I just wanted to post a big THANK YOU to VMK for making the Everest Ride-a-Thon such a success. By opening many different rides and automating the prizes, it kept the lines short and made for a much more fun event. Also, I am impressed with their ability to automatically open and close rooms at the scheduled times, and make it so that only the entrance rooms show up in the Popular rooms list. Many past events have been chaotic at best and left a lot of people frustrated, but this shows that VMK is aware of the past problems and is really trying to make things better. Also, the ride rooms were great (it must be nice to have access to unlimited free furniture ;)).

Yes this event is great espeacially with the prizes. It takes 10 minutes to get in a room and they are just plain fun to ride.

i second this all the way! I guess they do learn and I hope all events in the future are as successful!

Yup, I loved the new Ride-A-Thon. Although a straight ride peice isn't much fun, it sells for 40 credits! :D

I didn't get my snow rug so today is going to be great! :)

I agree with you 100%!

-Exoxus

i agree, and they really hit the nail on the head with all the starting rooms - like ten! it makes it so easy! Way To Go VMK!!

when does it open for people with eastern time or is that eastern time. (math is NOT my thing lol)

Hi , in my opinion this is the most well organized event ever. Not only that but you only wait for about 2 mins b4 coming into the ride. Anyone else agree?

what the everest ride a thon
if that then yes it is

Yes, really fast, which is the best part :)

I love I now have my 3 snow carpet right now.

I have tried every room and got the message that the queue was too big..now I am waiting behind 49 people. How are u getting in so quick?

lol i think they did a much better job and they have like ten to fifteen rides open right now only problem i am having is staying on the ride and getting into the lines lol.

i think this is event is great although there is waiting and you can fall out at times and there are long lines and yea lol but over all its great!!

Yea, this is a big success!

yup, great event. I already scored one rug going for my last a second now!

I do believe that VMK is finally getting the event management correct. Even when I ended up in a queue in another room, instead of the ride, I still got my prize. I am impressed, and relieved, that things are starting to look better at event time. See, if you practice something long enough you might actually get good at it. :rolleyes:

I think that they should temporarily lift the limit on the line. It moves so fast anyway there is no need for it.

this is how every event should be like
THIS FAST!!!!!!!!

Sweet !! I love the fact they just put it in your inventory . - fingers crossed-

I hope they are all like this now . Woot Woot.
3 cheers for VMK

I love how at the end, you get a message saying you have earned the item for riding it. I thought we would have to wait for a staff member to trade it to us. I'm glad that VMK is making some good changes in how they work their events.

I agree! It's awsome! The lines move fast and it's pretty easy to get into a room. Although, I could do without getting knocked off the ride.

i am waiting for the last ride-a-thon bc its the last one i have not been on!! i will be the EverestMan!!

It is a great event, but definetely not the best.
You cant get in any of the lines for the ride. Although, vmk made a lot of great rides and if u can get into the line it goes by prety fast.

yes i agree i dont like it when i get knocked off they should give prizes to ppl that get knocked off

this is a reall 'cool' event, could have been the best one if the items were new.

wow these lines are moving super super fast....

Everybody gets a chance at the event and the prize. And the instant reward is awesome!
Getting a queue can be annoying, as is falling off mid ride (no prize). But since getting back in is far less painful than past event, it isn't the big deal it once was.
Overall, I'd say this event rocks!
Well done, VMK!

TigS

This event has been very well organized, but anyways, still, the event I think was best organized and was the most fun was the 1st or 2nd Pin Trading Events, those were awesome :)

im getting in the first time i try everytime:) i uploaded somethings and it makes my computer much faster

yes, its the best the lines are moving fast not crashing or dc a lot.
i got like twenty snow rugs i am going to do this all day.......

i dont know if it is just me but vmk totally slowed down for a couple minutes

Proabably not the best event ever, but probably the most organised - it may takes ages to find a queue with less than 50 people in but once you do the line goes so quick and i havent dc once
Only problem is getting bumped off the tracks lol

Have fun - Made :wave2:

Is it just me... or do you get stuck in the teleporters for a couple minutes then go to the next room?

Is it just me... or do you get stuck in the teleporters for a couple minutes then go to the next room?
nope i totally get the same thing :)

Lovely, I got into the room, went on the ride, and went to the next room only to find out that I came out of the porter too late and wasn't on the ride. -_-;;

i really gotta say that this has been a pretty successful event compared to the ones in the past. great job vmk! :)

yes, VMK, this is like a dream event. Ride a ride that the line goes so fast, and then get a free awesome prize! Thank you so much!

I have got bumped off and disconected about 10 times since i been playing since 1:15 pm

again, i must say this is a very successful event! great job vmk! :):D:)

is this the first event that testers organized?
i have to say this has been the most successful yet.

dude why did you remove my post then make my thread all over again? Did i beat you to the punchline? You realize you took my thread then you figured " hey im mr.genie im special so im going to put my post right in front of the thread so im the specialest person in the world again. why cant you be like everyone else and just post and not steal the entire thread

I totally agree VMK is getting much better with big events like this :-)

i second this all the way! I guess they do learn and I hope all events in the future are as successful!
yea me too the ride has been going great

I totally agree, MrGenie. This is actually the first event on such a huge scale that I've ever been through. I've helped out at the Monster Maze and done some Spin to Wins, but I must say, this is a brilliant event and certainly well-organized. Thanks, VMK Staff!

i know it takes two minutes to just get in!



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I'm really glad that the Ride-a-Thon wasn't too long and didn't take forever to get in, even with the 50 players in line. I did think at first that it was going to be the longest ride ever, like their Staff River Ride. And they did give the snow rug really fast too!

question are we aloud to go on the ride more than once?

yea we are we can go on as many times we want too!!!!!



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Yes, the event was a great hit! [and there's still tomorrow :D]
Thank you for the memorable rides VMK! Lots of creativity put into those rooms too =).

dude why did you remove my post then make my thread all over again? Did i beat you to the punchline? You realize you took my thread then you figured " hey im mr.genie im special so im going to put my post right in front of the thread so im the specialest person in the world again. why cant you be like everyone else and just post and not steal the entire thread

Mr.Genie only is removing yours because the forums don't need that much clutter.

OR he may have posted first and you didn't know..

OR Evil bunnys neutrolized your computer so when you came out of time-freeze and posted it had been 2 hours later.

I'm out of ideas. O_o

I'm so happy that this weekend's event was a success. It's nice to hear less complaints about a VMK event for once, lol. :)

Just hope that it would be same for the Everest Ride Competition next weekend, although I doubt it. -crosses fingers-

dude why did you remove my post then make my thread all over again? Did i beat you to the punchline? You realize you took my thread then you figured " hey im mr.genie im special so im going to put my post right in front of the thread so im the specialest person in the world again. why cant you be like everyone else and just post and not steal the entire threadCheck the time of your post...I posted the same topic as you, but mine was four hours earlier. Thus, I merged your thread into mine to reduce clutter. It's really not a big deal and has nothing to do with whether or not I'm "the specialest person in the world."

I got about 14 snow carpets today. :)

Great event, honestly. Such a step-up from the other events which left other player running amuck in the rants forum. ;)

I got 30 snow carpets today. I thought the event very well

nicely done, vmk! woot! yeah, for snow rugs!

I am so upset! I played this contest since it started and didn't win an iPod! I should have gotten one since I don't even have one and can't afford it either! This was such a waste of a Saturday I could have gone to the movies to see Date Movie! I am not trying tomorrow either then I will just waste my Sunday too! That was 5 hours I will never get back arg such a waste! The Snow Rugs weren't even worth it because it will become just like the Skull Rock rooms worth nothing! I think this event was good but then it was wack as what!

:mad8:

I just wanted to post a big THANK YOU to VMK for making the Everest Ride-a-Thon such a success. By opening many different rides and automating the prizes, it kept the lines short and made for a much more fun event. Also, I am impressed with their ability to automatically open and close rooms at the scheduled times, and make it so that only the entrance rooms show up in the Popular rooms list. Many past events have been chaotic at best and left a lot of people frustrated, but this shows that VMK is aware of the past problems and is really trying to make things better. Also, the ride rooms were great (it must be nice to have access to unlimited free furniture ;)).
Add my applause and thanks to the list! After much frustration and many not-so-fun events this one rocked the Mouse House!
Thanks for hearing us and making things better.
Only one question- where and how will we store all those rugs in the warm summer months? I sure hope they stack!? :)

best event so far ever. Easy to get several rugs if you want, such good line control it wasnt the end of the world if you got bumped out of the ride.

Two thumbs up LOL :)

I had so much fun today storing up on snow carpets....of course I didn't win an iPod nano but that's besides the point....do i sound bitter? lol!!! Jk

It was fun and it was awesome that the lines were moving so fast....it was less likely that I would dc. I think I only dced like twice which is better than what usually happens to me....lol!!!

Thanx vmk for the event!!! Now i'll be on tomorrow getting ice chairs ;)

Beautifully stated, Genie.

Now if I just stop giggling after seeing the irony of that signature pic of
yours... heheheh. The Halloween maze event nightmare seems to be
banished from my consciousness now. ;)

Beautifully stated, Genie.

Now if I just stop giggling after seeing the irony of that signature pic of
yours... heheheh. The Halloween maze event nightmare seems to be
banished from my consciousness now. ;)LOL, good point. I was just thinking that maybe it's time for me to get a new signature, or recycle an old one (room size experiment, anyone?) :D

LOL, good point. I was just thinking that maybe it's time for me to get a new signature, or recycle an old one (room size experiment, anyone?) :D
You're good for remembering and room experimenting Genie.
Good Work!
Keep it up and you might just be better ;).

The tracks helped with the cutting in line though. VMK staff and testers, thanks for this awesome ride!

i loved that even if you got out of the ride there was still a way to get back on after you didnt make it. ok and now my little tiny rant about it was that they adveristed it too much. ok done with that, anywayz thank you vmk for the best event that we have seen! i am so proud of the achievements that you guys have made and im really looking forward to the next testers/staff weekend event!

LOL, good point. I was just thinking that maybe it's time for me to get a new signature, or recycle an old one (room size experiment, anyone?) :D

oooh, goodie! maybe i can actually participate in this one! :D

I am so upset! I played this contest since it started and didn't win an iPod! I should have gotten one since I don't even have one and can't afford it either! This was such a waste of a Saturday I could have gone to the movies to see Date Movie! I am not trying tomorrow either then I will just waste my Sunday too! That was 5 hours I will never get back arg such a waste! The Snow Rugs weren't even worth it because it will become just like the Skull Rock rooms worth nothing! I think this event was good but then it was wack as what!

:mad: :10_1_23: :banghead: :excl8: :mad8:

Wow, calm down. For one thing, the iPod contest is not about who should deserve it more. The rules were stated clear that it was a random drawing and everybody that was on VMK between 1-6 PM Pacific time is pretty much in the drawing. Another thing, about 4,000 players were on VMK around the time of the VMK Ride-a-Thon went on, so you should know that the odds of winning is pretty small.

I still say that you should give it a shot and try for an hour or two, but if you still feel like you could have done something better than to wait to try to win an iPod, then don't do it. :)

i loved that even if you got out of the ride there was still a way to get back on after you didnt make it.

The funny thing, I only seemed to "fall off" in the rooms with no re-entry set up. (oh VMK how you mock me :) )But I think the changes made to accomodate "fall offs" are really great, and show the cast really are listening and care about making us happy!

Lines moved slower today though, wonder why?

TigS

The new way of giving prices is really good!

Only the game opens here in Europe too late (23.00 :o)

The new way of giving prices is really good!

Only the game opens here in Europe too late (23.00 :o)

oh that kinda stinks for you doesnt it. oh well at least you can stay up late and play vmk!

I was all prepared to try the event and then come here complaining about it.

I've shocked even myself by thinking that there really is very little to complain about. It wasn't too difficult to get into line (usually it took me two or three tries to find a room with space). The queue moved quickly (the ones I timed averaged two minutes to get into the room). The rides were the right size so there were very few bumps to the entrance. Many rooms were setup to handle that. And the auto-reward feature was nice to see. I'm not actually sure there is anything I could say I would improve!

But you know me... I have to complain about something... :D And actually, I have three things:

First, I don't think its much of an event. It is great to see the rooms the first time. After that, I entered the ride and went to another window to read VMK Forums or another website. We don't do anything. Events that engage us and make us active participants in the event have been the most fun - and hey, thats the whole point of the game!

Building on that, its that we don't learn much either. I think the biggest reason staff rooms should exist is to provide good examples that players can use to inspire them and build on them. But I can't think of anything I saw in any of the rooms that I hadn't already seen in another players room first. The few things I did see were items that us players can't get yet!

Finally, and related to that, was that it shows off features that we don't have. I know I would love a way to have a room open, but that people can't enter directly. As a game designer, I'd love a way to automatically give someone a prize by mail. But we can't do that - can we?

So a thumbs-up for great planning, but I think there is still room for improvement.

It was so fast that i went on it 7 times :)

STaff and testers did a great job!

good but i never can join the line, i tried, but too bad nothing for me yesterday

I got a stack of 15 carpets in my storage room from the event! Today I plan on getting like 50 ice cubes for my ride. But I agree with you guys, they did do it in a nice fahion and the room lines are at a steady pace waiting wise.

This was called an event, and it was well done. But, I think it was more a crowd control experiment as well as a small example of how to run our ride rooms for next weekend.

They enticed us with a free gift. This help to guantee a large crowd. They had many rooms opened and we saw that it worked great. Now staff can take this idea and build on it to build a great event.

Also, we saw that people got bumped off the rides. This is a warning for us who have ride rooms so we know some of the errors we can expect.

It was not a true event, but it was something to learn from for us and staff. :)

JV

idk how many rugs i have i gave to away for to my other character and i kept all i could feel in to my room Snow Train Station BUT BELIEVE ME VMK GOT IT RIGHT THIS TIME THE MOST they even put tracks in for if you fall off you can just over from that room it was the best event they ever have done and got right :):):):):):)




I have a goal today to ride over a 1000 times and get ice bc that is how many i need and if i ride over that i will add to my train station oh and come by and see me 1 day yall hear?

yea I got to say I had been playign vmk from day one and this was the best even ever please do not make me relive the Haunted mansion maze that was bad one time I got to go in adn it kicked me out and then I crashed I waited in the line more then 1hour adn 30 mins.

aww we had power out friday and saturday :( no snow rugs for me :(

aww we had power out friday and saturday :( no snow rugs for me :(
they didn't have it opne on friday it's open today

they didn't have it opne on friday it's open today


today is sunday and they gave out snow rugs yesterday and it was open on friday it says it was on the newletter.

The ride was open on Friday, it gave Everest Straight pieces.

The 1 thing i hate about it is the lines. I dont mind waiting but sometimes i cant even get into the waiting part.

Also either its my computer or VMK but since its opened VMk is REALLY slow. (for me at least)

I don't mind the lines because I get in there 5 minutes or less.

I guess they took my idea of making more then 1 room so more players can get in their rooms with out waiting long.

I think that this was a good test on what vmk can do. I am ready though to see something on a larger scale. (Not to say that I am noot happy with it, I just think that there is A Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow. :D )

I think that this was a good test on what vmk can do. I am ready though to see something on a larger scale.

What kind of "larger scale" were you thinking?

If things are as automatic as they seem, I think more expanded hours might be good. It isn't clear why it was only open from 1 till 6 - you never saw a staff member in the rooms.

I don't think more rooms would be good without more care being taken - crashing to the entrance is still a real problem, and was only mitigated by carefull room planning and a limited ride size.

Wow, calm down. For one thing, the iPod contest is not about who should deserve it more. The rules were stated clear that it was a random drawing and everybody that was on VMK between 1-6 PM Pacific time is pretty much in the drawing. Another thing, about 4,000 players were on VMK around the time of the VMK Ride-a-Thon went on, so you should know that the odds of winning is pretty small.

I still say that you should give it a shot and try for an hour or two, but if you still feel like you could have done something better than to wait to try to win an iPod, then don't do it. :)
No, I guess your right wasting 5 hours of my time clicking my fingers to the bone just so VMK has just one more person (me) in there in event was no big deal. Yea Right!

This was a great event! I am so happy that I could actually get into the rooms without a big wait :)

i didnt even have a chance yesterday but in like 26 minute i will be in the ride
and have fun(even might have a IPod!)

My longest line today has been 8 people. Instead of looking on the list, search Everest Ride, and a list of the open ones will come up! I have gotten into a room with two mickeys!

it takes me 50 seconds or 1 min. to get in a ride.

This is a great event today they are just having problems but heh they have problems every event. Almost every event there is a day where you can not get on at all. We just have to wait like all those other times.

i like this on the best

it took me less than a minute to get to a ride. very fast finally got it right.

I love this event :). Like a lot. I must have at least 40 ice chairs. I would have more, but there is this annoying thing called "dinner". Strage huh?