Newsletter 19 May 2006
Thar be Pirates ahead!
Will ye be prepared, Matey?Check out a sneak peek at what you can get next week in VMK.
To celebrate May's theme of Tikis In The Outfield, all month the VMK Hosting team will be offering themed baseball games and other fun things to do. Check the Calendar for details. Join in the fun! Buy a VMK Baseball Diamond Room and all the furnishings, then invite others to play along.
Coming Next Week! High School Musical
The High School Musical DVD will be in stores on Tuesday May 23. VMK will be part of the action with the VMK High School Musical Quest. Get a sneak peak at the Quest items by checking out the Hosted rooms on Monday!
Watch the VMK home page for the new print-at-home High School Musical Quest. Some of the questions can be answered at home, while others will require a trip to either Disneyland® Park or Magic Kingdom® Park. Answer all the questions correctly to win special VMK High School Musical items.
In-Park Quests!
Going to Disneyland® Park or Magic Kingdom® Park? Play the in-Park Quests! Learn more here.
Get the NEW Thrill Seekers Quest for the Walt Disney World® Resort here!
Try your hand at the NEW 50th Celebration Quest at the Disneyland® Resort!
The Tomorrowland Quest is still valid: Download it here What makes a Guest Room award-worthy?
Guest or Game Rooms that stand out show originality in concept and design. It could be a use of conventional furniture in unconventional ways, the use of a theme or color, or humor. Game rooms that get the nod offer a new game idea or a new twist on an old favorite. In all rooms we look for room owners who welcome everyone with a smile and show a willingness to answer questions about their room.
Check out this week's Best Guest Rooms and Best Game Rooms.
New feature! Click on the name of the room to view an image of the room!
Scam Alert
All Quests, whether they are official VMK Quests or Quests made by Players, are free to everyone. Please don't pay anyone to do their Quest, or for help completing Quests. If a Player is asking for items before you can join their Quest, or to be "paid" to help you with a Quest, please report them and then leave their room. No prize is worth being scammed over, and VMK won't replace these items for you. Players caught charging to participate in Quests may be banned for scamming.
Tips and Tricks
- The colored border of a speech bubble matches the shirt color of the speaker. For example, since all Staff wear a green shirt, our speech bubbles are always bordered in green.
- While most clothing in VMK is meant for all Players, some clothing items are gender specific. This means the item cannot be bought, traded to or worn by an avatar of the other gender.
- The trade window holds 15 items per transaction. To avoid being scammed don't participate in a trade that would take more than one transaction to complete.
- Trade at your own risk. If you are scammed, there is no guarantee that VMK will replace the items for you.
- The VMK Values change from time to time to keep up without changing VMK community. Read them regularly to be sure you're in the know.
VMK Staff Profiles
Each week we interview a different member of the VMK Staff. Pay attention - the answers may prove useful in VMK-hosted trivia games!
Staff name: VMK_Snail
Three favorite pieces of furniture, and why?
- I like the ice cubes. Even when it is hot outside, they keep you nice and cool.
- I also really enjoy posters, because it kind of makes the room look like a dorm.
- Finally, I love the cactus chairs. It's an acupuncture experience.
Favorite *type *of Guest Room?
The Haunted Mansion rooms!!!!! Ooooh, they scare me.
Favorite Public Space?
I am very traditional and still really appreciate Main Street. The sounds and images make you feel like you are really in a park. Plus, you meet all sorts of funny characters walking down the street.
Favorite Mini-Game? (ie: Pirates, haunted Mansion .. not the hosted games)
The Pirates game. It is Arrrrrrrrghhhhhhh-rageous.
Best VMK moment?
There are too many to name. I really like it when people are silly and just have fun - whether it is mocking the sleeping princesses, dancing with the Yeti, or arguing with the fortune-teller.
Favorite place to hang out in VMK?
I like to be nice and cozy in my own room, with lots of friends coming to sit in my chairs and enjoy themselves. Sometimes, if they are good, I'll even let them have some water. Isn't that nice of me?
Best tip for someone new to VMK?
Be VERY careful about letting people "borrow" stuff, or accepting a trade too early. Sometimes people don't give stuff back, and that can be really upsetting. Please don't let anybody borrow something unless you are positive you wouldn't mind if you don't get it back.
What one safety tip would you like to share with our readers?
Don't tell people you are home alone, or ask if somebody is home alone. It is just not safe to bring up those kinds of topics.
Contact Us Tips
When using Contact Us to ask a question or report an issue, please be aware of the following:
- If you use AOL for e-mail, you won't receive our response; the AOL e-mail filters block our replies. Please provide an alternative e-mail in the Contact Us form where it asks for your e-mail address.
- Some Spam Filters will automatically block e-mail from an unknown source unless you tell the program to allow it. Please be sure to allow mail from [email protected] (this email address does not receive e-mail except via the Contact Us form)
Best Guest Rooms
CL_Ferriz shares her vision of a beautiful ice sculpture in Rainbow Room, This room owner makes sure that everyone knows how and where to find Community Leaders, and welcomes all the new and returning players by inviting them to have a seat on the rainbow. Stop by pirate ship battle! to get aboard a pirate ship and have some fun!! Room owner astrogreenbear welcomes one and all to a a fun room with a clever idea.
Best Game Rooms
AllyDance invites everyone to enjoy a fun time in Table freeze dance (prizes) where you are encouraged to first read the photo album which serves as the rule book, and then enjoy the game!
AlexKarateMonkey does it again with his room titled Team Baseball!!. This fun-loving room owner chooses teams for each day and then lets Players form teams to try and defeat the house team. Great fun!
Best Player Quests
Do you think you know your Disney trivia? Fieldo has created a challenge in Walt Disney's Quest. This Quest offers fun items such as Narnia items and Everest chairs. Be prepared to wait in line to get in, and then have a great time on this Quest.