User blog:Skwerrel/Reccomendations for wishingtorch.com and other thoughts

First may I offer my thanks to you for a brilliant, well needed and appreciated concept! I have been using the site for over a week now and feel it is a great tool to the MSM game. I seem to have friended a number of reciprocating players and it is quite refreshing to find them, as the regularly lit torches are definitely a game bonus I would not have had otherwise. KUDOS to you!

I thought some of this could be incorporated into the site itself and the wikia info for a better informed experience overall.

There always is the issue of weeding out non-team participants and I would like to submit a few suggestions for implementation on WT, that I know I would love to see done and probably others too.


 * RE: the "brief note to others" text box.....please make this larger capacity for input - at least doubled would be great considering it's all we have to use now.

-where  even if a member is not live on site to chat, if another member leaves a message for them they will still see it whenever they log in again. This would be so beneficial to note for examples:  site crashes, accidental wrong island clicks notifications, heads up explanations for vacations, illness or other reasons a member will be away and unable to participate for a reasonable period.
 * have an in-site chat window added, this would be fantastically absolutely fantabulously wonderful!!!!

-when you accumulate a steady group of 30+ friends, this is truly necessary and needed.

- just to be able to discuss in WT the game, your thoughts, questions, tips etc. would be awesome!!!

-this chat should automatically be limited to friends only and not open to every WT member, that way it limits commentary to within your own friends group.


 * allow for changing the friends island lit notifier torch  in the event of a mistake ( I know I have done this myself). When I noticed that once my mistake is made and I catch it, it's then too late to rectify it and so I have to try and squeeze a heads-up notice in that tiny limited text box for my account, and often there is not enough room to message all of what is pertinent in there.

-Boldly (figuratively and actually) restate the sites "teamwork" purpose, by stating that if you are not willing to log in DAILY and ALSO mark others islands, this game tool is not for you! - Also mention that abusing the WT concept undermines and negates the purpose of the site.... which is to reward team players with equal earned benefits. -Friends: when you add a player as your friend, you are asking a favor for them to light for you, and also you are expected to light for them in return ! So if you have 40 friends that you add... make sure you will be taking the time to light on MSM and then also go to WT to mark the islands you just lit on MSM, for those  same 40 people every day !!! So only ask for as many friends as you know you can handle daily and make sure you hold up your end of the bargain! Do this, and those elusive Etherals and special monsters will   breed quicker than going it alone and before you became a team-player!!!
 * have a FAQ section/link -  to address what I have noticed seem to be some issues or concept clarification needed using the site that I have noticed. For example:

HOW DO I DO THIS: - here is a "dummy's" list of how to get started: 1) Go to your MSM game to note your MSM's game name AND also your BBB ID (friend code) . You need BOTH of these to sign up and use Wishingtorch.com so carefully make note of the exact spelling of your MSM game name and numbers/letters in your BBB ID (your personal friend code). You can find your MSM game name by going onto your MSM game and on the bottom far right menu  of the main game screen, there is a blue gear labeled "options" - now tap open that and you will see a new pop-up window labeled at the top "OPTIONS" - now look within that pop up (at the bottom left) and tap on "Help" - this should now show a new pop-up screen labled "HELP" at the top in blue letters - now in the middle of that pop-up (under the green boxed FAQ ), you will see blue lettered "Player Information", under that, look for the (white letters)   "DISPLAY NAME:" and see there is a text box here right here with your game name for MSM - yay for you you found it clever person! Now, either use this existing name OR change it to what you wish now by tapping within this name box, and then a new text box will  pop-up, this is where you can now input your new desired game name,and  if you changed your name here, just finish by  taping on "DONE" in the editing box, and you're all set to go! It's really easier to do then explain LOL! 2) Now go here  to sign up  for your free WT account . NOTE - use the SAME NAME you use in your MSM's game, or your new WT friends here won't know who you are, or be able to find you to help light! It is not their job to figure it out or who you are, it is your job and responsibility to  have that done. 3) now that your registered on WT with your correct info, go to the WT "home" page and choose some friends! All you have to do to get friends here is simply click on the bold "add to your friends" in the far right ( I call it the add/is column) of a players name  Each registered player has their own line with their name / friend code/ lit stats/ and friend add/is column. Once you have done that, now when you check the home page in the future, any player that you have added or has added you, will now display in regular text (not bold) as "is your friend :)", across from their name in the list's add/is friend column. 4) You must note the friend code of the player(s) you add in WT, and '''NOW go to the actual MSM game and enter each of their codes IN THE ACTUAL SEPARATE GAME ALSO!!! '''Remember that MSM is   s e p e r a t e   and not connected in any way to WT. The only "connection" is YOU...created only by you playing the game and then you also using WT to log where you lit your friends torches (or not if they were all lit when you  visited them) in the game.

TIP1- use 2 separate devices at once and together: -open the MSM game on one device - and on a separate device also open and log into your wishingtorch.com account -Look at WT, then  check who you have to light for on your WT friends islands list, and see what island order the player requests. -Look at MSM, find that player in your game's friends list, then go to their islands and light from what order they prefer as noted in WT. -now back to WT, and mark/click the island (that you just lit in the game), on your wishing torch" friends islands" list. ( I play MSM on my cell and at the same time also log into my laptop for WT,  makes it sooo easy :D ) -repeat till all your list is completed in WT (and reward yourself for being a good teammate, have a treat) Trust me it's a lot easier doing it than explaining it, and frankly if you're not willing to use a little extra effort as a trade off for a higher rate of successfully lit free torches, then you do not belong here on WT!

TIP2- some players edit their in-game names to indicate the order of the islands they want lit. For ex: if Snoopy007 wants torches lit  first in earth, and if they are all it in earth then ethereal, then cold, then plant they make their game name look like this - Snoopy007(E,Et,C,P). THE PROBLEM WITH THIS is that a) you have to keep editing your game name as your needs/preferences change and then also keep the WT info the same. Then if different info, your friend gets to your islands and notices your game and WT preferences don't match and you could loose a needed torch as YOU were unclear and inconsistent! Then b) by adding so much text in the game's name box, it becomes very tiny and unreadable from your games friends list and is a royal pain for others to try and read! So this TIP2 is for suggesting NOT to do this!  Just please use WT for your preferences, the islands are so easy to re-order on WT, only takes a sec, and no confusion or squinting blinded friends ;p If I am agreeing to lite your torches that does not mean I am also willing to scrounge around for a magnifying glass to identify you or take the time to figure out which one is correct... ykwim?

TIP3-  when you choose your first friends to get started on WT for your list, make a point of lighting their torches in the game FIRST, and also marking correctly on WT. This shows you have honorable intentions and are a team player for a first impression.

TIP4-There is a cool function of WT where you can click on "show only those who have lit for me",  makes it even easier to light the friends you agreed to light.

BOTTOM LINE for CHEATERS/LAZY PEOPLE: Nobody likes to be taken advantage of or cheated by lazy players, so be honest and fair :D ! The old Golden Rule applies here too ya know. Other things that really don't fly are: -when you click on "show only those who have lit for me", combine that with general common sense and the deadbeats are soon obvious and will be deleted from others friends list, and then the word gets around that you are a non-lighter, so your torches getting lit chances are then slim to nill from WT players. Why even start that ball rolling? This is so stupid to me as the effort it takes to fake click on islands in WT will only get you so far, and this game lasts a looooong time when not buying diamonds, monsters and food, so why not just play fair and get the constant long term benefit of being  a fair player accepted in with a good team! - stating  " I will light when I can".....ummm......NO!!!....players come to WT to give and get in return EQUALLY!!! -"I light, but I don't always mark here"......NO again....if you don't mark (which is the only reason for WT to be a needed tool) then it doesn't count/didn't happen...... so either put up, play by the "rules", be accountable.... or get off the field ( and yes you can take your ball too, wwahhhh........ we have replacements ;P ) -whining .....never works..... and is so easy to delete .....POOF yer gone  ;D  problem solved! -playing the "sorry I didn't understand" card.....listen, if you are old enough to read,  and savvy enough to know how to sign up successfully for a web site....that excuse is VOID and nonsense! (pathetically lame too) - it does not take a rocket scientist to soon figure out the fake lighters from the real honest ones, all fake lighters will be given a sugared up toddler and a non-house-broken ugly puppy that was fed too much turkey, your monsters will be teleported to the Twilight Zone Island, and then the WT door will be firmly and irrevocably locked behind them. Oh, and Have a Nice Day luv ;D

So if any of the above peevish behavior is you, please don't sign up for WT, and please do take your chances with the gazillions of those other friend ID's  easily found spammed all over the many MSM sites... just look for: ...addme, I will wash your dog, vacuum your car and pay for your kids college if you light my torches!!! ...addme, you will get a gazillion diamonds/ 999999999 diamonds/40 diamonds/10 diamonds / yadda, if u add me :)....[OK,for those that REALLY don't know- the refer code thing only works ONCE and then you both get FIVE (5) only F I V E    free diamonds and it's a one shot deal never to be repeated......word!!!] ...I (or my kid/dog/cat/hamster) has humphalompagus disease and we need daily torchlighters, addme PLZZ!! ...sexymamma/pappa needs YOU baby, to light my fire .....(oh wait, that was another site, .....nevermind) jk ;P ....you might even find one of your own posts out there, ....feel free to then add yourself!   :D

capiche???? I can only hope I made this crystal clear??? Good! ... now Happy Monstering all  <3

--Skwerrel (talk) 01:04, April 7, 2014 (UTC)