When Mob Wars Strikes
My life has changed dramatically since Stiles got me to start playing Mob Wars. It's an incredibly linear --yet challenging -- game on Facebook. In the game, you do "jobs" to earn money so you can stock up on weapons or property. And that stuff helps you earn money.

So my conversations have turned into things like this:

"I need to get seven more pump-action rifles so I can do a bank robbery."
"I think I'm going to save up so I can buy five apartments at once, get a better deal that way."
"I have to wait to get out of the hospital because some asshole attacked me five times in a row."
"I got robbed last night and lost fifteen grand!"

As if the weapons, property and jobs weren't enough to keep you busy, there are also these things called "favor points". You earn them by signing up for stupid surveys that open up your computer to assloads of spam. But with just 10 favor points the "Godfather" gives you $200K or a free mobster or full energy to perform your jobs.

Enter Stiles, who is more obsessed with Mob Wars than even me. He decides to sign up for Blockbuster's online movie rental (which he already has -- he canceled his membership and signed up again) JUST so he could get 140 favor points. Considering it takes just 10 favor points to get hundreds of thousands of dollars -- 140 favor points was worth re-signing up for Blockbuster.com.

Fifteen minutes later, his favor points didn't show up on Mob Wars. That's when he took more drastic action, writing the people at Blockbuster to demand his favor points. (Yes, they are fake points in a fake game in which you recieve fake money.)

I signed up for this offer on Facebook's Mob Wars application last night, and I still haven't received the points. The ad claims this offer would report within 15 minutes. It's been 15 hours. I've also tried several times to receive help through the application with no response.

I'm user Maeo on Mob Wars:
http://apps.new.facebook.com/mobwars/profile/?user_id=500777640

Please handle this.

It's critically important that I buy a casino before my co-worker. :)

Thanks,
M@tt

A few hours later, he sends me this screen grab (click to enlarge):



I think he bought that casino.