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

The CEO of Zynga Games, Mark Pincus, did  a video interview with CNN reporter Pauline Chiou.

Mr. Pincus, the Zynga god himself,  says the large number of Zynga players is due to the appealing nature of the games themselves, that he describes as,

“Short form, easily accessible, and social. Everyone needs five minutes of fun”.

Zynga games such as FarmVille, Mafia Wars, Cafe World and FishVille all have similar competitors. However, the Zynga games have the upper edge when compared to their non-Zynga counterparts. Why is it that Zynga games seem to be more successful than competitors?  He credits a team effort with the success of his franchise games and the investment and commitment of providing new content that keep players happy.  FarmVille alone updates and adds new content at least two times per week, always bringing something new and interesting for its virtual farmers.

When asked, “When is the IPO!? When will Zynga go public?”,  he responds with:

“We are a young company at only three years old. It’s amazing that people are asking us when we are going to go public…it’s flattering,”

There is no set date or time frame when Zynga will go public.

To watch the interview, please see CNN video below:

(Source: http://www.cnn.com/video/?/video/tech/2010/03/04/chiou.intv.pincus.farmville2.cnn)

Every farmer loves free fuel! With recent upgrades to FarmVille, free fuel is a little easier to come by even though it isn’t necessarily flowing freely. Fuel can also be purchased in the FarmVille Market, but farm cash is difficult to obtain and many farmers would prefer to spend their farm dollars elsewhere.

Many farmers like to save their fuel and use it sparingly. It’s nice knowing you have a Fuel Reserve waiting for you when you really need a break from all that clicking.

FarmVille Freak David Weatherly has saved up over 1,000 (one thousand) fuel refills!

FarmVille Freak David's Gas Farm (Click to enlarge)

What is your current Fuel capacity? Do you keep a Fuel Reserve, if so how much?

FarmVille Freaks have been sending in some great farms recently and we would like to share them with you more frequently. Check out Loui’s farm below, his own version of a FarmVille city with a few working crops.

Speaking of working crops, we need some of you FarmVille Freaks with exceptional “working farms” and lots of crops to send in your farms so that we can feature them on FarmVille Freak. Send your pics to farmgoddess@farmvillefreak.com

FarmVille Freak Loui's FarmVille City (Click to enlarge)

Here’s what Loui has to say about his farm:

“I’ve seen the Farmtropolis you have posted. It’s cool. But I don’t agree that it’s the first city in Farmville because mine has already been a city since December, in fact I called it  a Christmas Village then. I have predicted that time that Farmville will be slowly evolving and that it will not just be a simple farm anymore. Anyhow, personally, I started my farm with a few plots only but I’ve become more of a freak for decorations, notably the buildings and a sucker for mystery boxes. I wait for the new mystery boxes every week and I buy them. Attached is the most recent photo of my Farmville City, which my daughter calls a vacation resort. I’ve just rearranged it to accomodate the French Chateau items and also to make room for a Chateau, if ever there will be. You will see there a lot of items from the mystery boxes and FV cash items. I have several fans who just love to visit my farm to marvel at the “unique” things. I admire their patience because a lot of my friends have complained that it takes such a long time to load my farm but they still visit it each day to fertilize my few greens. What can I do? I love animation…a real Farmville freak!”

- FarmVille Freak Loui

Zynga will be making an appearance at SXSW (pronounced South By Southwest) in our home state of Texas!

SXSW is held every year in Austin, Texas and in honor of the 2010 events Zynga will be hosting a party in the Lone Star State. The musical guests for this event will be The Constellations and Metric .

The event will take place on Tuesday, March 16th and  is titled “Rock With the Big Dog”.  Hopefully on that day, we will all be celebrating the much anticipated release of the FarmVille Dog!

What do you think? Will any FarmVille Freaks be attending SXSW or Zynga’s event?

Zynga SXSW 2010 Invite

Zynga Invites You To

ROCK WITH THE BIG DOG at SXSW

Tuesday March 16^th

8:00 PM to 11:00 PM

At the Levi’s Fader FORT
(one day before it officially opens to the public)

1101 East 5th Street, Austin, TX

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Cocktails, Hors d’oeuvres, Games and

Musical performances by The Constellations and The Metrics

Guests must be over 21 to attend

Please RSVP by March 12th

Click the following link for more information and the RSVP: http://zynga-levis-fader-fort.eventbrite.com/

Of all the millions of people that play FarmVille, there is no doubt some celebrities farming it up too!

As reported by DreamCreeper.com, lately, some celebrities have come out of the closet about their virtual farming addictions. It is rumored that Lady Gaga, Wyclef Jean, AnnaLynne McCord, Avril Lavigne, Ellen and Rachael Ray play FarmVille in their spare time. Who else is farming? We know Dr. Phil isn’t a fan of FarmVille.

This makes us wonder if any of you celebrity farmers out there are also FarmVille Freaks?  I’m hoping Lady Gaga is one.

FarmVille Freak Harry's Lady Gaga Farm Tribute (Click to enlarge)

Thank you FarmVille Freak Jackie for this FarmVille City farm! Check out her “Farmtropolis”.

Jackie has used the buildings, decorations, and animals to create a mini FarmVille city, complete with unique neighborhoods, a National Park and Wildlife Reserve.

Says FarmVille Freak Jackie,

“Ok this may not be much, but had to give it a try. Presenting Farmtropolis!The first farmville city!

Having fun, cant leave the farm alone!”

FarmVille Freak Jackie's Farmtropolis (Click to Enlarge)

Notices prompting you to invite your FarmVille neighbors are now appearing in fellow Zynga game, Cafe World. Cafe World is reaching out by asking you to invite your FarmVille neighbors to play Cafe World in an effort to expand the millions of users that already play Cafe World.

“Hi! I play Café World and recently a message screen appeared that links FarmVille with Café World asking me to invite my FarmVille-only neighbors to join Café World.” – FarmVille Freak kun4tor

FarmVille on Cafe World

FarmVille Freak Julio’s Big Cow Farm of the Week Winner #19!

My name is Julio Costantini and this is my farm (i got a big cow on it). Hope you like it and publish.
Thanks.
Julio

FarmVille Freak Julio's Farm of the Week #19 (Click to Enlarge)

The following are possible Unreleased FarmVille items. There is no official release date or guarantee that these items will actually make it to the game.  These images were first reported to us by user “FarmVille Freak Lawyer”. Thanks for sharing!

As with all FarmVille unreleased images that are “found”, only  Zynga owns the copyright.

FarmVille Unreleased Chateau Farm House	FarmVille Unreleased Single Planter	FarmVille Unreleased Mystery Gift Box v2	FarmVille Unreleased Golden Beetle
FarmVille Unreleased Gold Crate	FarmVille Unreleased Old Bike	FarmVille Unreleased Golden Bucket

Sources (Originated by FarmViller):

1. FarmVille Chateau Farm House – FarmVille Zynga
2. FarmVille Single Planter – FarmVille Zynga
3. FarmVille Green Mystery Gift Box – FarmVille Zynga
4. FarmVille Golden Beetle – FarmVille Zynga
5. FarmVille Gold Crate – FarmVille Zynga
6. FarmVille Old Bike – FarmVille Zynga
7. FarmVille Golden Bucket – FarmVille Zynga

There is another version of the FarmVille Pot of Gold that has not yet been released. Check out the user-submitted  image below:

“Hi, i just searched the pot of gold on the server from FarmVille, with the result i found a different type of pot!

Take a look at it! Compare it with the pot you see right now on FarmVille!

Is this one of the comming soon limited edition items?”

- FarmVilleFreak Jensen

FarmVille Pot of Gold Version 2

Source: Zynga FarmVille