Non-Disney Online Games Virtual Family Kingdom Thread

[luvmyeor]

I can finally talk today when I am in my room. I'm in the backyard right now but can't talk. I can't see anybody but I can see redshoe and CutieKristina talking.

 

[piratesLifeYoho]

After going from room to room and empting and refilling them if needed.
I have way too many Pink Couches for one Best Buy Employee to handle. Some pink couches are pink soft and cozy and can be moved, however, if you would like to sit on it there will be an extra surcharge.(TBD) I have decided to masquerade tall grandfather clocks and pink buffet tables as pink couches also and can be bought for a discount. For the modest pick couch admirer I have another model it is small, hard, and grey but it most certainly is our most portable pink couch ever.
Be on the lookout for more PinkCouches before they are all gone!

Brought to you by a bored BBE! Who stayed up too late

ROFL you brought a much needed smile to my face!

 

[Sugar]

Today, I got in with the most success in the past 3 days! I was actually able to SEE PEOPLE today! And I was able to talk, and my screen name was confirmed!

I'm Sugar in VFK

- Sugar

 

[redshoe]

Aww, sorry we couldn't talk with you too!

It does look like progress is being made, though.

 

[sm4987]

Hi, Shalonie, It was very nice to meet you! This is fairy power

 

[redshoe]

I FINALLY FOUND PHINNY!!!



I was able to talk to her for a little bit, but then chat went away again. It made my day, though!

 

[whs_singingrose]

awww I have yet to find Fin, but Coral can see people and talk!!!!!

 

[Tiggerholic]

Well I *actually* was able to talk to myself in my room today, but as soon as I went outside ... walked around, nada

On another little *plus* side, I really SAW other people in the Castle Forecourt and their chat. Alas, they could not see me

I am enjoying being part of a Beta test group and I know that the programmers are working their very best to resolve these issues we are all running into.

Have not gotten confirmation of my name Tigger or Calista yet, so as of now Tigger is Guest9700 and Calista, not sure yet as I forgot to look

Hope to talk to you all soon


Lyn

 

[cyre]

Well I *actually* was able to talk to myself in my room today, but as soon as I went outside ... walked around, nada

On another little *plus* side, I really SAW other people in the Castle Forecourt and their chat. Alas, they could not see me

I am enjoying being part of a Beta test group and I know that the programmers are working their very best to resolve these issues we are all running into.

Have not gotten confirmation of my name Tigger or Calista yet, so as of now Tigger is Guest9700 and Calista, not sure yet as I forgot to look

Hope to talk to you all soon


Lyn

That's the same problem i'm having

ETA... i could for a brief time talk and see a few people and my own words!! who knew that seeing your chat could make one so thrilled!! rofl

 

[SharkMeal]

I FINALLY FOUND PHINNY!!!



I was able to talk to her for a little bit, but then chat went away again. It made my day, though!

Lucky.. I found her yesterday when she was invisble and I couldn't talk. It made me really upset.

WHY CAN I STILL NOT TALK OR SEE ANYBODY?? I don't know if my name is
still Guest888 or if they accepted it and made it YellowStrangeShark yet..

The last time I saw my name was when I saw 1 person yesterday and said
2 lines before I couldn't chat yesterday. I could chat a lot on the day it
opened though.

 

[sm4987]

awww I have yet to find Fin, but Coral can see people and talk!!!!!

Coral, I was just in there with you, and then my chat went out.


I chatted for about an hour with VFK_Groovy! What a sweet person. I like that they are out and walking about. It is making my day too. Now..........where was Fin?

 

[whs_singingrose]

Lucky.. I found her yesterday when she was invisble and I couldn't talk. It made me really upset.

WHY CAN I STILL NOT TALK OR SEE ANYBODY?? I don't know if my name is
still Guest888 or if they accepted it and made it YellowStrangeShark yet..

The last time I saw my name was when I saw 1 person yesterday and said
2 lines before I couldn't chat yesterday. I could chat a lot on the day it
opened though.

you'll eventually be able to chat shark.


I found TofuBeast, well her words anyway! and we don't want to move an inch!

 

[tofubeast]

awww I have yet to find Fin, but Coral can see people and talk!!!!!

Nice chatting with you....doesn't seem to work again. That was my first convo on there. Too bad I could not see you, even though we look alike!

 

[whs_singingrose]

Nice chatting with you....doesn't seem to work again. That was my first convo on there. Too bad I could not see you, even though we look alike!

It was nice to talk to you too! and now I think everything but my chat bubble went out. because I see my chat but not anybody else's.

 

[SharkMeal]

Well I made a step forward...

I can ONLY talk in the crossroads section. No other room can I talk, I can't
talk in my house, garden, any room in the medieval land, or any room in the
wild west land, just the crossroad room.

I still can't see other people.

But at least I found out that I am YellowStrangeShark on there now and
not Guest888.

What did you guys do to get it to work fine? Refresh 5000k times? Clear cache/cookies? Log out
wait a while and log back in? Just sit there and it started working?

 

[IliketheTitanic]

Just saw VFK_Tiger and she confirmed that she came over from VMK, she also said that HOST_Harmony (now VFK_Harmony) has came over as well.

 

[rickyratsmom]

Just saw VFK_Tiger and she confirmed that she came over from VMK, she also said that HOST_Harmony (now VFK_Harmony) has came over as well.

Yes! lol A trick that works for me is if I go in an area and can't talk I go back out and come back in. Sometimes it works on first try, sometimes a few tries but I am ALMOST always able to talk after that!! Congrats on your title I got mine today too!!

 

[poohluv2u]

I do feel this will have a pay to play option just by reading the terms of service in the agreement:

REGISTRATION AND SUBSCRIPTION: Registration as a Member of the Service for free. This service includes the chat and instant messaging features in the VitualFamilyKingdom.com environment. There are enhanced Services which are available which require confirmation of age and identity and this requires that you become a subscriber and pay any related fees. This price list is part of this Agreement And We reserve the right, at any time, to change any fees or charges for using the Service. To become a Member, You must register for the Service. When and if You register to become a Member, You agree to provide accurate, current and complete information about Yourself as prompted by Our registration form ("Registration Data"), and to maintain and update Your information to keep it accurate, current and complete. You agree that We may rely on Your Registration Data as accurate, current and complete. You acknowledge that if Your Registration Data is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete in any respect, We reserve the right to terminate this Agreement and Your use of the Service and, in such event, You shall not be entitled to a refund of any unused subscription fees.

Heh, I don't need to tell anyone nothing comes for free especially in this economy.

Hmm ... while I would have gladly paid to keep VMK open, I'm not so sure on this game. They will have to keep it free for quite a while to let us see where they are taking it. While I am grateful at the moment to have some place to visit with friends from VMK, I agree with others that this a very alpha-ish version of an MMOG.

 

[wenyeva]

Delurking to post about my experience on VFK so far.

For the first two days I never once saw anyone or was able to chat.

Today I am (mostly) able to chat and I see other people -- but not necessarily all of them! I was in a room with mileycyrus for a while, and though I clicked on all the visible characters, none of them seemed to have her name.

In one room (blacksmith room of the Old West) I could see chat but could not see any people. I could not chat there myself.

In some rooms I can't chat; don't know why.

My character's feet are getting tired. It would be nice to sit.

Bugs and other issues I am noticing:
The dictionary doesn't seem to allow you to type a person's name unless it's already a normal dictionary word. This can make it difficult to address someone in a crowded room.

People can easily block gates and doors and make it impossible to leave a room. (Also -- I hope they add markings to show where the exits are, soon.)

For some reason VFK is noticeably laggier on my Intel Mac FireFox than my Safari. However, I have FireFox using Rosetta, while Safari is not, so that might have something to do with it.

Other comments:

You can hide in Stonehenge, sort of like the Snow White forest in VMK.

I actually like the history theme, but I am getting a history degree so that may have something to do with it.

The size of the project they are building here is pretty amazing. I am actually really impressed with what they have done so far and the speed at which they are adding things. I think they do want to be careful when promising things to people on specific dates. That way lies madness.

I actually like that we can log in during closing hours and just not talk to or see anyone. Once the game has more features that could be cool -- you could log in at night and decorate your room, or do quests, and then socialize during the day. And as long as you can't see or talk to anyone there's really no danger in it. On behalf of West Coast night owls, I like this feature.

I hope it doesn't get too kid-centric. Family-friendly, yes, absolutely -- but I loved VMK because I am a Disneyland geek. I mostly talked there with other adults there who were fans of the theme parks, played games and quests, and ignored everything else. It was just my way of getting a little Disneyland into my life far away from the park. And VFK is not Disneyland or WDW, so it's going to have more trouble drawing that demographic, perhaps. If it ends up just being a kids' place I'll have no reason to be there.

I guess I posted a novel here.

(I was wenyeva on VMK during Beta and for a long time after. Then for a combination of technical reasons and real-world issues I couldn't log in for 6 months. When I came back I had lost all my stuff... my beta pin... my quest kiosk... my rooms... so sad. But I still had my money. So I returned as skycyangirl. I couldn't find my old friends so I never really got back into the social aspect that time; just played Pirates, quested, and slowly built my rooms back up. Now I am wenyeva on VFK.)

 

[thesupersmartguy]

I just walked out into my garden, and can see people and chat with them. It's not perfect but progress!