Weekend Open Thread

by Lura on March 27, 2009



Monopoly Slots MiniT.G.I.Weekend everyone!

What a fun Pogo week this has been with the changes to the way non-Club members can use Pogo (hi to all of the new visitors!) and the Mini Mall enhancements, the Mini Awards and (my personal favorite part) the release of Monopoly Slots!

I, for one, am particularly impressed with the marketing genius behind the new uses for gems (premium game tickets, Mini Items, et cetera) and am planning to put together a post to show just how much bang you get for your buck at Pogo. Is there anything in particular I should cover, or are there any new things that have you a little confused?

How did this week’s badges go for you? Did you get to claim all of the currently available Mini Awards or are you still plugging away at some of the lower-level ranks in one of the games (or two)? And what rank are you in Monopoly Slots now? Is it something you’re even going to try to rank out in, knowing it’ll probably take a very long time?

See you in the comments!

Filed under: weekend open threads

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GrMaLois 03.27.09 at 11:09 am

I claimed all of my mini awards – fun!

This weeks challenges – Love Mahjong Safari – it went quick.
Monopoly – not that’s a different story – very upset over that one!
I played a custom game for almost three hours. I went to jail 11 or 12 times. Even earned a new rank, 15. BUT before the game ended I got dumped “Authentication Error” Lost it all and I still haven’t recovered enough to try again. I get dumped from Monopoly a lot. Usually play short games, on the edge of my seat, praying it won’t crash. HATE monopoly for that reason.

Love the new Monopoly Slots but may burn out early. I lost over 14,000 tokens then recovered about half. Still rank one after about 2 hours.

Thanks for a GREAT Pogo fan site!

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Jenny 03.27.09 at 11:17 am

Mahjong Safari was easy, which was nice because I am already ranked out in that game. Monopoly was a test of my patience for sure, but I got through it on a customized game.

Monopoly slots I have been enjoying. I know a lot of people say it moves too slow, but I don’t think it moves any slower than other slot game ranks, and it’s more interesting than the others. I am already at rank 5 and have unlocked the camel game piece. I think I will have no problem ranking out in this game, I enjoy it!

Oh, and love the new updates to POGO, especially the shopping cart in the mini mall. I managed to spend over 1.5 million tokens just playing around in there. I guess I will just count myself lucky that now I own everything you can buy with tokens and will probably never spend that amount at once again!

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Yowza 03.27.09 at 11:24 am

Here comes a negative post, lol. I for one don’t like that non members have more and more Club Member options. Gee we get a 10% discount on Mall items compared to them…Ok?? We pay a hefy membership to be a club member yet most times when we have a problem we get a “canned response”. So much so that many club members go elsewhere for help, not to Pogo. It is soooo blatantly all about the money now.

Sorry to say this but your comment here, “I, for one, am particularly impressed with the marketing genius behind the new uses for gems (premium game tickets, Mini Items, et cetera) and am planning to put together a post to show just how much bang you get for your buck at Pogo.” makes you sound like a Pogo employee more and more every day, lol. It isn’t genious to make someone pay for something you have, it’s a business.

As for Monopoly Slots I did play that for a bit but no, can’t stand the game but slots overall are boring aas heck to me. Everyone I asked didn’t like the game either but there are just as many who do. Mindless and tokie costly overall to me. According to the news EA games laid off 1100 people a while back. Maybe some of them were the good game idea people because the last couple of games that came out were really crap. Beaker is for kids really, slots are slots, no “play”involved just luck, etc.,

Ok lets hear from some perky person who is pro Pogo all the way, lol. I like Pogo I just have been annoyed with their “gem” program since I first became aware of it 2 years ago. Go ahead, peek and see what’s coming for 2010, lol. Have a good weekend!!

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Lura 03.27.09 at 11:42 am

Yowza: I wish I were a Pogo employee — at least I’d be getting paid a salary for all of the hard work I do! Hehe.

You’re right, though — it’s not genius for them to sell us things they produce, but the genius lies in tapping into the success of micropayments and noncommittal tryouts. Maybe I’m just impressed because I’m already a Club Pogo members and I only spend gems on Mix-n-Match badges, so they aren’t going to get any more of my money out of this. :) And yes, it’s all about the money for Pogo/EA: they’re pulling out all of the stops but I can only hope in the end that all of this will succeed and Pogo will be around for a long time to come — maybe even their customer support will get better (I won’t comment on game quality, as you can’t please everyone all the time and in the end I still believe they’re releasing quality products on a regular and more or less timely basis).

I have voiced negative opinions on some of the things they’ve done in the past, but I try not to continue that trend. This is a site where plenty of people can voice and have voiced their opinions both negative and positive and I’d rather not bias it any more than it already is.

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anna 03.27.09 at 12:02 pm

i was able to finally get the mini items from the games last night. as far as this weeks challenges got the safari one pretty quickly but still working at the monopoly one, every other time i play that game i go to jail all the damn time, but because i need to i never do, only have gone twice lol.. oh well i know i’ll get it at some point.

i like the monopoly slots one, have made it to rank 7, i’m sure i will eventually get bored with the game and only play occasionaly like i do with most games. but will work on ranking up in it from time to time..woulda been nice if the dice would show up just a bit more often but thats the way it goes. i for one will probably be spending most of my snowed in weekend playing that game (not really snowed in but definately don’t want to go anywhere roads are horrid here after our blizzard yesterday.)

i think i missed something.. gems for premium game tickets what is that? lol i don’t pay that much attention apparently when it comes to what they do anymore. i just look for new releases, and the new badges.

hope everyone has a great weekend

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justaharleygirl 03.27.09 at 12:07 pm

I’ve been waiting for this weekend thread to vent LOL! Seriously though, Yowza thank you for your post; now I don’t have to type as much as I agree 100% with your post LOL. I am infuriated with the release of minis to non-club members! It’s hard enough to be original, and now non-club members get to jump in the pool too? But it also upsets me that they give them more and more. AND the Club POGO items they reserved — wouldn’t take them for free. Did they just pick numbers or do an *eenymeenymo* picking them? Personally I don’t think non-members should be allowed *any* gem items. It’s ALL about the $. Why in the world, other than badges at this point, does it pay to even be a member anymore? And I’m sure eventually they’ll give them badges too. I’m extremely upset over this. Each day my sense of enjoyment diminishes with POGO. The mini awards were okay, nothing to write home about. I do hope they add more items/ranks in order for people who are ranked higher to get different stuff cuz again, EVERYONE has the same items. Love the shopping cart though LOL. (see I CAN be positive, heehee). Actually I feel they are shooting themselves in the foot by giving them more and more cuz why should they pay now? I’m paying $40/year plus all my gems. They are paying $0 plus gems — hmmmmmmmmm. Oh yes, we get PC LOL! I can’t believe they put that in there as a perk. I don’t know anyone who PC’s anymore; ugh.

Then I noticed they changed our account info stuff. It may not bother some, but it doesn’t say when your membership is up or how many days left anymore. I want to know this as I have 3 paid accounts and sometimes do the trials too. They changed the format too which I don’t care for. Why do they always have to fix what’s not broken?

Won’t even go into Monopoly Slots again; made 2 posts already. But no, I won’t be playing it and I am ranked out in almost every game on POGO. It’s one of the worst games yet IMHO. And this 10 people to a room stuff really stinks. Yes, I know why, but maybe they shouldn’t make games like that then. The whole POGO thing is hanging with your friends, and it’s kinda hard to do when you either can’t get into the same room, or there’s only 10 allowed. They are almost pushing people to be more solitary.

The challenges this week were super easy. I do wish that they would come out with some multi-player games in challenges AND Mix N Match. My boyfriend and I like to play a lot of the card games, pool, and other games together and there hasn’t been anything for ages. Seems like it’s always the same games over and over.

Whew! That felt good LOL. I am sorry for being so negative, but it’s just my .02. It’s more satisfying to vent here with people who may agree rather than email POGO who throws your stuff to the side or gives a pat answer. I really enjoy reading what everyone has to say.

I do wish everyone a great weekend! I really do love this site; it’s part of my daily ritual to come here and I appreciate all the work that goes into it. Thanks L!

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Cookie 03.27.09 at 12:10 pm

Well the one thing I really want to say is I’m very happy with the new mini mall. Every other time they release stuff it was a huge pain the buy because you had to do each item separately. Now that you can add to cart and check out it makes like soo much easier. One point for Pogo.

I don’t mind monopoly and I have played it a lot, not so much lately but that badge was pretty easy for me, like people said in the other part though, just play the game you can’t have any set way to go to jail.

Monopoly slots i like, but I was disappointed. I spent many hours Tuesday and Wednesday playing the game only to get NO dice, finally last night I got some. but really they just need to add more dice to the reel or something then it would be a lot more fun.

Anna, to answer your question about gems for game tickets, that’s for the non paying members. they can buy gems and use them to play one of the members only games. I guess it’s another way (but costly way) to get non-members to ‘preview before they buy’

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Lura 03.27.09 at 12:16 pm

justaharleygirl: I’m glad you got your rant out! It’s all good and please don’t apologize for any negativity. This thread is all about WHATEVER YOU WANT to talk about, whatever you feel about it. I’m glad you all are here and I’m getting to get to know new people, no matter what they think of Pogo’s new crap. :)

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Chris 03.27.09 at 12:23 pm

I am soooo addicted to monopoly slots…..only at rank 8 but im getting there….love the ease of the mini mall…im enjoying it..i could care less if non members get a few mini items…that doesn’t affect me in any way ..i have enough to worry bout in life other then if someone else is getting a few graphic for a icon on the internet!!!! try to see the fun stuff in pogo instead of the negative.

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DilBriJake 03.27.09 at 12:46 pm

happy weekend everyone!

before i forget — where did my extra 20 gems come from? i dont rem having them before they changed stuff — but i wont complain :)

finished the safari badge – was way easy. need to go to jail one more time in monopoloy to get that one.

monopoly slots is ok — we should get the dice more,maybe unlock some new boards — payout isnt too bad i spose.

the feeling of spring is finally here! still a little cold at night,50s during the day — but that dang wind spoils it :(

thats it for me – have a good weekend everyone!

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Lorraine 03.27.09 at 1:16 pm

I joined Club Pogo in December 2004 and I haven’t had a paid membership since January 2006. I’ve purchased a couple month long memberships since then. I still continue to play on Pogo whenever there’s a free Club Pogo pass, but that’s it. I, for one, am glad that Pogo has made the minis available for non-club members, as I can no longer subscribe to the membership. I believe it was in 2005 (?) that the minis were first released and I can’t believe that they didn’t do this sooner. With these minis being available to people like me…I’m able to use all of the mini items that I’ve purchased during my free trials. Not all of the mini items are available to me, either. There are a lot of the mini items that say ” Club Pogo Members Only”. It doesn’t bother me a bit though. As long as I can buy some of the mini items, than I’m happy.

As for the premium game tickets, this one seems like a waste to me. It’s not something I will ever purchase. I don’t know why a non-club member would purchase these when they can wait for a free trial to try out these same games. It seems pointless to me.

I also see more and more that Club Pogo members are complaining about buying a membership. It’s not something you have to do. If you’re not happy with buying a membership, then don’t do it. When I’m playing on Club Pogo, I don’t ever think about how people have the same stuff as I do. I’m there for the enjoyment of the game (and to get the badges, of course).

Those are my .02.

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Lorraine 03.27.09 at 1:21 pm

I also LOVE how the mini mall is set up now. No more buying one item at a time! It has made checkout so much easier. I wish they had done this sooner.

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cherie 03.27.09 at 1:25 pm

Mahjong Safari was easy. For that matter, so was Monopoly, just time consuming. It’s nice not to be able to do the challenges in 2 hours for once!

Monopoly Slots is NOT for me. I’m only rank 1 and have managed to go to jail 4 times. I started in jail yesterday and had several people join me there, only to have them leave while I was still stuck. After 2 hours of going nowhere, I finally left and was down about 10K.

Anna: I hope spring gets to your corner of the world soon. I’m so glad after watching the national weather that we have 40s and low 50s this weekend!

I have to agree that I’m extremely annoyed that non-members now have minis. This is one of the reasons I joined Club Pogo. And now they can buy tickets to play our games?? I’m hoping with the economy the way it is, the non-members will simply see it as a waste of money and not purchase any.

Enjoy the weekend everyone!

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Barbara 03.27.09 at 1:27 pm

It may just be me but does anyone else return to rank one on Monopoly Slots when they leave a room? I don’t like that but no answer from pogo yet LOL

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anna 03.27.09 at 1:34 pm

i see.. i wasn’t aware they did that, thanks for the info Cookie . i knew of the mini’s for non members. i don’t understand why a non member would spend money on gems just to play one club game when it would be easier and most likely cheaper for them to just pay the membership fee and play them all.. but pogo / EA is a busniess and likey any business they are about making money, don’t make money don’t stay in business right. i would imagine that at some point everyone will get badges too not just paid members. which yes will make it pointless to pay for membership. my mohter in law plays on pogo, but is not a paid member and was very upset with what they got for mini’s she will not pay to play on club and tells me that i am wasting my money. but truthfully the only reason i ever signed up for the club pogo was to play t he games that were not avaliable to the non members ya know, not for any other reason. and i for one would not buy gems to play one or two games not when i could spend the same money and play all of them.. but that is just me.

i noticed today in monopoly slots someone who is at rank 15 arleady in that game.. wish i could get the dice as much as she has :)

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justaharleygirl 03.27.09 at 1:34 pm

Just want to say that unfortunately I am locked into a year long membership with my names, so I can’t just *not pay for it*. So it’s upsetting to have POGO make changes like this and then I don’t have a choice. In the future I won’t ever renew for an entire year again. Yes, it bothers me that 1,000 more people will look like me, but it’s the principal behind it, not that my life will end because of it. POGO is not loyal to their members anymore; it’s all about the $$$ ~ Minis, badges, etc. were the draw to being a member and unfortunately they are taking it all away. I completely understand and appreciate people not wanting to pay for or unable to pay for memberships, so this is all good for them. My whole feeling on all this is that POGO is taking away things that were promised solely to me as a member when I did join. There is little to differentiate members from non-members anymore. It’s the whole POGO/$$$ thing, not that I have any problem with non-members.

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pedoro1025 03.27.09 at 1:49 pm

Haven’t checked everything out yet so can’t really comment on all. Must say , i love to play slots but you really need to loosen up a lot. Played monopoly slots 2 nights and have only gotten dice twice. as much as i would like to play , it won’t happen.

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Linda 03.27.09 at 2:04 pm

hi everyone…well, looks like just about everything i was thinking has already been covered lol. as for what barbara was saying, yes, it happens to me too. when i left one room i had just reached rank 2. went into another room and was back at rank one. i am also finding when i change rooms my game piece is not where i last left it? i have also emailed pogo hoping for an answer. i asked them about more dice also. been playing since this game came out and have lost a ton of tokies and made no progress. i do have a question someone may know the answer to. if you watch all 5 reels you will see all have dice on them. why are we getting only dice on reels 2 and 4? the object of the game is to roll dice and move around the board each time your turn comes up. that is how it was played when i was a kid. this game there are hardly any dice and not a lot of moving…the only thing moving is the tokies as they fly out the window..lol. anyway does anyone know why we dont get the dice on reels 1,3 and 5? for the rest bahhumbug!!! i agree the only good thing is the shopping cart in the mini mall. love it!!! i may have to give up playing monopoly slots (sniff) NOT…so i can keep tokies for my mini to go shopping. if i spend all her tokies she will not be happy with me lol. would rather spend them on mini me..at least she will have something to show for it..unlike my progress in monopoly slots. hope everyone has a good weekend. if anyone is near all the bad weather please take care and stay safe. here in southern california spring has sprung and it is very nice. love and (((hugs))) to all. see ya next time.

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Olga 03.27.09 at 2:37 pm

WOW this game Monopoly slots takes forever to get a rank, I had play the game for 5 hours straight and got no two dice to move at all standing in same place for 5 hours not good at all don’t think I would ever play it again, all I keep getting is only one dice what’s up with that and just takes my tokens to, who want to take forever to get to a rank. Just think how long it would take to get to rank 50 a life time I guess. Don’t like it, it takes to very long to rank up

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laura b 03.27.09 at 2:54 pm

hi there ,i agree with all who say pogo is money,money.i asked for help with the phlinx badge i did get answer but i dont no how to do what they say and sale final yikes,time is 2 hours well tried agin time run out then pogo says i was in ur name and the badge is not activated then i get this song and dance how to do it well are they nuts nothing like we will help you but instead i get this ,plus a bunch of stuff i cant do so im not giving up on them .when my gems are gone i wont be buying anymore so they,ll lose my money i have 451 gems left what a shame i bought these at 30.a go. this is the only place u can air how u feel or as u say 2 cents worth.i wish spring or summer would come soon the way it is here we only get 2 seasons fall and winter at least how it feels snow ,ice coldbrrr lura u great person love ur site hope all is well oh yes i to got errored out monopoly never got my stuff either ,my it also seems to me alot of people not happy with pogo for lots of reasons they should be happy u pay to join plus spend for gems (which is alot for me ) plus albums they will lose me if they dont wise up wellll hagd

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Mike 03.27.09 at 3:11 pm

I know MOnopoly Slots seems like it takes forever to rank, but it truly no different than sock hop, or ali baba. It just seems different with moving around the board and all. I was fortunate yesterday to get double sixes two times in a row, then an 11, to fly around the board. Anything can happen :)
The payouts are great (over 100K ahead), it will take awhile, but then again, what doesn’t? I am off to work on another game that takes way to long, Lottso :) I am 49 now…. Getting there!

Have a great weekend all, keep up the great work Lura!

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Chelle 03.27.09 at 3:38 pm

As a Club Pogo member, I do not feel threatened in the least by all the privileges they are giving to regular members. I pay the membership fee for the games and badges, not for the minis and gems. I really don’t care about that at all. They have to give regular members something to stick around for because you can only take so many hours of Poppit! Imagine a regular member spending money on gems every week so he/she can play a Club Pogo game. Over time, that would add up to more than I spend for a full year to play all the games. I think that fact would make people decide to go ahead and buy a membership, which is what Pogo wants. I think it’s a decent idea, and besides, I really like the stars behind my name in all the games.

As far as Monopoly Slots goes…I’m still rank one! I’m not usually too concerned with ranking up in any game, but it’s kind of fun to try for it sometimes. I am not one of those people who ranked out on Hog Heaven in a matter of days. It took me a long time because I like the game and I do enjoy playing it, but I can’t stand playing it for too long because it’s so mindless. I did rank out eventually, though, by playing while reading, watching movies, etc., and I plan to do the same thing for Monopoly Slots. Another thing I like to do is load the slot game under my screen name in one browser, and then open Pogo in another browser and sign in under my boyfriend’s screen name. Then I can rank up in the slot game while playing another game I also enjoy.

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kellie 03.27.09 at 3:51 pm

hi e1 this has been a great week on pogo! i am having alittle hard time finding all the new stuff i have been a member for 4 years now i used to be able to click click click and new what i was doing on pogo now i feel like i am lost glad we have this site its great! now just one question what are the premium tickets? I hope e1 has great weekend

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sew4u19554 03.27.09 at 4:03 pm

I for one am sorta happy with the new mini mall. However once I tried on the item and went to buy it my mini had changed. I couldn’t get the reset to work…hope it is just another thing POGO hasn’t worked the bug out yet. I do love that I can now buy more than one item at a time cause being on dial up took me usually an hour to buy a few items.

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Jaggs 03.27.09 at 4:30 pm

The reason I joined club pogo was to get rid of the annoying ads….the exclusive games, minis, badges etc. are all extras to me, so the fact that non club members are getting some of the “club” privileges doesn’t bother me…they will never get ad free games and that is what I am paying for so I will keep on paying. I love the new monopoly slots…..just hope I have enough tokens to rank out LOL. Spring is springing have a great weekend everyone!

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jay 03.27.09 at 4:31 pm

quick question about trivial pursuit. If i switch to pogo uk and complete their pies, does that count towards completing pies for my us rank?

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Linda J. 03.27.09 at 4:36 pm

I only play the new Monopoly Slots until I lose the tokens I get everyday playing Trivial Pursuit (both England and USA). Then I don’t feel so bad about how long it takes to get around the board – lol. Couldn’t do that without this site!! Look forward to this thread all week…have had more questions answered and info gleaned here than anywhere else. Have a nice weekend everyone, we are chilly, but no more snow (I hope) here in Michigan.

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HomelessDog 03.27.09 at 4:44 pm

I love the Mini Awards. I particularly love that it instantly shows you your rank progress. I hope they offer that availability for every game.

Monopoly Slots was nice, but slot machine games are so boring. Monopoly is my favorite game ever, but even having a slot machine based on it was only good enough to keep me entertained for about 3 minutes.

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Kat F. 03.27.09 at 5:19 pm

I just have one question….anyone notice that the tokie count isn’t right all the time when you play Monopoly Slots??

I played last night and I stayed “off” the entire time I played. :( Don’t like that!!! It’s hard enough to make any tokies on that game as it is, but to be cheated by a game that can’t keep score–WELL, THAT STINKS!!!!!

SO, WATCH YOUR SCORES!

I WAS CHEATED OUT OF 500 TOKIES BY THE END OF MY GAMEPLAY :(

WATCH OUT!!!

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Faith 03.27.09 at 6:02 pm

Jay, yes, it counts towards ranks….therefore you rank twice as fast if you play on both the UK and US sides.

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GrMaLois 03.27.09 at 6:13 pm

Jay – Yes the pies in UK and North America Trivial Pursuit add together toward your rank. I am up-to-date in both and am rank 28 – will be 29 this weekend.

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GrMaLois 03.27.09 at 6:14 pm

LOL faith – we must have submitted our posts at the same time.

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Norma 03.27.09 at 6:20 pm

First I want to thank you all for the prays you all sent. I’m recovering quickly and hope to be back to Pogo soon.
Second I dont mind non-members getting some perks. I pay every month to enjoy playing games ad free. After a couple game on a free account you want to become a member. On Big Fish it dont mind if you have a free account or not because the ads dont stop your game in pogo the ads stop you game.
Want upset me about Pogo is the download games. The best games you have to pay for to play. I would love to play some of the download games and win some of the fun mini items.

I think that it would be great for Club Pogo Member to be able to use their tokens to buy prizes , gems, or badge books. Then you tokens would be worth something. Say 5,000 tokens for 80 gems just my thought.

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jayme 03.27.09 at 6:25 pm

ok why does it matter what non clubbers get and such???it does NOT matter, there r way more important things in life than worrying over, omg this person has this and that, come on ppl!just play the games and buy what u wish and dont buy what u wish, its just a frickin game site and the internet!!i love the changes, got my free items already :) does no good to crap on anyone or pogo, they just like makin money, which companies do that lol

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Becky 03.27.09 at 6:39 pm

I love the new mall check out. I esp like that you do not have to keep re-entering your password over and over

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Honey 03.27.09 at 6:48 pm

I agree 100% with Yowza about non-club members getting more “privileges” that we Club members pay for. It’s getting a little ridiculous. Not only do Club members have to pay for membership for all these EXCLUSIVE things but we pay twice as much if you include all the extras we buy including premium goodies such as mix and match and limited edition badges. But now they’re allowing non-Club members to be privileged enough to be able to have mini items? Seriously, WTH Pogo?! Wasn’t the whole point of us joining the Club to get exclusive content. Even though not all items are available to them, but it’s still an insult to Club members that do actually pay for membership. Next thing you know non-Club members will be allowed to have our badge album privileges and will be able to buy mix & match and have weekly challenges too! Why even bother paying to be a Club member? Why don’t we all just wait until non-Club members get what we already pay for? I’m sorry, but it really is all about the money to them. Stop being greedy Pogo. Don’t Club members pay you enough for your downloadable games, gems, and Club membership? I guess not. (Sorry. Rant is over.)

Monopoly Slots is kind of fun. But I hate having my little mover sit there for hours upon hours. To me that is what keeps the game entertaining. The dice need to come up more often just to keep the game interesting. I’m not too into how much the token payout is because I find tokens completely useless. But yeah it would’ve been nice if we could put the dice aside like the pigs in Hog Heaven. I know someone on here mentioned that in a post a while back. Yes, that would be brilliant! The game moves too slow in that respect. But it’s still a lot more entertaining than Beaker Creatures for sure.

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Becky 03.27.09 at 8:28 pm

to me they should have just lowered the cost of a membership to club pogo. I think that the current price is a little steep for a lot of people esp given the economy. My guess is that without the club though, the people are putting up with ads that pay their way.

You have to remember that Pogo is in business to make money so they are going to market he site to get the most money. Maybe they have done tests and this is the way to make the most money given the current economic situation.

I think with all the new sites popping up they had to give the non club members something to not lose them and the ad revenue that they generate.

I would like to see them open the pogo store again.

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Bill 03.27.09 at 9:25 pm

A couple of people have asked what the “premium game tickets” are. They are basically a pass to play the given game for a limited time, which you would normally need a Club Pogo membership to do.

As far as non-members getting mini items and other privileges, I’m not so mad at it. It’s been 2 1/2-ish years since the Club Pogo membership fee was raised (from $30-$40); I have a feeling that is they didn’t make these items available to non-members, they likely would have gone to $50 on the yearly membership. So I’m fine with expanding the non-member privileges, hopefully it means that they can go a couple more years at the current Club Pogo rate.

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Faith 03.27.09 at 9:37 pm

Norma, do you pay $5.99 on a monthly basis? If so, do you realize you are paying $71.88 a year, instead of $39.99? Even if you pay every 6 months it is only $19.99. Paying monthly is way TOO much compared to half year or yearly.

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Paul 03.27.09 at 11:12 pm

I agree with Bill. I am glad that EA/Pogo is always looking for new ways to make money off of us. Pogo knows that if they expose the free members to some of what they get with paid membership, some of them will join. This helps keep the cost down for all of us.

Club Pogo charges much less than lots of other sites. In fact, I read about a year ago (don’t remember where), that Club Pogo makes the least money per person, per minute online of pay for game sites (World of Warcraft, etc.). If you play one hour per day, its .11 per hour, and I think most of us play more than that. A little over $3 per month, heck, I pay more for a meal at Wendy’s (and that’s over very fast lol).

I have never purchased any gems or premium games. Not that I am against them, just the opposite. They could have easily doubled the price and gave you gems and discounts as part of the package. This way, you get to choose if gems and premium badges and premium games are worth the extra money. I am more that satisfied with my plain old Club Pogo membership.

I think if you compare Monopoly Slots to the story slot games (Sock Hop, Ali Baba, etc.), it moves at about the same pace. I usually only play those for badges. If you compare it to Hog Heaven, it seems very slow. I think Pogo made it take longer just because Hog Heaven was so fast. I do wish they could have more than 10 per room. It makes it very hard for us league players to have tournaments in that game.

Lura, thank you for the site. It is one of my “must see” sites that I check out every evening when I go online. After reading the latest news (and comments), I am ready to play Pogo.

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Mrs & Mr l3ear 03.27.09 at 11:18 pm

For those that are having trouble with the error message problems at the end of the game in Monopoly check what game limit you are playing, if I play a timed game as soon as the game ends I get the “CRIPES!” message and lose all ranking progress earned, but if I play a turn based or net worth goal limit game I do not have a problem with it. I have had this problem since day 1 of it’s release and have informed Pogo but they have not fixed it as yet. From what I have seen, most ppl have this problem as well.

Lura we love your site and appreciate all the work you put into it.

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Terry 03.27.09 at 11:58 pm

I agree that clubbers are being shafted….This is ridiculous on pogo’s part….Who do u think paid for these non club updates???Our money goes to giving the ppl who will play for free the little incentives!! I Do LOVE POGO but if they pull the we offer so many games bull and raise the subscription rates i am gone!!! I can see them doing something like this soon!!!
Don’t get me started on monopoly slots !! HORRIBLE!!!! won’t waste my time on it!!

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deb 03.28.09 at 12:08 am

ok i for one am not toohappywith the changes for gems and all to non members either .As for ex isee the veryhard to get elusive pogo sweatshirt that was in pogo addictions olitaire for us to “win” that took forever to do is now FREE to whomeevr? LOL, last timei try for “exclusive” minis wheni see they ll be free and available to others now

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Genevieve 03.28.09 at 6:59 am

Good Morning, I love the new changes coming to Pogo!! I do have one suggestion, instead of giving tokens in jp spins I wish Pogo would start giving us gems. Using gems to purchase mini mall items and m/m really ad up fast. I look forward to all the new games in production. I like having the m/m coming up the 1st of every month. I also wish they would bring back some of the retired m/ms. But other than these few suggestions, I love Pogo and I love this website!!! Have a great weekend, be safe…

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kellie 03.28.09 at 8:27 am

thanks bill for telling me about the game tickets .

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Norma 03.28.09 at 9:38 am

Yes Faith I pay every month at 5.99 a month. Right now I can some to get together anymore then 5.99 at a time. Some day I will get it together and be able to do a 6 month or a year. So pogo is getting lots of money from me every month. Oh well!.

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Shelly 03.28.09 at 10:28 am

Deb, the pogo hoodie that you win in addiction solitaire is different to the one that is now free. I had to look twice at it because I too thought it was the same one at first…lol

Genevieve. Apparently players have been able to win gems in the jp spinners for quite a while now. Admittedly the gems won this way are few and far between but I can’t see them ever replacing tokens with gems in the spinners because gems normally have to be bought so they aren’t going to give many away.

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PogoGranny 03.28.09 at 11:00 am

First off, Hi Lura, miss you hun. Anyway, the challenges were simple this week, sure the Monopoly one took more time as it is just by chance you go to jail, no skill needed, but all in all another easy week. Pogo needs to give us something challenging that we have to actually work for instead of completing in less than an hour.
As to Monopoly Slots, at first I wasn’t impressed with it, and yes it is just another Slots game, but I am hooked on it now and have reached Rank 26 as we speak here.
My take on Pogo opening up things that only Club members got before I think is great. Give people more of a taste of what it is to be a Club member and they might just join and then spend more money on Pogo instead of just playing for free.
I have to have every badge, album that is released. I buy all the M&M’s, the Premium Albums and To Go Games, so I spend a hefty amount during the year for Pogo, but it still comes down to just pennies a day for my entertainment. And believe me I use my Pogo to the fullest, I am on there 12 or more hours a day. Tell me where you can get that type of entertainment for under a quarter a day? There isn’t any place. Going to the movies once and buying popcorn and a soda will cost you what your yearly membership cost.
So, Go Pogo Go (EA that is).
Love how BadgeHungry is just growing and growing, I remember when Lura. WOW what an awesome site you have created and look at all the copycats now. lol
I am outta here, gotta get back to Pogo.
Hugzzzzzzzzzz to Lura and all.

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Andy 03.28.09 at 11:01 am

Deb…actually the sweatshirt you’re talking about is a little different. The one from Addiction Solitaire has Pogo in dark letters, where the free sweatshirt has the Pogo logo. I know, whoopie, not much difference, but there is.

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Cookie 03.28.09 at 12:12 pm

Ok I am getting really sick of the negativity. I love pogo and I love this site – Luna you do a great job. But I think I’m going to stop reading the comments. It’s becoming like a lot of rooms in Pogo where you just hear everyone bitch and bitch about everything.

Pogo is a business and they need to make money like everyone else. At first I was very against paying for a membership because I was like why spend money to play games online? Then I started playing members only games on my ex boyfriends account and earning badges. I made some good friends and enjoyed the games and challenges, and really when you break down your membership fees you’re paying less than $4 a month. How many things can you get for that cheap? But also, that’s not a lot of money for Pogo and they have employees to pay so who can blame them for trying to make some money.

I know we’re in a recession but everything doesn’t need to be negative.

I’m going to go paint my kitchen.

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Chad 03.28.09 at 12:40 pm

Hi Guys, I just want to say a few things about Monopoly Slots. Though I do like the game, some things really irritate me. As most of you have said, the frequency of landing two pairs of dice on the reels/the roll bonus is not enough. I think the odds of getting a bonus are better on the real Monopoly Slot machines in the casinos. And what’s weird is that the other night I got the bonus 5 times in 5 minutes, but most times I will get only one or two per hour.

Has anyone noticed that, when the reels are spinning, there are a LOT of Pogo and dice symbols on that first reel, but it NEVER lands on a dice or Pogo symbol? Has anyone ever had the dice symbol land on the first reel? If not, I think that is just wrong to show us the reel has those symbols and the game not be programmed to land on them. Also, I don’t recall ever seeing the last reel stop on a dice symbol–it has always been only the three middle ones for me.

Another glitch is that when you click on the “Badges” button in the top right section of the game screen, your profile comes up, instead. What’s that about? There is also a “rumor” going around that if you get four dice symbols on the reels, you get a special bonus game. Is there any truth to that?

Thanks, Chad

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GrMaLois 03.28.09 at 12:51 pm

Here is an idea for Pogo badges:
Some like easy, some like tough.
What about each badge having three levels:
Bronze – easy
Silver – moderate
Gold – expert level
That way you could put in the amout of effort you like and have your badge and then no one would have anything to complain about.
They could just add the appropriate colored border to the graphic.

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Jennifer 03.28.09 at 2:40 pm

Happy Weekend Everyone…

First Norma good to see you posting, hope all is well with you :-)

Kudos to whomever typed out answer 13 on trivia for the UK the 28th…made me smile…now im going around singing the song it looked so cute in type lol…

Slots, Im a huge fan in general and will admit I love the graphics for the new board….but sitting there not moving and losing tokens after tokens isnt much fun for me….and I teach 3yr olds to high school seniors everyday so I have plenty of patience….

Add more dice and make passing go to rank out longer or something….and again I wouldnt think about moving as much if I wasnt sitting there losing as much :-(

As for complaining and saying pogo gives away free tokes etc etc…agreed but some tokens are genuinely earned…ie the mind thinking scrabble, qwerty, word games etc….so its hard to watch 17,000 go in a matter of minutes…..makes me appreciate halos and flying pigs!!!

Enjoy your weekend everyone….supercali…..ugh thats as far as I got, will refer to #13 lol…

Smiles……….

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ketzra 03.28.09 at 3:03 pm

I was a little shocked at first to see Pogo open up the mini mall to non-paying Pogo-nians. I always considered it one of the prime benefits for me to pay for my Pogo citizenship. But, for whatever reason, Pogo wanted to give them this free gift…so be it. I paid for my membership because I chose to pay for it. I don’t know in the future that I will always have the money to continue doing so, so at least I know by this example that it’s not all about the money with Pogo. This shows they care for both their paying and non-paying Pogo-nians.

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Pam 03.28.09 at 4:14 pm

I was just fooling with Monopoly slots this am & discovered an option others may want to try. Bet only one token for just one line only, you won’t get rich playing this way (won’t lose alot either) BUT you’ll cut out all the animation caused by max bet, max lines… creating faster spins. Faster spins increase your odds of getting the dice & advancing around the board quicker to rank before we die… lol. gl, hope this helps.

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Dan24137 03.28.09 at 4:25 pm

First let me echo the others in saying I love this site and I am so glad you dedicate so much time to it, many thanks for all your hard work.

Recent events at POGO: The changes don’t bother me in the least. Paying members get the wonderful site mail, some perks and most importantly to me no stop-game ads. There are many many many sites out there that offer free games and several of those sites have 400-1000 games where pogo has no where near that many; however the quality of pogo is better then the quantity of other sites. Be that as it may, pogo had/has to do something to attract and hold new members. Remember guys, EA is a company of starving creative programmers … if they are not making a living doing pogo they will go do something else and we lose pogo forever. Allowing non-club members access to member stuff is just enticing non-members to join while paying the bills and keeping pogo active. I would recommend, however, that since pogo is giving more to non-members, they (EA that is) should give us members a bone too … maybe a free download for every 6 months membership ? That way club members would have the added benifit of collecting some of the premium games – and sure exclude the most recent release. In anycase, if you do the math, EA has what 3 million paying accounts ? So that’s what 120 Million per year they make right (less more then likely)? So that is about what 10 Million per month they make right? .. ok so now break it down how much does it cost them to maintain offices in the US and Europe ? How much does it cost for all the equipment and other materials? Then, how much does it cost them to pay their employees and pay stockholders ? Fact is EA does not make near as much as say Blizzard (World of Warcraft) or Sony On-line Entertainment (Everquest and many others) but still have to pay programmers commpetitive wages to keep them on board. What we pay for POGO is cheap IMO and EA doing things to keep costs down not only helps them but us as well. Oh and before I forget, recall a lot of that money they make goes back out as rewards also.

I have been told that gems can be won via a JP spin and that’s been going on for a long time though it’s rare as getting a real prize – possibly only in selced games as the only places I have herd of it is Addiction Solitar, Pool, and Hangman … it would be nice to see more gems pop up on the spin in any case.

I have no issue with challenges though they do seem simple. The monopoly one for example was easier then one in an album which only gave you 3 days to goto jail 10x. IMO if the weekly challenge is simple the I just have that much more time to devote to other POGO stuff like ranking up in lotso or tri-peaks or Canasta. A more difficult challenge just means more time I need to devote to it. On the topic of challenges I do wish they would allow more personal challenges or maybe even let us buy extra (with tokens) challenges from years gone by for us new folks who are years behind.

Ok now to Monopoly Slots – this is one game I love to hate (or is it hate to love). I know some hard core players are up there in the rank 20s or 30s but not may of us care to play 24/7 or use auto players to rank up. I have sat in a room for 2 hours and managed to get almost all the way around just to hit chance next to park place only to go promply to jail and have to start over again; I really fear that cop in the corner now. I said it before that I think they should make it more laps to rank up but drasticly increase the amount dice pop up allowing us the illusion of progressing vice sitting there bored to tears waiting to move just a tiny bit. The other thing I hate about monopoly slots is that it is very frustraiting to watch it eat your tokens. So far I have hit the 50k 4 times but since I don’t have a lot of luck otherwise my lifetime tokens is around 70k when I have won well over 300K (counting the 10Ks 5K and etc) … the game just eats the tokens alive. If not for the big hits, I would be way in the hole .. that prospective alone makes me shy away from it. (I am rank 10 btw)

Anyone that is interested in just ranking up and really don’t want to rist tokens, you can play 1 line for 1 token and it will spin and if the dice land you move as normal .. so for raning 1 token instead of 150 per spin is an option … however don’t be mad when the 50k lands and you miss out on it (that’s happened to me once too lol). If ya don’t care about tokens one way or the other then I guess it don’t matter.

Ok long post here, sorry :o)

Have a great weekend and be safe.

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6160 03.28.09 at 4:33 pm

Wait a minute. You mean to tell me that the Pogo Pod People are sounding the alarm because EA decided to give away a few scraps to the peons this time? An avatar and some games I can play if I pay real money for gems to get tickets so I can be one with the group for a little while, yippee. Something tells me if Monopoly Slots was bug-free and paid out well unlike real slot machines, nobody would be crying about their milkshakes being drunk.

“BUT WE PAY THEIR SALARIES! THEY HAVE TO DO WHAT WE WANT, AND WHAT WE WANT ARE PERFECT GAMES DONE IN RECORD TIME SO WE CAN LORD OUR SUPERIORITY OVER ALL THOSE INSIGNIFICANT PEASANTS WHO DARE NOT TO PAY UP LIKE US LAW-ABIDING CITIZENS!”

That’s the vibe I’m getting from some of the congregation out there. Remember, it’s an avatar. The only worth it has is what you give it. Also, the entire game ticket thing is a scam. Just pay for the month of Club Pogo and you can become a Pod Person too. Then you can piss them off by kicking their butts on their turf. They really hate that.

Looks like I’ve messed with the hornets’ nest enough, so it’s time for me to buzz off.

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Chris 03.28.09 at 8:34 pm

cookie i agree with your statement 100% too much negativity i will still check this site for the fantastic updates to pogo but will stop reading the comments…to depressing…if i don’t like something bout pogo i move on what does complaining do?

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deb 03.28.09 at 8:50 pm

TY for the insiteont he diff on pogo sweatshirts As far as the negativity comment I have been a member for a while n have never complained about anything price ect I pay monthly for TWO accounts i just think they are going off the deep end here Soon non members will be able to get badges too with gems or something I have won gems in spins but as others say 5 gems wont buy you squat My mom won 5 too lol and it s sitting there Atleast let us win enough to buy something with it

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stormy 03.28.09 at 10:38 pm

i love monopoly slots but as i am rank9 been playing since it came out
the dice hard to get as many tlk about it i play one nite 23 hours and still only saw 2 dice in a time of hour time if that good pay out but still i lost alot of token to 15,000 and didnt make that much back i fixing to play it again as i am hooked LMAO.
but i was wondering went lottso express be out and also what about GATOR &CROCKS &ETEC oh tyvm for more cats just love that , you all have great talent i love that .
oh yeah more dragon and dolphin be nice s well,goats cows ,i know you all doing your best and i am greatful of that as well.
i just dont under stand why people has to rags abou t stuff and another thing need more room in monopoly slots
my cousin a host as i am to ,if say you had 20 people they all reg cannot play but ten and if there ready 8 people in your room cannot host .just like yahatzee same way .:(
i know it take time and time we ll have ,
i also like the way you dont have to put pw in (password)< buying gems ar mini etec ,
i have only few people have my pw so that good i trust then ,
but if ya can get what i ask for i be grate ful .wll isaid my 2 cents worth oh it snowing i am off to monopoly slots ,god bless each an eve1 stay safe xoxoxoxooxoxooxoxoxoxo you all rock and pogo does to xooxoxoxoxoox

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Tina 03.28.09 at 11:57 pm

1st of all LOL TY4dl ~justaharleygirl (03.27.09 @ 12:07 pm)

when you said:

“…I’ve been waiting for this weekend thread to vent LOL! Seriously though, Yowza thank you for your post; now I don’t have to type as much as I…”

and proceded to go on & on & on-very interestingly i might add-made me ponder-If yowsa hadn’t made a post, just how LONG would’ve your post BEEN?!

i don’t have much anything different to add as i kinda agree with both sides of opinions but i will say that when gems & mix match badges 1st came out they cost 12 gems yes 12 gemes each-which is expensive enough (imho) but then they raised it to 16 gems and have ‘clearance sales’ and make them 10 gems each i just have to shake my head-lol

on monopoly slots-how about upping the number of times passed go needed and add more dice to the 2 & 4 reel to put a bit more action into it, or allow us to save the times we get single dice to be collected to use as pairs later?

Thanks for a great & informative site Lura! you rock!!
y–y–

Pogo fan fer life, tina

ps~hey Cookie-what color are you painting your kitchen? (;

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stormy 03.29.09 at 12:05 am

POGO plz put back our private closets of our mini shots we have so sick of other looking in our private shots ,unfair ya think
Just dissappointed.of the fact other can see out mini in our closets!
, also listing in the room people complaining of the dice yes it very very slow ! i seen old people walk faster than them dice . i m one of them old people .lmao
they come in spruts ,but need to fix that but again i see on reels i see 5 dice only get 2 what if we got 5 wouldnt thatbe a mess ,lol
i give the monolpy slots 5 stars tho ,
i play it even tho it make ya mad that life ,just have to deal with it ,but over all it fun i think just slow and the free parking they need add 100 to it went you land on it you get zero cause another person landed on it , just had to come back and say whooooooooooooooohoooooooi am rank10 .after all this time ,i seen people ar top out ,on it ,make ya wonder.i guess they play more then other i play it since it came out and just got to 10 .hmmmmm
the jack pot spin are great ihave got 1,500 on spinsa few times and it better than 30 .lol
like some of the other games are .
oh i saw you going ot have bdges for hog heaven etec i m also top out on that cannot wait , oh also on the free sid getting minis etc it unfair we paid good money for our club at pogo nd paid for ours gems just wish they see fits lets us use our tokie and get gems but yet they have to paid the people the people works at pogo they have to EAT TO and pays bills etec . so i ant down gradeing that one bits it hard to get a jobs these days ,
i am on disabitly/i just have eought to but gems after i pays bills get food etec .
so i make sure i have 800 gems every month and i am up to date on pogo so that good , but it would be nice to have them lets us use our tokie to buy gems are paid for yearly ,be nice,
you all did a wonderful job on every thing and listin to every body question ,
but i know you cannot fix very thing in one day , i am greatful you all here to listin it nice i can count on this any way ,
i have meet some real nice people in real life on her and not so nice people on here alos , i just try to stay aways from drama and trouble maker that what our muted button for use it wisely.
i am off to play slots agin ,god bless every 1 stay safe b good ,and stop fightting over silly stuff it get better in time ,they trying to do there best to please everybody , thanks again for listing , god bless ,

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PropofNick 03.29.09 at 12:37 am

Monopoly slots just really stinks… Ok, its not really that bad, but it does stink more than a crap house.. For one, played the game for hours and only got around the board once for rank 1, I believe I had lost I bet close to 50K in tokens just to move around the board once. Granted I know you have to make the games challenging, but come on.. That is a bit ridiculous!
Here is a game that Pogo needs to come out with! UNO card game.. I know Yahoo has it and gaming house.. I think that UNO would be a great game for all Pogo members.. Sorry board game would be another likable game and so would life and headache I would rather see these games come out for us members instead of a stupid game like beaker creature!

Oh well those are my view points as of right now! Enough rambling for my first time! HEHEHE

Oh by the way, Hi everyone, nice to meet you all!

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Kori 03.29.09 at 9:07 am

Oh my, between all the complaining in this thread and Monopoly Slots thread…..If you don’t like Monopoly Slots, how Pogo changed things and non-members getting a few added perks well then don’t play on Pogo. Geesh it’s not like they’re giving non-members all our advantages, which to me is all the great games and badges. As for Monopoly Slots, yes it’s taking forever to rank, but who cares. Everyone wants something for nothing now-a-days. Quit complaining and move on. There are so many more important things in life to worry about then these stupid little things!

On that note, have a great rest of the weekend!

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John 03.29.09 at 9:42 am

this is a very good site it has a lot of information in pogo it is a very good help and i will tell others about this site thank you very much for all the help

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Faith 03.29.09 at 10:29 am

For those who are having problems with the Pebble Beach Golf challenge, I complained to Pogo about it…..I said…..

Hi. I am trying to do the Pebble Beach golf badge from 2004. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO GET THIS BADGE. From what others have told me, they only got it because there was a glitch when the challenge came out. It has since been changed. (I wasn’t a member when the challenge first came out.) How do I do it now? I have read the instructions and tried to play. There is no way possible to get par or better on every hole. I want to complete the 2004 album, but can’t if I can’t get this badge. Others have told me the same thing. HELP, please.

Here is their reply…..

This is an issue with the scoring of the game. Unfortunately, it’s unlikely that the issue will be addressed any time soon.

We’re very sorry for the inconvenience.

So here is what I sent back just now…..

Since there is a problem with the scoring of the Pebble Beach Golf game, why don’t you take the Pebble Beach Golf challenge OUT of the 2004 album so those of us (and there are MANY) who wish to complete the 2004 album, can do so. That seems like a very simple solution to this problem, since it is impossible to win that challenge.

Maybe if others complained and asked them to take it out, they might. Give it a try and let’s see what happens.

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Lura 03.29.09 at 10:38 am

Hey guys, if you don’t want to see complaining or talk about complaining or complain, let’s change the subject! Do you think Pogo will do anything fun for April Fool’s Day? (They gave us a super badge last year.)

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Kat F. 03.29.09 at 11:44 am

Hi All,

Happy Sunday!

One thing I’ve figured out about Monopoly Slots is to get more dice–SWITCH ROOMS MORE OFTEN. Don’t just sit there in the same room for hours and hours, lol

It really does seem to help. Also, log off and clean cache, then log back in again. ALOT!

That’s the only way I’ve been able to win alot of tokens and get the double dice to move my piece. It’s been working for me, SO DON’T STAY IN ONE ROOM FOREVER!!

MOVE!! AND YOUR DICE WILL COME AND YOUR PIECE WILL GET MOVING TOO! :)

Hope everyone was safe during the awful weather last night :)

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Jan 03.29.09 at 1:25 pm

Good suggestion, Lura!
I haven’t seen any postings about April Fool’s Day other then that virus people are worried about. Update your virus protection programs everyone.
There is that multiple week badge for challenges but nothing so far for April Fool’s Day. At least that I have been able to find. Maybe there will be a nice Pogo surprise for us.
Have our April Fool’s day snow on the ground, YUCK!
Have a good week everyone.

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Kim 03.29.09 at 2:01 pm

What happened to the Easter candy in Sweet Tooth 2? I was working on ranking out in there last year and really enjoyed all that “fancy” candy.

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Kelley 03.29.09 at 2:21 pm

1. non-members getting minis. I have mixed feelings on that. It was always something that Club POGO people got. Now it is open.

2. Monopoly slots. Well lets see, I’m rank 2 (and lucky to be there). Haven’t moved in 2 days of playing. Lose more then I will (many times A LOT. Won’t be close to breaking even) win. So if I’m not moving and I’m not winning, why play the game on a regular basis. Cause all it is then is like any other slot game. (And I don’t play hardly any of those.)

3. Monopoly challenge. Played on custom. Got the game started and walked away. Would come back close to the end of the game and all was good. One time I went to Wally World while it continued to play. Got 3 in that game. Finished badge on Thursday.
I also used to have a problem with the game kicking me out. I think it was for a long game.

That enough for now. LOL

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Linda 03.29.09 at 3:54 pm

If my memory serves me right didn’t pogo come out with a April Fools Special badge last year? I think they will. We probably will need to do multiple badges for the one special. I just love playing on Pogo. The whole family is involved. Keep up the good work and for the few bucks spent per year well worth the entertainment. I for one love doing the badges and playing the games. Some are quite challenging and others are a breeze. Thanks and God’s Blessing to All.
Linda

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Christine 03.29.09 at 4:10 pm

I think the Monopoly Slots is great but wish it didnt take up to 2 hrs to get the dice to be able to move.

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ROBIN 03.29.09 at 6:48 pm

WELL,WELL,WELL….. ALL I CAN SAY ABOUT MONOPOLY SLOTS IS: iT’S ABOUT TIME! LOL! I’VE BEEN WAITING IN THAT GAME FOR 4 MONTHS AND IT FINALLY CAME OUT AND WHAT CAN I SAY: I LOVE IT! YES IT’S TRUE: GETTING RANKS IS SLOW, BUT I FEEL IF U GOT THEM FAST THEN PLAYERS WOULD GET BORED OF MONO. SLOTS QUICKLY ONCE RANKED OUT;IT WOULD LOSE IT’S APPEAL. WHAT’S THE POINT IN PLAYING MONOPOLY SLOTS IF THE RANKS GO FAST; IT WOULD TAKE ALL THE FUN OUT OF IT.

AS FAR AS THIS WEEK’S BADGES GO: MAHJONG SAFARI : WAY TO EASY; MONOPOLY H&N: WAS A BIT ROUGH; TOOK ME 4 DAYS TO GET IT DONE, SPENT ALL DAY JUST GETTING THE FINAL “GO-TO-JAIL” TO GET THE BADGE.

AS FAR AS NON-CLUB MEMBERS GETTING MORE OPTIONS, I COULDN’T CARE LESS, I WILL STILL PAY TO BE A MEMBER BECAUSE I’M ADDICTED TO GETTING BADGES,PLAYING THE GAMES,THE MINI MALL, AND MOST OF ALL, ENJOY MEETING PEOPLE. I JUST SEE THE NEW OPTIONS AS A NEW WAY FOR POGO TO POCKET MORE MONEY.

WELL GL FELLOW POGO MEMBERS ON GETTING YOUR WEEKLY BADGES THIS WEEK!!! ~>~>~>~>~>~>~ :-) .

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Chris 03.29.09 at 9:06 pm

if no one knows the limited edition easter badge is out

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free 03.29.09 at 9:17 pm

I love to read all the comments. Rants and Raves this is the place to let ‘em fly! THANKS

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Lura 03.29.09 at 9:32 pm

Hi everyone, I’m going to close this one out a little early tonight, I’m feeling like I need some quality AFK time to myself before the week starts up. :)

Thanks for participating; negative or positive comments, I still love hearing from you guys each weekend. See you in the next one!

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