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In May, a cousin got me started in an online game called Fallensword, run by hunted Cow Studios.He had used the game to help him rehab his thinking processes after several strokes, and thought it would help me, after I had had a bad car wreck.I joined and found out to get more out of the game, you had to upgrade your game character, which cost game points.You either did surveys for game points thru the game, which didnt pay out most of the time as they were supposed to, or you bought game points outright, for real money.After playing for several months, Hunted Cow Studios shut down my game account because my cousin was helping me to get better gear thru the game, I would send him gold I made playing, and when he got enough, he would trade the game gold in for game points.He would also sell me enhancements for my character, called buffs, and let me pay him out of the gold I made playing, after I played.Then in Sept, Hunted Cow studios shut down my account, as well as my cousins and his wifes claiming because I came over to his house and played on my laptop off his wireless connection, we were all the same person, even tho him and his wife had verified who they were by sending copies of their disability papers, which I could have done as well.I had spent well over 300.oo dollars real money on this game, besides the value of the points I did get doing their surveys, which caused me no end of spam.As a disabled person, I dont get a lot each month to live on, but had spent the money on the game thinking I would be able to play it for a long time, instead, I didnt get to play but about 6 months.They need to either re-instate my game character and pay me for the time I lost because of their foolishness, or pay me for the money I spent and the game points I had earned.They didnt even ask me to verify who I was, just shut me down, even tho I played at the rehab center I was living at as much as I played at cousin Daves.Hunted Cows, pay me for what you took, or give me back my character, firefreddy, and give dave his skunkdaddy character as well !
HCS still continues to "amaze" - the forum administration is draconian at best and petty beyond belief at worst. You reply to a comment from the forum manager and you get the post deleted because it's "off-topic" - how is replying to a subject YOU brought up, off topic ?
The game development has stagnated completely - content, despite being promised to be a regular update now happens (if we're LUCKY) 4x / year and pretty much all bug-fixes / enhancements / updates are on hold until the mobile platform is complete. This is a platform that they say is progressing well, despite it being in production for almost 18 months now and is still only at Alpha 2 stage, with many features still missing.
I think that HCS need to level with their customers, be honest about their intentions for the game because, as I see it, they are spending less and less time on it (despite protestations to the contrary) and are alienating more and more players.
A little honesty goes a long way ...
I would not worry about it too much. The game is a farce. I played it for 3 years, and during that time, Hunted Cow Studios have displayed a complete disregard for proper IT programming procedures. They implement code on Fridays and leave for the weekend. They program in production. They do not test their code prior to implementing. They have promised functionality and never delivered.
They also do not appreciate their customer base. If anyone dares to disagree with them on their forum (when asked for opinions), their post is deleted as "non-constructive". They have gone from 2500 average players to 500 average players, and are about to lose a lot more (including me).
I would advise anyone to avoid any game written or managed by Hunted Cow Studios. Their management is just plain bad.