Random thoughts thread. (New Horizons)

I am feeling optimistic about Halloween this year. Its such a popular holiday that it would be mad to release only 3 new Halloween items. That being said, I do love the new Halloween items released so far. The spooky trees are my favourite. I've already decorated my island with many of them.
 
Snek said:
I am feeling optimistic about Halloween this year. Its such a popular holiday that it would be mad to release only 3 new Halloween items. That being said, I do love the new Halloween items released so far. The spooky trees are my favourite. I've already decorated my island with many of them.
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I agree that Halloween in ACNH is awesome, but I am on the fence whether they will release more than the 3 new items (which are still very awesome). I kinda hoped they would have stepped away from the “everything pumpkin” decor this year, and take up some other Halloween themes, but that does not seem the case (as of yet). It would be great to see stuff akin to a haunted house/ghosts/vampires/etc.

The only way I could see them adding more for Halloween 2021 is if they drop another update prior to Oct, and from the sounds of it, the rumors of the next update don’t have it dropping until Nov, at least according to previously accurate leakers. 😕
 
peachycrossing9 said:
I kinda wish the boba teas weren't so ridiculously tiny when placed down... I made a boba tea shop next to Chelsea's house, and they look like they are made for a doll 😂 Please nintendo, give us normal sized boba teas in the future 🥺
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I think I’ve gotten to the point where we know things aren’t exactly to scale in Animal Crossing. Although normal sized ones would be nice.
 
The others were right; it's a bit soon to jump into New Leaf when I've barely started with New Horizons. lol There's a sense of restlessness I'm feeling from New Horizons right now. I know it's only been a week and I shouldn't be impatient, but my house isn't quite in the right spot I want, and rearranging each house costs 50,000 bells. Phew.

And then there's the dilemma of how I should decorate the island when arranging the buildings already cost so much money, or where I should even begin. I was thinking of starting small with the fences first, maybe arranging them around each villager home... but like I said, the homes aren't positioned quite exactly where I want, so the fences will have to wait... Then there's the flowers and how many I should grow or where I should plant them to make them look nice... I just don't have an eye for decoration, so this kind of stuff is almost as challenging as advanced science for me. lol

And don't get me started with the museum donations. There were two fishes I accidentally sold to Nook's Cranny, and now I'm having a hard time trying to get them back (goldfish and neon tetra). The creatures list in the game says that the goldfish has the possibility to appear in all hours in ponds, but all I've been getting are crawfishes and catfish. The goldfish is a rare catch... And so, I'm left wondering if I'd ever complete the collections at all. lol Seems like a very daunting task to hunt down and catch all these things.

The road ahead of me in NH just seems like a steep mountain. I guess I could just take it one day at a time, hopefully having some kind of decently-decorated island in a year or two. I guess I'm so uptight about this stuff (as opposed to just relaxing and take it slowly) because I kinda have an OCD about things not being organized, so when I look at how messy and un-ideal my island layout is everytime I turn the game on... it's just not a pleasant feeling. lol But we'll get there, someday.
 
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I got a dog on Sunday. I didnt even want a dog but my husband wore me down. No regrets though as I adore the pup.

He's a 6 month old akita/ German shepard mix.
Hes very sweet when he's not being pure evil.
If he's not loving and cuddly, he's jumping around the house, biting me, and destroying items.
6 months is still a puppy and he came from his last home with some very bad habits we are working on getting out of him. So being a **** is to be expected from him I guess.

I love my dog but boy is he draining.
I've had no energy since I got him.

What does this have to do with the game?

I've not had it in me to play any video games since I got him.
I've played my island for all of 10 minutes this week.
Do I want to play? Yes
Do I have any energy to? No

I tried to go on my island today.

I spoke to egbert and then I was too drained to do any more.

I hope this isn't the end of my gaming for the foreseeable future.

I've even not had the drive to come here.

I still love the game but it royally sucks when real life gets in the way.
 
I recently built a 'tall mini mountain' for the island's shrine and I now just realize the music in the game goes lower the higher you're up.
 
Restarting is so good because you get to earn back all those Nook Mile Achievements that are easy to get. I feel like that is a much more easier way to grind more of them to generate Nook Mile Tickets. I love having a 2nd island!
 
Finally got around to inviting Bob to my island. Bob is pretty classic, so I'm looking forward to having him around for awhile. I'm up to 173 villager photos. Not sure I'll reach 200 photos by the end of the year which was my goal. I have been inviting villagers new to me though, most recently Rocco, Static, Patty, Bill, Bob (as mentioned), Papi, Ed, and Phoebe. Also worked on catching fish but the only one I found for the museum was the barreleye.
 
I had a funny thing happened with Coco the other night. I found her staring intently at the australopithecus skull in my Spooky Carnival. Not just for a few minutes. I came back after about 20 minutes and she was still standing there staring at it. I know she's supposed to be creepy and possibly represent the dead but this just made me laugh. Maybe she knew him in a previous life? ;)
 
I can't decide if I want Judy back or not. I also can't decide if I want to reset my new island or not. I've been getting tired of the secondary islands more quickly lately. It's fun to reset and get to see new maps. I love maps and I think part of me feels like there will be the perfect New Horizons map for me someday, lol. I can terraform, but it would be more magical if the perfect island just appeared because my terraforming is never perfectly natural looking. Another random thought: will I ever be able to make a good city core island? Will I be playing this game for a decade trying to make a city core island? Will I ever complete the bug and fish exhibits on my main island?
 
I wanted to remove mayor from my user name since i'm no longer mayor.
but someone already uses the name i want now i don't know what to do :s
guess i'll save it for the future ha ha
 
So, today marks the first day I've ever felt like taking a break from New Horizons, just two weeks or so after I bought it. All the daily effort over the past few days to rearrange around buildings and making sure the decorations go in the right place, I guess that repetitive routine just finally got to me.

Sigh. Oh well. 'Twas fun while it lasted. Hope my break won't be long-term.
 
So after my last post, I changed my mind and booted up my ACNH with disastrous results (time-traveled backwards; see the ACNH FAQ thread for more details). It just leaves me even more reluctant to play it anymore now that I've messed up my island. I'm pretty sure it means I've missed Bug Day since the island won't have a "new day" until Oct 17th (the date when I accidentally time-traveled forward to before traveling backwards till today's date). I also missed Marshal's birthday.

I guess it's a saving grace that I didn't travel far enough to miss Halloween... that would've been really disastrous. Maybe I should just wait until Oct 17th before I play NH again. I never wanted to time-travel in such an unnatural way, at least not for Animal Crossing. Now it's all ruined.
 
Oh you don’t have to worry about that ^^ just sync your time up with the internet again and it’ll work fine. :) Because you timetraveled backwards if you set it back to today it will count that as a new day, and will work fine from that point onwards
 
Been going back and replaying the events in ACNH and to be honest they were a lot more fun than I originally thought.
 
I'm not sure who I want for my 10th villager
I thought I did but as I'm moving them back to my island, I'm just not feeling it as much.
But I've no other ideas who I want in their place.

Hopefully the amiibo set 5 adds some old villagers I want.
 
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