WARNING: Unlike fan sites, there will be no fond trip down memory lane here. The opinions here are strictly my own, your results may vary. It's all based on the past years' worth of compiling opinions, reactions and other various data from several select mega-farmers: those, like myself, who have the Facebook limit of 5,000 friends, all relatively dedicated FarmVille players. While some choose to orally copulate Zynga for everything they spew forth, here you're only going to get honest reaction and analysis - the good (Fertilize All!), the bad (pigpens), and the ugly (me).Oh - there may also be the occasional 'adult word' in here. Most of us can't play FarmVille without uttering or at least thinking a few of them anyway. It may be safe for work (depending on where you work), but it's probably a little too cynical for your kids to read. Fair warning, right?
So....maybe by this time I should have titled this "FarmVille Remembered". Is this a Eulogy? It may be, folks. If Zynga continues to lose players by the boatload as they've been doing for months now by alienating their strongest advocates - the advanced players - they risk losing not only their gaming crown but the position they've coveted for so long: the premier social gaming producer.
We saw a vast number of milestones and notable 'occurrences' in FarmVille in 2010 - here are just a few of the more notable ones. They aren't in any particular order.
I'm sure I've either missed some, forgotten some, or intentionally blocked some of them out of my brain in order to maintain my own sanity. Feel free to remind us of those in the comments section.
Yes, it's a long read, but in retrospect it was a VERY long year. Get yourself a cup of coffee, or maybe bring the whole pot. Just be careful, there may be spots here where you'll end up spraying it out of your nose. You've been warned! Enjoy.
