Animal Crossing New Horizons (Player list in OP)

Dodge

FWIW I time travelled yesterday to play the bug off. Earned enough for the bronze trophy and all the little prizes. Definitely wasn’t 90 minutes worth of play. More like an hour

I’ll go again today (possibly) and see if I get the silver trophy or bronze when I reach 100 points

The downsides to time travel are your turnips will rot, more unkept flowers and weeds will form and if you go far into the future, cockroaches appear in your house

Oh and if you do it on Sunday (ie fast forward to Monday), your week ‘schedule’ resets

Princess Peach

Mr E wrote: »

The bug off is addictive! I think you need to wait a while between runs for the island to repopulate though. Caught 13 on first attempt, 5 on second.

Mine was the exact same numbers! I could see then as I was sorting my flowers after the second run more and more.

I managed to get 13, mostly butterflies and mantis and stink bugs. I knew letting the flowers take over the island would pay off one day

Vincent Vega

Dodge wrote: »

FWIW I time travelled yesterday to play the bug off. Earned enough for the bronze trophy and all the little prizes. Definitely wasn’t 90 minutes worth of play. More like an hour

I’ll go again today (possibly) and see if I get the silver trophy or bronze when I reach 100 points

The downsides to time travel are your turnips will rot, more unkept flowers and weeds will form and if you go far into the future, cockroaches appear in your house

Oh and if you do it on Sunday (ie fast forward to Monday), your week ‘schedule’ resets

How did that work out with the bronze trophy in the mail?
Did you let time advance and receive it today as 'sunday', or will it just show up post-whatever the next daily announcement happens to be?

Also, yeah my 90 mins was a bit casual, including a number of low scores where I nabbed a bunch of arapaimas, 4 balloons and a pair of dorados :P I think you'd wanna be somewhat focused to do it in an hour.

Dodge

Went back to normal time (ie Friday) and the trophy was in the post

Multipass

rumplyconch wrote: »

13?? 11?? I was delighted with my 6! How are ye getting so many?

Hang around a densely flowery area, especially where you have rare colours - they spawn more butterflies.
Also check where bugs are before talking to Flick, they’ll still be there when the timer starts.

Dodge

My max is 9. Always in the 7-9 range but we don’t have a lot of flowers

Princess Peach

I enjoy the bug off more than the fishing tourney. Probably because for the fishing i just went to the sea and kept throwing bait, very little challenge involved!

Dodge

Princess Peach wrote: »

I enjoy the bug off more than the fishing tourney. Probably because for the fishing i just went to the sea and kept throwing bait, very little challenge involved!

My wife loves catching bugs while I love fishing but I really enjoyed the bug off. Had one bug being chased by 2 characters and me was funny

Haven’t tried the fishing tournament but doesn’t sound great if you can use bait. I had an image of me legging it around the island catching them

Multipass

I love the horror when you run past a villager and scare off the bug they were about to catch.

Princess Peach

Dodge wrote: »

My wife loves catching bugs while I love fishing but I really enjoyed the bug off. Had one bug being chased by 2 characters and me was funny

Haven’t tried the fishing tournament but doesn’t sound great if you can use bait. I had an image of me legging it around the island catching them

You have that option too! I just took the easy way

Dodge

Princess Peach wrote: »

You have that option too! I just took the easy way

Hmm. Let’s see how long my competitive streak stays away

Edit: OH GOD! I’ve just looked into the prizes for the fishing tournament and I want some of them real bad! (The fishing rod holder for a start)

Must resist the urge to time travel

rumplyconch

rumplyconch wrote: »

13?? 11?? I was delighted with my 6! How are ye getting so many?

me too. my best was 8. then i went downhill to 3 and took a break

newbie18892

Just played my first two rounds of the bug-off. It's a lot of fun but for the life of me I can't get more than 7/8 bugs in the time I'll be here all day!

Princess Peach

Dodge wrote: »

Hmm. Let’s see how long my competitive streak stays away

Edit: OH GOD! I’ve just looked into the prizes for the fishing tournament and I want some of them real bad! (The fishing rod holder for a start)

Must resist the urge to time travel

There should be a summer fishing tourney in July.

JohnGreenFan

Getting between 9-13 most rounds, have 5 of the prizes so far.

RedRochey

Princess Peach wrote: »

There should be a summer fishing tourney in July.

Ya think it's the first Saturday in July

Princess Peach

Saw a guide for the bug off here, you get bonus points playing with friends for the total number of bugs caught

https://www.instagram.com/p/CB7qiD9qNhm/?igshid=z7d2tsm2urgq

JohnGreenFan

Princess Peach wrote: »

Saw a guide for the bug off here, you get bonus points playing with friends for the total number of bugs caught

https://www.instagram.com/p/CB7qiD9qNhm/?igshid=z7d2tsm2urgq

So if we all play bug off on one island we'll all get extra points? Nice. I can open my island if people are interested in testing it out? Lots of nice flower patches for butterflies

Princess Peach

I can come over

JohnGreenFan

Princess Peach wrote: »

I can come over

Island is open!

tbahh

JohnGreenFan wrote: »

Island is open!

I might pop over too in around 15 minutes! I don't want to arrive when you're in the middle of the bug hunt!

JohnGreenFan

tbahh wrote: »

I might pop over too in around 15 minutes! I don't want to arrive when you're in the middle of the bug hunt!

Do! The bonus is great, I've only only prize left to get now (other than the silver and bronze trophy).

Apparently points carry over so I could get them next time

tbahh

JohnGreenFan wrote: »

Do! The bonus is great, I've only only prize left to get now (other than the silver and bronze trophy).

Apparently points carry over so I could get them next time

Great, on way now!

tbahh

JohnGreenFan wrote: »

Island is open!

Thank for hosting, it was fun!

I'm gonna open my island if anyone wants to do a group bug off to get more points!

EDIT: Island open!

Bells21

I'm having a clear out, diys, clothes, furniture etc that I have doubles of or don't need anymore. They're all left on the beach in front of my house. I'll open there now - please take whatever you need/want.

holly_johnson

Today is a good day. Antonio FINALLY asked to move out! He barely finished asking & I was “best of luck, don’t let the door hit your abs on the way out”.

So once I finish the turnip madness I’ll be spending the day island hoping in search of Gaston!

Bells21

Spare diys:

Birdhouse
Standard umbrella stand
Iron garden chair
Iron hanger stand
Wooden plank sign
Flat garden rock
Wild log bench
Fossil doorplate
Backyard lawn
Pear umbrella
Ironwood dresser
Water flooring

If anyone would like any of these let me know!

Mr E

Probably old news to you pros, but if you download the Pocket Camp app for your phone and play a while until you can access the full menu, you can claim a code to redeem in the eShop that adds a promotion tab to the nook shopping ATM. Gives you access to some cool new things to buy, including a camp site sign and a market sign. A new game machine for my basement too

holly_johnson

Mr E wrote: »

Probably old news to you pros, but if you download the Pocket Camp app for your phone and play a while until you can access the full menu, you can claim a code to redeem in the eShop that adds a promotion tab to the nook shopping ATM. Gives you access to some cool new things to buy, including a camp site sign and a market sign. A new game machine for my basement too

I wish I could get that to work but it constantly crashes on my iPhone

Dodge

holly_johnson wrote: »

I wish I could get that to work but it constantly crashes on my iPhone

If you want any of the items on it, just let me know. We use the ‘Camping’ sign but don’t think we have anything else on the island (maybe one of the mini cars?)