I have hundreds of paintboards I hand drew with a mouse and some took 100+ hours to do. And I got a piss poor 25 yo cash. Shame on you. You could have set up a process where all paintboards had to be approved thru you before posting. I've spent 1000's of real money on this game and this is the way you treat us. I'm glad I'm not your wife and kids.You should have pressed charges against the perpetrators you had the means YOUR PROFESSIONAL, ARENT YOU??? I not only lost ALL of my hand drawn art but am no longer able to host a pictionary game that everyone still begs for.YOU HAD EVERY TOOL IN YOUR MEANS TO FIND OUT WHO POSTED THE PERVERSION AND YET YOU DID NOTHING AND SHAME ON YOU AGAIN. They will just take their tools and do the same to orther games that have similar boards. In my opinion if the items being posted on the game were that offensive YOU DIDN'T DO YOUR DILIGENCE TO SEE THOSE INVOLVED WERE PROCECUTED TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW. SHAME ON YOU AGAIN.I have played this game since 01/08.2009 and delt with the hackers the kids and the trolls and yet you still do NOTHING to control them. Other than allowing us to block and report. But i still see the same ol slime bags come to my events and sky.
WHAT IS YOUR EXCUSE???

Reapthis (8120341) wrote:I have hundreds of paintboards I hand drew with a mouse and some took 100+ hours to do. And I got a piss poor 25 yo cash. Shame on you. You could have set up a process where all paintboards had to be approved thru you before posting. I've spent 1000's of real money on this game and this is the way you treat us. I'm glad I'm not your wife and kids.You should have pressed charges against the perpetrators you had the means YOUR PROFESSIONAL, ARENT YOU??? I not only lost ALL of my hand drawn art but am no longer able to host a pictionary game that everyone still begs for.YOU HAD EVERY TOOL IN YOUR MEANS TO FIND OUT WHO POSTED THE PERVERSION AND YET YOU DID NOTHING AND SHAME ON YOU AGAIN. They will just take their tools and do the same to orther games that have similar boards. In my opinion if the items being posted on the game were that offensive YOU DIDN'T DO YOUR DILIGENCE TO SEE THOSE INVOLVED WERE PROCECUTED TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW. SHAME ON YOU AGAIN.I have played this game since 01/08.2009 and delt with the hackers the kids and the trolls and yet you still do NOTHING to control them. Other than allowing us to block and report. But i still see the same ol slime bags come to my events and sky.
WHAT IS YOUR EXCUSE???

I understand your frustration and anger and feel it 100%. However, (disclaimer: I'm not making excuses for them and just being a realist here) the sad fact is they are not capable of policing the paint boards. They are too small a company to have staff inspecting every board and I'm not even sure if a filter would or could detect the bad stuff. Take the language filter in messages or public places for example. Things that shouldn't be filtered out come out as yadda if they have a few letters in a certain order. This has been going on for Idk how long. If they can't fix that or fix the other less complex bugs like the issue where we have to pay to catch up on the calendar . . . I don't see a fix for this coming anytime soon. I haven't seen a peep about inventory testing in Idk how long, and that's been going on for YEARS. Angry, frustrated realist me giving my 2 Yo cents for what it's worth.

I think they're over complicating the solution. Simply make it level based to own paint boards. i.e. must be level 350 and above. Also make them unable to be gifted or traded Why level based? Because it takes a long time to get the higher levels, you cant create an alt and level up that quick. Also if you get caught with the pornographic material - one warning - followed by loss of account. Its a lot to lose when you spend years getting to the higher levels. Heck - make it level 500. It would give me motivation to start decorating again. Come on BVG - DO SOMETHING.

DANDELIONWINE (122607870) wrote:

Mr TaZ (141354838) wrote:Checking to see if there has been an update, but I see it's just SSDD.

This is why I'm here too........And I stand by my original statement that I think they are just going to try to run the clock out until we forget then sweep it all under the carpet, doing nothing to fix, compensate, or give consideration.......this issue seems dead to them.
It's still an open wound to many many players. It was a real pivotal point in a lot of folks decision to stop playing or stop spending.

I mean why buy something, or rather rent something, which is what we're really doing, when at any given time, with no notice, it can be yanked out of the game or worse.
Sad to see this is the business practice of this company.
I know this one issue has greatly affected my attitude and LOVE I once had for this game.........good friends are what keeps me here today. I lost interest in playing the same time they stole all my paint boards away.......and now are playing games with our head about it.
Not very honest IMHO

Very well said. Many have been through thick and thin, the lag. the hackers, random disconnects, etc. Taking away the boards and our artwork was the last straw. I'm only here now to chat with a few friends.

any update?

Straight up theft of our product with no recourse to solve it. Terrible way to treat your customers. I have zero faith that BVG will ever make this right. They took stuff we paid good money for and have not returned the product or the money spent. That is called theft as far as I am concerned. We did nothing wrong to have our stuff stolen like this. I will forever consider it theft since we have not been made whole again. BVG is wrong for not dealing with this already and letting drag out for like a year now. I feel like I have been scammed here. I Would really like my 7500 boards to work or my money back. NOW!

This can't be the only game to come across such issues. There must be some way to deal with it. If they can't swing the fix for whatever reason....it's time to be transparent and honest. But the silence is painful.

I mean, if each board needs to be approved, I am sure we could put together a volunteer team to do such....this is important enough for enough of us that we could surely rotate a teams through to handle it. Maybe we earn some bucks if we do enough approvals?

Also, I just think there should be a zero tolerance policy with this.... Also maybe we need to start registering our accounts in a way that would prevent people from creating fictious accounts. How, I dunno, but something...I'm tired of people doing things to ruin the game for us all.

Just my routine check-in to reset the shot clock and keep this discussion alive.

Fellow Paint Board Enthusiast's,
In the survey announced last week there's an option to tell BVG how you feel about the Paint Boards. It's buried in the selection process, so here's how to find it: Start by pressing the announcement bell in the lower left corner:





















Keep up the pressure! Let them know how you feel.

Great suggestion Janet! And your directions were spot on.

Almost a year come June. Weve been told periodically when we ask about paint boards, we are assured they are priority/prioritized it is being worked on, delays etc. I dont think we need surveys that are buried that I've and others have or will not see nor come across, in order for YW to find out how players feel about paintboards, as the response when the\ boards were suddenly disabled without warning and then the cancellaetaions of VIP subscriptions by a few players and a lot less interest in game & less game play for many, should have spoke how players felt/feel. I even left for just a bit feeling robbed of all what I do/did on here, canceled my VIP (until boards come back I will stand firm on this and I havent wavered). I had a huge avatar shop that counted on paintboards, in order to sell better, many galleries my showcases homes tours time LOTs of time, over time, poured into game and boards were a big part of my game. Ive left it all alone havent touched while waiting waiting waiting. Im starting to feel now, it was not a priority or never any real intention of bringing boards back after being reassured. YW has left many of hanging and waiting and not updating us or not just being honest.
My game play has gone down I dont have events anymore,,I dont sell anymore, i dont hold showcases and more, we dont play games anymore or hang out as much alot of fun been sucked out game based on those boards for varyng reasons especially group games like Pictionary we cant even do this weekly monthly anymore without the boards, many played pictionary & other based on boards. I continue playing this game and despite issues in game play because of mostly my close group of friends over time and also in anticiaption of the boards returning as we were told they would so that I can get back to how I used to play and enjoy the game. If they are not making a come back I have maybe a hundred of rooms/homes/showcases etc to clear and delete all down the toilet. Would be nice to hear an update either way. Players deserve one. Thank you.

WE WANT OUR PAINTBOARDS BACK! Not Forgottten!

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Smitten Kitten (136864592) wrote:

Viking Andrew wrote::quiet:

LOVE that gif!!

Viking Andrew wrote::quiet:

PB’s are coming back? :O

Viking Andrew wrote::quiet:

So cryptic. But I'll take it as a "YES".

Viking Andrew wrote::quiet:

don't play with my emotions!

Viking Andrew wrote::quiet:

Viking Andrew wrote::quiet:

Will the paintboards be secure from whatever it was that made BVG disable them?

Will there be a fee charged to add images to paintboards?