Greetings, Our Fellow Dragons!!
This will be our last newsletter in the Facebook messaging system. To prevent spamming of accounts and make things much easier, we will be, from next week onward, posting our newsletter in our web page where it can be archived much more easily. All future newsletters and information can be found at http://www.tdsmdragons.com/index.html .
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[TDSM] MEMBER OF THE MONTH!!!
For his activity and loyalty, Zeus Rigorre Sumaoang has been recognized as the Family Member of the Month.
As a new [TDSM] member, he is constantly gifting to others, and was also a winner in our recent "Don" Ice Fest. Great Job Zeus!!!
If you would like to see YOUR name here, along with the gifts that come with this honor, please be more active with us. Show us YOUR mafia family spirit and loyalty.
HELP US MAKE THIS FAMILY ONE OF THE BEST IN MAFIA WARS!!!!
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We hope that this weekly newsletter finds you all doing well and having fun in
Mafia Wars, regardless of their usual glitches. We ask that all members of [TDSM] go check out our web page which is still being adjusted for the best content possible. Please drop by and then let us know what would make it look better/more functional. Your opinions count because this page is for YOU, and is a representation of the WHOLE family! Please go to the [TDSM] web page and let us know what you think. Our web page has a lot of shortcuts via hyperlinks that will take you to places ranging from our mafia family pages, to games that you can use when facebook is down! So, go there and have a look around, even send us a tweet if you want.
You can benefit from using our page in your start up menu. The benefits of this are as follows...
1. You can click on any of the links, and most pictures, to go straight to that page or any of our pages that you desire, PROVIDED you are a tagged member or approved ally.
2. While playing Mafia Wars you can now listen to music.
3. While waiting for stamina or energy you can play other games we have made available to you for free.
4. There are clickable links available to you so that you may contact myself or other officers of the family.
These are just some of the benefits available now, and still more to come. So please stop in and see what we are doing to make things more fun and interesting for you.
As all of you should know by now our Recruitment page is now open for new members, so if you know of a person who could help the family, who is active in MW, and who would like to be a part of our mafia family, please refer them to Steve Lakey (Recruitment Officer). He will guide them through the joining process. ALL ARE WELCOME, but we would prefer those who are NOT tagged with other families, since we have had continual problems with players who have multiple tags. If someone you know wants to join, but has a tag with another family, please tell them to specify their tag to Mr. Lakey so that we can ensure that there will be no problems with them tagging into our family.
Thursday, the 23rd of September, we all were unable to get into Facebook for approximately two hours. There have been numerous emails and facebook messages which stated that the site was the victim of a hacker attack or virus, and that we should change our passwords. Although changing our passwords frequently is a good idea as part of any overall security program while we utilize open, public websites as massive as Facebook, there seems to be no need for password changes due to this Facebook failure. So, before you go take any actions regarding this downtime, go to http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/11403897 . This BBC site will tell you what Facebook said happened. Thanks to Billy Evans for sharing this info.
We are going to be hosting another three day Ice Fest beginning on the second Friday of October (8th). Unlike our last Ice Fest, we will be allowing three winners total, not three per family. Therefore, you should get ready to have fun with a LOT of competition!! More details will be forthcoming in the near future, so stay tuned!
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GAME TIPS FOR THIS WEEK
The following is courtesy of Karin's Combat Arena .
"Boss Fights in Vegas—the first level is easy to beat. The next two are much tougher. Many don’t realize that if you’re crushed you can leave, go to another city where the cost to heal does not matter, then return to Vegas, pay the stamina points and fight again. The Boss will not have Re-healed. You can do this repeatedly until you get them.
There was a Weapons glitch in Vegas earlier this week. On weapons glitches I strongly recommend you don’t waste your time. After hackers used gifting tools to Counterfeit Red Angels and Lottos in late May Zygna began adding a tracking code to all weapons and Lottos after that. That way they can Identify such a glitch and roll back, warn, or delete an account. Everyone I knew that used it was fully rolled back 2 days later.
The Zygna Tool Bar—I’ve noticed with all the Zygna and FB changes this week going on that it is not always working. I have also found when it did not work I could force the boost by putting following into the URL area. First put this one in and wait till the screen changes: http://toolbar.zynga.com/game_iframe_proxy.php?playing=true then put this second code in: http://toolbar.zynga.com/click.php?to=mwgamestatsplaynow
It will force the boost that Zygna is offering at that time if the 8 hours has passed.
The New Armory
Don’t waste your precious Armory parts building the junk producing Mystery Armors. Please just accumulate your armor parts. By the time you’re able to fully build your Armory you will at least be able to build a few nice pieces of Armor. The value in the armory are the top two Armors. It’s not their equipment strength that is interesting, it’s the skill points increase depending on your needs and where you are in the game. Personally I’m building the one that gives a 10 skill point increase to my health. I have a very large personal family. After three weeks of not being able to receive my request gifts I got in on Tuesday. I was able to upgrade my armory 5 levels in one day. Had two friends who shipped me the parts to upgrade to level 9 and started my building today.
The new armory Building parts are trade able for top weapons. The rates are high right now but the are dropping. If you need weapons I’d trade my armory building parts now. Later they will be in abundance. But 20 parts now could get you something like 100 marines. You may or may not know that the best way to accumulate extra Armory Parts is to attack someone else’s Armory.
The Lotto Collection—Vaulting it doubles your drop ratio on consumables and weapons when doing jobs. Due to the Counterfeits the values are way down. You can acquire any lotto for 4 to 5 Hunters, RG, or Mugs. This makes it very affordable for most players and lets you get more of those consumables and special weapons drops at twice the speed in Vegas. The Mafia War Lady blog site below has a lot of links to trading sites and how to articles on her site.
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A good site for Mafia Wars links and trading sites, as well as Mafia Wars news : //www.mwlootlady.blogspot.com/
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THE PIMPING LIST
(Please remember that if you add these people, you include "[TDSM]" in the add request text box!!!)
1) Lee Kasey Collyer
2) Santiago Mariscal
3) Don Mocchachinox
4) Johnny Vallejo
5) David Ramsbacher
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Our best regards to you all from the rest of the family and officers,
Dave Brown
[TDSM~ADR~DS~] ~ Godfather
Friday, September 24, 2010
Sunday, September 19, 2010
[TDSM] News letter for 9/19/2010
Hello to our family, both in real life and in Mafia Wars!!!!
We have successfully deleted the many inactive "members" from our Recruitment roster
We have successfully deleted the many inactive "members" from our Recruitment roster
(in great part due to the great work by Steve Lakey, thanks again Steve!!), and may have accidentally removed some who, as a result of life circumstances, were unable to reply since we have began this roll purge. If you failed to respond due to unforseen circumstances and as a result were removed, please feel free to re-apply for family membership by visiting our web page or going directly to:
Tagging Application
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Our Ice Fest is continuing until 11:59 pm PST and has been fun. It is a shame that more family did not participate, there are a lot of mafia wars bodies strewn through the pages!! :). We will be compiling the results of the ice posts to calculate who won in each category. We are trying to make this a much more user friendly group, with more activities and fun for everyone. As part of the current upgrades, we have opened up a web page specifically for the [TDSM] family which consolidates our information and links into one easy-to-use format. Please take a few minutes to visit the page and offer us input on what would make the page easier to use and an overall more enjoyable experience to visit. This is OUR page, and represents US to the world, so we could really use the views of other people. If you see things that could be improved, please feel free to speak to those issues and let us know what to change. The webpage is at : www.tdsmdragons.com .
Beginning in the next week or two, all of our weekly updates and family news/events will be found in the web page so that we are not piling things in your FB inbox. Please make sure that you sign in the web page guest book to show that you have visited, and "follow" our blog.
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Here are some tips for the Vegas job tiers thanks to Karen Schmidt, who sends out "Karin's Tips". Thanks Karen!!
If your just starting on Vegas, please take some time when you enter each district to run through your energy a couple times on the first level collecting the consumables such as alarm codes and the items you need to build your casinos such as the slot machines, dealers, etc. When you go to the next level in each district it takes a lot more energy. Now with the new districts opening you will find that you need to go back and collect things like alarm codes again. Instead of using 22 energy you may be using 102 energy for each one. That is the difference between level 1 and level 3. Unlike the other Cities you cannot gift or trade things like alarm codes.
• Alarm code - Get it in District 3 The Lower Strip "Buy Some Black Market Info" Job
* Hotel key card - Get it in District 4 Shogun Casino "Swipe A Security Card" Job
Trading tips: When Zygna releases new tough to get items such as the Saguaro or 4 of a Kind the best time to trade them is when you first get them if you’re after weapons. For a while they traded for like a 100 rail guns. Within a short time they are down to 15 and depreciating quickly.
Good Reference sources for trading sites and other MW ideas:http://www.mwlootlady.blogspot.com/
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This is the week's pimping list, please be considerate and add these individuals to your mafia, since they are family! It will do us ALL good to make sure that we have all persons involved in the [TDSM] family in their friends list.
ENSURE THAT YOU PLACE "THIS IS A [TDSM] ADD REQUEST" IN THE FRIEND REQUEST, SINCE WE ARE KEEPING TRACK OF WHO ADDS OUR NEW MEMBERS AND WHO DOES NOT!! YOU MUST ALSO ENSURE THAT YOU HAVE ADDED ALL OF THE OFFICERS LISTED ON THE TAGGING APPLICATION PAGE( https://spreadsheets0.google.com/viewform?formkey=dDdaRW9reHFmQ3pLTno1Zm1sdWlmR3c6MQ ).
Richard Welling
Beth Juanetta Hubbard
Zeus Rigorre Sumaoang
Robert Riedl
Diane Asimus
Paul Hatton
We wish you all the best and hope to get more of you active with us every day!!! Good luck and great gaming!!
David Brown- *Godfather [TDSM~ADR]
David Lee - [TDSM] Communications Officer
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Our Ice Fest is continuing until 11:59 pm PST and has been fun. It is a shame that more family did not participate, there are a lot of mafia wars bodies strewn through the pages!! :). We will be compiling the results of the ice posts to calculate who won in each category. We are trying to make this a much more user friendly group, with more activities and fun for everyone. As part of the current upgrades, we have opened up a web page specifically for the [TDSM] family which consolidates our information and links into one easy-to-use format. Please take a few minutes to visit the page and offer us input on what would make the page easier to use and an overall more enjoyable experience to visit. This is OUR page, and represents US to the world, so we could really use the views of other people. If you see things that could be improved, please feel free to speak to those issues and let us know what to change. The webpage is at : www.tdsmdragons.com .
Beginning in the next week or two, all of our weekly updates and family news/events will be found in the web page so that we are not piling things in your FB inbox. Please make sure that you sign in the web page guest book to show that you have visited, and "follow" our blog.
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Here are some tips for the Vegas job tiers thanks to Karen Schmidt, who sends out "Karin's Tips". Thanks Karen!!
If your just starting on Vegas, please take some time when you enter each district to run through your energy a couple times on the first level collecting the consumables such as alarm codes and the items you need to build your casinos such as the slot machines, dealers, etc. When you go to the next level in each district it takes a lot more energy. Now with the new districts opening you will find that you need to go back and collect things like alarm codes again. Instead of using 22 energy you may be using 102 energy for each one. That is the difference between level 1 and level 3. Unlike the other Cities you cannot gift or trade things like alarm codes.
• Alarm code - Get it in District 3 The Lower Strip "Buy Some Black Market Info" Job
* Hotel key card - Get it in District 4 Shogun Casino "Swipe A Security Card" Job
Trading tips: When Zygna releases new tough to get items such as the Saguaro or 4 of a Kind the best time to trade them is when you first get them if you’re after weapons. For a while they traded for like a 100 rail guns. Within a short time they are down to 15 and depreciating quickly.
Good Reference sources for trading sites and other MW ideas:http://www.mwlootlady.blogspot.com/
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This is the week's pimping list, please be considerate and add these individuals to your mafia, since they are family! It will do us ALL good to make sure that we have all persons involved in the [TDSM] family in their friends list.
ENSURE THAT YOU PLACE "THIS IS A [TDSM] ADD REQUEST" IN THE FRIEND REQUEST, SINCE WE ARE KEEPING TRACK OF WHO ADDS OUR NEW MEMBERS AND WHO DOES NOT!! YOU MUST ALSO ENSURE THAT YOU HAVE ADDED ALL OF THE OFFICERS LISTED ON THE TAGGING APPLICATION PAGE( https://spreadsheets0.google.com/viewform?formkey=dDdaRW9reHFmQ3pLTno1Zm1sdWlmR3c6MQ ).
Richard Welling
Beth Juanetta Hubbard
Zeus Rigorre Sumaoang
Robert Riedl
Diane Asimus
Paul Hatton
We wish you all the best and hope to get more of you active with us every day!!! Good luck and great gaming!!
David Brown- *Godfather [TDSM~ADR]
David Lee - [TDSM] Communications Officer
Friday, September 10, 2010
[TDSM] News letter for 9/10/2010
IN HONOR OF OUR FALLEN FAMILY AND HEROES, SOLDIERS AND LOVED ONES, ON THIS DAY OF REMEMBRANCE.
Hello family, the officers of [TDSM] send our best wishes to everyone, and hope that your lives are going well, and Mafia Wars is being kind to you.
In this newsletter we are introducing The Dragon Storm Mafia Web page, where all links to our pages are located. We will be upgrading this page and improving your experience with it. The page is new, and a work in progress, and is our method to consolidate our assorted pages and applications for easier access. However, we can only make it better for you IF you choose to visit it and give us feedback on what we can do to make it better for everyone. Please take a moment and provide us with your input, since this page is a representation of the whole family. If you click on a link and it takes you back to your own facebook page, then you are not currently allowed access to that page. http://tdsmdragons.webstarts.com/
For those who have not yet chosen to reply to our Roll Call application, once again we give you the opportunity to fill it out and show your support for our family.There have been some who have not understood how to provide the information requested in the previous forms, so the latest version has helpful hints to cover those problems. (Roll Call)
As you all are aware, we have an upcoming ICEFEST which has a great loot opportunity for the winners. We hope to see our Mafia Wars family show up and enjoy this event together. This is in an attempt to have more fun as a group, and get to know those who make up this family better. We will be providing contact information for posting of your Proof of Ices in the following week.
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IF YOU ADD THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE WEEKLY NEWSLETTER PIMP LIST, PLEASE ENSURE THAT YOU PLACE "[TDSM] ADD REQUEST" in the "personal message"
section so that those people can know that you are a family member who is trying to increase your mafia size. Most people are at or over the 501 mafia needed
and are very selective in who they accept into their mafia. Please make sure that you do this to prevent being ignored by the person you are trying to add.
This week's pimp list:
Click any of the names above to access their profile pages.
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Here is the latest information on Zyngas this weekend's Special Event.
Any of your properties in any city will get ONE free upgrade. Save your reward points for some sick limited edition loot and step up your Chop Shop, Weapons Depot, Vegas casino and other properties starting at
12:01 AM PDT/7:01 AM GMT Saturday!
You get to upgrade only ONE property ONE time for the entire weekend.
This event ends on Sunday at 11:59 PM PDT/6:59 AM GMT.
Have a great day!
Dave Brown
[TDSM~ADR~DS~]~Godfather
David Lee
[TDSM~ADR~DS]DragonWhisperer
Communications Officer
Dave Brown
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