Mafia Wars, by it’s name alone, can be construed as being cruel and insensitive. It implies that there will be killing and murder and thievery and much more cold and sinister deeds. All these things ARE a part of the game within the virtual world of Mafia Wars. It IS these radical concepts that once made Mafia Wars an award winning game. It IS what set Mafia Wars apart from other games. It is these concepts that appealed to the millions of people who once played and to many of those who still play Mafia Wars .
It is becoming more and more evident that Zynga and Mafia Wars is growing soft and sensitive. Zynga is listening to select players who whine and gripe about things that they, themselves, deem as sensitive. Zynga, therefore, allows these select few dictate what should and should not be in Mafia Wars.
For example, you might remember that Zynga Nerfed The Crate Contest With A Nerf. It was rumored that the Jesus Christ Crates actually won the contest and some players took offense to that because they ‘didn’t feel it was appropriate for the game’. All the rules were followed, but the whiners won out in the end. Or did they?
Zynga posted a new round of voting for the Crate contest and many almost had forgotten about it until Zynga revealed on Wednesday that a new crate will be coming soon to Mafia Wars. These crates will be called Psychology Crates. These crates are coming to Mafia Wars via the winning suggestion from the Mafia Wars Crate Contest where players got to vote on suggested crate concepts.
We now have more whiners who complained about one of the names of the loots from the winning suggested crate. The item in question is the Suicide Blade (as it was originally called by Zynga).
Was Suicide Blade
The name of this item apparently upset a certain someone (which I will keep their identity secret – but they know who they are). Here was their opinion regarding the name of this loot item;
Due to the stature of this individual it appears that Zynga has decided to adhere to their demand that the name of the loot item be changed.
Changed To Hidden Blade
Seriously? This person believes that because the name of the item contained the word ‘suicide’ within it or that it is a tool that some have been known to use to commit suicide with that it equates to ‘GLORIFYING’ suicide. Really?
Maybe the name of this game should be changed to SISSY WARS or POLITICALLY CORRECT WARS because the name MAFIA WARS GLORIFIES ALL CRIMINAL ACTIVTIES!!!
And, furthermore, what about the other 2 loot items that are currently in the game that use the word ‘suicide’ in their names? Those 2 loot items being Assisted Suicide and Suicide Spatz.
Assisted Suicide
Suicide Spatz
Do these loot items GLORIFY suicide? Why not change their names to suit the whiners too?
I don’t mean to sound callous but for Zynga to change what an item is called just because someone WHINES about it is BULLSHIT! This is a game about criminal activities of all sorts. These players need to get over themselves and either learn to deal with it or GO PLAY FARMVILLE!!!
