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Qivis · #1 Apr 13 2023, 06:18 AM

I have not even started the NCC for the week, but apparently the rules have changed. So now the game says I abandoned it.

**Tiger** · #2 Apr 13 2023, 06:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Qivis

I have not even started the NCC for the week, but apparently the rules have changed. So now the game says I abandoned it.

Hi Qivis,

There have not been any rule changes to the NCC that we are aware of. You had to have opened the NCC to see that you had abandoned it. It is showing that you had earned some points before that happened which if you did not start/load from the NCC manager may be from doing them from the facility manager or other methods.

If you are sure that you did not move or store any of the facilities in this weeks contest then please report this to the support team to look into.

Qivis · #3 Apr 13 2023, 07:31 AM

I found out what the facilities would be in another account that does not have most farm cash facilities and moved them for this farmer. Last week it worked just fine without cancelling my participation. This week it is saying I abandoned the contest even though I collected the farm cash AFTER I had moved the Ice Cream Shop. I buy farm cash fairly regularly since I have been burning a lot less fuel in something they call Real Life. 104 farm cash a year would be nice if I won every week, but it is not enough to make a serious difference for me. But for people who do not buy it there would be a big difference.

**Tiger** · #4 Apr 13 2023, 08:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Qivis

I found out what the facilities would be in another account that does not have most farm cash facilities and moved them for this farmer. Last week it worked just fine without cancelling my participation. This week it is saying I abandoned the contest even though I collected the farm cash AFTER I had moved the Ice Cream Shop. I buy farm cash fairly regularly since I have been burning a lot less fuel in something they call Real Life. 104 farm cash a year would be nice if I won every week, but it is not enough to make a serious difference for me. But for people who do not buy it there would be a big difference.

Hi Qivis,

I doubt it was moving the facilities for that farmer that did it, but if you think it was, then you still go to support.

As you moved the Ice Cream Shop on your own farm that's much more likely to be the cause.
As you know, there is no way to re-enter it.

The new NCC week starts on Thursday 12AM EST and at that point you must not move them. Not claiming the previous weeks reward doesn't prevent it starting. It does prevent you seeing what the weeks facilities are going to be which is why you used a different account to find out.

There was a trick mentioned on the forum many years ago along the lines you are describing, just not that exact method, and we did say at that time there was no guarantees that it would work every time and would likely have removed the instructions from the post. As you know we can't provide information on any trick including this one to avoid entering the NCC once the new week has started.