Clarification on ice counts

There's been some question today, brought to light by the new icing event, that seemed to indicate that kills (or 'whacks' if you're looking at your Mafia Wars profile page), are also counting as ices.

Supermoderator Cerulean Master made a post on the forums a short while ago that should help clarify. According to him, kills ARE now counted as an ice, but will count as two ices -- and also makes a blatant suggestion that this hints at future fight changes. We already know fight changes are imminent.

He also indicates that feedback on the event is wanted ~ constructively of course, I would imagine.

Additionally, CM addresses the infamous slow rollout, saying that it's still being worked on. He wants to know if anyone does NOT have the Ice Mastery Challenge in their game by Monday.

Cerulean, I'm hoping I don't have to wait til Monday for this event, or it's not just you that's going to be hearing from me ;)

Cerulean says:

Kills are counting as an Ice, but it is set to count as two. We know that kills are harder to get and usually there is only a one line message once you achieve one. This was our first step at making them worth more than an Ice. <---- Hint to the future?

If you do not have the event yet, please do not worry. The team is working on getting it out to everyone. If we still have players missing when I return Monday, getting an update will be my first priority... after that, I'll be looking for the extension thread, lol.

This event was put out there with your feedback in mind, so enjoy it. Hopefully the positive reactions can cause these to happen more often.

Thanks Jennifer for the heads up :0)

some Ice Mastery screenshots

The ice mastery bar is on the homepage module, and it is from there that you will collect your mastery reward for each level.

 You can post the mastery as a special iced post to your news feed.

 Regular ices have gotten some new wording as well, I noticed.

 Here is the mastery table. 10 ices for bronze mastery, 30 ices for silver mastery, 100 ices for gold mastery, and 200 ices for ruby mastery. Each of those gets the Tundra Tiger an upgrade in stats. I haven't gotten to the mystery prize at the end yet :0)

new Iced pop-up for event

So the pop-up IS a new one for ices during the Ice Mastery Challenge. Good luck finding live targets on the fight list right now!

 The event will be visibly-located on your Mafia Wars home page module when it arrives in your game.

Ice Mastery Challenge FAQ

The 411/FAQ about the upcoming Ice Mastery Challenge has been posted here. 

 According to this, there will be an "ice mastery bar", and there will be mastery items. The starting date is today's date, so we can assume the previously-mentioned slow rollout has already begun, and the end date is May 31st. That's Tuesday after next, so we'll have nearly two weeks with this icing challenge.

 

There'll be 5 levels of mastery. The FAQ mentions "there will be a pop-up each time you ice someone". I'm not sure if there will be a new pop-up, or if they are referring to the regular ice pop-up that we already get. 

This Tundra Tiger will be the mastery item for the first 4 levels. The stats will increase with each level of mastery. It's unclear, but sounds like the single item will just get an upgrade in stats, not that we will receive multiples.  

You'll be able to replay the event for 60 reward points, up to five times.