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THIEVES! THIEVES THIEVES THIEVES!

I was planting purple in the herb gardens... left to look for other things... came back... AND EVERYTHING WAS HARVESTED!!!!! >:(  If you take stuff there, you damn thieves, at least re-plant. :(
*bitch whine bitch whine bitch*

Posted 15 months ago by HolzOnkel Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • Thieves? Or...JUJUS LEARNING TO LEAVE THE PLAINS???!?!?!?!
    Posted 15 months ago by That Kid Tyler Subscriber! | Permalink
  • fiends gotta have their purp...

    "there is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a glitch in the depths of a purple binge..."
    Posted 15 months ago by BeatFreq Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Purple grows quickly!  Someone probably auctioned it all as soon as it was harvested.
    Posted 15 months ago by glum pudding Subscriber! | Permalink
  • >_>
    Posted 15 months ago by Yui Hirasawa Subscriber! | Permalink
  • When your standing right there watching your crops and someone takes them yeah that's kinda a jackass move but if you leave and let them grow welllllll finders keepers I guess
    Posted 15 months ago by Yui Hirasawa Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I don't really care a *meep* about people taking it... but them not regrowing sucks. :(
    Posted 15 months ago by HolzOnkel Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I hear ya man, I hear ya
    Posted 15 months ago by Yui Hirasawa Subscriber! | Permalink
  • There are a few users that tend to take advantage of situations like yours and from what I've heard there isn't much that can be done about it other than to just keep an eye out and be cautious. I'm sorry this happened to you. :(
    Posted 15 months ago by Cerulean Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Take some plant some dudes.
    Posted 15 months ago by snarkle Subscriber! | Permalink
  • It could be some new Glitches who don't know any better. The first time I came upon a community garden I thought it was just free food (like the trees) and I didn't even know how to plant crops or even find seeds.
    Posted 15 months ago by BarryW Subscriber! | Permalink
  • There used to be notes scattered around the herb gardens reminding people to replant...
    Posted 15 months ago by Magic Monkey Subscriber! | Permalink
  • LOL! *just found the post
    Posted 15 months ago by r0gu3 Subscriber! | Permalink
  • it isn't really stealing, as ownership in the community gardens is somewhat nebulous.

    not re-planting and returning the favor you did for them? that's pretty lame, i agree.
    Posted 15 months ago by striatic Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Sucks all around. The best suggestion to be made at this time is to purchase one of the houses that have herb patches. They've been a wonderful addition to the game but leave you to consider what kind of crops you prefer to grow.
    Posted 15 months ago by Fokian Fool Subscriber! | Permalink
  • The houses with herb patches don't seem to me to be as productive as the tree house I had before reset.  First, it was hard to get seeds, and I've seen purple flower seeds going for 200 currents on auction!  scandal!  you can get up to two from each flower. s  Secondly, there are not as many tree patches as the treehouses and other houses have.  Only one dark patch.

    What I do is  when I'm giving stuff away to people to earn the philanthropist badges, I check to see their level.  If they are over level 10 I'll give them ai purple flower.  If they are under level 10 I'll give them something like a sammich.   
    Posted 15 months ago by Treesa Subscriber! | Permalink
  • And could people STOP selling purple flower seeds for bizarre prizes?   http://www.glitch.com/auctions/item-purple-flower-seed/
    maybe some folks are just storing the seeds in auction but the others seem to be taking the lead from whatever the "going rate" is.  200 currents for a purple flower seed?  o rily?   you can get up to 2 seeds from a flower and the flowers are going for 14 currents each.   
    Posted 15 months ago by Treesa Subscriber! | Permalink
  • It just seems to be exploiting ignorance of the new players and others who aren't aware that you need an herb garden to plant them.   
    Posted 15 months ago by Treesa Subscriber! | Permalink
  • So buy the flowers, then.
    Posted 15 months ago by Biohazard Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Eeek. It's not a newbie because they generally have the decency to take only a few plots instead of wiping out the whole community garden. It's too bad the notes got wiped off. It should be like the notes at the start areas- stuck to the ground.
    Posted 15 months ago by KitkatCat Subscriber! | Permalink
  • biohazard:  well, on the one hand we have threads here saying "welcome new players" and on the other hand we have auctions for purple flower seeds going for 100 -200c.  Who is going to buy those but people who don't know any better?
    Posted 15 months ago by Treesa Subscriber! | Permalink
  • The names in the auction list for Purple Flower Seed are (almost) all names I do not recognize from before this test. Maybe it's people who don't know any better who are selling them.

    There are no actual quests to do with herb gardens yet, right? "New" players shouldn't even really know the herb gardens exist, since very little in their early stages will lead them towards the firebogs. They most likely found or were given these items and one person, seeing no listings, chose their own price.
    Posted 15 months ago by Biohazard Subscriber! | Permalink
  • so someone took purple.

    it's not like it's GOOD for anything. kind of a one trick pony and after the one joke, a bit of a bore.

    except that people seem to get really worked up about it. i don't know why anyone wastes money on it at all.
    Posted 15 months ago by flask Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Best solution is notes around the community gardens - reminding people to replant whatever they find (perhaps even explaining how to obtain seeds). I'd do it but I still haven't learned penmanship. - Then it'll be time to start leaving poems around the world again.
    Posted 15 months ago by Cheburashka Subscriber! | Permalink
  • It could have been 20 different glitches who took a few each. And who might not had enough seeds to plant. (as shaking at low levels usually gave me 1 seed only) Replanting is nice but no requirement, if someone chooses not to do so then he/she has every right to.

    And the question is how long were the plants ready ofcourse.
    Posted 15 months ago by Miriamele Subscriber! | Permalink
  • walk away and its free game! heard this complaint before! 
    Posted 15 months ago by Jackie Paper Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I remember there being a thread about this a while back concerning NOT replanting, specifically because it keeps the gardens filled up and leaves no open plots. I can see both sides. There were also several threads about rules. Those went nowhere. The best way to safeguard your stuff is to buy a house with the features you want. Some have herb gardens. But if you plant in a public place, set a timer and come back before harvest time.

    Also, keep in mind that the game doesn't have an explicit purpose. So while you may think that building community and keeping manners in place is valuable, another might see this place as winner-take-all. And really, there's no one who can say which is right.
    Posted 15 months ago by Hands Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I am only one Glitchen but to me "Community Garden" is just that.... take one, leave one. Thats what I will always do :)
    Posted 15 months ago by Fstra Subscriber! | Permalink
  • The other night, I looked over The Boyfriend's shoulder and saw him in a community herb garden, harvesting away. "Are those yours to harvest?" I asked.

    He said no, because honestly, they weren't. But if he dropped them on the ground, some random person would've scooped them up. So, I taught him how to shuck herbs. Then it turned out he didn't know how to plant yet, so there was another lesson right there. Then, hey! Why don't you eat that one yellowcrumb herb you picked up and see what it does? You earned it. All in all, he learned his lesson -- a few of them, actually. 

    He was only level four or five at the time, and it seems that the newbs don't always understand the concept of the community gardens. Maybe we should just start a note campaign?
    Posted 15 months ago by girlthulhu Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @ beatfreq lol that line from fear and loathing went perfect haha
    Posted 15 months ago by mizplaced Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I think part of community gardens is more experienced players doing something nice for others. Let's be fair - there are low level players who have low energy and might die. There's a nice plant they can harvest and get a (comparatively) high amount of energy back from eating it. 

    There's a greed element here, but it goes both ways. A community garden isn't just a place for gardeners to share plots, it's also a place where people who are just getting into the game can go. No, it's not always fair, and some people ARE jerks. But ultimately, if your crops mean that much to you, buy a house and control exactly what happens to them and who harvests them.
    Posted 15 months ago by Xev Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I didnt play a lot in beta, so still learning.  Trying to do butterfly quest, and I use my ubtterfly lotion, or try,   and when I do, people there just come along and jump and take before I have a chance.  Not very nice.
    Yesterday, same thing happened with fruit.
    I thought this was such a friendly game, people have been so helpful, but there are so many greedy, selfish peeps here too :(
    Posted 15 months ago by Maclin Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Maclin: what do you mean with fruit? You should be able to harvest the tree still, if others harvest it it has no effect on you (unless the tree is very unhealthy). With the butterfly thing: I have a skill that allows me to massage without lotion and then milk. I am also faster. Yesterday I did see someone massage a butterfly, so I massaged it too and then milked it. This should not affect the ability to milk for the other.Same as that you can nibble from a pig with more than 1 person at a time.
    Posted 15 months ago by Miriamele Subscriber! | Permalink
  • This same thing just happened to me. I planted a few herbs, but they ended up taking longer than I expected to grow, and I had to go to class. I came back right after class, and all my herbs had been taken not not replanted. Seriously? I wouldn't mind someone taking them if they need them, but at least have the decency to replant. Jerks.
    Posted 15 months ago by SuperWaffle Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Maybe the staff will not allow anyone else to harvest your herbs just like they did with dropped items.
    Posted 15 months ago by Laika Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @Maclin, what are you talking about with Butterflies? The previous person does not affect their behavior for you. Trees, yes, but animals, no. Animals are player instanced.

    And the community gardens will have that problem. You have to get your own place and plant stuff there if you want to guarantee you get what you plant. Even guests in your home can't touch your crops. They can interact with your trees and animals but not so you lose any.

    @Laika - Dropped items are not permanently locked. 30 seconds after the the person walks away the lock goes. And it does not prevent exchanges. Every item has a "give" option. And you can give things to people by dragging from the ground or your inventory to the person, vendor, or shrine you want to give it to. The only reason anyone would advocate taking things people have dropped on the ground is to facilitate theft. We had serious problems with VERY expensive blockmakers being stolen a while back and they only work if placed on the ground. People have watched helplessly while their equipment they watched some bystander take them apart and run off with the parts. The staff wants to prevent griefing and they WILL take the steps to do so over time.
    Posted 15 months ago by Fokian Fool Subscriber! | Permalink
  • OUTRAGOUS $$$$$$$$ for Herb seeds. yesterday 50c 20c today 200c WHAT THE . . .
    Posted 15 months ago by Mystbecky Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Not to be too insensitive, but would you like some cheese n crackers with that "whine" -
    Heard you - not fair - and I promise I won't do it.
    Posted 15 months ago by Chetmo Subscriber! | Permalink