I didnt know this was an issue. I have played a few dozen games of mansion and won about 20 crates, only 2 times did someone leave the game (and once was ME from crashing).
I have to agree with
Doc here... I ddin't know there was an issue either. lol
The first day crates came out I immediately thought to start a friend game and did ... we played a dozen or so games and I won my first 6 crates. There were a couple of bumps, but nothing out of the ordinary for VMK, especially after a new build release. I mean once or twice I didn't get a crate when I thought I should have (I think I got credit bonuses those times, though, so maybe that was it), one or another of our group of six got dc once or twice, etc. Again, nothing unusual. Since that day I've been too busy to play too much, but another couple dozen games just with whomever was in the Lobby. I got another 7 crates and lots of credits.
I think in all these games I crashed once. I think my opponents left two, maybe three times for whatever reason (I did happened to be ahead), but that's happened in Mansion before. It's just the way of the game, I don't really think it's all that bad.
TikiKrissy, your letter is well written. Not sure I agree with the idea of making the crate available all over (it is Halloween so Mansion seems ideal to me)... but that's just a matter of opinion not a right/wrong thing. I do agree with you it's nice of them to release early in the month to give us time to put in this month's themed rooms.
It concerns me that every time something new like this comes out in VMK people get so anxious about getting it that they complain when they can't. Yeah, I know, one never knows how long until something retires, but it seems to me this will be available at least all month. Maybe you can't get it, but others can... give them time to be available for trade. I know people who have 100s of these little fellows. They'll be as cheap & plentiful as ice cubes before you know it.
And while everyone should have a fairly equal chance to get things, as I think is the case here, sometimes you just can't. When they existed, not everyone could make it to the In-Park Quests, but that's part of VMK's flavor.
For those curious... I use an almost 4-yr old PC (
details). I have WinXP Pro and IE7 (both with all updates), but I generally use VMKPal. I use a Cable Modem to connect (
Cox Communications Premier service) to the Intarwebs and use VMK. Again, I have no major problems with Haunted Mansion... though Fireworks is another story...
