FrontierVille Mission: Building Your Orchard

Here's another space saving mission in FrontierVille.  This time we are given the option to store trees by placing them inside the orchard.  Not only the space but it's also allowing us to harvest trees easily and give us access to premium trees.

Here are the steps to help you complete the Orchard Mission in FrontierVille:

Part I:  Meadow Orchard

- Tend 10 Apple Trees on Your Homestead
- Hire 2 Neighbors
- Have or Place a Orchard

300 XP will be rewarded to your for completing these simple tasks.

Part II:  Peachy Keen

- Tend 25 Peach Trees on Your Homestead
- Collect 15 Fruit Decals (These will be consumed)
- Clear 8 Grass Debris on your Homestead

Completing the Peachy Keen mission will reward you with 500 XP.

Part III:  Duped By Drupe

- Tend 20 Apricot Trees
- Collect 15 Fruit Crates (This will be consumed)
- Store 5 Trees inside your Orchard

You will receive a reward of 700 XP for completing this mission.

Part IV:  A Groovy Grove

- Collect 3 Daily Bonuses from the Orchard
- Collect 1 Daily Bonus From the Water Well
- Tend 30 Trees in your Orchard

Completing the Orchard series of missions rewards you with: 1,000 XP and 1 RaspBerry Bush (which costs 20 HS in the market! 

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Cafe World The Cookie Crowd Goal

Check out the steps below to complete Cafe World Cookie Crowd Goal:

Part I: 

Cook Chocolate Cream Pie 2 Times
Cook Gem Cake 5 Times
Cook Angel Fruit Cake 3 Times
 

Part II:

Have 3 Cookie Tables
Serve Gem Cake 30 Times
Ask for 5 Cookie Boxes

Part III:

Serve Pumpkin Pie 35 Times
Serve Chocolate Cream Pie 35 Times
Ask for 15 Baking Sheets



Part IV:

Serve 50 Jammin' Jelly Donuts
Ask for 10 Cookie Dough
Ask for 10 Mint Leaves

Part V:

Reach Level 1 Mastery of Camper Cookies
Spice 5 Friends' Stoves
Ask for 10 Camp Girl Backpacks

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FrontierVille Mission: Barn Upgrade - Bess' Big Animal Shelter

Part I:  Bess' Big Barn

- Start Barn Upgrade

- Collect 10 Big Barn Blue Prints

- Feed 20 Cows on Your Homestead

Part II:  Prepare the Livestock

 - Tend 20 Oxen
  - Tend 15 Horses on your own Homestead or a Neighbors'
  - Tend 20 Neighbor Apple Trees

Part III:  Gettin' Dirty and Stayin' Purty

  - Customize the Big Barn
  - Hire Bess 3 Times
  - Collect 15 Muck Boots

Part IV:  Go Big or Go Home

  - Store 100 Animals in your Big Barn
  - Collect Daily Big Barn Bonus 2 Times
  - Tend 50 Mules, Horses, Oxen or Cows on your Homestead or a Neighbors'

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Play Fishville And Earn $9/hr!

Just got this ad from SF Bay Area on Craiglist.

"We are a Palo Alto company doing research into playing habits of gamers. We are currently looking for experienced gamers who play Fishville and are willing to participate in the study. You will need to come to our office a couple of blocks from downtown Palo Alto and play Fishville on our machines while we monitor your game.

We will pay you $9 for every hour of game you play under supervision.

In your response please clearly mention your current level in Fishville - thanks!

• Compensation: $9/hour
• This is a part-time job.
• OK to highlight this job opening for persons with disabilities
• Principals only. Recruiters, please don't contact this job poster.
• Please, no phone calls about this job!
• Please do not contact job poster about other services, products or commercial interests. "

Do you live in San Francisco and want to participate?  Then check the ads here.

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Cafe World 2nd Pizza Oven Goal

To start, you'll need to simply place the base of your second Pizza Oven in your Cafe.

Please your second Pizza Oven
Ask for 4 Scoops of Flour
Serve Pizza Margherita 1 Time

Unfortunately, you will have to go through the building process of constructing your second Pizza Oven, just as you did the first, so check out our guide to building it if you need a refresher. Meanwhile, on your first Pizza Oven you can cook the Pizza Margherita, which is ready to serve after just 30 minutes. For the flour, you'll be able to post a general news item to your feed asking all friends to send it to you at once.
For Part II of V, you'll be able to unlock a new recipe called Mike's Mystical Pizza, which can be cooked on either of your Pizza Ovens, depending on how quickly you build the second one.

Cook Mike's Mystical Pizza 2 Times
Spice 4 Neighbors Dishes
Ask for 5 Jalapeno Peppers

Notice the wording of two of these tasks: Cooking the Mystical Pizza should (in theory) only require you to put the dish to cook, not actually wait to serve it. Therefore, you can just cook it once, delete it before it's done, and cook it again to finish this task within seconds. Meanwhile, while we're normally told to spice neighbors' stoves, this time we're told specifically to spice dishes. Keep that in mind as you're visiting your friends - don't just spice a stove if it doesn't have something currently cooking on it, or you'll waste your action at their cafe for the day. For Mike's Mystical Pizza itself, you can cook it for 4,000 coins and serve it after cooking for 11 hours.

Part III of V requires you to collect quite a few items from friends, but also rewards you with a new recipe.

Serve Sausage Deep Dish Pizza 2 Times
Ask for 5 Jars of BBQ Sauce
Ask for 6 Chicken Breasts

Items like the Chicken Breasts can be asked for via individual gift requests to friends, while Sausage Deep Dish Pizza takes four hours to cook. For finishing this goal, you'll unlock the BBQ Chicken Pizza.

Moving on, Part IV of V asks you to put your new recipe to work, while also collecting more items from friends.

Have 5 Pizza Hickory Logs
Serve BBQ Chicken Pizza 2 Times
Ask for 8 Basil Leaves

You won't unlock a new recipe with this goal, but you will be one step closer to the finale, which is always a good thing.

For Part V of V, you'll finally be required to have finished your second Pizza Oven's construction, and will be rewarded handsomely when you do.

Finish Building your 2nd Pizza Oven
Serve Mike's Mystical Pizza 5 times
Cook BBQ Chicken Pizza 8 Times

Luckily, with a second Pizza Oven now in use, you can more quickly finish these two cooking tasks, as you can have both of them cooking Mike's Mystical Pizza at once. Add spices to the mix and you'll finish even quicker. Again, though, make sure to check out the requirement for the BBQ Chicken Pizza, as you're simply told to "cook" it, rather than "serve" it. That will end up being a huge time-saver here if you take advantage of that fact. Finishing this final goal unlocks the Chef Piero's Special pizza dish, giving you three new dishes in total to cook and master.

While more Pizza Oven goals and recipes could very well be released in the future, this brings us to the end of those currently available in the game. We'll make sure to let you know if more are added, or if we eventually earn the right to have more than two Pizza Ovens going at once (one can only hope).

What do you think of these newest Pizza Oven goals? Do you like having more than one Pizza Oven in your cafe, or do you not even use the one you have? Let us know in the comments. 

via blog.games.com

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FrontierVille Mission: Cowgirls Don't Cry

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Part I:  Cowgirls Don't Cry

-  Tend 20 Sheep on your Homestead or a Neighbor's Homestead
 - Tend 20 Goats on your Homestead or a Neighbor's Homestead
 - Collect Five Milking Buckets

Part II:  Cowgirls Don't Cry

 - Clobber 2 Bears

 - Clobber 2 Snakes

 - Hire Bess

Part III:  Cowgirls Don't Cry

 - Remove Five Grasses on a Neighbor's Homestead
 - Clear Five Rocks on a Neighbor's Homestead
 - Collect Five Post Hole Diggers

Part IV:  Cowgirls Don't Cry

 - Bake Three Cakes in the Inn
 - Harvest 40 Sunflowers on your Homestead
 - Collect a Daily Barn Bonus

Part V:  Cowgirls Don't Cry

 - Harvest 40 Apples on your Homestead
 - Tame Wild Stallion
 - Collect 15 Braiding Ribbons

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"Kung Fu Panda 2" Teams with CityVille

NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - DreamWorks Animation, Paramount Pictures and social gaming giant Zynga on Friday unveiled the first-ever advertising integration within Zynga's CityVille to promote the theatrical release of "Kung Fu Panda 2."

It is Zynga's latest collaboration with Hollywood and DWA whose CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg recently joined the gaming firm's board.

Starting Friday until the end of the month, CityVille's more than 88 million monthly active players can go on a Kung Fu Panda 2-themed quest and receive an exclusive in-game item - a Po the Panda statue - for completing it.

The film opens on May 26. Zynga said CityVille is the largest and most popular application on Facebook.

"Nearly a third of all 'Kung Fu Panda' fans on Facebook have also played CityVille, so the integration is a natural fit and something we think our players will love," said Manny Anekal, global director of brand advertising at Zynga. "It's important that we collaborate with innovative brands like DreamWorks Animation that resonate with and are meaningful to our players and enhance their game play."

"Our exclusive integration of 'Kung Fu Panda 2' in Zynga's CityVille gives millions of players a fun and deeply interactive way of connecting with Po and the Furious Five," said Jason Alex, head of online marketing at DWA.

Zynga's other movie-themed integrations have been with Paramount's "Rango" in game FrontierVille and with DWA/Paramount on "Megamind" in FarmVille. In the first 24-hour promotion period, more than 9 million people engaged with the Mega-Farm in the latter promotion, according to Zynga.

via Yahoo! News

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FrontierVille Mission: Where Everybody Knows yer Name

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Part I:  If You Build It, They Will Drink

  - Purchase a Saloon
  - Tend 20 Apple Trees on your Homestead
  - Harvest 20 Corn on your Homestead

Part II:  Belly Up To The Bar, Boys!

  - Purchase a State License for 100,000 coins
  - Harvest 30 Potatoes
  - Collect 10 Saloon Permits 

Part III:

 - Collect Ten Oat Syrup Drinks in in Saloon
 - Collect Ten Filtered Water Drinks in Saloon
 - Consume One Granny's Gut Punch in Saloon 

Part IV: 

 - Purchase Ten Lunches
 - Consume Quick Draw Quaff in Saloon
 - Collect Ten Bartending Guides

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'Enable Dislike Button' Scam Spreading on Facebook

Researchers from Sophos have spotted a currently circulating “Enable Dislike Button” Facebook scam.

Upon clicking on the what looks like a recently added genuine Facebook feature, users are exposed to a “Follow the steps below to get the Dislike button” instructions page similar to the one seen in the Osama Execution video scam.

Spamvertised as:

Facebook now has a dislike button! Click ‘Enable Dislike Button’ to turn on the new feature!

Once the users copy and paste the obfuscated javascript in their browsers, all of their friends will be spamvertised with a wall post about the non-existent Dislike feature. The campaigners appear to be monetizing the campaign through a survey scam.

For the time being, Facebook doesn’t offer a dislike button.

via ZDnet

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FrontierVille Mission: Soldiers on the Trail

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Part I:  Support the Troops

  - Harvest 30 Potatoes
  - Place the Shower
  - Craft 1 Sawhorse in the Barn

Part II:  Sweet Smellin'  Soldiers

 - Chop Trees 20 Times on your Homestead or a Neighbors'
 - Harvest 50 Peppermint
 - Collect 10 Soap Dishes

Part III:

  - Craft 3 Fancy Clothing in the General Store
 - Hire 5 Neighbors
 - Visit 15 Neighbors

Part IV: It's Scrubbin' Time

  - Clean Soldiers 3 Times
  - Collect 15 Loofahs
  - Have or Collect 2 Downy Feathers

Part V:  Who's That Redhead?

 - Tend 20 Non-Rideable Horses on your Homestead or your Neighbors'
 - Collect 5 Daily Bonuses from the Barn
  - Harvest 40 Pink Roses 

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FrontierVille Mission: Swap Meet

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Part I:  Prairie Swap Meet!

  - Add Three Items to your Wishlist
  - Remove One Item from your Wishlist
  - Tend Five Neighbor Crops

Part II: Buyer Beware

  - Send 2 Wishlist Items
  - Chop down 5 Pine Trees
  - Finish a collection

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FrontierVille Mission: Livestock Pen

Part I:  This Little Piggie

Tend 15 Pigs Anywhere
Hire Bess
Have or Place a Livestock Pen 

You'll receive 50 Food and 500 XP for completing this mission.

Part II:  Baa Baa Black Sheep
 

Tend 20 Sheep Anywhere
Collect 15 Bags of Wool
Harvest 20 Corn

This second quest gives you 750 XP and 100 Food.

Part III:  

Tend 30 Goats Anywhere
Collect 15 Goat Hats
Store One Animal in your Livestock Pen
 

This third mission rewards you with 1,000 XP and 150 Food.

Part IV:

Clear 25 Debris on your Neighbors' Homesteads
Collect Two Daily Bonuses from the Livestock Pen
Store 100 Animals in the Livestock Pen

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FarmVille Craftshop Goal

The Zynga team has introduced another feature, the Craftshop, onto FarmVille. This time, players can build new equipment and fix old stuff.  But you need to complete some goals before you can go into crafting. Don't worry, they're not difficult and you're guaranteed with plenty of goodies and XP along the way.

Part I:  Workin' on the Craftshop

• Buy 1 Craftshop
• Fertilize plots on neighbors' farms 25 times.

Part II:  Shoulder to the Plow

• Get 6 Cans of Elbow Grease
• Harvest 100 Morning Glory

  Complete these tasks and get 250 XP, 2 thousand coins and one Milk Jub Cart.

Part III:  Finishing Touches

• Complete the Craftshop
• Harvest 100 Wheat

Complete this goal and get 500 XP, 5 Farm Cash and 7,500 coins.

 

via FarmVille Freak

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FrontierVille Design Your Horse Contest

Giddy Up Pardners! Have you ever wanted a piece of your art in your favorite game? Now is your chance! Below is a blank template of a horse, and it's up to you to design it for us! We will be selecting the top 10 drawings that we feel can be placed in the game and from those 10 YOU VOTE on your favorite! The top entry selected will have their horse available in the Horse Market for everyone to purchase!

The Prize:

• First place and grand prize winner will receive their horse in the game, a FrontierVille T-Shirt, and 500 Horseshoes!
• Second & Third place winners will receive 100 Horseshoes

Selection of Winners:


The top 10 posts will be selected by the FrontierVille Art & Design Teams. A poll will then be created for you to vote for your 3 favorite entries!

Click here for the Contest Rules and Blank Template.

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Zynga Apologizes for Game Load Issues - Again

Hi Farmers,

FarmVille has been experiencing some technical difficulties that have been resulting in some users being unable to load the game.

We are working on resolving these issues as quickly as possible and we would like to thank you for your continued patience and understanding.

Until these issues are resolved, wither and puppy-hunger have been temporarily disabled.

We apologize for any inconvenience or frustration these problems may cause and we will update you as soon as more information becomes available to us.

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FontierVille: Buildings Can Now Be Stored in Your Storage Shed!

Have you run out of room with all the new buildings on your homestead? Ever want to remove a building but not sell it? Now you can! Introducing the new improved Storage Shed! You now can store *some* of your buildings in the Storage Shed you have on your Homestead already!


The following buildings cannot be stored in your shed:


-WaterWell
-Barn
-Storage Shed
-Chicken Coop
-General Store
-Schoolhouse
-BarberShop
-Ponderosa Lodge
-Doctor’s Office
-Finkertons Agency
-Groundhog Trap
-Beehive
-NYE Dance Floor

Anyway, you might want to click here and get your free Brick from Frontier Jack!

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Prepare Yourselves to the World's Thinnest Smartphone

Another newsletter, this time from Samsung, introducing their new product Samsung Galaxy S II.

Samsung Galaxy S II Features:

 

Social Hub brings together your contacts, calendar and email with Instant Messaging and Social Networking Sites, like Facebook and Twitter, onto one convenient screen. Keeping up-to-date, organised and in-touch has never been so easy or streamlined.

Contacts - Provides a natural starting point for all communications via an integrated contact screen.

Social Hub - Manage all your incoming and outgoing messages and conversations from one place.

Email - Install multiple email accounts supported with real-time push to stay constantly on top of your email.

Instant Messenger - Utilizing a variety of popular IM networks, you can use this feature to stay online all the time.

Calendar - Manage your schedule by integrating events from all your online accounts in one view

Reader's Hub

Books 
From classics to best-sellers, enjoy access to over 2.2 million eBooks, now with amazing new interactive features like the page curl effect. 

Magazines 
With over 2,300 Magazines in 22 languages, featuring both article and page view, you will never be short of an interesting read.

Newspapers 
Enjoy easy access to breaking news at your fingertip with access to over 2000 newspapers in 49 languages.

 

Music Hub

Music Hub is an all-in-one music service that gives you anywhere-anytime freedom with your tunes. From one screen you can access up to 12 million songs for download and purchase, view artist biographies, discographies and reviews, create your very own playlists, and much more.

 

  

 

Game Hub

Join in the action with the Samsung Galaxy S II’s Game Hub. It lets you download premium HD games in the palm of your hand, while also providing access to over 10 social network games. And to get you started without delay, the Galaxy S II comes preloaded with social games - We Farm, Safari, We Rule, We City. Featuring the Super AMOLED Plus screen and the enhanced 3-axis accelerometer and gyroscope sensors, the Galaxy S II delivers a dynamic gaming experience that will simply blow your mind.

• Preloaded with easy social games and HD games
• Easy access to best downloads and game information
• Lightning fast graphics paired with a 1.2GHz dual core processor
• 3-axis accelerometer and gyroscope sensor for dynamic      gaming experiences

Slim and Light Design

The Galaxy S II is Samsung’s slimmest and lightest Dual Core smartphone, weighing just 116 grams at a thickness of only 8.49mm. Featuring a premium metallic look, its tactile surface will sit perfectly in your palm.

Battery

The Galaxy S II features a new smaller and even more powerful battery. Samsung’s advanced power consumption technology significantly improves standby and  talk time even further.

Super Amoled Plus

Experience sharper images and smoother graphics with the Super AMOLED Plus display. With super-fast response times and outstanding contrast ratio, the 4.3” display is Samsung’s most colourful and brightest screen.

Data Speed

Enjoy PC-like browsing thanks to the Galaxy S II's downloading speeds of up to 21mbps or lightning fast downloads with Dual Channel Wifi.

Check full features of Samsung Galaxy S II here.

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