Most Shocking Posts by Players?

Personally I think it would be kind of boring to always only be thinking about yourself and your own needs. If everyone played like this nobody would ever get help in HD unless we are taking about the annual plant watering event where we get rewarded for watering. It is natural to be selfish but it is also natural to be kind and helpful. I guess this person takes some kind of pleasure in using others without being useful him-/herself. Hmm... Really sad actually. Thankfully it is my experience that most are trying to be kind and helpful. Luckily SC is also endorsing this behavior by i.e. help tasks in the derby.

That’s the difference between JHD - a real forum, and some to the other ways players communicate, i.e. Reddit, Discord, etc.

Here, we actually give you content, help, sometimes together we come up with solutions.

I think when you are playing for a while with the same people to get a feeling for those who are greedy. I’ve been playing since the start of hay day and I’ve seen my share of greedy. Ive chosen not to help people who greedily ask for the same stuff over and over and never help. We have a rule that help is expected but in the last couple of years we have never had to enforce it. We have in the past also booted people for this offense.

I think it takes a while to develop a really good relationship with fellow hoodies.

I have a couple I would like to boot, but I get reported every time I do. Is this normal ? 

I've booted people from my hood several times, and never been reported. At least, not that I know of. Though one person got quite irate, and left rude messages trying to get back in. Also tried to get added by various members who were on her last helper tab.

My neighborhood is very small, at least when it comes to active members. (There are a lot of members who no longer play Hay Day, at least not often.) And we've found it difficult to get new members. We're all pretty high level now, and lower level players really struggle. Of course they want to participate in the Derby, but the tasks are so far above their level it's really not fun for them or us.

And I've found that admitting high level players just never ends well. There's usually a reason why someone who's level 80+ doesn't have a hood. It's because they don't play well with others. Sometimes they'll stay for one week, getting all kinds of help from us, then just leave without saying a word. On to the next hood. Sometimes I end up booting them because all they do is ask for expansion items, never offering help (and often being quite rude about it).

The player quoted in the first post sounds like quite a piece of work. I wouldn't mind the constant asking, but never helping anyone else out, and being proud of that...why on earth would you want something like that in your hood?

janilee & BauldersGate

I agree with both of you. But it depends, there are mostly 2 sides of a medal.

Of course it's annoying always being affected with players who are so called "sponger". It's not very amusing to have to change everytime the nh when those gamers reveal their real behaviour. It's stressing and furthermore laborious to hold the "pace" in the nh, especially in derby.

To be a solo player has insofar some advantages. You are independent, can do what you want and when you want. Nobody bothers you. But it's also pretty tough if you have tasks for the town and only 1 farm. This can become or better said IS challenging.

So it might be a good idea playing alone and being aware of the inherent disadvantages. But if a nh works pretty well it's fun. Luckily my sister-in-law and myself have a great nh. We both have a babyfarm, too. And we are one the same wave-length. That fact makes it easy for us to interact.

The player in the first posting to whom lynnk2021 was referring is a deterrent example how you not should understand and play the game. Such thinking is insane in my opinion, hopefully a single case in that sick characteristic.

Having said this I hope we'll be untroubled from such a sort of players. 👍