New Year, New Horizons! - ACNH Blogging Contest

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So happy to see it isn't too late to start participating. Took me a bit to get my act together. This is a wonderful idea for an event, thank you so much.

Eligible - Wailea Days

Take a deep breath Wailea Early in the morning and late at night are the time for these slow deep breaths. Life on Wailea is much the same as ever, though I realized only recently, that I myself was in kind of a hard place. Luckily, as always, my villagers could relate. Tabby really sums...
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Also, please let me know if I need to change the formatting - I like to intersperse the text with pictures, but happy to rework it if that doesn't work/ is too difficult for word counting.
 
I have a question. A couple of questions, actually. Will qualifying blogs be given the "accepted" reaction like in other TBT events? And will the authors of ones that don't qualify be notified that they don't so that they will have time to fix them so that they do?
 
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Also, please let me know if I need to change the formatting - I like to intersperse the text with pictures, but happy to rework it if that doesn't work/ is too difficult for word counting.
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It's not a problem.

kiwikenobi said:
I have a question. A couple of questions, actually. Will qualifying blogs be given the "accepted" reaction like in other TBT events? And will the authors of ones that don't qualify be notified that they don't so that they will have time to fix them so that they do?
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We use the "Accepted" reaction to automate workflow, e.g. for distributing event currency or recording names. This time we are doing both of these things manually so we aren't using reactions. It is likely that we will use prefixes to mark (a) which entries have been reviewed and then (b) which ones are eligible for nomination in the public voting portion of the event, but this would not be until after the deadline.

The requirements for this event are very straightforward to self-assess—10 posts across 10 different days each containing a minimum of 1 screenshot and 100 words—and everyone is working through the event at their own pace. We don't have enough manpower to track and record every user's journal at the pace needed to make unprompted individual feedback possible. We will of course remind everyone when the latest possible start date is approaching though (Friday 3rd February 2023).
 
Thank you for answering. I have another question. What counts as a day? Do the posts have to be more than twenty-four hours apart? Or is just being on different dates enough? And will you take into account the different time zones to determine what counts as a day? My concern is that posts that I made on dates that were separate in my time zone may appear to be the same date in others if they were less than twenty-four hours apart, so I want to make sure I've been doing it correctly while I still have time to make additional posts, if necessary to qualify.
 
kiwikenobi said:
Thank you for answering. I have another question. What counts as a day? Do the posts have to be more than twenty-four hours apart? Or is just being on different dates enough? And will you take into account the different time zones to determine what counts as a day? My concern is that posts that I made on dates that were separate in my time zone may appear to be the same date in others if they were less than twenty-four hours apart, so I want to make sure I've been doing it correctly while I still have time to make additional posts, if necessary to qualify.
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It does not need to be a full 24hrs apart.

We're not reviewing the entries from one specific time zone—the people working on this event are scattered across North America, Europe, and Asia so the time stamps will present differently on all of our screens—so we'll all be using common sense if there is any date overlap. e.g. if it shows on my screen that someone posted at 3AM and then again at 11:30PM, I can guess that they probably live in the Western Hemisphere.
 
Question: 10 different REAL days or 10 different in-game days?

I'm not really sure and the wording was vague. I currently have 9 real life day entries, but I kind of wanted to TT to tomorrow to just complete the last necessary day 10 entry.

If it needs to be 10 different real days, then I'll just wait until tomorrow to finish my day 10 entry :3
 
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Question: 10 different REAL days or 10 different in-game days?

I'm not really sure and the wording was vague. I currently have 9 real life day entries, but I kind of wanted to TT to tomorrow to just complete the last necessary day 10 entry.

If it needs to be 10 different real days, then I'll just wait until tomorrow to finish my day 10 entry :3
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Real days.
 
@Chris Ive completed my 10th day thismorning! it was an enjoyable event as it got me back in the swing of my island, Though it was a lot of work! I dont know how you authenticate peoples entries hence the mention to let you know ive completed my 10days..... That lost journal looks so good!:love::love:

Eligible - ✨Life on Totoro Island✨

Dear Diary..... Sunday 15th Jan 2023 Today was a sleepy sunday, so much that when i finally woke up and left my warm house i tried looking for Daisy Mae, Not releasing i had more of a lie in than i thought as it was after 12 and she had already been and left! No turnips for me this week...
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Are we able to make up a journal now or did it have to be started on the 14th? : )
 
Hi @Chris

I have completed 10 different entries across 10 different real in-life days!

Eligible - Cerësia

I have been playing the game on-and-off for a bit. Last time I played was on New Year’s Day to do the countdown celebration with the islanders. It was also the last time I booted up the game when I was excitedly waiting to order my 2023 balloon arch like I did in 2021 and in 2022… Unfortunately...
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Now updated with an interlude introducing the villagers.
Day 7 coming soon!
edit: Day 7 is now out!

Eligible - ✨💙Everyday tales from Royale-3 💙✨

-Day 1- The Kingdom close to The Galaxy "It was long ago that the island was formed. It was a land that stars will fall down to earth. Because of the stars' glow around the island, it gained the title 'Heaven on Earth'" ✨🌟 ---💙--- 🌟✨ I live in atop of the mountain, on the castle of gray...
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Forgot to post that I decided to join in on this event and started a new island 😊

Eligible - Penrith [ hard mode island ] ♡

[ hard mode island ] I've been wanting to get back into animal crossing for such a long time but I just couldn't find the motivation to pick the game back up. The new island journal event was making me start to consider playing the game again but it still wasn't enough.. but then.. the other...
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I finally began my journal! Life's been kinda hectic so it took me a sec but this was fun! Can't wait to get to reading other people's entries and expanding on mine!!

Eligible - Utopia's Newtopia!

Utopia is a peaceful little island nestled alone in the sea with an amazing community built around making the perfect place to live! The island town was founded March 19th, 2020, and has been around since. Though the Resident Representative Micheal is known for disappearing for months at a time...
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hi staff I decided to make a new thread because I wasn't happy anymore with my old one I hope that's okay :c
It will still feature the same island but in a more "commentary" sort of format!

Eligible - ( ━ chill. 🌱 )

💭 Now I know what you're thinking. "Didn't skar literally have an island blog already?" And yeah you're right. But I realized I was too busy to keep up with my old format and I wasn't enjoying anymore. So here's my new island blog, I'll be keeping it chill and open to comments. c: This will be...
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Decided to give it a try and join in on the event

Eligible - Cabot Cove New year, New Horizon Journal

January 27, 2023 January 4th was the first day I arrived in Cabot Cove. Looking back, I can still remember the excitement I felt. It was a new beginning for me, a chance to start fresh and create my own little corner of the world. When I first came here, the island only had two villagers...
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Finally took some time to read about this event and I knew immediately that I had to join. It's wonderful to see the Island Jorunals space so alive again 😊

Here's my entry: ✧ New year on Mars...

Hopefully I'll manage the 10 posts on 10 days so I can get that Lost Book! Also thank you for the option to merge this with my current journal, I'd love to do that after the event is done!

Happy writing everyone! 💌
 
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