Dec 31, 2011

Get Your Party Animal

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The Party Animal was added to our inventory on December 21st (1). It was obviously a Special Event item created for New Year's but it wasn't included in the line up for the New Year's Resolution Event.  Many wondered when we would see it and how we were going to get it.
Zynga consistently fails to inform players and this is a classic example. I learned exactly where to find the Party Animal from a post made by Maurice on the Mafia Wars Loot Lady Fan Page (1). To get your hands on the Party Animal, go to your Home Page and look under your Apps (in the left column of the page). Click on "Apps and Games" or you can go directly to http://www.facebook.com/games?ap=1 (thanks to Prissy Anna Green for the link).
Look for Mafia Wars (under Requests from friends) and open all your requests by clicking on the "See requests from XXX" link located at the bottom.
Now scroll through all the useless requests that don't work anymore to find your needle in the haystack. You are looking for a request from the Mafia Wars Application that says "Free! A party Animal to kick start your countdown to 2012! Play Mafia Wars and win rewards for completing your New Year's Resolutions!".
To make this Where's Waldo easier, press the Control key and F key at the same time (CTRL + F) and type in Party Animal. The word will them be highlighted for easier spotting (thanks to the Aaron for posting this tip in the comments).

Click on the "Accept" button and you will get a popup welcoming you back to the family. I never left so I don't know what that's all about. Maybe they were hoping that players who quit Mafia Wars will search for blocked application requests.
Once you close out the popup, check your inventory to verify you got the item. If you didn't then contact Customer Support.
The Party Animal request will not show up in your ZMC. If  it gets bumped out of your Facebook request page, you will need to ignore the 200 items listed. Unlike the ZMC, Facebook game requests are stored in a queue. If you ignore the ones listed, the older ones will appear. If you get thousands of gift requests per day, you may need to go through this process quite a few times. If you accidentally ignore the Party Animal request then you will need to contact Customer Support. I asked Team Spockholm if they would be able to create a link to get this item and was informed that it's not possible because you need the specific request id and that is different for everyone. Zynga could have saved themselves many support inquiries if they made it easier to get this item. People will remove it by mistake or it will get bumped and players will think they never got the request.
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Article written by Jennifer Patterson, Creator of the MW Loot Lady Blog, The Mafia Wars Loot Lady Facebook Fan Page and Co-Host of The Informant Podcast.
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48 comments:

  1. Thanks, it worked like a charm ! ! !

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  2. Thanks! I never of found it without you!!

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  3. Well they hid it really good in my requests as I don't have it

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  4. thanks would have never looked for this w/o you

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  5. never would have found it, thanks for the post!

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  6. Party Animal
    x1(1)

    90 155 got it

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  7. got IT !! You guys are the best

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  8. awesome---worked a treat!

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  9. If you didn't find it that way try this:

    Here's an other way to get it....

    1. on the left side of FB page you can see "Apps and Games", click on it
    2. scroll down tell you see MW the click on "See requests from XXXXXX XXXX"
    3. press Ctrl+F [if you are using Chrome a small bar will show up on the top right of the page, if you are using Firefox the bar will show up in the bottom of the page] type PARTY in the bar and it'll highlight the request that gives you the gift

    The pic below shows how to do it
    Happy New Year [:-)]

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  10. Here's an other way to get it....

    1. on the left side of FB page you can see "Apps and Games", click on it
    2. scroll down tell you see MW the click on "See requests from XXXXXX XXXX"
    3. press Ctrl+F [if you are using Chrome a small bar will show up on the top right of the page, if you are using Firefox the bar will show up in the bottom of the page] type PARTY in the bar and it'll highlight the request that gives you the gift

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  11. Wow. Just wow. Think of all the people that don't read this blog and will never find it...

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  12. yes,i got ,thx
    happy new year, jen and for your team
    greets from germany

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  13. Thankies so much <3 got it :)

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  14. *”˜˜”*°•.¸☆ ★ ☆¸.•°*”˜˜”*°•.¸☆★☆¸.•°*”˜˜”*°•.¸☆ ☆ A BIG New Years hug that jumps from status to status ☆ .•°*”˜˜”*°•.¸☆ to spread a little love and Happiness ☆•°*”˜˜”*°•.¸☆ ☆¸.•°*”˜˜”*°•.☆ Have a prosperous new year ☆¸.•°*”˜˜”*°•.¸☆ ♥ You've been HUGGED ♥☆¸.•°*”˜˜”*°•.¸☆♥ xx

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  15. Thank you Thank you!!! I pray you don't quit..you help SOOOO many of us with this game that is getting more and more difficult every day. You're a blessing to us and a very nice lady. Thank you again for all of your help!! Oh, and HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

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  16. I had to sift through 3 1/2 gift pages, but I got it! Thank you so much! :-)

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  17. tks Happy new year,

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  18. I have been told this free weapon is some type of tracking cookie any comment

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  19. Thanks a lot...Happy New Year :))

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  20. thanks vm. awesome :)

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  21. did the search and have never deleted it.. but it not there :(

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  22. i cant find did all of these.......

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  23. Thanks so much for the info and ease of finding it, never would've gone there otherwise, found it and got it =)

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  24. I couldn't survive a day of Zynga without MW Lootlady!!!

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  25. ty so much for the info n the loot :) Happy New year to you all too :)

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  26. Anonymous said...

    i cant find did all of these.......

    He is not the only one. Had to contact zynga. Will be lucky to ever see one.

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  27. Jen - I owe this to you...thanks a ton...wishing you a very happy new year...let's hope that MW changes it's ways this year....

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  28. thank you happy new year glad to have this

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  29. Happy New Year from Massachusetts. Thanks for the link, worked GREAT! Would have NEVER found it w/out you.

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  30. Thank you without you providing this information that would have been one item i missed out on

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  31. Happy New Year, Jen, and thanks for all your hard work! You rock!

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  32. there must be link for it please find it :)

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  33. Many thanks! Keep up the good work.

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  34. Good post Jen, would never have found it - thanks and Happy New Year

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  35. Thank you very much.....HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!! :)

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  36. Thank you Very Much.....HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! :)

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  37. got mine, thanks!!

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  38. Never found it in my gift-box - Happy New Year*

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  39. g0t mine...thanks a l0t :D

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  40. I did not receive it till now

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  41. Been through all requests 3x (3x pages) nothing there. Has anyone managed to come across some sort of link or something for those of us that didnt get it????

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  42. i didn't get a request either...:(

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  43. I did not receive it till now

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