November 03, 2025, 08:42:42 PM

This week's Club Pogo challenges!
Phlinx II : Drop 580 purple stones this week!
Tri-Peaks Solitaire HD : Open 24 chests this week!
Wheel of Fortune : Guess 170 consonants correctly in classic round this week!


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Posted by S1lent
 - August 09, 2016, 01:02:30 PM
Greetings,
The Yahoo Administrator screen name is/was "ygamesadmin" and he had a little police uniform on his picture.  He would show up and could tell if I was using a program.  Unfortunately, when they banned an account...no money would flow in.  It cost $60 a year.  If you won a tournament, you got an internet trophy...yea.  When my account got banned I had about 500 trophies.  I think he retired or got fired so he never showed up the last few years...I then ran my trophy total over 25,000...yup.

Now that I think of it, after my account got banned I started POGO. 15 July 2005.

It all started when I just wanted to play online checkers.  Then I found out people cheated at checkers to win worthless internet trophies that weren't worth anything.
Hmm
S1lent
Posted by Squid
 - August 09, 2016, 03:45:44 AM
I don't think I've ever played a Yahoo game.  How does one get banned from Y. games?
Posted by S1lent
 - August 08, 2016, 05:59:24 PM
Greetings,
My two "dummy" accounts are still banned.  But, my two main accounts were reinstated...HUM, seems like POGO is just after my money via Gem sales.

BTW...I was banned from Yahoo Games...it saved me lots of Dollars.  Yahoo Games, in my opinion, is no longer an option.

S1lent, short for "silentscream"
Posted by Squid
 - August 08, 2016, 01:37:57 PM
Quote from: Stinkerbell on August 08, 2016, 10:33:11 AM
Mute Pogo Power Up = 66 gems

Are you sure that isn't 666 gems?
Posted by Stinkerbell
 - August 08, 2016, 10:33:11 AM
Quote from: PissedOffPumpkin on August 08, 2016, 12:46:13 AM
We can mute players who annoy us, but we can't mute Pogo?  slap1.gif

Mute Pogo Power Up = 66 gems
Posted by Squid
 - August 08, 2016, 04:45:14 AM
LOL.... "naughties"....
Posted by PissedOffPumpkin
 - August 08, 2016, 04:11:23 AM
Exactly, Austin! Only time I ever "hear" my husband swear is when he's out of the country and we're playing a game for our *cough* quality time, and our conversation is interrupted by "so-and-so just won ..." whatever. Mighty big naughties get typed.  giggle2.gif
Posted by AustinBennett
 - August 08, 2016, 01:25:28 AM
Some are drawn by the competitive nature. I haven't even looked, but if any of the tourney games require gems to post a better score, it makes perfect sense. As for the waste in chat, I just as well see them stop posting all the rewards winners. Who are these people and who cares?
Posted by PissedOffPumpkin
 - August 08, 2016, 12:46:13 AM
I just wish they'd quit posting in the chat. I get so sick of their announcements. We can mute players who annoy us, but we can't mute Pogo?  slap1.gif
Posted by snowflower
 - August 07, 2016, 11:25:25 AM
 topsecret.gif Too many chiefs and not enuf Indians?
Posted by Squid
 - August 07, 2016, 07:24:22 AM
Trying to appeal to the Pogo public?  Giving them something just for the enjoyment?  A happier pogo customer is more apt to buy gems and other products?  Playing in the tournaments compels people to want to simultaneously win badges, some of which do cost gems/money? 

I took part in the beta for tournaments and haven't been back since.  I don't enjoy it and you have to play constantly to win, place or show.
Posted by disneyland lady
 - August 07, 2016, 07:20:37 AM
I must be missing something here. Pogo expends energy towards these Tourneys - constantly dropping messages in chat and headlining it on different pages but does it actually make any revenue? It is a waste of resources otherwise. Dangle a new badge in front of me and my gems will buy it but a ribbon of any color? Not buying and confused why a company needing revenue would waste time, energy or page space. Any clues why?
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