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That's fair, I suppose thinking about it there's really not a whole lot that truly needs moderation atm. Aside from the occasional argument between two 12-year-olds hurling insults at each other, not much goes on here.

Honestly I wasn't sure if mods even had the ability to move posts around on this forum. Assuming they do [and if they don't, can be given the ability] then there's really no big down side. I assume most cases of wrong-topic posts would be new people or those who are unsure where to put it in the first place.

I guess there is no big downside, unless you count upsetting Aurora.

Glad you like them ^ ^ I was trying to go along the lines of "slightly broader but still sorted" categories. Smaller, stricter categories aren't bad but would leave things a lot more spread out, with a bunch of stuff left out in the general discussions.

There's also a link of how some I think some of the recent threads would be sorted with this system: https://i.imgur.com/SgA0hoa.png

First off, I'm sorry about Eli and EJ. They were my kids, and I take full responsibility for their damage. I knew raising twins was risky, and that a lot of people abandon them as griefing is common among them [and rather hard to deal with.] I realized my mistake later in that life when I saw them decked out in gear they clearly didn't make/earn, but lacked the tools to deal with it myself.

But...

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You deserved to be cursed and deserved all of those deaths due to being cursed. Your reactions are out of proportion to the cause, and I'd call your petty murder sprees griefing in every case. "I'm in a bad mood so I'll kill u all kek XD" is griefing. There is no justification to it whatsoever. I'm a bit surprised it took you this long to reach black text, given how often you jump to murder sprees over a single griefer. All I can say is it was a long time coming.

For one, and you said this yourself: None of the players know what you did to earn that black text. You could be anything from a petty small griefer, to a serial killer. The one thing they do know is that you did something bad within the past hour, and enough times to get cursed by 10 different players. Why risk letting a serial killer in their town if they can prevent it?

For another thing, that's a bit of a stretch, if not a lie You basically seem to kill off every town you're born to, given your stories here. Whether it's because some guy stole your fleece, another guy looked at you wrong, or simply because you're in a pissy mood- nobody else kills people this much or for such little reason, except for griefers.

While I can admit you're great at the actual game aspects, the entire social aspect of it seems to be your downfall. It's a social game by nature. You're not playing alone. Every single person that plays has a different perspective, a different way of thinking, different ideas and priorities and interests. To a lot of them, progress isn't the only thing they care about. Your opinion on how to play isn't the only one that matters.

Have fun getting stabbed / your entire town killed off. Cursed people have done something bad enough, in the past several hours of gameplay, to earn their mark. It can be anything from petty griefing to serial killing, but I've never heard of an innocent getting black text outside of grief notes, which are being patched.

The vast majority of the fanbase agrees to abandon or even stab cursed babies. It's not worth the risk for the very, very slim chance that they won't do harm, when a vast majority will. Taking their word for it is even stupider than believing they did nothing wrong. Every cursed player did something wrong enough times to get that way. You're no exception.

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All in all, I think you deserved what you got. I can admit you're great at the game in some aspects- if single-player mode was an option, you'd likely thrive at it, given how effective you are at progressing and creating. But when it comes to social, you're way too stab-happy and easily angered by other players. Other people might be sponges, roleplayers, even griefers, but they're enjoying themselves, no?

It gets to a point where you have to ask yourself- are you enjoying these lives of killing entire towns over one person/a bad mood/they try to revenge you?

I do all of those regularly aside from griefing, unless killing griefers counts.

Survival is my most common lifestyle, as tending sheep, making compost, and supplying the town with food is my go-to task in large civs. This is also filled in with smaller, related jobs like tending the berries, planting carrots/wheat/stew crops, etc.

Progress is my favorite, but I rarely get the chance to aid towards it. Big civs take up a majority of my spawns and its not often for me to spawn to a lower-tech town or as an eve. I do enjoy aiding in progress when I get the chance, however. Making the first set of iron tools, setting up the berry farm, making a sheep pen and bringing back mouflon.. Enjoyable and fulfilling, especially if you're reborn there later to a thriving city.

Social is a common aspect that filters through all my lives. I like sharing stories and information with other players, though I don't roleplay a whole lot. Teaching plays a bigger role, however. I'm a firm believer in "teach don't stab" unlike a few other 'veteran' players, and can often be found showing newer players things- provided they don't starve mid-teaching T-T

Vanity is probably the thing I focus on least, having lived some lives naked from start to finish. I do often go on rabbit runs if I'm born male though, toting a cart of them back after making one myself. The only other thing I go out of my way to make is an apron if sheep are available. If I'm tending sheep and don't need one, I tend to leave the fleece outside the pen for people to use how they wish.

And I guess if you count killing people as griefing, that does happen. I only tend to stab if I catch someone griefing red-handed, however, or in retaliation to an unprovoked kill. There are so many other players who overreact and end up borderline griefing themselves just because someone looked at them wrong- it's annoying.

Tbh I like the idea of shoving all the heavily cursed people together as Cains. Even if they purposely went out of their way to be a Cain and start building cities or whatnot, they can freely grief each other without bothering the rest of the playerbase.

Maybe keep black text + visual mark at 10 curses, as an early warning sign ["this person is dangerous!"] and up the Cain banishment to 15? It'd help get rid of some of the worse griefers out there, at least temporarily, while at the same time keep an aspect of that "keep or kill!?" cursed-baby drama.

I've got my doubts about how an organized system would work [would need more moderation I assume, to make sure posts are relevant to the categories and that those which aren't get moved to an appropriate group] but it would be nice nonetheless.

Food-wise

Popcorn is a decent option for early game. You only require some dry corn and a fire. Each soil grows 4 corn, each corn makes one bowl of popcorn. Each bowl feeds 1 pip and has 4 uses. It's not very filling, but good for early baby/old-people food.

Sauerkraut is an option for mid-late game towns. Each pot fills 5 bowls, each bowl fills 4 pips and has two uses. Good kid/elder food when available, and only costs one soil per pot. Downside is you'll have to spend a lot of time running back and forth between salt-water holes and coals, and they require quite a lot of iron to make [at least 7 minimum].

I guess if you don't care about wasted calories, you could always just have every member young or old go off milk, pies, stew, omelettes, what have you. It's not efficient but it can work.

But nothing will ever be as easy or as efficient as berries. They're the most consistently available food there is, as every town barring very early eve camps or long-time abandoned towns have them. This is also keeping in mind that almost all new players will be familiar with them, as they're the primary food source in the tutorial, which doesn't even touch upon the idea of "better" foods.

People will go for what's the closest, what's familiar, and what's the easiest. Berries fit all three categories. New players also won't know better until corrected- and how often do you stop when you see an adult eating berries, and explain to them there's better food nearby?

Pretty sure you're missing the fact that when someone first purchases the game, their first life will automatically be in the tutorial. Fairly sure that's how Jason made it work- I remember when it first came out, even those of us who've had the game for awhile were automatically thrown into the tutorial the life following the update.

The best we can really do is stay vigilant. Keep an eye on your fellow players, and be ready to act if you notice anything suspicious.

Some prevention tips:

-Check if your babies are cursed by making them talk before feeding. If they don't talk, let them starve, or better yet, kill them yourself so an uninformed family member doesn't mistakenly give them pity and raise them. This can help prevent a lot of the griefers who've been around longer, as their black text makes them obvious. A good way to do this is asking them to pick a letter when they're first born. It's also a fun nickname selector.

-Act before they do. See a child acting suspicious? Notice someone taking things out of the village? Find some things behind trees? Warn your family of these occurrences, and if you got a name, to keep an eye out for that person. The more people aware of a potential griefing situation, the easier it is to prevent it, and the less damage they can get off via surprise factor. I've also found that I'm much less prone to being revenge-stabbed mistakenly if I gave the town a name and reason before trying to take action myself.

-If you have multiple weapons, don't "guard" them all yourself. Hand them out to other teenage/adult players who have proven to be trustworthy, and have the means to store them. A town with multiple armed people is harder to take down than a town with one person and a backpack full of knives. It's not hard to find decent people to give them to- just look around camp for any players out of their child years and have been productive around camp. My priority is usually bakers and shepherds, and then older farmers and nursemaids. Be ready to pass on your gear to the next generation before you get too old, and try to swap out empty backpacks for ones with weapons in them if babies are given such.

Some other tips:

-If you have a weapon, fight back. Every player is equal in this game, once they reach of-age to pick up weapons. Most kill-griefers only get away with it because the town is unprepared, nobody has a weapon, or the few that do don't end up taking action [or don't know how to, or get surprised.] You can practice hitting people by sparring with berries- if you successfully feed someone, consider that a stab. The game is basically just clicking, its not rocket science to learn.

-See someone killing and don't have a weapon? If you're a fertile female- don't stick around to be killed! Grab some food, make sure you have a home marker set, and take a vacation from home. Go hang out in the wilds for a bit. Maybe trap some rabbits, gather some iron, etc. Raise your kids and explain that you have a camp, but are avoiding a griefer. If you're a male, I'd suggest taking the time away to make a weapon yourself. Check back at camp a bit later to see if the griefer has been killed or finished their mission.

-Check behind trees whenever you're out of town. I personally often like to do "collection runs" in larger cities, in which I take a cart out and scavenge the outskirts for any tools, weapons, or clothing that might've been abandoned or hidden. Discarded baskets and pie plates are common, but I've also found completely stacked corpses with backpacks full of knives, half-made weapons, a variety of iron tools, fire making tools, snares, you name it.

-Save your curse tokens for those who actually grief. I see people waste them time and time again on innocents, just because "someone told them to" or "everyone else was doing it." If you don't witness the griefing yourself, get both sides of the story before making a decision. The same can be said for feeding/healing a murderer or murder victim. I've seen griefers get healed mistakenly, and get fed after stabbing for no reason, because they spout bullshit and are believed. Knowledge is power, and making a snap decision can get you killed.

Correction:

put baby near sauerkraut/popcorn
"dont eat berries"
"eat sauerkraut/popcorn as bby"
"eat til hunger bar big"
pick up baby, place near milk
"drink milk when bigger"
"not when smol"
"wastes foods when smol"
"ok?"

Most of the time he'll end up back in the berries anyways, because they're easier and faster and most probs think there's so many that it won't matter if they take those instead.

There are some "monarchs" that actually do their "job" pretty well. I've had a reigning king in a large city approach me, my husband, and our clutch of kids in a nearby outpost town and ask if we needed anything. He happily fetched soil on his horse-drawn cart and later, a bow+arrow and a rope for us to catch our own mouflon.

I've had others who go around asking what needs to be done, if anyone needs help with something, what items we're lacking, and help distribute jobs to those who recently got their hands.

There can be a place for these "monarchs" outside of roleplaying if they do it correctly. The annoying ones are the ones who take it too far and start demanding things, or don't work a single job in their lifetime, or start stabbing "rebels" and what not.

On the rare instances I get a crown, I tend to work even harder, whether people acknowledge me as a king/queen or not. I try to help out where needed, keep an eye out for griefers, and talk to people a lot more than usual [asking if there's been any problems, they need any help, etc.] Eventually I pass down the crown to whichever of my children seems to be the hardest worker.

No need to interrupt your vacation for a bunch of players who don't know how to combat killers. The murder numbers aren't any higher than they have been all week- go enjoy yourself and relax, Jason. Most of us will still be here when you get back, and those that aren't shouldn't be around anyways.

Had the same thing happen, only it was a daughter that I'd decided to let die because she was acting way too suspicious [jumping out of my arms a millisecond after entering them, temp running in circles, etc.] Me and a son agreed she shouldn't live. She survived on a warm temp tile and ran away laughing with our early tools. She was cursed.

Multiple instances of people shearing the last sheep, letting the berry bushes die, eating all the carrots and not leaving any for compost, eating all the corn meant for stew, etc.

Being killed over small disagreements, or because I "might" do something when I show no inclination to do so.