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Friday, December 21, 2012

End of Days: Snipe and Shank Bundle 12/21

Snipe and Shank Bundle, only *cough* $99

You get 5 Virago, henchmen, [213/141]

+60 Skill Points

5 Hogan Easyrider, vehicle [141/213]

and the Snipe & Shank, weapon [242/229]

Like the last several bundles they have offered us, my reply is the same:

No Sale

Thursday, January 19, 2012

MAFIA WARS End Of Days mission event ends tonight

Just a reminder, the End Of Days mission event for Mafia Wars ends in a matter of hours. Will you get finished?

I'm finishing up the last of my ices for the final mission, Post Script now. Cuttin' it close.

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

MAFIA WARS Zynga player survey: End Of Days Mission Event

More Mafia Wars player surveys from the Mafia Wars fan page on Facebook--this one is about the End Of Days mission event. I think many of us will have something to say about this one. I know I will!

FGx <-- Take a quick survey about this event.

Sunday, January 15, 2012

End Of Days mission event, mission #10: Post Script

Post Script is the tenth and final mission in the End Of Days mission event for Mafia Wars. For the objective 0/6 COLLECT FROM YOUR HEADQUARTERS 6 TIMES, you can collect from your Headquarters every 8 hours, so if you're really on top of things, this mission will only take you two days. Probably for me though, it's going to take about 3 days, assuming I remember to collect from my Headquarters at least twice a day.

For this one, 0/15 CLEAR 15 ROBBING BOARDS, if you click the Go Now button, you will be directed to clear a robbing board in Chicago. However, for this objective, you can clear a robbing board in any city and it will count.

It'll also take me some to ice 100 opponents in New York, but it will be done before I collect from my Headquarters the required number of times. If you're a player who has no trouble meeting your daily ices for Family Progression, you'll find this one easy.

Post Script

Rosario Dominquez

Did we do the right thing? It is so empty and boring.

Objectives

0/15 CLEAR 15 ROBBING BOARDS.
Easy pickings.
0/6 COLLECT FROM YOUR HEADQUARTERS 6 TIMES.
Why spare your own?
7/100 ICE 100 OPPONENTS IN NEW YORK.
Come out, come out, wherever you are?

NEW MISSION EVENT: End Of Days
Mission #1: Alpha
Mission #2: In The Beginning
Mission #3: The Big Bang
Mission #4: Redemption
Mission #5: Resolution
Mission #6: Retribution
Mission #7: Armageddon
Mission #8: ...With a Whimper
Mission #9: Omega
Mission #10: Post Script

This mission event was first released with objectives that were literally impossible to complete in the given time frame--I called it Mission Impossible, and later amended or "retuned" to make it easier to complete.

Saturday, January 14, 2012

End Of Days mission event, mission #9: Omega

This is mission number 9 in the End Of Days mission event for Mafia Wars. On first glance, you might think that looting 30 Wintermutes is gonna be hard, but it wasn't--not for me, at least, and I don't claim any special treatment. Wintermutes dropped like ...well, I'll spare you the cliches. They dropped at a high rate, and I actually completed that objective before I even finished the 300 fights in Brazil. And those two objectives are rather closely tied together.

The longest wait was for the middle objective of building 3 items in your Weapons Depot. You can build every 18 hours in your Weapons Depot. Unless you speed build.

Omega

Rosario Dominquez

So this is what the end looks like.

Objectives

0/30 LOOT 30 WINTERMUTES FROM FIGHTS.
The remains of the day.
0/3 BUILD 3 WEAPONS IN THE WEAPONS DEPOT.
Shiny, new toys. How lovely!
0/300 WIN 300 FIGHTS IN BRAZIL.
Time to bring it all to an end.

Friday, January 13, 2012

End Of Days mission event, mission #8: ...With A Whimper

This is the 8th mission in the End Of Days mission event for Mafia Wars, called "... With a Whimper". This is fortunately another mission that can be completed without too much hassle on your part--a big relief to me, given the rocky start of this mission event. When I got to this mission today, the objective of asking for 30 satchel charges was already completed.

Before you begin 0/20 LOOT 20 MEDIATORS FROM JOB: "CATCH A SABOTEUR", make sure you fill your Lockpick crew member in Chicago activated, that will make looting 20 Mediators a little less painful, as you will get double loot drops while that crew member is active.

For the objective of robbing 30 docks, you needn't waste stamina on clearing whole robbing boards, unless you just want to. I cleared a few boards, but then I switched to my rivals list and just started robbing someone's dock over and over. It won't count for unsuccessful robbing attempts, but you can rob the same target over and over, and each successful robbing attempt will count.

... With a Whimper

Rosario Dominquez

I read in a poem once: this is how the world shall end - not with a bang, but with a whimper.

Objectives

0/20 LOOT 20 MEDIATORS FROM JOB: "CATCH A SABOTEUR".
Middle-men do serve a purpose.
30/30 ASK FOR 30 SATCHEL CHARGES FROM MAFIA.
0/30 ROB 30 DOCKS.
We will just be borrowing this - forever!

A Slow News Day for Mafia Wars

...and thank gawd! I've had my head buried in text books much of the day. I managed to stay plugged in to Mafia Wars nonetheless, but I wasn't very engaged. It was very nice and appreciated to not have 10 million new things in the game to deal with, for once.

I saw earlier today that they have brought back those lame group sales. We haven't seen one in awhile, and last I checked, participation wasn't that great. I guess Zynga thought otherwise, as there's another group sale in the Mafia Wars marketplace and also the home page banner, for the Rivet Leather, AND this one is going to last a whole week ::yawn::. The idea is, the more people buy the item, the more its stats increase...but so does the cost for anyone who buys later rather than sooner. Supposedly this is meant to prompt you to buy quickly, but this tactic hasn't ever worked on me. I think their prices are laughable for a loot item that isn't that great and will be quickly outdated.

Speaking of over priced, Zynga is still trying to push these "collector's edition items" on us. Not surprisingly, they aren't faring any better than they did last year. Not even 1500 sold on this round of the Scion Heavy Machine before it was finally yanked from the home page a short while ago. I've always mocked their pricing, and reducing their prices in order to gain more sales is apparently not something within Zynga's scope of understanding. I am not gonna pay 35 reward points for a piece of loot. But what do I know?

Oh, I finished mission number 7 in the End Of Days mission event awhile ago--Armageddon, and had a funny thing happen. The New Year's Resolution screen popped up again out of the blue, right underneath the Mission Complete drop-down. I'm pretty sure I saw someone post about this a day or two ago; you'd think Zynga would have already fixed that? And no, sadly, I wasn't able to claim more Ms. PAC Partys :(

Although, predictably, the option to waste reward points to buy more votes was still there. Go figure.

And it would be a day at Zynga without some bug or problem, right? Apparently the Draw button wasn't working for some players, and some winning hands weren't winning--well, I did say the house odds would probably suck!

I haven't personally, encountered any problems with the Mafia Poker, at least not that I noticed, and I did play a few dozen hands. In fact it crossed my mind that this was a rare 'win' for Zynga. An easy ingame 'feature' that doesn't completely suck, doesn't force us to BUY BUY BUY, yet still prompts us to send Facebook requests in the form of Poker Cards--Zynga makes money when we send those requests.

Anyway, Zynga is blaming whatever issues people were having on the players using scripts and multi-tabs. I guess that could be the case, but my money's on it being a Zynga bug.

Hello Mafia Players,

We are aware that some of you are experiencing the following issue:

Mafia Poker Issues

Issue: Some players report that their "Draw" button goes missing. Others report that, even after understanding that we consider the Ace the highest card, not the lowest, they will sometimes lose with a winning hand, such as two pairs vs. the dealer having just one.

Status: We have determined that most, if not all, of these issues are the result of playing Mafia Wars in multiple tabs/windows and/or with scripts. Please try disabling any scripts you may be using and playing the game in only one tab or window. If, after doing this, you still experience any issues with Mafia Poker, please add your details to this Bug Report.

Workaround: Disable scripts and play Mafia Wars in only one tab/window at a time. If you know of another workaround for this issue, please Submit A Workaround.

Thanks,
The Mafia Wars Team

One last thing--two, actually. Earlier today when I was accepting gifts from my ZMC, the gifts weren't disappearing after I accepted them, which I found much to my liking. It's easier to pick and choose which gifts to accept when the whole dang ZMC screen isn't jumping around due to previously accepted gifts going poof. It was like that for a couple of hours and I'd thought it was something new. But now the gifts are back to disappearing again after I accept them. Doh!

I've had a comment here and a couple of emails from people asking what I mean when I refer to the ZMC. By ZMC we mean "Zynga Message Center". It's the little envelope in the upper right of your Mafia Wars screen that holds your gifts. And now you've learned something today.

Have a great weekend!

Thursday, January 12, 2012

End of Days mission event, mission #7: Armageddon

Armageddon is the7th mission in the End Of Days mission event for Mafia Wars.

Remember to go slooooowwwwwwllllly when activating those crew members in Chicago, or the mission ticker is very likely to miscount--and not in your favor. You can fill 8 crew member positions at a time, then you'll need to wait 8 hours before you can fill the rest to accomplish the objective 0/12 ACTIVATE 12 CREW MEMBERS IN CHICAGO.

You're going to have to do some waiting anyway, though. The objective 0/30 JOB: "NARROWLY SURVIVE AN ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT" is going to cost me over 6000 energy. Fortunately I waited to see what this mission would entail before spending my energy, and I also have an energy pack coming due. I might be able to get this one done tonight, but I should definitely be able to complete it by the time I can activate more crew members tomorrow morning.

0/12 MAKE 12 ITEMS FROM YOUR WORKSHOP will probably be the biggest wait. The Workshop is one of your Brazil properties, and you can craft up to 6 items every 18 hours.

Armageddon

Rosario Dominquez

The biggest party of the year has just started. Where were you?

Objectives

0/12 ACTIVATE 12 CREW MEMBERS IN CHICAGO.
Come one, come all!
0/30 JOB: "NARROWLY SURVIVE AN ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT"
They need to develop a sense of humor.
0/12 MAKE 12 ITEMS FROM YOUR WORKSHOP.
Make them laugh, make them laugh!

End Of Days mission event, mission #6: Retribution

This is the sixth mission in the End Of Days mission event for Mafia Wars, and it's called Retribution. This one didn't take too long to complete, fortunately. Given the considerable delay and changes at the beginning of this mission event, it's had me running nervous about whether I'm going to be able to get this thing done, and being able to square away at least one mission quickly was a relief.

The first and last objectives can somewhat be tied together--winning 200 fights in Brazil, and acquiring 20 Henchmen, since you can get Henchmen as loot drops while fighting. The Go Now button will direct you to the Brazil city store, although you can purchase Henchmen in any of the city stores and it will count. I got most of mine just by fighting as I normally would.

0/15 GET SUPPORT FROM YOUR MAFIA, this one can be fulfilled by answering crew requests from your mafia, and also be sending out requests. I got this one accomplished by doing both; it may involve a little wait time for people to respond, but it won't be too painful and drawn-out if you have a responsive mafia. Try just asking your news feed who is online and can accept the request quickly.

Retribution

Rosario Dominquez

It is all about momentum. No one can stop me now.

Objectives

0/200 WIN 200 FIGHTS IN BRAZIL.
A little warm up before the big day.
0/15 GET SUPPORT FROM YOUR MAFIA.
Come one, come all!
0/20 ACQUIRE 20 HENCHMEN.
Their loyalty shall be rewarded.

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

End Of Days mission event, mission #5: Resolution

Mission number 5 in the End Of Days mission event for Mafia Wars is called Resolution. This is one of the better missions so far in this mission event, compared to how much time the others required. The most obvious wait time will be about 8 hours, if you're able to Declare War as soon as you get to this mission. The objective 0/40 JOB: "DODGE A FIREBOMBING ON YOUR HEADQUARTERS" looks like it'll take me about 7500 energy. If you have a lot of energy that won't be very painful, but it may take some 'strategerie' and a level up or three for many of us. With a little care, it won't take any longer than the wait on your second war.

For the last objective, acquiring 15 animals, clicking the Go Now button will direct you to the Chicago City Store. You can buy the animals from the city stores in ANY city. But you can also acquire animals just by doing your normal fighting, as they sometimes drop from fights. Since you have to wait anyway, that's what I opted to do.

Resolution

Rosario Dominquez

Over the years, I have ruffled a few feathers.

Objectives

1/2 WIN 2 WARS.
Deliver the killing blow.
0/40 JOB: "DODGE A FIREBOMBING ON YOUR HEADQUARTERS"
Sooner or later they were bound to come after you.
0/15 ACQUIRE 15 ANIMALS.
Protection comes in many forms.

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

End of Days mission event, mission #4: Redemption

This is the 4th mission in the End Of Days mission event for Mafia Wars. Called Redemption, I read on another site that the Construction Workers got...redeemed, on this mission. In my case, the objective to 20/20 ASK FOR 20 CONSTRUCTION WORKERS FROM MAFIA was likewise already fulfilled when I reached this mission this morning, but my inventory of Construction Workers appears untouched. Since others have seen disappearing inventory of Construction Workers, you may want to check your numbers before you get to this mission, if you haven't already.

Icing 40 opponents in New York should hopefully be easily completed. That will probably take me full stamina, and maybe half again, but that shouldn't be a problem since I'll be waiting on the Chop Shop objective.

If you don't speed build from your properties ever, then you're still looking at about a 4 day wait for this mission, on account of the objective to build 4 vehicles from your Chop Shop. Speed Builds are one of the few things in this game that I do spend RPs on, although I still wait several hours between builds for the reduced RP cost. I should hopefully have this completed, and thus the mission completed, by tomorrow afternoon.

Redemption

Rosario Dominquez

Forgive me father for I have sinned.

Objectives

20/20 ASK FOR 20 CONSTRUCTION WORKERS FROM MAFIA.
1/4 BUILD 4 VEHICLES IN THE CHOP SHOP.
Move in style - so what if it is the end of the world.
0/40 ICE 40 OPPONENTS IN NEW YORK.
Your blade gently weeps.

Monday, January 9, 2012

End of Days mission event, mission #3: The Big Bang

This third mission in the End Of Days mission event for Mafia Wars is fairly straightforward, although it does involve some wait time for the wars. I should have it finished tomorrow morning. It will take a good deal of energy to loot the 25 Beer Barrels, but I was still able to get all those done earlier today, long before finishing the war part of the mission. For the robbing boards--you can clear those in any city to complete the objective for this mission.

The Big Bang

Rosario Dominquez

The enemy of my enemy is my friend?

Objectives

0/12 CLEAR 12 ROBBING BOARDS.
Send out a clear message to your enemies.
0/4 DECLARE A WAR 4 TIMES.
Watch them shudder.
0/25 LOOT 25 BEER BARRELS FROM JOB: "SET UP A RUM RUNNING BASE OF OPERATION".
You need to take care of your troops.

Saturday, January 7, 2012

End Of Days mission event, mission #2: In The Beginning

Now that Zynga has "retuned" this mission event in order for it to be completable, I'm finally on the second mission in the End Of Days mission event for Mafia Wars, which is called In The Beginning. I'm right away not thrilled with the exorbitant energy costs of this retuned mission, but that's not wholly out of the ordinary so I'm game to give it a try.

The first objective is to 0/12 ACTIVATE 12 CREW MEMBERS IN BRAZIL. Well, you're going to have to wait at least 8 hours to complete this one, as you can only activate up to 8 crew members at one time.

Remember to GO SLOW when activating crew members, because these missions are notorious for not counting all activations otherwise. As you can see above, it still missed 2 of mine, even though I thought I was clicking slow enough. I should be ok as long as I go even slower in 8 more hours when I can activate more crew members to finish this objective.

I did run into this little graphical glitch, which freaked me out at first. The next time I entered the game, it didn't look like I had any crew members activated, even though I had just activated all of them not 5 minutes previously. The crew members are still there though, and this didn't affect the activations already counted for.

For the next objective, 0/40 ROB 40 TIMES IN BRAZIL, things are relatively straightforward but I still ran into some problems. Mafia Wars does count all successful robbing attempts won when you use Rob Squads. Or it's supposed to. The problem I encountered was that it didn't count two of my robbing boards that I cleared in Brazil, nor did it seem to be a cache or reloading issue. They just weren't counted. It wasn't a huge deal for me as I had enough stamina to cover it, but you may have to contact Customer Support if you encounter the same.

This is the part I'm still grumbly about. I've got to do this already-mastered job 30 more times? And at 675 energy a pop that's going to shake out to around 20,000 energy spent on this one freakin' objective. Good thing I still have an 8 hour wait for the crew members, but this one may take even longer. We'll see.

In the Beginning

Rosario Dominquez

I am making a list! Santa might have gone, but the naughty ones still need to be punished.

Objectives

0/12 ACTIVATE 12 CREW MEMBERS IN BRAZIL.
Spread your web across the world.
0/40 ROB 40 TIMES IN BRAZIL.
Weaken them by taking away what is precious to them.
0/30 JOB: "NEGOTIATE A SIT-DOWN WITH THE COMANDO DO CANDIRU"
One must learn the art of negotiation using the barrel of a gun.

END OF DAYS: Mission Impossible becomes Mission Possible

You may now actually be able to complete the ~~Mission Impossible~~ End Of Days mission event in Mafia Wars!

I first noticed this on the mission bar ↑ Instead of building 18 items from your Speakeasy, it now says 6.

I found this on the forums:

Today we retuned our quest event to reduce the difficulty of some tasks that were set to be more difficult than intended. We made these changes quickly so that players would have enough time to complete the new mission tasks. We would also like to assure those who spent RP to complete any mission tasks will have those RP refunded next week.

Thanks,

The Mafia Wars Team

Unintended? :D Well, I'm very glad that this change has been made. I hope the changes are significant enough that we can still get this done despite the nearly 2 days now lost. And for those that spent RPs trying to get the original missions done, refunds may be imminent. That doesn't happen often, and that, to me, makes this gesture sincere.

Here's what the first mission, Alpha, looked like before.

Here's what it looks like now. That's the difference between one day of building items and nearly three days of building items. (The difference in XP rewards are just because the screen shots were taken from different accounts, there has been no change in the XP rewards.)

I'm glad this has taken place, I was very unhappy; for a long time, I did not enjoy and did not participate in the mission events. The past few mission events however, I've started doing the missions and completing the mission events. It would have sucked to 'lose' this feature so soon after I started enjoying it.

Friday, January 6, 2012

MISSION IMPOSSIBLE, END OF DAYS: impossible to complete, unless of course you PAY

Seriously, don't bother. It looks like you can NOT complete the End Of Days Mission Event in Mafia Wars without paying and paying dearly to do so. It's literally impossible. After looking at some of the screen shots posted by other players who were for some reason willing to actually pay to get this done, I'm guesstimating it would take almost 19 days to complete the wars and building and collecting of properties alone--that's not even counting some of the objectives that require large amounts of energy wasted on doing some specific job over and over again, which would likely result in waiting for energy to refill for most of us. And that's IF you declare war, build, and collect exactly at the time you're able to do so. Most highly-engaged, several-times-a-day players cannot meet that, so for those of us who play normally, you're looking at more like 26 days by my guesstimate--and again that's only for the parts involving wars, building from properties, and collecting from properties. There's less than 14 days in which to do this thing. My guesstimates may be off by a day or two here and there, but the conclusion is pretty obvious.

The only way this can be saved is if somehow the objectives in upcoming missions will count previous property collections and builds, and wars declared and won, which I doubt will be the case. I'd be surprised. I will play through the first few missions to be sure though.

If this turns out to be truly impossible, I think Zynga can kiss goodbye several thousand more players, and I might just be one of them. This game is already not worth paying much if anything for, and this mission event makes it look like they're trying to make this one of the most expensive games out there. At this rate it costs you more than other BETTER subscription games available, and I'm sick of all this BUY BUY BUY being shoved down our throats. That's poor business practice, if that's how they think they can "double paying customers".

NEW MISSION EVENT: End Of Days
Mission #1: Alpha
Mission #2: In The Beginning
Mission #3: The Big Bang
Mission #4: Redemption
Mission #5: Resolution
Mission #6: Retribution
Mission #7: Armageddon
Mission #8: ...With a Whimper
Mission #9: Omega
Mission #10: Post Script

This mission event was first released with objectives that were literally impossible to complete in the given time frame--I called it Mission Impossible, and later amended or "retuned" to make it easier to complete.

Thursday, January 5, 2012

End of Days mission event, mission #1: Alpha

For the first mission in the End Of Days mission event in Mafia Wars, fittingly called Alpha, the first objective is going to take the longest to complete. You can build 6 items from your Speakeasy every 18 hours, so in other words, almost 3 days for this first mission? Not a great way to kick if off, Zynga, geez :(

Anyhoo, the other two objectives are pretty easy by comparison. You can get 20 crew members either by sending requests, or answering requests for the same from your mafia members. Fighting 100 times in Chicago means just that--basically making any attack off the fight list in Chicago will fulfill this objective. Doesn't matter if the opponent is already iced, doesn't even matter if you lose the fight, it counts. If you find a healthy opponent, you could even accomplish that on one target!

Alpha

Rosario Dominquez

They say the world will end this year. They are right.

Objectives

0/18 MAKE 18 ITEMS IN THE SPEAKEASY IN CHICAGO.
Start preparing for the end. It is not going to be that easy.
0/20 GET 20 CREW MEMBERS IN CHICAGO.
You will need all the help that you can get.
0/100 FIGHT 100 TIMES IN CHICAGO.
Good old fashioned brawling - to get the juices flowing.

Mafia Wars from a Player's Perspective

Friday, December 21, 2012

Thursday, January 19, 2012

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

http://zyn.ga/FGx <-- Take a quick survey about this event.

Sunday, January 15, 2012

Post Script

Rosario Dominquez

Objectives

0/15 CLEAR 15 ROBBING BOARDS.

0/6 COLLECT FROM YOUR HEADQUARTERS 6 TIMES.

7/100 ICE 100 OPPONENTS IN NEW YORK.

Saturday, January 14, 2012

Omega

Rosario Dominquez

Objectives

0/30 LOOT 30 WINTERMUTES FROM FIGHTS.

0/3 BUILD 3 WEAPONS IN THE WEAPONS DEPOT.

0/300 WIN 300 FIGHTS IN BRAZIL.

Friday, January 13, 2012

... With a Whimper

Rosario Dominquez

Objectives

0/20 LOOT 20 MEDIATORS FROM JOB: "CATCH A SABOTEUR".

30/30 ASK FOR 30 SATCHEL CHARGES FROM MAFIA.

0/30 ROB 30 DOCKS.

Thursday, January 12, 2012

Armageddon

Rosario Dominquez

Objectives

0/12 ACTIVATE 12 CREW MEMBERS IN CHICAGO.

0/30 JOB: "NARROWLY SURVIVE AN ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT"

0/12 MAKE 12 ITEMS FROM YOUR WORKSHOP.

Retribution

Rosario Dominquez

Objectives

0/200 WIN 200 FIGHTS IN BRAZIL.

0/15 GET SUPPORT FROM YOUR MAFIA.

0/20 ACQUIRE 20 HENCHMEN.

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Resolution

Rosario Dominquez

Objectives

1/2 WIN 2 WARS.

0/40 JOB: "DODGE A FIREBOMBING ON YOUR HEADQUARTERS"

0/15 ACQUIRE 15 ANIMALS.

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Redemption

Rosario Dominquez

Objectives

20/20 ASK FOR 20 CONSTRUCTION WORKERS FROM MAFIA.

1/4 BUILD 4 VEHICLES IN THE CHOP SHOP.

0/40 ICE 40 OPPONENTS IN NEW YORK.

Monday, January 9, 2012

The Big Bang

Rosario Dominquez

Objectives

0/12 CLEAR 12 ROBBING BOARDS.

0/4 DECLARE A WAR 4 TIMES.

0/25 LOOT 25 BEER BARRELS FROM JOB: "SET UP A RUM RUNNING BASE OF OPERATION".

Saturday, January 7, 2012

In the Beginning

Rosario Dominquez

Objectives

0/12 ACTIVATE 12 CREW MEMBERS IN BRAZIL.

0/40 ROB 40 TIMES IN BRAZIL.

0/30 JOB: "NEGOTIATE A SIT-DOWN WITH THE COMANDO DO CANDIRU"

Friday, January 6, 2012

Thursday, January 5, 2012

Alpha

Rosario Dominquez

Objectives

0/18 MAKE 18 ITEMS IN THE SPEAKEASY IN CHICAGO.

0/20 GET 20 CREW MEMBERS IN CHICAGO.

0/100 FIGHT 100 TIMES IN CHICAGO.