gamingeek said:

SteelAttack said:

Thanks for the things you've sent me, guys. I got GG's invite to Redd's joint and bought a few things for both of you as well. I can't cram anything else in my house! Lol.
This game amazes me. It might not look like much at first glance, but as the days go through and you keep playing it, it slowly grows in you, delivering little doses of cool stuff at every moment.

 You should be telling this to Dvader and Archangel. This is the kind of game people have to reccomend to you really. I might have to shoot nintendo an email about animal tracks. 

I'm starting to think that the best thing to do is to email editors of games mags and sites. They would raise the issue better than some nintendo rep mass deleting emails.

 Good point, but none of the reviews or articles I read even talked about animal tracks, let alone mention it as a potential problem. I'm thinking only AC fans know or care about it. I laid down sidewalk patterns in my town, covering my main traffic areas, and have kept to mostly walking on  them. Unfortunately, over the last 3 days, I've seen no change in my grass whatsoever. So much for it'll grow back in a couple days theory. I also watched several videos of other people's towns on Youtube, and some of them have virtually no grass at all now! This could've been an interesting feature, but it instead just makes me want to play the game less.

Someone on the Animal Crossing Community Forums said that other players visiting your town cannot damge your grass/snow, now matter how much they walk or run on itl; only the host can damage his/her own grass. If this is true, then that's at least something good.

SteelAttack said:

gamingeek said:
Steel i gave you a refrigerator to store items in! If you want a new house you can start a new character. But it's best to pay Nook as he will add extensions to your existing one.

Lol. I just realized this today. Too bad I had sold a few things already. I can't store turnips in it, though. What am I supposed to do with them, just carry 'em with me? I bought 650 fucking turnips today!

 You can drop them on the floor of your house. I drop mine in a corner.

SteelAttack said:

I caught a fish on the river a couple nights ago! I dunno what fish was that, but Higgins yelled in a huge fucking text balloon. Nook wanted to give me 15 grand for it, but I gave it to the museum.

 Sounds like you caught a stringfish. Those are pretty hard to find; I've only found three so far.

SteelAttack said:

And speaking about balloons, I've seen them floating across my town with gifts attached, but they never come down! That's so shitty.

 You have to buy a slingshot from Nook, so that you can shoot them down. I got several cool items from thos balloons.

SteelAttack said:

Nook just told me that he's going to be closed tomorrow. Is he going to change his store?
Bought a shitload of turnips, 106 each.

Yup, you'll get a much bigger and better store on Tuesday called Nook 'n Go. It's open earlier in the morning, and stays open later a night too: 7am-1am.

I just bought 200 turnips at 106 each too, Steel.  

Hey, that reminds me, Joan has never been able to sell me any red turnips since I got the game; she claims she's sold out every week. I noticed that GG had one planted at his house, so why the hell can't I buy any in my own town?

Possible solution? I read on gamefaqs a design list. Give Wendell the Walrus these items and you can get patterns for grass?

1) Freshwater Fish
...Cracked Ground - Piranha
...Field of Flowers - Angelfish, Guppy, Neon Tetra
...Footstep - Koi
...Grass - Black Bass
...Ground - Crucian Carp
...Gyroid - Gar
...Horizontal Path - Carp
...Intersection - Bitterling, Pond Smelt
...Manhole - Giant Snakehead
...Stone Paving - Pike
...Street Corner 1 - Cherry Salmon, Dace
...Street Corner 2 - Bluegill, Char
...Street Corner 3 - Rainbow Trout, Sweetfish
...Street Corner 4 - Pale Chub, Yellow Perch
...Vertical Path - Barbel Steed
...Curved Track 1 - Dab, Olive Flounder
...Curved Track 2 - Octopus, Squid
...Curved Track 3 - Barred Knifejaw, Red Snapper
...Curved Track 4 - Sea Horse, Clownfish

Black Bass for the Win? The only downside I see is that patterns are square so it will be obvious what is a design and what isn't. 

Tom Nook's Store Prizes
A single point is earned for every 100 Bells spent at Nook's store which can be used to purchase any of these ten special prizes. 
Banana: 500 points 
Triple Shells: 800 points 
Yoshi's Egg: 1,000 points 
Bad Bro 'Stache: 2,500 points 
Toad Hat: 3,000 points 
Peach's Parasol: 4,000 points 
Hero's Clothes, Varia Suit or Wario Hat: 5,000 points 
Hero's Cap, Majora's Mask or Samus Mask: 6,000 points 
Midna's Mask: 6,500 points 
Kart: 10,000 points

Whisp's Wish
On any Monday night, journey to the southeast corner of your town and listen for a voice. Its directtions will lead you to Whisp the Ghost who wants you to find his lost lamp. Find the lamp and go to your house's attic where Whisp will grant you one of three wishes.
Remove all the cockroaches 
Remove all the town's weeds 
Receive a random tie

gamingeek said:

This guy did the TTravelling thing and laid down designs beforehand to make paths. He put trees around the designs to speed up growth then TT. Then he just ran about on the patterns for a while and voila, animal tracks how it SHOULD fucking look:

http://www.cheapassgamers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=201562&page=131

Pics there. 

If you can stand all your villagers leaving etc and changing your godamn date and starting/saving again and again and again. This might be for you.  

 Time traveling isn't for me, but I have already laid down some patterns on my most walked areas just like he did in this pic. It'll take months, but I'm going to wait it out, and have the grass grow back normally.