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Old 04-12-2008, 02:15 PM
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Disney isn't moving forward like Walt did. Walt built other parks in Disney World before Epcot. Did he close down all the other parks to build Epcot? No.

We're fighting. We feel we're gaining more progress. That's moving forward.
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Old 04-15-2008, 12:31 PM
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VMK is not like the other virtual games that they created. These other game they are telling us to move onto are either
A. for little kids(no offense)
B. for mainly either boys or girls
C. just stink
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Hmm. This doesnt look like it's actually been sent by a real person. Looks like the wrote it earlier and it's a auto reply.
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Take the news to the papers! Contact every news station across the globe! Burn all of your Disney merchandise! Anything to keep VMK alive!
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If they are innovation and creation or whatever and want to move forward how about moving forward with toontown?! VMK is alot bigger and better than those other games and they just want to get profits from the stupid toontown.

I feel like contacting news papers right now.

We should go to disneyland and protest.
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Old 04-20-2008, 11:37 PM
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If they are innovation and creation or whatever and want to move forward how about moving forward with toontown?! VMK is alot bigger and better than those other games and they just want to get profits from the stupid toontown.

I feel like contacting news papers right now.

We should go to disneyland and protest.
Unfortanately since were children and dont have any rights we will be kicked out within five seconds, and they will tell the papers that we were an angry mob and hurt their cast members or something..
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Disney isn't moving forward like Walt did. Walt built other parks in Disney World before Epcot. Did he close down all the other parks to build Epcot? No.
Took the words right out of my mouth. The "moving forward like Walt did" thing is such nonsense. Using that logic, let's tear down all the classic Disney rides like Pirates of the Carribean and Splash Mountain and call it "moving forward."
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Old 04-21-2008, 09:36 PM
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Took the words right out of my mouth. The "moving forward like Walt did" thing is such nonsense. Using that logic, let's tear down all the classic Disney rides like Pirates of the Carribean and Splash Mountain and call it "moving forward."
Well their strongly thinking about taking down the carousel of progress which walt believed in strongly, so I can see them taking down pirates of the carribean..
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They may not have taken down Pirates of the Caribbean but they've made it "Politically Correct" and added Jack Sparrow to it which in my mind is getting close.
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Old 04-23-2008, 02:52 AM
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If they are so overwhelmed by how many responese they had, why don't they keep it open? Seriously I hate all the lame excuses they give us..
Lame excuses for sure. Why would they close so successful? Would they ever doing the same at WWD? I doubt it. Someoen is screwing up.

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VMK is not like the other virtual games that they created. These other game they are telling us to move onto are either
A. for little kids(no offense)
B. for mainly either boys or girls
C. just stink
Well said!!! This is a game kids and adults can equally like.

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Old 04-24-2008, 01:01 AM
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I'm sure that the new "Virtual Worlds" will NOT be as fun as VMK. VMK will be differen't from the others -- the friendships, the memories... I have lost alot of respect for those who work for VMK... I know I shouldn't have... but I can't stop it.
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Old 04-27-2008, 11:23 PM
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I think it's about the money.
Honestly, look at all the games they're redirecting us to do. All pay to play.

You have to pay to get the good parts of Toontown.
You can pay on Pirates to do some extra stuff.
On Club Penguin you have to pay to buy most of the good clothes/accessories/items.

VMK does not cost anything unless you buy the code cards.

Of course, I'm gonna miss VMK. I mean, I've been playing since October 2005! I've spent hours of my life browsing through trade rooms, playing games obsessively, and talking to fun people. This is disappointing, especially if you look at some of the reasons that they're closing it.
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Old 04-28-2008, 05:14 PM
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Man, I leave for a short year or so, and I come back to find VMK closing. How disappointing.

Yeah, Retri, it's most likely a monetary issue. It costs a lot to keep massive servers with thousands of people on them running every day, and since it's a free game, they probably think it's just not worth it to keep it up any longer. Simple as that.
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Old 05-13-2008, 05:16 PM
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They still arent too clear as to why its closing.
If they give a REASONABLE reason as to why they are closing, i wouldnt be as furiated as i am now.

If its just for monetary purposes, then thats wrong.
They made over $700million last year from just internet games. Im sure keeping vmk wouldnt be that big of a deal.
I have to agree this is really irritating me the most that they are not really giving any valid reason as to why they are doing this if they were to just give a "good" explanation and reason as to why this happening and then I would not be as <annoyed> about the matter as I am.
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Old 05-13-2008, 07:25 PM
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Originally Posted by dreamytime View Post
> Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 1437 -0700
> To: *********@hotmail.com
> Subject: Re: WDIG Guest Mail
> From: [email protected]
>
> Thank you for contacting The Walt Disney Company and VMK.
>
> We have received an outpouring of feedback regarding our decision to
> close VMK. We are overwhelmed by the responses and enthusiasm of our
> guests, but unfortunately our decision to eventually close VMK is set.
> We have explored many different options, including a pay to play model
> but have decided to focus more of our time on our new virtual worlds
> coming soon, which we are sure that you will love as much as VMK.
>
> Deciding to close VMK was a very difficult decision for us because we
> loved creating VMK just as much as you loved playing it. But in a
> company that encourages innovation and creativity we have decided to
> "keep moving forward" and exploring where the future takes as, because
> in the words of Walt Disney, "We keep moving forward, opening new doors,
> and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading
> us down new paths."
>
> Thank you for being part of this journey with us, and we hope we
> continue to see you at Disney.com enjoying what we imagine next!
>
> Sincerely,
>
>
> Your friends at VMK
...This Letter Keeps Coming up like every 5 Days. It is not a wrote email.
It is a Generic Sent Email. They even sent it to people who didn't contact VMK or WDIG.
 

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