"What an exciting and interesting day at Disneyland. The morning started with a quick mile walk from the hotel to the intersection where we were planned to protest with about a half dozen in tow. Within an hour we decided that we needed to relocate to the Shuttle Entrance where there was more foot traffic and we could relay our message more efficiently.
Once there another dozen Protesters joined the group and we got the attention of Disney security and they sent traffic over the North section of Disneyland to prevent visitors from seeing the protest. They also hung around in plain clothes for some time with different set of them coming out throughout the morning. And of course our last security visitor who come out about 10 minutes to 11:00A at which point we knew why he was there and did not want to give them the benefit of telling us our time was up and concluded the morning with those there at the end signing the banner, giving their hugs and moving on with their day. Press took pictures from across the street and one reporter from the OC Register hung out with us for a while.
The most response we got from what appeared to be a Disney Official was a brief conversation that basically said the exact same thing verbatim about VMK being a promotion. I asked about other games and social networks and got an interesting response that Disney Games are promotional vehicles for merchandising, including Pirates of the Caribbean!
Basically the time we invest in building friendships within these games does not matter to Disney (as we know) and the single purpose of the Communities they create is to sell products and in a year when Pirates of the Caribbean is no longer on DVD that game too will be retired to the back of Disney’s Vaults along with the magical friendships, forever.
This was a quick reminder to an article I wrote some time ago about synchronous vs asynchronous relationships. Both types of relationships do exist and regardless of the medium used to delivery the limited stimuli it is still a building block of “real” relationships.
The problem I had with the recent press coverage is the use of portions of what is said vs the concept of the entire message to make it portray a different picture. By Sonya Smith, OC Register Reporter quoting, “Our real life is in this game” for one is not a correct quote. If certain conversations were taken as such she failed to reference the healthy balance that was clearly mentioned that our family has with school, sports, scouting and the community and was mentioned only to draw a negative response from those that read this article.
Well it is late. I am hoping that someone will send some pictures in and we can share them with everyone. Again thank you all for showing your support."
Source: DisBoards
Once there another dozen Protesters joined the group and we got the attention of Disney security and they sent traffic over the North section of Disneyland to prevent visitors from seeing the protest. They also hung around in plain clothes for some time with different set of them coming out throughout the morning. And of course our last security visitor who come out about 10 minutes to 11:00A at which point we knew why he was there and did not want to give them the benefit of telling us our time was up and concluded the morning with those there at the end signing the banner, giving their hugs and moving on with their day. Press took pictures from across the street and one reporter from the OC Register hung out with us for a while.
The most response we got from what appeared to be a Disney Official was a brief conversation that basically said the exact same thing verbatim about VMK being a promotion. I asked about other games and social networks and got an interesting response that Disney Games are promotional vehicles for merchandising, including Pirates of the Caribbean!
Basically the time we invest in building friendships within these games does not matter to Disney (as we know) and the single purpose of the Communities they create is to sell products and in a year when Pirates of the Caribbean is no longer on DVD that game too will be retired to the back of Disney’s Vaults along with the magical friendships, forever.
This was a quick reminder to an article I wrote some time ago about synchronous vs asynchronous relationships. Both types of relationships do exist and regardless of the medium used to delivery the limited stimuli it is still a building block of “real” relationships.
The problem I had with the recent press coverage is the use of portions of what is said vs the concept of the entire message to make it portray a different picture. By Sonya Smith, OC Register Reporter quoting, “Our real life is in this game” for one is not a correct quote. If certain conversations were taken as such she failed to reference the healthy balance that was clearly mentioned that our family has with school, sports, scouting and the community and was mentioned only to draw a negative response from those that read this article.
Well it is late. I am hoping that someone will send some pictures in and we can share them with everyone. Again thank you all for showing your support."
Source: DisBoards
Hi I have put some comments on the save vmk web site. I wish i could be there to help but i cant get on they wont let me . why ? i have no cule . I wish i could help .But I will have everyone i know in real life help who can get on. They may stop me from getting on . But I will never stop trying to help save VMK . Save VMK ! VMK for life !!
Posted by: Amy Judge | May 14, 2008 at 05:57 PM
VMK is sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo great how can u shut it down its the best website i have ever been on pls pls pls SAVE!!!! VMK! plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZz
Posted by: Tiamira | May 19, 2008 at 12:17 AM
Disney dont care about us kids they care about money, i wonder how they will like it if we all stop watching Disney shows that will hurt them alot
Posted by: T.J | May 19, 2008 at 01:54 PM
Why close VMK when there are other places not even as good like ToonTown or ClubPenguin which you have to pay to get the good stuff! My parents never let me play game you have to pay to play because we have a big family. But, since they know I love VMK so much and get on it all the time if I had to pay to play for it my parents would probably pay for once. Thats how big a deal it is. And one girl i read about has cancer and VMK was her only way to talk to her friends.
Posted by: Erin | May 22, 2008 at 05:23 AM