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Saturday, 17 September 2011

Are you suffering from RSD? - A Dr Andy Health Warning

There's an illness hitting the Frontier these days and it's not Prairie Pox... It's a new condition called RSD.

Request Surfeit Disorder.

I've got it, friends have got it, I think there's a chance you might have it. It's not airborne or carried by insects or water, it's not caught by exchanging body fluids in interesting ways, it's caught from Frontierville.

CAUSE: Far, far more requesting than is enjoyable.

Up to that point the patient will have found their life increasingly revolving around begging friends and associates for anything and everything needed before they can complete the simplest tasks.

SYMPTOMS: Include apathy, frustration, a lack of energy and diminished willpower.

The afflicted will show a general lack of enthusiasm about things they need to do in life and may twitch or generate a nervous tic when hearing the words request or ask. They will gain an intense dislike of Birthdays and Christmas when they're given things and may even find themselves incapable of functioning in social situations such as shops or dining establishments where requesting becomes an integral part of the customer-business dynamic.

Eventually, if untreated, the patient will find themselves on the other end of the spectrum. They'll be institutionalised into requesting and be unable to perform even the simplest of day to day tasks without requesting. For example when going to the bathroom they'll feel they have to request 15 toilet rolls first.

They're unable to cook without being handed the ingredients first, or even brush their teeth without a gift of toothpaste. Soon, everything in life will need 15 of SOMETHING handed to them... which will cause undue stress in all aspects of their home, social and, especially, sex lives.

CURE: So far unknown. At the present time patients must simply be cared for as best they can be. Be prepared to to pre-empt requests and give them items before they need to request them.

Posted by Andy

61 comments:

  1. Anonymous17 September 2011 at 13:21

    too funny and oh so very true..it's sad we've been reduced to "beggers" just to play these games..

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  2. Anonymous17 September 2011 at 13:24

    can u suggust to zyanga that maybe they can be gifts or they pop up like the chillies do i am sick of asking for stuff i really am i had to make up 7 profiles just so i can get somewhere its a bit of a joke really

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    1. Cathy16 January 2012 at 01:00

      I find this hilarious because, I too have numerous accounts and I hijack my kids' accounts when necessary just to gift, click, send, beg for stuff!!! I am glad to know I am not alone :)

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    2. Anonymous22 February 2012 at 10:41

      Very well said Andy, the game has become one of the worst games ever with these endless silly missions for baby showers and such, we have to request so much stuff to complete the mission it takes away from the fun thats for sure.We can ask for one thing and then wait 6 hours or seven to ask for another item, or sit and send to get our things by sending to others, and then we are out of clicks or requests whatever you call it for the entire day,so we simply close out the game and go away and wait for 7:00 pm to come so we can gather more needless things, they are really screwing the game up for themselves but can't see that, I have told all the tech agents I can about it, nobody listens, and I have lost so many of my neighbors I can hardly play the game myself nor do I want to really. ...Anyways it was a good read and made me smile.....Thanks Andy. PS....I am Letha Sanders Justice and anonymous is all I could get to work.

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  3. Esta17 September 2011 at 13:24

    I totally and utterly agree.
    Is now not the best time to ask if you can you come and click on my Leather straps, Sugar Roses and Milk Jugs? x

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  4. Anonymous17 September 2011 at 13:25

    OK I "like" this Will "send" on But you forgot all the glitches "yes - no" :)
    have a good day and be-careful of all the Storms Blowin Dont want to see you get blasted off Internet

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  5. Anonymous17 September 2011 at 13:29

    ROFL! I HAD TO TAKE A BREAK FOR AN ENTIRE DAY TO GET AWAY FROM THE BEGGING AND ACTUALLY FOUND MYSELF BEGGING MY FRIENDS TO PLEASE BE PATIENT WITH ME!

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  6. Anonymous17 September 2011 at 13:32

    too true and so fed up of flooding my wall with requests. it would be good if we could make some of the things ourselves in the blacksmith/foundary/tailors etc, afterall real pioneers didnt have the option of asking for everything they had to do it themselves

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  7. Anonymous17 September 2011 at 13:34

    I would comment but Zynga won't let me hog the mail!!!! LAUGHING OUT LOUD

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    1. Anonymous15 January 2012 at 23:14

      lol.....good one....so enjoyed your comment....still laughing.

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  8. Anonymous17 September 2011 at 13:44

    No doubt. Mine is complicated by the fact that my neighbor's requests do not show up on my news feed, ever since Pioneer Trail was introduced. I've put it on my favorites list, and done all the stuff we're supposed to do, but it is not on my news feed, and no, I did not hide it... so all the neighbors asking for stuff? I don't see the requests, so I can't send it.

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  9. Anonymous17 September 2011 at 13:53

    Just saw man on street corner with sign" Will work for Frontierville gifts"

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    1. Anonymous22 February 2012 at 11:00

      Too funny... and yet a good idea! lol

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  10. Anonymous17 September 2011 at 13:57

    So funny...true though. Even though we are frustrated at times along comes things like this to wake us up from the trance we are in and bring us back to having fun again. Thank you so much.

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  11. Anonymous17 September 2011 at 13:59

    I need 15 shots of rum, 15 shots of tequila & 15 shots of vodka and a squeeze of lime juice - anyone?? Then I can forget about all the requests I need to make in a hazy oblivion! :{}

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  12. Anonymous17 September 2011 at 14:14

    Yeah, I'm pretty much done with the game. I am tired of begging.

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  13. Anonymous17 September 2011 at 14:26

    its like a full time job with part time pay

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  14. Anonymous17 September 2011 at 14:31

    This game was fun when I started it. Then came Zynga's bright idea to change it to 'Pioneer Trail'. Then came all the begging for gifts which you can only obtain 2-3 gifts with one 'beg!' It's not fun anymore. It's like a J.O.B.!! Zynga, please change it back so it's fun again or I'm outta here!

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  15. Anonymous17 September 2011 at 14:46

    THIS is why I'm not getting game feed on my wall!! Does Zynga have any plan to actually FIX it?

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  16. Anonymous17 September 2011 at 14:47

    I;ve started begging my family for gift cards!

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  17. Anonymous17 September 2011 at 15:15

    many complaints. This is but one! Whats up with 50 actions, a million food?? Geez people this is a GAME...google GAME=a fun activity

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  18. Anonymous17 September 2011 at 15:48

    This is really a neat site. Thank you we can all come her to destress or just vent with others who completely understand. I am ROFLMAO at all your comments. So cute & witty. I would come up with one but I have to wait 4 hrs to post again....

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  19. debaclary@aol.com17 September 2011 at 18:41

    Funny...but sad too. I have said before and I will say it again...it is VERY sad when the games I play are causing me more stress than real life issues. They are not so much fun anymore!!

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  20. Anonymous17 September 2011 at 18:44

    Fix the existing problems before adding more stuff. The games are no longer fun, and I'm afraid you'll be losing players soon if things don't improve.

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    1. Anonymous22 February 2012 at 11:27

      I am in full agreement with this statement. This game used to work and now all we get is a myriad of excuses as to why it doesn't work. Fix the problems that you have, then upgrade as needed. There are so many bandaids on this game now, it has no hope of recovery. UNLESS it is fixed. I don't wanna say who might be at fault for the games performance. There is an interloper between the two and if the creator was doing this himself, he would be out of business in very short order. So i myself have instituted the three strikes rule on PT. Strike one occurred this am planting trees and the game crashed. I think we had enough of that on the Valentine mission. But it is up to you Zynga/FB. Fix it and make it fun again to play,

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  21. Anonymous17 September 2011 at 18:52

    All above so true, but they forgot one. If your items needed will not come up to post or you click on a mission to see items needed and it won't come up. I tried taking an extra xanaz before starting game, but my goodness even that doesn't help with the stress!

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  22. Anonymous17 September 2011 at 18:56

    i agree give us something we have to work for not beg for

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  23. Anonymous17 September 2011 at 19:07

    Yes it has been so long since my posts are seeen so I am asking for nothing...... I agree like the idea of working for things rather than ask... and mention to Zynga,,,, I hate losing horseshoes that I have to pay for and then lose them without buying things with them... Please refresh after the lost internet connection is my worst nightmare

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  24. Anonymous17 September 2011 at 19:11

    save the begging for Trick or Treat!

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  25. Anonymous17 September 2011 at 19:22

    and i thought it was only me and my p.c should have known Zynga had Everything to do with it.

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  26. Pippa Ainsworth17 September 2011 at 19:44

    I like the fact that you can buy Gold Bullion for the bank or request, I think one thing on any build should be able to be bought or requested. Another issue seems to be that loads of my friends have disappeared. I always had over 150 and now seem to have about 80 which means I can only request 3 or 4 things a day if I want a chance of receiving them all at one go.

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  27. Anonymous17 September 2011 at 19:48

    OMG!!!...TOO FUNNY ANDY!!!!...I had to share the link and have my friends who suffer from RSD come pay the Dr. a visit! =)

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  28. Anonymous17 September 2011 at 20:39

    Andy, i so needed this laugh. i used to love going to sleep and dream, see what the mind made of little events from the day,but now just as they get interesting, Jack pops up lets have a little refresh, or a storm has blown parts away and lets not forget the bear.my dreams have turned to NIGHTMARES

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  29. Anonymous18 September 2011 at 07:48

    there is always issues, cant find requests, requests r empty( and yes i have fakes to approve) some ppl have searchable invintory others dont, they are making it impossible and not injoyable anymore its gotten very old...my husband totally quit playing due to this....wheres the fun????and plz for the love of god let giftable or the useless cr%p in our invintory able to sell, why do i still need these items.....fix ur issues before making more issues

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  30. Anonymous15 January 2012 at 23:08

    omg this would be hilarious... if it weren't so very true... still funny but yes so tired of begging

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  31. mamak200215 January 2012 at 23:08

    I have a terrible case of it! LOL!

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  32. heidi15 January 2012 at 23:09

    soooo true. this is getting nuts though! ask ask ask ask ask..... enough!

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  33. helen o15 January 2012 at 23:10

    so frustrating and boring now...beg beg beg,thats all it is now and with so many missions going on at the same ,its ridiculous !!!!

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  34. Delina Lafont15 January 2012 at 23:11

    To many missons that have a timer on them and cant finish

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  35. Kiba15 January 2012 at 23:12

    The fault of all of this it's the players THAT SPEND real money to get the stuff, Zynga gets greedy and gives us more quests.

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  36. Anonymous15 January 2012 at 23:12

    you can only collect 50 things a day when you give,,with all we have to do now they need to make it 100 or more

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  37. Anonymous15 January 2012 at 23:12

    I really do enjoy playing, however the begging of items are getting on my nerves, as well as my so-called neighbors that wont gift back. it's all take and never giveing back..there are some issues with the game it's self that ya'll need to work on....

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  38. Anonymous15 January 2012 at 23:13

    To funny Dr.Andy.... i must say i have a few of those symptoms lol

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  39. Anonymous15 January 2012 at 23:15

    Too funny!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SO true!!!

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  40. Anonymous15 January 2012 at 23:15

    I dont get why they put the building bonuses on top of having to constantly as for stuff,an have to wait 2 to 4 days just to collect the bonuses,they need to come up with a fix for this,besides buying the building bonuses with horseshoes,not all of us can afford to buy them.an on top of that,keep adding more missions,i have developed a pinched nerve,sitting on this computer all day.

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  41. Anonymous15 January 2012 at 23:15

    ......or I can just not do the game anymore. Games are supposed to be fun...not stressful
    & "begging" for stuff....

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  42. Anonymous15 January 2012 at 23:16

    I am tired of begging and crafting everything.

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  43. Connie15 January 2012 at 23:16

    OMGosh!!! Andy you have hit the nail on the head!!! I love reading your work you are too funny. Now I think i have it too. I have actually been in the car and passing a field and saying out loud do you want me to harvest etc... (of course no one was in the car with me). Keep up the great work Andy and have a great evening:)

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  44. Anonymous15 January 2012 at 23:19

    Well said Andy - ty for your ongoing support, talent, and knowledge. Sandi

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  45. Anonymous15 January 2012 at 23:20

    Very funny, I love it, so true.....It is making the game harder to play because i have so many requests that people are either blocking me or or giving me one or two items and that's it, makes it too hard to collect, i am now running out of time on the Christmas missions and have only completed about 5, don't get me started on the LOVE TUNNEL ones, i have 3 going at the mo and so far not even half way through those 3!!!!

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  46. nita15 January 2012 at 23:26

    That was hilarious and oh, so true! I'd love to go back to the good old days when we had a couple missions at a time and we had to build things in our buildings!

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  47. Anonymous15 January 2012 at 23:28

    Andy how about the horseshoes to buy stuff as well,, I think that we should be given 1000 of them for all we have to go through,, lol, This was great, thanks you do help out and ZINGA SHOULD PUT YOU ON THEIR PAYROLL!!!!

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  48. Anonymous15 January 2012 at 23:36

    You are funny but so very true, you gave us all a laugh & I am afraid I have that dreaded sickness also.
    I wish instead of having to beg & plea for every item we could grow x amount of whatever, harvest x number of items, feed x number of animals to adults...things we can do ourselves and work for. That was much more fun I feel as I am so sick of begging. Since Facebook changed now my friends do not come up on my page as to what they are needing. I have to go into each persons home page to see what they are needing.....well I let go of some stress, thank you & keep us laughing & working. Sandra

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  49. annette15 January 2012 at 23:46

    love it.....guys its just a game if you dont complete a mission...so what they'll be another one along soon ....can you tell i dont "do" stress lol !

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  50. Anonymous15 January 2012 at 23:54

    It is so true... it is all so expensive to buy anything to help ya with missions and begging to frinds is this pain in a butt... but I love the game and have to stick it out :)

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  51. Anonymous16 January 2012 at 02:05

    That is so true! But I am addicted (so sad) :)

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  52. Anonymous16 January 2012 at 04:04

    this is so true! Wish Zynga read these boards and would learn something from it!

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  53. Anonymous22 February 2012 at 10:38

    It's not fun anymore. It's like a full time job just to keep up with everything. Too much begging, not enough do on your own items.

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  54. Anonymous22 February 2012 at 10:46

    I to am tired of begging, seems this game is getting worst and not better.

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  55. Anonymous22 February 2012 at 11:04

    Does any body else play Farmville too? They have us begging over there just as much or more so than Pioneer Trail. Zynga needs to change things. These games are no longer fun. They are more like a full time job. One player here that's ready to quit.

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  56. Anonymous22 February 2012 at 15:10

    Wish we could do more of it by ourselves instead of begging all the time..The game just isn't as fun anymore...some people get real ugly with others cause of the begging but thats the game you either ask or don't get it.

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