Farmville Nation

I came across this little link to a feedback survey under my farm window today.  After curiously clicking, I found a webform type survey powered by SurveyAnalytics.  Click the picture above to take it yourself, in case you didn't find the link by your own farm yet!  It looks like this… though this is a copy not the actual working webform.  After a couple preliminary questions to identify what sort of farmer you are, it lists activities in the game and allows you to select "Very Fun" "Somewhat Fun" or "Not Fun". Enjoy venting!!

Questions marked with a * are required     Thank you in advance for taking time to tell us your opinions. Your feedback helps us make better games.     The highest level I have reached in FarmVille is… *     Level 1 – 12   Level 13 – 25   Level 26 – 35   Level 36 – 50   Level 51 – 65   Level 65+   How often do you play FarmVille? *     I play less than once a week   I play 1-2 times per week   I play 3-5 times per week   I play 6+ times per week       The main focus of this survey is to get your opinion on current and possible social actions in FarmVille The list is presented randomly.  Please rate each of the following social actions based on how fun they feel to you?   Very Fun Somewhat Fun Not Fun Sending gifts/ helping friends based on what they really need or like *         Sending a free gift to a friend *         Inviting a friend to try FarmVille *         Asking for help/ gift/ part from friend *         Cooperating with a friend in a co-op farming job *         Adding other FarmVille players as neighbors in my farm, without adding them to my Facebook list         Purchasing craft goods from a neighbor *         Purchasing a gift for a neighbor with Farm cash *         Creating lists of friends based on interests, level, family members, etc to send gifts/ requests/ messages *         Discovering that a craft good was purchased by a neighbor *         Adding new neighbors that are friends of my friends, without adding them to my Facebook list         Asking for help to expand your home farm *         Visiting a neighbor's farm *         Discovering that a neighbor visited your farm *         Commenting or "Liking" an animal/ tree / decoration in my neighbor's farm*         Giving help/ gift/ part to a friend *         Asking a friend to become a neighbor *         Chatting live with my farm friends *         Receiving a free gift from a friend *         Being part of a group that shares common interests (example: horse collections, special trees, sheep breeding, etc) *         Getting help/ gifts based on what I really need or like *         Discovering that a bushel was purchased by a neighbor *         Sending a note to my friends after they visit me or send me a gift *         Building something together with a neighbor where progress is made by visiting each others farm *         Receiving a message left by a friend *         Exchanging items (parts, gifts, animals) with my friends. Giving items I don't need for items I do need *         Purchasing bushels from a neighbor *         Thanking a friend for a gift by sending back the same gift *

 

Ahoy adventure-seeker-farmers!  Today let's reflect on a bit of classic Americana as a segue into our safari sighting of the day.  

The 1960's introduced our first "Prime Time" cartoon series, The Flintstones!  Not many people have forgotten the epic opening sequence where Fred, anxious for his 5:00 quitting time whistle, slides down the tail of his dinosaur/bulldozer at the quarry on his way to his car and commute home.  Click the image if you need a refresher via YouTube!  

Of course, everybody wanted to emulate this epic maneuver as well as simulate prehistoric living in Bedrock, so some visionaries in 1972 built Bedrock City, Arizona, USA.  Included with an entire tourist-ready town of Bedrock is a huge brontosaurus slide.  The park is located south of the Grand Canyon in Williams, Arizona.  Yes, this place does exist, and we're safariing there today!

But despite Fred's warm welcome to the real Bedrock town, the point of this Safari is to compare real world things to their Farmville counterparts.  Below, I'm posing with the "Dinosaur Slide" released in August 2010 with the Summer Limited Edition set.  It cost $30 farmcash but was worth every penny, watching that cute little turtle hockey-puck it down the dino-tail!  

But where did this cute brontosaur-slide hybrid item originate?  Well the idea was from Mr. Fred Flintstone, as you may have deduced from earlier paragraphs, but the actual REAL LIFE SLIDE was from the folks at Bedrock Arizona circa 1972.  You can still visit today, to the huge brontosaur and matching town of Bedrock, and pretend to be Fred at quittin' time and slide down to a real replica Flintstones car.  

If you'd like to take a real safari, here's the necessary information!  

Bedrock Arizona

101 S. Hwy 180

Williams, Arizona  86046

USA

Thanks for reading, adventure-farmers!  

Signing off, 

PirateJenz