Apr 23, 2015

Facebook Account Removals & Mafia Wars Metrics

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Facebook isn’t doing Zynga any favors when it comes to the metrics. As we all know, the majority of the player base consist of alternate accounts. These accounts are more reflected in the Monthly Active User metrics as they aren’t always run on a daily basis [1]. All the removing and banning of accounts that Facebook started a while ago is now showing up in the metrics [1]. The Monthly Active Users hit a record low today and dropped below 300,000. I suspect we will see this number continue to drop as Facebook continues to remove fake accounts. I doubt there is anything Zynga can do about it as multiple accounts have always been a violation of the Facebook Terms of Service. Zynga is a metrics driven company and this could really put Mafia Wars at risk. As Facebook moves to the new API on April 30th, I imagine we will see even more complications than the ones we are currently experiencing in the game. Will Mafia Wars survive?

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30 comments:

  1. We can only hope this will finally be the end of this crap. Why anyone would actually WISH for the game to keep going I don't know... what's the fun? What's the drive to keep playing? People just let their scripts run and check in once a day to brag about how awesome they are (i.e. their scripts, but people love to take credit as if THEY are actually the ones being awesome and accomplished something)

    I SINCERELY hope the game gets shut down on April 30th - although it doesn't look like it so far. But one can always hope :)

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  2. If you want it to end so bad DON'T Play.. go play Farmville or candy crush... there are those of us who DO PLAY the game and enjoy it.....

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    1. Agree! I enjoy MW and detest the other Zynga games. It's a free choice for all of us. I Play the game and enjoy it and my MW family.

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    2. Lol... you enjoy MW?? Okay, surely you are a 24-7 script user, haha... try shutting off your computer programs that do all your gaming for you and then we can talk again in a week... then I'm sure you will change your mind :P LMAO

      But cute statement... but script users don't really have a say in this... as they aren't really playing... right? So... save your breath.

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    3. There is actually someone that enjoys playing this game? Awesome!

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    4. Loooooool - takes a special kind of stupid to convince what passes for your "brain" that YOU know whether a person you've never even met, enjoys MW better than they know. If a brainfart could be a screenshot, it would be your moronic post

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    5. Haha, I did mention that script users might enjoy the game as they are not actually playing the game... so in my book, they don't get a say on this matter, haha... and I also said that IF they tried shutting off their scripts (you could try that too) that they would be in whole different world regarding this. Let's face it... turning on a script... letting it play for you for 18 hours while you go out and enjoy life... come back to seeing Demon or whatever has completed everything for you... and then you post a couple of bragging posts and feel good about yourself, haha

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      and you Sir... must be in that category too... a script loser who doesn't have the ability to play without help from a computer program. Go drool over you scripts and leave the REAL players alone... okay ;) LOL

      Trust me... you won't find a manual player out there who will actually tell you that they enjoy MW, haha... I mean, come on man...are you for real? How the heck can enjoy something that is this stupid? Isn't this why people abuse scripts? To avoid playing the game themselves??? haha... YOU are some kind of stupid, haha... and I'm sure the picture will be of yourself, after that statement :P But of course, script players don't care... as they aren't playing... so, to repeat myself... IF YOU ARE USING SCRIPTS... YOU DON'T GET A VOTE ON THIS MATTER!! haha

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    6. Why would you say that if a player uses a script they have no say if I pay for the game Luke I do I have a say in anything to do with the game no matter if I us scripts or not those that use script have real lives and the game is set up so either you don't work and you set around and play the game manually or you actually go to work and allow the script to play for you while you deal with the real world. So either you don't play much or you don't work and you spend all of your time manually playing this game. What I have to say to you that posted these comment is GET A LIFE!

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    7. I can't begin to tell you how GLAD I am that I don't share your values in life. You go ahead and cheat in whatever you deem necessary in order to get ahead of everyone else... I doubt it's restricted to MW... once a cheater,always a cheater ;) Besides, this thread was originally about whether or not a cheater has a say in the matter of the game being fun and enjoyable...and they don't. If you aren't playing... you don't get a vote. It doesn't matter if you pay or not... if you don't play the game the way it was intended... you have no clue as to whether or not the game sucks... and therefor you don't get a vote...simple as that.

      But I will say this... IF you're enjoying MW... try turning off your scripts for a week... then come back and tell me how much you enjoyed that week, haha... THEN we can talk ;) But until you do... shutty :P

      And I do have a life, thank you... and it doesn't involve cheating in a game on Facebook... and then bragging about how awesome I am just to get a few likes, hahaha... pathetic!

      Now, don't you have some cheating to do? Have a great weekend

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    8. I am not sure why you are even here/posting on this! LMAO You said "this thread was originally about whether or not a cheater has a say in the matter of the game being fun and enjoyable..." Well, it was NOT...it WAS originally about "If you want it to end so bad DON'T Play.. go play Farmville or candy crush... there are those of us who DO PLAY the game and enjoy it....."

      With all of your name calling and your negativity towards all who do not MW the way YOU deem to be the right and ONLY way to play the game, it seems that you are exactly who should be off playing Farmville, Candy Crush or whatever else YOU might ENJOY. You are the one who hijacked this thread and turned it into a bash session on people who YOU are claiming are 'script users', ONLY because they say they enjoy the game! And NO I am not a script user and YES I do still mostly enjoy the game... Only because I pick n choose 'what' I do in the game. I do not try to cram Everything in.

      Don't bother with one of your tirades on how I MUST be a liar and cheater to enjoy MW. I will not be back to check... I just had to say my part on backing others who ALSO still get even a bit of enjoyment out of a once great game...AND to point out that YOU are not exactly the as high n mighty as you seem to think you are. ;) Have a good day! and SMILE! :D It might brighten your life a bit! LMAO

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  3. I am with the guy or gal above or below me.. I have quit playing my minis a few weeks ago. So they show up on the metrics now. This game has more than ran its course and now with not being able to get any help from anyone for anything. That to me is the last nail in the coffin for this game. Seriously playing other games now myself and only dabble in MW for about a hour if that a day. Been playing over 6 years and really getting bored with it and all the cookie cutter bullshit copy and paste event crap. Also tired of new cities being worse than the last. This game has more than ran its course and definitely needs to be shut down.

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  4. I think it's interesting to note that the metrics haven't dropped to half which would kind of say that not everyone has more than one account. It's easy to believe that that's the case if you're one of the players who has been doing it for a long time and belongs to a group of players where that's the norm.I know a lot of players who only have their one and only account to play.

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    1. Not all minis are gone. I have about 5 of them and only 1 was shutdown. Not everyone has more than 1 account but I know many people with 10 or more. I know a few with several hundred.

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  5. I've been hit by the attempted shutdown of mini's over the years, but this time there's a twist. On the third time I tried to log in (failed the friends list attempt twice one day, then waited a few days before logging in again), FB gave me the option of ID'ing by friendslist--or by birthday. Bingo. I knew the birthday on the account, and presto, I was in again (after being forced to change my password. Fookers.) So, if you havne't been locked out already, check the birthdates on your accounts and maybe you'll get lucky like I did and it'll be an easy unlock.

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  6. Lots of people play Zynga Games. There is more than just Mafia wars. If you do not like the game don't play it. Zynga needs to get with other social networks or make their own or all their games shall end with all the new rules at Facebook.

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  7. Might I suggest Jen, Game of War Fire Age is in need of an experienced game blogger for game information and tips. You could rock it.

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  8. If you took all of the FAKE accounts I'm sure metrics would drop to under 50k..

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  9. The ironic thing is that FB has shut down my real account (saying that they determined I was ineligible to have an account but refused to tell me why citing safety and security reasons), but has left my alternate accounts alone.

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  10. define "fake account"
    I know its technically against the ToS but I have taken over accounts set up by my son & my husband who have long since lost any interest in MW. When I give up on MW (which might be next week if they don't get their heads together) then Zynga loses another 3 players, but it won't be down to FB removing the accounts.

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    1. You should be fine. From what Facebook says, accounts that can't verify their identity would be fake. If you get hit, you can always send them the copy of your son and husbands ID. Most accounts that are lost can't do this because the person doesn't exist.

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  11. are you sure this isn't the result of Los Angeles being introduced?

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  12. Lets face it guys, mafia wars is no longer fun or even playable without scripts... it was good while it lasted

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  13. perhaps some thought on those playing for 6 years building their character and enjoying the community aspect of the game rather than clicking away in their shed at the bottom of the garden, show me any game that does not have updates because of bugs that need ironing out and perhaps look for some good things about the game rather than whinge all the time about how unfair life is and why me, find a solution and just get on with playing MW. If you want to leave well go on then no one is going to try and stop you, but dont try and justify your leaving by getting others to jump on your wagon. If some of the people commenting ran their own business and dissed the product all the time they'd be drawing social security pretty soon. For those that do enjoy the game as I do some positives would be nice on these pages to show those that do the hard work putting this together to guide players is worthwhile for them.

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    1. Well... this blog really doesn't have anything to do with the way Zynga runs Mafia wars... I am fairly certain they are two completely separate things. Just because this blog helps people to know stuff, doesn't automatically mean that Mafia wars is a wonderful game that runs flawlessly and with a development team that cares. Fact is... Zynga couldn't care less... and that's why the game is so shitty. And no matter how awesome this blog is... that won't change. So, I think people are frustrated with Zynga and come here to share their frustration, as some believe Zynga reads this blog and might see it.

      Zynga is the worst gaming company on the face of the earth (the MW branch anyway) and any business run this way will eventually go under... and you can tell that this game will too very soon. And I still think that "enjoy" and "Mafia wars" are two words that should NEVER EVER be in the same sentence... unless the small words "DO NOT" comes at the beginning of the sentence.

      Anyone claiming to enjoy MW is either not playing the game very often... or abuse scripts. In either case... that doesn't constitute a good enough basis to make that statement. You need to play the game 100% manually before you can determine whether or not this game SUCKS BALLS or not.

      My advise to all script abusers... try shutting off your scripts 100% for a whole week... and only play manually... and THEN come back here and share your enjoyment and praises for this game :) I bet you will look at it a little differently ;)

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    2. You manual players (presumably) seem to love telling us so-called script "abusers" to switch of our scripts to experience how shitty the game is for you. Well thanks for the advice! Maybe we can return the favour and suggest you adopt a decent script for a while so that you can experience how much better the game can be! And there is no point retorting that the game is shitty because of all the script "abusers" out there because without the wonderful community of script users, there is no game.

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    3. well... thank you for proving my point... the game should have been shut down ages ago. But thanks to the greedy monkeys at Zynga HQ, who has just about as much spine and balls as a simple earth worm, the game continues on with the artificial life support of illegal scripts abuse.

      And I also hear script abusers complain about how shitty the game is... the only difference I guess is if I did use cheat programs, I could just let the scripts play for me while I go on with my life...and come back once a day to brag about my enormous achievements and get my "likes" from other script abusers... but frankly... I would rather stick my head in the toilet than do that, haha... what the heck what the point be of playing then?? The day I need a script to play for me, will be the day I quit.

      But I guess my morals are just different form yours. I wouldn't cheat in sports either to beat an opponent. I would rather train hard and hard and hard and see if I can win honestly. and if I do win... that victory will feel so much more as a victory... than if I knew I had resorted to cheating in order to win. But like I have said a bunch of times... I am glad I don't share your values in life regarding cheating and cutting corners. I would rather lose and know I didn't cheat... than win and know I DID cheat. But we are all different... and I accept your values... but never in a million years will you get me to respect them. NEVER!! Cheating is the losers way... and I don't care what arguments you come up with to justify your cheating. so...let's just agree to disagree... and I'll let you have your opinion... and I can have my opinion. I know I can't reason with you anyways, as you are already cheating and loving it. It would be like trying to convince a hardened drug addict that drugs are bad... lol.

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    4. You mean you play the game manually? Wow! That can't be many of you left. I find it impossible to play this game without scripts. It would be so time consuming that I would have to quit my job or give up my social life.

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    5. Yes, I do... 100% manually...never had a single script installed...and it IS time consuming... which could be one of the main reasons I dislike scripts so much, because it's making MY game play even more difficult. Zynga is also a huge role in my disliking this game, as they are rewarding script abuse and designing the game accordingly.

      But, I would still rather play this way and KNOW I achieved something through hard work... than cheat and cut corners and let a computer program play for me. To me that is totally pointless... I play because I try to enjoy the game... but scripts and Zynga are doing a great job ruining that. and script players aren't really playing the game... I don't call maintaining a script and posting brags playing the game... 90% of all bragging posts are also made by a script, lol... why even bother playing then?? Using scripts to avoid playing... then why play at all? why not quit then?? I seriously don't get it... and scripts are also the main issue for people not being social anymore... they are too lazy to be social... if there isn't a script for it... they don't do it... yeah, it's ridiculous... sorry if I offend anyone... but it is.

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  14. Zynga has done many wrong things and make it more

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