Okay, it is not like I have not been inconvenienced, and honestly, I've been inconvenienced just so many times... but I understand it's inconvenient because of how I schedule my day or how I prioritize the things I get done during a day. My biggest annoyance when it comes to inconvenient schedule differences? Clint, but I know that it's all because of MY schedule not lining up with his and MY habits that I'm inconvenienced. Dude works every day until the CC is complete and then works 6 days/week after that. He works a lot. It's that 4pm quit time that gets me most, but that he takes Friday off also gets me occasionally. The only reason I schedule other things to happen on Fridays (like I plan my ancient fruit for Friday harvest) is because I know I can't go to Clint's on Fridays.
...but the thing is, though, that I don't go around telling everyone he's useless because I'm personally inconvenienced. Honestly, the word that comes to mind? Karen. I don't want to be a Karen.
@imnvs, I get it, I dont think your point was missed, I just think when folks want to emote with humor about something, they don't necessarily find it desirable or helpful to hear: "it's your own fault," or to be taken so seriously. It isnt super useful to argue with someone else's emotions,
emotions are not logical. I'd generally think players are aware that they are in the driver's seat.
I don't think anyone is "go[ing] around telling everyone" a character is useless in a single post (not how I interpreted ), I read it as
hyperbole for the sake of effect/comic relief. This was about someone's own feelings and impression from a moment of frustration in gameplay. I cracked an immediate grin and chuckled when reading because I'd had nearly the same frustration in my gameplay at times, when hurried, excited or tired and not remembering to check schedules.
There is frankly too much to look at and explore to go about memorizing or constantly reviewing schedules early in the game, the menu items alone are vast, let alone the buildings, character etc lol... discussing or emoting about the inherent conflict in the game is not disallowed or bad. But, we each get to choose how to interpret and then respond to things.
I think your heart is in the right place, you clearly care about the game a lot. Longer-term players can sometimes forget that early in gameplay there is a
ton going on for newer players to see and learn, and they cant get it all perfect or right. Many are probably playing casually for enjoyment (possibly not serious or focused on what they are or aren't getting perfectly right). Not everyone wants to have to abide by wonky schedules and plan in a game, some come to relax and prefer free, improvisational gameplay. In the end there is no wrong way to play a game and people's feelings about any aspect are valid. If they don't want to figure out schedules, they are free to express dismay at one that doesn't adhere to societal norms where they live.
I would guess you've become quite attached to the characters and are looking at them and the game from a different lens than early players may be, and that's great. It is nice you connected with the game so deeply.
I'll try a solutions-oriented statement, since blame is as problem-focused as venting is:
Once folks get the hang of the various schedules of shop owners, it gets much easier and they'll start going to each place on the right days (or do wrong days less).
If someone wants to become more serious about game schedules (not everyone wants to), they can check out the Shop Schedules wiki page:
Below is a list of all shop schedules, including when they are open or closed.
stardewvalleywiki.com
I have this problem too, so I made a (very basic, rough draft) sortable calendar on my user page (might suck for other people's uses, it is missing the icons for quick recognition and awkward/not finalized, but works for me to sort by open/close time to plan a day and to look at the blocking of the days at least):
I have requested user deletion/renaming on the admin board and already deleted my email. If the server admin is unsure how to delete a user account per GDPR, there is information on how to achieve this here: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/GDPR
stardewvalleywiki.com
I hope all is well, and folks are enjoying their gameplay.
Predictability perhaps also takes some of the challenge out which can steal some magic from the game maybe, as much as it might drive us a little bonkers now and then lol.
