My Father Ray McKelvey Jr. passed away this morning. Stevie Ray Stiletto I do not have words at this time. Nana

Bay Area Ren Faire!

First Ren-Faire we have attended since moving to Fl! We walked. We ate. We seen mermaids.We even hula hooped! A fun time had by all! in attendance were Emerald, Darick, Richard, Liam, Karaly, and myself!

Howrse US- Warning; You have ZERO KARMA

Okay, I like Howrse. Its not a bad game to waste time and money on. However, when you "suspend" a player with NO warning and then are unwilling to take the time to really help, things get serious.

FAMILIES BEWARE! PLAY HOWRSE AT YOUR OWN RISK!

Our family on Howrse US: disabled occasional player mom,  just-there son, and daily player daughter (me).

Yesterday (3.1.2013) my mother tried to log into her account and was greeted with this:

Without any warning her account has been suspended and she is no longer allowed to play.


Dear Howrse Team US,
I am writing this to inform you that:
You have dropped to zero karma
You are no help at all
You need to learn proper English
You being our "Customer support" means you need to actually help players
And lastly, you have broken your own rules

"7.2 One sole account per Player
...Each Player may only register once for the Game, and may only hold one Account.
It is strictly prohibited for one Player to register more than one Account, to use an Account opened by another Player outside of the allowed co-management options, or to use the username of another Player in a fraudulent manner.
The opening of several Accounts by the same Player or the fraudulent use of another Player's Account or username may result in the closure of the Player's account, in the Player being prohibited from accessing the Game from any account."

Now where should I begin? How about my mother has been informed that she is not "temporarily suspended" she is just suspened, and may not return to Howrse US. Why? Because she has be accused of account trafficking. I could only assume this is because she uses my Mac Book while in bed, seeing as they refuse to give a real answer..

My friend True Heart was off of Howrse for his own reasons, leaving this message on his profile: It said "Managing" BEFORE the warning seen below-


"5. Duration
Registration shall permit a Player to use the www.howrse.com website and participate in the Game unless and until OWLIENT terminates the Player's right to do so as a consequence of any breach of the Terms by the Player. OWLIENT may also terminate a Player's right to use the www.howrse.com website and participate in the Game at any time on not less then one month prior written notice."



 Let first start off with she NEVER recevied a warning, nor did she receive a "one month prior written notice". On top of that this is a perfect example of either an innocent typo that has been on Howrse since it began OR a proven point that the Howrse US team does not speak proper English.

Seeing as SpeedFreak was the one on True Hearts account he got this message:

Obviously this message is personalized to him and his twin. Meaning they took the time to read the issue and solve it, a warning that cannot be replied to because it is from "The Howrse team" itself.
So if the issue is simply that on my mothers account said this "Dear Mods/GMs/ and others, please do not get my daughter in trouble for updating as me occasionally" and he her page clearly stated "I am a disabled mother and I cannot always sit up to play the game"- (which is why she logged on using my Mac Book) NOT the fact we actually shared a computer, why is it okay that she NEVER received ANY warning like they did, and yet is no longer allowed to play?

If they would have sent my mother, myself, or BOTH of us a warning in the first place the statement would have been removed and I wouldn't have helped her out....

So unless "The Howrse team" is just lazy, they kind of have to admit to being sexist on their decisions on who they actually warn like they are SUPPOSED to.

Here is the conversation with my mother and "The Howrse team":

1. If you contact my mother you will be blocked and/or ignored. You may ONLY reply on this Blog.
2. "Indeed, the tool we use to identify the muti-accounts can make the difference with muti-accounts players and a family."
So, you just called us lairs AND proved your system DOES NOT work. Good Job Howrse Team!

Signed 
A Very Angry Daughter and Informed Player,
AKA EmeraldDee on Howrse US


(True Heart and SpeedFreak have both agreed to allowing me the use of: their usernames, photo of their warning, and mini profile screen shot)

Gamer family is making a move!

Farewell Austin Texas! We have had a great 13 years here met a lot of really cool cos Play friends and the beauty of your Parks will be greatly missed. Gamer Family is packing up to move back to our home state of Florida. I've already joined new Cos Play groups and forums via Facebook, checking out all the great Cons in the Jacksonville/Tampa area. I have found some really cool groups to include a really cool local Steam Punk Ball that's happening around the time we should arrive! Also Vivat! Trimaris!! If you don't know what I'm talking about definitely click that link! Woot! Woot!

Howrse US version

 For those who don't know, Howrse is an online game. It is FREE to play but there are certain things, like in most games, that can only be bought with real money.

HOWRSES!?

 When I started Howrse US, 28 day ago, I thought it was going to just be normal horses. I was wrong! Not only can you have horses but ponies, pegasus, donkeys, and unicorns as well. And then there is 25 different breeds to pick from. And oh my gosh you can even pick between different beautiful coats. 

 My personal favorites for breeds are Gypsy Vanner, Curly, Knabstrupper, and Paint Horse. (Shown in order below)

This is MY Gypsy, her name is Bellatrix Lestrange- based off of Harry Potter.

 This is my MOMS Curly. Right now her name is MamaNana, but will later be changed to one of Firefly's many female characters.

This is MY baby Knabstrupper. Her name is Luna Lovegood, once again from Harry Potter

This is MY baby Paint Horse. She doesn't have a name at this time but she'll be Harry Potter related as well.

PLAYING? 

 While it is a game- owning howrses, taking care of them, aging them, breeding them with one of your own or other players, doing competitions, completing objective, and even selling them. Its not a very 'active' game. As in you don't actually get to play with your horse. There are no animations, no watching your horse when its playing, competing, eating, or sleeping. 

 However, you can earn Equus, which is the game currency, to purchase things to help your horse train and compete. And if you are a player who wishes to do more you could purchase, with real money, things to give your horse more of an advantage.

 Besides the horses, and once you're reached at least day 20 of play, you can open up an Equestrian Center. You can choose to place your own howrses inside, which is free, or allow others to place theres, allowing you to make money for you to upgrade the center.

 For example, I am fairly new to the game so my EC is still in a beginners level. It currently will hold only 9 horses. I can grow crops to allow the other played staying here to have Carrots or Mashes. Which by the way there are 3 different kinds; Health which gives back 10% of life, Energy which gives back 5% to do things, and Caloric which gives 10% back to morale. It is relatively easy to keep them all at high percentage if you know what to do. Sadly to learn what to do I lost 7 horses... But now I have 12 lovely ones who are living, breeding, and growing just fine!

In memory of those I have lost </3 

Heaven Tab will be provided once you have lost them

HOW AM I DOING?

 Wondering how your game play is compared to others? Well we have a Tab for that! A Ranking Tab that is. Under which you can choose to look at General ranking, Breeders, Horses, Equestrian centers, and creations. And once you go where you want you can view your own placement by clicking the "show my position" or "Display the position of my equestrian center" at the top. If you are looking for an easy way to just see how you're doing you can go to your page and see how many horses you are breeding, how your EC is dong, your friends, and people who have stopped by to congratulate you on your play. If you are looking for more action from other players you can use the FREE and SAFE Howrse Info to make your page more attractive. It IS free and safe! My mom, many other players, and myself all use it.

HOW I FEEL? 

 I was looking for a more active game, animations and such, but I must say after 28 days I am beginning to really enjoy it! I have made new friends, some of which not even in the US! So just to be clear, there are multiple Howrse servers. All by the same people but slightly different to branch out over the world. Now with that said I am sad to say that you can't communicate with players using a different server, i.e. International, Australian, USA, German, Canadian, UK, and French. 

 FOR FRENCH!!! Equideow.com or ouranos.equideow.com. This is because you can pick from two servers "Gaia" or "Ouranos" which have different breeds and are separate servers.

 The only sad things I can find with the game now is that we can't communicate with other servers, can't buy the same advantage giving items with equus as real money, and if you don't play daily you could lose your horses!

Overall I think its really nice. Don't unusually need to depend on other players to do anything so if you have a kid playing, youngest i've seen being 13, they shouldn't be talking to strangers. I have spoke with a few players older than myself and they are indeed mature adults so if your kid can't handle being respectful they should stick to younger players- who usually have their age so that we know the difference. If you are worried about who they may be talking to you may block and/or report the other player.

I got help on other servers from http://howrse.wikia.com/wiki/Server (= 

                     HAPPY HOWRSING EVERYONE!