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[FilamentTheBright]

Yavn's got a friendly reminder and an update on the wackiness the Toons have brought to VMK!

Me again, so a little Toon told me about a strange sporting event that's starting this weekend – I'm working on getting more details about this wacky event, so stay tooned.Keeping it Safe – and Fun

Before this Toon wackiness gets too crazy, I wanted to take a moment and talk a little about VMK, our mission and our commitment to you, our Guests/Players.

At Disney we work very hard to make VMK a fun and safe environment for Guest of all ages.

With VMK we've always tried to innovate, be creative and do exciting new things. Sometimes those ideas work great, and sometimes we need to keep working on them and prefecting them. But as Walt said, "We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths." And of course, as we always have, we very much appreciate that you are with us on the journey.

VMK or Virtual Magic Kingdom is a FREE online multiplayer game and was launched as part of a promotion for the Disneyland 50th Celebration.

We've built an awesome community, and VMK Players do their part too. Like any game or community, VMK has rules and guidelines that our players MUST follow to visit and play in the Virtual Magic Kingdom.

That said, I thought it would be a good idea to talk briefly about our game rules, the VMK Values.

The rules are very simple. If you follow them, everybody has a lot of fun. If you break them you'll find yourself banned from VMK, which isn't very fun. They're all important, but these are a few I want to focus on today:

1. Using ANY program that modifies, plays or logs into VMK for you is NOT ALLOWED. Using these programs affect our systems (and other players) and will get you banned.

If you didn't download it from VMK.com, DON'T use it with VMK!

2. NEVER harass players or bother players – or engage in ANY behavior that may be offensive or disruptive to the game or other players. This includes disruptive protest, using foul language, name calling, blocking a room, entrance or Quest item.

Be respectful to other players and the community, don't do anything that wouldn't be allowed in a real Disney park. Treat players as you would like to be treated.



Be safe! And have fun!

3. Adult subjects are NEVER allowed in VMK. This includes discussing or describing adult subjects, creating any type of 'relationship' rooms or engaging in chat related to adult subjects or relationships.

Play VMK like your parents or schoolteacher are watching, if they wouldn't approve of your behavior or activity, there's a very good chance we don't either.

4. NEVER, under any circumstance ask for or give out ANY personal information to another player. (This includes your password, e-mail address, telephone number, location, or other means of contact or personal information.)

It doesn't matter if you know the person – giving out ANY personal information online is NEVER safe, against VMK Values and will get you banned.

5. Don't describe or discuss acts of violence against yourself or others. Doing this will not only get you banned but depending on the situation it could also get you into trouble with local authorities (that means the police).

6. Don't scam or steal from other players. Don't give away, trade or sell your VMK character.

Scamming takes many forms, for example creating or opening any type of 'Pay to Play' room. (This is a room where you pay the room owner to play a game and it's up to the room owner to award the prize.) Players charging for ANY type of game or activity is also against VMK Values and will get you banned.

These are just a few of the VMK Values, for the full list look here.

He'll be Right Back!

Alright, so now I'm hopping off my soap box and getting back to the game. We've got a Topsy Turvy month ahead, so enjoy it and have fun!

Remember again, VMK or Virtual Magic Kingdom is a FREE online multiplayer game. VMK was launched as part of a promotion for the Disneyland 50th Celebration. Let's keep VMK a fun and safe place to play!

-Yavn

[Mable]

I didn't think anything bad about Yavn with this whole april fool's quest, but after I read this, I was sad that him too had the "it's free, get over it" attitude.
Yes, it is free, but if it wasn't for us, he wouldn't be getting that extra income! Or what, is he also providing his time to work on VMK for free? Also, Disney is benefiting from us by getting us hooked to them through VMK, so no, it's not FREE!
He also needs to go to a Customer Service 101 class.

[thealienstitch]

1. Using ANY program that modifies, plays or logs into VMK for you is NOT ALLOWED. Using these programs affect our systems (and other players) and will get you banned.

Wondering if this pertains to VMK PAL at all?...........................Fee

[Astro]

I didn't think anything bad about Yavn with this whole april fool's quest, but after I read this, I was sad that him too had the "it's free, get over it" attitude.
Yes, it is free, but if it wasn't for us, he wouldn't be getting that extra income! Or what, is he also providing his time to work on VMK for free? Also, Disney is benefiting from us by getting us hooked to them through VMK, so no, it's not FREE!
He also needs to go to a Customer Service 101 class.

Agree 100%.   That is what bugs me the most with this newsletter, is the constant reminder that we play a FREE game.  Without the players, the free game is nothing and would be non-existent.  PERIOD.

[Astro]

1. Using ANY program that modifies, plays or logs into VMK for you is NOT ALLOWED. Using these programs affect our systems (and other players) and will get you banned.

Wondering if this pertains to VMK PAL at all?...........................Fee

Who knows for sure?  Yavn certainly won't come out and say anything about VMK Pal.  I use it everytime I play vmk.  It's been rumored, that the HOSTS have said using VMK Pal will NOT get you banned.  Also been rumored by computer savvy players, that VMK Pal is nothing more than a wrapper or a "skin", therefore not affecting VMK in any way, shape or form.  You cannot cheat the game by using it.  All I know is I crash way less using PAL, than if I used IE or Firefox.

[Adventuredaz]

I've already said what i have to say about the free Argument but now Yavn has picked it up as his mantra.   He has never been great at dealing with issues in VMK and communicating.  He is a great game designer and we owe a lot of thanks for what he brought us.  It is difficult to see whats going on here and what issues behind the scene may exist.  From this and other signs It appears the presure may be on to justify Vmk's existance and continued FREEness.  He could be just talking or he could be crypticly telling us something that is so vauge we can't be sure what it is. 

I avoid cross-posting exactly when I can but this is how I deciphered it. It's possible you read it elsewhere.

At Disney we work very hard to make VMK a fun and safe environment for Guest of all ages.

With VMK we've always tired to innovate, be creative and do exciting new things. Sometimes those ideas work great, and sometimes we need to keep working on them and prefecting them. But as Walt said, "We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths." And of course, as we always have, we very much appreciate that you are with us on the journey. 

We are Disney - we do care we do work hard forr you and want this to be a fun safe magical place. We appreciate you.

VMK or Virtual Magic Kingdom is a FREE online multiplayer game and was launched as part of a promotion for the Disneyland 50th Celebration. 

VMK is FREE and was a marketing promotion that has reached its conclusion but continues to be FREE as long as I can continue to povide the above and justify its existance (don't rock the boat to muchor the boat may tip over)

We've built an awesome community, and VMK Players do their part too. Like any game or community, VMK has rules and guidelines that our players MUST follow to visit and play in the Virtual Magic Kingdom.

That said, I thought it would be a good idea to talk briefly about our game rules, the VMK Values.

The rules are very simple. If you follow them, everybody has a lot of fun. If you break them you'll find yourself banned from VMK, which isn't very fun. They're all important, but these are a few I want to focus on today  Insert VMK values

Here is our simple rules - we won't tell you the specifics of how or what broke the rules during the quest or tell you I am specificly refering to VMK Pal but if your Mom would not approve don't do it (they may fall short here with some current parenting skills and computer supervision)

Alright, so now I'm hopping off my soap box and getting back to the game. We've got a Topsy Turvy month ahead, so enjoy it and have fun! 

We have a new month, a new theam lets put this behind us and get back to having fun

Remember again, VMK or Virtual Magic Kingdom is a FREE online multiplayer game. VMK was launched as part of a promotion for the Disneyland 50th Celebration. Let's keep VMK a fun and safe place to play! 

VMK is FREE and started as part of a promotion that has ended. I have to justify it's existance and it's remaining FREE. It costs us money to run this but we understand you are our current and future customers and this is the future of entertainment, want you to enjoy it, we want it to be a safe fun place for your family. We will try to do better - just don't rock the boat and follow the rules.

I think that interprets the update. To summerize: We are part of the Disney family, it's Free, we are trying to find a new direction. We will try to do better but you need to follow the rules and not make trouble for us. If you want to continue to have fun for Free. Lets get past this and get back to the fun.