well, well, well...they went and did it, FooPets has been sold (now that Rivet no longer needs the coding to run Pet Tales, apparently they no longer plan to try to stuff a square VA peg into a round Social Gaming hole). our new "owners" according to google, are :
BrotherGames (click for link)
let's fill them in on what does and doesn't work for their very large, very anxious, and very willing to work with them built-in member pool, shall we?
Here is some background info...
Whois data
CONTACT INFO (how 'bout that? we're German...)
UPDATE !!! RIGHT NOW THEY APPEAR TO BE IN TRANSITION - FOO IS GIVING A 500 ERROR AND THE OTHER APPS ON MYSPACE AND FACEBOOK ARE FLYING THE MAD KITTY - BOMB THEM WITH EMAILS NOW !!! service@brothergame.com (don't bother with feedback, it's out of order) - let's make sure they know that they stand to lose tons of hard cash - not to mention good will - if the existing accounts are not preserved.
AND THE HITS JUST KEEP ON COMIN'...now it appears that Brother is merely a games broker, and one that was retained some time ago - email 'em anyway until we track down the real folks, if nothing else keeping pressure on anyone that calls attention to the commitment of the Foo membership to their pets will work to our good. have feelers out in various directions seeking where the FooBuck really stops.
prowl, all - poke into every corner you can find and keep us posted on what you find!
(by the way...if we are no longer a Rivet property, we are no longer bound by Rivet TOS, correct? now, THAT has some interesting possibilities...or would if there was an active FooPets site - anywhere - at present...)
About Me
- GOLD RUSH
- Tabby Road, New Furrsey, Foo S. A.
- i am a seven-year-old virtual Cream Persian FooCat (born on Little Christmas, 1/5/10), the mascot and spokesfurson for FooBA4U, the FooPets members' cooperative service site.
hehe so who will be first to break the Rivet TOS
ReplyDeletethanks for the links... Annnnd foopets is down...
don't know about that...(actually, Canaan/FooBA probably will, by openly holding the FooDitarod, a (gasp) contest with prizes, lol.
ReplyDeletemore importantly, as Foo's continued existence in its present form is unconfirmed, i just shot this off to both the service and feedback divisions of BrotherGames...
"a large paying membership awoke this morning to find our beloved site (and our accounts thereon) have been sold to your company.
as a long term (and long-suffering) member of the FooPets site, i - and many others who i keep posted on site news through my foospaper One Swell Foop - are wondering what our status is, and what you plan for the site. while our existing FooPet accounts are presently working normally, i note that you do not have the app up and running as yet, and we are deeply concerned about what will become of our existing pets and assets in paid-up accounts, frequently of many years standing. additionally, there are a host of players, squeezed out of the site by bad policy decisions on Rivet's part, who long to return to their existing dormant accounts. together we represent hundreds of thousands of readymade customers eager to invest our money in a site that welcomes and respects us.
heaven knows, we have plenty of suggestions that will help you make the site the enormous success it would have been had it not been crippled by mismanagement in the past.
we look forward to a bright future with BrotherGames!"
i STRONGLY recommend that as many people as possible message them as often as possible - it's already business hours in Germany, and lord knows what is going on.
just re-emailed (loudly) concerning the 500 error...note, use "service" email, feedback is out of order.
ReplyDeletejoined MySpace (growl) so i can track there as well...they are showing a Mad Kitty at present.
ReplyDeleteposted alerts on FaceBook and the WSJ blog - post a plea to email service@brothergame.com anywhere and everywhere you think FooPetters may see it...
ReplyDeleteI am sending all my friends of the Foo notices to email other and put the links on the Facebook. Good luck my friends. Mar-cat
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for keeping this post updated. I have sent service@brothergame.com a message. I just paid to open an old acct for 6 months, I truly hope they listen and respond to us all. I will be passing the message to my friends.
ReplyDeletethank you all - if we try hard enough fast enough, we may not only be able to get back what we had, but convince BrotherGames to restore the old Foo we all know and love...and reinstate al the poor disenfranchised folks trapped outside.
ReplyDeletejust added a formal FaceBook "event" in an attempt to drum up a massive email campaign. try to get as many people as you can on board...link here
ReplyDeleteI find it very interesting that it is back on MySpace and Facebook, and I am wondering if that is an error. I really don't see how breaking the ToS will help anyone though. Just because Rivet is no longer in charge doesn't mean the general rules don't still apply and since we don't know which rules Brother Games will choose to keep, it would be better to just follow the ToS for now and not get yourselves in trouble. JMO. I am really hoping that this new company will actually know what it takes to run a game though. It would be nice to see some of our old options back again, like User to User item sales. Also World of Warcraft from what I can find was created by Blizzard, so I think Brother Games may be just running that game on their server. They may not actually have to do with anything that goes on in game.
ReplyDeleteIs there a reason to bombard them with emails asking for it to stay open? It hs been *SOLD* to brothergames....meaning they are of course not buying a game to then shut it down.....only thing I wanna see is the accounts all remain in-tack for every user...and an increase in staff to customer helpfulness (on the admins new part)....people need to calm....I think if I bought the rights to a game to host the last thing I would do is go shut it down LOL
ReplyDeletethe FaceBook and MySpace apps are promoted on the BrotherGames site, so i assume that is their plan.
ReplyDeletesince there's currently no place to either uphold OR ignore the Rivet (or otherwise) TOS, that's kind of academic at present...
Brother would seem to be primarily a broker site, then, if Warcraft (and, i assume, Zynga, SuperPoke, et al) are not theirs per se. will have to look into this and see if FooPets is the ONLY game they own outright. hmmm.
I don't see them on the BrotherGames page, nor does Brother have a search option that I can see.
Deleteno, they don't plan to ignore it, i'm sure - the point of the email campaign is to encourage them to PRESERVE the existing accounts and pets rather than scrapping them and simply using the code to run "new" apps on supported sites like facebook and myspace.
ReplyDeleteif they see a ready and eager market for the existing site, we can hope that it will be reinstated (somewhere) in its original form and content. as one of the first actions was to pull the currenrt site offline, it seems a reasonable precaution. i don't see it doing any harm, and it could well do some good.
I hate to bear bad tidings but a search on the Wayback machine shows this... the page has been up there like that for years, so brothergames must have been involved in 2010
ReplyDeletehttp://web.archive.org/web/20110225063022/http://online.brothergames.com/social-games/foopets.html
Emailed Brother Games as well; I'm very much hoping that the two accounts I paid to keep open less than two months ago are still going to be there once the 500 internal errors stop showing up. Also wondering how much (if any) of the "old" Foo we could talk Brother Games into bringing back.
ReplyDelete@Anon: I think we're more worried about our accounts remaining intact than the site itself being shut down (at least I am).
carrie, that IS worrisome - though the news that Rivet has been trying to drop the hot potato for some time now is not surprising...i don't think Janasov had any idea when he stepped in just how headstrong FooFolk would prove to be. (will go look into that link, thanks! - the one i was looking at - posted above - has today's date)
ReplyDeletebased on the fact that they chose to pick it up, and are (from what i see) in the business of making money with successful games rather than fixing what ain't broke, if we can show a strong enough following and a willingness to support a company that respects the wishes of its paying players, i'm hoping we have a shot at not only getting FooPets back as is, but as was...
took a look - i get the impression that Rivet had them list the game along with their other apps to get it some additional exposure outside FooPets proper...if they now own it outright, things (hopefully) will be a little different.
ReplyDeleteThat would be awesome, gold Rush, truly awesome -- I do hope that the game can be brought back to what it was! Let's go for it! :)))
ReplyDeleteSo uh, we are talking about the wrong company? Does Brother even own Foopets currently? That page says it was update today so I am confused.
ReplyDeleteYou and me both . . . O_o
DeleteHey Carlyssa :)
DeleteSo could it be that Foopets is just a game ran on their server like WoW? Since obviously they don't own and didn't make the Warcraft game either? Or Final Fantasy, or a lot of the other games that are listed there. There are a ton of different games listed there that I don't believe Brother owns or operates, so perhaps their server is just a host for these games. I would say that perhaps the mass emailing at this point may be going to the wrong company lol. Although it's possible that I am wrong.
It could be . . . I'm just waiting for the server error to clear, along with my chest cold. =_=
DeleteBut hey . . . At least it's not Valentine's Day, yet.
I am rather confused as well (hi, Az!). I just googled and then called Rivet Games; no answer, phone support is "down" (according to the message on the answering machine? System? that I did get), but I left a message with my first name and number and am hoping to hear back (yeah, ok, but a girl can dream, right?). I just stated that I'm an adult Foo player, have invested probably several hundreds in the game over the past 2.5 years, and have seen rumors flying all over the web as to what's going on with Foo, so I'd like a return call. Also stated I knew I probably wouldn't hear back, but I'd appreciate it if they could spare a few minutes.
DeleteI would be so shocked if you got a phone call back Morgaine (hiyas hehe) but I guess it doesn't hurt to try. Better than just sitting on your thumbs and speculating...oops guess that would describe my morning lol.
DeleteHope you feel better Carlyssa. :)
That was pretty much my thinking -- I'll be surprised (and pleased!) if they call back, but at least I now feel that I did something, lol. Also (as I mentioned somewhere up there) shot off an email to Brother Games... I'd feel so much better if I could find some kind of solid, confirmed report on who Foo currently belongs to (as I'm sure all of us would)!
DeleteHi Az, and Morgaine fancy meeting you here :-)
DeleteBrotherGames is similar to MMORPG, as in they hold information for a lot of games and provide links to their community of players for other games. All information on the their website is very very old information. Screenshots of the adoption center are horribly outdated and of course we can't forget about the "After three (3) consecutive feeding/waterings by the FooSamaritan, your pet will be repossessed and brought to the FooShelter's holding cell where it will continue to be cared for until you reclaim your pet. You have one week to reclaim your pet before the opportunity is opened up to other community members…"... As we all know that was taken out a LONG time ago....
it sure is - i just rode the merry-go-round trying to find "who's on FooSt" and wound up in India...yes, the Brother page is current - and SOMEONE is playing with the server et al (and the timing is about right for Germany), but i can't get any hits on Games OWNED by them, it doesn't look like their line of business.
ReplyDeleteSo Canaan are you saying that Brother is or is not the current owner of Foo? I'm sorry, I was a little confused by what you were saying "It sure is" to.
ReplyDeleteI posted brother's service email address and the info provided here on the Foopets Facebook page- good heavens, by the reaction I got you'd think I was the one that made the site go down! Some FooPet players are nothing if not brand-loyal. I'm glad this info and the comments are here where people can talk honestly about what is going on. Thank you for everyone for their input. I sent an email to brothers and also tried to access Foopets via their website but I couldn't get in. If anyone does find a way to log in that is different than the usual I hope you will post it here. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteI tried to sign up for their free trial from the Brother Games page just to satiate my curiosity. I couldn't get too far without a credit card, but I was taken to a place for "BombGames" which would appear to be another game site that hosts trials for a ton of different games that they don't own.
ReplyDeleteHi Azkani,
DeleteI *did* register with a credit card and it didn't help. Still no way to access. :(
I suppose it goes without saying that there isn't anything like MONDAY the 13th! >:)
ReplyDeleteIt seems to me, that Brother Games is just someone who offers domains and thus does not directly own the games. Besides if you look at the page...the links are from the time they use gopokey links. They also send you to Myspace and FB apps neither which have been in use for a while. PLUS there is a section for Cheats???
ReplyDeleteAh I think I may have just found some possible proof that Brother in fact did not purchase the company. On the Foopets! Walkthrough, Tips and Cheats, under Foopets Tips it says:
ReplyDelete"After three (3) consecutive feeding/waterings by the FooSamaritan, your pet will be repossessed and brought to the FooShelter's holding cell where it will continue to be cared for until you reclaim your pet. You have one week to reclaim your pet before the opportunity is opened up to other community members…"
This has not been done on Foopets at least since it was made pay to play. So if it has been up there that long without being updated, I am guessing that Brother just hosts the game on their server.
"it sure is" referred to being confusing...i just opened a thread on the VirtualPetList site looking for information, they tend to have a finger on the pulse in the VA community.
ReplyDeleteyes, i agree (in re Brother), while the accessible page has today's date it hasn't shown any info update since 2/11.
SOMEBODY has the car keys, though - as all 3 loci (Foo proper, FaceBook, and MySpace) are all in stasis...and some kind of server or similar monkey business happened a few days ago (see Comments, previous post)
(...if nothing else, the attention being given to Brother Games may flush someone else out of the woodwork - if i were them, i'd definitely get in touch asking "whatthehell???")
ReplyDeleteI just renewed my membership yesterday. Today cant log in. So now what do we do.?
ReplyDeletehang on tight, we're all trying to get this unravelled - email BrotherGames until we can come up with something better, at least it should get some kind of reaction.
ReplyDeleteCarrie - what, exactly, did Snacks say in the Announcement you mentioned in the DominOnoes comment? the VPL folks are out sniffing around, i just convinced them that the old FB post was hooey and to stay on it. also put the current info up on FP/FB.
I mean no offense here, but I don't really see how emailing Brother Games will get anything done if they are just a host site. It may annoy them, but if the site is experiencing problems, they're not going to be able to make the techs work any faster to get it fixed.
ReplyDeleteSnacks announcement if I remember correctly said that the Foopets site would be under new management but that Foopets itself was not going anywhere. Basically not to worry that just because Pet Tales shut down it didn't mean the end of Foo.
Everybody calm down. Foopets isn't going anywhere. We've had troubles logging in before and we managed it. Plus, sending thousands of emails to the new owner of foopets might not be a good idea knowing they own the site. It's also not a very nice way to welcome them to the site. Cut em' some slack guys, I'm sure they'll try their best.
ReplyDeleteNot wise to irritate the new owners by flooding them with redundant spam. Yes spam because that is what it amounts to. Please stop the sky is falling act as it is getting truly tiresome. Did it ever occur to anyone that they are switching things over? Of course not, it's easier to panic and not think rationally.
ReplyDeletei have NO doubt they are "switching things over". the big (unanswered) question is to where...or what. sorry, Anon, but the preponderance of evidence does indicate that something serious is going on - and the striking similarities to the Pet Tales debacle tend to make those who think a trifle skittish.
ReplyDeleteAskani, was this the Announcement made last night - or the one in response to concerns about FooPets in the wake (pun intended) of Pet Tales' demise? even if a fresh reassurance, it sounds like the same softsoap to me...
as far as emailing Brother Games, if they are simply a broker, as it would appear, the campaign can do no serious harm - at worst it will simply be ignored, at best it will provoke some kind of response from SOMEONE.
and Anon, if you think that we are presently emailing the "new owner" you haven't been paying a great deal of attention...fact-seeking hardly constitutes panic or chicken-little behavior - particularly with the site's existing track history. a simple FB annoucement - not forthcoming, despite the fact that is is now CA business hours, and NOT a lot to ask under the circumstances - would have precluded the lion's share of speculation : the fact that Snacks/management made an Announcement on Foo immediately prior to the 500 error WITHOUT mentioning the possibility of downtime suggests they had nothing to do with its occurrence - after all, they have displayed such tender concern for what site travails do to our nerves...
This isn't about "fact finding". This is about speculation and conjecture. Arm chair quarterbacking at it's best.
Deleteif we were provided with facts we wouldn't HAVE to go looking for them...or speculate what the truth might be. and where we sit tends to feel more like a hot seat than an armchair these days. i do hope that the new new Foo appreciates cheerleading as much as the previous...everyone is entitled to their own scratching post, of course, but at least we are looking for answers, not naysaying others who are without providing constructive input of our own.
Delete(and why do i feel like i stumbled into the Forums once more, lol?)
Remsie or Snacks posted yesterday that Foo is being sold and will remain. I do not know what that will mean for us but the site being down is not a shock. They will have to transfer our accts from Rivet servers to the new owner's servers which can take days, depending on things that may occur during transfer. Let's hope this is the case, much better than losing everything. New ownership may be a better thing. Paws crossed for a better change...
ReplyDeleteIf they're just transferring to different servers they could/should have warned us when snacks made the announcement yesterday.
DeleteI agree that new ownership may be a better thing, hard to do worse than Rivet anyway.
And what about those accounts that were waiting to get some money to reactivate?
ReplyDeleteI was just about ready to go back. And I know of another kid that was hacked and had her account stolen and deleted. Member support was just beginning to help her get her pets back and allow her to get a new account. This is just like them. They kept us on the line and got more money out of us to keep the servers up long enough to make the sale and now we will be dropped like a hot potato. I can see it now Foopets in death matches. I do not see much hope that we will get anything but screwed again. Why should the new owners be any different than the other robbers, liars and cheats from before. I am so sick of it. Just sick.
that is (cautiously) good news - and would explain why there is no input via Foo's FaceBook page, as they may well not have access to it. i fully agree that new ownership - as opposed to a new CEO and namechange - may well be an improvement, we can at least hope for more responsive keepers. if it takes a while to reorganise, so be it - pity there was no way to emplace any reassurance, though.
ReplyDeletethe fact that one group was unresponsive does not mean others will be...perhaps we will end up with a group like Explorer Games, who are a joy to deal with. for those who had not yet put up money, be glad it will NOT go to those you disapprove of - and who knows, you may be able once more be able to access your pets WITHOUT paying a toll.
I for one (and I think I speak for quite a few) would not mind paying a reasonable fee for getting my pets back. I just did not appreciate the nasty way we were treated and the lack of respect our concerns received. If we got any response at all. I would like to be able to enjoy the game again without fear of retaliation or suspension for asking a simple question. If the new owners are anything like you describe possible Canaan, I say Hip hip hooray. Bring them on. And I am willing to bet there will be a stampede back to the fold.
ReplyDeleteSorry to inform you, but it has not been this way for some time on Foopets. I have seen extremely rude questions posted in the most ignorant fashions all over the Forums and they have been answered calmly with no suspension or even threat of suspension. I believe that you are referring to the old guard before Snacks and crew.
Deletei know of no one who has issues with either Snacks or Remsie on that level, nor do i believe that is whom they are referring to...and i have no patience for rudeness from EITHER camp. it will be interesting to see what if any changes in Forum and other policies are instituted.
Deletewhether the pay-to-play policy is upheld or a more sensible and less destructive method that ClubFoo with its negative effect on site economics will be installed also remains to be seen - but as long as a fair system is emplaced i'm sure things will continue to improve.
As responded by the precious poster, that was from a post from Snacks yesterday. I understand the need and want for info ASAP as I pay for two accounts on the site. I also understand why some are skittish after the demise of PT. But mass emailing a company that has absolutely nothing to do with the current welfare of Foo will gain nothing IMO.
ReplyDeleteAt best the emails *might* gain a mass cookie cutter reply in the effect that Brother Games has no sway over the current state of affairs. I can't imagine that they would even try to put weight on whoever is in charge of Foo over a few misplaced customer emails. Most people on Foo are just patiently awaiting the return, not emailing Brother. In order to gain any attention you would probably have to get the entire customer base to email Brother which is not likely to happen.
And even if they were to send an email to Foo's current owners (that is if they have any more knowledge of who that is than we do), again, the techs can't possibly work to solve the situation any faster simply because someone is putting pressure on them. We were made aware that the site was in transition, of new ownership, as previously stated, that could mean that the site is out of commission for a bit. I am not going to bother with emails about a problem they are certainly aware of to take their attention from the issue. Let them work to get things fixed so that we can once more enjoy the site, *then* make your emails with your proposals.
I just hope they clean house, put back the fair and intelligent adults they forced out of ambassadorships and get rid of gangster tactics we have seen the last year. It has kept most of us totally away from most of the game. We come to feed our pets and play with them and get out for fear we will offend and get suspended. But because we love our pets and our friends we stay. Now that is loyalty. I would love to go back to the old days when FooPets was a safe happy place for us to gather. Now we have been driven to other places to socialize. If it was safe to come back we would and FooPets would prosper.
ReplyDeleteAh I see you are right Canaan this is the forums. LOL How fitting. The offensive has already started. I just hope the new owners are smart enough to see through the propaganda. Since there is no way to get around this behavior I will bid you good bye. I will find out my information some other way since the harassment has begun. Hopefully, this is death throws. I repeat CLEAN HOUSE!
ReplyDeleteSeriously? I have not seen someone suspended since Kate left. At least not for anything less than scamming *repeatedly* or hacking an account. Since the site was made pay to play, they have actually gone out of their way *not* to suspend people, much to the annoyance of some of the more mature players.
ReplyDeleteSure the old way, Kate's way of suspending/banning first and asking questions later was over the top, I won't argue that point. But now I see children that swear and are just plain foolish all over Foo and are suspended from *the forums* for a week and that is it.
I don't know what game you have been playing Anon, but it's not the same one that I am. I saw someone post a very rude and ignorante thread in USS basically calling out the Ambassadors and Admin in a challenge and that person was warned to behave and that was it. They went on their merry way. I'm sure that if they had kept up that behavior, they would have been suspended from the forums for a whole week as punishment as well. *rolls eyes*
But the types of actual site suspension/bans that you are referring to rarely happen now that the new Admin are in place. It's simply not true.
no, random suspensions and bannings do indeed seem to (thankfully) be a thing of the past - as far as i know, the issue was more post deletions and thread locking, and generaly not by capital A's.
Deleteas i do not maintain a censorship policy here, we will simply have to bear with it - there are worse fates, lol. as i said, each to their own scratching post. at least here there is no selective "editing" favoring one faction or another.
ReplyDeleteand the purpose i still see in contacting the only resource for Foo that the internet offers - to wit, Brother Games - is not to joggle anyone's elbow, but to simply clarify where we stand, if possible. as i mentioned earlier, worst case they are ignored, best case they get passed on to the new site owner (and if Brother Games carries the site apps, then yes, they WOULD have access to that information) the fact that they have a loyal and concerned customer base - hardly a negative thing.
Hang in there Canaans, if anybody can get some news its you, thank you
DeleteGood for you, CanaansChild, you are giving us all a good service by keeping a comment blog where we can air our feelings. I do not see why anyone could object to your search for the truth
ReplyDeleteAnd your no-censorship policy is so much better than the usual. Bless you!
You are right Canaan. Sorry to have gotten off the path. But it is a big reason a lot of people left and have not come back. And although it is much subtler there is a degree of lock down in the forums. And a few of the ambassadors have an attitude that is threatening and retaliatory. Yes even today. Posts simply vanish so there is not "problem". And everyone is spoken to as if they were age 12. And Foo rather asked for the rudeness by catering to the children and shoving its adult players aside last year. But that is neither here nor there. The question at hand is will Foopets be made whole and available to us. I hope so with all my heart.
ReplyDeleteI agree completely with Dee and Carrie. You provide a sense of community and hope, and that is indeed a very good thing. Blessings!
ReplyDeletethank you all (from both of us, lol)...and we will continue to try to find out hard data on the future - and the present, for that matter - of the site. why some people find that a negative thing puzzles the stuffings out of me.
ReplyDeleteonce the dust (and the fur) settles, we will hopefully be able to calmly discuss with the new company what ALL of us see as the pros and cons of the site, and work toward restoring it to sanity and solvency.
I too very much hope that this new management will be a step in the direction of a brighter future for Foopets. I don't happen to agree with the bashing of Ambassadors, as I feel that they do a very good job with what they are given. While they obviously can't make rules, they do a very good job in enforcing from what I have witnessed and being impartial. I haven't seen any vanishing posts, so I won't comment there. I would assume that if that was as common a practice as it is made to appear from your post Anon, that most people would be carrying on to high Heaven about it. It's also quite possible that posts have vanished due to other players since Gurus have that option, a problem that I hope will one day be remedied although most Gurus are mature enough to handle the responsibility.
ReplyDeleteIt would be nice though if as Anon mentioned, to cater to the adults of the site the new crew might consider some things that the old crew shot down. An 18+ forum, for example, would go a long way to making some of the adults on the site feel less put out.
Would also be nice to see these "newbies" put out more new pets and new features to keep everyone happy, but in the beginning I would assume they will have to get used to the site and their employees and whatnot, so I won't expect an overnight change lol.
Much thanks for providing an open place to converse on the subject Canaan. ;)
I hope the new management keeps us informed on what's going on. Although this has yet to be seen. Transfers do take time though.. Like you the A's do a good job with the tools they have. Although it is hard to enforce rules when there isn't a clear cut list of rules available to members.
DeleteI have seen some vanishing posts, but most of these disappeared due to flagging, not outright removal.
I would also love to see a forum for 18+. While I do not mind socializing with children, it would be nice to have a forum specifically designed for the adults on the site.
New pets would be awesome. New features would be better. But then again bringing back some of the old features, like the fashion shows would be cool as well!
Hey Dream chickie. I agree with you, the rules could be better defined. I hope that's something they might work on in the future. It would be pretty awesome to see some of the old features reinstated with some security measures in place. If they could bring back fashion shows for free to hopefully eliminate the elements for cheating that would be fantastic. Also maybe if this new company could finally push through the safe trade system, maybe we could get User to User item sales back. I miss that feature I think more than anything. I am likewise hoping that the new people will see the wisdom in restoring Foomart to it's former glory.
Deletethere are failsafe protocols in place on other sites for trading pets, items, and site tender - i'll be happy to get them the code to use here. Fashion Shows could either run for free (they provide income for the site via Boutique regardless), or using the existing code snippet that blocks multiple Suggestion votes from the same IP.
DeleteThat sounds way too technical for me Gold Rush, but if the newbies are open to suggestion it is something that I would definitely call to their attention as many of us miss fashion shows but some of us don't miss the rampant cheating. It would be nice to be able to use all those clothes I bought again though. ;)
Deletein an ideal world the under 13's (at least) would have their own FooJunior, without sales or breeding, where they could actually learn about responsible pet care and be mentored toward membership in the full site - and yes, subsetting the Forums into Teen and Adult divisions would be nice, as well as appointing qualified Mods as opposed to overworked ambassadors, removing the ability of ANY member to delete another's post - flagging should bring qualified attention, not annihilation - and a Court of Appeal if someone feels unfairly singled out, as Mods, like ambassadors, are human, and not always as impartial and unflappable as they or we might wish.
ReplyDeleteI personally, miss photos in the forums . . . But I have high doubts they would bring that back.
ReplyDeleteFrom twitter:
ReplyDeleteFooPets.com
We apologize for the error on our site, and we appreciate your patience as we continue to work on this issue!
Yay . . . They're working on it!
DeleteAzkani - I never once said "all" I said a "small" number. So do not misquote me - for the most part they are an unappreciated unpaid group of overworked dedicated volunteers. And they have done the best they could with little or no support from the higher ups. But there are a few that throw gas on nonexisting fires and deliberately stir things up for their own apparent reasons. Making things worse and more contentious than necessary. And attacking members for mistakes not even in the TOS or out of pure spite. That is all I am saying. And that is all I am going to say on the matter. Exaggerating my comment causes the same issues here that it does on Foo. And I think we have had enough of that in both places.
ReplyDeleteThere's an update on Facebook about the site if anyone is interested. It now reads:
ReplyDelete"Hey everyone, we are aware of the issue on our site and we’re working hard to fix it. We apologize for the inconvenience and we appreciate your patience as we continue to work on this issue!"
So at least we now *know* they're working on it lol.
7 minutes ago, Face Book FooPets:
ReplyDeleteHey everyone, we are aware of the issue on our site and we’re working hard to fix it. We apologize for the inconvenience and we appreciate your patience as we continue to work on this issue!
Anon - I never said "all" either. I'm not sure where you're getting that information, so I am not sure how I misquoted you. I said I was against the "bashing of Ambassadors" by which I meant any bashing of any Ambassadors as I feel that each individual is a good person from my own experience. I was not generalizing as you seem to think, merely stating that I don't agree on any level that any Ambassador is purposely being an issue. I think each has their own style, but I have dealt with each on one level or other and have found each to be very fair on matters.
ReplyDeleteYes, they are human as Gold Rush stated and will therefore make mistakes as any human will do, but I don't see the need to make any of them individually or otherwise look bad for making an honest mistake or for doing the best they can at a job they don't get paid for. You're welcome to your opinion Anon, I was only posting my feelings in response to seeing yours. I hope that I am allowed my own opinion as well?
gleaning the wheat, it sounds like we'll be back on board shortly (whew - huzzah!) and will figure all the rest out when that time comes.
ReplyDeleteSO . . . Which of your pets do you miss the most?
ReplyDeleteI know I miss my little Bridgette and Jezebelle, they both have litters coming. Jezebelle's is due tomorrow, so I HOPE the site is back up then.
Carlyssa, I hope you get back on in time for Jezebelle's litter!
DeleteToday, of all days, I was supposed to be pet sitting for a friend who is one of the most dedicated pet owners on Foo. I feel like a crummy friend and an irresponsible pet sitter for not being able to care for her pets as I promised! If it was just my guys it'd be bad enough, but to let down a friend about makes me batty! lol! How many times can I try and log onto Foopets in one day? Apparently dozens and dozens and dozens! lol! So all that chatter was my really long way around answering your question: I miss my friend's pets most of all. Of my guys, I miss Shibby, our new dog that we've been working with to getting his bonding bars all the way into green from that depressing red that A.C. rescues start with. ::sigh:: Thank you for letting me vent, you guys! BTW- I am 007kieran on Foo. :)
Any more up to date news on Foo?
ReplyDeleteMy apologies Azkani. Of course I allow all opinions. I am a firm believer in the power of civil discussion. But I have personally witnessed some of the abuse I speak of. I will not go into that it is pointless if you have never been targeted. As I said I do not use the forums anymore. It was so dangerous before and to say or do anything was to bring the wrath of the TOS down upon your head. At least by one or two.
ReplyDeleteNow let's as I asked before drop it now.
Agreed. I am a debater lol, but I don't see the need to continue to subject all of you to my annoying habits, so I think dropping the subject is a very wise idea all around. ;) I'm just very happy that someone is finally working on the issues of the site. Can't wait to get back to my babies.
Deletelol fixed the name xD
ReplyDeletethe news comes from ParrotLady (at least on FaceBook, i don't twitter, lol), whom i would tend to trust...there a certain amount of oil-pouring, but kind of natural under the circumstances. updates in next post up, and a link to ParrotLady's FaceBook comment thread.
ReplyDeleteSo will this take all day tomorrow?
ReplyDeleteAzkani - I appreciate all the questions your answering here, and I can tell you really work hard and are a dedicated member of foopets. I know it probably doesn't mean much to you, but I really respect and look up to you as a member, and hopefully I will be as good member as you are. I'm sure a lot of people also respect you as I do. Lastly, I can almost guarantee you will be an ambassador soon. ;)
ReplyDeleteThanks very much for the respect, it is very appreciated. :) I'm doing no more here than other members however, only waiting out the storm with everyone else. I have just been trying to keep a positive attitude as I see a lot of negativity and I don't think that all of it is necessarily worthy. But I do still understand where most of those feelings come from. I just hope that with new management comes resolution and some trust can be formed for all involved. As for being an Ambassador, I don't know about that lol, I have spoken out in the past so I doubt that Foo would want me on their side. While I do keep a positive attitude, I do see where some things could be changed. Not sure how accepting they would be of that attitude in an Ambassador. ;)
DeleteIf they are smart they will see that experience and levelheadedness is exactly what is needed for the next phase of FooPets. That is what is meant by cleaning house. Get some of the cobwebs out and bring in some new attitudes. Just a few new faces will gain trust and a sense that things are going to be different. And a positive attitude backed up with positive actions will go a long way toward that end.
DeletePeople already look up to you like an ambassador, you do not even need the "a", lol I guess I just agree with your posts and appreciated them a bit more than others because I could never explain them any better. The cup is half full, not half empty. Something good might come out of this like a unicorn background like last time or maybe better support or a new pet. But, even if there no good thing about it, the best reward would just be back with my deeply missed pets. :)
DeleteWell I have to admit, the past month or so I've been hoping for a change. Any change at all really. So when I first learned that the CEO was leaving, my first thought was Yahoo! LOL. I was hoping that someone would come in with some more sense of how to make the game more enjoyable. Then when Snacks announced the company changing hands it was cause for a bit of nerves, but more excitement than anything as I could imagine all the benefits that could be gained with new minds at the helm. I am just seeing the possibilities and they are endless. I am glad that the Admin don't seem to be changing though as I have just gotten used to Snacks and his crew and began to trust them. I would hate to see them ousted and have to deal with new ones after all this time.
DeleteI completely agree. The possibilities are endless. I also really like the snacks and crew. They have fast support and get back to questions very fast. Hopefully whoever the new owner of foopets is, will bring great new ideas, changes, and let the members of foo have a little more say in foopets non-financial decisions. All we can do is hope for the best, as you said. ;)
Deletekeeping people with a feel for and understanding of the site, like Snacks and Parrotlady, is indeed a good sign, though the conspicuous lack of reference to the Announcement about changing hands is...interesting. the question is, keeping them how? did they go across to a new company as part of the package? Parrotlady i can see, as she is a member aide - Snacks was a flat-out Rivet employee, one of a number of good people, it's a little odd.
DeleteHmm A good point Canaan. I guess that is one of those mysteries that will hopefully be solved in the grand unveiling. Perhaps this is a small changeover like from FooMojo to Rivet where the only actual change was in the name of the company and the CEO. Or perhaps they just wanted to keep the Admin and they opted to hire them out from Rivet? We probably won't know until the site is up and running and the new company comes out to play, and we may not even be told then as that is sort of in company knowledge. Stuff that we as customers don't really need to know even though it's very curious lol.
DeleteI agree CanaansChild. It makes me a bit suspicious. I now went to the site and am getting Mad Kitty Error. A small step from the 500 error. Looks like they are making progress and are on their way to getting back on track. :)
DeleteOh, and I feel sort of weird just putting my name as "Anonymous" up their. lol. I'm Kahiko, but you probably haven't heard of me.
Deletei am still getting the 500 error message on FooPets proper - the satellite sites on FaceBook, MySpace, and a few other places (mostly specifically preschool-to-youngster sites) are throwing Mad Kitty. and askani, while plans and operation are indeed company business, the simple NAME of the company is rarely not public information...i am trying to monitor what i can at this point, and awaiting further developments.
DeleteCanaan - As I am atempting to find out a bit more on the transitions, I think all we can do at this point is hope for the best and try to be flexible, let me know if you find anything. Have a good night. ;)
DeleteGo here: http://www.facebook.com/FooPetsGame
ReplyDeletefinally found it - i am NOT handy with FaceBook, lol, i'm not a chat person. got the link and adding to the above post with the other updates.
ReplyDeleteHey Az! I really hope that things might get better, as this possible new ownership can be really bad or really good. Lets hope it's good :3
ReplyDeleteHey Kat! I'm not seeing that they can make it too much worse unless they raise prices or something which I really don't see happening. There isn't much to take away, so I am betting that they come out looking good by adding. And even if they jack the price a little, I am willing to stay *if* they make some major improvements.
DeleteWhy does all this corporate stuff have to be so ssssecretive? My foopets are starving, and I miss them!
ReplyDeleteI am finding it very interesting waiting to see what is going to be different with FooPets.
ReplyDeleteWith that link to FB. I looked and was very dismayed how the adults were acting once again. I hope that things can be nicer.
Happy Valentines day.
amen to that. just looked in on Parrotlady's and the site's FaceBook threads, no real news as yet. people seem to be settling down, though, which is good. if all they can carp about is whether their litters get born on schedule, you can hardly call it a panic, lol. they ARE getting restless about a more recent update, but i don't see that happening before business hours tomorrow, CA time.
ReplyDeleteI was able to get my FG and FD just now, but i can't see my profile or go anywhere it's stuck in mad kitty error. or 500 error. I miss my foopets a lot and i am getting frustrated. I just hope things can get back up and running, by tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteI promised myself I wouldn't get back on the computer, lol. But, foopets had the adoption page up, I typed in my login info, and it brought my straight to Mad Kitty. It seems to me they are getting it figured out as they are almost there. Hopefully we can all login by tomorrow -- Hang in there everyone!
ReplyDeleteYes, we are getting the same results here as well.
ReplyDeletelol Kahiko it is hard to stay away especially at feeding time. Now I know how an addict feels the first 24 hours off the stuff.
lol The worst part for me is that my body wouldn't even allow me to go to sleep last night due to constant late nights either surfing, forums, etc. That scares me a bunch, but there's no way in hell I could ever quit foopets, lol
DeleteStill the same this morning. Well, maybe we will all be getting a Valentines gift today.
ReplyDeleteHopefully, I am starting to have a panic attack I miss my pets and account so much. It's similar to garbage being taken away from a hoarder lol
DeleteNo luck here yet either. Mad Kitty is still mad and I can bet Kitty is not the only one either. It seems some are at least able to access the site today just long enough to get their daily allowance, but I'm not even managing to get that far, regardless of numerous attempts. See what today brings I guess. And thanks Canaans, some of us appreciate you doing your best to keep us informed.
ReplyDelete"access" is not quite what i'd call it, but on some browsers the daily is registering if you look quick enough. chances are even if you don't see it, it's going through if you pull up your profile page.
Deletei've been roving between here (upper and lower posts), Facebook in its various Foo incarnations, what i can learn from tinkering with my FooPage, and following up on info requests i put in here and there. so far the only "new" news i found is unnerving enough that i'm having Parrotlady see what she can find out aout it before i make it public.
Poor Poor Kitty being so mad. May need therapy after this. LOL
ReplyDeleteAnd yes, thank you Canaans.
Kitty may not be the only one needing therapy after this lol
ReplyDeleteWho knows, maybe we can make a topic in chit chat. Free therapy from Mad Kitty craziness. Come one, come all.
ReplyDeleteOMG! chit chat would be inundated lol The servers would never cope =O) Well, assuming they actually ever get the severs up and running again that is anyway.
ReplyDeleteHappy Valentine's peeps!
I can see it now. New story. Topic: OH that Mad Kitty.
ReplyDeleteOnce upon a time there was this pretty kitty that just would not leave poor humans alone. LOL Please read my story and feel free to comment.
LOL
DeleteI hope they can get it back up and running today, i am having a panic attack. i miss my foopets 3:
ReplyDeleteToday on the blog someone posted this commonly used message.
ReplyDeleteHey everyone, we are aware of the issue on our site and we’re working hard to fix it. We apologize for the inconvenience and we appreciate your patience as we continue to work on this issue!
I just hope you do :/
They have updated Facebook and Twitter with that message too.
DeleteDoctor Sigmund Furred? sounds like something we could ALL use, lol. "someone" is right - can't be SnackstheCat, without logging on you can't change a name...wonder who it is, and why they are using a nom de Foo. (and an image cribbed from Pet Tales - were they trying to be funny? ironic? morbid?)
ReplyDeleteas far as the message goes, even a scrub like me could code it to pop up periodically - if for no other reason than to try to fend off the distraction of the umpty-ump Support tickets that must be getting filed.
on the up side, they seem to be making progress with the foundation code - the main concern now is the condition of all our personal data, which in the absence (thanks, Rivet) of browser caching is only kept by their server.
Doctor Sigmund Furred? I love that! =O) And I think after just seeing the fb fp page, the good Doctor would have his work cut out for him, or her. And after sitting and reading through it all myself, I think I'll need to sign up too now :P One of the good Doctors first observations from reading the fb page would probably be how some people just love to see their name in print. It's causing me to have traumatic flashbacks to the forums and without even being able to log in to the site. Please help Doctor, I think it's bad, real bad :O
DeleteThis is stupid, they should atleast send out emails telling people the site is down. What about the Valentine litters? This is stupid.
ReplyDelete"...Sadly Rivet Games no longer exists as a company after a deal with amazon fell through and their database was mined and dumped. Not sure who the foopets database went to since I know all of Rivets stuff was sold off..." - I found this in a post. Not sure what it means, but It could be bad news.
ReplyDeleteI also found this - http://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital/2012/02/02/no-playing-signs-of-upheaval-at-rivet-games/ PET TALES might have been deleted. People have spent money on that game, and it could deleted anyway. This could mean that there is a possibility that they might delete foopets, I HIGHLY doubt it though. It looks like they are making progress on the site, so I don't know why they wouldn't of just deleted it already, so I suppose they are still trying to get the site up and running and by "they" I mean whoever owns the company now.
I also went on Rivet's website. They have a new came called "Pet Puzzles" and the former "Pet Tales" is still on their webpage. Not sure what any of this means, but you can try to make sense of it if you would like.
Anon, i'd rather have them working on reconstructing my pets than writing emails...and without the site data, how would they know where to send them?
ReplyDeleteKahiko, Rivet hasn't updated regularly since they put up their site last (i think) February...did they actually butcher "Puzzle Tales" that badly, lol? figures...spelling was never their long suit either.
that first quote came in response to a thread i started seeking info on VirtualPetList - i decided to sit on it until i could get a little more information on just what it meant, from our point of view.
the second is clickable in the post prior to this one, DominOnoes, if you'd like to see the full text and comment section.
My bad. Your right, it is called Puzzle Tales. Sorry, I am awful with names lol. And the fact they never update it, it somewhat disappointing to me knowing members want to have current information.
DeleteYes, I am not positive you posted the link, therefore I did just in case anyone else currently on the forum wanted to see it. ;)
yes, i heard about the Wall Street Journal blog the day Pet Tales went down, and incorporated it into the post DominOnoes. glad to see it's still making the rounds.
Deletein re the VPL message concerning Rivet's fate, i had put the quoted information up here in Comments, then changed my mind and deleted it until i could find out more about it.
I am not sure if I can delete my post, But I can try if you want me too?
Deletehttp://www.trademarkia.com/foopets-77489068.html
ReplyDeletein re name/trademark registration site - at the time the name was registered, Rivet had not been "born" - the existing site was Go-Pokey and the corporate name was "youvebeenboned", so listing Rivet as the registrar in 2008 is a bit odd, unless they just tracked the corporate name forward in time, which i have not seen occur on any other info site : however, it DOES provide a responsible contact person, whom i messaged.
ReplyDeleteit will be interesting to see what, if any, response we get...thank you for the link!
Has anyone heard anything new. Our pets are starving.
ReplyDeleteNot to scare anybody and not because I know anything, but just as a good consumer, everybody needs to keep an eye on their credit card charges to make sure our information has not been compromised and we get any bogus charges. Hackers are everywhere you can see in the news and we dont want our personal information misused. I hope we have nothing to worry about but it doesn't hurt a thing to be mindful and watch.
ReplyDeleteexcellent point, dee - thank you! they seem to be making a little more progress - not only can you see your login credits, but your gift and message incomings register if you hover the icons - which makes me feel a LOT better about the safety of individual account data.
ReplyDeleteFrom what I am aware of, and this is what I have been told when the hacking craze went down a few months ago when many pets were being stolen, Foo does not keep our credit info in their database. Once we have typed it in, that is it. It charges then it is gone.
ReplyDeleteI would assume this is why we don't have real hackers flitting around the site stealing our credit info, only these baby hackers stealing our pets. So I wouldn't be too worried about it, although as a matter of caution, you should always look at your statements because you just never know even with Foopets aside.
I know that the info is not store on the CF page at all. The last four digits of the card show, but that is all. Hope that makes some of you feel a bit more at ease.
No, not really Az, since we have been told a lot of things by FooPets, many of which turned out to be, shall we say, untruths, for politeness sake. I also know to several who have been charged twice for their subscriptions when they shouldn't have been, and on more than one occasion too. You are obviously far more trusting of this company than some of us are. For some of us, trust has to be earned, not assumed or taken for granted, and since I and others feel we have been given no good reason to put my trust in such a company, I personally will be keeping a very close eye on my bank details, just to be safe. Always better to be safe than sorry, and particularly when dealing with an unknown entity as we are now. And you may mean well but the words from a mere member who has no more knowledge than any of us do and who has nothing to do with the company directly other than being a player like the rest of us, does not give me any reassurances or make me feel any the more at ease.
DeleteOkay, but my knowledge comes directly from people who *do* have knowledge of this, but that's fine you don't have to trust me. I wasn't asking for trust, I was just trying to calm some people down. There is no reason to start freaking out over things that haven't happened yet. Also my trust is not assumed, I was distrustful as many when the site was run by Kate and crew, and when she left, I was even more so. It took months for that trust to be re-earned, and that was only through hard work on the part of the Ambassadors and on the part of at least Snacks. You don't have to trust myself or the company, but it must be tiring always looking over your shoulder all the time for shadows on the walls that often don't exist. Also the fact is that often when you put your credit info in anywhere, there will be a double charge as a computer glitch, not some nefarious plot, just a glitch. I have had this happen to me on other reputable sites before. I have even had mistakes like this from banks. I don't know if it comes from double clicking when the info is going through or just the program itself, but it does happen. What I have not seen is a line of people complaining on Foopets about money missing from their credit cards, of which their would be a flood if this was in fact such a common occurrence. Once or twice does not make me a believer in a conspiracy, it makes me think that as far as technology has come it still has a long way to go. Also I did say to always keep an eye on your statements, it's not as though I was advocating recklessness or abandon, I was merely saying there was a reason to be calm and not jump to conclusions. Sorry if this comes across as rude, but I found your post to be a bit patronizing, assuming that I place my trust in the company merely on assumptions when you obviously can't know. My trust comes from how I personally have been dealt with and the fact that I have never had any of the issues of which you speak. So no, I don't have a reason to distrust the company, I have not been given a reason to distrust them.
DeleteI am glad that there are more that refuse to succumb to rumors. Rantings and sheer craziness. I will just wait it out and see. Some of the things I see members posting on FB is just off the wall but I do understand why.
DeleteSpeculation is to be expected when anything of this magnitude goes down. But it is one thing to speculate and another to say things just to frustrate or incite panic among other players. The past couple of weeks on Foo there have been a few that used the fall of Pet Tales to try to create a panic on Foo over whether or not it too would succumb. I don't understand why people do this. It makes the younger folks scared and even some of the adults fall prey to flights of fancy if a person is convincing enough. I am thinking the people that try this stuff must be extremely bored in their lives as they have nothing better to do then scare kids and twist facts. And now the rumor mill is running on Facebook as well. Some people have even said they think Foopets went offline to prevent people from having Leap Year litters which I find utterly ridiculous. Can you imagine how much money in LL's alone the company will miss out on? Not to mention age and conception acceleration, and for what gain? To spoil our plans? It's just silly.
DeleteI can understand why some would panic because of Pet Tales closing but when we were told many times by Ambassadors and even by SnackstheCat that FooPets is not going anywhere, I believe that was what SnackstheCat said, that was when the older members should not have kept going on and on. Even the Support forum it was so bad that eventually I noticed a thread had to be closed.
DeleteI have not seen what you describe, that people are saying that Foo closed to prevent Leap year litters. That is just totally absurd to say the least.
I never said you were asking for my trust, or that your trust was assumed. Or anything about a line of people commonly complaining about money missing from their credit cards. Please point out where I did? It seems you’re the one making all the assumptions and twisting the facts here. Who’s freaking out exactly? Certainly not me. As for this ‘“You don't have to trust myself or the company, but it must be tiring always looking over your shoulder all the time for shadows on the walls that often don't exist.’ That smacks of complete arrogance! What, just because some of us don’t choose to take the reassurances of a total stranger who has no more knowledge than the rest of us, or place our trust in a company that has just been dissolved and without notice to it’s paying members, we must be looking over our shoulders all the time for shadows that don’t exist? What a ridiculous statement. I trust in God, my family, my friends, and my own common sense, and which has not steered me too badly all of these years, thank you. And it’s certainly steered me a lot better than taking the word of any stranger or trusting in a company that has given me no reason to trust them, and who I might also point out, are now non existent. So when you talk of placing trust in ‘the company’. What company is that exactly Az?, since Rivet no longer exists and we don’t yet know who the new owners are. So you’re recommending that we put trust in a company we don’t even know as yet? Maybe that’s the way you do things and that’s your choice, but for me, like I said trust has to be earned and since I don’t even know who the company is that I will be dealing with as yet how can you expect any of us to place trust in them? And just because we don’t all choose to place our trust without good reason in the same place that you choose to place yours, or because some of us, like sensible adults, choose to keep an eye on our financials, does not make me or anyone else for that matter, paranoid or conspiracy theorists. Wasn’t it you that said glitches can and often do happen? And FooPets is certainly full of them, so for that reason alone, and because I am aware that double payments have and do occur, and more than one or two, I keep an eye on my subs, just as I might any other payment going out. But the only one talking about nefarious plots and conspiracy theories here is you, no-one else. Yet you talk of flights of fancy?
DeleteAnd I personally think it's all well and good offering reassurances if you can back them up. But can you? I don't really see how, since you don't even know yourself the company we will be dealing with as yet. Personally I shall do as I did with Rivet and as I always do, reserve judgement until I know who and what I'm dealing with and then make up my own mind. I reserve blind faith for God not for online virtual games.
DeleteYou can view breeding, rules, adoption information, etc. So I expect they are making progress. Hopefully we can all get on soon.
ReplyDeleteOops. I think that was posted already. Sorry.
ReplyDeleteI have no idea what progress you lot are talking about, since I still cannot see anything but mad kitty on every page.
ReplyDeleteKarlia - www.foopets.com/breeding I am using Firefox and it works on there though I still have not been able to sign on to collect FDs/FGs since the first day, but that day my screen was already open and like a dolt, I closed it. LOL
ReplyDeleteDoes not work on Chrome. How ood!
ReplyDeleteI use chrome and it took me there. If it was supposed to go to my breeding page, it didn't tho.
Deletelooked the other way too long, lol - will take things bottom to top, so excuse if it's a bit out of order.
ReplyDeletesite status - all i am able to access are the standalones like Support and the blog - all foo links throw Mad Kitty, i just ran through all of them. (azkani, i got that with your breeding link as well - but as i am not breeding that may be why, don't know) if you hover top-of-the-page icons like Messages/Gifts/Breeding request, they do show if there's something there, if not exactly what. and whether you see them or not, it appears that daily allotments are going in if you open the page, Mad Kitty or no.
with regard to Pet Tales etc. - yes, it is indeed absurb to believe that the company crashed the site (and that IS what happened, this was not just a coding glitch) to prevent Leap litters - or Valentine births, for that matter. as many Odd and Lost Stats as are suddenly appearing, they would seem to think that artificial value is a fine thing indeed...however, while i haven't bothered with FooForums in a coon's age, Pet Tales went off only about a week prior to our own problems, so two weeks of speculation would have been difficult...as Pet Tales received the same message of reassurance we did a week prior to its shutdown, i think it would have been remarkable if people did NOT take note of it with concern - and as it appears, with full justification.
Credit Info - anyone who has a monthly subscription most definitely has stored card data - and quite possibly the rest as well. the fact that they don't display the first 12 digits doesn't mean they are not on file. and yes, there were more episodes of early and multiple charges than glitching and coincidence can rationally justify... and that's just the ones i happened to hear about personally.
"rumors" - yes, rumors are frightening and destructive. pity we lack the facts to prevent or refute them...what hard data we HAVE been able to unearth paints a far grimmer picture than any i have seen discussed here. most of the facts we have been able to winnow out are listed in the post above this one (i think you can click the "Newer Post" link, below...never noticed THAT before, will have to try it, lol) - as well as the areas about which we do NOT have conclusive information. anyone with hard (provable) data that augments - or refutes - then, trot it out, and we'll update.
every effort is being made to keep the Foop posts as accurate and factual as possible. folks down here can say anything that pops into their heads, nothing is censored or verboten, but the whole idea is to try to figure out what's really going on with our beloved site - and painting ANY artificial picture, black OR white, works against that goal.
Thank you so much. I could never explain what you have here. I'm sure you've just about every Answerable question right now. Thank you from everyone!
DeleteFoo is back! Yush!
ReplyDeleteIt sure is just as I knew it would be. :))
DeleteMy computer is still showing mad kitty.. Grrr
ReplyDeleteThey are back, And very hungry. I did loose 2 days on my bonding bar. After feeding and careing
ReplyDeletefor my pets I got 1 back. No one fed or cared for them.
How do any of us know that it is really Brothers gaming taking over when we were told a new company at the time was taking over for their last sale and it was Rivet which is FooMojo?
ReplyDeleteit's NOT Brother, that's old news - we discovered and amended that information early Monday...and the bonding/samaritans can't run when the site is down, so those are things that will have to be addressed, if necessary, once the site is stabilized.
ReplyDeletethe most recent updates are always in the topmost post, which you can access by clicking "newer post" below (twice, from here - maybe three times, not sure. current post is titled "Business as usual etc) if you come here via a Comment subscription rather than googling the Foop...thanks!