Post by Rho The Badge Slayer on Aug 16, 2010 17:49:44 GMT -5
You've seen them in your Messages box if you're on Club Pogo. Maybe you've even received them in your e-mail box, or possibly heard them in a chat room. They're rumors, myths and lies! They pollute the Internet with falsehoods, needlessly upsetting many people who fall prey to their messages.
Let The Debunking Begin!
Let The Debunking Begin!
- Club Pogo is Going to Start Charging by the Hour!
This is simply not true. Club Pogo will remain a subscription service, and will continue to provide some Premium items for those who wish to enhance their Club Pogo experience. Nettie says: False! - The Jackpots are Fake!
This one has been floating around for at least two years because someone couldn't find a winner on their friends list. The truth is that the Pogo jackpots are real, and real people do win them. However, when someone wins, they have the option of having their screen name or their first name and last initial posted on the Recent Winners list. Many people choose their first name and last initial as they do not want to be tracked down by curious people, thus they're not available by using the Friends List. You can check out some of Pogo's winners in our Winners Circle interviews! Nettie says: Untrue! - 10,000 Tokens from Pogo's Honest Player!
This stems from a promotion we did many years ago called the "Site-wide Challenge". Back then, this e-mail might have made sense, barely. Today it comes across as just a weird message that starts out with "WE GOT THIS BADGE DOWN!" and essentially leads one to believe that if you forward this message, you will receive 10,000 tokens. Contrary to what e-mails like these say, nobody tracks how many times an e-mail is forwarded. Nettie says: Balderdash! - Week-long Challenge Marathon Petition
This e-mail seems to make an appearance every so often, and simply states that after so many signatures Club Pogo will let everyone do as many challenges as they want for one week. Club Pogo does provide Personal Challenge Marathons on occasion, but they are limited to three personal challenges. Nettie says: Baloney! - Pogo Will be Doing Away with Weekly Challenges!
This email included "official" quotes and sounded so authentic that it's not surprising it fooled so many people. Obviously, the challenges are not going anywhere. Nettie says: Horsefeathers! - Virus Sent Through the Messages!
This one has taken on more than one form, but the message is pretty much the same: "don't open the message from SoAndSo because it contains a virus that will destroy your hard drive." Well, as you know, Club Pogo messages are simple text messages. You can't attach any files to them, and thus, you can not send a virus through the Pogo Message system. Nettie says: Hogwash! - Pogo Representative Warns of Hacker!
Someone *may* have at some point gone into a room and claimed that he or she was a Pogo representative and possibly warned people of some hacker. But, if such a person exists, that person is not a representative of Pogo. A good question to consider when hearing some of these things is: "if Pogo wanted to tell me something, what would be the most effective method they would use" I assure you, it would not be going from room to room telling people to send messages to others to spread the word. If Pogo has a message, it will either be in your e-mail box from Pogo, or in the Pogo News. Nettie says: Hokum! - Don't Add SoAndSo to your Friends List-- It's a Virus!
This seems have sprouted from some other website, but it's been transplanted to Pogo where it's grown and flourished. Obviously, someone's account can not be a virus, and adding a friend to your Pogo Friends List can not give you a virus. Nettie says: Poppycock! - Be Warned! SoAndSo is an Online Predator!
Okay-- now we're getting personal! This one is tough because it could be true, but it could also be completely and utterly false. So, it's best to let Pogo's Customer Support department deal with the situation, and not believe these types of e-mails. Why Because it is an unfortunate truth that there are people who will spread falsehoods about people just for revenge. Nettie says: Disregard! - You Can Get Free Tokens/Gems/Badges/Subscriptions/etc...!
This message, e-mail or chat command generally tells you that you can get free stuff off of some unofficial web site. This is not only untrue, it's also potentially dangerous. Yes-- believe it or not-- there are some sites that attempt to sell people tokens, but buyer beware-- giving your personal information to a site that sells ill-gotten tokens/gems/badges etc... is a recipe for disaster. These sites could potentially take your Pogo account, or worse. Much worse. Anytime something sounds too good to be true, it usually is. Nettie says: Rubbish! - Sign This Petition to Get Pogo to...
These messages make the circuit from time to time, and while some of them sound like great ideas, signing the petition won't do anything. Pogo does receive petitions from time to time, but we have never taken the action the petition demands. In a lot of cases, the idea expressed in the petition has already been considered and for whatever reason not implemented. In other cases, the petition is asking for way too much. Nettie says: Fiddle sticks! - If You do SuchAndSuch in SuchAndSuch Game, Pogo will...
We do love that players are so passionate about some of our games, but sometimes that passion leads to falsehoods. This type of rumor has surfaced from time to time, but as of this writing, it's really making the rounds in Everyone Wins Bingo, where players are telling others like: "as someone makes a blackout, the wilds stop for everyone" and "if a player in a passing room makes a blackout, you can mute them and they won't get any more wilds". Nettie says: Total Tomfoolery!
