UPDATE: The thread was removed but I posted a screen shot of it at the bottom of this post. Click twice to enlarge so it's readable.
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Many players ask why Zynga shut down Cuba, Moscow and Bangkok. Even more ask if they will ever return. David Reedy provides us with an explanation and valuable insight to these questions on this Get Satisfaction thread.
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who is david reedy? new zynga guy?
ReplyDeleteSounds like half BS and half truth. I'm going to guess since players are leaving in droves, MW isn't generating a lot of money. More devs are focused on farmville or whatever makes Zynga money. It takes time and money to keep up the older cities and they are not as well developed as the new cities nor as satisfying. Bangkok needed to go. They clearly didn't think that one out. So, instead of improving it, they close it.
ReplyDeleteThey query MW and realize most have completed cuba and moscow, slowed down for bangkok. They should have announced it was going to be closed a month in advance. INstead, they BS around it, then spring the suprise on people. Bet on Vegas closing. The Italian village offers some benefit (port) and diversity, so I wager that would be last to go after vegas but probably would be left intact, with brazil. They are trying to herd the last remaining players into the few districs.
I noticed recently, except for New York, all the cities that you could actively "Farm" specific loot with reasonable drops rates are now closed. You could loot 501, without too much trouble, decent loot for your level. Now those cities that are left are mostly random loot drops and you really can't "Farm" for a specific item.
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ReplyDelete-The thread got Zynga'd
ReplyDeleteHey LL,
ReplyDeleteThe page for the link provided for this article had been removed!
what explanation? Looks like a dispute of 2 people over what can and can't be posted
ReplyDelete"This topic was removed on 08/22/11 because it was other..." Typical Zynga; no real reason given for why the topic was removed...
ReplyDeleteIf you follow the link you'll get to this:
ReplyDelete"This topic was removed on 08/22/11 because it was inappropriate. Click here to see why. "
Clicking first leeds to nothing, but then to I found the folowing:
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Reason: Cannot edit thread, but it discusses security holes in the game that were/can be exploited. Additionally, this is not an official explanation on why the cities were closed."
I wonder which security holes may have been there...
Looks like the post has been removed due to 'discussion of security holes/expolits'.
ReplyDeleteThey nuked to topic, allegedly because it was discussing security holes. If you know the answer to this question I'd love to know why those cities were closed.
ReplyDeleteThe thread seems to have been removed.
ReplyDeletethanks for nothing?
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ReplyDeleteSo much for transparency and open communication
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