Hello weevils!
It has sure been a while since I last posted! I've unfortunately gained writer's block due to having to currently jump over some very several extreme obstacles in my life as well as the fact that Bin Weevils simply has nothing to offer and that I am simply beginning to be less and less bothered with both Bin Weevils and Weevil World. But, despite all that, I have successfully been able to produce this duo-topic post based on a recent new Weevil World update and a feature that SHOULD be on Bin Weevils at this time of the year!
Let's start with the good stuff - the leaderboards!
It has sure been a while since I last posted! I've unfortunately gained writer's block due to having to currently jump over some very several extreme obstacles in my life as well as the fact that Bin Weevils simply has nothing to offer and that I am simply beginning to be less and less bothered with both Bin Weevils and Weevil World. But, despite all that, I have successfully been able to produce this duo-topic post based on a recent new Weevil World update and a feature that SHOULD be on Bin Weevils at this time of the year!
Let's start with the good stuff - the leaderboards!
At last! The new 'Weevil of the Week' competition which they had described as some form of return to 'King of The Bin' is now actually beginning to shape up like an ACTUAL return to 'King of The Bin' which is absolutely fantastic for once! Now, let's look back at a response that I was once sent in regard to an email I sent to them sometime ago:
Now, as you can see, they mentioned the discussion of 'expanded leaderboard functionality' in the reply and for once, they ACTUALLY meant it when they said it which scores more points for 55Pixels since they don't tend to really stick to it when they talk about discussion certain new additions (such as the possible return to the arcade in Kip's Scrapyard).
There are now worldwide leaderboards which in my opinion, makes the game more playable since there is actually something put in place which helps motivate you doing the repetition of several mini-games and other features! Furthermore, they've also improved the multiplayer game leaderboards since they now give you an actual score value whilst in the old bin, you used to just appear on the leaderboard without any form of score at all so that's yet another thing I am actually proud of!
The only issues I have with this feature are that firstly, there is only one single player game which contains worldwide leaderboards though that can easily be solved through creating new games. Secondly, there are leaderboards for things like 'Gifts sent' and 'Gifts received' which I find particularly stupid because it will just encourage people to spam a bunch of cheap items such as shelves to their friends (I could gift a load of them since I have over 13 million mulch at the moment) whilst the other leaderboard pretty much judges you on how kind your own friends are which is also quite odd and if anything, it will just encourage people to either nag their friends for gifts or potentially, they can simply cheat the system by creating several accounts and gifting themselves through those so yes, I do think those particular leaderboards shouldn't have been created to begin with.
But other than that, I think its a huge leap forward and for the first time ever in Rant Central history, I might actually remove a topic from the 'Current Issues' page (which is the topic regarding all the faults with the 'Weevil of the Week' competition)! It is also another one of those rare occasions where I include so much praise despite this site supposed to be dedicated around ranting!
Now let's move onto the Summer Fair issue. The issue is, where the heck is it? Here is what the missing subject looks like:
There are now worldwide leaderboards which in my opinion, makes the game more playable since there is actually something put in place which helps motivate you doing the repetition of several mini-games and other features! Furthermore, they've also improved the multiplayer game leaderboards since they now give you an actual score value whilst in the old bin, you used to just appear on the leaderboard without any form of score at all so that's yet another thing I am actually proud of!
The only issues I have with this feature are that firstly, there is only one single player game which contains worldwide leaderboards though that can easily be solved through creating new games. Secondly, there are leaderboards for things like 'Gifts sent' and 'Gifts received' which I find particularly stupid because it will just encourage people to spam a bunch of cheap items such as shelves to their friends (I could gift a load of them since I have over 13 million mulch at the moment) whilst the other leaderboard pretty much judges you on how kind your own friends are which is also quite odd and if anything, it will just encourage people to either nag their friends for gifts or potentially, they can simply cheat the system by creating several accounts and gifting themselves through those so yes, I do think those particular leaderboards shouldn't have been created to begin with.
But other than that, I think its a huge leap forward and for the first time ever in Rant Central history, I might actually remove a topic from the 'Current Issues' page (which is the topic regarding all the faults with the 'Weevil of the Week' competition)! It is also another one of those rare occasions where I include so much praise despite this site supposed to be dedicated around ranting!
Now let's move onto the Summer Fair issue. The issue is, where the heck is it? Here is what the missing subject looks like:
So yes, it appears as if they haven't bothered releasing the fair this year which is quite a shame because it was pretty much an annual tradition which helped highlight the excitement of the Summer holidays. Though even then, it would be a lose-lose situation anyway since even if they did bring out the fair, chances are that it would just be recycled yet again which would still give me something to rant about so I guess it was easier to simply not bother lifting a finger!
So either the company are lazy or they have genuinely forgotten which actually did happen one year where I think they ended up releasing it in August (talk about a bad hair day!) so I wonder if history will repeat itself? Though even then, the playerbase has dramatically fallen to the point that they might not be able to be even reminded anymore so this could truly well be the first Summer that doesn't ever host the Summer fair (excluding years where the concept never existed)!
I myself don't really care being as its not like I can even take part in everything due to not being a Bin Tycoon but I reckon there is a very small minority that would have wanted to see the fair return recycled or not and it is quite a shame on their behalf that you failed to insert a line of code. These sorts of things will just result in your players going elsewhere to play and your game is already dead as it is so are you really going to just sit there and let that happen?
If you have seen the Summer Fair anywhere, please contact your local police department because it has been missing for quite a few weeks now! Oh, and Brighton Pier may look like the Summer Fair but its nothing but a look-a-like (you can tell its a look-a-like since when you actually go into Brighton Pier, you can tell that its actually entertaining and good compared to the Summer Fair!).
I have no idea when the next post will be due to the reasons stated at the start of this post but I will try my best to deliver as much as possible. And if I am honest, it has come to the point where ranting about Bin Weevils will no longer do anything to help improve the game because the game is simply a lost cause that needs to just close already and that this site itself only really serves the purpose to show how bad 55Pixels are as a company! But, other than that...
That's it for this post!
So either the company are lazy or they have genuinely forgotten which actually did happen one year where I think they ended up releasing it in August (talk about a bad hair day!) so I wonder if history will repeat itself? Though even then, the playerbase has dramatically fallen to the point that they might not be able to be even reminded anymore so this could truly well be the first Summer that doesn't ever host the Summer fair (excluding years where the concept never existed)!
I myself don't really care being as its not like I can even take part in everything due to not being a Bin Tycoon but I reckon there is a very small minority that would have wanted to see the fair return recycled or not and it is quite a shame on their behalf that you failed to insert a line of code. These sorts of things will just result in your players going elsewhere to play and your game is already dead as it is so are you really going to just sit there and let that happen?
If you have seen the Summer Fair anywhere, please contact your local police department because it has been missing for quite a few weeks now! Oh, and Brighton Pier may look like the Summer Fair but its nothing but a look-a-like (you can tell its a look-a-like since when you actually go into Brighton Pier, you can tell that its actually entertaining and good compared to the Summer Fair!).
I have no idea when the next post will be due to the reasons stated at the start of this post but I will try my best to deliver as much as possible. And if I am honest, it has come to the point where ranting about Bin Weevils will no longer do anything to help improve the game because the game is simply a lost cause that needs to just close already and that this site itself only really serves the purpose to show how bad 55Pixels are as a company! But, other than that...
That's it for this post!