Making TBT Bells has gotten harder

[himeki]

honestly i dont think its too hard. you just have to start trading rather then just posting. just posting has never really earned much (for me at least) and i've always just earnt all my tbt from my crappy art lololol


tbh im kinda only here now to chat to a few people and for art lmao

 

[himeki]

double post

 

[piichinu]

the thing im glad about is decreasing the bells per poll, there was this one user who kept making them constantly and even once said that they were doing it for the bells when someone commented on how many polls they made. it was really annoying

 

[-Apples-]

i remember the yellow candy drama!! i totally didnt recognize you from your past behaviors when i got back from my hiatus, youve matured so much!! omg i remember i was convinced you were a troll or something. i cant believe all that stuff was you!! wow callback

good on you for learning from ur mistakes. i used to be a bigger ******* and i think ive become a lot more open on here than how i used to be, or ive tried.

Yeah, I have improved. I was even worse on TV.com where I continuously broke the forum rules (mostly off-topic posting or trolling). If it wasn't for the community of Little Big Planet Central, I would've still be one of the constant troublemakers here on Bell Tree. But yes, I used to be spoiled over collectibles and art, but I have changed a lot. However, one way I have gotten worse is that I'm more obsessive over apples (just look at the "apples ate my cake" and "apples have fun too" tags). My conversations have been reduced to apples mainly because I got 12 apples in my sidebar.

The quickest and easiest ways I earned TBT is by debating and contributing to political discussions. It's not a good idea, but it's an honest way of making TBT.

 

[Chicha]

I'm also going to agree on how difficult it is to get TBT. As others stated, the best way to get TBT is from selling collectibles, art, and probably cycle towns. I think it's very strange you don't earn TBT from the other Nintendo, Retail, Villager Trading Plaza, and side game boards. I think those should be counted. :/

I have a ACNL shop but it's pretty difficult to keep up with since the TBT rates for them are pretty low. I'm lucky I manage to make some since every bit helps. But if you're trying to afford an expensive collectible, you're pretty much out of luck. It seems like the only boards you get TBT from are Brewster's Cafe, ACNL, General AC Disc, and The Museum. (Please correct me if I'm wrong.)

But yeah, it is what it is. We'll just how to get used to it. ^^;

 

[Sholee]

It seems like the only boards you get TBT from are Brewster's Cafe, ACNL, General AC Disc, and The Museum. (Please correct me if I'm wrong.)

I just posted in some boards, you get TBT in all boards except:

The Bulletin Board
Introduction Board
TBT Marketplace
The Basement
(Correct me if I'm wrong~)

The TBT earned varies on each board, for example, ones like Retail/Villager trading is less than if you were to post in AC General Discussion.

 

[AnimalCrossingPerson]

I got 7 Bells per poll not too long ago in the ACNL, ACCF, ACWW AND ACGC threads. Probably just Brewster's reduced rates.

 

[-Apples-]

I'm also going to agree on how difficult it is to get TBT. As others stated, the best way to get TBT is from selling collectibles, art, and probably cycle towns. I think it's very strange you don't earn TBT from the other Nintendo, Retail, Villager Trading Plaza, and side game boards. I think those should be counted.

You do earn TBT from posting there, but you don't earn TBT for creating threads. For example, I created a thread in the Pokemon Center, asking for what pokemon is obscure and which pokemon aren't. I got no pay for creating that thread, but I did get TBT for replying to the thread. Was it unintentional, or did Jeremy or whoever intend the board to not pay for thread creation?

To me, it feels like a rip-off that you don't get paid for thread creation in some of the boards you get paid for posting. Shouldn't it be where you do get paid for thread creation in the ACHHD Board and Pokemon Center, but not paid for thread creation in the Basement (you actually do get paid for thread creation in the Basement)? Even still, I still find it worth posting in the TBT Marketplace and the Basement because even if you don't get bells for posting, they still have "What's Bothering You", "General Discussion", and "Collectibles/Shop/Restocks Discussion" (all of which are very fun threads to post in).

No, I don't make threads to earn TBT (even if they are serious discussions), but I don't think it's fair to not get paid for thread creation with some exceptions.

 

[Oblivia]

Was it unintentional, or did Jeremy or whoever intend the board to not pay for thread creation

As it turns out, this had just been overlooked when creating the aforementioned boards as it's something that has to be manually added. It's now been fixed.

 

[Aquari]

harder to get bells and easier to spend them ;-;

 

[-Apples-]

As it turns out, this had just been overlooked when creating the aforementioned boards as it's something that has to be manually added. It's now been fixed.

Does that mean you don't get paid for thread creation in the Basement either? I would like more bells, but it would be fair if you don't get paid for thread creation in forums you don't get paid for posting.

 

[Flyffel]

I remember the time there were like 10 people on the forum who even cared about bell tree bells (soon after I joined so August - October 2013 I guess) and I sold my shiny Klefki for 2000 TBT, probably the first shiny Pok?mon sold on this forum. And I didn't even think it was such a super trade. We have gone a long long way since...

Imo there should be additional ways of earning TBT. They have accumulated in the hands of few users in great amounts and everyone else is left with very little. Additionally TBT have gone out of circulation through the shop and earning them is very slow.

 

[oath2order]

After ten months of staying off this site, there were a couple of changes to the site (both technical and community changed) I have missed. But one thing I noticed is that how hard it is to earn TBT now.

I'm not going to bring up the welcome bells and interest system at this part since both were abused. It's more about the other stuff.

Yes, the TBT cap for thread creation was still 12.2 TBT and regular posts was 10.5 TBT, but I noticed that you get paid 0.3 TBT instead of 7.0 TBT for poll creation. And some proper discussion boards (like Pokemon Center, Happy Home Designer Board, and amiibo Festival Board) don't pay for thread creation. Why is that? Why did poll creation started to pay less, and why do some discussion boards like mentioned earlier not pay for thread creation?

No idea about the board thing. But some people just spammed creating polls.

In addition to how posting makes less Bells than before, trading doesn't pay as much. I'm not going to focus on the TBT exchange rate since it was discussed multiple times or how in-game items lose value, but even collectibles have a lower ideal price. I remember when chocolate cakes had a suggested price of 4,000 TBT. Now they barely sell for over 750 TBT. The pinwheels had a suggested price of 20,000 to 25,000 TBT. I couldn't even sell this fair's counterpart (aka the Star Glow Wand) for half the lower price (10,000 TBT). And of course, stuff like peaches and apples can now be sold for less than 1,500 TBT when back in 2015, peaches used to be 4,500 to 6,000 TBT before the restock and apples were 5,000 TBT before I left the site. What's even crazier is how low the demand for these collectibles have gotten. Even at lower prices, people had less interest into buying fruit collectibles and chocolate cakes. It takes longer to sell them than it did a while ago. The demands is more extreme here than in real life. If something has a low demand here, it really has a low demand, meaning that people wouldn't even take a unpopular collectible at a lower price. And if something has a high demand, it really has a high demand, meaning that some members won't sell their collectibles even if a high price is offered.

Most recently, I sold back a silver mailbox I purchased for 700 TBT a long time ago and only got back 175 TBT. I can't even give my opinion if it's fair or not because I am 50/50 on this issue.

TLDR:

- You get paid 0.3 instead of 7.0 for poll creation
- Some discussion boards don't pay for thread creation
- Collectibles have a lower value in the TBT Marketplace

You should love the response to the collectibles having a lower value.

FREE MARKET.

 

[Red Cat]

The quickest and easiest ways I earned TBT is by debating and contributing to political discussions. It's not a good idea, but it's an honest way of making TBT.

Don't worry. I'll probably make another Trump thread in the not too distant future. They are a pretty good way of making TBT.

 

[-Apples-]

Don't worry. I'll probably make another Trump thread in the not too distant future. They are a pretty good way of making TBT.

I would prefer to see proper debate threads (like whether abortion should be allowed or restricted, whether people should have to right to own guns or not, whether if gender restrictions in bathrooms should stay or go away, whether if Obamacare should be repealed, and whether taxes should go up or down) and threads asking for your political positions or beliefs and not more threads about Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton, how bad they are, or their recent activity. Political discussions were fun back in 2014 a few days after the off-term elections than what we see now. People are getting tired of the Trump discussions plaguing Brewster's Caf? like how they were, and we are actually happy without any active Trump thread. Let's wait until the election and see who wins the election. People were not as obsessive when Obama was running for the first time, so why did they constantly talk about Trump? I've never seen people talk about the election that much months before thr election. It's worth the TBT, but we're already tired of hearing about the same man. We can make Bell Tree great again if we cut back on the Trump discussions.

 

[Oblivia]

Does that mean you don't get paid for thread creation in the Basement either? I would like more bells, but it would be fair if you don't get paid for thread creation in forums you don't get paid for posting.

Correct. You'll only receive TBT bells for thread creation in the boards where it's possible to earn them via posting.

 

[King Dorado]

this entire calendar year the site has been virtually dead for selling collectibles. there was more action in the last four months of 2015 than in the first eight months of 2016. you can't make currency selling stuff if nobody has the currency to buy.

currency is only "minted" here when it is earned through posting. the fewer posts made, the less currency gets minted and circulated into the forum economy. the less currency awarded for polls/threads/whatevs, the less currency gets minted and circulated into the forum economy.

a number of people with wealth in forum currency have left the site over the past year or two. some bc ACNL got old and they moved on. some got disgusted with member or staff antics and moved on. some got busy IRL and moved on.

I agree that a new AC game would breathe life back into the forum economy as more people would come back or join. until then, things will remain stagnant.

 

[-Apples-]

this entire calendar year the site has been virtually dead for selling collectibles. there was more action in the last four months of 2015 than in the first eight months of 2016. you can't make currency selling stuff if nobody has the currency to buy.

currency is only "minted" here when it is earned through posting. the fewer posts made, the less currency gets minted and circulated into the forum economy. the less currency awarded for polls/threads/whatevs, the less currency gets minted and circulated into the forum economy.

a number of people with wealth in forum currency have left the site over the past year or two. some bc ACNL got old and they moved on. some got disgusted with member or staff antics and moved on. some got busy IRL and moved on.

I agree that a new AC game would breathe life back into the forum economy as more people would come back or join. until then, things will remain stagnant.

I can see now. As soon as the year ended, collectible trading has slowed down. Hopefully the next Animal Crossing game doesn't become a disaster like Little Big Planet 3 was for Little Big Planet. We knew City Folk did not do too well, as ACHHD and ACaF were only spin-offs.

 

[namiieco]

yeah it feels like it for me too :C

 

[LambdaDelta]

maybe that phone animal crossing game will bring about the mobage crowd to boost tbt circulation