Non-Disney Online Games Virtual Family Kingdom Thread

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Sorry I don't agree pink :) They are trying to cash in on VMK and I think that is despicable. I keep hoping it will change but it does not. Part of me now is just waiting for Disney to crumble it down.

Bug

Bug, I can respect your decision, but I can't for the life of me figure out why you and all those that nitpick this game to death STILL go on? Either it's "despicable" or it's not....

Every single one of you here complaining about the game ARE SIGNING INTO THIS GAME. If you can't stomach the fact that it's copying VMK or feel "it's ruining my memories" then don't sign in! THAT'S what I'm having a problem with here.
 
Every single one of you here complaining about the game ARE SIGNING INTO THIS GAME. If you can't stomach the fact that it's copying VMK or feel "it's ruining my memories" then don't sign in! THAT'S what I'm having a problem with here.

havent logged in since the first saturday after its release :)

I am not ok with them ripping off this community.
 
Bug, I can respect your decision, but I can't for the life of me figure out why you and all those that nitpick this game to death STILL go on? Either it's "despicable" or it's not....

Every single one of you here complaining about the game ARE SIGNING INTO THIS GAME. If you can't stomach the fact that it's copying VMK or feel "it's ruining my memories" then don't sign in! THAT'S what I'm having a problem with here.

Well I TRY to sign in to have an opinion, but they have me on the single user mode and none of my calls for help haver been heard.

Because it is an original, fully fledged game.:rolleyes:
 
You know what, I get your message LOUD AND CLEAR. You hate the game. Lots of you do.

It's almost as if you purposely sign into VFK to find all the negative things and then come running back here to post your disgust. Well, that does nothing for our DIS community, NOTHING.
 

Arg, you guys! I try to stay away from this thread... I really do... but sometimes I can't resist the pull :)

The last three pages of this thread are FILLED with complaints of VFK being like VMK. Need I remind you all that this game was designed to replace VMK? It was designed to be like VMK - that's the whole point of this game!

If you can't accept that fact, then move on please. There are plenty of other games out there that are VERY different from VMK. Choose one and don't sign into VFK again. :teeth:

I understand their goal was to be like VMK. Never did I think that they would mimic like this. Have some originality here, is that too much to ask from them? Now that VFK has two mini-games similar to the Disney VMK design and they have taken money from people for the game, it kind of makes me feel bad. What if Disney does get the glove out? I feel bad for these people who bought in. What happens to them?
 
I think this game has some positives but they are really many negatives which overshadow them.

And our community should be aware of both aspects of the game and I think that is what this thread is here for.

So those who have something good or bad to say and avoid this thread don't help the community.
 
I think this game has some positives but they are really many negatives which overshadow them.

And our community should be aware of both aspects of the game and I think that is what this thread is here for.

So those who have something good or bad to say and avoid this thread don't help the community.

Well said.

I go back in hopes that it will change and be it's own great game. But it doesn't and we come here to voice our concern.

Bug
 
I understand their goal was to be like VMK. Never did I think that they would mimic like this. Have some originality here, is that too much to ask from them? Now that VFK has two mini-games similar to the Disney VMK design and they have taken money from people for the game, it kind of makes me feel bad. What if Disney does get the glove out? I feel bad for these people who bought in. What happens to them?

Sorry, Dis. If people want to throw their money away on a game that is still in its very early stages with no guarantee of success, then that's there own choice and own responsiblity. People throw money away every day in the lotteries :) and I don't feel bad for them one bit. It's THEIR choice to do so.

I honestly wish this thread would just get deleted. It's done nothing but tear us apart and cause us to bicker and argue. Passions run high when VMK is brought into the picture, understandably so. But our true goal should be to strengthen our community here on the DIS, and I don't see that happening with this thread.

My life is falling apart, and I came on here tonight to seek out a respite, to find a place among friends, and I don't know... this thread just hit me where it hurts. I'm sitting here in tears over the fighting amongst friends. Arg, today was not the day to open this thread - my fault! :) And I apologize for my emotional outburts... well, because I AM emotional today, but that's beside the point)

The game will be like VMK. Don't wish and hope for something different. It's not going to happen and you'll only end up disappointed.
 
Sorry, Dis. If people want to throw their money away on a game that is still in its very early stages with no guarantee of success, then that's there own choice and own responsiblity. People throw money away every day in the lotteries :) and I don't feel bad for them one bit. It's THEIR choice to do so.

I honestly wish this thread would just get deleted. It's done nothing but tear us apart and cause us to bicker and argue. Passions run high when VMK is brought into the picture, understandably so. But our true goal should be to strengthen our community here on the DIS, and I don't see that happening with this thread.

My life is falling apart, and I came on here tonight to seek out a respite, to find a place among friends, and I don't know... this thread just hit me where it hurts. I'm sitting here in tears over the fighting amongst friends. Arg, today was not the day to open this thread - my fault! :) And I apologize for my emotional outburts... well, because I AM emotional today, but that's beside the point)

The game will be like VMK. Don't wish and hope for something different. It's not going to happen and you'll only end up disappointed.


:hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug:

Please don't be sad, it's just a discussion over a silly game.
 
what i don't understand is the people in the lobby defending the fact that it is a pure copy of the game. I mean they must be brain washed. I was asked if I wrote that letter to Disney and I said yes. Then they said how could I defend them then after what they did. I replied I loved Disney before the game and love it after that will not change. The i was told well they left us and the game so *** can pick up where they left off. Oh and i was told numerous times that they are doing the best they can-a complete copy is the best they can do-what a scary thought. At some point the big white glove will squash them....if they keep copying......

Bug

Hopefully
 
Sorry, Dis. If people want to throw their money away on a game that is still in its very early stages with no guarantee of success, then that's there own choice and own responsiblity. People throw money away every day in the lotteries :) and I don't feel bad for them one bit. It's THEIR choice to do so.

I honestly wish this thread would just get deleted. It's done nothing but tear us apart and cause us to bicker and argue. Passions run high when VMK is brought into the picture, understandably so. But our true goal should be to strengthen our community here on the DIS, and I don't see that happening with this thread.

My life is falling apart, and I came on here tonight to seek out a respite, to find a place among friends, and I don't know... this thread just hit me where it hurts. I'm sitting here in tears over the fighting amongst friends. Arg, today was not the day to open this thread - my fault! :) And I apologize for my emotional outburts... well, because I AM emotional today, but that's beside the point)

The game will be like VMK. Don't wish and hope for something different. It's not going to happen and you'll only end up disappointed.
Agree 100%

And, since I don't feel like finding it, I agree 100% with the person that said that games should be original

And hugs
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I've only logged on to the game once to three times a week in the hopes that it would improve each time I login. And it HAS. While there have been many timelines broken, there is always something new when I log on.

Quests have even gotten better...

I stink at the Audubon game, so I'm going to try my hand at the Fireworks game when it opens, and by the discussion here, seems like it has. So here I go!

I do respect all opinions regarding this game. I'm still riding the fence; while I can see why some think one way, I try to look at the good things in the game, and yesterday, I finally found so many friends that I haven't found previously - A definite plus!

*logging into VFK now*

Hugs all around!
Sugar
 
At what point does this cross the line into enough copyright infringement for Disney to notice? I hadn't played the bird game until last night but the movement and the pacing is exactly like jungle cruise, and now this? How in the world is this site still open?


Can someone explain to me how this is jungle cruise. Yes you click but you got to know your birds. I know many players who where awesome at jungle cruise and can not get over 100 in birds. Average high score being 10,000 to 25,000

Yes the movements are very similar but learning the birds is much much harder than jungle cruise was. I find the pacing much different in birds, actually I play it much slower than I ever played jungle cruise. You are rewarded for knowledge not for knowing how fast to click when an animal comes out.

In jungle cruise I would get 20 credits no mater how hard I tried and only the top ten would get 750. Here everyone is rewarded for there own ability.

Now I can average 3,000 to 5,000 a game after weeks of practice.

And yes there is a lot of very similar stuff in VFK but hey Disney is the one that closed the doors on us. So close them down because they crossed the line. Who wins no one at all. We still have no game to call our home.

There is still no game out there for all of us to play like VMK. And I do believe there never will. Why because unless Disney recreates VMK there will be nothing that has the disney magic. Or in some cases the worst black whole response in the Disney history. Nothing where we could relive our love of Disney. Where we all looked so cute. But I also remember many many dark days on VMK too where I was in tears more than once and I was an adult.

I do not forget the great highs or the great disappointment I felt too often either.

People say we are so in there to get them to make a game we all can play. We need a family game we can all go to. That is why we are so hard on them.

Well it looks like they are not going to meet that need. So why waste your time if in the end they are just going to get sued. Or too many leave because it is not for them.

yes it is sad many had high hopes for VFK as a possible replacement. Which we can see it is not for most of the players on this board.

Yes I get bored on VFK too. But I also have lots of laughs too. So I do not worry about they did that or didn't do that. It is the chuckles I get from my friends. The kids I knew on VMK that now we have met up have a sparkle in their eyes again.

Yes I do worry that that sparkle we be crushed again. It is all possible and that is what worries me the most. The hurt kids if this game does not work. I encourage them to enjoy the time thye have on this game. Because being so new it just might make it to full release. Many many are having fun on this new place. So until someone can show me a better game I will stay with VFK. I tried all the others people are talking about. I got bored on Small worlds. Witchcraft and wizards is not for me. Social Town (sp?) made me stop in the the first five minutes of the game never to return again.

And there is only so much I can do on webkinz. Pirates is to much fighting for me.

But until then we will enjoy the fun we are making together on this refugee site.

I will never play another disney game until the management changes at WDIG!!!.

I just wish we had a thread where I could post funny bugs. Get tips on how to play fireworks without so much lag making it almost impossible to play.

To have the old cheering squad when we used to get our new high scores. where people would stop by to see what we built in our rooms. And yes I do have a very cute and creative clock on VFK :)

But the joy of sharing all the fun I do fine on VFK is not worth posting through the pages of critisim. because it will just get lost. just as most of my VMK friends on dis have been lost to other games and boards.

Nothing has changed since day one of this game. To many it is not creative, lacks proper child proof controls, the characters are boring, They are building the game backwards and not right. They are not up front and honest with us. They have no clue what they are doing and what they are doing is a very bad copy. Too much like VMK makes you cry to play it. hey if disney did not close the door and treat us so poorly we would never have had this thread. I still have not received a from letter from any of the letters I mailed. !!!

Ok so where are we going with all this. To me I like the fact they used the older version of fireworks. I hated the remix. But I hate the lag even more in this game. So I can not even play this game. But I do love the music:) So it shows they are far form being able to create games using as little memory as possible.

Now how many versions are there of PACMAN. Or astriods, or solitary. Many types of versions of Donkey Kong not to mention Bejewelled. How many role playing games are basically the same???

I would have liked to see a very different fireworks game!!! But in reality how could they.?? Any possible suggestion out there. To me that would be more constructive. What type of fireworks would you build.

You never know maybe they need inspiration from its players. I for one have no idea. But there are enough gamers out there. I am sure a great game could be created just from sharing.

I think if I saw the threads like they used to be constructive as they should do this and that. Then we are going somewhere.

I was always taught it is fine to complain but make sure when you do you have some ideas to make it better. because if you can not think of a better way then there is no way to created positive change.

So tonight we have learned that VFK seems to be in copy right infringement. Many want the full site closed down. But I have yet to see any suggestions to make it better?

So unless some miracle happens VMK is lost in our happy and sad memories.


Big Hugs to PINK !!! I was not going to post but how could I not after your posts.
 
I just got my first glimpse at VFK live and in action thanks to a kind soul who let me log on as their character, and I have to say the game is exactly what I would expect it to be--a cheap ripoff imitation of VMK.

This game is such a clear violation of Disney's patented, copyrighted, and trademarked intellectual property that I have to believe that Disney will do something to shut this game down, especially now that they are taking money for the game. Disney has filed oppositions and sent cease and desist letters for a lot less than this. My guess is that Disney has either sent a cease and desist letter, and VFK has chosen to ignore it, or they are preparing to file and opposition, but are waiting until they have enough of a leg to stand on.

Until Disney does something about this, I will just remind people of this saying:

Let the buyer beware.

If and when Disney does all they can to shut VFK down, you may have no recourse to get back any money you spend on this game.

Remember, this is a company that registered a Domain Name for Virtual Family Kingdom the day after VMK announced it would be closing. They used graphics that were stolen from VMK in their initial announcement, and now they have games out that are cheap imitations of the games that VMK. This is a company with very shady business practices who has tried to prey on people when the game they loved closed.

I personally, can not and will not support a company that is trying to take advantage of people like VFK is. If others want to, that's their business, but if you're on the fence about paying for membership, just use caution.
 
I think if I saw the threads like they used to be constructive as they should do this and that. Then we are going somewhere.

So tonight we have learned that VFK seems to be in copy right infringement. Many want the full site closed down. But I have yet to see any suggestions to make it better?

I had a suggestion in a post a while back.:goodvibes

Hopefully when Mansion comes out, it is a witch hunt. Looking for witches instead of chasing ghosts. I know someone who would do great at it. :thumbsup2
 
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