I'm A bad guiding hand because..... I keep letting the fire go out. And i don't train the people who slack off. And i let them live without a chief until i notice it. anyone else?

im bad guiding hand because i killed 2 tribes

I'm a bad guiding hand because I installed a plank on the cliff over the hungry sharks. "Don't want to work? You could always walk the plank instead!"

Ha Ha Lurkiy you made me laugh. And I need to laugh.. Thank you

Lurkily, that would have made a GREAT cartoon!

I am a bad guiding hand because I make elderly villagers work, accidentally pick up villagers who are carrying things, burn people on the hot gem in the fire, and rename ugly villagers to suit their clothing!! How mean am I?

I'm bad because I like to make villagers do the things they dislike, to see them running away.

I also hold swimming races, which is really fun. You take a few villagers, pause the game, and drop them in the water right where the top of the path is. Then they race to get out before the sharks eat them.

It's in the works. I just have other projects. Some textures for C.Lupus over at the GPGnet forum, ( check [url=http://lurkily.deviantart.com/art/Brushed-copper-91173120] this out; I think it turned out great! ) then I have a new avatar t to make myself, then I told someone else I'd do an avatar, and I'm slacking. I also have a 'zombie villager' animation to do, in honor of the 'zombie tribe of running JoATs' hoax I posted a while ago. Meh.

Too many toys to make, not enough time.

I'm bad because I'm a hard task master al my viagers must be at least trainee in three areas and I wont tolerate slackers (disike work/learning) I bully them until they learn at least one skill but if they insist on being slackers it's of to the alchemy lab!!!!

I am a bad guiding hand because I go away for a long time & forget to pause my game by the time I get back all my villagers are starving poor villagers

I am a bad guiding hand because sometimes I have a villager taste a stew that has green smoke because I want to see what happens

Sorry to break the cycle! but I'm good to my villagers cos I love 'em!

I'm a bad guiding hand because I gave my least fvorite villager a potion that wiped his health out. He died before I could help him (the guilt was eating me alive!). Also, I like to est potions with this one villager. And another villager has alchemy and children in her dislike section. Well, she is my new potion maker and she is nursing her first child..........what else? I make my villagers walk around the graveyard once a day and tell them "This is going to happen to you if you don't work. But you still are going to end up here." And I'm strict to get them back to work. If they put a foot out of the alchemy lab, I already have a potion brewing to get them to work faster......what else?

I'm a bad guiding hand because I put my villagers in the water with sharks to see them run.

I am a bad guiding hand, I make them all fish even those that dislike fish when I had a bad event that took all the food.

Think you're bad guiding hands?Talk about labour!

LOL Now I have a NEW hobby! Thanks for the idea... buwahahahaha!

I'm a bad guiding hand because I yell at my villagers when they don't learn.. and I pick them up and drop them on task over and over and over, even when it says they improved, just to get them to learn faster!

I'm a bad guiding hand because... I think these are down-right funny!! ROTFL!

Ok seriously now, when I get really really upset with a villager I pick him up and shake him. And sometimes, I carry him all around the island to look at all the villagers who are doing what I want them to do.
You know, it never phases the little guys at all, but it makes me feel better.
Sometimes that's followed by a little GH pat on the back and an encouraging speech something like, "Now let's see if we can be a little more productive this time, hmm."

I stew my fellow villagers.

I'm a bad guiding hand because I never punish my villagers

Do you mean that you feed them the stew, or you make your villagers into stew and eat them?

I feed them the stew.

I thought you meant it the other way, too . . . . . . . . .

Wow. How'd you manage that?! I thought if a villager had a dislike such as fish or water, and you tried to make them do that task they would just run off and say NO! I never knew you could (gasp) FORCE them (oh the shame) to do a task they had a dislike for.

By the way, I'm not a guiding hand good or bad. I just give the whole mess to ROM to deal with!

Actually Rock, I have had Master Farmers.. who hated fishing... they would fish... sometimes... but they managed to become a Master Farmer... sometimes though, they just start running away... like three or four times.. then they actually fish!

Same here.

I don't know about that, but back in VV2, I would get villagers who didn't like Turnips. I found out that if I dropped them on the other side of the crop they would farm anyway.

I'm a bad guideing hand because if a villager is slacking, if that villager is a mom or a dad, I would take one of their kids below 14 and put them somewhere they couldn't escape, (I haven't found that place in VV3 yet.) to get the kid back that one person, well, here is a list....

Buliders Punishment:
-The vilager must bulid a hut on his/her own to get their kids back. They are on a time limit, so its ethier work, or their kids die.

Farmers Punishent:
-A trainie must become an adept.
-A adept must become a master
-A master must become adept in a new skill.

Healers Punishment:
-Same as farmers punishments.
OR:
-Must sick people FOREVER on his/her own.
-Must drink the green stew.
-must swim with the sharks.

Breeders Punishment:
-Is forced to be paired with the uglist villager.

Reserchers Punishment:
-Must work until sick.
-Must make alcemy potions until one explodes.

PUNISHMENT FOR SLACKERS THAT REFUSE TO WORK:
-STEW! >:D
-BOOM!!! >:D (potions)
-SWIM WITH SHARKS! >:D
-R.I.P (DEATH)

Those are my punishments, aren't I cruel? >:D

Actually, yes. I'm not even with the groups that want to "perpetuate cruelty to villagers" or the ones that want to prevent it either.

Um . . . meaning unclear. Yes what?

Did I say that one of my villager that I dislike the most has been through: four explosions, two health taker potions, five swims with the sharks, three times stuck in one place as he watches his kid suffer, get stuck on the lift three times, and force to work in everything without anybreaks overtime, and he still won't DIE!!!! Anybody else with cruelty...........I have also been taking up with the shark races too.....

Shark racing: My new hobby.

Yes to Animegirl8 who asked if she was cruel.

no! dont be bad guiding hands! before you now it they are dead!
i dont want them to die

yes you are right! i tought it would not but it is true!

I'm a bad guiding hand because I can't aleays keep my villagers alive.

that is not a bad guiding hand i think.

Purposley don't keep them alive, sometimes, ok, maybe all the time...

I am a bad guiding hand because I am slowly gathering cruel ideas to do to my most disliked villager, from this topic!!
Nah, just kidding. I'm not a cruel kind of person.

I have a tribe with almost a full graveyard of people who died of "starvation" or "disease" - it was the old 3 Orchids trick *does Evil laugh muhahahahhaaaaaaa*

I beat u Hushpuppie, I killed off several tribes b4 finding out about the pause button, lol. I am also a bad guidng hand because I willl work my villagers until they finish the task at hand w/o allowing them to eat, drink or relax until the building, farming, etc. job is finished.

This is my 1st post, yes, I'm addicted to VV too.

Hey, stuff happens.. not on purpose.... of course!

Umm . . . I'm pretty sure this is not supposed to be a point of pride.

It seems I have a bad habit of forgetting about tribes I start. I did it again! I can't even think of when I started this one. Poor villagers. It looks like I got them started with the honey and trees... and I can't remember when I did any of it. I must be playing in my sleep or something.

Well, I don't really think this is bad but I have been called a bad guiding hand for having a superficial form of "natural" selection and removing unappealling villagers from the tribe...there's a ceremony of sorts and the villager is told the tribe and the GH has spoken. Those who remain are dressed in job specific clothing uniforms. I have been told this is somewhat tyrannical and homogenized.

I also won't let farmers out of the water until they are trainees, they just have to drop the fish and go right back in. I tell them they can't come out until the skill level is up.

I'm also a bad guiding hand because I use a variety of unappealling test subjects to find the most time efficient method of demise.

Other than these occasional practices, I am a very loving GH and am very proud of the tribes outcomes. They are rewarded for all their effort and sacrifice and free to roam and bathe as they please.

I hadn't thought about shark racing but it would be nice if the winner gained building skill like exercise.

I am bad because I ran to get a sandwich and when I got back my chief died. Good ridance I say

I am a bad guiding hand because in VV2 I found a place to put the kids so they can't leave. I keep them there whenever I need them If you want to know where its HIGHLIGHT:It's a bit of rock where you can place the kids. By the upper right corner of the lagoon. They can't cross the lagoon. They just move around a bit, but their stuck there.END HIGHLIGHT.

I'm a bad guiding hand cause cause.. i make my villager * looks around* get a drink alot...

I'm a bad guilding hand because I've lost 10 tribes or more and only like blonde villagers.

I can be a bit cruel, but to kill several tribes and then laugh aboout it, that's just harsh. It's sort of a bit off scale, don't you think?

Depends on the context, Isolayan. Losing villages is laughable - it's basically laughing at yourself, after all. Laughing about not being able to succeed at Virtual Villagers or Sim City is not the same thing as laughing at yourself because you botched a surgery and lost the patient. It's a game, remember, just a game - no need for such seriousness.

Just because everybody dies at the end of the movie doesn't mean that it can't be a comedy, you know.

That's funny... mean... but funny... lol

I laugh at myself all the time for that reason.

Every time I dust off the ol' Sim City, I end up rolling around on the floor, laughing and crying, while the city burns under a cloud of toxic fumes, the advisers have fits, and red messages fill the screen.

I stink soooooo bad at that game. I just can't stay in control. Once things start in a downward spiral, all I can do is watch helplessly. Eventually it all just burns to the ground.

A few weeks later I forget how bad I am and start a new city....

I'm not sure they were laughing...just stating. Maybe they were sighing sadly. Tone and intent can be easily confused in forums, yes?

Either laughing or sighing, I don't think it's of much consequence - I can't see myself getting too worked up about it either way.

A sure sign of low self-esteem, Lurkily.

*nods head wisely*

I was just stating that I lost 10 villages. Most to playing at 2x when I'm not going to check for hours, they were new villages, bc new village people died of stravtion and was left with boys and no event happened to bring girls.

LOl, laughing at yourself. I've lost countless tribes. (okay maybe just like four, no wait five) and I: get mad at myself, then l;uagh, mope a bit, then get over it and try to find a tribe that suits my mood.

I think I am morally obliged to object to your blatant disregard of greater self-esteem issues. Your nitpicking at my self-esteem is in turn harmful to my self-esteem, which conversely boosts someone else's self esteem, who then gives me twenty dollars.

Although I'm talking utter nonsense, I demand that you explain yourself.

I'm sorry, my understanding of self-esteem is incomplete at best. As you may know, I was about to find out quite a lot about it, but the thread was locked.

However, if you'll hop up on the couch here, I'll try to give you my best opinion.

You see, you are caught in a vicious cycle caused by your low self-esteem. You feel disconnected from the world, which manifests primarily as an inability to feel strong regard for the pixelated lives of little pixels. This is actually a cover for the "the sky is big, and I am small" syndrome, which is unfortunately very pronounced in your case. Afflicted as you are, you feel inclined to do nothing, rather than to do something, since doing something may result in failure and cause your self-esteem to suffer further. You have admitted to feeling nothing whether the pixels in your care thrive or die. This is clearly the result of your inadequacy complex. Your low self-esteem keeps you from seeing the one true way of living in harmony with pixels.

I will send you my bill.

I won't say anything except let's just get back to being bad guiding hands. *runs and waits for something to happen*

It could just be that I'm prejudiced against pixels.

Since you admit your understanding of self-esteem is incomplete at best, the check that is in the mail is an incomplete payment. At best.

Builders punishment:
-Must fix huts for 20 times in a row
-No enjoying of bath for a week
-Test 3 stews

Farmers punishment:
-Must fish for 20 times in a row
-No enjoying of bath for a week
-Test 3 stews

Researchers punishment:
-Must research for 20 times in a row
-No enjoying of bath for a week
-Test 3 stews

Healers punishment:
-Will be sick
-Test 3 stews

Parenters punishment:
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Why does it look like these punish the guiding hand as much, and in some cases more than, the villager?

Punishments sound like extra work to me But it all ends well with a pair of running feet

the only punishment i do is:
swim with the sharks
that is the only punishment i do, but it is not so much!

argh, you both beat me. noone died in my tribe. and i have completed all the puzzles already!

I'm a bad guiding hand cause I get impatient waiting for the tech points to add up so I can do something or waiting for the builders to finish a building so I can move them to the next task!

I'm a bad guiding hand cause I make all my women master parents after their prime.

master villager awards:
-they can do anything they want, but the time is limited.
-they are now allowed to do another skill.

but they have to do tasks:
farmer tasks:
a trainee must become a adept.
a adept must become a master.
help with puzzle 7.
healer tasks:
the same as farmer tasks.
OR
study all plants.
parent tasks:
same as farming.
OR
have a twin.
teach children.
builder tasks:
same as farming.
OR
build a hut.
build a dam.
build a hospital.
researcher tasks:
same as farming.
OR
research 50000 tech points. :P

You know, I just tell my farmers to farm, my builders to build, by researchers to research, and so on. When they're masters, I hook them up with a new skill. When I want a puzzle worked on, I get the job started, and my skilled villagers finish it.

So many rules and regs! All I want to do is play a game!

no, i do not even give one punishment to my villagers!
by the way, i dont wanna make it normal.

You are definitely right there, Lurkily. Fullstop. It's funny to see how the game has evolved form being care free, to an island where elderly don't work, laundry is strictly forbidden, and the guiding hand can punish wrong-doing villagers! I think I am going to start a tribe where everyone can do what they want - wont that be a change!

So everyone will be worrying about food?

Heres how I do in a new tribe:

First, when everyone is adept at a skill, i switch until they are adept at farming, building, researching.

Now I let my villager choose what to do, but not worrying for food and just one person farm :P

Awards for villagers:
>First master in 3 skills:
Do anything you like for a day

>First master in 5 skills:
Do anything you like for 2 days

>First master in ANYTHING(5 AWARDS):
Do anything you like for 3 hours

>Random master I found:
Get a new cloth!

>Random villager that is a JOAT:
Do anything you like, forever!

Won't they all die? I mean, they don't have a single skill except building, at first. Isn't it more work to keep track of who's gaining skill, who's a master that hasn't been rewarded and who's been a master for months, etc etc? It's not like these things are easy to track.

I don't want playing a game to become more wearisome than going to work.