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Update - September 1st - Movie time! - Questions and Feedback

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  • Kamilcom (GB1)Kamilcom (GB1) Posts: 1,499
    I thought I won't bother commenting much about this half finished/ever broken project (meaning the whole game and forums) any longer, but this one deserves a comment.

    At my end it seems that movie feature goes from reasonable to silly. It started with about 20 movies a day, mostly without issues and mostly giving reward. It gradually dropped down to 1 or 2 commercials, often bugged and without a reward:

    After the last update I nearly exclusively get black screen with "powered by supersonic" at the top right corner of video screen, which ends up with an error message and doesn't give reward. Appart from that the TV screen at the bottom of our play area always shows video available, while there is nothng more then a blank screen uppon clicking the play button.

    So after all that testing we finally have a finished product. :) Well done GGS, well done. It's far worse then I ever expected in all my growing skepticism about the skills of this game making team. :):):)
  • tessa17 (US1)tessa17 (US1) US1 Posts: 106
    US1 windows 10 Chrome, avast and ad block plus both with full permissions for ggs.

    Four 60 second videos all the same for Oteza and 1 other I don't remember-they  all played without error.  Some water, gh humus, 10 gold and 60 spare parts, fertilizer.

    I will probably let the gifts pile up before opening to make it more exciting as I felt a bit disappointed with what I got after what we were previously getting. 

    I agree that I preferred the option to choose my gift as I don't need extra water so it is a throw away gift for me.
  • Data King (US1)Data King (US1) US1 Posts: 7,994
    Today was the first time I have had trouble with viewing the ads. It is also the first time I got a "Sonic" ad, does not load or play so no reward.  :(
  • Well said Kamilcom,
    in general I quite enjoy the game but this movie thing is a total disaster for GGS. At least I'm not tempted anymore to play any of those ads (and risk malware) as 3k in dollars is just ironic. Not sure why they still keep those supersonic ads after all the bad feedback.
    Guess I'll just have to get used to ignore the popcorn screen as I do the market vendor that tries to sell me chicken feed as surprise for 45k. 
  • Data King (US1)Data King (US1) US1 Posts: 7,994
    What ?? Kamilcom you must have gotten a deal there only 45k for chicken feed.
    I ended up paying 95k for my regular chicken feed.  :sweat: 
    I will not ever make a deal with the the "Vendor" again.
  • Today I logged back into my US1 account after not using it for 2 weeks, gave me 325 gold for returning.....
    Erm..... best way to get gold is to NOT play the game, not by watching ads!!!!!

    If we get back to the ads, I understand that rolling out the ads as they were, would bankrupt the advertisers, so I understand the reduction in the number of ads, until more advertisers are found.
    I also understand why the mystery boxes are given instead of the choices, because it was beyond their programming capability, but there are other ways to do it than giving us junk we will never use.
    Ad tokens we can swap for whatever we want?

    Finding that seeing how many ads I can watch for just 1 second before it crashes is way more fun than getting any rewards, must be sending the supersonicads server mental :)

  • Alas I have not really been online for a bit,  RL got in the way.  Thank goodness my little one can log on for me.  Just a quick question as to understand better....  Is every player suppose to have the cinema/video option or only some?  Reason I ask.  My entire family plays and of the 4 members, there is only 1 who has this option.

    Not a major problem, just trying to understand.

    Other than that thanks for all your work .
  • Xylophia - Last update said "As you all know, the testing phase for video ads is not yet concluded." - so hasn't been rolled out to everyone yet.

    Still having problems with supersonic ad. Was already down to about 5 ads before the update and was getting very annoyed with that ad, and having to frequently refresh game because of it. Now with the rewards are so small, and I haven't seen any gold, seriously thinking that they are not worth the effort :-(
  • Uncle John (GB1)Uncle John (GB1) GB1 Posts: 11,004
    I reckon if all of us, who think 10 gold for 5 ads is pathetic, were to stop looking at ads all together GGS would lose enough income to motivate them to improve the payout.
  • Kamilcom (GB1)Kamilcom (GB1) Posts: 1,499
    And I reckon the first part is exactly what's gonna happen Uncle John, as most self respecting players will probably not waste time with broken feature giving useless unatractive rewards. What GGS response will be is hard to tell as they have proven to endulge in being stubbornly silly. :)
  • gizmo22 (AU1)gizmo22 (AU1) AU1 Posts: 1,720
    Yeah 10 gold for 5 ads.......predictable that they would cut the payout at some stage. Most ads dont even work anyway so whats the point?
  • Hey, for some of us even 10 gold for 5 ads is more gold than we usually can get.  I unfortunately cannot afford to buy gold as the exchange rate would kill me( also if I were to buy for myself, then the rest of the family would also want, fair is fair after all).

    And seeing how the ads will be voluntary, why nag about the awards? Just ignore the option then.

     
  • Uncle John (GB1)Uncle John (GB1) GB1 Posts: 11,004
    Hey, for some of us even 10 gold for 5 ads is more gold than we usually can get.  I unfortunately cannot afford to buy gold as the exchange rate would kill me( also if I were to buy for myself, then the rest of the family would also want, fair is fair after all).

    And seeing how the ads will be voluntary, why nag about the awards? Just ignore the option then.

     
    Just like you, I buy no gold. I was hoping that if enough players joined me and ignored the option for a week or two then GGS might be motivated to improve the payouts  :)
  • Jiesta (NL1)Jiesta (NL1) Posts: 6,557
    edited 05.11.2015
    I am not a gold buyer either - and although I sympathize with you all, who so much like to get the rewards from watching the video ads - I will never come near them again since I was hacked (they didn't work 3/4 of the time, and didn't like them anyway, so no big loss) - I avoid them as if they were radio active!! I think of them being a terrible nuisance and would rather have my building screen back.

    I did very well without buying gold before this video element was implemented - and I am sure I will do well again without watching them at all. I have over 30.000 gold, all by saving (and especially watching Omar's cart like a hawk, if and when i am online) ..... I use it wisely and sparingly.

    Good luck with watching the video ads, guys, but plse be careful doing so!! 


    Post edited by Jiesta (NL1) on
  • Lesley52 (GB1)Lesley52 (GB1) Posts: 1,590
    I used to buy gold mainly to expand it taking a year and a day to earn it (not very  patient ) Then I lost some,3 days after Christmas, wrote to support,told spent it on fast forwarding upgrade on bee house,did not remember doing that (almost 6000) had gone so lost trust in GGS not bought gold since .While I had choice got 80-120 gold a day when they worked. Since new 5 daily gift boxes got 25 gold in total. Rest stuff rubbish
  • You can turn the ads off if you really want to.
    using adblocker add ||jsd.supersonicads.com/inlineDelivery/delivery.min.gz.js to the filter, no more ads.
    Simples.

  • What is with this??


    The videos ask if I watch any of a list of shows, and if I do not I get ousted.  After several of these, got a "sorry blah blah"..Finally one about eye exams, way too long, played and I get this??  Clicking on see more just freezes it. 
  • Jiesta (NL1)Jiesta (NL1) Posts: 6,557
    WOW - @auntiemar (US1) .... I thought I had seen it all - but this really beats everything else! 
  • farmerjohn 22 (US1)farmerjohn 22 (US1) US1 Posts: 37,770
    edited 05.11.2015
    What the.....???  So basically it says that you've earned the reward, but you aren't gonna get it? Why would anyone even bother watching the ads if they can do that? Miscellaneous smileys

                       Feel free to contact Support animated-monkey-image-0257Sleeping smileys

    Post edited by farmerjohn 22 (US1) on
  • Why don't i have video's to watch. Most other player can look video's and get nice nice presents.
    I don't get any video's and doen't have the bioscoop.
  • Dara (SKN1)Dara (SKN1) SKN1 Posts: 2,638
    Why don't i have video's to watch. Most other player can look video's and get nice nice presents.
    I don't get any video's and doen't have the bioscoop.
    Actually those presents are not so nice, i got 5 water, 2000 farm dollars this morning.....
  • I am no getting to see any movie in my T.V. Why so?
  • gizmo22 (AU1)gizmo22 (AU1) AU1 Posts: 1,720
    GGS want us to put our computers at risk to viruses, potential hacking, and a much slower game but the rewards are simply not worth it. The rewards were fine before the "balancers" had their say in the most recent update. Now its 10-30 gold total if ur lucky......thats IF the ads even work to begin with because many of them are filled with all sorts of bugs and script errors
  • GGS want us to put our computers at risk to viruses, potential hacking, and a much slower game but the rewards are simply not worth it. The rewards were fine before the "balancers" had their say in the most recent update. Now its 10-30 gold total if ur lucky......thats IF the ads even work to begin with because many of them are filled with all sorts of bugs and script errors
    The videos are way too long, ask survey questions, repeat, take forever to load and play.  For a possibility of 10 gold and that is only IF you get the rewards.  Both Scrooge and the Grinch have taken over.


  • whiziwig (US1)whiziwig (US1) US1 Posts: 1,262
    my days of watching videos are over since new update getting mystery boxes for things I don't want and as of yesterday getting the dreaded supersonic ad, so game freezing. Since it's been awhile that complaints about supersonic ad as been on forum and no repair not wasting my time with the ads.
  • Uncle John (GB1)Uncle John (GB1) GB1 Posts: 11,004
    Latten, any chance of getting the Building Slot back to normal? We have George on his couch for playing ads, it don't really need to occupy the Building Slot too does it? What do the rest of you think?
  • I just came on to find 17 new posts.  Since it is already 2PM GGS time, I want to post this and then I will read them and post a more detailed message. Hopefully a CM will see it <3:)<3 and pass it on so the game can go back to the other ads and fix it so it WORKS!!!!!  

    I'm on the US1 Server, a Level 131 player. 

    Since the Nov. 3rd update and the change to the Surprise Boxes for the movie ads, playing Big Farm is no fun!! :'(:'(:'(    Just when I thought things were getting better and the movie ads would soon be out to all, GGS goes and messes it up AGAIN!!!!  Yes, I am not happy at all!!! :angry: :angry: :angry: 

    Using Windows 8.1 and Internet Explorer 11 OR Google Chrome-fully updated, and Adobe Flash fully updated, all cashes cleared, the computer fully shut down and booted u again and again, etc!!, the game has gone back to being VERY SLOW to process changing screens, harvesting and planting, white gears take a long time to go away, I've been abruptly logged out several times too, etc.  

    I HATE THIS!!!!!! :angry: :angry: :angry:

     It is affecting my whole computer!! I know it is the game, because when I boot up and do not use the game, everything is great!!!  Same with both browsers!! As soon as I use the game, all slows....  Same with both browsers!!!

    A few days before the update GGS did something right!!! :) The screens were responding lightening fast compared to the past few months using both of my Browsers!!  Just a little lag when changing farms, but better than it had been!  WOW!!! What a difference it made in my game play!!  I got a lot more done!!!

    When I first started playing Big Farm  (about March 2014) I'd click on the worker's gifts, as the number of them in a row increased, I would play a little game and click on one, then change farms and click on a new one and try to keep the numbers going as high as I could without missing one.  :smile:  I could do that then and in the 2-3 days prior to the update too!!  It has not been possible for months before that-too slow!!!

    Even the Ads where I chose 1 of 4 prizes were working much better!!  The prizes there were nice too, IMO, even worth the extra effort getting thru the bugs!  I was so excited about them coming out to new players and I thought that would be soon!  the faster response time in the game was making such a great difference!!  I was finally able to get something done!!!  We were having fun with the added nice prizes, and the gold and finally able to do a little of the things that the rich gold players do!!  Having fun with the Karma points, doing a few upgrades, etc. I even thought about trying to buy a little gold!  I felt that the new ads, with choosing one in 4 prizes were going to be GREAT for everyone!!  We would have more fun in the game, GGS would make more from the advertisers paying them and it seemed like a win win situation.  I thought it would be out to all and VERY soon!!!  

    The Surprise Boxes are no good, a WASTE of my time, PRIZES ARE NOT WORTH IT, only 5 of them too, etc. as I know others have posted.  GET RID OF THEM!!! THEY ARE RUINING ALL THE GAME PLAY!!!

    I WANT MY FAST FUN GAME BACK!!!  I WANT THE MOVIE ADS  FOR ALL WHERE I CAN CHOOSE MY PRIZE FROM 1 IN 4, GOLD OR EVEN A PRIZE WORTH MORE THAN THE GOLD!! 20 OF THESE PER DAY WAS NICE TOO!!  I've already lost 3 Co-op players too!! Come on GGS, get it together!!

    Oh, and for the third time now, Support has just dumped my requests back to me without answering them!! The dumps don't even have the old info on them-like the automated replies do.  So I have to try to find them and put them together!! One, I have e-mailed them about 3 times and still no reply! 

    Ticket#2015091410010785

    I tried to get the 3rd Birthday e-mail voucher prizes within the 10 days and it would not work, pics included.  Now I have to try again!!  That is IF I can even get into Support!!! Something better needs to be done with Support. Let ALL players know not to send in a report about problems they know about and are working on, by having an alert on the Support Request page and on the News when logging in to the game-have a support Alert Link! 

    @CM Nafaru  AND @CM Latten  Please let them know about this!  Thank You! :heart: :smile: :heart: 

    I will post more about the details of the Surprise boxes not working and their prizes in a little while after I catch up on the posts! 

  • Jiesta (NL1)Jiesta (NL1) Posts: 6,557
    Latten, any chance of getting the Building Slot back to normal? We have George on his couch for playing ads, it don't really need to occupy the Building Slot too does it? What do the rest of you think?
    Couldn't agree more, Uncle John! There is no reason whatsoever to use the Building Slot/TV screen for the video ads!
  • Anacondaa (INT1)Anacondaa (INT1) Posts: 1
    edited 06.11.2015
    Not sure if this is the right thread, but very hard to find one here ..

    Just to let you know about the total disaster with watching ads.
    So far I got them 2-3 times only and only when I was up and playing at 2-3 am. 
    Today I got them finally at some normal time (4 pm) - watched one, got 3,000 dollars - LOL.
    Earlier today I saw other players write in the chat that rewards from surprise boxes were reduced drastically and at the same time it seems that videos are available to more and more players ... but nobody wants to watch them anymore because the rewards are so disappointing now  :(

    And at the top of the screen it says: "Watch these adds to win some terrific rewards" ... so, yes, Kamilcom, it also made me smile and not sure whether GGS is so off the ground or meant it as irony this time too  ;)
  • Why don't i have video's to watch. Most other player can look video's and get nice nice presents.
    I don't get any video's and doen't have the bioscoop.

    GGS want us to put our computers at risk to viruses, potential hacking, and a much slower game but the rewards are simply not worth it. The rewards were fine before the "balancers" had their say in the most recent update. Now its 10-30 gold total if ur lucky......thats IF the ads even work to begin with because many of them are filled with all sorts of bugs and script errors
    draakje3.  they are nothing but trouble now and not worth the $1000 you may get IF they work and IF you get a reward and IF you do not mind your computer lagging and full of weird files.

    I tried 7 times today.  I think most were Supersonic.  the first 2 , after attempting to load for too long, each gave me the "sorry".  No rewards.

    then one did, then back to Sorry"  then game froze. so I cleaned and cleared ONLY to GET 2 more slow loading Supersonic "Sorry" 

    I apologize to my friend on here, but I have had it with this game.



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