TBT's Ninth Annual Easter Egg Hunt

[aurora.]

8, 12, 16, 17, 20, and 24 were the ones I didn't get. I maaaybe would've figured out 8, 12 & 17 if I had a few more hours, but honestly I was looking in the wrong place for most of them anyway.
20, I never, ever would've figured out.
I was so close with 24 but that word never crossed my mind. I probably tried 'collectibles' three times just in case I was spelling it wrong.
16 is the only one I'm frustrated that I didn't get. I'm gonna be kicking myself for so long with that one. I wish I'd had a bit more time.

14 was one of the last ones I got, maybe the last but I can't remember. I had a feeling that you had to post a thread to get the egg but like a lot of others, I was too afraid to be wrong. In the end I just went for it because I knew I would've been frustrated with myself if I had been right all along but too afraid to try.

Overall, I enjoyed this event so much! I can't believe I've been a member here since 2014 but haven't participated in an event before. Thanks so much to everyone who put this together, it's been so enjoyable!

 

[VillageDweller]

I had fun with this one, I like coming back to do the egg hunts. However, as what usually happens, a couple of them are very hard to come by and IMO ones where you have to trawl through threads to find them aren't very good. On the whole great though.

 

[wrenbow]

noooooo i was in the 'too scared to post in CTS' club
i looked in the right place for egg 25 too but i must have scrolled too fast and missed the egg ;;;;

anyway, despite being here a while (sporadically) this was my first egg hunt and i got 18/25 so i'm very happy!!! i'm pretty sure i never would have got the other ones i missed cause some of them were references to threads i'm not familiar with and my brain turned off after i got my prisma and daisy eggies hahaha

thank you so much to all the staff that made this work!!

 

[Seastar]

I guess I'll share my experience because why not?

1. I got this one right away since it was the April Fool's joke.
2. I figured out this one really fast too. I spun umbrellas so much in New Leaf.
3. I didn't understand this one at first, so I Googled "Puroland" and found out it was Sanrio related. Then I found the correct thread.
4. This one wasn't too hard, but I went to the wrong Discord thread first.
5. I think I had fun with this one. Though it took a while for me to reach the post I had decoded. Was there an easier way than guessing page numbers? I was pretty amused to also find out the egg was sandwiched between two of my own posts.
6. I didn't get this one at all. That link was something I always overlook. I would never have associated it with coffee and my blind self never saw it became an egg.
7. This one took me 2 hours to find. I kept looking at things related to 1 year anniversaries, which was wrong.
8. I never figured this out. The best idea I had was that it was in a random locked thread. I even to went to the Blog Tree Archives, but I would never have thought of clicking the "mark read" button.
9. It didn't take long for me to figure out this was the Christmas event
10. Honestly, I never did see that egg before. But since I saw the word "direct", I figured out which thread to look in.
11. I only found this because I searched the forum for "vitamins".
12. I honestly don't know I figured this out. Somehow I vaguely remembered hearing of a program called FireAlpaca and I searched for that.
13. I figured this out really fast.
14. At first I Googled " Donatello " and got nowhere. Then I Googled " Donatello's weapon" and instantly went to the Contact the Staff section. But nothing was there. It took a while for me to get over my anxiety and post a thread, since that seemed like the only option left. Vris told me happy Easter after I did!
15. I figured this out pretty fast. Coincidentally, I had just named a Pokemon "Halloweaster" hours earlier, due to being in an Easter mood and remembering last year.
16. I never figured this out. I never even got close.
17. I never got anywhere close to this one either.
18. I got this one instantly.
19. I never figured this out and I kept looking at this thread
20. There was no possible way I could have figured out that one. I knew it had to do with the Able Sisters, but that was as far as I could get.
21. I never found this one and I think it's because I never looked at the egg decorating contest.
22. I didn't get this until I saw it said "baalots". I instantly remembered the sheep polls then.
23. I had no idea what this was talking about and I still don't.
24. The closest I could get to this was "COLLECTIBLES". The word lineup never came to mind.
25. I didn't even attempt this one because I thought it was too vague lol

 

[Pintuition]

I ended up finding 21 eggs in total. I was on the right track for #8 which makes me mad at myself though! All in all I really enjoyed the hunt this year and I’m glad to have participated!

 

[daringred_]

still mad about #14. i did get it, but i have severe anxiety, and there was a lot of panicking/worrying before i ultimately just posted the thread. unnecessary stress and a bit of a cruel move tbh. i'm not surprised loads of people missed it. ordinarily, i would've too.

i'm more annoyed about #8. wording on that one was dumb. i literally went to the blog tree archive multiple times but the "locked" in the clue made me search for locked threads instead and nothing came up. should've worded it "read logs" or something instead because lock(ed) and archive(d) aren't synonymous with each other. (since i assume locked was referring to how that forum is archived and can't be posted on.)

can't really be mad about the other ones i missed. i scrolled all the way through the smilies tab for #25, but i did it in the comment box instead of the help section or w/e. i was on the right track for #16 (or whatever the owl one was) but was looking for book clubs. had no idea a reading thread even existed and didn't see it. the sheep one. meh. i'm not mad about what i assumed it was, and where it ended up being instead. easy enough mistake. never would've gotten the nook's cranny and ables ones. i went to the right forums but that was about all i had. like someone else here, i searched "blue" and "paw" in there.

overall, 18/25 (+3 participation eggs)? i'm happy enough. it's five more than i found at halloweaster, so maybe i'll find another five more next time. i got the two eggs i wanted, and i'm proud of how well i did, especially with getting 4/4 on the puzzles. hopefully the difficulty stays the same next time (or even simplifies a bit more since i know a lot of people still struggled) because it seemed about just right for me, at least, this time around.

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also reading through the thread and saw people had similar ideas to me with #8. i went to the island journals, filtered by locked, and scrolled through them all. thought i'd hit gold when i saw a testing thread from justin(?) on page three. used the same tactic on the NL forum, but gave up after three pages.

 

[Mick]

I'm legitimately surprised that so many people were too afraid to post in the Contact the Staff thing. I've never felt afraid of the staff here in all the years I've been a member; they all seem like reasonable people to me. What have they done to people who innocently posted in the wrong place in the past that's so terrible?

It's been a while but I'm pretty sure people who post threads in the wrong place get a five year ban & a 300 NMT fine if they survive being keelhauled. Unless this is not standard procedure and that mod was improvising?

For me it was more a fear of appearing dumb by missing an obvious "just click here to get your egg" button. But I was willing to take that risk because I had looked all over the CTS board first, and figured that if I were wasting their time with a new thread they had deserved it at that point. :')

 

[Jacob4]

wow i was on the right lines for like all of the ones i didn't get which sucks :/

for the donatello's weapon one i thought it meant a way of contacting the staff member Bobo bc i read somewhere that donatello has 2 "Bō" staffs... so i tried PMing Bobo and was mortified when it didn't work LOL

I also considered just the "staff" bit and tried clicking on the the "Contact the staff" thing but didn't think of actually sending a message

 

[daringred_]

okay, i'm gonna be annoying and give thoughts on the ones i did get. inside a spoiler, for everyone's sanity.

Spoiler: thoughts

#1-4: the only one i didn't immediately know was #3, and i think i only got it from luck. the train made me think of NL and trading, so i searched "puroland" thinking it was someone's town. it was, but that wasn't the answer. bit more scrolling through the results showed someone saying they'd been to sanrio land (aka puroland), and i knew it had to be the sanrio cards thread. in hindsight, 3:26PM was a clever hint to the release date. liked that one.

#5-7: got #6 the fastest. originally, i was looking in the roost. ironically, i noticed the egg on the ko-fi button right at the start, but thought it was just a quirky easter themed thing lmao. still surprised i got number #5. i tried looking at threads for staff applications, typed in that string of letters etc. then i saw the mods hatching thread and went to page 577. nothing. almost gave up. not sure what in my head clicked that the string of letters was a substitution code for the post numbers, but i went to that post and there it was. never again. not sure how i got #7. knew it was something NH related and i think i checked the threads discussing how people felt one year on before i looked in the resetting thread.

#9-12: no clue how i got #9. pretty sure i went looking at giveaway threads first before remembering the christmas event and how there was a leaderboard thing. #10 was clever but infuriated me. quickly realized it was a direct and went back through the pages to the correct day (they weren't time stamped as far as i could see) and went through them. almost missed the egg lmao. #11 i immediately knew was vitamins. searched vitamins and found the thread immediately. #12 was the hardest here. i'm not an artist, and i know nothing about digital programs. for ages, i thought it was to do with the pokemon, camerupt, and then saharah. i went through three threads about phone cases. in the end, i googled "fire camel" and then "fire llama" which, ironically, gave me the firealpaca result. put that in the search bar and went on the right thread about twice, but didn't think to check the spoiler until the third time lmao. would've been raging if i'd missed that.

#13-15: knew #13 immediately but didn't know what forum the thread was in lmao so i just searched "dream address thread" and put vris as the post creator since i knew he made it. #14 threw me for a while. i googled it, but the answer was just bõ, which i thought they were using as a play on "bow", and i was like... what? re-googled it a bit later, looked at a different result, and realized bõ staff. #15 was easy. i googled "lagomorph", got rabbit, and just realized instantly. good thing too because i was ready to research rabbit folklore tales about wars with ghosts. definitely one i was at risk of overthinking.

#18-25: almost got confused by #18. the stock thing made me initially think of collectibles and the mori house restock. then "island-locked" clicked, and i got it. #19 also almost threw me. i knew it was immediately the dodo code, so i checked the threads announcing and explaining them etc. then tried to find a thread with a dodo code open, then finally (for whatever reason) tried making a thread myself and found it there. for #21 i remembered the decorating contest and the bit about "no goose eggs, three quail eggs". ironically, i clicked on the goose picture earlier in the hunt lmao and nothing happened. did it again and was surprised it worked. #24 was another easy one. like others, i first tried "collectible" and "collectibles" before getting "lineup".

 

[pochy]

people who are freaking out about #14, dont worry...i did something stupider lol. i posted a thread for egg 23 in the contest and submissions thread bc like,, poems,, and you could submit a poem there during the 2020 fair and stuff (at least that was my logic) i’m so sorry staff, please delete + ignore

embarrassment aside this event was really fun and everything looked so pretty, and i actually managed to find some eggs! thank you staff for this event, you guys obviously put in a lot of effort and it shows!

 

[marea]

Turns out i gussed clue 14 right but didnt have the courage to post a thread. Other clues i almost figured out are #3, #5 which i knew the thread but not the post, and #22 which i figured was about the sheep villagers but did not search that thread.

Anyways, i found way more eggs than last time and it was a lot of fun. Thank you so much guys!

 

[Jacob4]

i thought egg 24 was either "fingers" or "toes" for the longest time

then i realised i should probably start thinking along the lines of how the puzzle would apply on TBT and then i immediately got it lol

 

[Chris]

Is it possible to trade in a egg for tbt I only have one left

It's not possible yet, but the option to do this will be coming. I'll mention it to Jeremy when he comes online later.

@Vrisnem can you let us know if any (and how many, if any) people got egg 14 by a fluke via making a regular contact the staff thread?

Three. One of those people had a question relating to the egg hunt, but hadn't solved Egg 14 yet, and the other two weren't participating at all.

I'm legitimately surprised that so many people were too afraid to post in the Contact the Staff thing. I've never felt afraid of the staff here in all the years I've been a member; they all seem like reasonable people to me. What have they done to people who innocently posted in the wrong place in the past that's so terrible?

The most that happens when you post in the wrong place is that you get a notification saying that it has been moved elsewhere. If you mistakenly post in Contact the Staff we answer the question and/or send you a link to threads/boards where you would have received a faster response.

As someone pointed out above, I responded to a number of the CTS threads where users had expressed that they were especially nervous about having contacted us. I was also the person who voted in @Mick's poll (shared here) asking if they would receive a warning. The temptation to vote yes was unreal, but I'm not quite that mean.

 

[Princess Mipha]

I would say overall, this was the most fun Easter Egg hunt !
The other ones were too frustrating for my taste. I could barely find any and this time I found 15 (I think),
which I don't think I managed to do before. And I managed to solve all the Puzzles, yay =)

 

[mocha.]

Thought I would share my thought process for the clues I got/didn’t get!

missed:
#8. I was so close with this one, I scrolled right through to page 50 before giving up, scrolled back from the last page but to no avail. Can’t believe it was so simple! D’oh
#17. I thought this was in relation to a username with ‘blue’ in it or perhaps a blue item, I gave up searching pretty quickly on this one haha!
#23. I’m so angry at myself for this one - at first I thought it may be a reference to the TBT fair so I scrolled through past threads. Then I actually searched “museum stamp” and came across that thread but didn’t check the first post!! Haha.
#25. I had no idea what this was in reference to but now it all makes sense, so clever! I tried searching in the what makes you happy thread or the halloweaster one as I thought it was in reference to zipper lol!

Ones I got:

Spoiler

1. This took me quite a long time, not sure how I missed it when it happened only a day or two prior haha!
2. I got this one straight away!
3. this was also a one I managed to get right away although I did have to Google what Puroland was lol
4. This took me a while, I thought at first it may point me towards the Airport but couldn’t find any eggs there. Then I put 2 and 2 together and found it!
5. This took me so long to get, I had no idea what it was referencing and thought it was a reference to the airport again! I also thought it was a monsters inc reference (the code lol) but that wouldn’t make any sense then I noticed the first word ‘quick’ and thought it must be rirected towards the hatch thread, which led me to decoding the number! This was my favourite one!
6. At first I thought this may be directed towards busy spots for staff so had a look at high traffic threads, then I scrolled down the front page and saw the egg next to kofi! Super clever!
7. This one I managed to get right away!
9. Also managed to get this quickly too
10. I thought this may be referencing a Nintendo direct but then skimmed through the tbt direct threads, managed to come across it after some searching!
11. I got this one right away after searching for vitamins!
12. This took me so long to get, I thought it was a reference to the acnh reactions and then I thought it might relate to Sahara.. and then I couldn’t get the flame shirt out of my head. I broke it down and was saying things like fire camel until I realised it was the art program fire alpaca!
13. The dream thread! Managed to get this one right away
14. I thought at first it would pop up when clicking contact the staff and after going back and forth and rechecking the clue I saw “posted” so gave it a shot. I was worried incase it would spam the staff but Vris answered and was super friendly as usual
15. I thought this was a reference to an old tradition and it took me a long time to piece together lol! Learned a lot of new words thanks to these clues.
16. Considering this was my thread I didn’t get this for an embarrassingly long amount of time lol. I thought the hooting parliament may have been a reference to the museum (blathers) and then clicked it must be about reading!
18. This puzzle was the hardest for me! I was confused and thought it was a clue at first so searched the forums for villager stuck/bu threads and then realised it was a puzzle haha! Eventually got it!
19. this was one of the last clues I managed to find through desperation, I was in the right place but didn’t know how to trigger the egg. Then tried to post a thread because after I received the contact the staff egg I thought the sky was the limit!
20. This was also quite tricky, I tried to look at the clue from different angles as at first I thought it may have been a reference to a stuffed toy or something. Realised it was the cardboard cut out and came across the thread!
21. I tried clicking on Vrisnem’s signature for this one as I thought goose was a clear giveaway! After some frustration I remembered reading the egg decorating rules and scrolled through the thread to find the egg
22. I thought this was in relation to Vesta so checked the thread where her collectible was announced, after realising I was in the wrong place (and clicking Etoile’s name on the poll I saw there was a thread linked to the poll which led me to the egg!)
24. I tried SIGNATURE for this and AVATAR but then realised the 5x2 was actually a reference to the lineup! I felt so silly once I’d realised what it was haha.

 

[Furrton]

So glad I quit when I did! Wow that was fun! Would have NEVER guessed the stamp day one!!

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I did FINGERS, but not PHALANGES lmao. Regina would be proud

Better than TOES! I wonder how many times TOES was used.

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Blue clues, I kept clicking on everything blue
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Oh my gosh, this is true despair

 

[Sheep Villager]

Aw man. The 2/3 of the eggs I didn't find were ones where I was hovering in the right place for entirely too long.

14 I looked around the Contact Staff section and I did consider posting a thread but I felt there was no way that was the solution since I figured it would clog up the Staff inbox and prevent actual questions from being answered. I didn't dare attempt it since I didn't wanna cause spam.

8 I was also in the right area of the site. I actually manually searched quite a few threads. I even sorted any that used the word 'leaf'. I think I stopped looking at threads eventually because it got so overwhelming due to the sheer amount. I also browsed the New Leaf sections locked threads for quite a while. I feel Pandapples deserves an award for "Most Evil Egg" this year.

The remaining one I didn't find was 23 and that's because the golden egg got claimed before I got to this one since I was still trying to solve 14 and 8. I kind of tapped out after the golden egg got won so I never seriously tried my hand at this one. Can't say if I would have found it or not.

My favourite eggs were 5 and 10. 5 because I liked the built in mini code and 10 because I remember Vrisnem replying to my post with that comment and I remember thinking the reply seemed out of place and that it would be funny if it turned out to be an egg hunt spot. Guess I was right. :')​

 

[Furrton]

I also kept clicking @Vrisnem 's Goose signature thinking it would do something. I'm a fool.

UGH SAME for the blue's clue!!!

 

[Bluebellie]

The clues I missed:

#8 I leafed through the Archives but I didn’t quite get to where I was supposed to.



#16: Completly missed. I thought I would find this egg in the museum since Blathers is a owl. And the clue says hoot.

#17: I was searching every post on Nooks and Cranny, but didn’t quite get to the prize. I least I knew what area to look.

#20: I knew it was referencing the able sisters but couldn’t find it.


#21: I could of sworn I check on that thread and clicked eggs around there, but I missed the prize. I had a feeling it was that thread since it spoke of quail eggs.I clicked a lot of eggs here and kept clicking around Vrisnem, because of the goose clue.

#22: I missed this one. I was looking for the Previous Vesta thread.

#23: No clue.

#25: I thought it might be referring the the rant threads, or the what’s bothering you threads in the basement.

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14 I looked around the Contact Staff section and I did consider posting a thread but I felt there was no way that was the solution since I figured it would clog up the Staff inbox and prevent actual questions from being answered. I didn't dare attempt it since I didn't wanna cause spam.
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You don’t know how many hours I sat in this. I was thinking should I? And I kept seeing “Posted!”
I ended up writing an apology post and posting it in case my instincts were wrong

 

[amemome]

I was so scared to do Egg 14 (Donatello's Weapon) because I didn't want to actually commit to writing a message and possibly cluttering Ask Staff... I also thought maybe I should contact Bobo (the weapon is also called a Bo lol) and Bobo is a staff member.

Egg 25 (Smile!) was super clever, as was Egg 8 (Leaf through Locked Logs).