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Update - May 21st - Friend invite and foreshadowing events - Discussion

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  • edited 22.05.2015
    Woohoo its started!!!! 24_zpsrquk0gyh.gif Hapy Hunting everyone!! 20_zpstxc8gysm.gif




    To be fair Steffi`s post was about 17 hours before yours, so that was a reasonable headsup. :thumbup:

    Yes, a good headsup, Thank You Steffi.

    With all the problems with the times on the Easter Event, it would have been nice if the time was included in the update though!
  • CM MargoCM Margo Posts: 272
    edited 22.05.2015
    tiff2000 wrote: »
    Are we getting the update today like it says?

    Hiya,

    Yeah the update is live already. Sorry I was sick the last couple days so I couldn't let you know :(

    ~CM Margo
  • Ria_ ()Ria_ () Posts: 280
    edited 22.05.2015
    j-girl182 wrote: »
    I really hope there isn't a task to "invite a friend" because that will remain on my task bar.
    There is. I really hope that it didn't just take away one of the round going tasks.
  • wilma79 (NL1)wilma79 (NL1) Posts: 312
    edited 22.05.2015
    Ria_2 wrote: »
    There is. I really hope that it didn't just take away one of the round going tasks.

    No they didin't, I finished a task of the roundgoing ones and got a new one.
  • PCA (GB1)PCA (GB1) GB1 Posts: 839
    edited 22.05.2015


    nice :) we all love surprises !!

    is there a chance this is a new temp farm ? A third temp farm ? Yes .. yes ?

    :)

    Nafaru wrote: »

    ... PCA, the next temporary farm will start a little later this time, but will come with a big surprise that we're preparing for.

    You will have to wait a little longer to see what we have up our sleeves.. unless you find the raccoon and tickle it long enough to spill all info. ;).....
  • Lesley52 (GB1)Lesley52 (GB1) Posts: 1,590
    edited 22.05.2015
    So got new side bar task Invite new friend for 30 karma then next to free workers Farm friends 0 This is depressing My coop have now no friends club but whoever marketed this idea to them "You Idiot" After couple of months seeing 0 in farm friends will be to depressed to play[URL="[url=http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys.php][img]http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-fc/censored.gif[/img][/url]"][/url]censored.gif
  • cccx5cccx5 Posts: 14
    edited 22.05.2015
    don't like the friends thing wont be doing that one
  • edited 22.05.2015
    9½ day is not fully 10 days, thats way the timer says 9 days left, and the day counter says day 1 out of 10.
    countyfair.png

    Thanks Woodstock M and Briannospam!
    Here we go again with time problems, just like theEaster Event!!! I guess GGS didn’t READand listen to what was said about the Easter Event by the players either. They never even commented about the problemsthen!!!! There was a lot of confusionabout the times then and the times did not match the days, the hours were cutshort, players were confused by the timers, the new egg day did not match whenthe new eggs came out, the basket didn’t empty when the new egg day began, forumwent down-so no way to help others etc. Many players quit the event and/ormissed out on the bunny bungalow because of this, but GGS did nothing to helpthem or comment on it. They should have fixedthe problems before putting out the event again! (They still haven’t answeredmy support requests from 4-2-15 and on either and I still have players thatcannot login.)
    This is just what I was afraid was going tohappen. 10 days should be 10 days! 24 hours in a day x 10 days = 240 hours totalstart to finish.
    The Event started on Friday 5-22-15 at 7am CEST, thatwas Thursday 5-21-15 10PM PST on the US1 Server.
    So, I wouldexpect that the new candies would be out each day at 7am CEST or 10PM PST. The candy basket should be emptied thentoo. The Event should run 10 days 5-22-157am CEST to June 1 at 7am CEST. Thatwould be 5-21-15 10PM PST to 5-31-15 10PM PST!! CEST time is 9 hours ahead of our PST –USA California time. Will seewhat happens now that Woostock M & Briannospam have brought this to their attention.
    GGS wants new players. Well, fix the bugs, listen to what your players tell you and put in asafeguard for spending gold and you will have all the players and gold that youwant. Word of mouth in a good, fun, wellfunctioning game with great timely customer service and resolution of supportrequests is a much better way to gain and retain players. Quick fixes to technical problems and bugs,especially during events is a must to retain players. I have no use for the new Invite Friend partof the game and I agree with all of the comments so far as to why we do notwant this!!!!! I DO NOT WANT IT IN THE GAME FOR ALL THEREASONS THAT HAVE BEEN MENTIONED HERE ON THE FORUM AND MORE!!! I WILL NOT BE USING IT AT ALL!!! And please get rid of that Invite friendstask and the icon that says “FARM FRIENDS 0” that is staring me in the facenow!!!! I REALLY, REALLY, REALLY HATE THAT-BOTH OF THEM!!!!!
    I’d like to think that I do have farm friends in thisgame!!!!!! I am a Co-op Leader and I have worked veryhard to Mentor other players and teach them all about the game in my Co-op, I participatein the Forum and try to help others as much as I can for over a year now!!!! My rewards have been many, lots of fun, and the appreciation from the players I havehelped is invaluable to me!!!! Others have helped me too and I thank them allfor that, their help has been invaluable to me too! J We don’t need a new mentoring event, wealready have it in the Co-ops and the Forum!! The task to join a Co-op comes at Level 6, even though players have noidea what a Co-op is at that point! We are farm friends in the Co-op, we domentor others as leaders and as players, etc.!!! That’s what a Co-op is all about!!! If we have friends who may be interested inthe Game and we are happy with it, we will have certainly invited them to playwith us long ago, invited them into our Co-op and mentored them along theway. IMO the Invite Friends feature isso wrong and so unfair for all the reasons mentioned, I want it out of thegame!

    I am excited about the coming County Fair and theEvent too. I do like that so far.
  • Woodstock MWoodstock M Posts: 110
    edited 22.05.2015
    Last time the reset was at 12 midnight Central European time on Easter for everyone like the new day bonuses. Where as the activate machine and mission bonus resets at midnight of the server or at least midnight EST for US1 and 12 midnight Central European time for WW1 and a few other servers that I know about.
  • kaydidit (US1)kaydidit (US1) Posts: 36
    edited 22.05.2015
    One of the main reasons I started playing this game over other farm games was because you did not have to annoy your friends with invites. Now you (GGS) have added this to my game. Shame, Shame on you. You are continuing to ruin a wonderful game with all your crazy additions to it. Please rethink this addition and remove it as soon as possible.
  • Yakoska (US1)Yakoska (US1) Posts: 1,631
    edited 22.05.2015
    PCA wrote: »


    nice :) we all love surprises !!

    is there a chance this is a new temp farm ? A third temp farm ? Yes .. yes ?

    :)

    Could be that the County Fair is a new type of Temp farm....
  • Chalaryl (US1)Chalaryl (US1) Posts: 132
    edited 22.05.2015
    Yakoska, I had the same thought. Time will tell I guess! And if the greenhouse fruit order reversion to tropicals is a hint...maybe it'll use tropical fruit... Time will tell!

    Hah we don't need no stinky raccoon to start rumors!! We can do that job for free!!
  • Lesley52 (GB1)Lesley52 (GB1) Posts: 1,590
    edited 22.05.2015
    Is the friendship link actually working Says facebook,twitter,google+ not available yet
  • edited 22.05.2015
    Lesley52 wrote: »
    So got new side bar task Invite new friend for 30 karma then next to free workers Farm friends 0 This is depressing My coop have now no friends club but whoever marketed this idea to them "You Idiot" After couple of months seeing 0 in farm friends will be to depressed to playcensored.gif

    Well said and I agree completely, soooooooooo depressing!!! I play the game to have fun, so I won't be depressed!!! I don't like this at all!!!!
  • PCA (GB1)PCA (GB1) GB1 Posts: 839
    edited 22.05.2015

    Only if / when it gives us horseshoes :)

    Yakoska wrote: »
    Could be that the County Fair is a new type of Temp farm....
  • CathyD (INT1)CathyD (INT1) INT1 Posts: 958
    edited 22.05.2015
    Yakoska wrote: »
    Could be that the County Fair is a new type of Temp farm....

    Check your e-mail....
  • edited 22.05.2015
    Lesley52 wrote: »
    So got new side bar task Invite new friend for 30 karma then next to free workers Farm friends 0 This is depressing My coop have now no friends club but whoever marketed this idea to them "You Idiot" After couple of months seeing 0 in farm friends will be to depressed to playcensored.gif
    Send out your link to random people in other Goodgame games, like Empire or Cafe. Trust me, it works! You'll get lots of friend then! :D
  • CM NafaruCM Nafaru Posts: 1,325
    edited 22.05.2015
    This is just what I was afraid was going tohappen. 10 days should be 10 days! 24 hours in a day x 10 days = 240 hours totalstart to finish.

    Due to the fact that some of our servers cover different time zones and our events are hence started at the same time all across the world, we decided to go vor 07:00am CEST this time with all kinds of time zones in mind.

    This should give everyone 17 hours to check the game and invest a couple minutes in finding sweets this time. Even if we hit nighttime in your time zone, there should still be some time left to look for sweets throughout the day.
    Yakoska wrote: »
    Could be that the County Fair is a new type of Temp farm....

    Could be... :D
    Chalaryl wrote: »
    Hah we don't need no stinky raccoon to start rumors!! We can do that job for free!!

    Oh noooo! But the raccoon is cute anyway. :3
    Lesley52 wrote: »
    Is the friendship link actually working Says facebook,twitter,google+ not available yet

    Yes it is working. Additional other ways of referring friends through social media channels are still in the works, though.

    Just copy the link to your clipboard using the button, paste it to whatever communication channel you would like to use, send and you're done. :)

    Regards,
    Steffi
  • GoodRhonda (US1)GoodRhonda (US1) US1 Posts: 7
    edited 22.05.2015
    I have clicked on the invite your friends copy to clipboard but I don't know what to do next. Help please
  • RunsWivScissors (GB1)RunsWivScissors (GB1) GB1 Posts: 6,633
    edited 22.05.2015
    Check your e-mail....

    Woohoo thanks DuffyPoo...Candy farm yay!!!! th7_4_18.gif
  • Pameow (AU1)Pameow (AU1) AU1 Posts: 266
    edited 22.05.2015
    Imagine every swearword and then some to describe your latest update staff of GG$.

    This isn't a FaceBook game, we came in good faith to get away from this Stinka marketing strategy. Did Zynga buy you out GG$? Are their execs calling the shots now? Thats what it appears as.

    It is harrassment having to look at that task every day since its up at the top position, and I will not be shifting it from saying, "There is still space for neighbours". Also, always on the screen, from now on is a bar saying 0 farm friends up next to the free workers bar. Not acceptable.

    Of course GG$ will not get rid of it no matter what anyone comments, it will work as a reasonable revenue stream from new players. And the new players have their own forum so they don't even see all our "feedback". Now its become obvious what the real reason for the new forum for new players.

    But hear this we are the ones with the wallets. You might get a surprise because we all know how these games can fail. Strategies can go too far, pyramid marketing crosses the line of decency.

    **Friends and neighbours** harrassment, no thanks. Its countdown till time to move along.
  • gabrielle4731gabrielle4731 Posts: 6
    edited 22.05.2015
    Requesting friend to join the game..well hell I may as well go back to the facebook farms! You have just taken the worlds worst feature from other games..the one that drives people away from them and brought it into this one. If you keep going with this absolutely terrible idea you are going to loose a lot of people who have been around a while. Please Please Please re-think this idea before you loose us all!!!!
  • BriannospamGame (SKN1)BriannospamGame (SKN1) Posts: 1,803
    edited 22.05.2015
    Pameow wrote: »
    **Friends and neighbours** harrassment, no thanks. Its countdown till time to move along.

    Pameow (AND GGS !!!)
    - try read this thread: http://en.board.goodgamestudios.com/bigfarm/showthread.php?139233-Criticism-friend-task!
  • CM MargoCM Margo Posts: 272
    edited 22.05.2015
    GoodRhonda wrote: »
    I have clicked on the invite your friends copy to clipboard but I don't know what to do next. Help please

    You then have to send this to a friend who will follow the link to the game and get involved :)

    ~CM Margo
  • debbie Burdsalldebbie Burdsall Posts: 2
    edited 22.05.2015
    There has to be an easier way to invite friends. I dont understand how to use the clip board method.
  • CathyD (INT1)CathyD (INT1) INT1 Posts: 958
    edited 22.05.2015
    There has to be an easier way to invite friends. I dont understand how to use the clip board method.

    When you click that button, the green one that says copy and past to clipboard, the link goes onto your computers 'clipboard'.

    You're going to send an e-mail to a friend to join the game, so when you're typing the e-mail, click 'paste' or right click and select 'paste' and the link will be copied from the clipboard to your e-mail.
  • Angel0ne (US1)Angel0ne (US1) US1 Posts: 15
    edited 22.05.2015
    I think this is a great idea. I find nothing harassing about inviting friends. Most people I know are mature and just pass by things they are not interested in. The fact that GGS provides this game for free with now downloading deserves a little shout out to some potential new players that may be potential gold buyer's. The game may be free but GGS employee's aren't. I think of it in a way of supporting the game and benefiting too. As for people who may cheat... Who care's. I'm only worried about my own business.
  • MRG1 (US1)MRG1 (US1) US1 Posts: 1,554
    edited 22.05.2015
    Kamilcom wrote: »
    After reading the anouncement I'm left with an impression that "add friends" is not just that, but well designed valuable add-on to the game as a complex feature with a great potential to enhance gaming experience. Shame I probably won't use it at all or at least not much as I'm not ready to harrass my friends with invites.

    If the whole system was available as Mentoring scheme for existing players, where high level players could take an apprentice and lead them through the game, it would have much greater value in my oppinion. But as an exclusively "new player invite" feature it has alreaady suffered a major damage to it's atractivity and popularity among players which it otherwise could have had.

    Well now it's not the end of the developement and if the game makers are "listening", they can still adjust the feature to make it more "game friendly", taking the whole "harrass-all-your-friends" objection out of the way.

    Totally agree. I have mentored probably 100 players over the past year when I added them to my coop, but no reward for that. Only rewarded if I SPAM my friends. Not about to do that. Yes, 'IF' the developers were listening they could have made this more palatable, but of course they did not. Why don't they fix known problems instead of creating new ones and angering their existing customer base?
  • kbahr007 (US1)kbahr007 (US1) US1 Posts: 1,841
    edited 22.05.2015
    So why should I spam people, It is bad enough that I receive unwanted spam from people I do not know, now I am put in the position of doing GGS job of peddling the game on people I know in the real world. No thanks GGS do your own job.
  • RunsWivScissors (GB1)RunsWivScissors (GB1) GB1 Posts: 6,633
    edited 22.05.2015
    There has to be an easier way to invite friends. I dont understand how to use the clip board method.

    When you click the button its just like clicking "copy" so you can then go & paste into an email or chat or whatever & it will put a link that your friend can click. That takes them to the login page for the server that your farm is on & when they create their account, your screen will show 1 friend (or 1 more friend if you already have any).
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