User blog:Soosieloo/Welcome to Tiny Vegas

One bright morning Regina decided to go on an adventure. The air was warm, the birds were singing, the flowers were blooming. "Its a perfect time to see the world!" she declared. Waving goodbye to her friends she skipped and danced along the path out of town.

It wasnt long before the first sign appeared. . The flickering sign was cute and fun. "Take a Spin and win the Grand Prize!" It proclaimed gaily. She stepped up out of curiosity and laid down her coins hopefully, the lure of the big prize was too tempting. She chuckled to herself when hours later she stepped back outside, pockets empty but her arms laden with unwanted 3rd or 4th place prizes and no win for the item she really wanted. Always postive she tucked those items into her backpack and swore she wouldnt be tempted again.

Skipping and singing she continued the journey. Soon the neon signs were everywhere,  the hucksters louder, the sale sale SALE plastered over the once quaint stone houses. Gleaming enticements were proudly displayed in town centers. Beautiful items, houses and habitats rotated in glory on their stages. Polished salemen bleated into microphones,  each one trying to outdo the other till the clamor of the SALE made Regina cover her ears and cower.

Tiny Regina turns in circles as her beglamored eyes struggle to take it all in. Her journey to this new shiny village was a long one. She only wanted adventure and to see what was over the next hill.



Once lovely villages were now covered in cheap tinsel, flapping sales promos and come-ons. Gardens were buried under hastily erected podiums from whence the hucksters displayed the latest shiny prize, only gotten if you take the chance.



Regina turned and tried to leave, but the hucksters hedged her in, there was only one way to go  and she made for the path ahead.



Ahead a massive stone totem looms, on its top is a brightly lit wheel. It turns slowly and massively.

The Wheel of Chance!!

All around its base are its disciples, dressed in robes of many colors and hues. Their faces hidden by cowls they chant in slow rhythms...



spin spin spin,

take your chance,

spin spin spin, you surely will win,

spin spin spin,

so little for so much, you know you want to

spin spin spin! spin                SPINSPINSPIN!!!!!!!



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<p style="text-align:left;">Frightened Regina realizes her danger, one will never win it all, you will only spend all your savings, empty your bank accounts for the latest shinies, the soul of the land has been sold.

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<p style="text-align:left;">Regina turns and runs as fast as her fat feet can take her. Dodging the disciples, slipping past the hucksters, vamoosing out of the reach of the flashing lights. Back thru the valleys and woods, back thru tiny hills and lakes, back thru many villages till the clamour has long been quiet.

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<p style="text-align:left;">Once home, she shuts and locks her door, makes some hot cocoa and sits in front of the fire shivering.. No one would believe her adventure, she realized and vowed to never tell a soul, nor to ever leave her sweet village again. Then she slips into bed and dreams of golden pyramids and flying dinosaurs.

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<p style="text-align:center;">The End.

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<p style="text-align:left;">Just another silly story to dramatize my disenchantment with the way the game has been taken.

<p style="text-align:left;">Not sure when it began but it seems the slide into a gambling game has begun in earnest. Last few weeks I have found my enthusiasm for the game declining. New item after new item is only attainable if your play the game of chance. If anyone has been to Las Vegas, you know the House always wins. Sure, there may be a win and you will pay a reduced rate for the new shiny, but mostly you will pay 3-5 times more for the object. Its a matter of statistics and odds.

<p style="text-align:left;">I like chance games,  I was even married in Vegas. I enjoy the odd crate roullette or package game in TV. Now it seems it is the ONLY game in TV. For goodness sake, when did a childish game of fat villagers dancing in towns become Las Vegas?

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 * Rehashing of old events.   I like that they recycle them, it gives others a chance to play and for me to pick up items I  missed. but when it becomes obvious there will be no new events its depressing for long term players.
 * kindle users always being left out of updates for months on end.  nuff said.  I have missed so many events due to this oversight.  Dont offer a game on device if you are not going to provide support for it.
 * lack of game features, like basic inventory functions.  Come on, its not that hard to code.  It took months for them to code a simple 'buy 10,000' function in the market.  How long did that take to actually code? One minute?
 * all new items, habitats and decoration are gamble option only.     Really?  This is what you envision for this game? tho we adults love it, it is still primarily a childs game.
 * lag lag lag
 * constant force closing
 * always running in applications under email functions. data mining at its worse.  Can only stop it by manually force closing the app. If I dont my battery is depleted rapidly.
 * changes in stores, limiting store numbers and decreasing exp/coin game for those who wanted to play this style
 * difficulty in decorating for those who want to play this style
 * difficulty in visiting, lack of basic social options like message walls, no real bonus or funtionality to gifting/tipping, in fact seen as bothersome and rude by a good percentage of players.
 * changing fusion chances and increasing failure rates in order to push crystal sales of dinos
 * new dinos being offered in chance games only instead of store

going to just do the minimal, gather my crystals, set long recipes and check to see if they get back to what the game was all about. I remain hopeful but judging by the number of those rare decorations I see in other villages this is a successful revenue maker for them. Just remember folks, you get the game you pay for. Once the glitch is closed and you have to take real chances it will be too late to close that barn door.

sorry to be so grumpy, but i used to love this game. oh well, heres to hope! cheers!