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"I can't stop watching my crops!" – FarmVille Freak

***UPDATE: The glitch described below that caused Crop Mastery to change has now been fixed and reset by Zynga.****

In an update made tonight on 03.04.10, FarmVille changed the requirements for some Crop Mastery! Some crops are have lowered and others have increased.This change should have all the FarmVille Crop Profit Spreadsheet analysts busy for awhile.

Since some of the Crop Mastery levels have lowered, it has caused some farmers to now go over the requirements needed to complete Crop Mastery for that specific crop. For example, Blueberries and Strawberries Crop Masteries have both lowered and now Blueberries require only 3,000 points to master.

If this happened to you don’t freak out yet . . . it is still possible to gain your Crop Mastery Sign and XP. Try planting the crop in which you should now have Mastery for and it should re-align everything to be accurate. Remember, you may have to wait for the crop to harvest in order for this to happen. In the past, when Crop Mastery changed, replanting the crop you should now have Crop Mastery for and then harvesting it triggered the ability to get the Crop Mastery Sign and XP rewards.

FarmVille Blueberries Mastery Error

FarmVille Green Tea Mastery Error

Many farmers are unable to load their FarmVille farms tonight after updates occurred.  :(

FarmVille released an official message on Facebook via FarmVille stating:

“We are resolving issues with a few folks being unable to load their farm. Please stand by. Crops are safe and will not wither.”

Stay tuned for more information…

FarmVille Issues With Farm Announcement

Recently FarmVille Freak mentioned the FarmVille gifting changes taking place. The changes will implement a new system that affects the ways in which we receive gifts, request neighbors, and invite friends. In the future, we will use our emails to accept these gifts and requests. Many FarmVille Freaks have expressed concern about unwanted excessive email overload. Why is this change necessary?

Facebook Pushing FarmVille Forward? Or Back?

The FaceBook Developer Roadmap dictates that all applications will adhere to this method. FarmVille Freak FarmerJones explains below:

Its not just FarmVille that is moving everything to emails…

Haven’t you noticed in all of your apps its asking you to share your email now at the top of the page? The little power bars at the top promising you to be a great player if you complete? and the last step is giving your email usually?

Facebook has given them a certain amount of time to make these changes …..

ALL APPS will be in emails.

Its part of the new changes that are taking affect(effect?) affect lol

Facebook changing it’s layout is only the beginning of many other changes to come.

ANYWAYS – it’s the first change listed on this page http://wiki.developers.facebook.com/index.php/Developer_Roadmap

It says “Application-to-user and user-to-user notifications will be removed, and instead developers will use stream, Inbox, and Email. ”

DATED FOR “Monday, March 1, 2010. (30 days after launch of email permission.)”

-FarmVille Freak FarmerJones

As we mentioned yesterday, Zynga released FarmVille Game Cards that can be purchased at your local retailers such as Gamestop.

The problem was that there was no way to activate these cards at the time. Since then, Zynga has upgraded FarmVille.com and Facebook to include a place where you can activate and use your cards.

For those of you having difficult activating your FarmVille Game Cards please visit the link below:

FarmVille.Com Game Card

Facebook activation can be found under the “Add Farm Coins & Cash” which will take you the redemption page by clicking the question, “Have FarmVille Game Card?” Click here to redeem:

Facebook FarmVille Game Card Activation

The FarmVille Game Cards may not be available in your area, but will be coming soon. You can purchase the Fastcards in $10 or $25 increments and then chose to exchange  them for FarmVille farm cash or coins.

This new method of monetary exchange is a great way for you to purchase farm cash if you do not have a credit card or PayPal account or if you do not prefer to use them. The FarmVille Game Cards may be used as giftcards that you give as a gift to special FarmVille Freaks in your life. It is also a great way for kids to purchase farm cash without their parent’s credit card.

FarmVille game cards are available at the following locations nation wide (dependent on your area).

• Target
• Best Buy
• 7 Eleven
• GameStop

Redeem Your Gift Card from FarmVille.com (Click to Enlarge)

One of the most frequently asked FarmVille questions is
“How do I get my fences or hay bales to appear 3-D?”

Every seasoned farmer knows that this optical illusion called Stacking is achieved by carefully positioning objects on your farm.

We would like to celebrate this Stacking technique by featuring some FarmVille Freaks Extreme Stacking!

FarmVille Freak Jason's Extreme Stacking Hay Pyramid

FarmVille Freak Tra's Extreme Stacking Tower

FarmVille Freak Tammy's Extreme Stacking Farm

FarmVille Freak Omar's Extreme Stacking with Gazing Balls

FarmVille Freak Granja's Extreme Stacking Farm

FarmVille Freak Harry Cat's Extreme Stacking Neufarmstein Castle

This is just a sample of Extreme Stacking created by FarmVille Freaks. We will be adding to this gallery. If you would like your “Extreme Stacking” farm to be included please send pictures to farmgoddess@farmvillefreak.com

With the re-introduction of all working links, many of you are eager to exchange your link with FarmVille friends and non-neighbors, but do not know how. Before you can exchange links you will need to first know how to get your link. Please read below for instructions.

Q: How do I get my FarmVille link for exchanges?

A:

Choose the link you are looking for:

Replace your Facebook ID number at the end (after = sign).

Here is a great website with pictorials provided by FarmVille Freak Hammbh that teaches you how to create your FarmVille links:

FarmVille Links

Once you know how to create your FarmVille link, you can exchange links at the FarmVille Freak Link Exchange Chat or FarmVille Freak Forum and get some extra help from your fellow FarmVille Freaks!

Zynga will be removing all excess Chickens and Chicken Coops attained through various past glitches or in-game errors!

They claim that having multiple Chicken Coops and thus the ability to yield multiple Mystery Eggs violates their policy because it not only hurts the stability of the game, it also disrupts the “FarmVille economy”. Farmers in violation of the One Chicken Coop rule will be given the chance to salvage which Chickens they want as Zynga is moving excess Chickens to your FarmVille Gift Box.

Over the next few days they will be addressing this issue and afterward any user who obtains multiple coops via hacks or cheats may face consequences. Users are already reporting the deletion of multiple coops.

They are also encouraging other narcs players to report their fellow FarmVille neighbors who violate the multiple chicken coop rule.

FarmVille Freak The Grand Thistle's "Chickin' Trickin' R.I.P"

The official word from Zynga spokeswoman Lexilicious:

“Hey Farmers,

When the Chicken Coop feature was initially released, it was not intended for users to be able to have more than one chicken coop per farm.

Due to various glitches and bugs in the past few weeks, certain users were able to place multiple chicken coops on their farms, which is a violation of FarmVille policy.

In order to rectify this situation, the FarmVille team has removed all excess Chicken Coops. This means that all users who are in possession of more than one Chicken Coop will be affected by this release.

To ensure our players are not overly inconvenienced by this change, all chickens that are in excess coops will be placed in your Gift Box. If you have more than 30 Chickens in multiple coops, your gift box will expand to accommodate all of them. This should ensure that you do not lose any chickens that are housed in excess coops.

In addition to this, we will leave the most valuable Chicken Coop on your farm. For example: if you are in possession of two chicken coops, one will be removed. If one Coop has 20 chickens and the other Coop has 3, we will leave the coop with 20 chickens on your farm.

This update will be completed in stages over the next few days, as it is a fairly complicated fix. This means that certain users will lose their additional coops before others.

We understand that many of our players enjoy having multiple Chicken Coops, however allowing this is something that threatens the stability of FarmVille. Having multiple coops increases the chances of producing Mystery Eggs. Having too many Mystery Eggs present in the FarmVille economy can unbalance the game. To ensure the health and longevity of FarmVille, we must limit the number of Chicken Coops to one per user.

After this release, being in possession of multiple Chicken Coops may result in consequences, as additional coops can only be obtained via cheating or hacking. If you would like to report a user for having multiple coops, please feel free to contact Zynga Customer Support.”

We apologize for any inconvenience or confusion these glitches may have caused you and we would like to thank you for your patience and understanding while we continue to work through the Beta process.”

Source: Official Zynga Forums

What do you think about this?!

In a message on Facebook appearing above your FarmVille farm’s home page, FarmVille announced that there will be temporary downtime. As they are working on maintenance and technical issues.

Starting at 8 PM EST there will be intermittently down time where you may not be able to access your farms due to this scheduled maintenance.

Hopefully this  downtime will also bring a very delayed FarmVille Updates including the football items before the Super Bowl big game day!

FarmVille Downtime Notice

Recently I’ve seen many of my FarmVille neighbors posting Facebook status updates warning of the fake FarmVille Facebook groups. The status updates read something like this:

“FROM ZYNGA: The makers of Facebook/Farmville issued a statement that all the “bargains” that are being offered regarding free fuel, free hen houses, free stables, etc. are NOT coming from them. They are all a scam by people who may use the information to access your accounts PLEASE CAN EVERYONE COPY AND PASTE THIS.”

Although it is unlikely that the above is an official statement made by Zynga, Zynga has addressed this issue in the past. (See below).  Basically these Groups promise to send you special items upon joining their group and of course you never receive your Villa, extra farm cash or Gray Horse.

All of these groups are a waste of time and fruitless because they are nothing more than a scam. When a free Villa sounds too good to be true, especially if you don’t meet the level requirement, then it probably is.  If you are still in doubt, think about how this would work.  How and why would a group page actually send you an official Zynga item or farm cash?

Do not join these fake groups  and do not invite your friends to join them.

If you are interested in reading Zynga’s official response to these fake FarmVille Gifting Groups read below.

“Unauthorized Farmville Applications and Groups

Please be aware that there are many unauthorized user-generated applications and groups circulating on Facebook that claim to offer FarmVille Gifts, Items, or Farm Cash.

Here are a few non-Zynga applications and groups:

• “FarmVille Cash Sender”
• “Join Now and Win a Villa, 1 Million Coins, and 1000 FV Cash! Official Method”
• “FarmVille Join this Group and Get 75 FarmVille Cash”
• “FarmVille Gifts”

These applications and groups are NOT authorized by Zynga and are NOT affiliated or associated with FarmVille. Gifts, Items, or Farm Cash ‘rewards’ from these types of applications and groups will not be displayed as they are not associated with our game.

Please remember that the only way to collect Gifts and Items is through standard FarmVille game play. Please click here to read how to purchase Zynga Virtual Currency:  http://zynga.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/525/kw/virtual%20currency/p/402/r_id/101691

If you wish to report an unofficial application or group that is using the name FarmVille, please write to Customer Support and provide the link to the user-generated application or group. We will be happy to investigate.”

Link of Source: http://zynga.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1030/c/28/p/402/page/3/r_id/101691

Q: How do I get rid of the Snow Blanket covering my farm and return it to normal?

A:  Go to the FarmVille Market, look under the “Upgrade Farm” tab and you will see that you can purchase the ” Green Pastures” for 1,000 coins. Purchasing this will return your farm to normal and get rid of the snow.

FarmVille Green Pastures "Upgrade" (Click to enlarge)