Board Thread:Current Episode Discussion/@comment-25063315-20141002022525/@comment-9890645-20141005151431

A boycott could work if we had the ENTIRE crews from TFLU and Facebook along with us.

However, a few notes on boycotting:

- The old FB group tried this once last year. When the "leader" of the boycott submitted a letter to Mobage explaining about the boycott and what they were hoping to achieve... Mobage responded by comparing them to TERRORISTS(!) and then implying "we will not negotiate with terrorists."

- We tried a boycott here once, when we had a much higher percentage of top players than we have now. Problem is, guys broke ranks (and someone appointed himself "leader" and broke the news of the boycott to Mobage BEFORE IT STARTED) and the end result was no change.

A boycott WILL NOT WORK if:

- less than 90 of the top 100 spenders participate;

- less than 750 of the top 1000 players participate;

- people pledge to boycott and then break ranks for any reason;

and/or

- the boycott lasts only one episode.

For a boycott to work, people have to STOP PLAYING until changes are made, not just "take off one week." It has to be persistent in order to create the financial impact that will force Mobage to respond to us as we wish they would.

Sadly, I know we can never make this happen, because people WILL break, and not be strong enough to follow this through properly.

We have to be prepared to not play for WEEKS, perhaps even months. I think many people will not want to participate when it's THAT open-ended. And it's sad, because this game needs a fix they won't give, but players will not fight for it in a way that will make an impact. If even ONE money player breaks the boycott, it's over and Mobage wins. This is why we don't see maximum motivation to boycott.