Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-35239338-20180424045509/@comment-35243530-20180426000619

5sides wrote: Hi MistK...maybe you missed the line where I said I do throw in a Send All periodically so that the lower level players do get a key of each type for (their) future rooms (as well as fixers). This also give higher level player the low level fixers, too. I just choose to not overwhelm "beginners" with lots of room keys beyond green gem. The reason is because there were several posts here by newer players and on the SN official FB page complaining that TTers were sending out a bunch of keys and ones they could not use. There wasn't just one single complaint but many. These players could not see how they would possibly need more than___keys (I saw 200 quoted once and had to laugh given how many I go through quickly). Until the players below Level 50 advance receiving 20 raindrops/bells/badges from me each week instead of 5 or 6 and getting 14 keys they can use immediately hopefully helps keep them from quitting or feeling overwhelmed with items they don't see a need for yet.

I did see the line, I was just explaining why I tend to gift everyone the same things most times instead of Tiering what is sent (for lack of a better word to call it). And for the record, it was not intended to be a criticism in any way, just my humble opinion. I had no idea that the lower level players were complaining on the SN FB page. As Vicki and I have both said, we’re tickled to have the passes in advance. I have to agree with you when you laughed at the thought of 200 being too many - I got a giggle out of that idea too! If they’re frustrated with receiving those gifts now, I predict they’ll soon be eating their words and will be grateful to their TT friends. Personally, I really don’t have too many lower level friends any more. By that I mean most of my friends are at least past level 50 and should have learned the value of having passes at hand by now. Many of my friends from even lower levels are on this forum as well and have learned the value of having passes through discussion here.

I think it was another thread where we had a discussion about each of us playing IUR game, OUR way. Someone suggested that each of us should play the game as we liked - gifting however we wanted, visiting wherever we chose based on our own preferences, completing quests - or not - when we chose and even binging on locations if we wanted to. I think it’s very kind of you to not overwhelm your lower level players based on the complaints on SN FB. I have just over 100 friends at the moment. I’m getting ready to cut a few more, having taken off two zombies yesterday. If people don’t gift (or only gift string no matter how high their level) or visit, I’m never sure why they’re my friend, except to reap the benefits of my TT gifting and regular visiting, and I’d rather replace them with someone who is a little more sociable. (I often look at people’s profiles when they’re asking to be my friend and wonder how they can serve 200 to 300 friends.) I also have friends from FB who I can’t get rid of unless I unfriending them on FB. The point of this being that I don’t like to have more than 100 friends as that is the max gifting and visiting limit and I don’t want to leave anyone out. I do have friends that visit daily but only gift CI’s from my wish list. At the moment my rep will only accommodate 96 gifts, so I go through my FL to pick these people out when sending mass gifts. For me, I don’t want to sort any further. My “gold stars” are for my favourite people, people I know I can depend on, as opposed to those who, at level 106, visit but send string, for example. (Is it possible these people don’t know that the fixers gifts are free? It took me a few days to figure that out; could they still be in the dark months - or weeks - after starting play?)  Mind, I only send out maybe about a dozen gifts per day, or maybe more, depending on how much I play. That’s just the way I roll - no better than anyone else’s habits, but no worse either because it’s MY way. If someone if overwhelmed with getting too many gifts that they think they don’t need, they’re welcome to delete the person sending them. There are many, many others to replace them with. So far as I can tell, no one has deleted me yet. In fact, I stopped gifting and visiting a friend who wasn’t reciprocating. All of a sudden that individual is sending CI’s and visiting. 😹😹😹

And, I’ll vouch for Vicki any day of the week! I don’t expect everyone to TT. I’m just happy if they send something beyond a thank you and don’t think one thank you is enough to suffice for 15 gifts, and maybe visit too. Vicki is generous with her gifts and visits too, plus she’s just a good person, all around!

Thanks for listening,

Mistress Kat