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Post by mcphilp on Apr 5, 2013 16:53:24 GMT -5
So, I'm guessing no update or new stuff today either?  |
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Post by 12juan34 on Apr 5, 2013 17:06:45 GMT -5
So, I'm guessing no update or new stuff today either? Booyah people are lazy now days. |
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Post by mcphilp on Apr 5, 2013 17:08:51 GMT -5
So, I'm guessing no update or new stuff today either? Booyah people are lazy now days. I guess what's left of them. |
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Post by 12juan34 on Apr 5, 2013 17:17:10 GMT -5
What we got here, is a lack of motivation |
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Post by jennyroo on Apr 5, 2013 19:13:48 GMT -5
Very disappointed..yet again.
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Post by bhertz on Apr 5, 2013 19:26:21 GMT -5
Well-Funded Gaming Startup Booyah Confirms Layoffs And New CEO Brian Morrisroe As It Shifts Focus To Tablets
Article posted on Facebook may explain it
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Post by 12juan34 on Apr 5, 2013 20:21:01 GMT -5
Well-Funded Gaming Startup Booyah Confirms Layoffs And New CEO Brian Morrisroe As It Shifts Focus To Tablets Article posted on Facebook may explain it It's all about the money $$$ |
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Post by 12juan34 on Apr 5, 2013 20:42:32 GMT -5
Booyah, an Accel and Kleiner-backed mobile and social gaming startup, laid off 13 people after early breakout hits like MyTown and Nightclub City faded among mobile and Facebook users.
“We’ve recently made strategic moves internally to better align our needs with our vision and product development goals that we’re very excited about,” chief executive Keith Lee tells us. “We should have lots of cool products to talk about in the next few weeks.” The employees were mostly in sales.
Founded by three gaming veterans who were behind games like Activision Blizzard’s Diablo III, Booyah scored early funding from Kleiner Perkins’ mobile-focused iFund. The company experimented with mobile apps that let users share life achievements then shifted gears into the hot space of location-based social networking with MyTown, a Monopoly-like mobile game that let players own their favorite nearby venues and earn virtual rent. With MyTown’s momentum, Booyah was able to attract $20 million in funding from Accel Partners as the venture firm looked for a bet in the space.
After that, the company started eyeing the Facebook platform and launched Nightclub City, an electronica-oriented social game that let players manage a virtual nightclub. Between the music, art and thoughtfulness of game mechanics, we thought it was one of the best games of last year. But that game has also declined in monthly and daily active users as the company grapples with the same hits-driven nature of the business that other social gaming competitors have confronted.
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Post by Raven on Apr 5, 2013 22:55:45 GMT -5
Thanks for posting that Juan!
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Post by 12juan34 on Apr 5, 2013 23:33:25 GMT -5
Thanks for posting that Juan! My pleasure Raven. |
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Post by sarasin1227 on Apr 5, 2013 23:55:18 GMT -5
Speaking of ball stadiums, does anyone have Fenway Park?
My Wrigley Field is worth 1,589 does that sound about right?
Husband is a Cubs fan and I am RED Sox fan so I would like both parks.
Thanks!
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Post by 12juan34 on Apr 6, 2013 1:28:15 GMT -5
Speaking of ball stadiums, does anyone have Fenway Park? My Wrigley Field is worth 1,589 does that sound about right? Husband is a Cubs fan and I am RED Sox fan so I would like both parks. Thanks! NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!  not the RED SUCKS!!! By now you know what my team is.... |
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Post by derekville on Apr 6, 2013 1:44:27 GMT -5
We support the back sox down here.
Funny about the missing update today, but we had a nice day anyway although the boy has been extremely mischievous.
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Post by Mogul Cast on Apr 6, 2013 2:22:00 GMT -5
Speaking of ball stadiums, does anyone have Fenway Park? My Wrigley Field is worth 1,589 does that sound about right? Husband is a Cubs fan and I am RED Sox fan so I would like both parks. Thanks! I do. |
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Post by konstantin on Apr 6, 2013 6:36:39 GMT -5
Booyah, an Accel and Kleiner-backed mobile and social gaming startup, laid off 13 people after early breakout hits like MyTown and Nightclub City faded among mobile and Facebook users. “We’ve recently made strategic moves internally to better align our needs with our vision and product development goals that we’re very excited about,” chief executive Keith Lee tells us. “We should have lots of cool products to talk about in the next few weeks.” The employees were mostly in sales. Founded by three gaming veterans who were behind games like Activision Blizzard’s Diablo III, Booyah scored early funding from Kleiner Perkins’ mobile-focused iFund. The company experimented with mobile apps that let users share life achievements then shifted gears into the hot space of location-based social networking with MyTown, a Monopoly-like mobile game that let players own their favorite nearby venues and earn virtual rent. With MyTown’s momentum, Booyah was able to attract $20 million in funding from Accel Partners as the venture firm looked for a bet in the space. After that, the company started eyeing the Facebook platform and launched Nightclub City, an electronica-oriented social game that let players manage a virtual nightclub. Between the music, art and thoughtfulness of game mechanics, we thought it was one of the best games of last year. But that game has also declined in monthly and daily active users as the company grapples with the same hits-driven nature of the business that other social gaming competitors have confronted. So ... this app game will ... "die" ... soon ?  I'll prepare a post for "How to" thread ... later . |
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Post by mcphilp on Apr 6, 2013 13:44:43 GMT -5
This makes me sad.  I don't have a good feeling about what may happen with this game. I just keep losing popularity on all my businesses. |
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Post by newzealander on Apr 6, 2013 15:21:10 GMT -5
If the game "dies", what will happen to Walter? Who gets custody? Can we move him to another game? Does he disappear into Raven's House of Pain, never to be seen again?
And what about the alien hanging in the tree? Will he be left to die too?
And will the policeman die without ever finding his badge? Does he then still qualify for a police guard at his funeral?
Will we ever find out where the fire was that the fire engine is racing to?
Will the lady in the red dress ever get another client before the "world" ends? She gets full marks for trying!
So many unanswered questions! Booyah, you can't leave us this way....!
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Post by Mogul Cast on Apr 6, 2013 15:32:16 GMT -5
This makes me sad. I don't have a good feeling about what may happen with this game. I just keep losing popularity on all my businesses. I do a couple of blitzes per day and I think I lose popularity several times every day. What's up with that?  |
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Post by 12juan34 on Apr 6, 2013 15:56:43 GMT -5
If the game "dies", what will happen to Walter? Who gets custody? Can we move him to another game? Does he disappear into Raven's House of Pain, never to be seen again? And what about the alien hanging in the tree? Will he be left to die too? And will the policeman die without ever finding his badge? Does he then still qualify for a police guard at his funeral? Will we ever find out where the fire was that the fire engine is racing to? Will the lady in the red dress ever get another client before the "world" ends? She gets full marks for trying! So many unanswered questions! Booyah, you can't leave us this way....! Kiwi, I gave a lot of thinking to your questions, maybe we can come together and send a petition to the president asking him to relocate all this characters to "MEGAPOLIS". The exodus has already started, might as well finish with a bang. |
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Post by CoolMan!! on Apr 6, 2013 18:34:09 GMT -5
Check out my toucan hunt!! mytown2.net/index.cgi?board=monthly&action=display&thread=1324&page=2 Sorry no hyperlink. |
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I don't have a good feeling about what may happen with this game. I just keep losing popularity on all my businesses. 
Aug 23, 2013 2:15:12 GMT -5
Aug 23, 2013 2:15:12 GMT -5
and a lot of information will be out of date.
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and a lot of information will be out of date.
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