This is just so wrong

[cat_herder]

ok, to break it down to the most common sense aspect.

1. at any given time, there are anywhere from 2-4,000 people on during a weekend day AT ONE TIME, we are not talking about the whole day people, we are picking out 1 single second in time on vmk. 2-4,000 people all in there, and heading SOMEWHERE.

2. If you hold an event, and have a game, it would stand to reason most, if not all, of those people would want to play.

3. What possible explanation could you have to expect 2-4,000 people all to cram into one room to play a game? Seriously. 1 room...let that sink in a minute...1 room? Who the heck decided that??? Somebody had to..Somebody had to say, yeah that'll work. Honestly, if they did not forsee any type of problem whatsoever in only having one room, then they REALLY should not be staff. I mean really. They shouldnt.

(oh and dont give me that "they will be staggered thoughout the day stuff, because EVERY MINUTE of the day today there were ALWAYS 3-4,000 people in vmk. So yes, they may be staggered, but you are staggering groups of 3-4,000 people at a time. )

I mean i thought the maze event was poorly planned and executed, i could never dream that they would have such a massive screw up as this generator game. Even expecting them to mess it all up, it STILL boggles the mind, the level of ineptitude they have hit today.

ok the vein in the neck is throbbing too much now, i think i will go watch something calming and not as stressful as vmk, like football.

I think if they can limit a room size to a certain number of people they can limit the line to get into a room to a certain number of people. If they make the line size -say- 100 people long, then direct the rest of the people to next game room. The most people at one time in a line seems to be about 600-700. So about 7-8 game rooms running at once would take care of it.

I'm not that computer smart but even I can think of a way to do it better.

 

[Maleficent2]

Yeah MousseDude- at one time I had my husband's computer open with me waiting in line and crashing while I played a new game I created- and boy did I win big... in the time it took for me to wait in line only to crash at various places in the line- on dh's computer- I was able to "win"

3 complete princess costumes (one in each color)
1 Haunted Mansion suit
1 cowboy hat
1 Indian Headdress
1 pink princess hat
6 web dividers
and 5 shirts with lanyards
and enough credits to get the gray haunted mansion suit tomorrow too

wow wasn't I lucky-

Sounds like Moussedude played the same game too- and I wasn't frustrated in the slightest- lol

Funny I think I played that same game today!

I won:

1 Black HM suit top
1 " " " pants
1 " ' ' shoes
2 spider webs
various other assorted clothes I have been wanting

Complete Blue Princess outfit
Princess Hat


Not as big a win as you but I did not play it often enough! Darn it!

Wasted to much time at Castle trying to win that darn inferno....


Mal

 

[lovethattink]

Well, I got my inferno. So my son will be so happy, since I'll share it with him!


MaliaMike---I'm so sorry that happened to your son. My heart just breaks for him. Please write a response to vmk. These games are designed with him in mind to have fun, not crush his feelings. My son's were crushed at the last event. I wrote to VMk, and they responded and took care of it.

 

[VirtuallyMe]

I too had an upset 8 year old today (well almost 8 she has a birthday next month) she cried for 2 hours when her little brother's character crashed while in the game room and shortly after she crashed too.

They had both also waited a long long hour to be judged in costume contest and had some that were better than the winners in those rounds there were also others in the room who were better than winners and them that deserved to win- but didn't... for one only one prize was awarded to the group and for the other 3 people got prizes...

It is just too hard to explain to a kid why it is like it is- why they have to wait and wait- when anyone who has ever worked with kids can tell you they do not have the attention spans and patience to wait the length of time it takes to get into the rooms only to have it crash or to have their feelings hurt when someone in a non-creative costume gets a prize.

These kids would have been happy with a pin (even the 25 credit variety) or a pumpkin- would have loved the cauldron or inferno of course- but really this was a let down for them. And I know in the future that I will not share the upcoming events ahead of time- like I did for this one- If I happen to play and get in with their or my characters I will make sure they can come and play- but I'm not going to let them do that mess again.

I did send a letter to the black hole and got a non-response letter back already to one of them. Basically I mentioned all of the above and suggested that they not do these events like this- to stick to the room decorating contests and poetry contests and unless they can figure a way to make things run more smoothely with more rooms and less disconnections. That they need to keep in mind that the game is played by very young children who do not have the ability to handle the stress and pressure that these things cause...

We will see I guess

 

[MaliaMichelle]

Now I am double upset at myself.

After Kris went to bed, I signed on as him, hoping to win him inferno and surprise him. Got into a forecourt, had him all dressed up. Waited and waited. Then I accidently click on the book and before I relized it, he exited the room.

Then I got him back in a room just as staff left it. Waited to see if staff comes back, and again accidently click him out of the room.

Getting inferno for him is not meant to be.

I had two windows going, him on VMK, and me doing other stuff. It was when I would click on his window to bring it to the front I would click him out.

Oh well, at least he wasn't around to get his hopes up this time.

My guess is inferno is going to be easier and easier to get now since so many were handed out today. So soon he will get it. As for myself, I don't really care to have it, mainly was trying for him. I am just glad my youngest doesn't understand all this, it would be too much to have them both heartbroken. My youngest is still thrilled with his space suit. He's so easy. lol.

 

[Adventuredaz]

I will simply put today behind me and play that other game MousseDude created tommorow, all day long. Its a day off and I don't have any plans.

 

[BriarRosie]

As my luck would have it...I got in. I won inferno, Yay! Then I crashed. There is no inferno in my pins.

Ack! I would definitely write in a 'gentle reminder' if that pin didn't show
up today!

 

[LisaInNc]

I thought they said you could only try ONCE.

Are you kidding me? Until I saw a prize I was going to keep trying and I never did get one!

 

[blizzard]

Now I am double upset at myself.

After Kris went to bed, I signed on as him, hoping to win him inferno and surprise him. Got into a forecourt, had him all dressed up. Waited and waited. Then I accidently click on the book and before I relized it, he exited the room.

Then I got him back in a room just as staff left it. Waited to see if staff comes back, and again accidently click him out of the room.

Getting inferno for him is not meant to be.

I had two windows going, him on VMK, and me doing other stuff. It was when I would click on his window to bring it to the front I would click him out.

Oh well, at least he wasn't around to get his hopes up this time.

I was wondering what he was doing up so late! I saw you (he) walk out of the room, and was thinking "NO!" Incidently, you weren't the only person to do this. I saw many people walk out of the castle forecourt during the day. VMK staff finally came right before close and gave out three prizes - none of which were inferno, and none of which I won.