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big farm TV

so Big Farm is on TV tonight Never heard of Twitch TV internet channel I guess but I am looking for a good laugh.  Got my 3D glasses made from Quality Street wrapers, I spared no expence and my pop corn and I am ready if I can find the channel.  Beats doing yet another CC any day B)B)B)
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  • T.O.P (INT1)T.O.P (INT1) INT1 Posts: 247
    so Big Farm is on TV tonight Never heard of Twitch TV internet channel I guess but I am looking for a good laugh.  Got my 3D glasses made from Quality Street wrapers, I spared no expence and my pop corn and I am ready if I can find the channel.  Beats doing yet another CC any day B)B)B)
    Count me in...ill bring the soda...:) though it would be 1am from where I am.
  • Lesley52 (GB1)Lesley52 (GB1) Posts: 1,590
    Hi T.O.P If its like the farm I am waiting for something to go wrong, scenery falling down, animals running amok, going to toilet on live TV with a World wiid audience of 3, me, you and WW
  • farmerjohn 22 (US1)farmerjohn 22 (US1) US1 Posts: 37,770
    edited 15.11.2017
                               Hmmmmm........Big Farm TV.  I wonder what the Kardashians are up to?   **Turning channel**  :D

                                            Image result for watching tv gif  
  • LordoftheTeapot (GB1)LordoftheTeapot (GB1) GB1 Posts: 172
    edited 15.11.2017
    * Sups tea while he waits *

    Or have I got the timing wrong? 4PM UK time??

    Work/On now :)
  • Val C (GB1)Val C (GB1) GB1 Posts: 277
    Lesley, I look forward to your review.... :D
  • holidayrox (US1)holidayrox (US1) US1 Posts: 328
    It was very interesting. Did get a few of my questions answered.

    Thank you for doing it.

    I did have to laugh at the holes in the pictures due to the green screen.


  • bdreish (GB1)bdreish (GB1) GB1 Posts: 1,341
    I quite enjoyed it - apart from the lagging lol.  Was just like trying to type in coop chat :)
  • I attempted to download  and get an account but my computer said it was a danger area  and that was the end of that.  Can anyone share the highlights??????
  • artful (US1)artful (US1) US1 Posts: 6,617
    edited 16.11.2017
    Anyone putting it up on YouTube?  My malware program has Twitch blocked.
    Post edited by artful (US1) on
  • My security software won't allow Twitch either
  • Rusty Farmer (AU1)Rusty Farmer (AU1) AU1 Posts: 1,705
    Is there going to be some kind of summary? What new information was gleaned from the broadcast? Can it be uploaded to YouTube?
  • T.O.P (INT1)T.O.P (INT1) INT1 Posts: 247
    @Lesley52 (GB1) sadlywasn't able to download twitch...danger area no way I'm going to download it. So what's your review?
  • Tinzen (SKN1)Tinzen (SKN1) SKN1 Posts: 473
    it would be much easier to have used youtube in the first place
  • janflipflo (GB1)janflipflo (GB1) GB1 Posts: 388
    Overall it looks to be a good thing if done on a regular basis  Dennis would make a good politician lol did gleam a few good nuggets.
  • Well being most of us could not go into danger zones and were unable to participate  how good was this???  No feed back from moderators  so  are we to assume just more of the same ole same ole.  

  • Lesley52 (GB1)Lesley52 (GB1) Posts: 1,590
    I could not watch yesterday, like most my security would not let me but I got a reward from big farm but so much flashed before my eyes could not say what it was.
  • Well being most of us could not go into danger zones and were unable to participate  how good was this???  No feed back from moderators  so  are we to assume just more of the same ole same ole.  

    @Peg161 (US1) We are trying to get the video on YouTube & a typed transcript of what was said that we can post, so yes, same ole same ole, thankyou for your patience. :) 
  • farmerjohn 22 (US1)farmerjohn 22 (US1) US1 Posts: 37,770
    I could not watch yesterday, like most my security would not let me but I got a reward from big farm but so much flashed before my eyes could not say what it was.
    @Lesley52 (GB1)  The reward we received yesterday as compensation was 50 Seaweed feed, 100 Seaweed fertilizer, and 10 Seaweed humus.  :)
  • For those of you that aren't able to watch the video on Twitch, you can watch it on YouTube. :)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piw5fsFMQFA

  • artful (US1)artful (US1) US1 Posts: 6,617
    Thanks, Cuddly!
  • 24-KL0V3R (US1)24-KL0V3R (US1) US1 Posts: 2,464
    Thank you, CuddlyFoxes for making the YouTube video available as I do not have Twitch.  It was very informative.  :D<3
  • Shay1968 (US1)Shay1968 (US1) Posts: 1,324
    I feel the live tv broadcast was very enlightening.  They certainly need to do this on a regular basis to keep the players informed of exactly what is going one. 

    A lot of the problems they have been having lately is because the team had been reduced drastically about a year ago and then some of the developers had moved on.  New developers are trying to learn the old code while implementing new code to continually improve performance which can be a very difficult task.    They have also had a few server issues.  They also have to deal with performance issues on a regular because the game is getting older and bigger and they have to constantly have to try to improve the performance of the game play itself.  They also try to make ALL the players happy, some want MORE events. Their biggest point was that you do not have to do ALL the events or obtain every single prize, to simply play at your comfort level. However, they are missing the point that a coop will lose rank if they miss even one coop challenge.  But again it is still choice to participate or not.  They actually said do not try and do ALL the events, only what you have time for. 

    Many players have been very frustrated lately with a lot of bugs and broken stuff in the game as well as the push on events but this does help explain some of the problems. I prefer a company to just say, hey guys the game is really screwing up right because of (insert specific reason) and we are working on it to rather than being kept in the dark.  I can be much more patient when I know what is going on. 

    They also showed a bit of detail for the upcoming volcanic farm and a new and upcoming event; Gold fish rescue (something about catching gold fish). 

    They did mention they are not done with the Deep sea fishing, they still plan to optimize the contracts. 

    Their smaller team is slowing things down. 

    They will be adding new prizes and special offers, new items on the wheel of fortune during christmas time with new decorations, fire works boosters.

    Lester is having issues and has been removed for now.

    They installed a gold protection feature on the mobile app and will try and implement something on our PC version as well. 


  • artful (US1)artful (US1) US1 Posts: 6,617
    I like that they are working on a gold protection feature.

    But I doubt very seriously that a any significant number of players want more events.
  • Perhaps that "smaller" team would benefit greatly from listening to the Players and
    focus on what we want & expect.

      It would greatly reduce the over-reach on the road-to-ruin we've been on lately.




  • Artmaker (GB1)Artmaker (GB1) GB1 Posts: 1,495
    For those of you that aren't able to watch the video on Twitch, you can watch it on YouTube. :)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piw5fsFMQFA

    OH this is GOOD!!!!!!   I mean really good.   Thank you for putting it on youtube since I don't have TV let alone twitch.

    Real communication with all the many people who play here is fantastic.  Honest I can't rave about this enough.   Thank  you for taking the time to do this.   I hope to see more, maybe shorter, just as a way to stay in touch with your players.  IE customers.    Take it from someone who has dealt with customers in one form or another probably before you fellas were born, lack of communication is always bad.  Taking time to talk to people pays off.   So this video is the best thing by far I ever saw GG do!  

    I will go send out a note to all my coops and put the youtube link in there.  

    Just two points I really hope you two guys see now.
    1.  Thank you for the idea of getting rid of the pop ups soon.  YEA.
    2.  Gold lock.

    Guys… no, "sales doesn't ask are you sure you want to spend."  BUT someone can still enter a store with their wallet closed until they choose to open it at check out.
    The way your game is now, feels like being on a ride that shakes the pockets and you keep everything that falls out.   Support will say sorry, be more careful.  My response to that is ok, I will.  I put my credit card out of reach and haven't spent one penny on this game since.

    A gold lock (I suggested years ago)  could be a simple padlock icon open by default so nothing changes.
    But something a player could choose to LOCK right after logging in.   Then only once if someone clicks something that costs gold, especially by accident, and for any amount of gold, "you have to unlock your gold" could come up.  One click right IN that message one time would unlock the lock until and unless the player locks it again. Allowing the player to maybe spend spend spend, say pushing a crop during an event without a prompt every time.  One lock, it's either locked by the player, or it isn't.

    This would prevent ALL accidental spending.   Customers who feel safer about putting some cash here will.
    Try it.
  • artful (US1)artful (US1) US1 Posts: 6,617

    Guys… no, "sales doesn't ask are you sure you want to spend."  BUT someone can still enter a store with their wallet closed until they choose to open it at check out.
    The way your game is now, feels like being on a ride that shakes the pockets and you keep everything that falls out.   Support will say sorry, be more careful.  My response to that is ok, I will.  I put my credit card out of reach and haven't spent one penny on this game since.
    This is where I'm thinking, he doesn't think we're all that gullible, does he?   The store analogy doesn't work. We don't walk into a store with our money balanced on our heads, where one false step could send it floating into the cash register and we can't get it back.

    I wish just once they'd own up to the fact that they make money off these accidents and don't want to stop that.  (Don't get me started on the mystery box buttons ... free click to open, free click to open, free click to open .. oops, button changed to spend gold to open.  Be more careful.)

    What they would lose from a gold lock would more than be made up for with gold purchases from people who will not buy it until some sort of spending protection is in place.


  • CIN SOON (INT1)CIN SOON (INT1) INT1 Posts: 136
    Hope that it's not the difficult task for me. I need relax and free......
    I'm interesting on volcano farm. But it's work very different than what I think before. I don't know hoes does it work. I will wait till next year to see. Miss you volcano farm!
  • Please stay on topic here & take any further discussion about gold locks to:

    Gold Lock & Other Suggestions to Prevent Accidental Gold Spending

    Thanks guys :)
  • KarenKay (US1)KarenKay (US1) Posts: 1,036
    I appreciated that they took the time to do this to offer us some explanations into what happened, what is being done, when it's being done, and future items.  The majority of us playing this game are adults.  When we are treated like adults with straight answers to our questions, timelines, and the basic facts, we respond positively.  Our "mood" changed because so much was going wrong and we were kept in the dark with no precise answers given.  Admitting that something went wrong and your team can't seem to find why, (during testing no problems were revealed), is an honest reveal that might have defused folks anger and their need to write tons of negative comments in the forum.  Those of us with tech backgrounds who understand coding know exactly what this is like.  And now I won't sleep  tonight because my mind is already trying to come up with the solution of how those negative rankings could have appeared in the coding when there were absolutely no subtractors in any line.  Hmm.. :O)  

    I think this is a good step forward, and an excellent way to share information with all of the players.  Please continue these in the future.
  • Southern (US1)Southern (US1) US1 Posts: 3,268
    I didn't get to watch it live, but I watched it in the Twitch Archive.  I thought it was very well done.  Informative; I gained a ton useful information into upcoming events, and I really appreciated the sneak peeks into the upcoming content such as Volcano Island (please don't spell it with a U.."Vulcano" is the name of an island off Sicily :)) and the Goldfish Rescue. 

    I do hope we can get more of these "State of the Game" type Vlogs in the future, even one every 2-3 months would be helpful and informative, especially if they discuss content that is in the pipeline for the next 3-6 months (from the time of airing) and things they're working on.  Bugs I'm not too concerned about, Patch Notes are already a good source for those. :)

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