For those of you who live under a rock, Farmville is a simplistic, repetitive game that has taken over the lives of millions. Hosted on Facebook, the game relies on players helping one another with their mundane tasks by clicking links sent between Facebook accounts. If you have a Facebook account, I can guarantee you have at least one addict friend that spams updates and sends you endless requests to give them a fucking chicken egg or some shit. Farmville is run by Zynga, the makers of other terrible Facebook games such as Mafia Wars and YoVille. Their model revolves around developing a simplistic, repetitive, and most importantly addictive game with an item shop. That’s right, I said item shop. People are actually willing to pay real money for virtual farming supplies and other worthless shit.
Now here's the thing, Zynga is really fucking good at making games that are addictive, and people are shelling out money hand over fist. We're not just talking about kids blowing a few of their parents' hard earned dollars, we're talking about real, grown-up money. Zynga makes so much money off some of these suckers that they have created what they call the "Platinum Purchase Plan.” Despite Zynga’s attempt to keep it under wraps, word of the plan has leaked to the internet. Through the Platinum Purchase Plan, you can purchase Zynga points at a rate of one dollar per ten Zynga points (a 20% discount). Oh, did I mention that the program requires a nonrefundable minimum purchase of $500 that can only be done via direct bank transfer? Yeah, fuck that.
Verdict:
Farmville addicts are definitely not awesome. Spam me with requests? How about a fucking sledge hammer to your face? Stop wasting money on worthless, shitty games and spend it on something worthwhile. Perhaps a hooker and some blow?
Bonus:
Zynga is also not awesome. Zynga is a piece of shit company that preys on lonely, unemployed men and lets them blow thousands of dollars on virtual bullshit while simultaneously preserving their virginity. I can't really blame them for doing this though, have you seen the kind of money they're making? I guess I'll see them in hell.
Facebook is wack!
ReplyDeleteI hate that game with a passion.
ReplyDeleteI'm not even on facebook
ReplyDeletei hack farmville
ReplyDeleteuseful post is useful...
ReplyDeletei hate facebook =/
ReplyDeletedawwww people play this far too much.
ReplyDeletefarmville is just a waste of time.
ReplyDeleteLove it!
ReplyDeleteFarmville sucks D:
ReplyDeleteFarmville was so addicting..
ReplyDeleteFarmvile blehhh
ReplyDeleteI hate farmville, a friend of mine tried to get me into int, but I didn't like it, he also used some bugs to make his farm grow faster lol
ReplyDeletefrmville addicts god no
ReplyDeletei don't use facebook so i don't care about farmville a bit..
ReplyDeleteoh hell no!
ReplyDeleteAll my friends play this. Facebook addiction is not kewl..
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ReplyDeletei'm so tired of farmville's bullshit
ReplyDeleteI've never noticed how good Farmville is..
ReplyDeleteAll of those Facebook games are awful.
ReplyDeletei love farmville bro great post
ReplyDeletefarmville is far too addictive!
ReplyDeleteFarmville is very lame indeed.
ReplyDeleteAll of the Facebook games are so time-consuming and worthless. The only one I play is Castle Age, and only because I'm running a bot. So actually, I don't even play that. :P
ReplyDeleteCool post!
ReplyDeleteGreat stuff, keep them coming!
ReplyDeletethese kind of games are viral and very profitable~ thx for the ideas
ReplyDeletei haaaaate farmville
ReplyDeleteThis game is awful and boring.
ReplyDeleteI hate this game so much. Ruined facbook for me
ReplyDeletecurrently 110 farmville requests... to much spam... lol
ReplyDeleteI'm gonna say "No."
ReplyDeleteI hate Zynga, I pray for the day that some underground group destroys that worthless company.
ReplyDeletei have family members addicted to this shit.
ReplyDeleteI'd rather they smoke crack. At least that has some actual monetary value!
Farmville is as awesome as cancer. The reference to Farmville in South Park was hilarious though.
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