Birthday Deco - Unconventional Way

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Originally Posted by Gazzanga

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Maybe the next new animal for the next update will be sharks in the fishing area? They will snatch your fish if you do not catch it fast enough...

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Hahaha that would be fun... been a very long time since I have seen that classic Hay Day humour that attracted me to the game in the first place.

Damage control at its finest huh, Nick? :facepalm:

I don't see how anyone can defend SC at this point. Been playing app games since the original iPhone and this is the FIRST game I've played that charges money for birthday content. Wow. Seriously? Way to squeeze that udder dry!

Instead of opening the game and getting something free to celebrate HD and its long standing success...go to the store and buy it. What a slap in the face. SMH

Nice move, SC. Way to celebrate ur birthday with all ur loyal players. Good luck trying to repair that image. :smirk:

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Originally Posted by FortressKings

I obtained the Chocolate Fountain, actually hoping for a bigger one, Chocolate Waterfall (doesn't exist).

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My daughter wants a Chocolate Firehose - lol

Here's what's hanging in my beach shack. It's the only piñata that will appear at Dibley Fields.
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f2...psyqpfpqej.jpg

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Originally Posted by MiniGardener

Here's what's hanging in my beach shack. It's the only piñata that will appear at Dibley Fields.
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f2...psyqpfpqej.jpg

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LOL - Mini you are so funny. I love it!

since i buy diamonds in moderation i did get the balloon and pinata, but the bounce castle is over my budget. I am thinking if it were a little cheaper I, and probably a lot more farmers, would not have the sticker shock and would purchase the diamonds. quantity of sale would have made up for it for SC.
but I love my balloon and pinata, most adorable! :-)

Just noticed. In the news' picture and in the package offered show a chicken in the bouncy castle. But when I checked Greg's farm I do not see any animation with chicken bouncing in the castle. Not even ANY animation. Yet the balloons are swaying and the chocolate fountain is dripping chocolate with candle lit moving. I even double checked with the top player's farm who bought the birthday decors. Nada. Nothing. Not even flags moving...

If it's true no animation... (or I'm just not patience to wait long enough), I feel sorry for any player who bought the bouncy castle with hope to see cute animation of chicken bouncing in it. For $39.99...

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Originally Posted by MiniGardener

I'm not sure whether to laugh or cry.

Nick, we know that it's your job (unenviable at the moment) to put forward the "party line"--and I'm not talkin' birthday party. The "elephant in the room" is the fact that your responses are right up there with most U.S. presidential candidates for repeating something over and over that really doesn't address the sticky question.

I think it is hilarious that MarilynGaga started this thread before the release of the extra-special-available-only-for-a-limited-time "unconventional" birthday deco diamond packages. The thread title is inspired! It was delicious to read the posts that occured before the "send us birthday money" plea arrived at our farms.

I am one who didn't "buy" a panda. I contributed to the original "non-profit" offer a while back that rewarded our diamond purchase with a red awning on our RSS for a limited period. Happy to do it. I would have contributed to the WFF fund-raising drive if it had just been an green awning with a panda logo on it. The whole iOS/Android panda decor brouhaha had me saying, "Nope! Not participating this time."

Well, that revenue-generating event (even if it was for charity) must have put $$-signs in SC's eyes and had them thinking that a bunch of us would swallow anything if it came with decor on top. I think this thread indicates that a goodly number of us can resist that piñata dangling above us. I am one who will not be buying it now for cash and won't be buying it next year for diamonds.

If this were the culmination of a spectacularly smooth roll-out of the update, it might feel a bit different. It also would feel different if I hadn't just turned down one of the "30% off packages of 1500 diamonds for $69.99" just yesterday! I can't begin to imagine how I would feel if I had accepted that offer.

I'm rewinding to a week ago, literally, when we had just gotten the last sneak peek before the update. We were all so excited. Then...queue ominous musical theme from "Jaws"...

• Those of us who downloaded the update early were faced with the [glitch] requirement to purchase onions and tea leaves with diamonds. Yes, the glitch was fixed quickly and I did get the 8 diamonds I had paid for one onion returned promptly
• We read the list of update features which include the word "unconventional" linked with "deco" and feel a tremor...as if a large creature with sharp pointy teeth were silently circling our little rowboat.
• The animals get their summer togs, but there is no summer decor in the shop
• The boats began immediately requesting items that could not possibly be ready without spending diamonds to speed up construction of the machine and speed up production of the items. Support suggested hiring Tom, but that would not get the products soon enough in the quantities needed.
• Hay Day team goes off to celebrate for the weekend.
• Truck event arrives for the birthday event. Ditto orders.
• Event graphics that show 5 diamonds as the global event prize create massive confusion
• Trading statistics for the week do not log correctly
• For a while, it looks as though participation levels in the event are putting our prize in jeopardy, but the global farming community pulls it off and Alfred delivers the goods...along with the unconventional deco diamond offer. That was no chicken in a cake! SHARK!!!

I, too, am speechless. (That was the "laugh" part.)

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Exactly. You said exactly what I was going to say, except with more grace and clarity. Well done.

We can talk about the sharks here- http://forum.supercell.net/showthrea...236-Shark-Week ;)

I normally buy diamonds twice a week or so. No more. I've decided to stop the derby altogether, as I usually spend diamonds for Tom and to speed up boats (sometimes the only 320 tasks available). I've only been playing this game for 6 months or so, and I love it, but the events of the last couple of weeks have left a very bad taste in my mouth. I'm truly disappointed that the decos aren't available for everyone or at the very least there was a small discount on the special packages. This just seems like a blatant F U to the HD community, children in particular.

I used to work for an online crafting community in the Ecom department. The greed and disregard for the people who purchased items and classes from them was just disgusting. I can only imagine the conversations going on at SC. I'm sure they are similar to the conversations I heard. When it comes down to it, it's all about money and getting the board members paid. That is all that matters. It's really sad and disappointing.

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Originally Posted by bender018

It must be very convenient to say "Oh let the people complain. They always do" and that's it.

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Taking it out of context, it sounds like "the easy way out", but if you read through my posts here in this thread, other threads and even much older threads the fact is that you can't please them all. A good example was/is our Edit Mode update. :) Some hated it, some loved it.. it's human nature. Some hate things, some don't mind, some love it. Same with changes.. but that's a topic for another day.

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Originally Posted by bender018

This new super exclusive deco only available for paying players is different to that. Firstly, it is way too expensive and secondly not everyone can afford it. You say, it's not interrupting game-play if you don't have them, you're right. But there are many players who love to have all types of deco. That's part of their game-play.

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It may come off as expensive to some, not to others. Again, there are different kind of players and for some it is way too expensive (not sure which one you refer to, or all together?) and for some it isn't. Thus we also have differently priced diamond packages. Something for everyone and their likings.

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Originally Posted by MiniGardener

Nick, we know that it's your job (unenviable at the moment) to put forward the "party line"--and I'm not talkin' birthday party. The "elephant in the room" is the fact that your responses are right up there with most U.S. presidential candidates for repeating something over and over that really doesn't address the sticky question.

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I am replying to each and every repeating question/comment. :) Thus it may seem as I would keep repeating myself, obviously.

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Originally Posted by MiniGardener

I'm rewinding to a week ago, literally, when we had just gotten the last sneak peek before the update. We were all so excited. Then...queue ominous musical theme from "Jaws"...

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I fully agree that though the latest update was pretty sweet with loads of content + a feature players have been asking for for years, it didn't come without hiccups. I think I stated somewhere that the game is very complex & big, so even adding smaller things can have affect parts of the game we are not aware of. We test as much as we can before launching, but smaller issues can slip through. However, that's another topic for another day, let's not get OT.

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Originally Posted by WhatNotHappy

Yes agreed, a feature I have used many many many times over the years, to hire tom you need diamonds, to get diamonds you buy them thereby supporting SC, which never before was an issue. It was just very tacky (as mentioned by someone else earlier) to do this on a birthday event, any other time and these conversations would not take place.

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I see your point (tacky timing) and that's something I am sure our internal support peeps will bring up.

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Originally Posted by Vfrood

Nick, you learned from politicians i think.

Talk for hours, say nothing, and say nothing on the questions asked. :D And maybe a selling course too :)

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On the contrary, I have no interest in politics and never had. :D I actually don't really follow up on politics since it's not my thing. When/if I need to, obviously I catch the latest news, but I don't follow politics.

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Originally Posted by Vfrood

What about the young players? You didn't say anything about them and i'm sure you won't....
What about those who can't afford to pay 55 euro for deco's, because they even can't pay their potatoes.....

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We can not control who is playing our game, and we have an official Parent's Guide for families where younger ones play our games: http://supercell.com/en/parents/ We merely provide possibilities in the game, and leave it up to the players to choose what to do.

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Originally Posted by Vfrood

I'm going to Ladbrokes right now to bet i won't get an answer that is even nearly satisfying. Then again you're doing your job very good for SC. But what if people are quitting the game?

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Can't please them all I guess, but I am trying to keep up with thread. :) Everyday people are quitting games, whatever their reasons are, and new ones start.

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Originally Posted by Vfrood

Going to eat now :D

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Bon Appétit! :)

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Originally Posted by Haystacker

Damage control at its finest huh, Nick? :facepalm:

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Simply replying to our vocal and die-hard players, that's all. :)

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Originally Posted by Haystacker

Instead of opening the game and getting something free to celebrate HD and its long standing success...go to the store and buy it. What a slap in the face. SMH

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Hmmm.. Don't want to sound like a broken record, but we gave as much "free" this year as last year.

Cheers,

Nick

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Originally Posted by Gazzanga

Just noticed. In the news' picture and in the package offered show a chicken in the bouncy castle. But when I checked Greg's farm I do not see any animation with chicken bouncing in the castle. Not even ANY animation. Yet the balloons are swaying and the chocolate fountain is dripping chocolate with candle lit moving. I even double checked with the top player's farm who bought the birthday decors. Nada. Nothing. Not even flags moving...

If it's true no animation... (or I'm just not patience to wait long enough), I feel sorry for any player who bought the bouncy castle with hope to see cute animation of chicken bouncing in it. For $39.99...

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The chicken makes an appearance if you own it and tap on it. :)

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Originally Posted by Eturtle

but I love my balloon and pinata, most adorable! :-)

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I am happy to hear that! :) I still have to get the balloons and then possibly the castle.. I only have the Piñata for now (and the chocolate fountain).

Cheers,

Nick