OK GG, What the hell?

Artmaker (GB1) · 05.11.2017

So I get an email from Good Game studios. About going mobile.

So fair warning… it's rant time. Climbing up onto my soap box now.

First of all I HAVE NO INTENTION OF EVER being one of those <people> who walk around with their faces glued to some dinky mobile device playing idiotic games!
(sorry for those of you who do, try putting it down and actually looking around. Try talking to people. Remember how to do that? You did as infants, it's even more fun with real words. yup, put down your phones, pads, pods, etc and try living LIFE.)

Second.
Facebook? HELL would have to freeze over many times before I ever TOUCH that horrid site <name calling removed>
STOP PROMOTING FACEBOOK! You have your OWN servers. Stick with that.

Lastly, and this is really why I'm writing.
At the top AND bottom of your email is this….
"You received this email because you registered for Galaxy.
In order to stop receiving further emails for this game account, please click here."

GALAXY????? You people KILLED Galaxy. WHY are there still emails going out even mentioning Galaxy.
I liked Galaxy. I put money onto several bases in that game. Made friends there. It was fun.
But you flushed it and all the customers you had who played it down the toilet.
SO WHY IS GALAXY even showing up on ANY emails?

Heck I have had posts right here deleted for even mentioning "another game" even though it's YOUR GAME.

Ok, rant over. I'm probably talking to the wind anyway. No one at GG ever listens to it's customers.
Sigh.

bdreish (GB1) · 06.11.2017

Am with you all the way on this one @artmaker(GB1) . I played a platform game for over 5 years, spent money on it and made lots of good friends (some of them actually play this game on the US server), before it was taken over by Disney, and put onto facebook. There were hundreds of older players who did not want to join facebook and a lovely game was basically thrown away. Also I have no intention of playing on a mobile device - I have finally succumbed to family 'bullying' and bought a mobile phone so I can keep in touch while I am out shopping, but it is a very basic 'basic' phone with no web connection or fancy gizmo's. Therefore the likelihood of me ever playing this game (or any game) on a mobile device is non-existent. I just hope that the introduction of this version of the game doesn't mean that the many bugs currently prevalent in this version will be overlooked, and that they will be fixed as quickly as possible.

White _Doves (US1) · 06.11.2017

They did mention that there are 2 different teams for each. I too do not like playing a game on those little screens.

Grannie Jackie (US1) · 06.11.2017

White _Doves (US1) said:

They did mention that there are 2 different teams for each. I too do not like playing a game on those little screens.

I'm also one who does not like trying to play these types of games on those dinky screens. The only game I play on my phone is video poker

WascallyWabbit (FormerMod) · 06.11.2017

Just to clarify a couple of points, White Doves is correct, BF & BFMH, have completely separate development teams. Also, the servers don't run on Facebook, you can just link your Facebook account to invite friends, but it isn't a requirement of the game.

I can understand not wanting to play games on a tiny screen, but if you were interested in trying the game, you can download an app player for your PC and play it on that. - Just google "app players for PC" and you will find several different ones.

@Artmaker (GB1) I passed on your comments about the use of the Galaxy email list & a CM is looking into it.

Artmaker (GB1) · 07.11.2017

Thank you wabbit. you are a wascally one.

White _Doves (US1) · 08.11.2017

Thanks for the suggestion @WascallyWabbit

Will check out app players.

ronin7 (INT1) · 10.11.2017

like you @bdreish (GB1) I have the most basic phone possible as my sons too saw no reason for me to having any sort of data plan ... I have enough problems always stopping at the most inconvenient times right in the middle of aisles in grocery stores, on the threshold of doors as it bings & people move around me (automatic doors to stores)...can u imagine me standing still in the middle of a crowd on the sidewalk...what a foot-traffic jam that would be. I only got the mobile because a landline wasn't available in our area & people had/wanted to keep in touch with us when we moved to a new city.

Shay1968 (US1) · 10.11.2017

I checked out the mobile version on my tablet. It is certainly not set up for mobile play. Mobile games are meant to be played while waiting for the doc, or a cab or other short periods where you have a few extra minutes. Bigfarm mobile is not really much different from Bigfarm. Grow times are basically the same. The mobile game has the same basic deco event as the PC game and it is timed. You simply, IMHO, cannot spend that much time on a tiny little tablet, that is not what they were meant for.

artful (US1) · 10.11.2017

ronin7 (INT1) said:

like you @bdreish (GB1) I have the most basic phone possible as my sons too saw no reason for me to having any sort of data plan ... I have enough problems always stopping at the most inconvenient times right in the middle of aisles in grocery stores, on the threshold of doors as it bings & people move around me (automatic doors to stores)...can u imagine me standing still in the middle of a crowd on the sidewalk...what a foot-traffic jam that would be. I only got the mobile because a landline wasn't available in our area & people had/wanted to keep in touch with us when we moved to a new city.

I keep mine turned off when I'm out and about. And it's certainly off and put away when I'm driving. Just because people can reach me 24/7 doesn't mean I want them to. I prefer being untethered.

Artmaker (GB1) · 14.11.2017

I don't often even have my phone with me. Remember "I'm not home, leave a message" thing?

Just for your amusement, here. lol The population really is dumbing down.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tm2lfv3_ELc

artful (US1) · 14.11.2017

Artmaker (GB1) said:

I don't often even have my phone with me. Remember "I'm not home, leave a message" thing?

Ha, remember when there was no such things as voicemail or answering machines? It'd ring and ring and ring and ring and ring and ....

White _Doves (US1) · 14.11.2017

I remember those days quite well

maxiroy (US1) · 14.11.2017

Ahhhh the good old days, I kind of miss them. I even remember party lines!

Uncle John (GB1) · 14.11.2017

We didn't have a phone at all when I was growing up. There was a phone-box 2 streets over or, in an emergency, we might go next door and use theirs. :¬D

bdreish (GB1) · 14.11.2017

Same here @Uncle John(GB1) - the only reason the next-door neighbour had a phone was because he was an on-call pharmacist. I used to get so confused with the 'push button A' and 'push button B' on the public phones, never did get used to them lol.

artful (US1) · 14.11.2017

My grandmother lived in a small little town (think Mayberry) with an actual switchboard operator. She didn't even have to tell her people's names. "Morning, Marlene, this is Elizabeth. Could you please get my sister for me?"

Val C (GB1) · 14.11.2017

Uncle John (GB1) said:

We didn't have a phone at all when I was growing up. There was a phone-box 2 streets over or, in an emergency, we might go next door and use theirs. :¬D

Yep, same here...we had to use the phone box just round the corner.....we also didn't have a bathroom [had to have a strip wash at the kitchen sink] and the loo was outside.

I do have a mobile phone, but it's not a contract one and I only carry it, switched off, when driving in case of an emergency. It isn't that I'm anti technology [my claim to fame is that I was among the very few in my country to play Super Mario Brothers before the Nintendo 8 was being sold here] I just feel we are slowly losing the art of face to face conversation and worse still are becoming increasingly unaware of other people's feelings.

artful (US1) · 14.11.2017

Val C (GB1) said:

Uncle John (GB1) said:

We didn't have a phone at all when I was growing up. There was a phone-box 2 streets over or, in an emergency, we might go next door and use theirs. :¬D

Yep, same here...we had to use the phone box just round the corner.....we also didn't have a bathroom [had to have a strip wash at the kitchen sink] and the loo was outside.

I do have a mobile phone, but it's not a contract one and I only carry it, switched off, when driving in case of an emergency. It isn't that I'm anti technology [my claim to fame is that I was among the very few in my country to play Super Mario Brothers before the Nintendo 8 was being sold here] I just feel we are slowly losing the art of face to face conversation and worse still are becoming increasingly unaware of other people's feelings.

I so agree. We have forgotten how to be in the moment. If you are out with your family, interact with them. If you are buying groceries, pay attention and really get into it. If you are walking your dog, look up and take in everything around you. So tired of being out and about and seeing a nothing but a sea of the tops of people's heads.

Artmaker (GB1) · 14.11.2017

I miss something as simple as a busy signal. I don't want to hear beep beep beep in the middle of a call. And if someone slaps me on hold to get another call, that's it, I'm gone.

And one other thing….
Calling a business.
OH MY!!!!!!
If I call a home improvement store, I have to suffer through menus of each and every department. And if my department didn't fit in the first NINE choices, click to get to the next menu.
What ever happened to "hi how may I direct your call?"
How flipping long does it take to do that?
Do they think they are saving money by NOT hiring a human? Cause more than a few times now I have gone elsewhere to some place that actually ANSWERS their phone.

And get this… The worse offenders in the not being able to get a human on the phone?
ARE PHONE COMPANIES! All of them. Voice mail circular hell leading to nowhere.

SANDRAUser60 (US1) · 14.11.2017

And they usually end up hanging up on you after you have held forever...drives me crazy...gov't is horrible too

So we hurry up and wait...kinda like here, right now...lol...I am in a mission & the HWE is going

Artmaker (GB1) · 14.11.2017

HWE is broken now. I started another thread.

And yea, government is the worst. I asked a local cop about a new traffic law in my state, he wasn't sure on the answer and told me to "call the sec of state." HA! HOW? They stopped answering the phone long ago.
Only way to talk to anyone is GO THERE and wait in line. Which would probably be faster than going through voice mail from hell.

artful (US1) · 15.11.2017

Don't you love being on hold from your internet service provider forever, and they keep playing that message "did you know most problems can be resolved online? Simply log on to wedontcareafigaboutyou.com to report ...."

Um, if I could log on, I wouldn't be calling you, now would I?

Yep, govt. is awful, although I did have a lovely surprise when I needed to call a local city dept. and actually got a live person first try. After listening carefully to my question, she connected me to the director of the department WHO PICKED UP! I complimented him on not having to deal with a phone tree, and he said he made the decision to get rid of it. "Government works best when it's personal." *thud*

Eowyn12 (HU1) · 15.11.2017

What does hotfix mean on GGS' language?

HU1 server was cut down more than an hour.

Frog Princess (AU1) · 15.11.2017

Those of us who utilize our phones for many things......including games......do not always have our faces glued to them & not all of us have lost the art of communication. Generalizations are eminently more evil than any cell phone........and my post is no more offensive than the OP so please give me the same courtesy that was shown him. Thank you......

DxrxbillingGame (US1) · 15.11.2017

Is hot fix over? If so it broke the US1 server gives me log in and then immediately disconnects

artful (US1) · 15.11.2017

Pink Peppers (US1) said:

Those of us who utilize our phones for many things......including games......do not always have our faces glued to them & not all of us have lost the art of communication. Generalizations are eminently more evil than any cell phone........and my post is no more offensive than the OP so please give me the same courtesy that was shown him. Thank you......

A generalization would be "all phone users do this and this and this." A comment about seeing phone users doing "this and this and this" is a statement of fact. When I see a "sea" of head tops, that's a fact, not a generalization. Absolutely no discourtesy is aimed I you, I'm sure. Peace.

Artmaker (GB1) · 16.11.2017

artful (US1) said:

Don't you love being on hold from your internet service provider forever, and they keep playing that message "did you know most problems can be resolved online? Simply log on to wedontcareafigaboutyou.com to report ...."

Um, if I could log on, I wouldn't be calling you, now would I?

Yep, govt. is awful, although I did have a lovely surprise when I needed to call a local city dept. and actually got a live person first try. After listening carefully to my question, she connected me to the director of the department WHO PICKED UP! I complimented him on not having to deal with a phone tree, and he said he made the decision to get rid of it. "Government works best when it's personal." *thud*

Wow… government who decided to get rid of it? I want to live where ever you do.

Anyway I got a better story. One of the first computers I ever bought. Apple of course. (back when they were good.) Anyway I could NOT get it to connect to the internet.
And I kid you not, in their instruction manual…
"if you cannot connect to the internet… log into www……."
Wondering what form of brain dead silly person wrote that?

artful (US1) · 16.11.2017

Artmaker (GB1) said:

artful (US1) said:

Don't you love being on hold from your internet service provider forever, and they keep playing that message "did you know most problems can be resolved online? Simply log on to wedontcareafigaboutyou.com to report ...."

Um, if I could log on, I wouldn't be calling you, now would I?

Yep, govt. is awful, although I did have a lovely surprise when I needed to call a local city dept. and actually got a live person first try. After listening carefully to my question, she connected me to the director of the department WHO PICKED UP! I complimented him on not having to deal with a phone tree, and he said he made the decision to get rid of it. "Government works best when it's personal." *thud*

Wow… government who decided to get rid of it? I want to live where ever you do.

Anyway I got a better story. One of the first computers I ever bought. Apple of course. (back when they were good.) Anyway I could NOT get it to connect to the internet.
And I kid you not, in their instruction manual…
"if you cannot connect to the internet… log into www……."
Wondering what form of brain dead silly person wrote that?

LOL! Just one tiny govt. dept, not the entire city govt., unfortunately.

OK GG, What the hell?

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