Friday, June 17, 2011

THE DAILY POST Weekender~June 17-19th

WELCOME TO TDP’s

MW/FB  JOURNAL

Weekender~June 17-19th

MEET UP IN MIAMI

If you are in the Miami area and would like to join a few of us for a little directed gaming at a local watering hole please, message us at the post for details on how to register!
http://www.meetup.com/mafiawars/ 
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Please like us on fb at our new Central Station:

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And, please do check ou our external page. There you can play MW and even Atlantic City away from FB while using our private chat room to organize your raiding parties. You will also find some other games and, our most current issues.
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We are not affiliated in any way with either Facebook or Zynga. TDP is a completely voluntary & cooperative publication.
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Editorial

Hi Gang,here we are for another weekend of dealing bullets and posting ices. We are bringing back Justice Alley so, make sure you check it out. There are a few  updates on ongoing issues with the game and,  the also ongoing "Storming La Bastille" initiative spearheaded by Infinity toolbar creator, Vinnie Vicci.
And, we are also premiering our new Gift & Add me page at :
 Post your add me/gift link request there and, we'll also run it at least once a week on the post.
Ok, enough said, get yourself some tips below and tilt the game in your favor Mafia Wars style!
Have a safe and restful weekend of mayhem.)
Your friends at The Daily Post...
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Mission Statement

The United Clans of Mafia Wars or also known as United Nations of Mafia Wars Clans, is a group of dedicated Mafia Wars Players who are the General Assembly. Comprised of God Parents to War Commanders to skilled Mediators, mixed with Ambassadors (Language Specialists). Who come together for the common good of a resolution between two specific clans/families that came to us for assistance so that they can go back to regular game playing. All Clans of the GA (General Assembly) are from various backgrounds with skills to bring a strong sense of integrity and transparency to all joint actions or resolutions. Our greoup is not in any way affiliated to Zynga nor the Player Advisory Committee and, concerns itself only with the relationship and communication between Clans and player groups in Mafia Wars. To find out more, please visit our page at: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_160905740633000
As we continue to evolve we ask that you feel free to suggest any ideas  you may have to better communicate and resolve issues between groups. Also, let us know what other kinds of mediations between individuals we should specifically look into.
Honor & Respect to One and All
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Crimeseekers

Keeping You Informed of Real Danger

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 IN THE NEWS

  • A week from Saturday is the second Mafia Meetup Day. It's not too late to start planning. According to the Official Mafia Wars Blog, members of the Zynga Mafia Wars Team will attend the three Mafia Meetup events in the USA that collect the most RSVPs (at least 50) by 12:00 AM PDT on June 20th....
    Source: MW Loot Lady
  • Weird things are happening in Zyngaland and are causing some of our favorite Spocklets to have issues. Repeat Job Brazil and Property Manager weren't working earlier but the Zyngons are no match for the Spocks. New Districts in Brazil are coming soon so maybe that's the source of the changes....
    Source: MW Loot Lady
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Game News direct to Mafia Wars Blog

Clicking Game News under Account will now re-direct you to Mafia Wars Blog. instead of the Old Release Notes
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FROM THE OFFICIAL MAFIA WARS BLOG

For more on all these tips, please visit and bookmark :  http://blog.mafiawars.com/

      • Well, Mobsters!
        For our fourth episode of Mafia Wars Live!, "Cole" returned to join "Blue Eyed Nate" in reporting about the exciting things released recently or coming soon to Mafia Wars and to answer the questions you submitted via the live chat and Mafia Wars forum. Topics covered include the new in-game Family feature, the elusive Raven (a new rare Assassin Boss Fight that is triggered by high icing activity), a new effort to post a weekly blog post on Fridays that reviews the current week's releases and provides a heads-up of what's coming in the next, and more!
        [ustream vid=15405394 hid=0 w=480 h=296]
        Weren't able to tune in to the live broadcast? Not to worry! We've recorded it for our archives and so you can catch up on what you missed and stay informed! Watch it below, and be sure to tune in again in 2 weeks!
        If the embedded video above doesn't work for you, click here to watch it at Ustream.com.
        Because there were so many topics to cover and more questions to answer we're going to do a follow up show next week! So tune in again next Wednesday, June 22nd, at 3:30 pm PDT and we will continue with the broadcast!
        2 comments | 06/16/2011
      • Assassin Boss Fight: The Raven
        An assassin has made his presence known by targeting the mobsters who rack up the most ices through fighting. Like the bird after which he is named, The Raven waits in the background for players to die. He then swoops in to investigate the most active fighters, and that is the rare chance that you may catch a glimpse of him, which looks like this at the top of your fight list:
        Assassin Boss Fight: The Raven - Keep Icing
        Keep icing opponents and you may actually be given with the opportunity to fight this maniac, which is presented in the form of this banner at the top of your fight list:
        Assassin Boss Fight: The Raven - Start Fight
        Then it's up to you to clip this raven's wings within 8 hours using the standard boss fight weapons, including new discoverable combos that deal whopping amounts of damage! But you won't even get a chance to cook The Raven's goose unless you lure him to you by fighting and icing other players. Good luck!
    • For more on all these tips, please visit and bookmark :  http://blog.mafiawars.com/
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 SCRAPPY CHIHUAHUA THE PODCAST

SCRAPPYSODE II opens this weekend!

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NEW RADIO STATION!

Dana Bufis
I don't get a lot of chance to pimp or to tell you enough about the breeze blowin' around here but this is what's up! I started a Web Radio Station and if you like hard driving rock and roll then you will love monster rock Radio. You can listen right from Facebook and I would appreciate you support. Also we got some folks who need Mafia and I am happy to help as long as I can message you all.This is Monster Rock Radio:http://www.facebook.com/pages/Monster-Rock-Radio/190988800952068?sk=app_190322544333196
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CLANS,PLAYERS AND WALLS

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Juan Aldape

Mr. lara I NEED TO GET IN CONTACT WITH ZYNGA for some reason or another it hasnt let me collect in brazil or collect on my crime sprees four went to waste can you please help thank you
Bill 
Your best bet is their support@zynga.com email. They are pretty good at getting back to you and I have found them to be really courteous and effective as of late. However, you may want to make sure of the following things before you email them:
Make sure your flash plugin is up to date
Try another browser/computer location if possible
Try collecting at mafiawars.com directly
Make sure that you are not having a conflict with the gift page, if you are running a script like MWAP or Mafia wars add on, these sometimes cause the gift pages to become unresponsive (ergo th need to test another browser not running these),If these don't work, contact Zynga and, if they still can't help, please let me know so we can run the issue on the post to see if someone else has a better solution or, if it may be necessary for you to check the Zynga or the Mafia wars Unleashed help forums :)I hope this helps a little,
Yr friend,
Bill;)

Juan Aldape

tyvm bill i will try all those ideas you just gave me hope they work
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Mike Johnson

where or who can i go to about facebook blocking me for adding friends if its a social site like they claim then they shouldnt be blockin anyone

Bill 

It is actually a timing thing. The auto screen they use will disable you automatically when sending out too many friend requests. Once you get the pink note, you MUST stop or be blocked. The block will only last a little while or at most a day You could contact support@zynga.com but, it is really and FB thing and, they are lousy as far as support. I would wait it out but, I will see if  we can get  some better answer from our readers.
So Hey guys , any other ideas?
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Doni Simon

My mafia wars, why the game cannot be in use, if you can help me
Bill 
Hi Doni, did your game just fail now or, has it not yet been fixed since you first sent a message?
FB has gone through a few changes and, MW along with it in the past few days.Make sure you have the latest update of flash .Try using a different browser
Try from another computer/location
Try going through mafiawars.com directly. You will be able to log in with the fb connect button on the site but, you will be on Zynga/Mafia Wars own server (in case your problem is in the fb servers).
If this not work, the next thing is to email support@zynga.com.
Please let me know if any of this was of some help to you.
Yr friend,
Bill;)
Doni Simon 
Ty :)
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YOU SAY YOU WANT TO BE HEARD?

JOIN THE ZYNGA FORUMS!

These discussions were ongoing at the  time of this posting:
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MW LOOTLADY

Jennifer Patterson

By Jennifer Patterson, Editor at Large

  • A few post down, I told you about a new Clan Chat option in our account settings (1). This option has since been removed most likely because it wasn't quite ready. Article written by Jennifer Patterson, Creator of the MW Loot Lady Blog, The Mafia Wars Loot Lady Facebook Fan Page and Co-Host of The Informant Podcast....
    Source: MW Loot Lady
  • There is something very wrong with this Raven Boss Fight. It's driving players crazy and many are just saying screw it. I know I've stopped trying and caring if I ever get the fight a second time. I did manage to get The Raven to appear on a different account for the first time and took the opportunity to get some drop rates....
    Source: MW Loot Lady
  • One thing Zynga didn't do for the Family Module was count your Family members. No need to worry about that because Eike of Team Spockholm wrote a quick little script that will do it for you. 1. Copy the code below. javascript:alert($('.member_name').length) 2. Unframe your Mafia Wars game and go to your Family Page located in the My Mafia Tab....
    Source: MW Loot Lady
  • A few posts down, I showed you 8 new unreleased Marketplace loot items that showed up in our inventory. TOKO from Mafia Wars Collectors was able to find images in the Zynga servers of the new Crates that should be released tomorrow. (image from Mafia Wars Collectors) Article written by Jennifer Patterson, Creator of the MW Loot Lady Blog, The Mafia Wars Loot Lady Facebook Fan Page and Co-Host of The Informant Podcast....
    Source: MW Loot Lady
  • One of the question on Mafia Wars Live was "Why do you keep taking the Special Part off the Free Gift Page?". It seems that they listened as today it's back. This was never a big deal to those who use the Link-a-Nator because the codes remained active. Many haven't discovered this great tool or are too afraid Zynga will ban their account if they use it....
    Source: MW Loot Lady
  • I wanted to see if new Brazil loot was added to our inventory so I did an Inventory History by Team Spockholm and found 8 unreleased Marketplace loot items. Zynga doesn't miss a beat when it comes to updating Marketplace loot. They kind of miss the boat as why would anybody buy it knowing they can wait a week and there will be better items available for the same price....
    Source: MW Loot Lady
  • The Wendy's ad that didn't work last week is back on the Featured Items Module (1). I could have came up with all kinds of jokes relating the Wendy's "Where's The Beef" campaign to Mafia Wars. When I saw the ad was for a good cause, I decided not to. Click on the ad and you get an activity for 2 Reward Points....
    Source: MW Loot Lady

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The Mafia Chat and Trade Group “MCTG”


Robert Slade Russell, Business Manager
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=266033973058,
We are more than just a trade group. At the Mafia Chat and Trade Group we offer all our members lots of things to make your game play easier, Safer and Fairer. Please follow the link below for a list of some of the options we offer our members.
http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=204395652394&topic=3033

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This blog is dedicated to all Mafia Wars players around the world.
Find all the strategies, tips & tricks, cheat, Add Me - Invite Me page, and update infos about the game!
Happy gaming!
Please help us to get unbanned on Facebook!
Follow this link for instructions

http://mafia-wars-maniac.blogspot.com/2011/06/p

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Tuesday, June 14, 2011

WELCOME TO TDP’s MW/FB OVERNIGHT JOURNAL Overnight Series~June 13-16th

WELCOME TO TDP’s

MW/FB OVERNIGHT JOURNAL


Overnight Series~June 13-16th

MEET UP IN MIAMI

If you are in the Miami area and would like to join a few of us for a little directed gaming at a local watering hole please, message us at the post for details on how to register!
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Please like us on fb at our new Central Station:

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And, please do check ou our external page. There you can play MW and even Atlantic City away from FB while using our private chat room to organize your raiding parties. You will also find some other games and, our most current issues.
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We are not affiliated in any way with either Facebook or Zynga. TDP is a completely voluntary & cooperative publication.
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Editorial

Hi Gang, as you know, we have always had as guding principle, our commitment ot helping any and all of our fellow players and community members. We do so without the blessing of either Zynga or FB, we just do it.  We try very hard not to take sides and to speak from experience or research and, not from here-say or gossip. We are definitely not perfect so, do expect us to mess up every so often. But, we are honest, transparent and committed to you, our community. Please feel free to send in any questions, comments , suggestions, or announcements you would like to distribute through us. It is a free service and the only is condition is that you adhere to good manners and, be mindful that children play among us (yes, you can take that a couple of way and both would be right LOL!). We post to some 45 walls (about  some 7o thousand members) and direct message some 8 thousand recipients (for now any way,  since as you know our old pages are soon to be archived) so, your announcements are bound to get a couple of extra views :)
We also bring you a few new community items. First we welcome U.C. of Mafia Wars ~ Hosting Family {TUT},  Bully Busters and  Crimeseekersas permanent additions to this and our Justice Alley page. These great community groups have taken it upon themselves to offer their time and effort to help players with game play conflicts between players/groups  (U.C.),  Verified Bullies and bot abusers beware, Bully Busters are here to gather all of like and honorable minds to face and expose each one of you,... one by one one. And last but by no means least, CRIMESEEKERS will take lead on all the really important news of cyber crime, missing individuals and special real world alerts (also in association with our own Emergency Bulletin Board at http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_218991648117798 ).
That is it for now, happy hunting!
Honor & Respect to you and yours  from all your friends at The Daily Post!

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U.C. of Mafia Wars ~ Hosting Family {TUT}

A community group with no prejudices or affiliations to Zynga or the Player Advisory Committee. They do their thing, we do ours, they deal with player issues between players and Zynga, we concentrate in issues between players and, represent  only those who specifically ask for our mediation. This Wednesday we'll bring our mission statement and, the mechanics of how we plan to work with you for a better, safer and,  enjoyable community experience!
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Crimeseekers

Keeping You Informed of Real Danger

Also , do check:

If you missed last night's show you can listen here as well as the 2 previous episodes in this series. :)
 http://www.blogtalkradio.com/behindtheyellowtape/2011/06/11/a-serial-killer-in-jennings-louisiana-part-3

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 IN THE NEWS

Game News direct to Mafia Wars Blog 

Clicking Game News under Account will now re-direct you to Mafia Wars Blog. instead of the Old Release Notes
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ZYNGA LETS IT ALL HANG OUT WITH THE LAUNCH OF NEWEST MOBILE GAMEHANGING WITH FRIENDS

For the full story\folow the link at the end of this teaser...

A New Twist On A Classic Game From The Creators Of Words With Friends

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - June 6, 2011 - Watch out Words With Friends fans, your new obsession is almost here! Today Zynga announced the rollout of Hanging With Friends, the next game from the Zynga With Friends team and the latest addition to the "With Friends" family of titles. Hanging With Friends takes the classic game of Hangman and introduces new elements of creativity, strategy and entertainment for all ages. Beginning today, Hanging With Friends is available in Canada via the Apple App Store and will be available widely in the coming days. Hanging with Friends comes on the heels of two recent Facebook platform launches for Zynga: GagaVille in FarmVille and the new social combat game Empires & Allies
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Empires & Allies Launches Strong Thanks to CityVille’s Influence

By AJ Glasser

Zynga’s newest Facebook game, Empires & Allies, got off to a strong start in monthly and daily active users, landing at the top of our fastest-growing games by MAU within 10 days of launch. This is easily one of Zynga’s fastest-growing Facebook games to date.

Note: All figures in this analysis are collected from our social game traffic tracking service,AppData.
When Empires & Allies launched June first, Facebook experienced some reporting delays that obscured the very early launch picture. Even when traffic number reports came back online, the game appeared sluggish in growth for the first full week of June 2011, not quite breaking 1 million MAU. It wasn’t until the weekend of June 10 that the game took off, reaching its present-day levels of 9.6 million MAU and 6.9 million DAU as of June 11.
For the full story: http://www.insidesocialgames.com/2011/06/13/empires-allies-launches-strong-thanks-to-cityvilles-influence/
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FROM THE OFFICIAL MAFIA WARS BLOG

For more on all these tips, please visit and bookmark :  http://blog.mafiawars.com/

    • Fighting Performance UpdatesAs was posted last Friday, we've been implementing updates to improve the performance of the new Mafia Wars fighting experience. We are excited to announce that we are continuing to tweak the system based on your valuable feedback! (please visit the blog to see the rest!)
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      Mafia Wars LiveMobsters, it's time to ready more questions for the Mafia Wars team! At 3:30 pm PDT on Wednesday, June 15th, "Blue Eyed Nate" and "Crazy Dragon" will be hosting the fourth LIVE broadcast from the Mafia Wars studio! They'll be talking about new features coming soon and answering some of thequestions you post to the forum!
      As always, here's where you'll want to tune in on Wednesday:http://www.ustream.tv/channel/mafia-wars-live1
      Until then, we'll see you on Mafia Wars!
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    • Hey Mobsters,

      Tonight we will be releasing speed and performance updates to the new fighting module. We are working hard to optimize the performance of this exciting new fighting experience and release it to more players. Thank you for your patience and your feedback!
    • Mission: A Family Affair
      It appears that there are some bad seeds in our Big Apple! Reports are coming in of toughs in town running protection rackets in our territory...
      For more on all these tips, please visit and bookmark :  http://blog.mafiawars.com/
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 SCRAPPY CHIHUAHUA THE PODCAST

SCRAPPYSODE II opens this weekend!

By: Scott Welliver
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCFITib5kwg]
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NEW RADIO STATION!

Dana Bufis
I don't get a lot of chance to pimp or to tell you enough about the breeze blowin' around here but this is what's up! I started a Web Radio Station and if you like hard driving rock and roll then you will love monster rock Radio. You can listen right from Facebook and I would appreciate you support. Also we got some folks who need Mafia and I am happy to help as long as I can message you all.This is Monster Rock Radio:http://www.facebook.com/pages/Monster-Rock-Radio/190988800952068?sk=app_190322544333196
and the people who are dyin' to get into your mafia are:
http://www.facebook.com/JABIRUPILOT.JASON
http://www.facebook.com/FAWISTT
http://www.facebook.com/Domil
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1825766297
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000053253433
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000559540455
Let's get out pimp on and our ROCK ON!
Be Strong, Stay Strong,
Join The Coffee House! http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_154410397954060&ref=notif&notif_t=group_activity just ask, I will let you in!
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CLANS,PLAYERS AND WALLS

S.D.M.F. Recruitment

Subject: Join [SDMF]
S.D.M.F. has been around approaching 2 years which is a long time for Mafia Wars Clan standards. The experience of the group is great and there is an opportunity to get a free name change in the game. Due to this we have an open enrollment and are looking forward to you being a part. We have been and will be around for a long time to come. Strength, Determination, Merciless, Forever!http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1606219954126&oid=228421522697&comments&ref=mf

Be Strong!Stay Strong!SDMF
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Buzzing in the Forums

Mafia Wars Live: Part 4

Hey Mafia Fans,The newest question thread is open and ready for posting.
http://forums.zynga.com/showthread.php?t=1050571
Thanks,
Cerulean Master
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YOU SAY YOU WANT TO BE HEARD?

JOIN THE ZYNGA FORUMS!

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Get into your bullet proof limo, make sure your bodyguards are armed, and instruct your chauffeur to to bring you here. This is where the Dons gather to discuss business.
Threads83,797Posts1,046,662
Ciao, Olá, Hola, Salut, Hallo, Hai, Merhaba!
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So's you street thugs think you can be mafioso? Maybe you can if you get through training!
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Sometimes there are situations where you can't whack someone, send 'em a peace offering instead.
86,558946,829
Taking over New York or Bangkok? Find out the best strategies and tips for conquering in each Mafia Wars territory.
3,78442,894
Help each other, or help the developers locate issues causing problems for players.
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MW LOOTLADY

Jennifer Patterson

By Jennifer Patterson, Editor at Large

    • We often get a good gauge on how long it takes us to burn through our stamina regardless of how we utilize it. Tea Spockholm knows some us would prefer exact times rather than estimates and they have delivered. The next time you use Robber BG Beta, look in the upper left corner of the script, focus your eyes and you will eventually notice a tiny yellow dot (keep looking, it's...
    • It's been 13 days since the new Fight Module started rolling out (1). Many players still don't have it and there is no official word from Zynga as to how long it will take. We have seen two blog posts on the Official Mafia Wars Blog informing us of performance updates (1), (2). I have noticed that since the first update, fighting does seem a little smoother. The latest blog post informs us that we can now...
      Source: MW Loot Lady
    • When fighting manually, you end up seeing the Revenge popup a lot. Due to the frequency, it's super annoying. To make it even worse, it sticks and you can't get rid of it. When you close the X in the upper right corner, nothing happens. When you click on Attack or Back to Fight List, you can see the bottom of your fight page but you can't get to the attack buttons....
    • Yesterday, The Challenge Mission: Staten Island was removed from the Travel Bar and is no longer available. In previous Challenge Missions, old consumable gifts were converted to Mystery Bags. This is not the case for Staten Island. You can see I just accepted a Ferry Pass and unfortunately it's still a Ferry Pass....
    • Five days ago, I told about a new loot item called the that was most likely going to appear on the Free Gift page (1). Today it's here and as I predicted (Zynga is too easy), it's to promote a new series on TNT called Falling Skies which will premiere on June 19th. In addition to the Home Page Ad, there is a POS loot item called Falling Skies Technical on the Free...
    • It's no secret that many people have quit playing Mafia Wars. It may not directly affect your game but the impact on you is a growing list of Facebook friends who no longer play Mafia Wars. We all want a way to easily identify these people and remove them as friends....
      Source: MW Loot Lady

      Earlier, I showed you a method to get rid of your Facebook friends who don't play Mafia Wars (1). One of the problems of doing this is you were left with a lot of mafia members who are no longer your Facebook friends. Zynga does have a link to remove them but it's less than ideal....
      Source: MW Loot Lady
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The Mafia Chat and Trade Group “MCTG”


Robert Slade Russell, Business Manager
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=266033973058,
We are more than just a trade group. At the Mafia Chat and Trade Group we offer all our members lots of things to make your game play easier, Safer and Fairer. Please follow the link below for a list of some of the options we offer our members.
http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=204395652394&topic=3033

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This blog is dedicated to all Mafia Wars players around the world.
Find all the strategies, tips & tricks, cheat, Add Me - Invite Me page, and update infos about the game!
Happy gaming!
Please help us to get unbanned on Facebook!
Follow this link for instructions

http://mafia-wars-maniac.blogspot.com/2011/06/p

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