Thanks that really makes me feel more secure!!

add don't be tired and play the game I fell asleep and my town was a desert the next time I came on and all of my trees and flowers were gone.

Thats for making this! I have never had anything like that happened to me, the closest was when my friend accidently ran over one of my flowers . But some guides I've read take to long to read or are a little bit boring. This really helped and was just the right length and was fun to read!

I guess I should be a little bit more careful when having guests over. I've only wified with one person from ACC, and was really nice to me.

Thanks! Someone came earlier and tried to steal my flowers....

Great guide! I know how to protect my town now!

I have a question. Is it possible that the bad peoples might have a uniform to show that they are a part of a group that does those things?

That is possible, I've seen a few uniforms before. Sometimes you don't recognize the uniform, but if you do you should send them home before they get chance to do anything.

A friend of mine from the UK got hacked. She isnt able to leave her town now and wasn't able to move some of the furniture in her house. She believes she knows who the person is, because one person kept leaving an apple each time she visited!

With ACWW you had an excuse for not backing up your save file, because you had to buy stuff to do that...assuming you have an SD card you have no excuse not to back up your game's save file...and that way if something bad does happen you have a backup to resort too...

' If somebody has even one rating which shows bad behaviour in somebody else's town, then you really shouldn't be adding them onto your roster.'

Ruce maybe you should chagne this, because, maybe someone accidently chopped ONE tree and someone gave them bad ratings or maybe someone rated for no reason, i've had the second one happen to me, so i kinda cringe when i see people say that...

That can vary depending on the given reason for the bad rating. I do have one bad rating, and that's because I gave somebody only a few stars because they stole flowers, and then they got angry because I gave them a bad rating. These are known as revenge ratings. Maybe you should check with the other person who gave the bad rating to see their side of the story first.

Also, I don't see how you would accidently chop a tree.

but what about newbies that dont know n e one with a wii? Thats about all they can do, random friend request i mean. And what about people with no ratings?

Good guide, i just dont want to pick up all my flowers everytime some1 comes over, i have too many lol.

No ratings doesn't necessarily mean bad ratings. If somebody's got no ratings then they will just have to find somebody who is willing. Lots of people underestimate newbies, and there's nothing that can be done about that, really.

Nice guide!!!

I have some weird friends I mean...

One just either suddenly says Bye or just says nothing and leaves. Nothing was missing though.

Another asked to save. I know she was fishing, so I asked,"What did you catch?" She procalimed catfish. So I saved. Nothing was missing also.

I also have this friend who say is a very bad person. He doesn't seem bad to me, but he's off my list already cause he defriended me for uh... NO REASON!!!

And one I tell specifically NOT TO RUN, but he runs and tramples over my flowers. I told him if he runs again then i'd delete him. So then he never ran.(a rule in my town is DONT RUN)

Some people ran over my flowers, but they come up with an excuse saying,"I didn't run."

And my other friend saw valuable items lying near my house so he thought he could keep it, and took it. I caught him, and he dropped the items. I caught him trying to steal it again so I stowed them in my pockets.

And someone buried an ABD and Royal Crown behind my Nooks. I just found it there. Nobody came to pick it up.

sweet guide ruce
totally rad dude
ugh *cough* to many good things to *cough* say

Thanks a lot for this helpfull guide! , I'm new to the game, only being playing for a week, and I'm afraid that some one will vandalize or steal the work I have put on to growing my town. Withe the tips, I'm sure I'll have my eyes wide open and aware if any of the situation mention before happens!

you forgot one thing i think

the ask to borrow a tool and leave with it

Thanks Ruce this really help cos i had some one in my town and it messed up my wifi connection till we got a new connection it was dodgey anyway. THANKS

I'd like to also mention one thing about how people will ask you to save for some "reason". I've seen videos on YouTube of groups of vandals, and one of the main reasons they'd use to get someone to save is that they were "lagging" or got "stuck" in a building. It seemed like a legit reason, so most people saved, making the damage permanent. Trust me, saving isn't going to undo lag or get someone unstuck, if that's the case.  

some ppl also try to get u to turn off wiispeak so u cant hear

the ac town destroyers came 2 my friend's town and he gave me a link 2 the video, where they asked him 2 turn off wiispeak cus there was a sleeping baby (not really) and they had it on. they secretly planned trapping him with able sisters glitch so they could cut down his trees and destroy his flowers, but he powered off

I didn't put any info on the guide about town destorying clans because I don't want to give them any extra recognition. I'm pretty sure the WiiSpeak thing would be quite rare, so I'll just keep the list of trickery as it is, because those are the most common ones.

Great guide, thanks. I'm sure it will keep loads of towns safe!


but i was thinking about the ratings, and what if they pass their code through a PT, so you can't rate them?  so maybe you should add (if u want) to only accept FC codes through the FCR system? just a suggestion, probably not a good one


once again thanks for the guide!

It is against the rules to exchange friend codes via PT anyways, so if that happens to be a problem for somebody, it is just their own fault to begin with for not following ACC's rules.

ok...nvm then