Non-Disney Online Games Virtual Family Kingdom Thread

[redshoe]

I absolutely love that they don't spit us out entirely at closing...just turn off chat. How handy would it be to be able to work on a room or earn some credits on mini-games after hours? And it would still be a safe environment, because there would be no guest interaction! I hope they keep that setup.

 

[Belle1997]

Oh Belle this is for you.

Even though your chat cut out on you, I could still see what you were typing. Even though I could not see your character, you were invisible to me.

Hugs!

ty thanks too funny

 

[SharkMeal]

Still can't talk or see I've tried everything..

Well actually I logged on and I could talk and see in the garden, but
only for a couple seconds and then I couldn't talk again, so I exited and
re-entered and I couldn't see again either. >_<

EDIT: Also, they need to make a REALISTIC schedule. Come on, enough delays. This is probably
how it will go:
Finally Fixing the Seeing/Talking bug: Late Tuesday
Friends List: Late Monday
Customization: Tuesday
Victorian Setting: Late Tuesday
Mini Games: Thursday

 

[JulyGirl]

Still can't talk or see I've tried everything..

The place isn't technically open for the day yet. I bet you have better luck today.

 

[SharkMeal]

The place isn't technically open for the day yet. I bet you have better luck today.

Well now it's open for the day.. STILL can't talk or see anybody I'm tired
of being lonely on this game.

Even though it's open right now it still says beta day 3..

 

[Dreamytime]

MY AMAZEMENT and APOLOGY
I'm actually amazed at what they have achieved in 7 weeks. I was 1 of the skeptical people that thought this was truly a plan or just a scheme. So I have to say "Woot! Glad I was wrong!" and "Great job and Thank you for everything you have done!"
7 weeks! Just remember that when you can't talk, see people, or get stuck on walls. 7 weeks time has passed ~ truly, truly amazing.

This has been a marvelous way, even during the frustration of not speaking or seeing people, to deal with the grief that the closing of VMK caused all of us. I tried to play POTCO after the closing and couldn't. I looked at other online games sites and my heart just wasn't into it. But trying out VFK that first night made me smile and find joy again, even with the inability to see others, see my own speech, and sometimes not seeing myself at all. Now seeing my friends with their titles and sometimes speaking to them directly, well it makes this new land a bit more like home again.

CONCERNS
But I have to agree with Green when we was talking about the VMK problems following us with the Hosts from the old game. I have never 'courted' the hosts. I would personally be offended when I would get into a room and find the same two or three people each time taking up room space. When I was left out of a room being #1 or #3 in queue it was because of "so and so" or "whats her name" I would think to myself.

During my time on vmk I played my games, chatted with my friends, built 158 rooms, had every article of clothing, each pin, and just about every furnish in the kingdom. I didn't need to court the hosts, I got 'rich' on my own. But I COULD play games and make lots of credits. I found out early that money will buy you just about everything you needed. So I amassed a crazy amount of credits and bought my first rare and just traded away from there. Many kids couldn't play as well as I, therefore they didn't do as well. Many adults CAN play as well as I, chose not to, and relied on their friendship with the hosts for many rare and special treats. Don't tell me it doesn't happen or didn't happen. We all know it does and did happen. But when Dreams Month had ended, when those people courted the hosts, had their rooms visited (sometimes 10 times) who was the person who had made over a million credits to buy their new rare and special stuff? Me. Like I said, I'm lucky....not many kids could play the mini-games or had the time I did to do so.

I know Hosts will have friends, they are human, just as you and I. I think is something that we should NEVER say anything about. Friendship is never a bad thing...always, always special. But the marked favoritism, giving those 'friends' special gifts, opening rooms especially for them to receive rare before the general populace, etc, really had no place in VMK and definitely should not happen in VFK. It needs to be addressed from the start with the creators of this new magical land.

CLOSING
Keep up the amazing, incredible work VFK. You have helped so many of us who were grieving because of the closing of a magical wonderful land. I missed my friends, some who I would never speak to again because they didn't have fan site accounts. Now we have a new land to explore, to see the creators build from the ground up. We can, as I hope, look back in a couple years and say "Remember those first couple nights when we...."
Hugs VFK. We can wait and be patient for you to work out the bugs. Why? Because look at what they HAVE done in 7 weeks? If they can do this much and are this dedicated to see us be a part of their building, then they have the heart for a community that Disney forgot.

 

[osmello]

Well now it's open for the day.. STILL can't talk or see anybody I'm tired
of being lonely on this game.

Even though it's open right now it still says beta day 3..

each day I get more ability. Yesterday I could finally chat even though it was not fully functional it was nice to meet people. The ghosts in my room were creepy though. I already met new friends and bought a tv from the best buy salesman benihodge. He was awesome! It is a flat screen lol.

 

[SharkMeal]

MY AMAZEMENT and APOLOGY
I'm actually amazed at what they have achieved in 7 weeks. I was 1 of the skeptical people that thought this was truly a plan or just a scheme. So I have to say "Woot! Glad I was wrong!" and "Great job and Thank you for everything you have done!"
7 weeks! Just remember that when you can't talk, see people, or get stuck on walls. 7 weeks time has passed ~ truly, truly amazing.

This has been a marvelous way, even during the frustration of not speaking or seeing people, to deal with the grief that the closing of VMK caused all of us. I tried to play POTCO after the closing and couldn't. I looked at other online games sites and my heart just wasn't into it. But trying out VFK that first night made me smile and find joy again, even with the inability to see others, see my own speech, and sometimes not seeing myself at all. Now seeing my friends with their titles and sometimes speaking to them directly, well it makes this new land a bit more like home again.

CONCERNS
But I have to agree with Green when we was talking about the VMK problems following us with the Hosts from the old game. I have never 'courted' the hosts. I would personally be offended when I would get into a room and find the same two or three people each time taking up room space. When I was left out of a room being #1 or #3 in queue it was because of "so and so" or "whats her name" I would think to myself.

During my time on vmk I played my games, chatted with my friends, built 158 rooms, had every article of clothing, each pin, and just about every furnish in the kingdom. I didn't need to court the hosts, I got 'rich' on my own. But I COULD play games and make lots of credits. I found out early that money will buy you just about everything you needed. So I amassed a crazy amount of credits and bought my first rare and just traded away from there. Many kids couldn't play as well as I, therefore they didn't do as well. Many adults CAN play as well as I, chose not to, and relied on their friendship with the hosts for many rare and special treats. Don't tell me it doesn't happen or didn't happen. We all know it does and did happen. But when Dreams Month had ended, when those people courted the hosts, had their rooms visited (sometimes 10 times) who was the person who had made over a million credits to buy their new rare and special stuff? Me. Like I said, I'm lucky....not many kids could play the mini-games or had the time I did to do so.

I know Hosts will have friends, they are human, just as you and I. I think is something that we should NEVER say anything about. Friendship is never a bad thing...always, always special. But the marked favoritism, giving those 'friends' special gifts, opening rooms especially for them to receive rare before the general populace, etc, really had no place in VMK and definitely should not happen in VFK. It needs to be addressed from the start with the creators of this new magical land.

CLOSING
Keep up the amazing, incredible work VFK. You have helped so many of us who were grieving because of the closing of a magical wonderful land. I missed my friends, some who I would never speak to again because they didn't have fan site accounts. Now we have a new land to explore, to see the creators build from the ground up. We can, as I hope, look back in a couple years and say "Remember those first couple nights when we...."
Hugs VFK. We can wait and be patient for you to work out the bugs. Why? Because look at what they HAVE done in 7 weeks? If they can do this much and are this dedicated to see us be a part of their building, then they have the heart for a community that Disney forgot.

Wow. Amazing post!

 

[tofubeast]

DreamyTime....well said.

New game/community...hopefully some new rules/culture on how some of the negative aspects of VMK are handled here.

I do echo that we need a report button PRONTO. I just witnessed a truly awful convo in my backyard. So not cool. They also need to look at what is allowed in their dictionary because someone was cursing using these symbols ($@) to spell out not so good words.



Other than that, looking forward to what new things we will see in Day 4!

 

[vmkfan13]

DreamyTime....well said.

New game/community...hopefully some new rules/culture on how some of the negative aspects of VMK are handled here.

I do echo that we need a report button PRONTO. I just witnessed a truly awful convo in my backyard. So not cool. They also need to look at what is allowed in their dictionary because someone was cursing using these symbols ($@) to spell out not so good words.



Other than that, looking forward to what new things we will see in Day 4!

Your backyard?? I remember some girl saying "my brother keeps saying mother %#%$^"
I like the symbols thought, I really want to keep the ability to say numbers.

 

[PirateBell]

MY AMAZEMENT and APOLOGY
I'm actually amazed at what they have achieved in 7 weeks. I was 1 of the skeptical people that thought this was truly a plan or just a scheme. So I have to say "Woot! Glad I was wrong!" and "Great job and Thank you for everything you have done!"
7 weeks! Just remember that when you can't talk, see people, or get stuck on walls. 7 weeks time has passed ~ truly, truly amazing.

This has been a marvelous way, even during the frustration of not speaking or seeing people, to deal with the grief that the closing of VMK caused all of us. I tried to play POTCO after the closing and couldn't. I looked at other online games sites and my heart just wasn't into it. But trying out VFK that first night made me smile and find joy again, even with the inability to see others, see my own speech, and sometimes not seeing myself at all. Now seeing my friends with their titles and sometimes speaking to them directly, well it makes this new land a bit more like home again.

CONCERNS
But I have to agree with Green when we was talking about the VMK problems following us with the Hosts from the old game. I have never 'courted' the hosts. I would personally be offended when I would get into a room and find the same two or three people each time taking up room space. When I was left out of a room being #1 or #3 in queue it was because of "so and so" or "whats her name" I would think to myself.

During my time on vmk I played my games, chatted with my friends, built 158 rooms, had every article of clothing, each pin, and just about every furnish in the kingdom. I didn't need to court the hosts, I got 'rich' on my own. But I COULD play games and make lots of credits. I found out early that money will buy you just about everything you needed. So I amassed a crazy amount of credits and bought my first rare and just traded away from there. Many kids couldn't play as well as I, therefore they didn't do as well. Many adults CAN play as well as I, chose not to, and relied on their friendship with the hosts for many rare and special treats. Don't tell me it doesn't happen or didn't happen. We all know it does and did happen. But when Dreams Month had ended, when those people courted the hosts, had their rooms visited (sometimes 10 times) who was the person who had made over a million credits to buy their new rare and special stuff? Me. Like I said, I'm lucky....not many kids could play the mini-games or had the time I did to do so.

I know Hosts will have friends, they are human, just as you and I. I think is something that we should NEVER say anything about. Friendship is never a bad thing...always, always special. But the marked favoritism, giving those 'friends' special gifts, opening rooms especially for them to receive rare before the general populace, etc, really had no place in VMK and definitely should not happen in VFK. It needs to be addressed from the start with the creators of this new magical land.

CLOSING
Keep up the amazing, incredible work VFK. You have helped so many of us who were grieving because of the closing of a magical wonderful land. I missed my friends, some who I would never speak to again because they didn't have fan site accounts. Now we have a new land to explore, to see the creators build from the ground up. We can, as I hope, look back in a couple years and say "Remember those first couple nights when we...."
Hugs VFK. We can wait and be patient for you to work out the bugs. Why? Because look at what they HAVE done in 7 weeks? If they can do this much and are this dedicated to see us be a part of their building, then they have the heart for a community that Disney forgot.

Wow...Dreamy... That was awesome! Very well said!!!

And I keep saying I am amazed of everything they have done so far! I am so excited to be a part of this from the start! Thanks VFK for your hard work!

 

[mouseman68]

MY AMAZEMENT and APOLOGY
I'm actually amazed at what they have achieved in 7 weeks. I was 1 of the skeptical people that thought this was truly a plan or just a scheme. So I have to say "Woot! Glad I was wrong!" and "Great job and Thank you for everything you have done!"
7 weeks! Just remember that when you can't talk, see people, or get stuck on walls. 7 weeks time has passed ~ truly, truly amazing.

This has been a marvelous way, even during the frustration of not speaking or seeing people, to deal with the grief that the closing of VMK caused all of us. I tried to play POTCO after the closing and couldn't. I looked at other online games sites and my heart just wasn't into it. But trying out VFK that first night made me smile and find joy again, even with the inability to see others, see my own speech, and sometimes not seeing myself at all. Now seeing my friends with their titles and sometimes speaking to them directly, well it makes this new land a bit more like home again.

CONCERNS
But I have to agree with Green when we was talking about the VMK problems following us with the Hosts from the old game. I have never 'courted' the hosts. I would personally be offended when I would get into a room and find the same two or three people each time taking up room space. When I was left out of a room being #1 or #3 in queue it was because of "so and so" or "whats her name" I would think to myself.

During my time on vmk I played my games, chatted with my friends, built 158 rooms, had every article of clothing, each pin, and just about every furnish in the kingdom. I didn't need to court the hosts, I got 'rich' on my own. But I COULD play games and make lots of credits. I found out early that money will buy you just about everything you needed. So I amassed a crazy amount of credits and bought my first rare and just traded away from there. Many kids couldn't play as well as I, therefore they didn't do as well. Many adults CAN play as well as I, chose not to, and relied on their friendship with the hosts for many rare and special treats. Don't tell me it doesn't happen or didn't happen. We all know it does and did happen. But when Dreams Month had ended, when those people courted the hosts, had their rooms visited (sometimes 10 times) who was the person who had made over a million credits to buy their new rare and special stuff? Me. Like I said, I'm lucky....not many kids could play the mini-games or had the time I did to do so.

I know Hosts will have friends, they are human, just as you and I. I think is something that we should NEVER say anything about. Friendship is never a bad thing...always, always special. But the marked favoritism, giving those 'friends' special gifts, opening rooms especially for them to receive rare before the general populace, etc, really had no place in VMK and definitely should not happen in VFK. It needs to be addressed from the start with the creators of this new magical land.

CLOSING
Keep up the amazing, incredible work VFK. You have helped so many of us who were grieving because of the closing of a magical wonderful land. I missed my friends, some who I would never speak to again because they didn't have fan site accounts. Now we have a new land to explore, to see the creators build from the ground up. We can, as I hope, look back in a couple years and say "Remember those first couple nights when we...."
Hugs VFK. We can wait and be patient for you to work out the bugs. Why? Because look at what they HAVE done in 7 weeks? If they can do this much and are this dedicated to see us be a part of their building, then they have the heart for a community that Disney forgot.

You totally took the words right out of my mouth Night!! When I first talked about VFK the first thing I thought was great a whole new beginning for everyone. I was actually disappointed to hear that the hosts and staff from VMK went over to VFK. I am just like you Night where I worked hard for all my rare rather than it being handed to me on a silver platter. I foresee that occurring again. See ya at the Fouth of July Game.

 

[thesupersmartguy]

Well said Dreamy.

 

[Vary]

I'm having a very difficult time believing that these mods are the same ones we all know and glove. How exactly does the management claim to have contacted these people? Did they have a job fair in the Esplanade? Why is Fin's name spelled wrong and why have Hurricane and Cricket undergone virtual gender reassignment procedures?

There are a surprising number of options out there for community moderation professionals. I just don't quite buy that so many people with so much experience in the field would decide to sign on with a game that right now has no real signs of long-term viability (it's very obviously being built from the top down, and you should see what it does to a flash debugger!) And opening a game like this one, even in 'beta', with neither a 'report' nor a 'boot' feature implemented is just plain inexcusable. They are creating a place for kids to play and they have a responsibility to make sure those kids are safe in it, even if that means delaying a promised start date. How much good can all these staff members be doing if nobody has any way of telling them when they need their help?

I don't understand why so many people are taking it on faith (or from some shadowy 'very reliable sources') that they all are who they say they are. And I think it's very telling that the mods who would be most difficult to impersonate convincingly are the ones who are 'coming later.' There are a lot of people here who spent enough time actually hanging out with Lily and Hula that they'd know something was fishy pretty quickly. With many of the other staff members, a fake could very easily get by with a few in-jokes that they lifted from these here forums and other similar communities. It almost seems like they just decided that it was best to start with the easier ones and work their way up to the toughies.

So how do we know that this isn't a ploy, so that when it comes time to start subscribing, they can say "we have to pay our staff! You don't want your old friends from VMK to be out of a job, do you?"

 

[vmkfan13]

I'm having a very difficult time believing that these mods are the same ones we all know and glove. How exactly does the management claim to have contacted these people? Did they have a job fair in the Esplanade? Why is Fin's name spelled wrong and why have Hurricane and Cricket undergone virtual gender reassignment procedures?

There are a surprising number of options out there for community moderation professionals. I just don't quite buy that so many people with so much experience in the field would decide to sign on with a game that right now has no real signs of long-term viability (it's very obviously being built from the top down, and you should see what it does to a flash debugger!) And opening a game like this one, even in 'beta', with neither a 'report' nor a 'boot' feature implemented is just plain inexcusable. They are creating a place for kids to play and they have a responsibility to make sure those kids are safe in it, even if that means delaying a promised start date. How much good can all these staff members be doing if nobody has any way of telling them when they need their help?

I don't understand why so many people are taking it on faith (or from some shadowy 'very reliable sources') that they all are who they say they are. And I think it's very telling that the mods who would be most difficult to impersonate convincingly are the ones who are 'coming later.' There are a lot of people here who spent enough time actually hanging out with Lily and Hula that they'd know something was fishy pretty quickly. With many of the other staff members, a fake could very easily get by with a few in-jokes that they lifted from these here forums and other similar communities. It almost seems like they just decided that it was best to start with the easier ones and work their way up to the toughies.

So how do we know that this isn't a ploy, so that when it comes time to start subscribing, they can say "we have to pay our staff! You don't want your old friends from VMK to be out of a job, do you?"

They work for Saluke too.. I have some doubts about some of these staff..

 

[IliketheTitanic]

I'm having a very difficult time believing that these mods are the same ones we all know and glove. How exactly does the management claim to have contacted these people? Did they have a job fair in the Esplanade? Why is Fin's name spelled wrong and why have Hurricane and Cricket undergone virtual gender reassignment procedures?

There are a surprising number of options out there for community moderation professionals. I just don't quite buy that so many people with so much experience in the field would decide to sign on with a game that right now has no real signs of long-term viability (it's very obviously being built from the top down, and you should see what it does to a flash debugger!) And opening a game like this one, even in 'beta', with neither a 'report' nor a 'boot' feature implemented is just plain inexcusable. They are creating a place for kids to play and they have a responsibility to make sure those kids are safe in it, even if that means delaying a promised start date. How much good can all these staff members be doing if nobody has any way of telling them when they need their help?

I don't understand why so many people are taking it on faith (or from some shadowy 'very reliable sources') that they all are who they say they are. And I think it's very telling that the mods who would be most difficult to impersonate convincingly are the ones who are 'coming later.' There are a lot of people here who spent enough time actually hanging out with Lily and Hula that they'd know something was fishy pretty quickly. With many of the other staff members, a fake could very easily get by with a few in-jokes that they lifted from these here forums and other similar communities. It almost seems like they just decided that it was best to start with the easier ones and work their way up to the toughies.

So how do we know that this isn't a ploy, so that when it comes time to start subscribing, they can say "we have to pay our staff! You don't want your old friends from VMK to be out of a job, do you?"

While I do believe these are the real staff as to an encounter I had with Tiger, I do have some possible explainations for the questions in bold. For Phinny, I dont think Phinny is an actual word to begin with so maybe they didnt want to get into some dispute with Disney or Phinny just wanted a name change. And for Hurricane and Cricket, I dont think there is a Male staff costume yet, so they are girls for now because only the female costume is ready and they didnt want to confuse players with them as staff in regular clothing as people would probably try to say they were staff.

 

[Stephieann]

woot! love the new look!! i am can talk and see people finally, i was stephann on vmk i am stephann here too but guest4311 for now!

 

[Tiggerholic]

Sadly, I am still Guest9700 and heading off to the hospital to be admitted I am definitely taking my laptop as always, so hopefully I will be able to keep playing, meeting old friends, and seeing the advancements.

Will keep things posted up in Community Section here on Dis


Lyn
Was TiDoubleGer on VMK - Trying for Tigger on VFK

 

[tinkcollector]

Well, you can still call me cautious. I will continue to keep checking on what you all have to say. My real concern here is that I am afraid that my computer will catch a bug. My other concern is that my server is slow, and I could not play Haunted Mansion it just loads too slow. We have moved over the past year and my old server was great. I feel the need to express this issue as stated earlier that kids have trouble with the games for credits. Whether your a child or an adult the server really matters when playing games. So, please keep the feed back coming in on this game, with the recent posts I am getting a little more courage to join.

 

[Vary]

While I do believe these are the real staff as to an encounter I had with Tiger, I do have some possible explainations for the questions in bold. For Phinny, I dont think Phinny is an actual word to begin with so maybe they didnt want to get into some dispute with Disney or Phinny just wanted a name change. And for Hurricane and Cricket, I dont think there is a Male staff costume yet, so they are girls for now because only the female costume is ready and they didnt want to confuse players with them as staff in regular clothing as people would probably try to say they were staff.

Phinny is short for Phineas. It's her cat's name. And these are clearly people who are not concerned with trademark issues. Making a tiny change to one name is not enough to get around the fact that they are duplicating 90% of the staff's names to give the appearance that this game is the successor to VMK. There were young players right up to the last day VMK was open who genuinely believed that the same people who designed VMK were working on this game. Trademark rights are designed to prevent companies from creating confusion their product and another one, to gain that product's customers. The kind of confusion you create when you name nearly all your staff members after ones from a game whose players you are trying to attract.

And as for not having the right avatars for male staff, if Lion can be a boy, why can't Hurricane?

What exactly about your encounter with Tiger made you believe that she was the same Tiger from VMK?