Thread:Llyssa1020/@comment-35594152-20190824143017/@comment-38558458-20190827011528

Hello Sue! ~  I am so sorry to hear about this...again. I do have the new you saved in my favorites. I too am experiencing game issues and I am wondering if MT is getting closer to closing that gap on users who TT or maybe it just might be my device - I'm not sure. I played Friday night and my phone started getting very hot and the battery was draining very fast. I plugged in my charger and it was still draining. I unplugged the charger and the notifications at the top still showed a lightening bolt even though there was no charger plugged in. I tried to send out a few gifts and then the game would just reset itself. I finally just called it a night. Since I do have a FB account and have been using it for my game avatar for sometime, I discovered that I could backup my game to my Tablet using that FB account and that has been a real lifesaver for me.

I was all set to play the game again Saturday afternoon and noticed that it wasn't allowing me to go out and visit my friends. Then all of my friends showed up with Zzzzzs on their picture. I tried sending a gift out and it said that your friend hasn't visited the game in awhile. I tried clearing the cache in the app, but that didn't fix anything. I was also getting messages on my phone that FB was unable to connect because of Server Issues. I found that to be very odd because my Tablet was not having any server issues (maybe one or two non-connections, but not like my phone). I disconnected from my home wifi and used mobile wifi and connected with FB so I was able to get my phone updated to reflect in my name that I Can't Visit or Gift.

I need to be very careful about my phone and don't want to have it get corrupted or need to replace it. I am on a pay-as-you go plan to keep my budget at a minimum since I'm not working. I gave up the unlimited data and cell phone insurance around this time last year, so I need to make this last me for as long as I can. Also, since I don't have a land line, I need to keep the phone in good working order for phone calls to/from potential employers by the end of the year. Once I get back to working, I will probably upgrade my phone and go back on a plan that has some protection.

Later on Saturday, I was playing on my Tablet and keeping that as my live active FB account. I would check my phone periodically and then connect to mobile data so I could keep my Gift Box clear and transferred to FB. I didn't know how much data was being used by accessing the server in order to Visit and TT to Gift, so I decided not to do that - I think the periodic syncs to empty the GB were minimal for data. I have been playing on the Tablet, at least temporarily for now. I have no "friends" on my Tablet and don't want to really transfer to that device as a permanent solution, unless I have too. I have also had trouble keeping it charged in the past and last weekend changed out the battery and USB charging port. I'm not sure if it's really working as well as I'd hope since it seems like it's been constantly plugged in this weekend (it's over 5 years old). I prefer to play on my phone. The Tablet is so much bigger and the room is not "condensed" like it is when I play on the phone. There is a lot more hiding spaces for objects and the larger footprint makes it harder to move my hand around on the tablet. I need to make do for now and get this event out of the road, but this is making it more challenging. I let me phone rest all day Saturday through Sunday and think the Server Issues were out of the way by mid morning. I was able to successfully visit and gift yesterday, so that's a plus. If I keep having issues, I might try clearing the data in the app and having it restore gradually back, but I will need my home wifi in order to do that. So it looks like you and I are on the Titanic, but in two different boats (ie not sure if our issues are related, but we're both going down - lol).

I will definitely keep you posted. Worse case scenario, is that I would need to revise my play for awhile. If so, I will need to make an announcement on the Forum for my friends so they are aware of why I keep ending up as being MIA. I hope it doesn't come to that, but I don't like how my phone has been acting a lot here lately. Especially with the extreme temperature differations and charging issues.

So, on another note, I believe the racoon is back! Thursday night around 11:00 I thought I heard thumping noises and thought it was my cats. Then I thought I heard something outside and by the time I got around to the sunroom and turned on the back patio light, all I could see was the bird feeder swinging. I'm certain it is a racoon and he (they) were up on my roof. Well, I gingerly stepped out onto the back step (wary of being charged by or startling one of them) and wanted to keep the back door open in case I needed a quick get away, but was afraid my cats would get out (that would be the last thing I need). I located the two mouse traps and told them to come on back (once I had them set and was brave - lol). I set one on the rail next to the bird feeder and the other one on top of the sun shade of the pergola. I never heard anything the rest of the night and I made sure around 6 am to disengage the trap so my finch:es were free to come and go. I set it again the last two nights and nothing came back. It's 8:15 and while typing this email and in telling you about this latest episode, I remembered to run out and reset the traps for tonight. I'm hoping something will be set off or gone (as they will have it on their paw or snout or tail and take it off with them). It's getting hard to remember to reset them and disengage them. I would like for them to learn their lesson and not to come near my house ever again (wishful thinking, I know). How goes things for you with your racoon issues? Have you been able to capture them all? Is "Cheese" still alone or have you brought one of her sisters in to roommate?

Well I'm going to call it a night. I think I will try to get caught up on some of that reading, since I asked my Mom for an extension about weeks ago. I'd like to have the book done so she can give me Book 3 on Wednesday when I see her. We are changing up our schedule a bit for the next few weeks in regards to her water exercises at the pool. I took her for some Physical Therapy at their pool and we are incorporating a few new exercises to work on her core. So, this will give her 2 days a week in the pool and we will switch our Tuesdays to Thursdays and give her a couple of days to relax. One last thing to share, I've lost another 2.4 pounds, for a total of 47.2. I wasn't sure with this month's celebrations. My eating should remain steady until our girls weekend at the cabin the first weekend in October. We also have 2 birthdays that month, but hopefully I can reach 50 pounds by the end of September. Talk to you soon friend! ~  Llyssa

PS:  I thought I sent this out to you yesterday and then I saw the post never really saved. Not sure what happened - I think some of those gremlins from Darkwood are living in our Wikis too. Anyway, I tried to revise the wording for past/present tense grammatically, but if there are a couple of things that read a little differently, that would be why.