Yesterday I informed you that there was going to be another Limited Time Upgrade Property in New York (1). The image now has a name and the property is called School Of Choice. Things work a little different this time because you can purchase upgrade parts using cash instead of Reward Points. 100% of the proceeds from every purchased property upgrade or part to FATEM to support the School of Choice. To learn more about this charity, go here.
Haiti's School of Choice provides access to hot meals and education to children living in the most extreme conditions of poverty.
To learn about the impact of your contributions, watch the thank you video below.
The School of Choice works just like the other Limited Time Upgrade Properties. You start at Level 0 and have a building platform.
The upgrade parts are Treated Lumber, Galvanized Steel and Cordless Drill. Instead of Reward Point purchase buttons, there are USD purchase buttons. We are given a little less than 8 days to upgrade to Level 10.
Each upgrade part costs 50 cents. Zynga shouldn't make things so difficult for the players if they want them to donate to this charity. There is no option to upgrade to the next level. You either have to make a single transaction for each part of the upgrade or you can upgrade to Level 10 for one cost ($140.00 if you are on Level 0). I would prefer this method but I need to know how many parts are needed to upgrade to each level.
It's bad enough that we need to make individual fifty cent transactions and even worse that you don't get the part you purchased right away. There is also a bug that boots you from the Property Page to the Marketplace after you make the transaction and the only way to get back to the Property Page is to close the game and reenter (UPDATE: Zynga has fixed both these issues). All they need to do is offer an upgrade price for each level, have the upgrade parts appear instantly and keep us on the Property Page. Zynga is not helping FATEM and many will donate way less than they wanted to if these bugs aren't fixed.
How many parts you need is not known yet. I will update the chart below when I have time to make a ton of fifty cent transactions as I build my property. So far it looks like we will need more parts than we did for the Toy Store. Because you can purchase a full upgrade for $140.00, some assume that we will need 280 parts (140/.50=280). For a complete review on how property part request work and the best strategy, go here. Under normal circumstances, I would discourage purchasing any parts. Since the proceeds are for charity, it's not a bad idea and may reduce a lot of the spam. UPDATE: We need a total of 291 parts and not 280. You will save $5.50 if you purchase the entire upgrade at once.
Level
Treated Lumber
Galvanized Steel
Cordless Drill
Total
1
1
1
1
3
2
2
1
2
5
3
3
2
3
8
4
4
3
4
11
5
6
4
5
15
6
8
5
8
21
7
11
10
11
32
8
17
12
17
46
9
25
14
25
64
10
35
16
35
86
Grand Total
112
68
111
291
The items for you can craft from your School of Choice were added to the inventory right before it was released.
Here is a closer look at the best level of each item.
The Sports Coach comes with +4 Defense and the Quarterback +4 Stamina.
The New York Property Page is getting crowded and nobody knows when Zynga will stop. We figured they were done about one row ago but they found room for more.
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FINALLY!! An offer from zynga that I CAN refuse. Sorry, FATEM, but you've gotten all the money from me you can. My CC provider would go absolutely ballistic with 150+ .50 transactions in a short period of time. The loot is useless, the cost is prohibitive overall, and the terms and conditions are reprehensible.
Would have loved to contribute, but I don't have the funds left in my budget after all of the other "Pay to Play" crap they've rolled out this month - and I'm not dealing with $.05 transactions.
This is crap. The main ask isn't adding from left to right. On the first level after receiving 1 treated lumber all other clicks get the message about already receiving all help needed for that part. Zynga screwed us again.
Used to be that you could pull up 4 windows, 3 for parts and the Ask page, then post all 4 windows. I can't do that now. At most, I can post 1 part but it won't let me post the other 2. Then, I can click Ask for any part but it is messed up. Way too much being thrown at us at the same time. As a mafia boss, I'm removing people every day who have quit playing b/c of how the game has changed. It used to be fun, can't say that any more so I don't blame them but wish they would tell me when they quit playing so I wouldn't have to look for them.
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I'm guessing total parts needed will be 280 as the build it now price is 140 dollars....
ReplyDelete@ .5 USD$ 280 parts total
ReplyDeleteFINALLY!! An offer from zynga that I CAN refuse. Sorry, FATEM, but you've gotten all the money from me you can. My CC provider would go absolutely ballistic with 150+ .50 transactions in a short period of time. The loot is useless, the cost is prohibitive overall, and the terms and conditions are reprehensible.
ReplyDeleteEPIC FAIL, zynga! PASS!
Would have loved to contribute, but I don't have the funds left in my budget after all of the other "Pay to Play" crap they've rolled out this month - and I'm not dealing with $.05 transactions.
ReplyDeleteI'm not able to ask for parts. Anybody else?
ReplyDeleteThis is crap. The main ask isn't adding from left to right. On the first level after receiving 1 treated lumber all other clicks get the message about already receiving all help needed for that part. Zynga screwed us again.
ReplyDeleteUsed to be that you could pull up 4 windows, 3 for parts and the Ask page, then post all 4 windows. I can't do that now. At most, I can post 1 part but it won't let me post the other 2. Then, I can click Ask for any part but it is messed up.
ReplyDeleteWay too much being thrown at us at the same time. As a mafia boss, I'm removing people every day who have quit playing b/c of how the game has changed. It used to be fun, can't say that any more so I don't blame them but wish they would tell me when they quit playing so I wouldn't have to look for them.