Dec 2, 2011

Gift Conversion: Glitch or Intended?

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If you know how to manipulate the back code of the game, you can change gift IDs and convert one gift into another. Many scripts are popping up that will do this for you. It's unclear if this is something Zynga intended or a glitch in their code. If Zynga chose for this to happen as a way of compensation for killing gift links then Team Spockholm will add a conversion feature to their gift script. If it's a glitch then it won't happen as they do not promote exploits. For now I would use caution if you decide to utilize any scripts with this feature. You never know what Zynga will do about it.

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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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23 comments:

  1. i need alot of those special pa
    rts

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  2. yes. and maybe the IDs of items on link a nator can be added by team spockholm to gift blaster. So we can send easily send the item like secret drop and parts(zoo,weapon,etc) but will take more time to load about 5-10 seconds perhaps . :)

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  3. Ok why would you post this? These are things that are not intended to be posted for all of Zynga to see...These things help us out. So my advice is to stop making blogs about the things that benefit us all as a whole cause as soon as Zynga sees this we will no longer be able to this. Now if you intend on taking out all of the glitches by posting them here then thats fine but i will no longer follow your posts cause in my opinion that is just stupid. Allyourdoing by posting these kindsof things is letting Zynga know that they have to fix it and we do not get to reap the benefits anymore....EVERYTIME a new glitch is found. You post it and what happens? Zynga fixes it...So please stop exposing all the good stuff so that way Zynga doesnt know and we can continue collecting and fighting. Its not our fault that there is glitches but i for one like them and would like to see these kinds of things continue. Play to win.

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  4. @anonymous, did you even read the post? You can thank the people who wrote this into the MWAddOn. That is how Zynga found out about it. I don't know why people assume that Zynga finds out about everything from my posts. Scripts are just as available to Zynga as they are to the players and you would be a fool to think that they don't keep up with them. This was posted once I found out that Zynga was aware of it.

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    Spocky code for a gift sender.
    So they are aware of this glitch,If they do fix it me thinks that this will drive a lot of people crazy & over the edge & probably leave the game 2.

    @anonymous having these articles allow us to vent/complain. If Zynga see the threads like this then good they can also read the gripes/complaints & us moaning about things.

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  6. thanks for blading MW Addon in your comment section without mentioning them in your entire blog post. get real. if you have a problem with someone man up and balls out!

    I love how you are also changing tune on Zynga punishments. Seems you are warning uses of MW Addon that Zynga will punish you and remove your loot,gifts or ban account. Where every single time you stand in defiance of Zynga and their TOS.

    MWLL posts glitches all day. The only reason your getting up in arms this time is that you nor Spockholm got to it first!

    And thanks to ŁüčḯḟεŖ exposing your lie.

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  7. I for one am happy about the glitch ..and i have to ask myself..is spockholm upset that they didnt figure it out first ? Why wasnt the bagman part of the exploits ? or the boss fighter.in my opinion...all of the "helpers" exploit the game, and Im happier for it! No offense to Spockholm, but this sounds more like sour grapes ....

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  8. Just wondering why it is ok for Spockholm to exploit the game ...as you call it , but not ok for Fb MW addons ? Doesn't Spockholm have a tool that allows you to send out blocks of gifts...didnt spockholm have a gift link tool allowing people to collect gifts massive, Until Zynga took that away from us ? So i dont think that Pointing the Finger at smartest Script Writer is appropriate ....Dont throw stones when you live in a glass house...

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  9. MW Lootlady I have a lot of respect for you but you really have the addon all wrong...not just the gifting issue but I have read your views on David`s version of Rapidfire! too..He was the first to think of that idea as well :)....He does the mafia community a great service,much like you do :) and his script is the best and in my opinion fair,not hearing you mention unlocked much when it comes to fighting..so why this personal hatred of the addon..I and many others feel as passionately about David and the add-on as you do about the spock boys and all their tools,so please show some respect for what he has achieved,which in my opinion is a work of pure genius!And yes I used ass and compared to BF both use same method for response,but BF uses single attacks,ass uses bursts of 7,checked in firefox web console..

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  10. Not sure why MWaddon is being thrown under the bus here? Are you saying it was ok for what spockholm brought to the game, but for some reason MWaddon crossed the line? I dont get it! Are you on zyngas payroll? LOL... In all seriousness it seems a little strange!

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  11. I love the MW Addon Prog! The Problem is some things work and others don't. My Home Feed Center finally is working after almost 3 months. I would like to see My Free Gift Center to work again! It'd been broke for a month!

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  12. themn make this Grp a Pvt one so Zynga and FB can't peek in?

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  13. @annon,MWLL is right. All the scripts have a FB page, and you can be rest assured that Zynga monitors them all. Tittle says it all...Glitch or Intended?, meaning she don't know which it is. It's common knowledge that MWLL is a spock fan, but I see nothing bad in what she wrote....she advices caution...is that a bad thing?
    If she had condemned it, then that is a different case, but she did not.
    If the above is true, Zynga should let it ride, as that will stop any complain or ill-feeling about gifts. I have some in my mafia ( I'm sure many of us do) that will gift you crap like REAL or CLAMS, in return for you gifting them quality gifts like special part, exotic feeds and mystery bags.
    This is quite a good thing,just like GET-A-NATOR. iT LETS YOU PICK N CHOSE WHAT YOU NEED.
    Question here is....How will we know that it is intended by zynga? Will Zynga announce it so that spock can adopt it? Or will we wait and see if zynga don't block it? And if that is the case, how long do we spock lovers have to wait for this lovely gifting mode that addon lovers are enjoying??

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  14. According to your post above
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    @anonymous, did you even read the post? You can thank the people who wrote this into the MWAddOn. That is how Zynga found out about it. I don't know why people assume that Zynga finds out about everything from my posts. Scripts are just as available to Zynga as they are to the players and you would be a fool to think that they don't keep up with them. This was posted once I found out that Zynga was aware of it.
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    Anonymous said...
    MW Addon is much better. It allows you even to select your choice of Gift no matter what gift the person sent you. So the time for spockies to learn something from others and stop boasting in empty air.
    December 1, 2011 11:36 PM

    December 1, 2011 11:52 PM
    MW LootLady said...
    @anonymous #1, if you are going to troll, we kindly request that you grow a set of balls and sign your name. Thanks to you, I'm going to post about the exploit to see if they fix it. If they don't then we will see it put to use in a Spockholm tool as well.
    December 2, 2011 12:04 AM

    hmmmm..looks like spite to me ..and thats just sad :(

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  15. Hmmm... What ashame that MW Addon is such an "evil script"! LMAO. Get Real Here! Zynga itself even copied some of David's layouts from Battlefield for fighting. AddOn could run in a framed fame and was completely integrated, Spockholm scripts couldn't. Now Spockholm has moved towards that. WHEN the old gifting worked, AddOn moved to remove duplicates and didn't LIE about how many gift links they found. Get-A-Nator did - EVERY TIME. I have screen capture after screen capture proving it.

    Despite this, I still wouldn't slam ANY script maker unless they are ripping someone off. I still recommend THE BEST SCRIPT FOR THE JOB when asked. Sometimes that might be AddOn, sometimes something from OGP or Scruffy, and sometimes Spockholm.

    There are many other scripts that take advantage of glitches. What ashame that you can't admit that some other scripters MAY actually have a superior product...

    Finally, you have NEVER once mentioned AddOn in a positive light, yet David has NEVER said anything negative about Spockholm or LootLady. I am sure his fans will now though!

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  16. I have never said anything bad about the AddOn and even allow players to ask questions about it on my fan page. In fact we do alot to help players use it. I personally don't have time to write instructions for all scripts and chose Spockholm because those are the ones I use. The only thing I mentioned here was that Zynga learned of this glitch in their code because it was made public by the AddOn script. Spockholm and myself have known about this for many months now. I only posted it last night because Zynga knows too and I've been told a fix is in the works. I don't know David or anyone who contributes to the AddOn and I have never said a bad thing about them. If they would like to be more proactive and let me know where their fans should go to get their questions ask, I would be more than happy to post their links. For now the MWLL fan page has been used as a helping source for the AddOn and we should be thanked not criticized. How much time do people think I have?

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  17. Hello?? I see no sense for this to be posted on a public blog.

    So what if the MW Addon have integrated the gift changer into his script? Why are you indirectly pushing all the blame to David, the addon script writer?

    I also see that you are a fan of Spockholm, but please stop saying negative comments for the addon.

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  18. Jennifer, if you and spockholm knew about it for months as you mentioned above, why did it take MWAddon to expose it. Why did spockholm or you not expose it?

    Either or, I think alot of fuss is being made out of a great thing. I hope Zynga will allow us to keep this glitch, even going so far as allowing us to exchange a gift that's been sent. If they did this, it would make it easier for us to get what we need as well as the person who sent us the gift in the first place.

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  19. @Andrea, the players who notified us about it asked that it not be shared. My policy is if someone tells me about a glitch and asks me to keep it a secret, I do until I see it in the news feeds or posted elsewhere. If I couldn't be trusted then players would stop sharing information with me. It is a fuss over something pretty minor and not that great of a glitch. The purpose of this post was to ask them to consider allowing it. There was nothing wrong with the AddOn for exposing it. I was just letting those who blasted me for this post how Zynga came to know about it. I said to use caution, as we all should when manipulating the game. I stand by that for all scripts.

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  20. I agree too, MW ADDON's is way better than Spockholms tools and for you to label it Evil is way outta order. If it wer'nt for people like you and the former Traders taking scripts to the extremes, we wouldnt be having all this chit now. Zynga and Spockholm via Unlocked toolbar( which you are promoting) are both getting money from Mafia Wars so to try to make MW ADDON a scapegoat is in their financial interests, Why shud the scripts be just for people in the click ? I offer all my info to friends to help them also play the game on an equal playing field.

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  21. Andrea cos they like to keep all the little secrets to themselves, so much for a even playing field. MW ADDON gives us all that even playing field to play on, free of charge. Those in the secret click "" put the dummy back in !!

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