This is a bit of a downer but it bothers me so I will mention it.
First of all I will tell you that I came here from a game where nothing/nobody died but Pollution and it came back fast (too real). I play games to get relief from the everyday pains and miseries of my RL. I think many players do that too. I need relief and find it in computer games and pencil puzzles.
I came here late in Alpha (March) and was delighted. The best thing was the humor. I need that and this game certainly fills the bill with the zany, sometimes blue, humor that keeps me smiling all day. My friends are here (more than 300!). I love the art! The graphics are among the best i have seen anywhere and I play a lot of East European designed Hidden Object games. I have enjoyed designing my little Glitch and the wardrobe is great. I have amassed a large wardrobe and change clothes often. I enjoy the quests. I even like the gardening because unlike some FB games, I do not have to spend all day tending my garden. It will wait for me.
I had a bad day today. I know about tree poisoning. I can see the need for some way to get rid of trees. Some quests require planting them and community projects sometimes require boards. Now that we have board trees, I have tended patches and planted some of them around the Forest. Today for the first time I saw a poisoned tree. It was crying for help and I had none to offer. I could not find a vendor selling the antidote. The tree died. It was something I hope not to see again. OK, so now most of you think I am nuts for crying over a dead tree in a game. I have enough to cry about in RL so I may be oversensitive but that was shocking to me.
Before I found the tree I had another shock. I left my little treehouse to go to Middle Valley Crossing where there was a new Community Machine Room. I just got the skills I need for fuel making and block making and wanted to try those. I got to the machine room where I had seen both a fuel maker and a block maker last week. Today there were the remnants of two blockmakers. I say "remnants" because someone was disassembling them. Yes, my friends, they were stealing the machines. No one was around so I removed the engine from one and then placed it back. OK, so now I know I am an engineer. I went off to see if I could find the rest of the machines. I did not find that but returned to discover that the machines were completely gone.
I went to the new beach location to participate in the project there. I waited 15 min. and then discovered that they wanted Currants! That was the topper on my day: first murder, second theft, and third greed. I had to quit playing for a while. There is too much of these things in the RW. I do not need to come here to find them. End of Rant, I am putting away my violin.