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- YoWorld Forums > YoWorld Discussions > [NEWS] IMPORTANT UPDATE: Paint Boards Are Disabled (June 6)

Dex Dexter
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Fri Jun 07, 2024 4:24 am

Captain T (111117986) wrote: I hope BVG will aware in this month, they earn much less than May due to the decision they made today as the WARNING and CONDEMNATION from us -- dedicated customers to the game!

Captain, I am SO very sorry about all your wonderful games.

:sad:

Captain T
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Fri Jun 07, 2024 4:32 am

Dex Dexter (131354847) wrote:
Captain T (111117986) wrote: I hope BVG will aware in this month, they earn much less than May due to the decision they made today as the WARNING and CONDEMNATION from us -- dedicated customers to the game!

Captain, I am SO very sorry about all your wonderful games.

Hi Dex. Thank you so much for your reassurance. Can't believe I invented Deal Or No Deal just one month before and then it can't be hosted anymore!

JeanMarc
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Fri Jun 07, 2024 4:42 am

Please use one backup to undo the wrong that has been done.
I am an IT business analyst.
- Be aware that people have used the paintboards to replace the broken brass frames that you don't fix The brass frames to be "safe" just need to access all the images that are not "private" in Facebook.
- Be aware that to build nice churches in Yoworld, you need nice stained glasses. Paintbords did the job perfectly. You have not provided that.
- Be aware that players have used paintboards to get some nice doors and windows. Thes have disappeared now
- Be awareThat it was possible to add some nice personal pictures and paintings and that the immense majority of those was clean and you could just have banned the bad ones.
- Be awareof the lost memories. I have lost paintboards form friends who have died and they are juste not replaceable
- You destroyed my museum and many nice houses by deleting the boards. I have spent several millions of coins to setup paintboards...

PLEASE USE A BACKUP to reverse the wrong that has been done and ask people to report any unacceptable paintboards

xAx
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Fri Jun 07, 2024 4:43 am

My vip payment are cancelled now , im done after 16 years of playing this was the last kind of yadda i guys could do to your most loyal players , after reading all these post makes me sad . ppl who has lost a family member had a photo here so they could log into there favorite game and say hello dad or hi mom or whatever they may have lost in there life this were a jump from the reality the yadda world we have atm into our yoworld were wars and bombing terrorism etc not exist here only wars we have here is who stold whos gf or bf and thats it

BVG now you took all the memories all the hard work of amazing decoratings from fantastic creative players - why did you bvg have to hurt these ppl why i need a answer really quick bcz this game is going to get mad as f..ck .. remember when zynga started to ip adress ban ppl who was loyal to game back then what happened - let me tell you what happend - hackin got real the mad ppl and out of nowere one little kiddo from a yoville clan / group called TBHY i think it was the name correct me if im wrong he use a night at his laptop to take over the control of yoville for one and half our ntil the zynga guys figured out what had happen and boom the kiddo locked the hole zynga platform down for 24 hours almost , my question is are you bvg guys ready for that kind of madness one more time with you bvg as owners , zynga lost millions of playwers who got scared and left game afraid of get there computers hacked and that was the start of zynga ending , so again i ask are you guys ready for the mad ppl to come out again and ruin this game one more time im not :eh:

I really hope you will consider to step up your game big time bcz this and what you are doin atm are killing the game .. :grr

Mrs Mea
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Fri Jun 07, 2024 4:46 am

This is so wrong. Why should we all suffer for people that have abused the boards. People have spent time and money on the boards. Its so unfair. They need to be re-instated. Any those who have abused need to be banned from the game.

Mizz Libra
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Fri Jun 07, 2024 4:51 am

I wholeheartedly aggree on this bolded part. Working as a civilian security guard on a military base, I am affected by mass punishment enough (it even hits some civilians working on military bases as well) at work. This game is supposed to be something fun for players to unwind, and get away from the often not so awesome real world. And now we get mass punishment here as well. Players breaking other Tos have been individually banned, and I'd much rather see that logic and system applied to the paint board ordeal as well. A bunch of players are already on the verge of quitting as it is. Now this mass punishment affecting them as well might be the last push for them to really walk away from the game. I'd much rather see the culprits, who do bad things with the paint boards, banned and out of the game than players innocent of this issue, because they have reached their limit of how much negative development in this game they can bear.
In the original post announcement Viking Andrew said " Thank you for your understanding and continued support."
Well, I for one only understand the issue, not BVG's solution, and I don't think I will support this game for much longer at this point.
Player since 2009, who has financially supported this game for majority of my time playing. In the past, that is.

david (187853320) wrote:I will NO longer be playing YoWorld. You said it, Parker, "We know that sharing art and creating spaces to communicate in fun and memorable ways are a core part of YoWorld."

They are quite literally a foundation of many games played on YoWorld, and art in general. It's a shame to see the state of the game. For now, I will be working on getting rid of my inventory as this looks like a permanent decision. 2011-2024 I have played. That will end now.

It's similar to my military service, (which leaders found out to not work) is mass punishment. You are all SO quick to get rid of coin sellers/buyers, and other reasons breaking your TOS, but can't ban the wrongdoers with paintboards. I'm so ashamed.

sugarbeth
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Fri Jun 07, 2024 4:52 am

Hi. I am very impressed at the relatively faster reaction time to the violation of paint boards - I for one commend this action. I was very worried in the way players had started using the paint boards to expose player information and the stark, illegal invasion of privacy. You are right it's not an ideal solution and I hope we all get a good alternative in near future, nevertheless this was necessary and also will probably make any players in future to think twice before violating someone's personal information in the manner that was recently being done.

LisaTM
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Fri Jun 07, 2024 4:58 am

BVG, look at how many pages of posts this announcement has generated in less than 24 hours. This should tell you something given how dead this place is. You really pulled a word I can't use here move. I'm feeling sick thinking about how some of my room designs will be wrecked due to this. I can't bear to go look at them and I have far fewer of them than some do. I can't begin to imagine how devastating it is for many others who used them much more. They were useful for SOOOOOO many little things, and of course bigger things, too. There are items that don't exist in game like the things I mentioned earlier in this post, and also wall tiles of various colors and sizes. These were great for creating our own by drawing them. Even if we had every possible deco item we didn't have to draw ourselves, you gave a huge blow to those who used them as tributes.

How long ago did you say you were looking into an alternative or fix for the brass frames so they wouldn't have to be connected to Facebook? Crickets there. Why would we believe you are working on an alternative for the paint boards? You always say you're looking for an alternative and nothing much comes to fruition. All talk, no action. Your player base has shrunk significantly, and this might be the nail in the coffin. I hope not, but I'm pretty sure you're going to suffer another loss with this decision. I guess all you'll have left is a few gambling addicts, and even some of them might walk away.

I hope (but running out of hope in general) you will reverse your decision and work harder on finding a way to keep the bad eggs from causing chaos. Or maybe consider selling the game to someone who can keep it running smoothly. I want to say so many more things, but I'm going to stop before I get myself in trouble.

JulieHootieScraps
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Fri Jun 07, 2024 5:00 am

sugarbeth (5874825) wrote:Hi. I am very impressed at the relatively faster reaction time to the violation of paint boards - I for one commend this action. I was very worried in the way players had started using the paint boards to expose player information and the stark, illegal invasion of privacy. You are right it's not an ideal solution and I hope we all get a good alternative in near future, nevertheless this was necessary and also will probably make any players in future to think twice before violating someone's personal information in the manner that was recently being done.

How nice that your happiness with YW supersedes the majority of players' own joy with the game. How many people were affected by the jerks who should have been banned vs how many thousands who had their paintboards erased and deleted? Of course, it's no skin off your back. My boards were all locked so that no one could mess with them -- except BVG, who pulled the plug so quickly and harshly and without a care to 99% of the players.
:nerd:

Dex Dexter
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Fri Jun 07, 2024 5:06 am

LisaTM (10095126) wrote:Or maybe consider selling the game to someone who can keep it running smoothly.

Maybe they could approach EA Games. They've got a certain simulation game that's been going for almost twenty years, now. They seem to be doing something right.

Dex Dexter
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Fri Jun 07, 2024 5:09 am

Captain T (111117986) wrote: Hi Dex. Thank you so much for your reassurance. Can't believe I invented Deal Or No Deal just one month before and then it can't be hosted anymore!

I'm so very sorry. I have some ideas on how it can be saved, though!! You could use connected rooms and the flower-petal numbers we have in game for the amounts. You could create you own version...but I see how it can be disheartening. Again, I'm so sorry for your loss.

Mizz Libra
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Fri Jun 07, 2024 5:34 am

Somehow I have the feeling that this will affect how much money a good amount of players will spend on this game following this decision of mass punishment. Long term it is really not smart to disgruntle a large amount of players.

XxDarkMarioxX (104376062) wrote:They care about the money and not the players, Hardly any abuse happening on PB maybe from couple but this has got to do something with people desgining on PB to make things more better. If you give us compensation meas we accepted what you have done.

Mizz Libra
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Fri Jun 07, 2024 5:39 am

Letting our wallets speak seems to be the only language BVG seems to properly understand, though. I do not blame any player who now pulls their support from the game or already has. This game has felt like a sinking ship for a while now. Why throw money into what looks like a firepit? Happy customers are more willing to give financial support. So player satisfaction should definitely be one of the top priorities for BVG. It doesn't feel like that has actually been the case for a good while, however.

Bo YoRehab (119536941) wrote:Brass Frames and Whiteboards been around for how many years with this issue too? Hell, just pull it all at this point. I didn't lose near as much as some of my friends but, this is truly disheartening.

EDIT: To all the Yo peeps on here complaining about pulling their VIP membership, go right on ahead and do it as that's your right. BVG has made it clear about the rules, not how about they go enforcing them. If you wanna pull their funding and force their hands to pull the plug next, be my guest as we'd lose more than just art...

Lainie
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Fri Jun 07, 2024 5:40 am

so disappointed to see this. so many rooms ruined,,,, :sad:

However I found this one paintboard in a room full of erased ones.
Why?

Edited to say that the old whiteboards seem to be ok.... :idea:

Lily ofTheValley
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Fri Jun 07, 2024 5:45 am

Shocking. They did it on DOOMSDAY. :?:

Mizz Libra
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Fri Jun 07, 2024 5:46 am

To be honest, at this point the announcement of the closure of the game would not leave me anywhere near as devastated as it would have a few years ago. Relief would be among my mixed emotions, if this announcement were to happen soon. The way the game has been run had me wonder how interested BVG really was in keeping the game running long-term.

Cookie auCourant (120064790) wrote:At least this important announcement wasn't the closure of the game! The real danger of this paint board abuse is the distribution of illegal images, and I hope everyone can appreciate that and hope for a good replacement.

iWhimsy
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Fri Jun 07, 2024 6:19 am

Well said. Not sure what she may be so darn jolly about -- I mean this willl impact this game they may not know it yet or feel it yet....... like the VIP subscriptions and yocash deals and players being here. I dont think people are getting the overall picture here the impact and ripple effects its causing. Some wrapped this game around imaging. A portion of players including me. My many tours themes scenes over time so much time yocahs invested all down the drain killed the game for some us nothing left to lose and will exit. Beats sticking around now looking at thousands of blank boards and work demolished in a heart beat while shes jolly about it all LOL Imagine that. Im sorry to you and for all those who enjoyment was destroyed for the minority. Played since 2009/2010 lost my origibal account but just recovered this year. Im prepping to gift away some important things so they will not to go to watse and a final get together with dear and old friends to say bye. I have nothing left to stay for and invest $ and time in anymore sadly it was all stripped an dfutire themes tours.

JulieHootieScraps (108384802) wrote:
sugarbeth (5874825) wrote:Hi. I am very impressed at the relatively faster reaction time to the violation of paint boards - I for one commend this action. I was very worried in the way players had started using the paint boards to expose player information and the stark, illegal invasion of privacy. You are right it's not an ideal solution and I hope we all get a good alternative in near future, nevertheless this was necessary and also will probably make any players in future to think twice before violating someone's personal information in the manner that was recently being done.

How nice that your happiness with YW supersedes the majority of players' own joy with the game. How many people were affected by the jerks who should have been banned vs how many thousands who had their paintboards erased and deleted? Of course, it's no skin off your back. My boards were all locked so that no one could mess with them -- except BVG, who pulled the plug so quickly and harshly and without a care to 99% of the players.

iWhimsy
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Fri Jun 07, 2024 6:21 am

iWhimsy (187830285) wrote:Well said. Not sure what she may be so darn jolly about -- I mean this willl impact this game they may not know it yet or feel it yet....... like the VIP subscriptions and yocash deals and players being here. I dont think people are getting the overall picture here the impact and ripple effects its causing. Some wrapped this game around imaging. A portion of players including me. My many tours themes scenes over time so much time yocahs invested all down the drain killed the game for some us nothing left to lose and will exit. Beats sticking around now looking at thousands of blank boards and work demolished in a heart beat while shes jolly about it all LOL Imagine that. Im sorry to you and for all those who enjoyment was destroyed for the minority. Played since 2009/2010 lost my origibal account but just recovered this year. Im prepping to gift away some important things so they will not to go to watse and a final get together with dear and old friends to say bye. I have nothing left to stay for and invest $ and time in anymore sadly it was all stripped and my future ideas and themes to come I had planned. All out the window Poof!

JulieHootieScraps (108384802) wrote:
sugarbeth (5874825) wrote:Hi. I am very impressed at the relatively faster reaction time to the violation of paint boards - I for one commend this action. I was very worried in the way players had started using the paint boards to expose player information and the stark, illegal invasion of privacy. You are right it's not an ideal solution and I hope we all get a good alternative in near future, nevertheless this was necessary and also will probably make any players in future to think twice before violating someone's personal information in the manner that was recently being done.

How nice that your happiness with YW supersedes the majority of players' own joy with the game. How many people were affected by the jerks who should have been banned vs how many thousands who had their paintboards erased and deleted? Of course, it's no skin off your back. My boards were all locked so that no one could mess with them -- except BVG, who pulled the plug so quickly and harshly and without a care to 99% of the players.

Sharon
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Fri Jun 07, 2024 6:23 am

ANDREW..a few questions..you were forced to do this?...By who and how old are these people who forced it?.....Why is it always YOU who gives us good and BAD news?....You are the only VIking I ever see post stuff....Didn't at one time someone mention there was no staff or they got cut down..then who is "the team"...It seems to me you are their escape goat....they don't come on here and tell us squat...I think June 6th 2024 was OUR DoomsDay....I am so sad and mad for all these people who lost all their memories. I for one wouldn't have minded a warning to save the boards on my computer. But we weren't even given that chance..we have all seen how they take stuff away and they can bring it back...BRING BACK OUR BOARDS :wailing:

...Oh and where are these people who were doing this????

JIMMY CHOO
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Fri Jun 07, 2024 6:23 am

This is very very very sad. There are genuine players among us who have collected and very carefully built collections of hand drawn art. I am relieved to see that this doesn't apply to white boards, I have a collection of works that is as old as the game. These are the reason I still log on from time to time. Some of these works were done by people who are no longer with us. Despite this being a game, these are cherished possessions that still pose as reminders for those we loved and built friendship with. You have made a mistake. If the rules were broken I can appreciate that, I don't understand how the only / best decision was to make such an extreme sweeping cleanout of years and years and years of artwork. This is very sad and was not a thoughtful or respectful decision. I can appreciate upholding rules and doing a job, but this is a very sensitive and extreme measure that has a substantial emotional impact on many. Im really sad to see this, im sure not as sad as those who were less fortunate than me and didn't have the vast majority of their artwork on whiteboards.