Lost in LalaLand...
Yeah, it's your game - do what you want! As long as you're having fun, that's all that matters! 
I personally have never used my TBT for anything but collectibles here but if I spent more time here than I do, I would definitely be using TBT for in-game stuff!
I personally have never used my TBT for anything but collectibles here but if I spent more time here than I do, I would definitely be using TBT for in-game stuff!
I wouldn't consider it cheating because you aren't exploiting a feature in the game or anything of the sort.
Even when something is cheating, I only thing it's a bad thing if it's harming other players in some way. If not, it's only up to you decide what to do with your game. Some things that are considered cheating are harmless to other players but can make the game more fun depending on how you play it. Sometimes they make some parts of the game pointless but for people who find those parts boring, it can let them focus more on stuff they find fun.
In this case, I don't consider it cheating but even if it were, if you're finding that saving up bells is boring when really it should be a tough but fun challenge, then I don't see why you can find ways to get bells more quickly. Not everyone enjoys the process of saving up and find enough to do in decorating, collecting, etc. alone.
Personally, I've traded my TBT for in-game bells and I don't regret it. Saving up money was a fun challenge, but I can still do it if I want to (and I do it on a side character) but I like that now I can spend more time focusing on upgrading my house. I don't have a whole lot of free time to play the game so if I had to constantly worry about in-game bells, I just end up spending most of my playing time on that instead of being able to enjoy the other features.
In the end, it's up to you. Maybe your boyfriend finds it boring but you'll find it fun, who knows?
Even when something is cheating, I only thing it's a bad thing if it's harming other players in some way. If not, it's only up to you decide what to do with your game. Some things that are considered cheating are harmless to other players but can make the game more fun depending on how you play it. Sometimes they make some parts of the game pointless but for people who find those parts boring, it can let them focus more on stuff they find fun.
In this case, I don't consider it cheating but even if it were, if you're finding that saving up bells is boring when really it should be a tough but fun challenge, then I don't see why you can find ways to get bells more quickly. Not everyone enjoys the process of saving up and find enough to do in decorating, collecting, etc. alone.
Personally, I've traded my TBT for in-game bells and I don't regret it. Saving up money was a fun challenge, but I can still do it if I want to (and I do it on a side character) but I like that now I can spend more time focusing on upgrading my house. I don't have a whole lot of free time to play the game so if I had to constantly worry about in-game bells, I just end up spending most of my playing time on that instead of being able to enjoy the other features.
In the end, it's up to you. Maybe your boyfriend finds it boring but you'll find it fun, who knows?
You should do whatever you want. Animal Crossing has such a large amount of content that trading bells isn't going to ruin your game experience. When I sold Jullian for 20 something million bells I thought it took away a lot of the challenge as well and I didn't think much of it cause my main focus was to destroy and rebuild Public Works Projects. After I finished that and had millions left over I felt some regret, but I'm actually really happy I did it. Getting back into New Leaf I'm wanting to collect all the badges and one main badge I'm focusing on is having a billion dollars saved. I'd personally would never want to do that alone without trading or selling. Earning that money on my own would get tedious.
MagicalCat590
Hippie Witch
Wait...WHAT?!
This whole time I just thought these TBT Bells were for kicks or cheap online games or something. All I ever used them for was to change to my stupid user name, and now I find out I could have been selling the stupid things?! Why the heck isn't this explained better on the stupid SHOP option?!
I am done. Done with the internet. At least, until I get my stupid 3DS back from Nintendo and I can use the Bells I have here to actually buy some furniture or villagers or whatever that I actually freaking want.
Why would it be explained in the shop option on this site? You can exchange TBT for in-game bells on the TBT Marketplace, therefore the threads are made by users of the site and have nothing to do with the actual TBT shop. Just have a browse of the TBT Marketplace and you'll find you can get quite a variety of things for TBT.
People sell things for ACNL, but also for a lot of other games, artwork, currencies, and so on.
I know this is an old post but yeah my boyfriend said my game experience would be ruined if I time traveled or got millions of bells through trading online instead of doing it on my own. He did say that acnl encourages the player to be social: the last traveling badge requires 500 visits to another town. I think the reason why your boyfriend said that to you is because he gets bored easily since he likes "challenge." However, he probably doesnt realize that there is no end to ACNL because for me, its all about cutomization and designing my town, creating new shirts, dresses, flags, or path patterns through QR machine at the Able's Sister store. Ive seen people re desgin their town every season!
The other reason is I love getting milions of bells to help new players and doing plenty of giveaways: buying all the orderable furniture sets to decorate their rooms with when they start out, paying for their pwps, paying for their dreamie costs, giving out tons of bells to new players for them to use for whatever reason!
The other reason is I love getting milions of bells to help new players and doing plenty of giveaways: buying all the orderable furniture sets to decorate their rooms with when they start out, paying for their pwps, paying for their dreamie costs, giving out tons of bells to new players for them to use for whatever reason!
Pietro:)100
Magical Girl ^_^
Well, sometimes! If you only do it every so often it can really boost your game! But if you do it lots for extremely high amounts of in game bells, the game can get incredibly boring. I use bell tree bells quite a lot. I save up for art and pixels and signaturesBut some people may only use the bell tree (as a site) to look up ac tips and may not be bothered about having a cute avatar and signature! Some people have crazy high TBT but never use it! Some people save up for collectibles and things like thatWhat Im saying is at the end of the day those bells are yours and it's totally up to you what you do with them!
But some people may only use the bell tree (as a site) to look up ac tips and may not be bothered about having a cute avatar and signature! Some people have crazy high TBT but never use it! Some people save up for collectibles and things like thatWhat Im saying is at the end of the day those bells are yours and it's totally up to you what you do with them!
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If you aren't in desperate need of in game bells, I'd say earn it yourself and sell items. It is much more worthwhile, and it actually makes you feel like you have accomplished it other than just got it from someone. This is coming from a person that has 50mil in their ABD. If you do not desperately need the bells, don't bother trading for them, they'll just sit in your ABD forever!
Tap Dancer
Senior Member
Technically, it's "cheating" because you didn't earn the IGB yourself. It doesn't hurt anyone, though, so I think it's okay. The seller gets what they want and the buyer gets what they want.
I've sold 100 TBT for 10 million IGB twice now. I'll be happy to sell to anyone who wants to buy. I doubt I'll be on this forum after I get everything I want, but I'll be enjoying my game for a long time.
I've sold 100 TBT for 10 million IGB twice now. I'll be happy to sell to anyone who wants to buy. I doubt I'll be on this forum after I get everything I want, but I'll be enjoying my game for a long time.
Agreed. It's cheating in the sense that you didn't earn them solely within the parameters of the game.
That said, to get the 100 million bell badge would take so much effort without doing it that I have no problem with it personally lol.
infinikitten
big old brat tbh
What? No. Absolutely not. (also wow this thread is old... look at dem conversion rates)
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