So after I read @Chloè_KKH comment about people hacking tickets, I looked that up to see if that was even a thing with this game. I came across this sketchy website where people with a hacked game were basically making fun of people on the forum who are rightfully irritated with anyone who hacks the game. one of the people on there had a username identical to a person on here also which makes me so irritated👀 I wish there was a way to keep these people out of TS
@Msjagger68 if it helps, it’s possible #3 isn’t a ticket buyer? I have that many points without tickets right now. But that first score is ridiculous
Nope, definitely a ticket buyer. She came literally out of nowhere yesterday (I’ve been third for the most part), and I highly doubt her scores are that high without buying tickets. 👀
Guys, I'd like to tell you about something I find really strange. The ticket buyer in my group is missing sooo many free tickets (I counted three but I think they are more). She bought at least three tickets in two different moments; every time I pass her, she uses one ticket. I mean, what's the point of buying tickets and then not using all the free ones? What do you guys think? Hacked game with unlimited tickets? Maybe bot (she is dressed on theme and cute). Or she is just a person who doesn't care about her money?
This is what happened in my TS group too.. ticket buyer started within the first hour at 450 points. As of right now, she has 669, a difference of 219. If I give her an average of 40 votes per look, that’s not even 6 free tickets? It makes no sense. Why would you right off the bat buy a crazy amount and then barely use any of your free ones when no one is going to come close if you kept using your free tickets (if she did she’d be closer to 1000).
Oh, what a surprise. Woke up today and another ticket buyer who wasn’t even in the top 10 overtook the original ticket buyer and is now at 723. I’ve noticed that the last 3 TS the ticketbuyer gets to right around 723 points. Coincidence maybe but it’s weird how it’s always around the same score.
Yes, there is something shady going on because I’ve noticed the same patterns. No matter how tempting it is I am not going to buy tickets to try to snipe these supposed ticket buyers. You can message Glu and ask if you have a hacker in their group, and then you have to believe what they say. But how would you really KNOW? I’ve lost a lot of trust in them because of how rampant excess ticket buying is every week. I play 3 games. The other 2 are old/extra accounts that I don’t spend as much time on. And EVERY single week each one has ticketbuyers. And I intentionally start at all different times to try to study the patterns. But nope, no matter how early or late you start, no matter how basic the other dolls are, there’s always at least one ticket buyer that “buys” enough to get you just out of reach to reach #1 without buying tickets.
So yes, something shady is going on. I don’t care if I get disagreed with this. But there is. There’s too many similar complaints from everyone else for it not to be true. Something is different since weekly SYS changed. I’ve been playing in every SYS since last year. It’s not the same. Yes, ticketbuyers existed before but it was alot rarer. And it’s sad that every single complaint or question we have regarding it goes ignored.
I honestly didn't want to believe the theory about bots/NPC being added in our groups every week but I'm starting to be suspicious as hell. My first SYS was in February and it's crazy to compare how much the ticket buyers has increased since then. I've notice some things and sorry in advance if I make some mistakes as english is not my first language, it's always difficult to really explain what I want to say.
1) Since the end of August, a lot of dolls including me have been complaining about having low scores. The majority of dolls used to have an average of 40/45 sometimes more some months ago. Now I feel like it's super hard to get the last earnable (a reason to buy a ticket?) and nothing in particular has changed, we have the same outfits as before, we own more things than before so why our scores are suddenly lower than before ?
2) The ticket buyers are super weird. It used to be beautiful dolls with gorgeous outfits. Now when I look at my ticket buyers in my group, I see some nonsense and weird lvl 12 outfits. Sometimes their scores are getting higher but their outfit hasn't changed since hours/days.
3) The amount of last minute ticket buyers are crazy since the past few weeks. For example, I always try to stay in the top 5, sometimes I'm second or third during the whole event and then, 3 hours before the event ends there is suddenly 2 or 3 dolls that I've never seen before in the top 5 ? (again, one more "reason" to buy a ticket to "secure" your place in the top 5)
I'm not blaming the dolls who buys a ticket to get the last earnable or just because they really want the first prize, I get it and I would do the same if I had the money for it (or just if buying something in the game wouldn't mean to see your free 20 k-stars being lowered to 5) but honestly this is getting out of control every week. And it seems to be worse and worse EVERY week. It's not even fun anymore to care so much about a game because you have to stay up late to not miss a ticket, you have to stay up late to collect your prizes or else you could end up not having it because you suddenly switched to 6th when you were 5th ?????
It's just not fun to stress every week because you're afraid that your scores won't be enough.
I'm sorry for this long rant. I know it may sounds "hypocrite?" because I'm still participating every week but like I said previously, free clothes are always welcomed in my kloset. But yeah, SYS is not even fun anymore.
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@Stefani_H same!! I came in first a few times when I started playing and now it seems impossible. I’m gunna have to say I agree with the added in ticket buyers.
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I found a weird forum too after searching someone who has the same username to someone here on the forums says “we have to pretend to have sympathy for them while we laugh at them in the background” after someone posted about how it’s funny to read the forums of legitimate players having meltdowns over SYS.
Maybe dont use the same username on the official glu forums as one where you openly talk about hacking the game 😘
Look #13 got me the earnable hair and now I’m tied for 1st place with the girl who’s been in 1st all event! She’s putting up a good fight. My last ticket will come out around 7:30 pm EST because I slept in a lot this weekend so I’m very behind lol. Hopefully all goes well.
Me during all this h*cker talk after they came for me a few months ago and found my FB and threatened me after I just mentioned them (not even hating). FB group players are ruthless and I want no part of that again lol
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I found a weird forum too after searching someone who has the same username to someone here on the forums says “we have to pretend to have sympathy for them while we laugh at them in the background” after someone posted about how it’s funny to read the forums of legitimate players having meltdowns over SYS.
Maybe dont use the same username on the official glu forums as one where you openly talk about hacking the game 😏😏
I was hoping to get the earnable hair but I won't be able to. I don't like it as much as the Rodarte hair so I guess I shouldn't care that much. And since someone brought it up, I do notice that it's been harder to get a higher score on outfits than before, including with looks that have done really well and having new clothes to work with so it's not always the same.
I’ve done some research and found that forum too! There were even pics from game with koko and eggs and bananas forum faces on it. I didn’t notice name of anyone from the forum though! All forums and threads I’ve seen say that diamonds and tickets are not possible to hack, so I suppose it’s an “upside”? Edit: I checked the nicknames again and found her I feel sad now.
@Suri_Madden unfortunately i've seen someone on that forum say they've already hacked diamonds and it works as long as they didn't add too many at one time.
I have also been getting ridiculously low scores for the past 6 or 7 SYS. Even when I am blatantly copying looks from here that are getting 58 or 59, I get low 40s and even 30s.
Does it not feel rigged when you are able to vote for dolls the moment SYS starts? Who puts up looks in 1 second? Only a bot can do it.
I’ve done some research and found that forum too! There were even pics from game with koko and eggs and bananas forum faces on it. I didn’t notice name of anyone from the forum though! All forums and threads I’ve seen say that diamonds and tickets are not possible to hack, so I suppose it’s an “upside”? Edit: I checked the nicknames again and found her I feel sad now.
@Maree_kkh True, but this does not influence the competition, at least. 😅🤷🏼♀️ Also, I think this hack is dead, that modder got angry with users and stopped updating it? Not sure, but that’s what I understood!
It's not possible to hack tickets, diamonds or dyes. So, whatever ticket war going on is legit or bots - honestly... as much as I suspect this, I think it's such a sleezy thing. Glu is a fairly stabilished company in the market of games. I don't think they would risk that by doing something shady like this. It would be a scandal. Plus they're a public company and it involves all kinds of liability. So, as much as it looks like that, now that I think about it, I wouldn't bet on that.
I have ticket buyers after WEEKS of winning first place with NO competition. I would finish 100-200 points ahead because the themes were hard but I was doing very well. Their outfits are gorgeous tho...
NOT GONNA LIE... I am FULLY hoping for a last minute ticket war. It's super exciting. I love when dolls post about them when they have some going on in their TS. I used to stay tuned to SYS thread just for those LMFAO. We haven't had ticket war "lives" in a while.
I have also been getting ridiculously low scores for the past 6 or 7 SYS. Even when I am blatantly copying looks from here that are getting 58 or 59, I get low 40s and even 30s.
Does it not feel rigged when you are able to vote for dolls the moment SYS starts? Who puts up looks in 1 second? Only a bot can do it.
It's not possible to hack tickets, diamonds or dyes. So, whatever ticket war going on is legit or bots - honestly... as much as I suspect this, I think it's such a sleezy thing. Glu is fairly stabilished company in the market of games. I don't think they would risk that by doing something shady like this. It would be a scandal. Plus they're a public company and it involves all kinds of liability. So, as much as it looks like that, now that I think about it, I wouldn't bet on that.
I have ticket buyers after WEEKS of winning first place with NO competition. I would finish 100-200 points ahead because the themes were hard but I was doing very well. Their outfits are gorgeous tho...
NOT GONNA LIE... I am FULLY hoping for a last minute ticket war. It's super exciting. I love when dolls post about them when they have some going on in their TS. I used to stay tuned to SYS thread just for those LMFAO. We haven't "lives" in a while.
I don’t mean to imply that Glu would do that but think about Volkswagen CO2 emission scandal few years back. It’s usually one person that does something really silly, without senior management knowledge, sadly.
Well, I just can't believe so many people are willing to spend money on tickets every week. I used to be able to get second place almost all the time because there was only one ticket buyer in my groups, now if I'm lucky I can finish in top 5. I'm not saying my looks are amazing, but it's obvious when someone climbs to the top because they have high scores or when they submit extra looks and it's gotten so much worse even after months of constant complaints, we're just not being acknowledged. It's sad and annoying.
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Well, I just can't believe so many people are willing to spend money on tickets every week. I used to be able to get second place almost all the time because there was only one ticket buyer in my groups, now if I'm lucky I can finish in top 5. I'm not saying my looks are amazing, but it's obvious when someone climbs to the top because they have high scores or when they submit extra looks and it's gotten so much worse even after months of constant complaints, we're just not being acknowledged. It's sad and annoying.
I think the game has gotten a new set of players. People still start to play this game for the first time till this day!
And I totally get it. When TS came out I said it was so shady how they were basically putting players to fight themselves for 1 prize. I get this is a strategy but it's kinda disgusting to me. I get the business model but it just feels... outdated and low vibrational.
However, what would be the solution? I mean. A way to make them lots of money to keep the game going and successful and keep it fair to everyone? I know this game doesn't have much shelf life ahead anymore but I'd still like it to be the best possible.
(1) You can start voting the SECOND the game starts. Before anyone would have time to put together a look.
(2) A significant drop in scores after switching to weekly SYSs for many players.
(3) "Ticket buyers" in T$ groups that do not seem like real players. The way they submit looks is very formulaic—players have noticed patterns.
(4) Looks from previous SYSs in the voting booth. I don't think that many people are submitting off-theme looks. I'm seeing a lot of suitcases in the voting booth—likely looks people submitted during the World Traveller SYS. Back when we used to see wedding dresses/antlers/etc. all the time, I am 100% sure these were bots.
I completely understand if bots are submitted into the voting booth if there are not enough players to populate it; they want players to be able to constantly vote, so I understand this—but be honest about it! However, I do NOT think bots should be in T$. I don't see how Glu could not get in trouble for this. Telling players that they are competing against other players, telling them that they might have to pay money to be competitive, but then planting bots to force/trick players into spending money seems like it might be punishable...
I definitely believe it’s possible to hack tickets. If they can hack everything else, why not tickets as well? They’re available to purchase so I’d assume it would be possible to hack them.
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Nope, definitely a ticket buyer. She came literally out of nowhere yesterday (I’ve been third for the most part), and I highly doubt her scores are that high without buying tickets. 👀
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1) Since the end of August, a lot of dolls including me have been complaining about having low scores. The majority of dolls used to have an average of 40/45 sometimes more some months ago. Now I feel like it's super hard to get the last earnable (a reason to buy a ticket?) and nothing in particular has changed, we have the same outfits as before, we own more things than before so why our scores are suddenly lower than before ?
2) The ticket buyers are super weird. It used to be beautiful dolls with gorgeous outfits. Now when I look at my ticket buyers in my group, I see some nonsense and weird lvl 12 outfits. Sometimes their scores are getting higher but their outfit hasn't changed since hours/days.
3) The amount of last minute ticket buyers are crazy since the past few weeks. For example, I always try to stay in the top 5, sometimes I'm second or third during the whole event and then, 3 hours before the event ends there is suddenly 2 or 3 dolls that I've never seen before in the top 5 ? (again, one more "reason" to buy a ticket to "secure" your place in the top 5)
I'm not blaming the dolls who buys a ticket to get the last earnable or just because they really want the first prize, I get it and I would do the same if I had the money for it (or just if buying something in the game wouldn't mean to see your free 20 k-stars being lowered to 5) but honestly this is getting out of control every week. And it seems to be worse and worse EVERY week. It's not even fun anymore to care so much about a game because you have to stay up late to not miss a ticket, you have to stay up late to collect your prizes or else you could end up not having it because you suddenly switched to 6th when you were 5th ?????
It's just not fun to stress every week because you're afraid that your scores won't be enough.
I'm sorry for this long rant. I know it may sounds "hypocrite?" because I'm still participating every week but like I said previously, free clothes are always welcomed in my kloset. But yeah, SYS is not even fun anymore.
@Stefani_H same!! I came in first a few times when I started playing and now it seems impossible. I’m gunna have to say I agree with the added in ticket buyers.
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I found that too. Sad.
All forums and threads I’ve seen say that diamonds and tickets are not possible to hack, so I suppose it’s an “upside”?
Edit: I checked the nicknames again and found her I feel sad now.
Does it not feel rigged when you are able to vote for dolls the moment SYS starts? Who puts up looks in 1 second? Only a bot can do it.
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I have ticket buyers after WEEKS of winning first place with NO competition. I would finish 100-200 points ahead because the themes were hard but I was doing very well. Their outfits are gorgeous tho...
NOT GONNA LIE... I am FULLY hoping for a last minute ticket war. It's super exciting. I love when dolls post about them when they have some going on in their TS. I used to stay tuned to SYS thread just for those LMFAO. We haven't had ticket war "lives" in a while.
edit? "a" + had ticket war
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And I totally get it. When TS came out I said it was so shady how they were basically putting players to fight themselves for 1 prize. I get this is a strategy but it's kinda disgusting to me. I get the business model but it just feels... outdated and low vibrational.
However, what would be the solution? I mean. A way to make them lots of money to keep the game going and successful and keep it fair to everyone? I know this game doesn't have much shelf life ahead anymore but I'd still like it to be the best possible.
(1) You can start voting the SECOND the game starts. Before anyone would have time to put together a look.
(2) A significant drop in scores after switching to weekly SYSs for many players.
(3) "Ticket buyers" in T$ groups that do not seem like real players. The way they submit looks is very formulaic—players have noticed patterns.
(4) Looks from previous SYSs in the voting booth. I don't think that many people are submitting off-theme looks. I'm seeing a lot of suitcases in the voting booth—likely looks people submitted during the World Traveller SYS. Back when we used to see wedding dresses/antlers/etc. all the time, I am 100% sure these were bots.
I completely understand if bots are submitted into the voting booth if there are not enough players to populate it; they want players to be able to constantly vote, so I understand this—but be honest about it! However, I do NOT think bots should be in T$. I don't see how Glu could not get in trouble for this. Telling players that they are competing against other players, telling them that they might have to pay money to be competitive, but then planting bots to force/trick players into spending money seems like it might be punishable...
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