Why do people like FarmVille

@pcserver (392)
March 19, 2010 5:50pm CST
Why exactly people like that game? What is your opinion? Do you play it? Why or why not? Do you think it is childish or mature enough? Why are people playing it - what is the most interesting feature or the game is just a waste of time? I, personally find the game quite interesting. Sometimes I lose a lot of my time playing it just because I am too lazy to do anything else and it is quite enjoyable having my friends send me gifts and other things. That is the most popular game in facebook. Why is that?
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18 responses
@celticeagle (158958)
• Boise, Idaho
20 Mar 10
I was on Farmville for a while but if you lose any time on there weeds pot up and you lose things and it just gets nasty. I can't be on there every day and it is time consuming so I had to quit. It is nice to work together and so forth. It is a bit childish but not in a bad or demented way.
@celticeagle (158958)
• Boise, Idaho
21 Mar 10
I was just trying to be kind. I find myself spending more time than I should. Mostly in the late evening when I can't sleep. I did start on Farmville but I didn't care for it that much. Not a bot yet thank goodness.
@pcserver (392)
21 Mar 10
Not a bit childish...a lot. But also fun. And I think the game's not time consuming. it is just addictable and a person can't stop playing sometimes and wastes its time like some of my friends...and it is just ridiculous wasting all day long playing farmville...you become a bot :)
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@pcserver (392)
21 Mar 10
Yeah. Too much playing is not healthy, I think.
• United States
21 Mar 10
i like farm TOWN but i tried out farm VILLE and for some reason i hate it.. but i was addicted BAD to farm town but i eventually had to stop.. i was busy and i couldnt take the time to worry if my plants were dying etc and i was wasting a lot of time on there.. i barely play anything on fb now except maybe the scratch offs and i barely have time to log in lol..
• United States
23 Mar 10
i was only logging in for that 1 time a day but it had to be at a certain time for the stupid game lol.. it was a pain
@pcserver (392)
21 Mar 10
You shouldn't be so addicted to it. i think logging in once a day to check what's going on is more than enough...but good for you that ypu stopped :) have a nice myLotting :P
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@sheen13 (567)
• India
20 Mar 10
I too love playing farmville as it is very interesting game indeed. It isn't a childish game to play, it is all about farming. And I don't think that it is childish. It is interesting because everyday we get something new to add to our farm or plany new palnts everyday. Other games also have new things to add up everyday but in farmville, the next day itself you can harvest or buy anything new you like. I also feel that money is easy to earn in farmville that other games. I really don't know why it is a popular game. Maybe some can have the same opinions like mine or even some won't have the same opinion. All I can say that it is an interesting game and so everybody loves to play it!
• United States
21 Mar 10
I dont know why that really is, i dont really play farmville, guess its just popular because it is yet another way of communicating with your friends, ive stacked up all my farmville request, got almost 30..=) But i wont play it most probably because there are way better consoles and games to play as compared to farmville, even on Facebook, hey also check this article out, maybe youll e like it,, www.gameolosophy.com/games/online/farm-town-and-farmville-why-the-obsession/ Well that took some time to write ..=( cant copy paste..=P Well hope this answers your question
• India
21 Mar 10
Thanks for the link moneydoner. Btw I too inline with you just pilled up all my farmvile request but with little difference,had started with it in the beginning and there few plants already growing in my farm :-) Cheers Vj
• United States
21 Mar 10
cheers..
• India
20 Mar 10
Friend As of the mylot members who responded says is kind of online farmgame. I enjoy playing for hours, it depends on interest of each people, if you are gardener and enjoys gardening then this may be lof ot fun and joy for you. You sow a seed, you watch them grow, I could say is a professional gardenning online. You have lot of opportunities and options to improve your garden daily, you add new plants daily,yes ofcourse all online and your neighbour cultivating. so all together my comment is it depends of peoples interest, for me its a good mind diverter, i get complete involved and am happy and joyful till am in the farm. Nice topic to discuss with...cheers!
@pcserver (392)
21 Mar 10
I liked that you compared Farmville with professional online gardening. This is hilarious and even true :). It is maybe for some poeple more time-consuming than the real gardening or farming :)
@pabreen (237)
• Philippines
21 Mar 10
I played farmville for quite sometime, I thought it's just for kids only to find out that even my colleagues who used to teach in the academe are also playing farmville. I got fascinated especially with giving of gifts to friends , I only joined my teenagers to bond with them but I mellowed because I spend most of my free time here at mylot.
@pcserver (392)
21 Mar 10
I am pretty surprised that so many people say that the game is childish, but even professors and lecturers at the university play it and I know people like that. It is strange that grown-ups play it and say it is childish at the same time :P
• Philippines
20 Mar 10
I do have farmville. It is one game in facebook wherein you can plant, plow and harvest. I like this game because, just imagine it's your own farm, you decorate it and plant and buy whatever you've wanted. Buy as many buildings, or plant as many seeds as you wish. Before i'm crazy about this game but now, i only open my facebook account just to be updated with my friends, because now laying games is prohibited in our office, LOL, that's why
@pcserver (392)
21 Mar 10
You are obviously a fan of the game. That is good filling up your time with something lovely and entertaining like Farmville. I am 41 level by the way :) Have a nive Mylotting :):)
@hopejordan (3561)
• Australia
19 Mar 10
hi there pcserver farmville i like for a little while but i really dont like the game for me it is boring but i do like farmtown its 100% better then farmville have a great day mylotting take care.
@pcserver (392)
21 Mar 10
Hah...exact and clear answer. I have never looked at that farmtown? What is it about ?
• Canada
20 Mar 10
I play farmville. I am 23 female... so it kinda gives em something to do while im waiting for people to respond to msging on there.. its fun i think its cute.. getting me ready for summer.. I'm at level 35 :)
@pcserver (392)
21 Mar 10
I am level 40 and I play from time to time, maybe every day for 15-20 minutes. I started a year and a half ago. there are new things released every month or so and I find it very entertaining - the whole game :) Have a nice myLotting :)
@bwaybaby (903)
• United States
19 Mar 10
I don't play it. I won't bash people who do... I jut don't get the appeal. That said, I do play Scene It on facebook. Just a different game, I guess. :)
@pcserver (392)
21 Mar 10
Scene It is good, too. Better than Farmville maybe, but requires more time and I don't sympathize it very much :)
@indahfth (11161)
• Indonesia
20 Mar 10
Each person has their own reasons for playing games. I also played Framville, but no it no longer. I prefer to open Mylot, if a chance to open internet.
@pcserver (392)
21 Mar 10
Sometimes I do prefer to go and comment something on myLot, too because it is some kind of entertainment for me and I receive money for commenting :) That's the best in mylot :)
@TheWebGuy (241)
• United States
19 Mar 10
Ha. I laughed so hard when I saw your question that I had to answer. I have never played it but I have seen a friend playing. I think it is so childish and kinda stupid. I will never use it. The point of facebook is not really to play games but to connect with friends. I always see the updates that "this friend" has gotten more animals or is looking for "this" in his farmville and it is so annoying. lol.
@pcserver (392)
21 Mar 10
I don't think you are the one who would say what is facebook made for. You find Farmville childish. I think it is, but I play it and I think another millions of people play it too. You use facebook for connecting with people - I use it for that and also playing games, so it is just everyone's choice. Enjoy!
@marmar75 (168)
• Australia
20 Mar 10
I don't play farmville. I used to receive tons of farmville invitations from friends, and I kept on deleting them. But the invitations kept coming, so I got annoyed and blocked the application so I don't get invites anymore. Hahaha! I used to play Farm Town, but later I realized its wasting my time because I need to work a lot to gain a lot on that game. I admit, I need to play some computer games once in a while, for relaxation when I need a break. I prefer playing restaurant city, because I'd just feed my employees once in four hours and that's it. If im too lazy to feed them, it's still ok,i dont lose anything so I can just play whenever I want, without pressure. (not like farm town that if I dont harvest on time, I lose the crops.)
@pcserver (392)
21 Mar 10
If you don't have the time i think you are doing the best not playing the game. And I am harassed by my friends with those invites for so many games. i blocked so many applications already that I don't even know how much. It is just annoying. That is why when I play Farmville I don't send Invites to my friends, I send only to the ones I know are playing the game... have anice myLotting :)
@di44ito (494)
• Bulgaria
20 Mar 10
:D that game is really bad :D i play it for about a month and now i hate it i don`t have time or power to play it anymore. I thing that maybe many people play it because i thing it is a type of the tamaghochy(if you remember it) and many people play the tamaghochy and liked it back in time.
@pcserver (392)
21 Mar 10
Yeah it is addictable and there are people who play it every day. Tamaghochy is so old-fashioned and it was a hit years ago. Nowadays something like tamaghochy is maybe Pet Society - the virtual online version which i don't like very much... Nice myLotting
@celticeagle (158958)
• Boise, Idaho
20 Mar 10
I think it is the feeling of having built something and acomplished something. Nice but very time consuming and if you miss any time on there you lose stuff and things get nasty. I was on it for awhile and it is okay but not something I can keep up on because I can't get on there everyday.
@LadyBoss (253)
• United States
20 Mar 10
I really dont know why people like that game. I guess people just have different interests. Lol
• China
20 Mar 10
In my opinion,the reason why there are so many people like the FarmVill is that in this game people can plant all kinds of flowers and vegetables,raise many kinds of animals,such as pigs,cows,ducks,chickens and so on,which they hardly can do in actual life,it seems that they are farmers,all of these are fresh to them!
@bubblesh (10)
• Philippines
20 Mar 10
Before I was avid fan of playing farmville, but then i realized it's just a waste of time. Most of the busy people cant even open their email or text their love one's because they don't have enough time.