Did You Expect VMK to Close This Soon?

[KeepOnDreaming...x]

I Knew vmk was gonna close all the time [: x

[SoccerRyan]

It was obvious that the game was going to close soon with all of the promotions of other pay-to-play games, and I think Disney is being very generous. There is a point that a lot of people are missing. Disney could have just pulled the plug on VMK instantly at any time, without giving any warning. Instead, they gave us hints by promoting their pay-to-play games a lot, and then gave us over a month notice before closing the virtual gates. Disney had to pull the plug to save money, and just like most large companies, money is what's most important to them. They ended the game in the best way they could: by giving us a lot of time to say goodbye to virtual friends before closing the game.

[JustmeSt]

I knew VMK started out as a promotion, but it became so popular, that I thought it would keep going. In fact, it should keep going. It's such a GREAT game...there has to be an alternative to closing.

[Pink_Bink]

Although it was a promotion, VMK has more members than ever right now. They are at their strong point. I saw it coming, but not this soon. Maybe a year and a half. Definetely not this soon though.

- Pinky :]

[BlazinBeats]

I knew it wasn't going to last forever.
I expected in maybe, 2-3 years.
But I would have perferred to just..grow out of VMK, instead of going through the emotion as many players are going through now.

[funfly]

missing vmk already

[DISNEYDIVA]

I knew Vmk would close eventually, but not after three years. I put tons of time into building up my character and playing games to earn money for the past three years, and I have made amazing friends. To me Vmk should stay open for just one more year!!One more year and I would be happy! If they had told us more in advance that Vmk would be closing in may, I might have understood and been able to prepare for the closing, but they decided to tell us a month and a half before Vmk closed and now I am lost! I think those who have been on Vmk since the beginning will be the most devastated, like me. At least the people who just joined..for all that I know won't be losing very much! I have three years worth of VMK memories! All my friends I have made, my character and its stuff... I feel, pressured, angry, sad. And I AM NOT going to pretend I understand why Vmk is closing and act like it is no big deal. I am FURIOUS with disney and I AM NOT going to take Vmk closing very easily!! On somewhat of a bright side, when Vmk does close I am going to feel relieved, it will just be over with and I won't have to worry about it anymore. Disney will have left tons people devastated, FURIOUS, and in my case heartbroken.....I doubt Disney even cares about that, all they want is money. GREAT JOB DISNEY!!! GREAT JOB!

[benihodge]

Well put.

[katiecub]

I wish vmk wouldn't close but everything happens for a reason. I hope we can help stop vmk from closing but if we cant, its just a game and we could go on ***. I know, i dont want to leave my friends either. I dont want my stuff to go away. I wish it wasnt closing because i made some very good friends. Well I love you all.


Katiecub on vmk and on vmkforums

[gracievp]

i cant believe VMK is closing, i knew that vmk would close, but i never thought of it while in the game. im going to miss my friends and my stuff the most.
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gracievp

[ccooldudecool]

It surpassed my expectation to stay open by about 5 months XD. But yeah it got obvious it was going to close.

~cc

[GryfindorGal]

Yes, I expected this to come soon enough. When VMK Central closed, it was pretty obvious that VMK would be gone soon. I did not want this to happen, and of course I would want it to be open longer, but I knew it was coming soon. :[

What bugs me the most about this (andf it is making me VERY angry) is that when you go to vmk.com, on th left is an ad for Toontown, and then there is another ad for Club Penguin on that page. Yeah, I play POTCO and Toontown, they are both fantastic games, but there is no need to push the pay-to-play games so much.

[Glowaslan]

dont blame yavn.... it only started as a promotion like other people have been saying, i know i played for a while but, i figured its not one of the best things that we could be doing. he does have good reasons and i know it is a hard time for all the people that enjoy the game but you should support their ideas, i mean, w/o yavn there would never have been a vmk for you to enjoy 4 however long you did... think about it

[Blossomflower]

Well.. me and my vmk peeps have been discussing about vmk closing, and we all knew it had to someday.. we were already expecting it... but, we didn't think it would come THIS early. we thought we still had about a year or 2.... LOL

[MeiMei]

Originally Posted by Disney Master 500

WHAT?!?!? All Yavn did was LIE!!!! First he says: magic carpet magic coming out in 2 years!

2 years later.... yavn: sorry no magic coming out

yavn: vmk will be open for a LONG time! Extremely LONG!!!

6 months later... yavn: sorry, but VMK is closing

Haha! This made me laugh. VMK closing had never even crossed my mind. I just figured it was going to be around for a long time.....

-MeiMei