Thread:Rocgrl/@comment-30339728-20161204030618/@comment-30339728-20161204162827

Saw you in the early morning hours. Glad to have you aboard.

To try to answer some of your questions with what I have either figured out, been advised and try to do.....

1) Gifting 

The game gives you 50 free gifts to give away each day. These cost YOU nothing. Restrictions are that you can only give one freebie per person per 24 hour gifting period. I do not know where you live, but I am in the Central Time Zone, and currently with Daylight Savings my period starts at 6 pm. If I don't give my freebies out by the next day at 6, then they are gone.

The game also permits your to give 10 Collection items each day. You can give these in whatever amounts you want to. That is 10 to 1 friend or 1 each to 10 friends and all of the mathematical combinations inbetween.

Personally, since I do not Time Travel (something I am not well versed in, but there is a forum here called Tardis and you can find out.  Basically one messes with the date/time settings on their devices and they can go back or forward in time and do things over and over.  The result to a receipient is multiple packages of lots of gifts) I use one set of 5 Collection Items and give the entire set to a friend I choose kind of at random. I have come to call this Time Traveling with Training Wheels. As you are a newbie, you are exactly the type of  player who is on my list for the near future. SO, IF THERE IS SOMETHING SPECIALY YOU WOULD LIKE, LIKE A DINNER, COMPASSES, EYES OR WHATEVER, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. Otherwise I kind of eavesdrop on conversations and make a decision myself.

2) Friends: Since you are new, I would advise you to limit your list to between 50 and 60.  That way you can take full advantage of the 50/10 gifts you can give away each day.  With a list of that size, you would be able to exchange with each person everyday. Not too many to keep track of, and a good number to help you progress.

I have about double that and find that I am able to do a 24 hour turn around in most cases with giving my gifts. Some friends are every day - the really wonderful ones - they are mostly people whom I chat with on this wiki. Tha, for me, is the the biggest is part of the fun. It's not just anonymous giving, it's really getting to know people a bit and giving that sincere help and encouragement. I visit EVERY friend on my list every day and charge [I call it Zap] at least one of their awards or rooms each day. The zapping takes power points, but it also gives your friends bonuses in coins or energy or gives little extras in the rooms. Zapping also benefits the zapper. You receive coins, energy and reputation points for each zap. These add up quickly and help you to rise in levels in the game - earning your more energy, crystals, etc. To visit, go to your friends list and tap on the visit tab

3) Gifting Strategy: My best advise is to gift as you would in real life.  Be sincere, real and don't feel obligated.  You will soon learn who is a loyal and good and honest player/friend and who is out for themselves. I would figure out what kind of a record you want to keep (if that's your thing) so that you can keep track of what you do.  Some people have complicated spread sheets or keep lists.  Me, I have index cards and I can tell from the worn edges which cards get pulled out a lot.  :-)

4) Knowing What Your Friends May Like as a Gift: This one is easy.  When you go to the friends list and you press the tab for give a gift you will see a row of boxes at the top.  These are the items that particular friend has asked for.  If you are qualified in level to give one of the freebies, all you have to do is tap on it.  CAUTION: if the item pictured is a Collection Item, the game will ask you if you really want to give this away.  If this question comes up, then this is NOT a FREEBIE gift.  It is something that you actually own and if you give it away you will lose it. (these are those 10 items I mentioned above.) One easy way to tell Freebies from Collections items is that next to the picture is a little gift box.  There is a number on the box.  If the number is greater than 1, then it is definitely a Collection Item.  If the number is a 1, then it's either a Freebie or a CI. If it's a CI, then that question "Do you really want to give this away" is your clue that it's not a Freebie.

If someone's wish list is empty, then it is always a good idea to scroll through the listing of Freebies and give LadyBugs, Carrots, Fireflies, Arrows and/or Gold Tokens (which are at the end of the list). These are special items that are needed to pay for playing some of the rooms. Some of them are available to get when putting together certain collections, but one can't put them on a wish list. This is why you will see some people putting clues into their names. Example: SallyBugsPlz or TomArrowsCarrots

Using this forum and actually communicating with your friends is of course another way to build the relationships into something more than just people who give and get. Feel free to ask your friends here what they may like or need and feel free to put out there needs - especially when asked.

This wiki has loads and loads of articles and pages you can read to learn what you wonderabout. Just use the search at the top and type in your topic. You'll find what you need - or of course, ask a friend.

I hope that I haven't overwhelmed you. I tried to be thorough.

Final advice. Fill out your profile page. Look at mine and some of your other friends for examples of what to do. People really do read those to get clues about their friends. It's not hard to do. If I can do it, then anyone can.

Feel free to leave me any other messages or questions.

Here's to playing nicely.

Lidewey