Back Alley Business 8/17

Street Warrior, henchmen [85/185]

Another Banner to click through, so I did and got this:

I am just *not* a huge fan of having to pay to get into someplace I have already been.

 From January New Secret District Back Alley Business

MAFIA WARS Reminder: Back Alley Business secret district ending soon

For those of you who are still working on the Back Alley Business, Brazil secret district in Mafia Wars, you might want to pick up the pace! You've got about three hours left to get-r-done. Of course, if you don't finish it this time around, Zynga will probably offer to take your money in a borked attempt to reintroduce the secret district at a later date :P

There's now also less than 24 hours remaining for Ice Season 15.

Bad Business in the Back Alley

It appears i will not be able to collect any skill points by collecting the 3 loot items unless i pay for them. According to a "helpful" player advocate at Zynga, once Ruby mastery is reached no more loot will drop. I contacted CS because ever since I reached Ruby mastery I have not had any more loot drop. My numbers stayed steady at 9, 8, and 19 respectively. I explained the situation using very simple English to Zynga CS and this is the response I received:

"Hello Jon,

Jon, I understand that you are not receiving any loot from Back Alley Business and I want to let you know this is because you have already fully mastered it, and our Developers has designed the District that after you complete it you won't receive any loot, so that's why you are not receiving Items.

If you have any other concern or question please contact me back, have a wonderful day.

Kind Regards,

A***** B********

Zynga Player Advocate "

I have to ask why this is the case. Why would loot stop dropping when I have mastered the district? I feel I am being punished for completing a Mafia Chore on time. And if this is how it has to be, why not make this seemingly important detail very clear to me as a player? I have, of course, replied to this ridiculous response from CS. I wish I could have used chat....it is so hard to explain things clearly to the Zyngons using e-mail. If there are any further developments, I will pass them on. In the mean time, keep fighting the good fight.

Zynga player survey: Back Alley Business, Brazil

Zynga has posted another survey, this one for the Back Alley Business, Brazil additional new secret district. Go HERE to take the survey. Since they seem capable of cranking out these surveys, it would be nice if they would also get back to cranking out the daily free points on their fan page and the This and Next Week blog posts every Friday. Slackers!