Welcome to the Holiday Season in Mafia Wars

[TDSM] Newsletter for 11-19-10

Welcome to the Holiday Season, we here at [TDSM] wish you and your family the best and safest celebrations possible.

Please join our webpage so you can contact us whenever you may have need. Our webpage has direct-contact chat, direct links to all of our pages, and archives of our previous newsletters. In the images above, you will see the methods used for direct contact with the [TDSM] godfather and soon, the entire officer corps. You MUST be a tagged member to join the website, and then all you have to do is enter the site, click on "Contact Us", and enter whatever name you wish, then simply click "Chat" beside where you entered your name. We would like to also invite everyone to join Skype (it is a free download and it is easy to as the questions that you have always wondered about concerning Mafia Wars), and most every day at least one of our officers would be available to help answer your questions or give you assistance. There will soon be an Easy Add feature in our website (currently being worked on by the godfather) which will allow any family member to add other members to their mafia with ease. Look for it to be active soon.

On the 26th of November, there will be a Mock War between [BDM] and [TDSM] to test the strength of our families and get more family members on both sides active. It is an OPEN Mock War, where anyone can join, all you have to do is sign up and pick a side (hopefully [TDSM] :-) ). Our goal is to determine just how many family members from each clan will participate in events so we can create more events of the appropriate scope to be enjoyable by all. For that reason, we need as many of our family members to show up as possible for the event. This event starts at 12:01 A.M. (PST) on Friday, November 26, 2010 and ends at 11:59 P.M. (PST) on Sunday, November 28, 2010. It is NOT necessary to play for the full duration of the War, however if you do it will increase your odds of winning some very nice items and it IS important that all of our family show SOME presence so that we can calculate win/loss potential for the family. There will be winners from every category, 1-100, 101-200, etc., and first, second, and third in each. IF YOU HAVE NEVER BEEN A PART OF A MOCK WAR AND ARE NERVOUS, PLEASE DO NOT BE! We are here to help you learn what you may need to know to fully enjoy the activites within Mafia Wars and the [TDSM] family. Please, just enroll on the Sign-Up Form , and meet us in skype or contact us
via Facebook messaging for assistance.

This weekend there will be an open Mock War event called Angels and Demons that is open to all people. It would be a great way to gain experience that would lead to more family activity and fun, which is our goal.

We have added new officers lately and need to remind you that ALL OFFICERS OF [TDSM] MUST BE ADDED TO YOUR FRIENDS, AND IN YOUR FRIENDS REQUEST
YOU MUST SPECIFY : "THIS IS A [TDSM] ADD REQUEST". It is easier for each of our family to add 5 or 6 officers than it is for the few officers to add 40 or 50 different individuals. We are also seeking more individuals to fill officer positions, so if any of you are interest, or even just have questions about an officer position, please contact us. Below, you will find the contact information for all officers at [TDSM] at the current time.

David Brown - [TDSM] Godfather
FB profile - http://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.php?id=100000346680598
Skype Contact - tdsmgodfather

Kaye Humble - Recruitment Officer
FB profile - http://www.facebook.com/Kaye.Humble
Skype Contact - tdsmninabear

William Eback - Recruitment Officer
FB profile - http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000198387412
Skype Contact - william.eback

Steve Lakey - Recruitment Officer
FB profile - http://www.facebook.com/stephen.lakey1
Skype Contact - britishandproud2

Kendell D. Sargeant - Communications Officer
FB profile - http://www.facebook.com/kdsargeant1
Skype contact - grandpaks

Janet Julia Sugarbaker - Communications Officer
FB profile - http://www.facebook.com/JSugarbaker
Skype Contact - julia.sugarbaker

David Lee - Communications Officer
FB profile - http://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.php?id=100000030155076
Skype Contact -

Peter White - Intelligence Officer
FB profile - http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/firey.fred
Skype Contact - colin.holt44


For those of the family who have chosen to utilize the various scripts that are floating around the net to help in MW, please remember that
if you choose to use them, you may be penalized by Zynga, up to, and including, closure of your MW account. A new program used by Zynga is
called CAPTCHA, and it logs Brawler users who have their times set too low. If you chose to use Brawler (use is NOT being endorsed by [TDSM])
then you need to ensure that you set your times to range from 5-8 seconds between attacks, and this still does NOT ensure that your activities
will not be logged at Zynga. So, be wise in your choices, and good luck. (Thanks to Peter White for this contribution)

Mafia Wars Tips and Tricks

To almost double the gifts that you receive, ESPECIALLY on the jobs like Infiltrating the Pentagon and Special Assassins, make sure that you
accept your gifts from the e-mail alerts (the envelope to the upper right of the mafia wars screen) FIRST, and once they have been accepted there
then you proceed to your game requests on your Facebook home page, where you can accept MOST items again, making it DOUBLE the fun! This technique
really makes it quick and easy to complete the collections that Zynga has been throwing at us lately. (Thanks to Peter White for this contribution).

Consumables Requests

As you all know, one of the most burdensome parts of completing ANY tier in Mafia Wars is having to replay portions that you have already completed just to acquire the necessary consumables to move ahead. We have all experienced that headache, and can feel the pain of others when they have to use multiple packs of energy just to make a little headway in the game. For that reason, we here at [TDSM] are requesting that ALL family members who
have spare consumables left over and have no further use for them, PLEASE HELP THE REST OF YOUR FAMILY, and send them to another of us who is struggling to move forward. If you have extra items that you no longer need, please contact David Lee at his profile page, or leave a message for us on our Recruitment page . We thank you, and the Family thanks you!
IF YOU, YOURSELF, HAVE A NEED FOR SUCH CONSUMABLES, YOU ALSO NEED TO CONTACT US SO THAT WE KNOW WHERE WE CAN SEND ANY THAT WE ACQUIRE FOR YOU, BUT PLEASE USE ANY ITEMS FOR YOURSELF AND NOT ANYONE WHO IS NOT IN OUR FAMILY, SINCE YOU WOULD BE TAKING FROM OUR ABILITY TO HELP THE FAMILY TO WHICH YOU BELONG. Thank you all and Happy Holidays from us all.


Good Hunting and Happy Holidays,

The [TDSM] Communications Team